Arthur Rogers
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New Crew for the Arthur Rogers
Tom and Diana Hepworth vere temporarily absent from heir five-acre Pigeon Island (one >/ the Reef Islands ) BSIP, in une-July. They were in cold lew Zealand where twin sons tere born to them in June. They heady have a daughter, four, nd at this rate will soon be ble to man “Arthur Rogers” nthout any help from outsiders.
“A.R.” made history in the Pacific by having an all-girl crew t one time eight years ago. Tom jught the girls celestial naviga ion and reckons they were the est crew he ever had—keen as utstard and never a complaint, o matter how hard the going.
This was before the Hepworths rent trading around the BSIP lew Hebrides area. In the last ouple of years they have been bsorbed by the islands even urther and are now living ashore t their trading station on their mall island, with “A.R." in a nug anchorage right at the front oor.