Sayville History Splash;

After some research, we have been able to create a memorial page for Newton Amos Raynor, Class of 1926, and add Newton to our birthday remembrance calendar.

Newton and his brother George Renwick Raynor ran Raynor Beach on Lake Ronkonkoma. The business was started by their Mother and Father;
“George Caleb Raynor, whose family had lived on Lake Ronkonkoma since the 1840s, bought property on the lakefront in 1921 from D.J. O’Conor. This became the well-known Raynor’s Beach.

Mr. Raynor soon discovered that his property was being used for picnics by people who drove out from the city. After each weekend in the summer, he had a big clean-up job to do, so he decided to make money from the visitors. He built a small pavilion and some bathhouses on the beach.

Up on the hill, a large building was converted into a restaurant where hot meals were served. People paid fifty cents for parking the extensive parking lot he constructed.

The Raynor Beach property ran from the lake to Ronkonkoma Avenue. There was a ball field and a large shaded picnic area. Raynor’ Beach catered to a high-class transient trade.

Later the large house was taken down for tax purposes, and a restaurant and refreshment stand was opened at the bottom of the hill.”

(credit and source: Three Waves, A Story of Lake Ronkonkoma)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218514763/newton-amos-raynor