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1997 FCDA Scrapbook

Coast Guard Cottage Painting

September 20 and October 19, 1997

The Town of Fairfield allows us to use the Cottage for our meetings and events in exchange for contributions toward maintenance. This year they requested that we paint the building. FCDA members helped us make the Cottage and beach a better meeting place.

Underwater Pumpkin Carving

October 19, 1997

Divers gearing up.

Divers ready to descend.

Of course no event is complete without the cookout!
If diving in Long Island Sound is not your forte, come and help us clean up the beach. If ecology is not your forte, come and help finish painting the Cottage. If you can’t paint, come and have some hot dogs, hamburgers, Mel’s Chili and Pat’s Clam Chowder. We have something for everyone! At 12:00 noon, divers have one hour to carve their pumpkins and non-divers have one hour to help clean up the local beach area or continue painting. The cookout starts at 1:00 PM!

Halloween Party

October 31, 1997

It's that time of year again and strange creatures are seen about the land!

The three divers?

Aliens?

Noel's hair!

A comely trio!

November Meeting

November 21, 1997

A small part of Mike's collection of gold rings and jewelry!

Colonial artifacts including silverware, musket balls and buttons!

Mike McMeekin relates accounts of his Treasure Hunting exploits to the FCDA. In addition, Mike has led several expeditions to recover fossils from the rivers of South Carolina.

Christmas/Chanukah Clambake/Party

December 6, 1997

The FCDA inaugurates the holiday season with its Annual Christmas/Chanukah Clambake/Party catered by Swanson's Fish Market complete with a visit from Santa Claus!