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IEARLYFILES COMPILED BYJOHN WATTERS
EARLWILESaARNSTMLEPATR10T.COM
FROM BARNSTABLE PATRIOT. MAR 27, 19B6
GOVERNOR GOES TO GATEWAY- Governor Dukakis, flanked by Selectman
JohnKlimm (left) and Marty Flynn,looksover what willsomeday beGateway
Park in Hyannis. The governor went to Cape Cod Community College
immediately afterword to a conference on local environmental problems.
1836
Railroad all the way to Nan-
tucket. It iseven so,yet whowould
ever have thought of such a thing
fifty years ago! Not we, surely.We
wasn't born then. But we live in an
age of wonders for all that, and a
Railroad to Nantucket is no more
of a marvel now, than a road to a
mill was then. - If any one on is
disposed to doubt us—touchingthe
existence of the Railroad aforesaid,
they can be fully informed as to its
identity and allparticularsrelating
to its movements, by turning to
our advertising columns, where
they will find that the good sloop
Railroad leaves Cotuit Port in the
South west part of this town for
Nantucketthreetimesaweek,wind
and weather permitting.
1866
Francis Bacon, Esq., of Boston,
has purchased what is known as
the "William's Farm" in this vil-
lage, belonging to the estate by
the late F.W. Crocker, containing
about twenty-five acres, for the
sum of $1500. In connection with
the "Bacon Farm," it will make
one of the most valuable Farms in
his County.
1896
Eugene R. Childs of Centreville
was arrested by district policeman
S.F.Letteney and officer L.E. Bax-
ter of Hyannis.Hewastakenbefore
Judge Swift of the first district
court on the charge of polygamy.
He pleaded not guilty. In 1882,
Elizabeth M. Grant of Falmouth
was married to F. Grant , who
disappeared and has never been
heard from since. In the winter of
1890 Eugene Childs began to keep
company with Grant's wife, and
they were married in 1891.Thus far
everything was all right, as far as
Childswasconcerned,accordingto
the law he had the right to marry
Mrs. Grant since more than seven
yearshad elapsed sinceherfisthus-
band disappeared. About twoyears
ago Mrs. Childs left her husband,
on account of ill treatment, and
she spent ten months in ahospital
in Boston. Last spring Childs met
Bertha L Erskine, of Charlestown
and were soon married in Boston.
The latest Mrs. Childs supposedly
did not know that Mr. Childs was
already married, she is 19 years
old and seems an innocent girl and
probably trusted that everything
was all right all along.
1906
"He carved out hisown fortune."
"Nonsense! He married it." "Well,
he had to cut out a lot of other
fellows, didn't he?"
1916
The crew of the fishing boat
William& Joseph of Provincetown
had a harrowing experience on
Wednesday night. They had been
fishing in Massachusetts Bay off
Plymouth all day, and towards
night started for home. The wind
was heavy and the weather thick
and they failed to make The Race
and were obliged to anchor. Both
anchors were finally put over to
try and hold the boat, but as the
wind kept increasing they were
obliged to round the Cape and
made Hyannis harbor in the early
morning after one of the worst
nights they ever experienced.
1926
The town building which is soon
to be replaced by a new structure
waspurchased in 1917from William
J. Hallett and sister,who inherited
it from their parents Capt. andMrs.
WilliamAllen Hallett. Previously it
had been the home of Mrs. Hallett's
father,Josiah Parker,and stood on
the northeast corner of thelot close
to Main Street. It was moved back
by Captain Hallett to its present
location and many improvements
and additions made so that it was
one of the very attractive homeson
the street. Its next move is to be
to the west of the lot and partly on
the HyannisPublic library grounds
where it will remain during the
construction of the new building
in order that business may not be
interrupted, but go on as usual.
1936
Starting from a car just brought
in for repairs, a fire in the Hyannis
garagecaused damageestimated all
the way from $5000 to $10,000, ac-
cording to Frank Thacher. The fire
started shortly after 10o' clock in a
car brought in a short while before
for Mrs.EdwardSmithtohavesome
difficulty with the gasoline supply
straightened out. Nera Main was
at work on it drainingoff the gaso-
line tank and was obliged to leave
for a few minutes. On his return
he found the car ablaze with the
flames licking the roof over head.
An alarm brought prompt response
by the fire department which made
short work of the actual fire. But
not before it had spread to the at-
tic where a large shipment of auto
parts was being stored.
1946
The Rev. Walter Royal Jones
Jr. of the Barnstable Unitarian
Church, in his weekly letter to his
parishioners had this to say on
the subject of the Academy Award
moving picture, "The Lost Week
End." "Recently a much heralded
motion picture , The Lost Week
End played at the local theatre. It
was neither so daring nor so truth-
ful as the advertising copy would
have led us to believe. Yet it did
draw attention to one widespread
symptom of the spiritual sickness
of world the attempt to climb
into Heaven through the neck of
a bottle. What impressed me the
most was the curious reaction of
the audience. There seemed to be
many persons there who could not
bring themselves to understand
that the distracted character on
the screen seekingdesperately and
futilely the consolation of alcohol
was not comic, but tragic."
1956
The Sophomoreshave once again
come through in the fine style with
their annual Hop at the high school
last Friday night. The theme of
St. Patrick's Day was brilliantly
displayed throughout the room
with green and white leprechauns
and shamrocks. Green and white
streamers added to the festive
mood and Roger Gott's Orchestra
topped of the atmosphere with
an undertone of excellent music.
The highlight of the evening came
when Barry Crawford and Carolyn
Murphy were crowned King and
Queen by the ClassPresident Peter
Field. An excellent dancing display
was given to an appreciative audi-
ence by Buddy Fish, a member of
the class
1966
Barnstable County Sheriff Don-
ald P. Tulloch today voiced his
strong opposition against legisla-
tion to authorize the licensing and
taxing of exhibitions of Jai-Alai in
the County of Barnstable under
which the pari-mutuel system of
betting would be allowed. "It will
be a sorry day for Cape Cod when
we allow legalized gambling in
any form to get a foothold here,"
said the sheriff. "We would as a
consequence find many of our
quiet, peace loving citizens moving
away to other parts,and real rowdy
crowd moving in."
1976
Theywillrelyheavilyonextensive
TJMAAAstudies ofvehicle traffic at
Race Point,Provincetown andhope
to use Sandy Neck as something of
a typical "prototype" of other bar-
rier beaches along the state coast.
State Coastal Zone Management
Director Charles Terrell told about
two dozen listeners at the college
that, "We want to look at the com-
patibility of beach vehicles with
a sandy environment in hopes of
providing recommendations useful
to the town in setting sand vehicle
and Sandy Neck use policies."
EDITORIALSZZ
The New Bedford Syndrome
Why is it that everything that
we have, New Bedford wants?
First the Steamship Authority
and now the Cape Cod Baseball
League.
The Mayor of New Bedford,
Scott W. Lang , is making inqui-
ries, along with some friends,
about expanding the Cape Cod
Baseball League to his fair city.
And why wouldn't he?
The league is the premier
summer baseball league, at-
tracting thousand of visitors to
see could-be pros play Ameri-
ca's game with wooden bats.
The benefit to the city is clear.
But what's the benefit to the
league? New Bedford is at best
inconvenient, especially for
teams based closer to the lower
than upper Cape.
The big problem, at least as
we view it, is that New Bedford
is not Cape Cod. It's not close
to Cape Cod.
Lang's predecessor, Fred
Kaliz, also had an appetit e for
things Cape Cod ... and islands.
His desire was to become a
fifth port for the Woods Hole,
Nantucket and Martha'sVine-
yard Steamship Authority.
Kaliz figured that his city could
intercept freight and passenger
traffic , thereby helping traf-
fic congestion on and off Cape
and in the port communities of
Woods Hole and Hyannis.
We actually liked that idea.
It made sense and there was a
benefit to all, although Martha's
Vineyard may still need to be
convinced.
That plan was realized
through the stronger and more
nimble legislative bloc from the
Southcoast.
But the Cape League is some-
thing else.
We won't say we're against it
outright, but there needs to be
a pretty good justification as to
why this makes any sense.
If the League is serious about
finding good, financially stable
host communities, it should
look first to this side of the
bridges in a concerted way.
In the realm of professional
sports, there's a bidding pro-
cess. The league need to test
those waters to see what's
actually out there. There's no
doubt that New Bedford could
put together an attractive plan
as a host community. But at the
root, there needs to be a love
of sport, not just the love of an
economic engine.
DS II
editor@barnstablepatriot.com
The croak of spring
There's always a sense of
anticipation at this time of year.
When will the bogs start to
peep?
Last week's unseasonable
entry into spring didn't move
the process too far along, but
Thursday morning's mildness
brought forth a low, faint croak.
Now a croak isn't a peep, but
it's a good solid sign that the
cacophony from croakers' rela-
tives, the peepers , can't be far
behind.
There's something reassuring
about the thought of that.
Despite the biting wind,
March's lamb is returning to
the pasture. It just happens
that the lamb is an amphibian
and the pasture is a bog.
So we eagerly await Cape
Cod's audible entry into to
spring.
DS II
editor@barnstablepatriot.com
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U.S. Wins War in
Iraq
Iwas on myway to the trans-
fer station in a vehicle full of
sanitary landfill when I heard
on the radio that the war in
Iraq had been terminated.
And we won.
That was about three years
ago and I have to admit it took
me quite awhileto understand
that when President Bush said
we had won he didn't mean
we had won, in the strictest
sense, but that we hadn't lost,
in the strictest sense.In other
words, we won but,aswinners
sometimes say, winning isn't
everything, although more
of ten it is losers who say this.
Even people who appear to
have won sometimes say that
they have won whenwhat they
mean is that haven't lost.
If thisisconfusing,you must
understand that the language
of compassionate conserva-
tism is not always easy to
follow. The Dialogues of Plato
isn't that easy to follow, either,
but that doesn't mean either
man was trying to bamboozle
us. When Donald Rumsfeld
says that we are bringing de-
mocracy to the Middle East
he is echoing President Bush,
who is echoingVice President
Cheney. It was Vice President
Cheney, after all, who was the
administration 's main man
when it came to explaining
why we had to go to Iraq in
the first place. Weapons of
mass destruction , or WMDs,
as Condi Rice likesto call'em.
Remember them? They were
the reason. Plus - and don 't
forget this - we needed to
downsize the existingregime,
which was under the influ-
ence of a morally-challenged
unsavory character.
So what's the issue? The
way people carry on makes
me want to reach for a mo-
tion discomfort bag. Stop the
whining, will you please. We
won the war. Or just about.
It's over ... almost over. The
war is pretty much over and
we have just about won it,
more or less.How manytimes
do we have to say it? Plain.
Simple.
What's that? What do you
call it if not war when soldiers
and civilians keep getting
blown to pieces, day after day,
year after year?
First of all, that's not war,
that's asymmetric action.
You're talking about casual-
ties from improvised explosive
devices, area denial munitions
-incontinent ordnance, ifyou
will - not the decent , John
Wayne kind of killing and
wounding. Our intelligence
assets on the ground tell us
you've got to expect that kind
of collateral damage, some-
times even from friendly fire ,
before you can neutralize the
hostiles, before you can secure
the area and return to a state
of pre-hostility. That's the
nature of war.Excuse me. Did
I say war? I meant defense.
Defense is hell.
Are there any more ques-
tions? How's that again? Did
you say, "Why don't we just
pull out and bring the troops
home?"
That's pretty funny but
here's the answer: Because
then it would look like we lost
when we've already won. Next
question.
Well then, what are we go-
ing to do?
We are going to bring fur-
ther stability to an already
stabilized situation. We'll call
it restabilized stability. Or
double stabilization. We have
alreadyintroduced democracy
to Iraq. This democratic idea
will soon spread to the other
countries of the Middle East
- Iran, Libya, China. Pretty
soon they'll all be democra-
cies. Then everybody will say
we did the right thing and
President Bush will go down
in history as an anti-war kind
of guy.
As the President himself
said at a news conference just
the other day, "Nobody likes
war ... War creates trauma."
What's that? Is trauma the
same thing as dead American
soldiers and Iraqi civilians?
Sounds like your belt doesn't
go through all the loops.
Sounds like you are a few
feathers short of aWhole duck,
like maybe the cheese slid off
your cracker.Didn't President
Bush say at that very same
news conference, "If I didn't
believe we could succeed, I
wouldn't be there. I wouldn't
put those kidsthere."? He also
said,just to showthat he has a
rounded view ofthings,"There
is no doubt that the situation
in Iraq is still tense."
I guess that shows he's got
a handle on it, but it's hard
to follow the game without a
program.You've got Sunisand
Ayatollahs, you've got IEDs,
you've got democracy, you've
got imams and emirs, and ca-
liphs and sheiks. I'lltellyou,it
is one confusing son of biscuit
over there. I don't know how
we managed to win.
THE rrf VIEW FROM i
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