Manursing Island Club, which turned 100 this year, is aging well. In fact, the clubhouse looks exactly the same today as it did when it opened in 1912.
Manursing Island Club, which turned 100 this year, is aging well. In fact, the clubhouse looks exactly the same today as it did when it opened in 1912.
At a party at the club last month, many of the walls displayed storyboards and wonderful old photos from decades past. Those and a lot more memorabilia are now on display at the Square House through July 7.
The MIC Centennial Committee (Sue Seitz, Tom McDermott, Kek Knowles, Paul Hicks, and Mark Keegan) did their research — spending hours at the New York Public Library, perusing every issue of The Rye Chronicle from 1911-1969, asking longtime members to look in their attics for old trophies, tennis racquets, and clippings. Oh, the treasures they found!
