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COMPILED BYJOHN WAITERS EARLYFILES@BARNSTABLEPATR10T.COM STANDING OVATION - The cast of Fiddler on the Roof at Barnstable High School takes awell-deserved bowto astandingovation initsApril5eveningperformance. Andy Rapo (center with beard and hat) as Tevye, was magnificent in the lead role as the audience was more than happy to point out during bows. School in suggesting names for the streets which are being cut at the Fish Hills. Nine more names are desired. There is already a Iyanough street and Harbor Bluff road. For each name chosen a prize of $5 will be awarded, with the provision that only one prize shall be paid to a single pupil. 1936 The sheriff and his deputies are installing an electric gong as big as a washtub, to be rung if a prisoner should escape from the new house of correction this week. It has not yet been tested but those who looked it over suggested it should be heard from West Barnstable to the Dennis line. 1946 Heavy sentences to State Prison were imposed by Judge Joseph Warner on the three men who early in the morning of Jan. 23, escaped from Barnstable Jail after slugging two guards with aniron pipe and chiseland steal- ing from them the jail keys. Au- gustine Barbarosa,34,no home, Jerald K. Ellis, 18 of Hyannis, and Hebert Boomhower, 20 of Hatchville allreceived ten year- long terms. Barbarosa related to the jury the highlights of his life history before reaching the point of trying to explain his actions on the morning of the escape. Young Ellis declined the opportunity to tell his story. Boomhower remained seated in the prisoner's dock, sorrowful , perhaps, and silent. 1956 Herbert J. Dwyer,45,married, of Route 6A, West Barnstable , prominent in town and youth activities, pleaded not guilty to 14 counts of larceny when arraigned before Judge Eugene Hudson in Barnstable Superior Court. The offenses were al- legedly committed against the Eldridge and Bourne Company, for which Mr. Dwyer was the bookkeeper. Active in youth af- fairs and Dwyer was appointed just last week asthe acting Civil Defense Director. He was also a member of the Boy Scout Com- 1836 The business before the court of Common Pleas this week was unusually small; it was finished on Wednesday afternoon, occu- pying less than two days. Judge Strong presided. The Grand Jury found but two bills. One against Sylvanias Cahoon of Harwich for stealing a cord of wood; to which he plead not guilty, but said he would not contest and was sentenced to ten days impris- onment. The other was against an individual from Chatham for selling rum. 1866 For sale a good location for a family from the City in warm weather, on Cape Cod, Hyannis Port, away from the noise and dust of city life. A two story House located 1 1/2 miles from the Hyannis Depot, of good size, with 40 acres of Land - some good for cutting Hay, salt and fresh - bounded on the south and west by salt water. A stream of water near the house, open to the sea board. Always cool in hot weather. Can't be beat. Apply to Thacher Hinckley, on the premises. 1896 The remonstrants of the South Shore Electric Road proposed on the Cape met in Boston this week to give testimony to the legislative committee on street railways. Thomas H. Lawrence, of Falmouth was opposed saying the streets of Falmouth were so narrow, and horses would be frightened. He did not believe it would pay and that he would not want to invest in the stock. He also said there, was plenty of back landson theroute,and rails could be kept out of the streets. Capt. Daniel Bursley, who runs a stage from West Barnstable to Centreville, thought an electric line could not beat him getting passengers from the steam cars. He thought summer people who rode with him would oppose the electric line. Lysander Z. Amos, postmaster of Mashpee, opposed the road, claiming it would be no benefit to the town or its people. 1906 A chandelier believed to have belonged to the steamer Port- land, lost in 1898 with all on board , was hauled up with a trawl by one of the crew of the schooner Manomet about 18 miles S.S.E. of Thatcher'sIsland on Monday.Thisisthe first thing found of the ill-fated steamer. There isbut little doubt that the vessel through breakage in the steeringgear becameunmanage- able and with a sudden plunge went directly to the bottom. 1916 The suit by the Common- wealth v. Samuel Cohen, Jake Dresser, Abe Morris and Jacob Goldstein , for breaking and entering into the store of Louis Arenovski of Hyannis was heard this week. The suit was the outcome of the break in to the 20 -will be in charge of layout, composition and publishing of the Army paper, which will be sent through the channels to the troops in the field. As a student here he was a doorman at Hyannis Center Theater and was active in Boy Scouts, and his church group. 1976 The Raider Baseballteam split apre-season doubleheader with Westford Academy. Mark Miller- Jones hit atwo run homer for the only runs for the Raiders in the 3-2 losing effort in the first game. The second game was a nine in- ning gamebymutualagreement, but the extra innings didn't hurt BHS as they pulled of a 9-8 vic- tory. Standouts in the contest were Dean Stanley, SilasAtsalis, Dave McDonald, Mike Tuepker, and Ron Burlingame. t 1986 Barnstable Recreation Com- mission named a new director for the town's recreation de- partment this week. Rec Leader Dave Curley was selected to replace the retiring Jack Heher, and willhold the position for one month before looking for reap- pointment for the next fiscal year. "We felt we had someone within the system," said com- missionchairmanJon Coutinho, "withthe education,knowledge, desire and ambition to handle the job." The commission will now start looking for someone to occupy Curley 's vacated position. 1996 Sixtyjobs and counting.Even more jobs may have to be cut in the Barnstable School Depart- ment if a decision isn't made soon about what to do about the $100,000 shortfall in the school budget. "The window of opportunity is passing us by," interim Superintendent of Schools Dr. Edward Tynan said. "If a decision is not made soon, we may have to cut even more jobs." "We"re just not ready to make a decision like this yet," School Committee Chairman Tom Dolby said to an audience of 120 at the meeting. EARLYFILES EDITORIALS =ZZ Trustis good, communication is better There is a sort of "one-better" game going on among members of the town council over the future of the town-owned Darby property in Osterville. There are issues of public water supply, affordable hous- ing and open space, but more basic to the situation are issues of trust and communication. Trust is a nice though not entirely necessary part of the political process. Whether one member of a deliberating body trusts or believes another has to be weighed when it comes time to make a decision, and it will always be an internal deci- sion. More than trusting one an- other, legislators must commu- nicate. Whether the information provided is deemed trustworthy is, again, an individual decision, but the information is needed in the first place to make such determinations. In a similar vein, those who wish to be heard need to un- derstand that delivery can be as important to their argument as the content. Even the most black-and-white statements tend to be obscured when dressed in red-faced attire. There is a kind of self-sabo- tage that some employ in pre- senting their arguments that makes people want them to be wrong. Those in the message- delivery business need to un- derstand that a period is better than an exclamation point. All of this is good fodder for those of us in the news busi- ness, but it clouds the issue to the point where it's difficult to see. Coverage of the issue in the daily paper focused on the fact that councilors were fighting, but totally ignored the issue they were fighting over. Good headline, but it doesn't move the public policy question along. Not all councilors are involved in the Darby fight , and we hope their dispassionate sensibilities carry the day. DS II editor@barnstablepatnot.com arte ^arrestable patriot — Founded in 1830 — Published Weekly at 396 Main Street,Suite 15 • P.O.Box 1208 • Hyannis, Massachusetts 02601 Tel:(508) 771-1427 • Fax: (508) 790-3997 E-mail info@barnstablepatriot.com • www.barnstabIepatriot.com PU BL1SHER, Robert F. Sennott,Jr. EDITOR David Still II BUSINESS MANAGER ..Barbara J. Hennigan ASSOCIATE EDITOR Edward F.Maronev ADVERTIS1NG DEPARTMENT EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Luanda S. Harrison Representative Kathleen Manwaring Reporter John Picano Representative Melora B. North Reporter Carol A. Bacon Representative Jack Mason Representative DESIGN/PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT Cathy Staples Graphic Designer CIRC. & RECEPTION TanyaOhanian David Bailey Graphic Designer „ ««*. MEMBER NEW ENGLAND PRESS ASSOCIATION i \ l } | First Place, General Excellence -New England Press Association,2001 * ' rV' First Place, General Excellence -Advertising, 2002 & 2003 Let's build our future now The word "building" makes some Cape Codders jump up on a table and squeal. It rep- resents harvesting of natural vistas, and their replacement with yet more houses. Maybe it's time we thought more about the people who live here, and who need decent accommodations. Maybe there are ways - by directing housing and other kinds of growth to areas that need and can sup- port them - to make this work for everybody. On Monday some prominent Cape businesses are hosting a Workforce Housing Summit at Chatham Bars Inn, beginning at 7:30 a.m. and running through 2 p.m. This is not likely to be a typical hand-wringing session that results in yet another typi- cal hand-wringing session. This time, it's about getting it done , and business people who are desperate to house their employees should find the time to hear the solutions. There'll be speakers like Ryan Wyatt of the Workforce Housing Coali- tion of the Greater Seacoast in New Hampshire, who's forged a partnership that's actually building housing for working people. Call Jo Anne Buntich at Hous- ing Assistance Corp. (508-771- 5400, ext. 205), today to sign up, or just register at the door Monday. It's time to start building our future. EFM editor@barnstablepatriot.com THE T/ " VIEW FROM & STiANCE £ > - **•' BY PAUL DUFFY A BY PAUL DUFFY Pretty ugly We had wanted only to be alone together in oxymoronic bliss, acting naturally. It was to have been an extraordinary kind of working vacation where, barely dressed, we could work on a final draft in the loud silence of our shared private thoughts. As we cooked our jumbo shrimp on the cooling fire , I began to see that there had been a clear misunderstand- ing. I was terribly pleased that she saw it too. As we sat in the dying light of the living sunset my thoughts were of dispos- able products with a lifetime guarantee, of canned fresh asparagu s, and of the extinct life of certain species. I could see her unseen thoughts and I was glad, awfully glad , that in the gathering dark she could see what I could see. She looked awfully good. She was wearing tight slacks. It was cold as hell. I was doing my mandatory service with the peace force then , specializing in every- thing, but I had heard a silent alarm when we raised our plastic glasses. I would have given even odds that the long and short of it was going to be sweet sorrow. Now and then I tried to lighten the load by introducing what was sure to be a new classic. But I could not offset the counterbal- ance of her constant change in mood. We nibbled on an eight-ounce pound cake and toasted the little giant of the holy war. I think I ate a whole half of the cake. That was before she turned up missing, of course , before the beginning of the end , before the end of the begin- ning. The holy war had changed nothing; if things backed up we were prepared to go ahead. But the status quo remained the same. She was a resident alien and I was a naturalized foreigner, both of us caught in the backwash of a riptide , each of us trapped by a violent peace. Together we formed a kind of solo ensemble whose parts were greater than the whole, ex- emplars , more or less, of the classic modern ideal of less is more. What they said on the radio, in the papers, in the streets, was old news. It centered around the modest ambi- tions of the little giant, the former native who became the favored adult child of a peaceful revolution that now threatened anarchy. But almost never in the history of revolution has such a bad sport bucked the tide with everything coming out in the wash in his favor. An impres- sive accomplishment for a butthead of his stripe. False facts took flight and oxymorons roamed the coun- tryside. Were we in for de- creased growth? Or increased stagnation? Same difference, said the critics. No one would make a firm estimate. In the face of constant variables , men of bad faith issued ex- tensive briefings to support equally diverse points of view. Strong men were often weak and seemed almost ready to break into a cold sweat. This was no minor crisis and the only choice appeared to be civil war. Life itself had become a safety hazard and many peo- ple, feigning ill health, left work partially completed and went to their weekend homes. Everyone was highly depressed. Yet soon enough it became an open secret that the new traditions imposed by the little giant were almost never observed. A few of the living dead came together in an improvised rehearsal of civic disobedience. This smallcrowd grewuntilits pas- sive-aggressive personality exerted itself , exploding like a synthetic natural gas. What happened next was taped live but the tapes were suppressed by the little giant, who feared that the popu- larity of his holy war would suffer if the larger half of the people appeared almost ready to oppose it. What had been somewhat legal could become somewhat illegal. Loud whispers of disapproval were heard. Still, the outer core of the regime stood fast even if it seemed only a fictional real- ity. As for me, the forgotten memories of contradictory language haunted me like the thought of a tentative conclusion. Never again, I vowed. Never again. | Next Week in W^t fltatriot ,.. [ ^ Mashpee Commons We'll tell you what's new for spring and drop in on a recently-opened business... www.barnstablepatriot.com BARNSTABLE PATRIOT ISSN 0744-7221 Pub. No. USPS 044-480 Periodical Postage paid at the Hyannis Post Office and at additional entry offices Published weekly at . 196 Main St, Hyannis. 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