Harbor Master

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Newspaper clipping from unknown publication: POLICE ON WATCH- During the summer week-ends Saugatuck is busy on land and in water, but the police department covers both. In his patrol cruiser Harbor Master Henry Hungerford exchanges information with Chief of Police Joe Dempski, while Officer Julio Mocini (left, on cruiser) looks on. Since the harbor patrol was instituted last summer, Hungerlord has slowed down the "hotrod" boaters to legal speed. According to Vincent Mocini on facebook, Oct. 2024 "That's my dad, Giulio Mocini, on the police boat. He had "sailor skills" as his family were fishermen in Italy in the early 1900s. He arrived in the USA as a merchant seaman."
Newspaper clipping from unknown publication

POLICE ON WATCH- During the summer week-ends Saugatuck is busy on land and in water, but the police department covers both. In his patrol cruiser Harbor Master Henry Hungerford exchanges information with Chief of Police Joe Dempski, while Officer Julio Mocini (left, on cruiser) looks on. Since the harbor patrol was instituted last summer, Hungerlord has slowed down the "hotrod" boaters to legal speed. According to Vincent Mocini on facebook, Oct. 2024 "That's my dad, Giulio Mocini, on the police boat. He had "sailor skills" as his family were fishermen in Italy in the early 1900s. He arrived in the USA as a merchant seaman."

Name/Title

Harbor Master

Entry/Object ID

2024.13.15

Scope and Content

Newspaper clipping and nine b/w photos of the Saugatuck police Harbor Master boat, captained by officer H.H. Hungerford, the Hungerford residence where the craft moored, people at the dock, and another Hungerford-owned boat, named the Venture.

Context

As wartime industrial production turned to manufacturing goods for civilian use in the 1950s, the number of pleasure boats cruising the river grew. As did the need for Saugatuck village to curb overenthusiasm.

Collection

Police, sheriff and law enforcement, Nautical, Family History, Buildings: Homes, cottages and private residences

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2024.13

Source or Donor

Hungerford, Jane

Acquisition Method

Donation, unconditional

Location

* Untyped Location

196 Hungerford family

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Hungerford, Henry Harrison 1913-1976, Mocini, Giulio "Julio" 1909-1969, Dempsey, Joseph "Joe", 618 Water/Bayside Inn/Hungerford River House, Hungerford, Steve, Pershing, Irving K. "Persh" 1914-1994, Hutchins, Carleton Brown 1884-1972

Create Date

March 22, 2024

Update Date

October 16, 2024