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MRS. WILLIAM E. BELDAN .
Tel. Hy«nnl« 485-J
COMING EVENTS
(1) The Centerville Kindergarten
Association announces a food sale
to be held at the Stop & Shop
on Friday morning, Feb. 28 to
benefit the work of the organiza-
tion. Here's a good opportunity to
get some goodies for the weekend
In the home cooked food varieties.
(2) Smorgasbord.
Keep the date of March 8 open
for one of the fine church suppers
put on by the Women's Fellowship
of the Congregational Church , this
village. In the smorgasbord style ,
there will be two sittings—one at
5:30 and one at 6:30. Tickets may
be purchased from the young peo-
ple of the church, through mem-
bers of the Fellowship or reserva-
tions may be made by calling Mrs.
Edward White at Hyannis 295-W
or Mrs. Seabury Bearse at Hyan-
nis 774-J. Co-chairmen ot the affair
are Mrs. Norman Toas and Mrs.
Joseph Macomber.
PARENTS CLUB
The monthly meeting of the Cen-
terville Parents Club was held In
the auditorium of the Centerville
Elementary School Tuesday eve-
ning, Feb. 4, with about 60 people
present.
Special feature of the meeting
was the climax of the portrait con-
test which had been entered by
several of the school pupils .Sub-
retained so much of the outside
world for his inner vision. These
lines will show what dreams he
had and will find an echo In the
hearts of people who dwell In our
Pilgrim land.
The Call of Old Cape Cod
Your leaf-crowned hills and mead-
ows broad ,
Your dunes which fringe the sea
Where in my youth 1 used to stroll
Are ever calling me.
Your spring-fed streams where I
was wont
To fish In sunny May,
Are calling me to come along
With them down to the bay.
The soft white sands which flank
the tides
Where ships go sailing by;
Are luring me to come and rest
Soothed by the sea gulls' cry.
Oh beautious Cape Cod, Atlantic's
pride, ,
Your charm surpasses all
That I have ever found elsewhere
My heart lifts to your call.
—John D. W. Bodflsh
ject of each work of art was re-
quired to stand beside each por-
trait for the judging. Three prizes
were awarded In each grade with
winners and runnersup as follows:
Grade 6, Wendy Hayes, Michael
Gladych and Gayle Wilcox; gr. 5,
Pamela Maddalena , Stuart Hinck-
ley, Linda Pukki; Gr. 4, Suzanne
Gladych , Michael Balrd, Leighton
Besse; Gr. 3, Margo Hoffman, Mar-
cus White, Wayne Wood; Gr. 2,
Lynn Larkln, Pamela Delano, John
Johnson ; Gr. 1, Susan Buckler,
William Hinckley and Brenda Leon-
ard. Our congratulations go to the
winners, runnersup and to all con-
testants tor their fine efforts with '
special appreciation to those in
charge of the affair.
Host and hostesses during the
refreshment and social hour in-
cluded Mr. and Mrs. Stephen
Hayes, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. H. Allen
Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Harry John-
son and Mr. and Mrs. Bradley
Parker.
Next meeting of the club has
been scheduled for March 11th.
Michael Gladych will be tie fea-
tured speaker; his subject , "Guid-
ed Missiles."
BOARD OF TRADE
Members of the Centerville Board
of Trade gathered Sunday after-
noon, Feb. 9 at the Community
building on Main Street for their
monthly meeting with Louis Ser-
plco, president, in charge of the
business session.
Articles in the Town Meeting
Warrant were discussed with spe-
cial attention to those dealing with
Cralgvllle Beach. The Board went
on record as opposed to the Taise
in parking fees at the beach while
approving the idea of having uni-
formed men for patrol there.
Mrs. Otto Anderson, Mrs Louis
Serpico and Mrs. Laurence Bearse
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served as hostosses during the so-
cla'
l hour which followed the busi-
ness session.
Plans were also made for a so-
cial meeting this month in the
form of a covered dish supper for
members and friends which was
held In the vestry of the Village
Church Wednesday, Feb. 26 , and
proved to be a most enjoyable
affair.
VILLAGE CHURCH
ORGANIZATIONS
Several members of the Cpnter-
vllle Junior and Senior High Pil-
grim Fellowships and leaders at-
tended the rally of fellowships of
the Barnstable County Association
held at West Parish Church, West
Barnstable, Sunday afternoon and
evening, Feb. 9. Among speakers
was the Rev. Peter Palches of Cen-
terville who spoke about bis work
as Cape Cod Institutional Chaplain.
Members of the Women's Fel-
lowship of the Village Church gath-
ered In the church vestry Monday
evening, Feb. 10, for their monthly
meetings. Devotions were led by
Mrs. Stanley Buckler with the busi-
ness session and program In charge
of Mrs. William C. Archibald. Re-
ports of officers and committees
with donations authorized for sev-
eral Friendly Service and Social
Action projects were Important
parts of the business session.
Since the Fellowship is sponsor-
ing Cub Scouts in Centerville for
the coming year, plans ware made
for furnishing and serving the Cub
Scout banquet was held on Thurs-
day evening, Feb. 20 at Cento™
school nudltorium. '*
Mr.s Alfred R. Atwood of H?(
nls, Mrs. Nelson Bearse, Cent
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vllle librarian, and several tt
bers of the Adventures in neadi
group gave interesting book
ports including "The Living
These Days" by Harry Emetio
Fosdick, reported by Mrs. j i
Anderson; "Face Toward the 8
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by Faith Baldwin, sent in by a,
Harry Johnson and read by M
Edward H. White; "The Whl!
Witch" by Elizabeth Goudge, "g,
of Drest" by Hilda Prescot
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"A Swinger of Birches" by sW
Cox reported by Mrs. Bearse, s>
"The Moon By Night" by joy patl
er, reported by Mrs. Atwood.
Mrs. C. Wesley Bright and met
bers of the February hostess coj
mittee served refreshments In |j
Ayling Room during the 80cil
hour. Decorations were in valentii
motif.
|J:NTERVILLE
By CLARA JANE HALLETT
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Barnstable became a Town September 3, 1G39. In early
days, houses of worship were called Meeting Houses and the
affairs of the Town were usually carried on therein. Old records
say that in 1643 there were only 45 voters in the town.
It Is no wonder they did not
need a Town House but as the
population increased the subject
of a Town House was discussed
and lt was decided to build one as
near the center of town as possible.
A committee was formed to
bnild it: Abraham Fuller , Eben
Whelden and Amlel Jenkins. Land
was bought of Seth Parker for
134.25 and the building was be-
gan. It cost $1,300.00, but in 1880
an addition was made bringing the
tost to $1,500.00.
Town meetings were heltl in that
building until 1926 when , with the
coming of the woman 's vote in
1920, it had outgrown its useful-
ness, and it became a house by the
side of the road where history
was no longer made.
Town meeting was fn March as
it is now, but in the early days
before women voted there were no
antos—all kinds of vehicles were
used. Frost was coming up out of
the ground at that time of year,
the sandy roads were full of mud ,
great ruts, sometimes up to the hub
of the wheels. Sometimes on that
important day it would turn cold.
Fathers would be warned not to
Btand about in the cold and wet..
Husbands and fathers brough t
home news of what went on and
ambitious women became tired of
being in a class of goods and chat-
tels—just nobod y at all. It was an
event of great interest you mny
well believe and the men would
tell what fun they had choosing
a Field Driver and Poundkeeper.
Efforts would be made to fasten
the jobs on some sanctimonious
men who seemed cut out for great-
er things.
Cows use to be driven through
the streets to a pasture . I remem-
ber when Doctor Chapman had his
cows driven to a field on Ocean
Street. Heman Crocker said he
took them there for, as I recall,
$1 per month. It doesn 't seem pos-
sible—It must have been a week .
The COWB would sometimes wander
away and get Into gardens and
damage property—most dreadfu l
visitors. The Field Driver would be
sent for in haste to take them
to the Pound and they would be
kept there until a fine was paid.
I believe the Poundkeeper 's fam-
ily had plenty of milk and cream
those days.
Town Meeting was a great event
those days for the men. They met
their friends and relatives from
other villages and learned the
news and some choice bits of gos-
sip so dear to the hearts of people
who live In small places where let-
ters are few and families only meet
at Thanksgiving, Christmas, for
funerals, weddings and extra spe-
cial public occasions.
Women had little outside in-
terests—the church , sewing circle,
the friendly group of neighbors and
friends and family cares and duties.
There will always be women who
find this Is not enough. Whether
they are happier now than they
were in earlier days we know not.
It all depends on the person. I will
not dwell too much on this for I
wish to write about some of the
things I remember when I went to
Town Meeting and was a real citi-
zen of the Town.
Women could only vote for
School Committee for some years—
'it wasn't much , but it was an open-
ing wedge to further opportuni-
ties. The first time I voted at the
old Town House was in 1898.
Lucius Paine had been on the
School Committee for many years
with no oposition. This year Dr.
Edward C. Hinckley decided that
work would Interest him , so early
on Town Meeting day, with his
wife and a large number of friends,
we started out. A man called out ,
"Where are you going with all
those women?" "To vote ", we re-
plied. "Well , you might as well stay
home for all the good it will do."
We were piled into an old fash-
ionel carryall drawn by an ancient
steed—full of pep and excitement.
When we arrived we found a few
women from other villages so we
all huddled together. The ground
around the Town House was full
of wagons and ours was soon
parked. In former days Capt . Gid-
eon Hallett had a tent there and
served clam chowder , but this
year the wagon of the Murph y
Brothers was serving the public
with doughnuts , turnovers, coffee
and other good things from their
bake shop In Hyannis. It made us
feel more at home In that new
atmosphere.
The Town House Itself was a one
story wooden structure of no par-
ticular design. You went in through
a little ante room to the one big
long room filled with settees. Some
men in the entry looked at us with
surprise—what are women doing
here? When they found we were
there to vote for school committee
they laughed. Let's give the young
fellow some votes he probably won't
get many anyway, but they were
mistaken. So many people thought
to Just help him a bit—but he
had a winning number.
In the big room there was a very
large stove in the center with a
sawdust tobaccy trail around it.
The air was blue with smoke;
men stood around in groups with
their hats on, flannel shirts, long
whiskers and plenty of tobacco
juice in action.
We hurried In and with the other
women took our seats in what may
have been called the Amen corner.
Little ieuflets were passed around
by the candidates or other workers
just as a matter of form for the
Town Warrant had been discussed
in the shops of Daniel Crowell and
Bacon Crowell for weeks and
everyone knew how he would vote.
Some hot discussions took place
after the meeting was called to
order by the Moderator who that
day was Charles Paine. He stood
on a raised platform with the
Selectmen and some others—and
whacked his gavel when the crowd
got too noisy.
There were two baskets—one for
the Republican votes and one for
the Democrat votes. When our turn
came we filed along silently with
our ballots held tightly In our
hands and as we approached Law-
yer Paine, who knew us well, he
cried out "Hats off to the ladies!"
Every hat came off , and they laugh-
ed, taking us ns a Joke. Thnt pain-
ful Job was over, we hurried to
our seats.
Many would-be orators started
their political careers at Town
Meeting. At this time the strong
arm of the law was vested In the
Constable or Sheriff—usually a man
of commanding presence and
stocky build was elected as better
able to tackle unruly pe°Ple- Mr-
Perclval of Barnstable waB In office
at that time.
The only woman who had ever
served as School Committee as far
as I know was Miss Martha Whel-
don. During Dr. Hinckley 's term
Mrs. Sarah Sears was elected and
women have served ever since.
When we met at the Theatre
everything wns different. Men
were shaved and dressed fit to ap-
pear anywhere. The women were
quite conspicious and their votes
were eagerly sought. Carriages or
autos were sent for one to use. We
took our dinner nnd stayed all day.
Ever since I can remember, we
hare been building or enlarging
schools. Some man was telling how
many new students were coming
In and how there was no room for
them. Maude Case Eliot arose and
asked, "Isn't there anyone going
out?" Of course, there was, for a
large claBs would be graduated.
That brought a lot of applause.
1 remember many speakers but
I cannot mention them ail here.
Every town on our Peninsula had
these town meetings and men who
were faithful , honest workers. I
used to think the majority ruled
but I have changed my mind. I now
believe it is the small stubborn
group who never give up but keep
working for certain issues year
after year who finally chart the
paths we must follow.
One of the speakers who will
never be forgotten by anyone who
heard him was Andrew Lawrence.
He was a typical Cape Codder.
When he spoke a hush came on
the meeting. Whatever the subject
—it made no difference—he spoke
words of wisdom and he brought a
sense of humor or pathos with It
that reduced all tension that arose
from hot discussions. We had more
brilliant speakers but he was one
who warmed our hearts.
John D. W. Bodflsh had a deep
love for the Cape and he was
always warning us not to give up
our Town Meetings or we would
lose our Heritage and our whole
way of life would be changed.
When ho passed away someone
I said our town meetings will never
be the same without him, and many
have felt the same sense of loss.
As I am writing about our old
Town Meetings I find there Is much
I must leave out. Mr. Bodflsh was
always cheerful; he made the Cape
the center of his life work. We did
not realize he was blind because
in bis early life he had seen and
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