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CRACK DOWN
In contrast to many other towns in the country, Barnstabla
is a shining star, but it has its fail* share of down-at-the-heel
buildings'¦
which mar the landscape.
In recent months Barnstable .selectmen have started to
crack down regarding trul y unsightly buildings, many oi' them
owned by pbsentee taxpayers. Until 1966, no legislation with
teeth Avas available to them in such an undertaking. Today
Section One of Chapter 139 of The General Laws of the Com-
monwealth supp lies the much-needed tool with which the town
fathers may force the demolition or improvement of such struct-
ures.
Slowly, carefull y and surely they arc going about the busi-
ness of improving the face of Barnstable, holding hearings and
making decisions as to the best approach to the problem.
A house moves, a building goes down. Perhaps few will
notice any but the worst, but the fact remains that bit by bit
with the aid of the new law, those who head our local govern-
ment are seeing to il thai eyesores around Barnstable are h
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5 Semi-finalists
In Scholarship
Contest At College
Cape Cod Community College's
five senl-finallsts for the United
World Federalist's $2000 annual
scholarship check were hosted by
the College recently at the Heri-
tage House Restaurant.
The five students were awarded
certificates of merit by President
E. Carleton Nlckerson . One of the
five will receive the award at grad-
uation, June 8.
Semi-finalists receiving certifi-
cates were Paul T. Cavanaugh,
Hyannis; William R. Hammatt,
Orleans; Diane Hoppen s t e a d t,
Osterville; Helen Ooolishlan, East
Dennis; and Paul Miller, Ply-
mouth. All have achieved at least
a "B" average in social sciences.
The scholarship, given to the
college by TJWP Cape and Islands
Chapter, and known as the Aletta
S. Root Scholarship in honor of
one of the founders of the grant,
is presented annually to the Cape
Community College gradu a 11 n g
student who shows the most pro-
mise in the field of social sciences.
Paul Cavanaugh was educated
mostly abroad where his father
was in the United States Foreign
Service. He will enter George
Washington University after grad-
uation from Cape Cod Community
College. He plans a career in the
Foreign Service.
Helen Goolishian graduated with
honors from Wacp (Texas) High
School. She has two children. Her
husband is an interior designer.
She enters Simmons College to
finish her education in Social Psy-
chology.
William R. Hammatt was born
in Barnstable. A veteran, he has
the National Defense Medal, the
Vietnam Campaign Medal with
three stars, and the Navy Air
Medal. Before his military service,
he left Louisiana State University
in 1962. Since entering Cape Cod
Community College In 1967, he has
achieved high honors. He plans to
enter University of Massachusetts.
Diane Hoppensteadt, originally
from Chicago, is married and has
two sons. She will attend Boston
University and plans to teach. Her
hobby is music.
Paul Miller, a Navy veteran is
president of the College's Union
for Student Involvement and an
officer in Plymouth Methodist
Church.
Cobb House Has Unique Gingerbread Reliefs
Dorothy and Matthew Cobb have
always managed to feature the
unusual at their attractive Cobb
House in Barnstable Village. Their
current display of gingerbread re-
liefs is no exception .
When Ivan L. Laxa and his wife
Maria Jana who was Countess
Kolowrat before her marriage
found life in Czechoslovakia no
longer endurable , they came to this
country with their three teen-age
children. With them also came
the ancient family cookie molds,
skillfully carved and like those
used extensively by the Ginger-
bread Bakers Guild of the Middle
Ages.
Making a living in their new
homeland was a necessity, and in
casting about for means by which
they might live, the family decided
to put their skills and efforts into
the making of wall reliefs from
the molds.
Mrs. Richard Cooley, who with
her husband was a partner of
Cooley's Inc. in Boston, was fas-
cinated with the unique handicraft
and immediately made them a
part of the exclusive Cooley stock.
The cookie reliefs which range
in motif from religious to humor-
ous are no won sale at Cobb
House, and the collection is well
worth more than a passing plance.
Fair Sailing So Far For SS Authority
As of Thursday morning, Sen.
Allen F. Jones of Barnstable was
casting his vote in favor of the
Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard
and Nantucket Steamship Author-
ity making Hyannis a port for is-
land ferry service, with no restric-
tions.
The Massachusetts House passed
the measure earlier in spite of
arguments by Rep. John J. Bowes
of Osterville that home rule was
being ignored and that there were
no safeguard amendments in the
present bill guaranteeing that
Barnstable would not be picking
up a tax deficit at a future date
The bill also does not restrict serv-
ice to passengers and could include
freight and autos.
Bowes' request that the issue be
put before Barnstable voters did
not find enough support in the
House membership to be included
in the legislation .
His arguments that Authority
word had been broken and could
be again also were to no avail.
Should the Senate pass the bill ,
the only hope that Barnstable, who
in a special town meeting ex-
pressed itself as against Authority
entry into Hyannis last year, has
is a veto from Governor Francis
Sargent.
Junior Women
Win State Award
Hyannis Junior Woman's Club
won first place award in Massa-
chusetts this year in the annual
General Federation of Women's
Clubs-Shell Oil Company Educa-
tion Program.
National winners who will re-
ceive $5000 for the best education
projects for 1968-69 will be select-
ed at GFWC headquarters in
Washington D. C. and will be an-
nounced at the national conven-
tion in Cleveland on June 2-6.
The anger and indignation of
middle-income taxpayers every-
where was made manifest at last
week's meeting of the Cape Cod
Association for Fiscal Responsi-
bility, when members voted to
arouse Cape taxpayers to demand
that Washington lawmakers bring
about changes in the inequalities
of income tax laws.
Specifically, the Fiscal Respon-
sibility group is demanding an end
to loopholes such as 'preferences'
for millionaires who pay little, if
any tax; the so-called 'hobby
farmers' who run up huge losses
to offset income from other
sources, and laxexempt founda-
tions when they engage in ques-
tionable functions.
John E. Carlson, the associa-
tion's executive secretary, quoted
reports from the press and other
sources listing large foundations
such as the Ford Foundation as
having made contributions to
voter—registration drives a n d
financing organizations engaged in
political and social changes.
More recently, the Internal Rev-
enue Service has revoked the tax-
exempt status of the National Ed-
ucation Association and that of the
Americans United for Separation
of CHUrch and ' State, the commis-
sioner of Internal Revenue having
said that he was concerned about
the ideological concept of some tax
free organizations.
Commenting on government sub-
sidies, Mr. Carlson also blamed
these subsidies ifor high taxes paid
by the low and middle-income
workers and retired persons on
fixed income. Direct farm sub-
sidies, alone, are reported to have
run as high as $3.5 billion yearly,
with big corporate farms receiv-
ing millions while small farmers
were pushed off the land because
of it.
The Cape association moved to
prepare a statement and letter
which will be sent to Congressman
Hastings Keith, the House Ways
and Means Committee, and our
two Washington Senators, request-
ing firm support and early action
on tax loopholes and inequities.
The membership will call upon
friends , neighbors and other tax-
payers, urging that similar let-
ters o[ indignation be sent to
Washington lawmakers. In other
business, the Association while ex-
pressing a definite preference at
this time for bill H300 calling for
a reduction in the State House
membership, will refrain from
taking an official position on the
bill in its present form until it
has heard from area legislators.
Arrangements have already been
made to have State Rep. John J.
Bowes, (R-Osterville) present his
views and recommendations at a
June meeting.
Alfred Crocker, associati o n's
president, reported on the current
study of Medicaid and AFDC costs
on Cape Cod. He said that while
Cape residents are deeply con-
cerned with the plight of the poor,
they are also at a loss as to why
a welfare system which takes so
much out of the State budget
shows that the poor get progres-
sively poorer and more numerous.
William A. McCarthy of Centcr-
ville stressed the importance of
the Barnstable Charter Commis-
sion and the advisibility of having
association members attend the
commission's hearings.
Mrs. Doris Blackmer of Forest-
dale and Mrs. Betty Pierce of
East Sandwich spoke of the rumors
that Otis Air Force Base might be
converted to a commercial SSP
transport aircraft facility.
This, they said would contribute
to increased air traffic, noise level,
police protection, bridge traffic
congrestion, require new roads and
depress residential pr o p e r t y
values.
Thomas J. Quinn of Osterville,
gave a vivid description of what
is in store for the Cape if It allows
the money-hungry 'spoilers', under
the guise of 'progress', to trans-
form Cape Cod into a commercial,
high-rise, brick and mo r t a r
jungle.
Cape Group Cites Tax Inequalities
Police Academy
Will Graduate
3 Local Officers
Officers Donald B. Arthur, Ron-
ald W. Krlehn and James R. Wil-
son are attending the Barnstable
County Policy Academy and will
graduate on Monday, June 2, ac-
cording to Chief Albert L. Hinck-
ley. C
The Basic Training Course which
began April SI included such sub-
jects as Criminal Law, Motor
Vehicle Law, Law of Arrest, Re-
cent Court Decisions affecting
Police Officers, Youthful Offender
Law, Narcotics and Harmful
Drugs, Mob and Riot Control , First
Aid and Firearms.
The Polish American Veterans
of Massachusetts and its Ladies
Auxiliary will hold their 21st an-
nual state convention June 6, 7, 8
in Hyannis it is announced by
Teddy C. J. Romanski, state com-
mander.
The banquet and business ses-
sions will be held at the state
armory, Hyannis, on Saturday.
Mrs. Rena Lisek of Uxbridge is
president of the auxiliary.
On Sunday, a military mass
honoring the late Rev. L. Radzik,
first chalain of P.A.V., will be
celebrated.
POLISH AMERICAN
VETERANS TO HOLD
CONVENTION HERE
Cape Cod Hospital honored 951
women for their volunteer services
at a National Hospital Week
Ceremony in the auditorium of the
Nurses Home.
Pins were presented to Gift Shop
and Thrift Shop volunteers, Gray
Ladies of American Red Cross,
Volunteers-in-Service, Junior Vol-
unteers and a member of Hyan-
nis Junior Women's Club.
Presentation was made by Mrs.
David M. Davis of Harwich Port ,
a hospital vice-president and a
member of the board of trustees.
Also taking part in the ceremony
was Gerard A. Oullette, adminis-
trator.
Hospital Honors
Service Volunteers
The proposal of Selectman E.
Thomas Murphy, subscribed to by
his colleagues, to employ a girl to
work Saturday mornings at the
town office to process beach stick-
er applicants and shellfish permits,
as well as attending to other de-
tails, last Saturday proved to be
a a good one.
Though it was early in the sea-
son, and cold, 165 beach stickers
were issued and 25 shellfish per-
mits.
Selectmen report that 364 people
paid the newly innovated 25-cents
walk-on fee at Craigville Beach
over this past holiday weekend.
Harry and Barbara Gerrier of
Barnstable have been awarded
$3500 In damages by a Barnstable
Superior Court jury in their case
against the state concerning three
parcels of land off Phinney's Lane
taken in connection with Mid Cape
Highway construction.
Two appraisers evaluated the
property at $2700 and $6000 re-
spectively.
GIRLS REC SOFTBALL
Standings in this week's Play-
ground - Recreation Girls' Soft-
ball : Barnstable-W. Barnstable,
won 4, lost 0; Hyannis West, won
3, lost 1; Cotuit, won 2, lost 1;
Osterville, won 2, lost 1; Center-
ville , won 1, lost 2; Marstons Mills,
won 0, lost 3; Hyannis East, won
0, lost 4.
Rhode Island celebrates Inde-
pendence Day twice a year, on
May 4 and July 4. The citizens of
"Little Rhody" were the first to
declare their Independence of
Great Britain—on May 4, 1776.
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