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EARLYFILES
FROM BARNSTABLE PATRIOT. MAY 29. 1986
HANDS AROUND THE SCHOOL - Students of Centerville Elementary School form a ring of hand-holders who completed
a human chain around the entire school. The effort was their contribution to Hands Across America which spanned
the country last week. Right to left are Melinda Dietrick, Scott Wright, Jason Gray, Jennifer O'Reilly, Bethany Levine,
Kristen Gomes, Jennifer Burns, Donna St. Laurent, and various other members of the Centerville student body.
1836
List of LETTERS remaining in the E Office
Barnstable April 1, 1836
Prince Marston, Capt. Austin Bears, Mrs Sally
Crape, Rev. William Apes, Simeon Harding, Abun
Crowell, Ebenezer Ewer, Doct. J. W. Webster, Bar-
bara Chipman, Thomas H. Jones, Josiah Frost,
Zeno Scudder...
1866
The people of Barnstable village are also suffer-
ers from a fire which broke out about 2 o'clock EM.
last Tuesday, it being first discovered in the woods
near "Eitcher's Way" on the Hyannis side. It being
a very dry time, and the wind rising fast towards
night from the southwest, the fire gained headway
very rapidly. The church bell gave alarm, and our
citizens rallied in large numbers to stay the ravages
of the destroyer.
1896
COTUIT -Saturday,Mrs. Gilbert Nickerson of the
Highlands met with a very serious accident while
descending aflight of stairs with a small childin her
arms.When withintwo steps of the bottom stair she
fell, producing a dislocation of the ankle joint and
a fracture of one bone of the leg. Drs. Clement and
Haskins were called who set the bones while Mrs.
Nickerson was under the influence of ether.
1916
The chief battle in the Senate on Thursday was
over redisricting the state into senatorial and
councilor districts, all the amendments were de-
feated save the one offered by Senator Charles L.
Gifford of Barnstable cutting down his district by
moving East Bridgewater into the Flymouth district
and Abington and Whitman into the Norfolk and
Flymouth district... Folitically the new district will
be controlled by the voters of Barnstable and the
Island counties.
1926
The motor coach operation on the program of the
New England Transportation Company for Cape
Cod Highway Service was established Monday, May
24th between Hyannis and Plymouth and between
Hyannis and Chatham... The entire plan of motor
coach operation contemplates a coordinated service
with the New Haven Railroad trains...
1936
Mr.andMrs. Spencer L.Adams, summerresidents
of OceanView avenue inCotuit,returned several days
ago from atrip around the world... The couple arrived
in New YorkMonday, completing afour and one-half
months' cruise aboard the Empress of Britain... "It
was the experience of a lifetime, going around the
world, and we enjoyed it immensely except for the
heat around the equator," said Mr. Adams...
1946
At the annual meeting of the Barnstable County
Medical Society held in Hyannis, May 15, it was
voted to make moderate increases in the Medi-
cal and Surgical fees, in order that they be more
nearly commensurate with the increased cost of
service. This is the first modification of the fee list
since 1920.
1956
(Hyannis) Always on the lookout at this time of
year for signs of new activity in the West End, we
were still more than a little startled to find a giant
deep-sea diver staring out at us from the murky
depths of an as yet unopened store on Sea Street.
We got up our nerve to take a closer look and dis-
covered that the fearsome figure was merely an
unoccupied (or so we assumed) diver'ssuit arranged
in a lifelike pose on the floor of the shop. Our diver
friend was surrounded by flippers , aqua-lungs and
other underwater equipment soon to be offered for
sale by Light'sUnderwater Sports and Deep Diving
Company, Inc.
1966
Cape Cod Community College last Saturday to
become the first such college in the state to estab-
lish a permanent campus. History, indeed, was in
the making as the gold spade dipped into the earth
of the 116-acre (West Barnstable) tract that will
become the college's new home.
1976
If the Cape is to avoid massive sewering projects
over the next 20 years,it willhave to act through land
use planning and try to freeze what appears to be a
continuation of the Cape's prosperous golden age
so that when a saturation population is reached in
the 2000s, tourists, retirees, and second home buy-
ers will continue coming to the Cape to sustain the
economy the future appears to hold (Feter Owens,
"Predictions: Cape Cod 1995") .
1986
Prime mover in the push to probe merging water
districts with neighboring Centerville-Osterville-
Marstons Mills is believed to be former (Cotuit)
prudential committee chairman William Godley.
1996
What's the secret of a long and successful life?
Martha F.Cahoon is successful and old enough (91 in
June) to be asked the question and tolerant enough
not to resent it. She answers without hesitation: "I
worked hard."
The Cape Cod Women's Organization early this
year selected this Cotuit artist for its first "living
treasure award."
By Ed Semprini
CHOWDAHBOWL:Mamma
Mia! While snooping around
the smoky back rooms and
dark alleys of Massachusetts'
political circus, Falmouth En-
terprise political columnist
Michael Bailey sniffed out
the following chuckler: Mam-
ma Marie Mihos, mother of
Independent gubernatorial
candidate Christy P Mihos,
gave Democratic candidate
Thomas M. Reilly $250 for
his run for governor. Mamma
Marie, however, didn't forget
her little boy, donating $500 to
his campaign... Saucy Sweet
Sauce-off: The late comedian
Jackie Gleason would have
performed a quick one-two jig
and proclaimed, "How sweet it
is!"had he been at a Catuamet
shindig earlier this month.
And the annual 'Knock Your
Sauce Off" event wasjust that
- sweet - to the tune of $65,000
for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
at the packed charity program
at The Courtyard inCataumet.
Walking off with the sweet
professional sauce competi-
tion honors was "The Friends
of Kevin Williamson." The
festivities kick off the summer
season in Cataumet... Sudden
thought: Whatever happened
to one-time Cape Chamber
director Mike Frucci?... Jot a
note on your Patriots football
home game schedule tolook for
Farley. He's the Cape Codder
you'll see standing alongside
therefereesinthe replay booth.
And what's Richard Farley of
Chatham, one-time FBI agent,
doingthere? Cape Cod Voice's
Doreen Leggett writes he is
protecting the "integrity ofthe
game"asasecurity agent of the
National Football League. In
the interview, he told Leggett
he confers with the referees
both Saturdays and Sundays
to discuss any concerns about
calls or suspicions of threats.
He hasn't missed a Patriots
home game in four years...
Slaphappy: The telephone
caller had informed police that
hisgirlfriend had slapped him,
but whenthe police arrivedthe
Falmouth woman denied the
accusation. Then as the pair's
disagreementescalatedinfront
of the police, the woman alleg-
edly uncorked another whack
at the boyfriend, according to
the police log. Shewasarrested
and charged. Now, what was it
Rudyard Kipling wrote about
women??.. .Andthenthere was
the kooky taxicab passenger
who bolted form the cab with-
out paying the fare. It wasn't
too long before he was picked
up after leavinghiscallingcard
inthe vehicle. Falmouth police
found his wallet on the back
seat... Kool Kids: Fortunately,
campaigns to raise funds to
fight hunger in the USA and
abroad are never ending. Even
kidsjoin in.In Wellfleet,young-
sters had a novel goal for a
novel fund drive. They took
part in a month-long "read-a-
thon" at the Wellfleet Library
to collect pledges. Theyraised
$800 to pay for -two flocks of
ducks and geese, two working
beehives, three rabbits, two
flocks of chickens, two sheep,
two goats, one pig, and added
a tree. The animals will be
purchased by Heifer Interna-
tionalfor familiesin developing
countries.The organizationsis
dedicated to fighting hunger...
When does this guy sleep?
Seven years ago Richard Sul-
livan retired asdean of student
services at Cape Cod Com-
munity College. Now, it would
seem, there would be time to
grab a few more winks. No
way. Not when his schedule of
community services has been
as tightly packed as Fenway
Park when the Yankees come
in. Another column space
would be necessary to list the
volunteer contributions made
by the former commissioner
of the Cape Baseball League.
We can be assured they were
made known this week when
Sullivan was to be honored as
Citizen-of-the-Yearbythe Cha-
tham-Nauset Lions Club.
• • •
You're up there Morris, if
you remember when Harry
Kemp, Provincetown's Poet
of the dunes, was one of Cape
Cod's best-known personali-
ties... History buffs are chal-
lenged to locate (a) one of the
first hotels built on early Cape
Cod; (b) The Indians' Happy
Hunting Grounds;" (c) The
one Cape towninwhichclipper
ships were built; (d) the town
that included lowlands known
as Joe's Bottom and Molly's
Bottom. Answers below.
• • •
Columnists Comment: "As
members of Red Sox Nation
we loath the Yankeesso much
we can't even stomach our
Little League teams being
named after them.Well,here's
my advice... grow up!" Mark
Skala, in The Register.
..."There's too much of this.
It's childish. It demeans us. It
demeans the game and now
we're allowed to demean a
great musical. Damn Yankees.
- JohnT.HoughJr.,inFalmouth
Enterprise , on Red Sox Nation
hatred of rival New York.
• • •
Newsquote: "The academic
standards are going up. We're
not trying to make the acad-
emy exclusive;the curriculum
isalready rigorous... ocean-go-
ing professions are changing,
as is the Maritime Acad-
emy... this is not your father's
Oldsmobile."-Massachusetts
Maritime Academy President
Adm. Richard Gurnon. (In The
Upper Cape Codder)
• • t
Press Speaks Out: "While
we support spending Visitor
Services Board resources to
bringmore visitors to town,we
think it's equally, or possibly
even more important to make
sure it'sapleasant experience
once avisitor ishere... ahappy
visitor is the best embassador
we can have."-Provincetown
Banner.
9
• •
Answers to query: (a)
Barnstable Village; (b)
Bournedale; (c) Dennis; (d)
Wellfleet
• • •
Quotebook: "When you turn
on your TV, you invite impo-
tence and intestinal gas into
your living room. (Speakers
Book of Quotations).
Cane Comment
Eugenia's plate
I've had a plate to return for
maybe six or seven years. It's a
dish really, given to me wrapped in
aluminumfoilwithasliceofcheese-
cake topped with cherries.
It came after an interview with
Eugenia Fortes at her home on
Pitchers Way where she told of
her time on Brava, Cape Verde as
a child, the long boat ride to New
Bedford and other bitsand pieces
from her life.
She handed me the cheesecake
on my way out the door, making
no mention or expressing little
regard for the final disposition of
the plate.
The cheesecake was good, the
plate washed and eventually
stored in the kitchen cabinet at
the bottom of a stack of similarly-
sized plates.
Imentioned that Ineeded to re-
turn it a couple oftimeinbetween,
but alsonoted that Iunderstood it
to be in bad taste to return a plate
offered with food empty.Whatever
the reason, the plate remains in
my cupboard , and Eugenia's no
longer home.
I last spoke with Eugenia two
weeks ago. She was clearly getting
her affairsinorder.Byanoversight,
our Barnstable Town Information
Handbook still lists her beach as
East Beach. It was less of a com-
plaint, but more of an opportu-
nity to set things right before she
couldn't. Had it been a complaint,
I would have heard from her long
before, as she was not hesitant to
pick upthephonetooffer acompli-
ment or a chiding.We'llmissthose
calls, as each was an opportunity
to simply talk about the issues of
the day with someone who had an
opinion on them all.
An empty plate is aninappropri-
ate reminder of a woman whose
own was always so full, but it's
the one I have and I expect it's
the one I'll keep.
Peace be withyou,Eugenia, and
thanks.
DS II
editor@barnstablepatriot.com
A crazy scheme
Somepeople were sitting around
talkingabout the Airport Rotaryaf-
ter arecent meetingwhenone said,
tongue firmly in cheek, that the
solution was to build a flyover.
She was referring to a flyover
for cars, like the one crawling into
existence infront of the Sagamore
Bridge on the other side of the
Cape Cod Canal, but her joke led
to a thought: why not an Airport
Rotary flyover for humans?
Anyone's who's tried to walk
up Barnstable Road from Main
Street, Hyannis to the Cape Cod
Mall to catch a movie or browse
in a bookstore knows what peril
awaits at the rotary. There is no
sane way to cross that buzzing
circus of vehicles on foot , but
still some do, out of necessity or
cussedness. Somebrave bicyclists
also defy the odds.
If we're going to get people out
of their cars -a goal of downtown
rezoning - we've got to find a way
to let them move about without
fear of being flattened. This is a
good moment to think about a
bicycle and pedestrian overpass
at the rotary that would connect
the airport and the malls with the
existing and anticipated shops
and residences on Main Street
and environs.
Call it crazy, but a flyover for
living things would connect the
town's vital centers. Now, then,
about that moving sidewalk on
Barnstable Road...
EFM
editor@barnstablepatriot.com
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