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May 12, 1949     Barnstable Patriot
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MRS. PRANK LAPHAM Correapondent Be your own reporter. Tell your correspondent the news. LIBRARY HOURS w Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday— 2-5 and 8-8 p.m. Miss Esther Pierce, Librarian! METHODIST CHURCH Rev. Peter Palches, pastor. Mrs. Marjorie Hamblln, organist Mrs. Frank Lapham, Superinten- dent of Church School. 11:00 a-m. Church School. 7:00 p.m. Worship service. 8:16 Youth Fellowship. Mother's Day Service SURPRISE PARTY Mr. and Mrs. Nestor Aalto were given a surprise party on Thurs- day to celebrate their 20th Wed- ding Anniversary. Guests present were, Misa Claire Parker, Mr. and Mrs. William Thew , Mr, and Mrs. Andrew Post of Cotuit , Mr. and Mrs. Fred Whitley of Ostervllle , Mr. and Mrs. James Govone and Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Crocker of Forestdale. MissEmily Lawrence, Mrs . Edna Macomber and daughter Alva, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Oifford of Ostervllle , Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mello of Centerville, Mr, and Mrs. Joseph Mello . Mrs. Olga Johnson of Centerville , Mrs. Alfred Olkkola and Jack Zaragoza of West Yarmouth. The honor guests re- ceived many nice gifts and were presented an anniversary cake made by Mrs. Govone. Mr. and Mrs. Aalto visited her Uucle, Stephen Olkkola in Pittsburg whose 7Sth birthday came on their anniversary. JOINT BIRTHDAY Mrs. Virginia Mello ot New Bed- ford and granddaughter, Eleanor celebrated joint birthdays Saturday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mello. The ages were 71 and 17. Guests were Miss Rose and Mary Mello. Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Mello , all of New Bedford, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mello of Centerville , Eleanor's cousin, P.F.C. Robert Sylvia, and Corporal Jack McNew of Ottis Field, and Miss Martha Howes. A birthday cake decorated with pink and green and a Mother's Day cake was presented. 12th BIRTHDAY Jackie Walo celebrated his 12th birthday with a partjjat his home. Those attending were, Edward Thew, Donald Manni , Edward Ellis. A birthday cake iced in yellow was served with Ice cream. After the party a ball game was enjoyed. SOPT BALL NOTES The first league game of the season was played Monday night at Ostervllle between the M.M. A.C. 's and Ostervllle Lions, with the Lions winning 8 to 7. MOTHER'S DAY Members of the Youth Fellowship presented corsages of sweet peas to mothers and grandmothers at- tending Church on Sunday evening. A special corsage of mixed flowers was presented to Mrs. Affie Jones, being the oldest mother there. The flowers wove distributed by Bette Griffin and Robert Parker. The white carnations on the altar were given by Miss Mary MacLeod and her brother Clarence. SCHOOL NEWS The new school dentist is Dr. Theodore Nelson of Hyannis, who Is now making a survey of all the pupils ' teeth . Pupils having perfect attendance for April are as follows; Grades 5 and 6, Charles Chase, Holllday Cuilum, Rosalie Gomes, Jessie Landers, James Mendes , Mary Mendes, Sandra Mossey, Alice Perry, James Perry, Donald Manni , Michael Beecher, Lawrence Mc- Kenney, William Aalto , Judith Leach, Leonard Mendes. Llola Morse , Edward Thew , John Walo. Grades 3 and 4, Dorothy Aalto , Wil- liam Bearse, Earle Chase, Bertha and Rosalie DeGrace , Daniel Leach, Susan Leach, Geraldine Lees, 'Bea- trice Pina. Joanne Locke, Ronald McKinney , Harry Anlto, Peter Fer- mino, Alice Howes, Maurice Mar- tin , Marion Roi. 'rick , David Weav- er, Sally Locke and Patricia O'Nell. Grade 2, Ethel Aalto , Bev- erly Amaral, Carol Chase, James and Billy Childs, Thomas Gilford, Carolyn Hughes, Edward Londry, Donald Small and Inez O'Nell. Grade 1, Patricia Baptlste , Robert Bennett , Joseph De Barrows , Traf- ton Hinckley, James Lees, Rose Marie Leite, Judith Londry, Russell White, Sandra Wright and William O'Nell. Mrs. Moore's room is cheerful with bird houses and bluebird s, all along the back, made by the chil- dren. The Health Chart, which is a town project, has six requirements, good Posture, Vision, Hearing, Immunization , Teeth, and weight, which must be established in order to receive health pins. The beach scene In Mrs. Howard 's room is most realistic, with the boats, gulls , cottages and bathers all drawn and placed by the second grade. In Mr. Small's room there are several fine maps on display, fea- turing the New England States, and what they produce, done by the Fifth and Sixth Grades. PERSONALS Mr . and Mrs. Dan Tanner of Boston and Florida are at their summer home in So. Sandwich for the summer. Mr. and Mrs. David Halpert of Brookline have opened their summer home at Mystic Lake. Miss Elizabeth Smith of Boston, has returned from a trip to Cali- fornia and is spending several days at her cottage on Prince's Cove. Mary Jane and Betsey Ann Papp, attended the birthday party of Miss Polly West, of Spring St. Hyannis. Mr. and Mrs, William McEvoy of Ostervllle , were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Papp. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hallet and little daughter of Barnstable, are visiting his mother at her home on River Road. Mr . and Mrs. Spurgeon Weaver and children spent the weekend with his brother, Robert Weaver and family, of Westerly, R. I. Mrs. Dorothy Moore spent two _days In Rochester, N. H. recently. PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. Alfred R- Davis, Miss Isora Cobb, and her brother , Preston Cobb spent Mother's Day lu Dennisport, with Mrs. Davis ' mother, Mrs. Warren Rogers. Mrs. Davis received a telephone | call from her daughter, Mrs. Alfred AustoU, of Vallejo , California. Weekend guests at the Pollard house were, Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Mossey of Brockton and Mr. and Mrs. William Barnes of East Brldgewater. Miss Marion Coleman received a pleasant surprise when Mrs. Eliza- beth Arnold of Keutfleld Cal. called on her recently, as they hadn't seen each other for nearly thirty years. Mrs . Margeret Whlttler of Cam- bridge and this village came with her. Donald Wright has a baby squir- rel who is thriving on milk , fed with a medicine dropper. He has named him, Firky. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Locke en- tertained Mr. Locke's mother, Mrs. Edward Locke of Jamaica Plain, over the weekend , and on Sunday, Mrs. Locke's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Kresser and daughter, Constance of West Roxhury, joined them for a birthday celebration in honor of Mr. Kresser and grand- daughter, Joanne , whose birthdays came on Mother's Day. Mrs. Aflle (Mother) Jones, cel- ebrated her 83rd birthday on May 1 (itiietly at her home. Her children and grandchildren presented her with a May basket filled with home- made preserves, candy and flowers and a' birthday cake made by daughter-in-law , Mrs. Ada Jones. Mrs. Lillian Thome, who spent the winter with her sister, MI SB Mary MacLeod , left Saturday morn- ing for Boston, where she visited her daughter, Miss Audrey Thorne, then taking the boat for Barton, Digby County, N. S. where she will stay for a while, then on to Halifax to visit her sister, Mrs. C. N. Roop. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Thlfault Si-., the Jr. Thifaults , and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Elskamp attended the Bridal Shower given Mrs. Thl- fault's neice, Miss Dorothy Sloat in So. Weymlouth, Saturday night, who will become the bride of Alex- ander MacDonald also of So. Wey- mouth. Miss Arlene Dries of Plymouth visited Mrs. Elizabeth Reid for the weekend. Walter Glidden off Nantucket spent two weeks with his sister, Mrs. Daniel Leach and fomily. Judy Londry and Judy Walo were guests at the birthday party of little Carolyn Attwood of West Barnstable. Mrs. Howard , who teaches .the second graders spent a week re- cently In Bangor, Maine . Arthur Thlfault , Jr. attended the ballgame In Boston between the Boston Braves and the Pittsburg Pirates Saturday. MARSTONS MILLS CAPE COD AIRPORT Frank Jackson of Bass River, win has just been appointed to the Nav; Air Corps at Pensaeola, ' Fla. checked out in the Stinson 161 during the week with Instructoi Ray Pendergast. Frank, who hai I had all of his flight training at th« Cape Cod Airport, had no troublt mastering the new ship, and tool , a hop to New Bedford to get a lit ! tle practice in radio work befort going solo. Robert Young of Buzzards Baj has checked out in the Super Crui ser with Instructor Ray Pender gast. Bob is one of the boys wh( likes to log time on Sunday. On at average Sunday he will log at leas three hours, spending this timt practicing maneuvers and in loca flying to airports around the Cape Richard Jarvis, also of Buzzardi Bay had his first dual in the Pipei Super Cruiser Sunday. Like Bol Young, Dick liked the Cruiser verj much. The weaker sex had its turn a> the controls this week too. Misi Helen Luscombe of Woods Hob has started on the beginners coursi In a Piper Cub with Ray Pender gast as instructor. On the first da] Helen came out to the field twice to log an hour's total flying for tin day. She plans to obtain a prlvati license. Miss Florence Hill of Dennlspor and Newton, who did a consider able amount ot flying here las year, has gotten her first taste o the blue this year by logging a hai hour in a Piper Cub. Miss Hill , wht is a private pilot already, was se to go after going around the fleli twice to refresh her technique wltl Commercial Pilot Angus Perrj Miss Hill is also a water enthu slast, and plans to fly the seaplan 1 some weekend in the near future ] Dare Bennett ot East Sandwicl had his check ride in the Pipe Seaplane during the week, and log ged his first hour of solo on float for the year. Flying- on floats i just a lot of fun after being; oi wheels for the winter. Its sense o freedom is in fact for there ar< ¦ more lakes on the Cape than ther< are landing fields , and nearly all o the mare available to land In. 1 Dan Clark of Ostervllle called oi the Cape Cod Flying Service t< ferry a broken gear from Province town to Marstons Mills so that 1 could be repaired with the leasi possible loss of time. The returi trip, was made while the day wai , still young, the gear installed, am no time lost for the machinery hi has on a construction job at thi I Cape tip. ' Bud Oourley of Centerville flev to Boston during the week in thi Piper Super Cruiser on business I The return trip was made the sam< day. j HYANNIS AIRPORT I (Barnstable Municipal Airport) I Plenty of visiting aircraft thti | past week but none from any great I distance outside of New York aiu ' New England. It is worth men I tioning that our shortest distanci [ arrival was Ed Hall , a mechanh I for George Blanchard, arrived fron Dennis in his silver Cub which hi plans to keep at the airport for thi summer. Ken Tyler, president of the Tylei Flight Service Corporation of Lone Island, New York, arrived in hii B-18 followed by six smaller typj planes which he will use spraying Cape Cod with insecticide for tn« purpose of eradicating the Gypsy Moth. The large twin-engine B-18 carries 1,000 gallons of spray and is capable of treating 1000 acres every ten minutes of operation, The smaller planes will spray about 8C acres per flight and the helicopters 40. The helicopters will be used for areas of the Cape where fixed wing type of aircraft might have diffi- culty making a complete coverage of the treeB and brush with the In- secticide. Mr. Tyler has allowed 40 days for the flight operation but hopes, it the weather is kind to him to complete the project with- in 20 days. Manager Hartley Hutchins, local agent of Northeast Airlines, re ports that his assistants as well as himself have been to East Boston where they were checked out in the proper loading and unloading ol the new Convair Airliners. The Convairs will start operating tc the Cape and Islands next moutl and will be used on two ot the sii flights daily. Mr. Hutchins turthei stated that the airline traffic fig ures are up better than 70 percent over the same period last year fol lowing the trend which Is commoi throughout the entire system at well as with all other airlines. Oapi Air Service reports the usual papei flights to the islands with thi many times reported passenger) still making use ot the conveyance GI commercial student Ken Night ingale made his longest cross country flight this paBt week whei he flew the Ercoupe to Bangoi Me., for an overnight stay wltl relatives. Al Sherman, airport manager, ii again In the prooess of mowing thi field which takes about two dayi of steady work for one man to com Plete the 75 acres of grass. The area of land at the Rotarj traffic circle Is rapidly being fillet with wood loam taken from thi clearing where the EaBt-West run way la to be extended. When thi transfer Is complete bulldozers wli grade the area ot about fltteei scre ws,'after which It. will be seedei and become part' of the usabl field. YARMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL The Junior Pronvheld last Fri- day ovenlng in the school audi- torium, was a pronodnced success. The decorations were fashioned after "April Showers," featuring j rose-colored arbors, potted plants, , birds and flowers. 3 Miss Janet Pearson of West ) Yarmouth was elected May Queen > of the Prom by the various mem- : bers of the faculty, and was duly - crowned by Richard Graham, pres- ) ident of the Junior Class. The patrons and patronesses for ' the Prom were Mr. and Mrs. Nor- - man Dlnsmore, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred - Kenyon, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Gar- > land, Mr. and Mrs. George Hill i and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Rodgers. t| UP IN THE AIR ENGAGEMEN T ' Mr. ana Mrs. Henry James West last week announced the engage- ment of their daughter, Doris, to Emerson D. Coleman, aon of Mr. and Mrs. William Coleman, all of this' village. Miss West was a grad- uate of the claBS of 1947 of Barn- stable High School. Mr. Coleman served three years with the Army Air Corps. No date has been set for the wedding. CEMETERY ASSOCIATION The Cotuit Cemetery Association met in the Cotuit library on Mon- day evening to consider the prop- osition of forming a Corporation to carry on the work of improving the cemetery. PERSONALS Mrs. Lydia Fuller was a guest of relatives in Falmouth on Sunday. Mrs. Laurence Shaw of Brockton was at her home for Monday and Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gratier re- turned to Nashua, N. H„ on Mon- day. Mrs. Arnold Smalley returned with them for a week's visit. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Weedon of New Haven, Conn., have opened their home on Main Street for the summer season. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Berry and daughter of Boston were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. Wendall Hamlin. I Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilson ofi Grafton were at their cottage for several days the past we^k. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Buxton quietly observed their 40th wed- , ding anniversary on Sunday. Mrs. Lydla Fuller spent Satur- day in Ostervllle , the guest of her sister, Mrs. John Williams. Mrs. Forest Hamblln of Mar- stons Mills will be organist at the Federated Church on Sunday as Mrs. Arnold Smalley will be out of town over the weekend. Mrs. Udell Perry has arrived home from Cape Cod Hospital. Barbara Irwin , Laurie Campbell, Leslie Reid, Ruth Goodall and Mar- jorie Phillips were in Boston on Friday and Saturday attending the Grand Assembly of the Order of Rainbow of the Cape Cod Chapter. Mr. and Mrs. Earl MacDowell are receiving congratulations on the blrtb of a daughter, born - In Cape Cod Hospital Tuesday morning. Cotuit In Hyannis, May 7, Philip G. Het- terlch, aged 67, Brewster. I In Hyannis, May 9, Miss Caroline M. Smith, aged 61, Chatham. In North Attleboro, May 4, Mer- j tis E. Herrlck, aged 85, sister ot Miss Gertrude N. Baker, Harwich- port. In Chelsea, May 5, Gordon F. Lewis, aged 40, Bass River. In Coronado, Fla., May 3, Mrs. Martha J. Schauwecker, formerly of Yarmouth, aged 85, mother of Frederick C. Schauwecker, Yar- mouth. In Rochester , N. Y., Mrs. Diana E. Miller , aged 76, mother of Fred- erick J. Miller , Hyannis. In Hyannis, May 5, Arthur C. Berry, aged 83. In Hyannis, May 7, Robert M. Robblns, aged 7, West Barnstable. In St. Petersburg, Fla., April 30, Charles O. Dam, aged 89, Cotuit. In Falmouth, May 7, Charles 0. Herrmann, aged 42, New Rochelle, New York. -» DEATHS Continued from rage I The winner will be judged the World Champion in Comet class. Hyannis waters are sheltered, mak- ing races possible in any kind of weather. Chairman of the local committee to work in conjunction with the International regatta committee for this event Is A. Harold Castonguay. Vice-chairmen are Dr, Robert L. Baxter and Arnold H. Rogean ; secretary-treasurer. Grant Stone- bury. Flag officers, who are the club's regular flag officers for the fiscal year and who will work with the regatta committees, include Com- modore John W. Thompson and Vice-Commodore Henry L. Mur- phy; Vincent D. O'Nell, secretary, and Richard M. O'Nell, treasurer. Frederic F. Scudder was named fleet captain and Dr. Paul P. Hen- son, fleet surgeon. Chairman of the race committee will be Seth R. Nlckerson. Protest Committee will be made up of Thayer Syme, Commodore Thompson, Isaac Hills , 3rd alter- nate, and members ot the Middle- bury Club; course committee, Mr. I Hills, Seth R. Nlckerson, Robert Scudder, Frederic F. Scudder, Hen- ry W. Crowell and Albert T, Chase, I and national association officers;! technical and starting committee, ' L. Robert Maclvor, chairman; Mr.I Castoguay and Warren Sperl, in addition to Middlebury Club and national association officials. I Named judges for Boat No. 1 were Samuel D. Kesten, Lloyd i Hadley and Joseph Callahan, with ' John W. Hornor, Jr. and Mr. Syme serving as judges on Boat No. 2. These Judges will officiate along with Middlebury Club Judges. Mr. Hornor Jr. was named public relations director for the regatta. I Nanfed to the housing and re- ception committee were Don 0,1 Converse, chairman ; LeBter A. Nel- | son, Walter Pond and Benjamin Atwood. Four members were named to the registration board and in- clude Valery Tarbell, chairman; Edward Kellog, Harold D. Williams and Mrs. George Roacoe. Thomas Groves will head the en- ' tertainment committee and will be 1 assisted by the regular entertain- 1 ment group of Hyannis Yacht Club and the women's auxiliary commit- tee. Mrs. Margaret Thompson was ap- pointed chairman of the women's committee which will assist the va- rious committees. Other committees appointed are as follows: Coast Guard, Kenneth Bradbury, chairman and H. Van 1 Nydeck Schenck; launching and mooring, Edward R. Barnes, chair- man; Robert Austin, Robert Harris, Georgo Roscoe, and 10 Junior Yacht Club members; measurement com- mittee, Frank B. Bearse, chairman ; Seth C. Nlckerson and Frederick F Scudder. Yacht Event BARNSTABLE COUNTY , MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY YARMOUTH POUT IT?rStU p \,KeUe>r Preaident Ralph H. Snow Vloa-Prea. Ruth a. Cllft Sec. - Troaa. Karln C. Simmons Asst Sec INSURE IN THE Barnstable County Mutual Fire Insurance Company Business confined to the County and limited aooordlng to hazard. During the life of the company It •jaa never paid less than 30 peroent dividends. Applications for Insurance should be made to any of the following of the company a directors: Allen H. Knowlea .. Yarmouth Port Edward L. 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