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Town of Barnstable
Cape Cod
April 21, 1949
Dear Theodosla :
It seems strange thnt not until
this Easter have 1 ventured down
to the sunrise service at Chatham
Twin Lights. (I still call that bluff
overooking the ocean Twin Lights,
when one of the lighthouses has
been removed, but I have always
known it by that name.)
If these sunrise services had
been tbe style when I was a girl,
you may well believe that I would
have been in the habit of attending
them regularly. But they are some-
thing belonging to our modern age
and it happens that I have never
got around to going to Chatham be-
fore. I have been to the one on
Sunset Hill , Hyannlsport, and that
is also a beautiful occasion.
The Chatham service is especial-
ly a memorial service to those who
lost their lives at sea over the
years and their descendants and
relatives are particularly expected
to be present to take part in thus
honoring these departed.
In the old days, many of our
boys and men were drowned at
sea, because so many followed the
sea for a living. My nephews, Wil-
liam and James, were both lost at
sea, one as a sailor, one as a pas-
senger, one In the far east on a
voyage, one between here and Bos-
ton. My family records are filled
with losses at sea, because all our
people went to sea.
So, 1 greatly liked the service
Easter morn, for I felt that was
where I belonged. The brief exer-
cises were very impressive. About
100 folks were there standing in
the early light of day, their coat
collars up to their ears, but their
voices anything but muffled as they
rang clear and strong out toward
the deep in the old , familiar songs.
The minister gave n fine message
for Easter.
Just as the service began, the
pink arch on the eastern Bky
which we had all been watching,
seemed to release a gorgeous red
sun ns It rose Into view. Clouds
were waiting to enclose it and en-
folded the top before the bottom
of the sun was wholly out of Its
resting place, so that at no time
did we see the entire sun. After
giving us this slow-motion picture
of its face, the sun went into per-
manent hiding for the day. But we
were all so grateful for this much
of a view that we tried to feel
satisfied.
Then many of us stepped over
to one of the Chatham churchei
and sat down to a very fine break-
fast, served by the ladies of the
church. A very pleasant drive
landed us In our own town by 7
o'clock. Your Aunt Susanna, who
accompanied me on this expedi-
tion, agreed with me that it was a
most worth-while experience.
Your loving
Aunt Jane
LUMP A MINE
Imagine the feelings of the
Frenchman who discovered , after
four years, that the lump in his
mattress was a German booby-trap
mine.
NAVY BANDS
Firty-three U. S. Navy bands are
at present stationed on ships and
at shore stations over the world.
A Letter From Aunt Jane
To Her City Relations
Just as medical men are attacking cancer , that great afflic-
tion of the human body, our American Government is attack-
ing that cancerous growth on the body politic—Communism.
Following a recent advertisement in a neighbor newspaper
in which the "Progressive Party of the Lower Cape," stated
that the Minstrel Show must go, as a cruelty to human beings,
considerable correspondence developed in lower Cape papers.
Citizens were irate over such a suggestion.
We were getting stirred up about preparing a rebuttal of
our own against the idea of eliminating minstrel shows. All argu-
ments, however, are really beside the point. A second thought
will show the illogic, the absurdity of the position taken.Negroes
do not object to the minstrel show. Why, then, was the subject
brought up and who brought it up? What is the "Progressive
Party of the Lower Cape?"
One of the Lower Cape papers calls them "thin thinkers who
can do much damage."
From "the reflections of a veteran" published in another
Lower Cape paper, we quote the following:
A lot ot us have been so busy living our own little lives that we
have been dozing for the past couple of years . . . But the alarm bells
should be sounding general quarters in every veteran's mind right
now . . . Filthy, slimy, alien Red propaganda has seeped into our Com-
munity . . . Another war is on . . . American Democracy is again the
target of those who secretly envy our way of life . . . The hand of the
Politburo has been probing . . . Attempts are being made to cause dis-
cord in our Town, to raiBe up false issues, to set group against group
and friend against friend . . . Some of the peddlers of this verbal junk
from Moscow are yellow , draft-dodging, stay-at-homes who fought the
Battle of Union Square while millions of us were doing the real work
overseas.
COMMUNISTS AND FELLOW TRAVELERS, BEWARE . . . A lot
of us who have fought once for our beloved country are perfectly will-
ing to do so again if it becomes necessary . . We, who have had a peek
at conditions in other lands, know when we are well off. . . We don't
ask your advice on how to make Democracy work . . We would be great-
ly obliged to you If you would skate off somewhere else, preferably to
the land which you so admire. . . You are not wanted here!
So, that's the explanation ! The Communists at work in our
beloved Cape ! Raising up false issues1 Causing discord ! No
wonder we couldn't deal with the minstrel show "issue" with
the force of logic. No issue exists. Just a "case" concocted to
cause discord.
Though this thinly-veiled propaganda was quickly pierced
by the alert townspeople, let Americans beware of this insidious
red peril in our midst. Much of the work of red agents is far
more subtle and deceives, as it were, the very elect.
The fomenting of strikes is obvious as to the source, for
example, but the advocacy of an appeasement policy toward
Russia; of proposed legislative enactments which would deepen
the trend toward regimentation and control, such as socialized
medicine ; the use of smearing and intimidation against those
who are for the sound American principles of free enterprise,
all these devices of the Communists are not so obvious. They are
being used, however, to an increasing and intensif ying degree to
the peril of our people and our American Republic.
While the local minstrel show controversy may be forgot-
ten with a "Consider the source and dismiss the subject ," the
menace which lies back of it may not be lightly dismissed and
must not for one moment be forgotten.
Americans, be alert and on your guard. Your country's
safety is at stake.
Consider The Source
"Your Contribution Is Your Sword"
A vigorous campai gn is under way to attack , with military
precision and striking force, the dread disease of cancer , which
is said to take yearly 200.000 lives in America and 8S00 in our
own state.
The slogan, "Cancer Can Strike Anyone—but You Can
Strike Back ,"has been adopted by the American Cancer Society
for Cancer Control Month, which is this month of April.
A rally luncheon was held April 12 at the Boston City Club.
The amount the Society has as its goal to raise is $14,500,000,
of which $650,000 is to be raised in Massachusetts,*all to be used
for research, education , and service.
Headquarters for Massachusetts : 462 Boylston Street,
Boston 16.
Called a "grim picture , but not hopeless," the cause is a
compelling one; in fact , "No money was ever more urgently
needed for a more compelling cause, and no drive has possessed
more potential for the welfare of mankind. I appeal to every citi-
zen to help medical science and education to strike back at can-
cer. Your contribution is your sword."
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By d'Alessio I
"Yow've heard the newi, a commentary on the news, an
analysisof the newt, opinion!on the news, andviews of
the news . . . and now, how about some music?"
THESE WOMEN!
Be your own reporter. Tell
your correspondent the news.
PERSONALS
Mr, and Mrs. Edward Martinson
and their two children, David and
Judy, have arrived from Blllerica ,
to spend the week at their Colonial
Acres home.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Kenyon and
their children Dick, Dean and Dor-
othy, have left to spend the school
vacation at their charlemont home.
Deane, the oldest daughter, was
one of 12 4-11 members of Charle-
mont's county to be chosen to at-
tend a 4-H conference in Boston on
Thursday and Friday of this week, j
Mrs. Arthur W. Frostholm of Bel- ,
1 mont spent last weekend at the
Berry Avenue home in preparation
' for her family 's arrival early In '
June. I
Among the holiday guests of Mrs. !
! Henrietta Rogers of "Redwood
Lodge were her brother, Mr. Wil-
liam Zeuch, Miss Marjorie Van
Fleet and Mifes Dorothy Richards
all of Boston.
Ktfdie Devine, who Is a sopho-
more at the University of Massa-
chusetts, spent his spring vaca-
tion with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Devine of Silver Leaf Lane.
Dr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Harding
of Kingston spent the holiday as
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Walcott of Berry Avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Douglas and
Beverly and Robert Douglas were
weekend guests of the Everett
Hinckleys of Colonial Acres.
Miss Catherine Bott ot Attle-
lioro opened her summer residence
in Colonial Acres this past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Owen Hinckley,
and sons Robert and Richard of
Andover have been with Mr. Hinck-
ley 's brother Everett while open-
ing their summer place in Dennis.
Mr, and MrB. Franklin Johnson
of Greenwood , R. I„ are in West
Yarmouth supervising completion
of their new house In Englewood
Shores.
Mr. Arthur Fuller of Pilgrim
Acres Village has purchased a
Thompson outboard runabout from
the Hills Marine Company which
will be added to the fleet at the
eust end of Lewis Bay.
Another boat to be added to the
fleet from the same source will be
a Beetle Cat to Mr. Milton Starr of
Washington , D. C, who has taken
the "Shore House" of Hill's Cot- ,
tages tor the season.
West Yarmouth
Merrle Hills, Correspondent
The following letter was received
I by Miss Elizabeth Nye from the
South, written by a Patriot reader
after reading the story of old Cape
Cod newspapers which we pub-
lished In our issue of April 7.
Since this letter gives further
history of our Cape Cod people, we
are publishing it , with Miss Nye's
permission , for the Interest of our
renders.
Atlanta , Ga „
April 12, 1949.
Dear Miss Nye:
It was with a great deal of inter-
est that I read the article in The
Patriot telling of the old days. I
was especially Interested in the
reference to you having worked
for Mr. Goss as a substitute for my
mother, who was at that time Miss
Nellie G. Bearse.
I visited the Cape last June and
regret that I did not know at that
time that you werp acquainted with
my mother, as I would have surely
looked you up as I was in Barn-
stable for a few hours on business,
and spent the rest of the time in
Hyannis.
Mother came south and married
in Atlanta in 1894 , and made this
city her home until her death in
1933. She visited the Cape several
times, the last time 1 think when
the last of her aunts died in 1922.
Mother and her sister Lucy spent
much of their time with these aunts,
Mrs. Mary F. Chase and Miss Alice
T. Bearse, who lived on South St.
in Hyannis.
I intend to make another visit to
the Cape in June of this year at
which time 1 hope to have the
pleasure of meeting you. Although
I was born and reared here in At-
lanta I feel that I am at least pari,
"Cape Codder," as all of mother's
relatives on both sideB were, which
is something to be proud of.
I trust that I have not bored you
with all of tills but though t you
might be interested.
Looking forward to seeing you
this summer, 1 remain
Sincerely
T, A. Jackson.
T. A. Jackson
135 Wellington St., S.W.
Atlanta, Ga. i
Response to Story of |
Old Newspaper Days
by Clara J. Hallett
This is your local Station, 213 Ocean No K.
Well it's lively on the Cape this spring. I look out to
ward the street (and truckload after truckload of sand ani
loam uo whiszing by until I begin to wonder what is soiim „..
I find land is being filled in, cot-
tages to be built, cottages already
going up, houses being sold, ail
sorts of new enterprises starting
up on land and sea; new families
coming here to live and the whole
landscape of Cape Cod seems to
have a new look every time- you
drive or even walk around. There's
a new road here, a new house or
little shop, new signs in windows
and a general struggle to put on an
outward show of good cheer and
prosperity true or false.
It certainly makes you feel in
better spirits to have people plan-
ning happily for the future, no
matter what comes.
Now that the excitment ot the
whales is about over and many
people have sampled the whale
meat, we wonder what will come
next. It is always interesting to
watch buildings as they seem to go
up like magic these days Into
houses, garages and the smell of
the wood has a clean sweet fresh-
ness that seems strength-giving.
While digging around near what
we called the old Fish Hills of
Ocean Street, some parts of skele-
tons were uncovered. They must
have been burled many long years
ago. We have been told that was
an Indian encampment. On top of
a hill and all around, shell heaps
have been found. When Willard
Welsh bought the property and laid
out roads, taking off maybe a foot
of soil, I found some arrowheads
and on the shore a fine stone axe.
My father said that when he was
quite young, a skeleton was dug up
back of what was then the Har
rlet Howland home, now Mrs.
Jane Howland. It was supposed to
belong to an Indian. My earliest
recollections ot the Fish Hills was
when the old brickyard was there.
That land has quite a lot of clay
in it even now. James Eldridge was
head ot the company. Four men,
Jim, Joe, John and Jesse carried
on—James and Joseph Eldridge,
John Haskins and Jesse Hoxle.
All the children in the neighbor*
hood would gather there when they
burned the bricks. The sky would
be alight with the flames from the
burning logs. It was an attractive
sight, day or night.
I have been down to see what Is
being done there now. It looks as
if an earthquake or some awful
disaster had befallen it. J am so
glad I was alive when that land
was free—with the wide open
spaces its outlook; windswept and
beautiful. A place to walk and medi-
tate and rest your mind and body.
All that charm will soon be lost.
Just a lot of houses huddled to-
gether. It 'gives me a feeling of
sadness. I have no desire to go
there again. These new people who
come there to live will have no
memories for which they may be
thankful.
In Barnstable 29 people have re-
cently been admitted to citizenship
or have taken out first papers I
suppose as some of them, I under-
stand, cannot read English. I don't
wonder they want to stay In
America, but what names they
have. Will we ever be able to call
them by those strange names? It
will be almost as bewildering as the
abbreviations that the wars and ;
all kinds ot organizations have
thust upon us. It would be hard
for us to live in those countries
we call foreign to learn to spell
and pronounce the names of the
people and places. It would take
the remainder of our lives.
Hurrah for the U.S.A. I would
think they would cut their names
in half. Those tongue twisters will
never be popular here. I hope they
realize that If they become citi-
zens they owe allegiance to our
country. If they enjoy protection
under our laws they have respon-
sibilities to assume. Cape Cod hRS
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been fortunate thus far in the peo.
pie who have become a part of its
community life. Let us hope those
are the kind who will always ile
allotted to our land.
The April 7th copy of the Barn,
stable Patriot was a very interest-
ing number. The editorial line of
thought and suggestions was most
timely. It also included George
Washington's prayer which might
have been written just for ths
world today. If we had followed his
advice we would never be faced
with the conditions that prevail
today,
Mr. Truman takes a very opti-
mlstic view of the future. He must
be in the class who take no notice
of the headlines in our daily pa-
pers for certainly there is no
earthly reason to have such an
opinion. Maybe Bome miracle will
take place. Nature shows us some
marvelous things if we do not in-
terfere with her works. Take the
oyster—a close mouth specimen of
growth. It might set an example
for gabby folks to follow, it can
do things that human beings can
never do, but sometimes they think
they would like to. It can change
Its sex—be part time male, part
time female. Young oysters can
shange from year to year—so why
worry. We know not what we may
become.
Dale Carnegie in his helpful book
'Quit Worrying and Start Living"
says:
God grant the serenity to accent
the things I cannot change;
The courage to change the things
I can—
And the wisdom to know the
difference.
I think It was a beautiful thought
to honor Mr. George T. Washington
on WB 98th birthday with some
public notice of that long life he
has spent with us. He certainly has
proved worthy of his same and
race. He has seen so many
changes since he came here as a
young man, some good, some bad.
( hope his last days will be easy
happy ones and tbat he will bless
the day he came to Cane Cod to
lire.
WEIGH UP
An average-size hen that pro-
duces 200 standard-size eggs a year
lays almost Ave times her body
weight in eggs.
BRUSH-OFF
Tip a new paint brush in linseed
)il before you do any painting or
he paint will become imbeatoi In
he bristles the first time you ««•
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High building costs can be cur-
tailed to a great extent by In-
genious planning, foresight, and
compromise.
How this can be achieved is de-
scribed in an article In Good
Housekeeping which points out
that , with present high costs, there
ing a small house today rather
than waiting years for a possible
drop in costs.
"Your cue today is to use less
cubage, but make it work harder ,"
the article states in part. "Get a
spacious effect with big windows,
'open plan' terraces that extend the
indoors outdoors.
"If your dream house budget 1B
limited , eliminate the basement,
have a dining room, a car port in-
stead of a garage. Choose a low-
pitched roof, and use the underside
of it as a beamed celling.
"Select a new-type heating unit
that can he tucked into a niche,
under the stairsi or even in attic.
Build your house close to the
ground or on a concrete slab, sav-
ing cubage, steps, terraces,"
HIGH BUILDING C08T3 CUT
BY 80UND PLANS
"Doing for people what they can
and ought to do for themselves
is a dangerous experiment. In the
last analysis, the welfare of the
workers depends upon their own
Initiative. Whatever Is done under
the guise of philanthropy or social
morality which in any way less-
ens initiative is the greatest crime
that can be committed agalnBt the
toilers. Let social busybodles and
professional 'public morals experts'
in their fads reflect upon the perils
they rashly invite under this pre-
tense ot social welfare.'"
—Samuel Gompers ,
in The American Federation-
1st. 1915.
FIRST BATTERY '
Although it has been highl y de-
veloped , In principle today 's Ever-
ready dry battery Is n descendant
of the llrst electric battery, made
in 1798 by Allesandro Volta , from
whose name was derived the word
"volt", which is a unit for measur-
ing electrical pressure.
DANGEROUS EXPERIMENT
Horizontal
1 To subside
4 Girl's name
5 Resort
13 Card game
13 Offensive
IB Highwayman
17 Halting
place
18 To hasten
IB River in
Siberia
31 To glide
over the
¦now
33 To sustain
24 Photograph
26 Marked by
duplicity
28 Constellation
29 Palm of the
hand
31 BeholdI
32 To vouch
34 Gross
36 Symbol for
neon
37 Buddhist
temple
entrances
30 Noah's veisel
40 Isthmus in
southeast
Asia
43 Prima donna
43 Colloquial :
prohibition-
ists
44 By way of
46 Note of scale
47 Garland
48 Force with
legal
authority
80 Ophelia's
brother
84 Noisily merry
56 Solemn
wonder
87 Wrath
88 Enclosures
for skating
80 Hindrance
Vertical
1 Sprite
3 Exclamation
used to
startle
3 Weeps loudly
4 Easy gait
6 Camel's-halr
garment
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6 Neglected
7 Artificial
language
8 Cutting tool
8 Drenches
10 Pertaining to
a ward
11 Ibsen
character
14 Pronoun
16 Suggestion
20 Tropical fruit
22 Thick board
23 Extra supply
24 Arab prince
25 Shallow
domestic
vessel (pi.)
27 Essences
20 Trampled
30 Japanese
length
measure
33 Low note
35 Pertaining to
marriage
38 King
Arthur's
resting-place
41 Passage
43 German
article
48 Man's name
47 Not so much
48 Greek letter
49 To sin
51 Diving bird
82 Female sheep
53 To brood
55 Two
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