CLUB MEMBER FRANK MESSINA HONORED BY THE FRIENDS OF CHATHAM WATERWAYS At the recent Annual Meeting of The Friends of Chatham Waterways Frank Messina was recognized with its 2024 Captain’s Award. Messina has served as a board member of the organization for more than 20 years. Frank demonstrated his leadership for The Friends of the Chatham Waterways in a variety of ways over his 2+ decades of faithful service. He was a key organizer of…
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GUESS WHAT’S CELEBRATING ITS CENTENNIAL?
GUESS WHAT’S CELEBRATING ITS CENTENNIAL? The next time you happen to be visiting the Chatham Community Center check out its cornerstone. Yes, construction of the building which so admirably plays host to the Chatham Mens Club’s weekly meetings from April to May started 100 years ago! The building initially housed the Chatham School which opened in 1926. Many generations of Chatham citizens point to the building as where they went to school. Ultimately when a…
A WHALE OF A PROJECT
For the first time in the Chatham Mens Club history, we opted to sponsor a piece of artwork in the Chatham Merchants Association Art in the Park fundraiser. We were assigned a very talented artist, Bradford Allen, who created the piece shown here. It was on display in Kate Gould Park along with 75 other creations. The public had the opportunity to bid on the entries from late June thru the middle of August. At…
JONATHAN AVERY NAMED TO CHATHAM AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Chatham Mens Club member, Jonathan Avery, was named to Chatham Affordable Housing Trust Board of Trustees in April of 2024. Avery is the founding principal of Avery Associates, a real estate counseling and valuation company originally located in Acton, MA in 1979 and relocated to Chatham in 2022. He has provided a wide range of advisory, analytical and valuation assignments for domestic and global private, public and institutional clients. His real estate appraisal abilities are…
CMC Member – Independence Day Parade Grand Marshall
Karl Fehrle, a 102 year-old member of the Chatham Mens Club, was named the Grand Marshal of the 2024 Chatham Independence Day Parade. Fehrle, a World War II Veteran, was a unanimous choice of this year’s Parade Committee. Karl has been a long time member of the Chatham Band. Anyone who has ever attended a Friday Night Band Concert has surely heard his solo rendition of “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” on saxophone. Additionally, Karl is…