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"" BARNSTABLE PATRIOT ARCHIVE PHOIO AUGUST 22. IW6
HIGH OVER HYANNIS - A landmark by land, the Airport Rotary is certainly recognizable from the air. Pilot Ian Groom
takes a test run over Cape Cod in preparation for this weekend's airshow at Otis.
1836
(From the Boston Advocate)
I take this method of letting our
readers know that the Editor is
on a furlough to Cape Cod, partly
for the sake of relaxation, and
partly for the health of a child.
It is now the season for plover
shooting on what the Editor of
the Barnstable Patriot aptly calls
Prairie of Cape Cod. These are
immense marshes...
1866
Our "Bankers " are coming
in, and report quite good fares.
The shore fishermen have done
poorly, and the mackerel catch
has been small; but with our C.
C. Coasters, C. C. Cranberries , C.
C. Exchange, C. C, Bank , and C.
C. Railroad , we are in hopes to
"keep the wheels 'amoving"until
another year.
1896
The New York, New Haven &
Hartford Railroad has arranged
for an excursion to take place
on Thursday, Aug. 20th , next, to
Provincetown "The Tip End of
Yankee-land"... Sojourners upon
the Cape will find in this provi-
sion an excellent opportunity for
visiting Provincetown, one of the
most unique and attractive sec-
tionsexistingwithinNew England
limits, natural or community
features being regarded.
1916
Work of improving Railroad
Avenue was begun last week. The
roadbed is to be coated with an
oil-tar-gravel mixturesame aswas
used on Ocean Street last year.
Ocean Street and the shore road
from Hyannisport to Craigville
beach on which this mixture was
used are giving good satisfaction
and seem to be wearing very
well.
1926
Benj amin D. Baxter, Jr. ,
Barnstable High School senior,
plunged off the Pleasant Street
wharf last Friday afternoon and
rescued the two year old son of
Mr.and Mrs. WalterH. Sherman of
Chase avenue. The child,who was
with his father, toppled over the
edge of the wharf. Baxter jumped
overboard and brought him to
shore. The child was soon revived
and taken to his home.
1936
Herbert L. Chipman, publisher
of the Cape Cod News, is now
an avowed candidate for county
commissioner on the Republican
ticket at the coming primary.
1946
A new main altar was given by
Joseph PKennedy of HyannisPort,
former ambassador to England,
in memory of his son, Lt. Joseph
P Kennedy, Jr., Navy pilot killed
when his plane exploded over the
English channel,Aug. 12, 1944,was
dedicated in St. Francis Xavier
Church Sunday...Familymembers
attending the mass with Mr. and
Mrs.Kennedy were two sons, John
F.andTeddy Kennedy;two daugh-
ters,MissEuniceKennedyandMiss
Jean Kennedy;andMrs.Kennedy's
father, John F. Fitzgerald, former
mayor of Boston.
1956
Plans for afund raisingproject to
finance a Cape Cod Conservatory
of Music and Arts will be launched
this month... Dr. Paul Giuliana of
Barnstable is the newly appointed
president of the institution... "We
have atentative siteat the Maritime
Building in Hyannis,"he said.
1966
(Rules and regulations for dress
at Barnstable High School and
the Junior High) Only skirts and
dresses may be worn and these
must not be excessively short or
tight; culottes, pedal pushers and
shorts are taboo... When it comes
to male attire, tight, tight pants
just won't do,nor willwork clothes,
except in the shop areas, and all
shirts must be properly tucked in
and accompanied byatie,jacket or
sweater with full-length sleeves.
1976
Lauchlan Crocker and Nate
Nickerson dished out goodies at
Barnstable Fire Department'san-
nual clambake held last Sunday
afternoon at Knott'sBeach. Chief
Jack Vetorino was bakemaster.
A surprise dessert was delicious
grapenut ice cream furnished by
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Turner.
1986
The Patriot Press, leading print-
ers in Mid-Cape area for over a
century,last week passed out of the
hands of the HasMns family,which
has owned it since 1923. Richard
Haskins, sole owner, has sold the
seven-employee establishment on
Pleasant Street, Hyannis, to Rich-
ard McCarthy... The Press dates
from1830,the sameyearthe Patriot
newspaper was founded.
1996
Neighbors, town inspectors and
passersby have all had their heads
turned by the large red letters
jutting out from Barre Pinske's
Route 6A studio over the past six
months... According to Pinske, it is
ascream against domesticviolence.
Shortly after the first citation was
issued, the zoning enforcement of-
ficer received a letter from Pinske
explaining that the sign would
come down when the 911 calls
into the Barnstable Police station
went 24 hours without one report
of domestic violence, or January
1997, whichever came first.
— EDITORIALS
Yarmouth deserves a seat at the table,but no vote
Good fences make good neigh-
bors, or so the saying goes. With
regard to Yarmouth'sattempts to
gain avoting seat on Barnstable 's
airport commission, Yarmouth
needs to remain outside the
airport 's fence.
A vote cannot fix the problem's
continually voiced by Yarmouth
residents and officials.
Flightpaths are determined by
the FAA, not the airport commis-
sion or management. While noisy
and fueled by leaded gas, the cur-
rent fleet of Cessna 402s operat-
ing out of the airport are legal,
allowed and outside the control
of the airport commission.
There are planes overhead and
worries with the water under-
ground (both real issues on this
side of the town line, as well),
but neither can be fixed by giving
Yarmouth a vote.
The continued suggestion that
the entire airport operation be
packed up and moved to Otis is
unrealistic and should be set aside
until the four towns in which the
airfield sits come forward and ask
for it. That is to say, for good.
A voting member for Yarmouth
may actually do more harm than
good to the town's position. Shift
back a decade and ask a majority
of town councilors at that time
if they believed their appointed
representatives were responsive.
The council actually rewrote
the term of office for the airport
commission to broom "unwieldy"
appointees.
Commissioners are not sup-
posed to be supplicants to their
appointing authority. They carry
a fiduciary responsibility to act in
the best interest of the airport,and
that could easily put a Yarmouth
appointee in conflict with the
desires of his/her town's stated
positions.
Unencumbered from such re-
sponsibilities, a more consistent
message, directed by Yarmouth's
elected leaders, can be delivered.
As a voting member, other guid-
ing priorities and responsibilities
come into play.
We don't agree that Yarmouth
should have a vote, but we also
don't agree that its present mem-
ber should be moved from the
table to the audience. There's
value in having Yarmouth's voice
heard at the table as a nearly full
participant.
Yarmouth's board has shown
good faith in addressing concerns
propped up by airport commis-
sioners and supporters , past
and present, regarding a voting
member. The board is willing to
accept its portion of liability for
things that may go wrong at the
airport. To Yarmouth, that was
a big deal. In Barnstable, that
gesture was met with a deafening
thud. That it failed to move anyone
says that Barnstable simply isn't
interested in having Yarmouth
vote on the airport commission, at
least a majority of those with the
vote to make it happen. If that's
the case, say so. Make it clear and
then develop a new framework
so our respective leaders can at
least be civil.
DS II
editor@barnstablepatriot.com
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By Ed Semprini
CHOWDAHBOWL:With the
explosive speed of a spacecraft
launching, Summer Vacation
'06 ishurtlingtoward the finish
line. But, thoughts of golden
September and October days
provide the balm for the sad-
ness of its departure. Giving
that note a bit of attention
while mining pages of Cape
Cod's print media for mostly
off -beaten path newsy and
not-so newsy nuggets for the
Chowdah Bowl, Cape Com-
ment wondered about stories
that might be considered Sum-
mer Vacation '06's top news
headliner. The answer came
like arifle shot -Plovers!That's
it. Those tiny, protected shore
birds. Week after week and
week after week , the press
played the plovers;stories,pho-
tos, editorials, columns. The
damned , indulged (take your
pick).pampered shore bird got
more attention than the bevies
of bikini-clad beach strollers
get from wide-eyed jocks. Just
at the point where CC and oth-
ers, we're sure, had plovers up
to the schnozolla, along comes
another press feature on the
birds, this one detailing what
the writer described" wide-
spread mythologizing."CChas
no intention of reviewing the
details here. "Nut is enough...
AD that will be said, however,
is that wildlife specialist Peter
TrullofBrewster wasquoted as
sayinghe sampled plover meat
and it tasted nothinglikechick-
en. "They taste like starling,"
he said. The comment was in
response to his reports that
ploversaretrapped inGuyanan
and used for food. likeit ornot,
Summer Vacation '06issoaring
into oblivion. That's a bit sad.
Taking the pampered plover
with it on its flight, well, that's
cause for rejoicing... Newspa-
perheadline: "Greenheads are
out (on Cape Cod) in great
numbers." CC "Knuckleheads
are out (on Cape roads) in as-
tronomical numbers... Sh-h-:
the Little Grey Lady of the Sea
is getting antsy. The problem
is noise. It seems Nantucket
is getting louder and louder,
and islanders want something
done about it. The Nantucket
Independent reported some
landscapes are now offering
"quiet mow" service by using
less noisy equipment. A noise
pollution authority told the
Independent , "If there is any
place inthe world that aperson
should be able to go for rest
and relaxation,it'sNantucket.
If we can't solve the problem
here, we're not going to solve
the problem anywhere."... Joe
Burns, who belts out his "Who
Cares"column for Community
Newspapers of the Cape, did
something this summer more
Cape Codders might consider
- he vacationed on Cape Cod.
It's a pretty safe bet that a
majority of Capers ,locked into
their town's neighborhood ,
rarely, if ever enjoy the back
road scenic gems that speckle
the peninsula.Burnshighlight:
soaking up all the true flavor.
Hisdisappointment:observing
main streets of the more afflu-
ent towns becoming high-end
tourist traps.... LikeMa and Pa
kettle, the Cape Cod Baseball
league and the Barnstable Bat
Company are inseparable. The
affection and popularity spans
the continent. Several weeks
ago,the Cape Leagueand Tom
Bednark of Centerville, who
founded the bat company,were
the subjects of almost three
full pages in the St. Petersburg
(Fla.) Times. Bednark founded
the company 14years ago, and
told the Times, "I'm the best
bat maker because I know
wood."He'sdescribed by Cape
League people as "one of the
family."...
There's this newspaperman
on Nantucket who admits he
livesinfear. He'sknown as"The
Lighthouse Keeper," (name of
hiscolumninthe Independent) .
A year-rounder and known to
countless tourists, many of
them repeat visitors,it'sthose
people he fears. What he fears
is the same double-pronged
question he has been asked for
years, and he's sick of it. Every
summer, all summer long, it's
the same: "You mean you live
on Nantucket in the winter?"A
pause, and then "What do you
do?"... The Lighthouse Keeper
is quick to point out that if his
mental health is questioned
he can react "swiftly and with
utter ruthlessness. You see,
he is a normal person even
though he lives on Nantucket
year-round. ... Down Cape
they're goingga-ga over the All
Worn Out Jug Band, a group of
graybeards and one teen-ager
from Chatham, Brewster and
Orleans. The band's musical
director is Dennis Meacham,
a solo artist in Greenwich in
the 1960s... He's known as the
"Fish Man" and is recognized
as Chatham's most popular
host andpresides at Chatham's
most popular attractions, the
well-knownfish pier.He'sFred
Bennett , a hook fisherman ,
whose job in summertime is
to educate vacationists about
Chatham's commercial fleet
and the challengesthe industry
faces. Bennett stations himself
on the upper deck of the pier's
fish packing building, where
he answers hundreds of ques-
tions. And "the kids ask the
best questions,"the 70-year-old
fisherman told the Cape Cod
Chronicle 's Tim Wood, who
reported that the education
program is conducted by the
Hook Fishermen's association
and funded by the Bilezekian
FamilyFoundation. When Ben-
nett runs out of breath answer-
ing questions, he turns the job
over temporarily to co-host,
fishermen Ken Eldredge.
Newsquotes: "I don't care
what my title is. I don't need
to be the big boss. I don't need
that title to do my job. I like
the work I do." - Charlene
Greenhalgh, newly-appointed
assistant town manager of
Truro. (In Provincetown Ban-
ner) .
... "The things that seem
semi-important to us are dis-
appearing... I think it's a sad
thing that this kind of store
is disappearing in America."
-U.S. Representative William
Delahunt at the celebration of
the 100th anniversary of Saga-
more Beach's Little Store ,
formerly the post office. (In
Upper Cape Codder.)
... "Oh my gosh, they have
to paint that building. It is
very bad. I'll paint this place
and I don't want to charge for
it." - Harwich painting con-
tractor Edson DeSouza, who
painted the Harwich police
station at no cost. (In Cape
Cod Voice.)
... "What a nice public ges-
ture." - Harwich Police Chief
WilliamMason, on DeSouza's
contribution to police and
community. (In Cape Cod
Voice.)
You're up there Morrisifyou
ever jitterbugged at the Old
Panama Club in Hyannis...
You're a Barnstable town his-
tory buff if you can name the
village in which the British
attempted to land in the war
of 1812. Answer below.
Press speaks out: This is a
crisis. It has been a crisis for
far too long. We need major
immediate action at all lev-
els... not next year, not next
month. Now. Because the only
next outcome that appears
possible is disaster. {Provinc-
etown Banner on affordable
housing.)
Query answer: Hyannis-
port.
Quotebook: "Here's to be-
coming top banana without
losing touch with the bunch."
- *(The Freixenet Book)
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