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Cfje $Jartt£forfile patriot — Founded in 1830 — Published Weekly at 4 Ocean Street • P.O.Box 1208 • Hyannis, Massachusetts 02601 Tel:(508) 771-1427 • Fax: (508) 790-3997 E-mail info@barnstablepatriot.com • www.barnstablepatriot.com PUBLISHER, Robert F.Sennott,Jr. EDITOR DavidStillH BUSINESSMANAGER ..BarbaraJ. Henriigan ASSOCIATEEDITOR Edward F.Maroney ADVERTTSrNG DEPARrMENT EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Luanda S.Harrison Representative KathleenSzmit Reporter John Picano Representative Melora B. Norm Reporter Carol A. Bacon Representative JackMason Representative DESIGN/PRODUCTIONDEPARTMENT Steven Goldberg Representative Cathy Staples GraphicDesigner David A. Bailey Graphic Designer CIRC.& RECEPTION TanyaOhanian . ,»«» MEMBER NEW ENGLANDPRESSASSOCIATION I V£> i FirstPlace,GeneralExcellence-NewEnglandPressAssociation,2001 % £^ First Place,GeneralExcellence-Advertising,^&2003 - . . . . . . — ¦ '— =EDITORIALS= Commitmentneeded on fire district discussion There isno shortage ofhardfeel- ings surrounding the discussion of the town's fire districts. There are hard feelings among council- ors, among some members of the preparationstudy committee and, undoubtedly,amongthepeoplein the fire districts whose organiza- tions are being talked about. Last Thursday,the counciltook up, thentabled,anitemsponsored byOstervillecouncilor,and COMM prudential committee member, Jim Crocker. It asked councilors whethertheysupported thestate- ment, "The consolidation of the town'sfire and water districtsis a priority for my constituents." The council never got to the substance of the question, which was not entirely clear to all, but managedtoratchet up the already existing hard feelings. We said at the start of the study to study whether a study of the districtswaswarrantedthatthere needed to be acommitmentto fol- low through onthe recommenda- tions. At some point, the council needs to declare its intentions. There isn't the information to make the decision, but it should be known whether the council is prepared to act, whatever the findings. DS II editor@barnstablepatriot.com Our new digs We've been on the move again. Those looking for The Barnstable Patriot need to look at the newly addressed 4 Ocean Street in Hyannis, which sits at the corner of Main Street If it seems like we've moved a lot in the past two decades, we have. Let's review: 100 years ago, The Barnstable Patriot moved from its north- side home to join its then 16-year-old sister paper, The Hyannis Patriot, at 27 Pleas- ant Street in Hyannis, and a period of location dormancy was enjoyed until 1988, when the Patriot, by the split off from the Patriot Press, relocated to 712 Main Street, sharing the parking lot of what was then Cranberry Boggs (formerly M.D. Arnstrongs). The office remained there un- til 1995, when new quarters were established, at 326 Main Street, the old Kelley Insurance build- ing, across from the Cape Cod Times. A better location and larger space. Three years later it was two doors down, around the corner and upstairs to 4 Barnstable Road, an office once utilized by the Guertin's to manufacture their Mother's Rings. Eventually cramped again, new space was found in the for- mer storage area upstairs from Puritan Clothing, where, it was believed, we'd be comfortable for years to come. Well, years turned to months, 17 to be precise, and here we are in a building owned by the Patriot's new corporate par- ent, the former 331 Main Street (Penguins Go Pasta, or Pen- guins SeaGrill, or even the Fish Shanty -all Gold family enter- prises -to go way back). We're all hoping for a less mo- bile century this time around. For now, the new signs aren't hanging, but there's a tempo- rary number up and name on the door. So if anyone's look- ing for us, we can be found at 4 Ocean Street. Stop by. DS II editor@barnstablepatriot.com Red herrings If Birkenstock had not come back from the pig roast in time to drive Mrs. Garrison's pale green Audi to the art auction, then wherewashe duringthose critical three or four minutes whenthemurderwasmostlike- ly done? Pamela Askew insists she saw a pale green car with out-of-statelicenseplatesleav- ing the pig roast at just about the time that Oswald Dumfree wasbuyinghimselfarefreshing drink from the Coca-Cola ma- chine at the Getty gas station. Harriet Pinfoyle disputes this version of events: she saysthat whiletheauctionwasreachinga conclusionshe stepped outside the tent for a breath of air and saw a pale green car go past at speed. Miss Pinfoyle, as ev- eryone knows, isa professional automobile mechanic, and she insists that the pale green car she saw was not au Audi, but a Jaguar. The Jaguar's lines, she points out with professional aplomb,aredistinctive,whereas an Audi these days looks like just another melted bean on wheels. The question, then, is which of these versions iscorrect,and if someone is lying, who, and why? Actually, there is more than one question here. Mrs. El-Alamain's body was found at just past eight, two minutes after eight, to be exact, or at the same time, more or less, that Birkenstock wasexpected back from the pigroast.But ifit wasn't Birkenstock behind the wheel of the green sedan, who was it? And was it an Audi, or was it, as Miss Pinfoyle insists, a Jaguar? The boy who found Mrs. El-Alamain's body was young Barger, a sometime caddy at the Eight BumpsCountry Club, and a nephew of Dr. and Mrs. Hortatory-Bliss,onthe doctor's side, Barger being the second son of Dr. Hortatory-Bliss's third sister. Geritol. Geritol was at one time married to Sir Alistair Siddley-Downes, a retired brigadier in the British Army, who as a young officer servedasaide-de-camptoField Marshal Sir Resolute Pfaddle, commander of the Fifty-first Renegade Rifles inthe battle of Amagar-Bur.This would have been during the disastrously unsuccessfulcampaignto sub- jugate the mutinous Hakbar tribe from which sprang the infamous terrorist's terrorist, Ben al Yafouz Sidi Ben Benny. Themain questiontroubling Detective Deputy Chief In- spector Barton Brewster was not that Mrs. El-Alamain was wearing only one glove, but that the one glove was the sort of insulated hand protector fa- vored by persons working over an open fire. Personswho were, say,roasting a pig on a spit. "Find the mate to that glove andwe'll'avethekiller,"said De- tective-in-WaitingShrillwhistle Gorm. It was Gorm's mindless certainty in his misinterpreta- tion of evidence that had made himfor solongasource ofnearly fatalirritationfor DDCI Barton Brewster. "Why must you always play the booby, Gorm? For God's sake, go and get me some of that roastpork.Anddon'tspeak to anyone, for any reason, or they mightmistake you for the corpse, you brain-dead bilge pump." Enter Thalia Della-Albia, known to her friends as Binty, on the arm of the not so distin- guished Richardson Roman- esque, a greaseball, a swindler and a furtive fondler of women at gardenparties.DDCI Barton Brewster knew Thalia Della- Albia onlyby her reputation as a famous beauty, a wildly suc- cessful writerof torrid romance novels and for the fact that she had survivedsevenhusbands, a remarkable achievement for a womannot yet forty.The last of these,the ancient and mysteri- ously rich Count Scusi Della- Albia, had left his widow one of the world's richest women. DDCI Barton Brewster saw at once that Mrs. Della-Albia was sporting what appeared to be thematetothe ovenmittfound on the body of the unfortunate Lucrezia El-Alamain. '"Ere, I'll 'ave that glove, if you please." This was Gorm, of course, who had returned juggling two plates of greasy pork and Boston baked beans just asthe ravishingMrs.Della- Albia swept in past the purpie bougainvillea. "That'lldo,Gorm,"saidDDCI Barton Brewster. And turning to the breath-taking Binty Della-Albia, "You must forgive my dim-witted associate, Mrs. Della-Albia.He wasa test-tube baby and things went badly wrong." "Ah," said Mrs. Della-Albia, "Like ze Scarecrow in ze Wiz- ard..." Her delightful jest was cut short by the roar of a car, a green sedan, as it shot past heading for the Autobahn. Was that Birkenstock at the wheel? Was it Oswald Dumfree? Or was it, as DDCI Barton Brew- ster suspected, Harriet Pin- foyle pretending to be Pamela AskewimitatingMrs.Garrison's chauffeur,Glissando,whomthe sharp-eyed detective had seen earlier trying to peek into the maids' quarters. "Let me suggest that we all repair to the main salon," said DDCI Barton Brewster with a wry smile, "where I will sift through the junk heap of mis- leading evidence surrounding this bafflingcase and showyou thatMrs.El-Alamain'smurderer was not the driver of the green sedan -at least not the driver you think you saw -but one of you.Yes, one of you..." THE TFVIEW FRO/V AS&ANCJS * •*- * BY PAULDUFFY J BARNSTABLE PATRIOT ARCHIVE PHOTO. JULY 25. 199C NO 'QUIET PLEASE' AT THIS LIBRARY - The Hills-Mills Comedy Clown Band pranced and played on the lawn of the Osterville Free Library Saturday afternoon duringthe 22ndVillage Daycelebration. Sponsored bythe Osterville Business and Professional Association, the full schedule of events from the early road race to the band concert in the evening 1836 Notice. Picked up between the bars at low water on the backside of Truro, on the 10th ult. An ELE- PHANT'S TOOTH; the owner can have the same, by proving property and paying charges. Apply to EBENEZER DYER, Truro. 1866 (Advt.) To Bostonians Who Would AVOID THE CHOLERA!For sale, one of the finest Residences at Quincy Point, only a few minutes ride from Boston by steam or horse cars, just the place for a man doing business in the city. Price, $8,000. For further particulars apply to F.B.GOSS, PATRIOT OFFICE, Barnstable. 1896 (Advt.) No Gripe. When you take Hood's Pills. The big, old-fashioned, sugar-coated pills, which tear you allto pieces, are not in it with Hood's.Easy to take and easy to operate, is true of Hood's Pills, which are up to date in every respect. C.I. Hood & Co., Lowell,Mass.The onlyPillsto take withHood's Sarsaparilla. 1916 (Advt.) THE ONLYCIRCUSCOMING.HYANNIS. THURS., JULY27. Moral,EntertainingandInstruc- tive.SparksWorld-FamousShows.25YearsofHonest Dealing with the Public. A Tremendous Exhibition of Wealth and Splendor. Perfect Specimens of the Earth'sMost Curious Creatures Gathered Together into One ImmenseMenagerie.The PrincelySalaries Paid by this Mammoth Enterprise has Robbed All Europe of Their Most Valuable Artists. 1926 Last Saturday, July 24th, WSGC. Cape Cod's own radio station went on the air from the Seapuit Golf Club, at Osterville, with a varied and interesting program running from 7:30 until after 11 p.m. ... Among the features that will be offered this week is a program of dance music by Chet Copp and his Eagleston Inn Orchestra of Hyannis... 1936 A special meeting of Marstons Mills library as- sociation was held Tuesday night ... The vote was taken that the library be closed indefinitely for lack of funds, and that all magazines and books be called in by Aug. 4. 1946 Percy F.Williams, Jr., editor of The Barnstable Patriot since February, 1942, tomorrow will hand over the Patriot'seditorial reins to Robert Simmons of Watertown, to devote full time to the Boston Herald and Traveler, as staff correspondent and photographer covering all of Cape Cod, Wareham, Onset and part of Plymouth. 1956 Next Thursday'snation-wideNationalBroadcast- ing Company's television program "Home"from 11 a.m. until noon will originate from "The Pines" in Cotuit asCal Crawford, owner, showshostess Arlene Francis the right way to prepare a clambake on the beach infront of the hotel. The professional touches to Mr. Crawford's information will be supplied by Herbert Gifford of Cotuit, a bake master from way back, Other guests on the show will include Art Carney, Dolores Del Rio, and Lili Dravas. 1966 The Town of Barnstable Board of Health this week stated that the time has come and the need is constantlymountingfor town-widesewerage service that should be implemented by carrying through a construction project yearly until the areas most needingit are supplied... "The incrediblyfast growth of our big town points more and more toward the need of additional sewage facilities - and soon," said Joseph P Macomber, health board chairman. "By doing something about it each year, instead of waiting until we have to do it all in one big lump, will save the taxpayers a lot of money." 1976 Plans for a major new addition to Cape Cod Mall have been filed with the building inspector's office which include an enormous 119,676 square foot two story wing to be occupied by Jordan Marsh Company. 1986 Actress-Ostervilleresident Lee Remickattended last week's Centerville-Osterville-Marstons Mills Fire District meeting. When the meeting went out- doors at the Osterville school, so did she, swinging for a while and then moving to a seat on the grass, so we hear. (Cod Line) . CONTINUED ON PAGE A:16 EARLYFILES | Next Weekin W jt ffifltriotTH ^ Healthscap e Learn the latest about new approaches to medical conditions, and review our extensive listing of health-re- lated activities rangingfrom support groups to screening sessions to seminars .... www.barnstablepatriot.com r BARNSTABLE PATRIOT ~| ISSN 0744-7221 Pub. No. USPS 044-480 Periodical Postage paid at the Hyannis Post Office and at additional entry offices. Published weekly at 4 Ocean Street. Hyannis. MA 02601 Terms:$29.00 per year in advance Wc ,- -inn. no financial responsibility for typographical cn-om in advertisements, but we will rtrpnnl that part of the advertisement in which the error occurs. POSTMASTER: send address changes to THE BARNSTABLE PARTIOT P.O. Boi 1208. Il> an ins , MA 02601 © 2006, The Barnstable Patriot, a division of Ottawa* Newspapers Inc.