Keeper Carl Chellis

Carl Chellis (right) is shown receiving an award from Commanding Officer NAS Quonset Point for 40 years of federal service.

Mr. Chellis was the lighthouse keeper at Beavertail Station from January 1938 to 1945. He was there during the devastating hurricane of 1938 and lost a daughter due to that storm.

He retired in 1948 as Boatswain Mate First Class from the U.S. Coast Guard after 23 years of service.