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Cape Cod Opens Homes and Hearts for
'•Fresh Air" Children's 1949 Season
If we lived in the city, we should along about this time of
year begin to think about getting away where we could sniff
some fresh country or sea air , away from smoke-filled atmo-
sphere, away from factory-ridden areas, from hard pavements,
from crowds, from buildings set one against another with not a
chink of space between. The heat of the streets and the oppres-
sive city din entering our houses through the windows that must
be open would provide the urge to run away.
Fortunate would we be if we had the means and the oppor-
tunity to satisfy that natural craving for "God's Country."
Many city persons maintain summer homes, that their families
may escape the undesirable season of the year in the city.
There is a project in New York called "Fresh Air ," because
it seeks to provide for those who cannot provide it for them-
selves these benefits the name implies. Many, many children
live in New York City, perhaps we should not call it living, more
crowded into inadequate quarters, more lacking in play space,
more missing of sunshine than the city dwellers to whom we have
been referring. There's a difference in city dwellings, as we all
know. And these children cannot get away from all the discom-
fort , the noise, the smells, the clutter. Were we there, we should
experience a shut-in feeling, and with that would come a sense
of frustration , of discouragement, of inadequacy.
This New York "Fresh Air " project operates in towns
along the Atlantic Seaboard and, among them, it operates
throughout the length and breadth of Cape Cod, in most of our
towns.
Our people are familiar with this project, for this is the
third year Cape Cod homes have welcomed into them "Fresh
Air" children. You know the story. The New York Herald Trib-
une sponsors the project , which is run by the Herald Tribune
Fresh Air Fund , with headquarters in the Tribune Building.
This organization secures funds through contributions from in-
terested givers, finds homes to take children for two weeks in
the summer, selects, through New York social agencies, young-
sters worthy to benefit from such a vacation, then routes them
all by train and bus to their destinations, chaperoned by escorts.
The number that can go depends on how many homes can be
found.
The season is about to begin once more. On July 8 the chil-
dren will arrive and stay two weeks. Cape Cod can always be
depended upon to do its share and often more than its share in
every good cause. Last summer something over 60 children ar-
rived. Can we not absorb more this year in our homes? Remem-
ber , the children who have been here before are very eager to
return and many more to whom they have related their experi-
ences are equally eager. The Fund sent out over 4000 children
last year and this year hopes to bring the number up over 5000.
We have been placing the emphasis on the good we can do
the children. But there is another side to the story, The children
bring good with them, too. For we, as well, can learn the ways oi
other lives.
After seeing the train pull out the load of children who had
been visiting in his town, one host wrote these words to the
Herald Tribune Fresh Air Fund:
"Suddenly I felt sorry, terribl y sorry for all the peoplf
I knew of who could so easily have shared in the *
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those two weeks now past ; of the happy
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have stored up to last through the winter. Until ummer cam
again. I thought of the glowing health of each one of our piti
fully meagre group of ten children , as they waved good-bye tons
from the train , of the many more children who might so e s y
have had just as happy a vacation-if only they had been in
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So don 't miss your chance to get a Fresh Air chile! ! Call
your Friendly Town chairman right now. For
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Barnstable Yar-
mouth-Dennis area, he is Victor F. Adams, who w ll^e found
at the Town Building in Hyannis. He is one of o«
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selectmeg.
For Chatham, she is Mrs. Bernke Nickerson. Or ontac,. the
Patriot Editor and she will gladly route your inquiry to the right
person.
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E D I T O R I A L S —
by Clara J. Hallett ¦
This is your local Station , 213 Ocean NoK.
Every year more and more of our old landmarks* are QT
appearing—old farm houses back in the wood lands ; grist mill
that , we depended on to grind our corn and wheat ; corn that in
t ime turned into the hasty puddings, Johnny cakes and India?
puddings and many other tasty dishes that went well with n
ham, bacon , sausages and chops from our home-raised rnan
f
When any neighbor killed a pig
everyone within hailing distance
bad n try. A"1 house without a barn
would be a sign ot a shiftless fam-
ily. Barns are no longer a com-
mon sight on Cape Cod. Some have
been converted into dwelling places
and some replaced as garages;
some have been allowed to fall
into decay and never replaced, but
in their day they witnessed as
much ot the family lite as the farm
house itself. The oxen, horses,
cows, the palls of creamy milk,
niowfl loaded with sweet, smelling
liny, the cow cribs, the husking
bees and barn dances, even the old
carriages and sleighs found shelter
there; roosting places for stray
bens that would steal a nest and
come out with a brood ot chickens
as proud as punch, no matter if a
house had been provided for their
comfort, white-washed and warm
I nests to hold their eggs. No won-
j der, contrary women are sometimes
called "old hens."
The old country churches, which
for more than any other buildings,
seem to represent the Cape Cod
of our earliest traditions, the little
white churches scattered here and
there in almost every village, take
us back to more primitive, simpler
living. Somehow in the old fashion-
ed churches built with infinite pa-
tience and great sacrifice of time
and money by men often untrained
but willing to give loyal service to
the master builders; in those
rooms dedicated to God and Coun-
try we can picture the earnest, up>
lifted faces of Christian men and
women who have worshiped there,
"Old churches once wherein
The men now gone have sung
i Their psalniB and knelt in prayet
Where God has walked beside
The troubled mind and heavy
heart,
And eased the burden found
therein."
Things that have happened there
are an intimate part of our coun-
try life, emotions of joy and sor-
row, fears have been overcome and
timely words have brought comfort
and strength to many humble,
trusting souls.
Grand cathedrals may fill us with
awe. They make us realize the won-
derful work artists have done to
adorn these structures, but often
we feel like stray waifs in them as
if we did not belong. .We feel out
of touch with the spirit ot -worship,
overcome by the grandeur of it
all ; you feel conscious ot your per-
sonal appearance, and the strange
faces all around you, but there is
one thing In every church that
brings harmony—the music, and in
thse grand churches we hear some
of the best. You listen and wish
your church could have a new
organ or some particular thing and
your mind wanders to home and
friends with a feeling of warmth
and thankfulness.
Years ago all through the vil-
lages we would find large comfort-
able homes built to last for many
generations; stately houses built
for oi!r sea captains and men who
carried on the clifferent kinds of
work that was typical of manual
labor before the machine age be-
came so all important. Many of the
houses still remain, but now as we
note the so-called progress of to
day we find little houses huddled
together with small yards and often
the only view is a look into some
body 's backyard and lines o:
clothes. The sense of freedom ant
stretches of sloping meadows.woodi
and ocean are not for them. Maybe
thy do not misB this long tool
ahead and all around that is si
dear , to a real Cape Codder.
The Cape is changing. It any
thing of historical value is to b>
j kept something muBt be done be
fore it is too late. In Don Traj
ser's book, "BRrnstable — T^,
Centuries of a Cape Cod Town"
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Mlsa Elizabeth Jenkins lias out'
lined the history of the old wes) k
ParlBh Church in West Bartnt&We
She tells how it came to he tmiit
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names some of the noted men m,
planned and worked for it, 4.
ministers who have presided ova
It from time to time, and irvtetest-
Ing events in its history, 1
The West Parish Church wj8
started in 1717, but it took a long
time to finish it. The Rev. Mr, Rw
aell preached the first sermon there
on Thanksgiving 1719. Mr. Russen
preached 47 years, only think of ii,
and was burled In the old gravt.
yard at West Barnstable. Every.
thing about thin old church is ol
historical interest, as she tells it.
It has the Paul Revere bell, a gilt
of Colonel James Otis and a spire
that carried the gilded cock brought
from England in 1728.
"In 1852 the old meeting houti
had become BO dilapidated, it n\
unfit for worship and was thor.
oughly repaired , as she relates, but
alas the change destroyed all re-
semblance to the old church. At
the time of the Tercentenary ,
there was much discussion about
restoring this church, but with (Its
war and conditions in the world,
the plan was put aside, but never
abandoned. A small restoration
fund was, however, started at tbj
Hyannis Trust Co., waiting for |
time when things would cost less-
a time that has never come.
Now is the era of extravagaat _H
spending—from the White Hru .uH
down — everyone is rebuildlnr.^H
building on, building anew, tliel
more money you spend the heueiH
the administration likes it—no maw
ter where it comes from. So DWB
is the time to restore the olil
church. Miss Jenkins might wt'J
be called the Good Angel of tiiifl
church. She has worked iiaiientifl
and steadily for years for its ttH
storation. She has interested mJM
pie in the project, a committee tfl
earnest workers has been I'ormtfH
and soon a little folder will >
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forthcoming to send to all den-rifl
ants of the founding fathers, a'
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anyone who wishes to contri lttM
to this memorial representing t __|
beginning of our religous liistf^W
will have a chance to do so. ¦
The article closes with tlieftH
words: "If the meeting house couIdH
stand restored on the little . ftllfl
above the road shaded by younfl
elms that grow from year to yea _B
and look down on the. village thalB
has still the old stone walls, olfi
bouses and Great Marshes, it wotilS
be a bit ot old Cape Cod as wortiijH
in small scale of pilgrimage as iS
Williamsburg, Virginia, in IbM
grand scale," H
What bus an individual g;mw
by losing hia own self-respect? _
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what, has be lost, when, retatal^M
his own , he loses the hotHage_^B
fools , or the pretentious pralse^H
hypocrites, false to themselv^B
to others?—Mary Baker Eddj ¦
Radio Beams
Ann Harding at Den-
nis Playhouse-July
Richard Aldrlch announced today
that Ann Harding, long one of
Hollywood's most popular stars,
will appear at the Cape Playhouse,
America's most famous summer
theatre, in Dennis, during the week
of Jul y 25th in "Yes, My Darling
Daughter."' Arthur Sircom will di-
rect and Eugene Fitsch will design
the settings.
This is Miss Harding's first legi-
timate stage appearance Blnce her
triumph on Broadway in the title
role of "The Trial of Mary Dugan."
After many Broadway successes
including "Tarnish"; "The Green
Hat" with Katherine Cornell and
Leslie Howard ; "Stolen Fruit" and
"A Woman Disputed" Miss Harding
went to California for a well-
earned rest. While there she was
besieged by offers from all the ma
jor studios and she finally signed
with RKO Pathe.
Her first picture, "Paris Bound ,'
was an instant success and estab
llslied her as a star, For the next
seven years she starred in dozens
ot films including "Animal King
dom," "East Lynne," "When Ladies
Meet," and "Westward Passage."
"Yes, My Darling Daughter'-
marks Miss Harding's firs t appear-
ance before Cape Cod audiences
since her apprentice days with
the Provincetown Players, then
under the direction of Jasper Dee-
ter. Her interest in the theatre
began at the Baldwin School in
Bryn Mawr, Pa., where she ap
peared in the school plays undei
the direction of Mrs. Otis Skinner
After her first season at Province
town she went to Broadway, bui
the New York critics agreed wit!
her father the stage was not thi
career for her.
However, after three seasons o
stock in Detroit , Providence, ant
Pittsburgh, and further study a
Jasper Deeter 's Hedgerow Theatre
she returned to Broadway and he:
appearance in "Tarnish" prove't
the critics wrong and establlsnet
her as a star.
Miss Harding is one of the few
stars to retire from the screen at
the height of her career and re-
, turn tor new triumphs as an out-
J
standing character actress. Dls-
j couraged with the choice ot screen
storieB she was offered, Miss Hard-
ing went to London , where she met
and married Werner Janssen, com-
poser and" conductor. An accom-
plished pianist herself , Miss Hard-
ing devoted all iter time and Inter-
est to her husband's career, ac-
companying him on tours of the
United States and South America.
When her husband decided to
settle In Los Angeles as conductor
of the symphony orchestra there,
Allss Harding came out of retire-
ment to appear opposite Edward
Arnold in "Eyes of the Night."
Since then she has appeared in
"Mission to Moscow ," "North Star,"
and as the mother in "Junle " and
"Those Endearing Young Charms."
Since turn-about is fair play, Mr.
Janssen will accompany his wife
( to Cape Cod this summer,
To Play at Dennw
Ann Harding
Mr, and Mrs, Robert S. Chase of '
195 Marlborough Street, Boston,
and Centervllle announce the en-
gagement ot MIBB Mariorle Gibbs
Greene, daughter of Mrs. Chase
and the late Gardiner Frank Greene,
to Mr. Henry Wadsworth Moore ,
Jr., Bon or Mr, and Mrs, Henry
Wadsworth Moore of Washington ,
D. C, and Hingham , Muss.
Miss Greene is a graduate of Na-
tional Park College of Forest Glen
Maryland and the Boston Children 's
Hospital.
Mr. Moore attended Tome School
and graduated trom the University
of Maryland class ot 1942. He
served in World War 11 as Wing
Signal Officer ot the South Atlantic
Wing Air Transport Command and
is at present a Major in the Air
Force Reserve and President of
Henry Wadsworth Moore & Com-
pany of Washington , D. C.
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eptember weddlnK is planned.
ttllllllllli liimiiliiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiHimiiniHiiinii n
Centerville Summer
Resident Engagement
It was only a few short weeks
ago that a news item in a local
newspaper announced the arrival
of Spring could be proclaimed safe-
ly since the "tinklepink' s orches-
tra" had been beard on the cran-
berry bogs the night before.
Now there may he some folks—
"lately.come" to Cape Cod, who
do not know that a "tinklepink" is
nothing more than the common
garden variety of frog, whose
nightly serenade is complete famil-
iar. And it may well be that there
are some folk , even among native
Cape Codders, who do not know
about the Chatham Cratt Shop and
the contribution that It 1B making
to the handcraft industry of Cape
Cod and New England through the
sale and display of professional
craftwares.
When Damon Ripley, In the July
1948 issue ot Yankee, called the
Chatham Craft Shop, "a Uttle mu-
seum of New England Craftsman-
ship", he had a resason ; in fact ,
several reasons.
Among these Is the discrimina-
tion with which the craft products
are selected. Signatures familiar
throughout- New England appear
, upon the fine pottery, woodenware,
copper, silver, ceramics, enamels,
J aluminum, watercolors, and oils.
Leonard Rankin , Fred Rossiter,
Knesseth. Dentsoua , Mary Tuck,
1 Clifford Russell , Martha Hastings,
and Hans Brustle are but a few
; of the Craft Shop 's representative
artist craftsmen.
, Two outstanding New England
potteries have been introduced to
Cape Cod by the Chatham Craft
Shop; Decorated New England
Stoneware lit 19 17; Rowantreee
Kiln Pottery this season.
HOUSE and GARDEN ooordin
uteil color settings accent the
charm of these many "things ol
beauty ", skillfully fashioned by the
hands of the craftsmen, aided by
". . . the brush, the knife, and the
stylus . . the wheel, the loom, and
the forge" . . . Artistic hand-letter-
ed display cards describe craft
processes.
With the thought that there maj
be those in the mid-Cape area whi
liave not yet become acquainted
with the Craft Shop, the wee!-
starting Monday, June 13, has beer
j
set as "GET ACQUAINTS!
I WEEK", On Open House Day
Wednesday, June 15, from 9 to 9
I the hosts, Carl and Doris Chandler
announced that "Old Fashions*
Mulled Cider and Sundry Tast'
1 Tidbits will he dispensed to all "
j
Local craftspeople are invited to
bring their products to the Chat-
ham Craft Shop for consideration
I
and discussion, in order that Cupel
I
Codders may share the benefits ot
this established outlet tor the lino
handcrafts now being produced by
t'ape Cod and Now England
craftsmen.
Open House Week at
Chatham Craft Shop
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CAPE COD
Real Estate
S a k s .. . .SummerRentals
Evelyn Crosby
Td. H7. 192-R C«miU,
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vel'8e. Including Mttn ,
Evolved by Atomic Force?" Is the
Lesson-Sermon .subject for Sunday.
June 19.
Golden Text-. "The earth is the
Lord s, and the fulness thereof; the
world , a,,,! they that dwell therein "
(Palms 21: 1).
Sermon ; Passages from the Bible
(King James Version) Include -
"1 have made the earth , and cre-
ated man upon it; I, even my hands,
have stretched out the heavens
and all their host have 1 command!
ed (iBttl ah 45:12). Correlative pas-
sages fro m Science and Health
with Key to the Scriptures " by
Mary Baker Eddy include:
"God creates and governs the
universe, including man, The uni-
verse is filled with spiritual ideas,
which He evolves, and they ere
obedient to the Mind th»t makes
them" (p. 285).
Christian Science
Lesson Topic for Sun.
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To the Editor:
It has been said that there is
no thought or idea which is abso-
lutely new, for someone, some-
where, sometime has already
thought of it before you have. So it
was with myself for I have said
many times, "I do wish that all
organizations and individuals who
know and love the Cape would
work with one aim in mind and
use the slogan "Keep Cape Cod
' CAPE COD."
Thinking perhaps I had been the
first to have this thought I was dis-
illusioned but pleased when by ac-
cident I was glancing through an
old CAPK COD MAGAZINE of
Nov . 16, 1027, which was published
by the Cape Cod Publishing Co.,
Inc., of which Sands CWpman was
the editor , I found the following on
the Editorial page:
PRESERVE CHARM
From his winter home at Lake
Quinsignmond , Worcester, Mr. Irv-
ing E. Blgelow recently wrote the
editor a note which expresses part
of what we mean by our slogan:
"Keep Cape Cod CAPE COD." We
quote:
"I am afraid that if the old
houses on Cape Cod are not pre-
served as they were originally, out-
side at least, the Cape will lose
more or less of its charm and give
way to the appearance of Atlantic
City or other modern seaside re-
sorts which can he enjoyed only by
millionaires who do not appreciate
the quaint panoramas some people
like and all should like ."
Mr. Tilgelow adds: "[ hope you
will sound a warning to the plan-
ning board in each town on the
Cape , asking them to try and In
dure people who build or altei
(heir houses to keep them as Cape
Coddy as possible and to have lots
large enough not to crowd thi
houses."
Mr. Higelow has expressed hov
many people will always feel abou
! Cape Cod and with all this t heart
' lly agree. However , most of thi
, old houses have been heautifull;
.preserved and now not only mua
1 we continue to preserve the oil
ones hut to protect new building
.! so In years to come some one wll
' have a Cape Cod house to own an
, cherish,
I understand, very soon in Hyan-
nis there are going to be erected
75 bouses in one area and 12i>
houses in another area . It does
*eem a pity that the construction
jaiinoi he carefully guided. At the
moment it may mean more money
[or a lew individuals but In the
long run to "Keep CAPE COD,
CAPE COD" certainly will pay lar-
ger dividends to people who really
have the Interest of the Cape at
heart.
11 1- too liuil thai there cannot
he a regulation becoming a law ,
from Provincetown to the Canal
thai all buildings large or small,
new or old, one-half , three-quarter,
or full story houses and business
blocks as well must adhere to Cape
Cod design.
This dues not mean that we shall
not progress or have attraqtive
bouses or houses of wide variety
and our shops can have efficient
display windows, for 1 Jtnow sev-
eral architects who know how tc
make convenient plans and yes
have the building look us thougl
It had been there for years. Arte
all , people come from everywhen
to catch the charm of these Capi
Cod houses snuggling close to th'
earth since this land began , am
BO :
What ever part of these histori-
cal sands
Each one of you happens to be
Let's all "Keep Cape Cod CAPBJ
COD"
By the four deep beautiful
seas.
Martha Harris Hastings
461 Main Street
Hyannis.
June 4, 1940,
The Letter Carrier
Town of Barnstable
Cape Cod
June 16, 1949
Dear Theodosia:
One morning uot long ago your
Cousin Jeruslia and I drove along
the south shore of Cape Cod to the
heel of the Cape (as 1 always think
of it), in other words, Falmouth.
We went on an errand , so relaxed
more on our way back, trying to
drink in all the beauty of a perfect
spring day.
We came upon quite an unusual
sight and stopped to find out what
was being done. What we saw was
a machine moving about by a crane,
dipping down to the water 's edge ,
opening its huge jaws , picking up a
great rock with its teeth , lifting It
into the position where it wanted
It, and setting it down there.
If the rock didn 't land just right
on the first trial, the laws picked
It up again, sometimes making sev-
eral attempts before actually de-
positing it for keeps.
The sight of this machine work-
ing with such precision and appar-
ent skill was full of Interest to us
and we lingered 11s long as we could
to watch its fascinating perform-
ance, leaving only because other
appointments called us, the first of
which was our dinner , which we
knew would be ready and waiting
for us on arrival.
It is truly so, that when one
starts out anywhere, one knows
not what sort of adventure awaits
one. This feeling certainly adds
much to the joy and exuberance of
life .
Your loving
Aunt Jane.
A Letter From Auut Jane
To Her City Relations
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it Is hard to believe there are any American children who do not
know how fresh air and flowers smell. But this Is literally true of
many children in New York. Their lives are bounded by their schools
and Hie nearby shabby dwellings where they live, often 'crowded three
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one child Bald , every houBe was in a park !" Would you ever forget?
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Jo the liai'iistHble Patriot ,, Hyannis, Mass.
Please file this application with ray area chairman -
, • . , . (child)
i wish to register for Fresh Air (children) for the
two-vveok period beginning July 8.
Name ,
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