Calahan, Harold

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Harold Augustin Calahan was born in New York November 7, 1889 to Henrietta S Kilroy and Edward A Calahan. He was raised and educated in Brooklyn, NY. and attended Columbia University.

He married Gladys Ralston Britton on December 21, 1917 in Manhattan. In Rye his family lived at 12 Brevoort Lane in the Greenhaven section of Rye.

He was known for writing the novel Back to Treasure Island (1935), a sequel to Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. He strongly argued that Stevenson had in mind to write such a story.

Harold served as a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy during World War II as a LCDR USNR

Greenhaven Yacht Club Plans To Launch One-Design Fleet Philip Rhodes, Navel architect and designer of small boats, was guest speaker at the annual dinner of the Greenhaven Yacht Club in the Blue Haven Inn, Tuesday night. Arthur Karl, commodore of the Yacht Club, described the community project of the club which is building a fleet of eight one-design racing boats, the Rhodes Bantam, designed by Mr. Rhodes. Three of these boats are already off the production line. Other talks were given by Commander Harold Callahan, author former commodore of the club, and by Al Wunderlief, amateur small boat builder. Fifty-eight members and guests attended the dinner.
RYE, NEW YORK FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1947

Harold was once promotional director of the old New York Daily Mirror. Afterward, he was president of H. A. Calahan, a national distributor for marine products, which he founded.

His wife, Gladys, was an artist and accomplished equestrian. She and Harold, specialized in the showing of gaited horses. One of their most famous entries, Bearing Teavine, won 27 ribbons in 29 shows. In addition to riding and showing horses, Gladys enjoyed painting. Harold wrote several books including “Learning to Sail,”; “Back to Treasure Island,” “‘What Makes a War End” and a novel, “Geography for Grownups.” He was a founder and honorary commodore of the Greenhaven Yacht Club.

Harold Calahan, 76, died November 26, 1965 in Port Chester, N. Y. of a heart attack. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

At the time of his death, he was survived by his widow, Gladys Ralston Britton Calahan. The couple had no children. Gladys died June 14, 1982 at the age of 96, in the Greenwich Laurelton Nursing Home in Connecticut. The only known survivor was a niece, Betty LaChance of Hohokus, N.J.