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NewsfromOstervilleFreeLibrary By Patricia Rogers Library Director The OstervilleVillageLibrary willbe offering the community a wide variety of special ac- tivities and events during the upcoming months. All events are free of charge, unless oth- erwise noted. Please consult the Library'sWeb sitewww.os- tervillefreelibrary.org or phone the Library at 508.-428-5757 for additional information. Thursday,March 23, 11a.m. -"Tea and Tales" Bring your favorite teacup and shareitsstorywhilelisten- ing to harp music played by Andrea McCarthy. Thursday,March30, 11a.m. -"NewEnglandAuthorsandIl- lustratorsI have Published" A talk by David Godine, president and founder of David R. Godine, Inc., an award-win- ning independent publisher renowned for the outstanding quality of its publications. Many Godine titles, such as Mary Azarian's A Farmer's Al- phabet , have become classics. Saturday, April8 ,10:30a.m.- noon -- Spring Craf tActivity, f o rchildrenages5and up Pre-registration recom- mended. Saturday,April8throughSatur- day,April15 - UsborneBook Fair The Library will host a dis- play and saleofpublications by well-knownpublisher,TJsbome Books. Order forms will be availablethroughout the week, and fulfilled orders will be de- livered to the Library for pick- up. The Library will receive a portion of the proceeds. Tuesday, April25, 11 a.m. - Book talk with a Hawaiian Savor! Osterville resident Barnes Riznik will discuss his new book, Mabel Wilcox, R.N.: Her Legacy of Caring. "Miss Ma- bel" was one of Kauai's most remarkable women, the first from Hawaiito trainas anurse at Johns Hopkins Hospital who returned home and helped to transform health care on the island from 1910 to 1940. In his biography,Mr. Riznik, who is Director Emeritus of Grove Farm museum and WaioliMis- sion House on Kauai,presents her life with an historian's insight. Wednesday,May 10 -OVL 31st Annual SpringGolf Clas- sic, Wianno Club ***Special "EarlyBird"re- duced entryf eei f registration isreceivedbyMarch20 *** Tuesday,May30,11:00a.m.-"The Variety of Classical Music for the Summer of 2006, on Cape Cod" CONTINUED ON PAGE B:7 'Olde Tyme Synge' program stokes memories By Paul Gauvin pgauvin@barnstablepatriot.com TIME MARCHES ON — Former town councilor Warren Hansen of Osterville doesn't recall if he attended 1939 Olde Tyme Synge in which his brother, Richard, participated at the former Union Half, now Veterans Hall. "Imust have," he said,since his mother,Malinda Hansen,was also in the show. A SONG IN ITS HEART - Osterville s Veterans Hall,dedicated in April, 1898 near when this photo was taken, served as a community center for the village during the Depression and after, hosting such groups as the "Olde Tyme Synge." In 1939, primitivist artist Grandma (Mary Robertson) Moses, 79, gained overnight fame, "Batman"waslaunched by artist Bob Kane, 18, in DC Comics, the Baseball Hall of Fame was dedicated, FM radio receivers went on sale for the first time, France and England declared war on Ger- many,popular songsincluded "I'll Never Smile Again" and willingOstervilliansput onYe Olde Tyme Synge and Enter- tainmentto benefit thevillage community center. That was 67 years ago and among the vocalists exercis- ing their community spirit was Richard Hansen, 83, now of Bourne,who said he barely remembers that he was a member of a group that sang atthe fund-raiser,"But Iknow it was held at Union Hall." Could his group have been The Hoosier Hotshots? "Yes, that's it!" Hansen exclaimed with apparent delight" His name cropped up in the "proramme" for the evening of March 30, 1939, as war clouds loomed menacingly over young men and women who would soon be called from the comfort and safety of their villages to battle The Third Reich and the Rising Sun. He was 16 then and ajunior at Barnstable High School. Also listed in the program was his mother , Malinda Hansen, who was among "ye womenne syngers." His name was spelled "Hanson"and his mother's, "Hansen." "Well, I guess they didn't know how to spell," Richard Hansen said playfully. The "programme " itself found its way to the Patriot "futures " files a little over a year ago, offered by former town councilor Warren Han- sen, Richard's brother who, Richard said, "is not too far behind me." Familiar surnames abound in the program: Crosby, Scud- der, Hall, Crocker, Clark , Al- len, Williams, Wyman, Chute, Fuller, Milne, Chase, Childs, Fuller and others all donat- ing their time to benefit "the one thing we had then that Osterville doesn't have now - a community center," said Hansen. When Warren Hansen, of Osterville, currently visiting Mexico, sent the programme to the Patriot , he suggested in a brief note perhaps "a feature article of what people did before television." Richard Hansen remem- bers: "When the community center started it had many things. It had basketball, a rifle range in the basement and one wing was used for Scout meetings. We didn't have television." So what did young people do besides visit the commu- nity center? "Well," a modest Richard Hansen said , "we didn't go looking for enter- tainment. I can only speak for myself - there are still better spokesmen around - but I had a paper route, then worked at H.M. Meserve. the foremost business supply store on the Cape at the time. I would go there before and after school, sweeping and dusting and handling mail for $6.25 a week. "For fun , when we had the time, we had pick-up teams to play baseball in the spring and football in the fall," he recalls, "and rode our bicycle? all over the place , sometimes to visit the Crocker girls over at Oyster Harbors." His father ran a gasoline station where the White Hen Pantry is now located at CONTINUED ON PAGE B:7 Osterville Historical Society and Museum will find a pot of gold in partial proceeds from Kindreds Antiques and Folk Art "Lucky Leprechaun Sale" being held today and tomorrow at the Main Street, Osterville store. You can even do another good deed at Kindreds just by munching on food prepared by Osterville Sunday News to benefit the Hyannis Food Pantry. 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