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Bill Frey of Hellertown, PA, recently donated a 1974 Chariton Comic book titled “Any Port in a Storm” to the Museum of Lighthouse History. The book features a cute romance story about a good-looking muscular guy named Bill, whose boat breaks down while fishing and is rescued by the lighthouse keeper's beautiful blonde daughter.
As a storm rages on, a small vessel with three beautiful young women crashes on the rocks at the lighthouse and Bill rescues all of them, then collapses from exhaustion on the beach. All the girls then carry him into the keeper's house where he wakes up looking into the faces of all these beautiful women, thinking he has gone to heaven.
A rescue boat arrives to take them back to the mainland. As Bill departs the island, he and the keeper's daughter embrace as he kisses her, promising to come back.
When he returns home where his mother is cooking dinner, she asks him if he caught anything on his fishing trip, to which he replies, “Yep, three beauties, but I threw them back!”
This type of humorous collectible makes a great addition to the Museum of Lighthouse History in Wells, Maine. The museum is always looking for lighthouse collectibles of any kind. If you have an item you would like to donate, send it to the Museum of Lighthouse History, c/o American Lighthouse Foundation, P.O. Box 889, U.S. Rt 1, Wells, ME 04090.
This story appeared in the August 2004 edition of Lighthouse Digest Magazine. For subscription information about the print edition, click here.
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