In preparation for Hurricane Irene, all kayaks should be removed from the boating area as soon as possible.  Sailboats need to be tied down to prevent them from blowing.  The Hanover Seaside Club is NOT responsible for any kayaks, sailboats, boats or other personal property left at the pier.

The seafood dinner scheduled for Friday evening has been canceled.  Breakfast will not be served on Saturday.  Please watch this blog for posting of further cancelations.

From a news release by the Town of Wrightsville Beach . . .

The Town of Wrightsville Beach officials will decide whether or not to declare a state of emergency and enact a curfew at a Board of Aldermen meeting to be held Thursday, August 25th at 5:00 p.m.

Hazardous surf and dangerous rip currents are already affecting our coast, and life-threatening ocean conditions are expected to continue through the weekend. At this time, The Town of Wrightsville Beach has NOT issued a mandatory evacuation for residents; however, residents are urged to stay away from the shoreline.

If you are a member of the Hanover Seaside Club, you will need to register to view the Member Section.  The directions for registration are slightly different than in the letter you received.  There are two ways to get to the New User Registration form.

1. Click on “Log In”
2. Under Existing Users Login, click on “New User?  Click here to register”
3. This will take you to the New User Registration form.  Just complete the form and click “Submit”

OR

1. Put your cursor over “Member Section” and click
2. A registration form will appear.
3. Scroll down to New User Registration, complete the information and click “Submit”

Once you have submitted the New User Registration, you will receive an e-mail from WordPress saying that your registration has been sent.  After your membership is verified, your registration will be activated.  You will receive a second e-mail with your username and password. It could take from several minutes to a day or two to receive the second e-mail. When you receive your username and password, be sure to go into your user account and change your password to something you can remember.

When you are logged in, put your cursor over Member Section and click.  This will take you to the Members Only Menu.

If you have questions or comments, put your cursor over Member Section and click on “Contact the Webmaster.”  This allows you to send an e-mail directly to me.

To make it easier to keep up with events going on at the Hanover Seaside Club, we have added a Calendar page.  To view the calendar, just click on Calendar on the menu bar.  You can view the calendar month by month, or week by week.  To go forward or backward, just use the arrow keys on the top left of the calendar.  When you see an event or deadline listed, click on it for more information.

If you have information you would like to include on the calendar, send it to the webmaster.  When you are logged in as a member, simply move your cursor over Member Section then click on Contact the Webmaster.

The Hanover Seaside Club Executive Committee (Board of Directors) will meet on Tuesday, August 9 at 6:00pm. During the season, when meals are being served, the Board meets at various locations in Wilmington.  Regular members are welcome to attend as observers. If you would like to attend the meeting, please contact Mike Lewis for location and to let him know you will be attending since space is limited.

Long-time club member Marguerite Bellois died on Thursday, July 14, 2011 at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital.  She was born in Hookstown, PA on June 24, 1920, the daughter of James O and Emma Jardine Smith.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. William B  Belloise, a brother John J. Smith; a sister, Esther S. Swearingen, and a sister Jean Wilson, who died alongside Marguerite, a niece Carol Austin-Ollom; and a nephew Robert S. Wilson.  She is survived by 8 nieces and nephews.

Marguerite was a graduate of Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory, NC, where she earned a degrees in music and education. She began her teaching career at the high school in Landis, NC, where she met her future husband, Bill Bellois.  They moved to Wilmington, Bill’s hometown, where he began his dental practice and Marguerite taught at Chestnut School and Hoggard High School.

Marguerite was a member of St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church and active in the ministries of the women of the church.  She loved to cook and her favorite way of serving the Lord was preparing meals for her church family.  Known for her beautiful voice, she was a soloist at St. Paul’s as well as St. James Episcopal in Wilmington.  She was a long-time member of the Hanover Seaside Club where she and many of her best friends enjoyed time together.

Due to the long waiting list for surfboard lockers, construction is underway for 28 new longboard lockers on the north side of the Club.  These lockers are built to hold longer boards, over ten feet, so we would like to use the new lockers ONLY for the longer surfboards.  The cost of the longer lockers will be $100 per year.  We will be trying to contact those who currently rent a surfboard locker to see if there is a need to move to the longer lockers. The Board has approved holding 4 lockers for those renting rooms on the 3rd floor.  The cost for weekly rental will be $20.  The lockers for 3rd floor guests can be reserved on a first come – first served basis by contacting Mollene.

If you currently have a locker and would like to move to the longboard locker, please contact Mollene or Deak Walden.  Once it is determined how many and what size lockers are available, people from the waiting list will be contacted. There are currently 45 members on the waiting  list, so we will try to build more lockers in the near future.

We are also researching the possibility of adding more chair lockers on the property. More on that later!

To register and pay dues, please go to www.hanoverseaside.club.  

HISTORY

The Hanover Seaside Club is a private, family oriented, multi-generational beach Club dedicated to providing facilities, and social and recreational activities for its members and their guests. The Club was chartered in 1898 by a group of members who were mostly born in Hannover, Germany, or descendants of those who were. The original site of the Hanover Seaside Club was located on a parcel of land donated by the New Hanover Transit Company in Carolina Beach. In the early years, members would board a steamship in downtown Wilmington to travel to Carolina Beach.   In 1906, following the construction of a railway from Wilmington to Wrightsville Beach. a second Clubhouse was built on Wrightsville Beach.  At the time, the intent was to allow members to use both properties; however, a storm in September 1906 did considerable damage to the Carolina Beach property. The Board decided to sell the property and have only one Clubhouse – on the site of the current Hanover Seaside Club in Wrightsville Beach.  In 1954 the Club sustained severe damage from Hurricane Hazel, the first Category 4 Hurricane, to strike the east coast.  A fire in December 1981 completely destroyed the Hanover Seaside Club. Plans to construct a new Clubhouse began immediately with the ground floor opening for use in the summer of 1982.  The current building, which looks very much like its predecessor, was completed and dedicated in March, 1983.  While the Club has grown and improved through the years, many of the current members are descendants of those first members who took a steamship from Wilmington to Carolina Beach to enjoy the cool ocean breezes and the hospitality offered by the Club.  The congenial family atmosphere is what members most love about the Hanover Seaside Club.  Members truly believe that the Hanover Seaside Club is their Club and summer home.