Artie was accepted into the club on 4/3/55 and remained a member until his resignation in 2/69. He, his wife Marty and their three daughters lived in Massapequa Park. Artie and Marty now live in Palm Harbor, Florida. He served on the Board 10 times, was President in 1958, 59 and 65, and Vice President during 1957, 60 and 62. He served in the Marine Corp during WWII and saw action in the Pacific's Marshall and Mariana islands being wounded by machine gun fire and bayonet. He worked for Grumman Aircraft. He loved surf fishing, spent a lot of time on the beach and was an observant student and willing teacher of the sport. He gave numerous How To’s on a wide range of fishing subjects with the membership learning much from him. Over 35 years later I still tie bucktails in the way that he did. Artie was one of the smartest surf anglers that I’ve ever known, and I’ve never met a guy who could “read” the water as well as he did. While there may have been a few guys who could cast as far, none had as fluid a motion. That surprised me because he had serious and constant back problems, but one day at Montauk I took the time to study his cast. There was little if any twisting or swiveling of his body, the power was in his arms and shoulders, and they were in sync thus giving the illusion that he was not pushing for distance. Artie paid attention to details such as keeping his fishing equipment in top notch condition, experimenting and improving on knots, brands of fishing line, hooks, etc., and willingly passing along what he learned. He won the club’s Largest of Species award for weakfish in 1957 and bluefish in 1960, and was the club’s top scorer in Schaefer Points for 1964 and won several contests. Had he not been burdened with his back problem there’s little doubt that he would have scored many more wins. As his back problem got worse he experienced a growing amount of pain, particularly during winter months, and that was the major reason for his moving to a warmer climate, which did make a difference.
Adopted from a book "The Complete History of the High Hill Striper Club " by Fred Schwab , edited by Zeno Hromin.
