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TOWN TOPICS
On Thursday, Aug. 12, 1971, a
list of property to be taken by the
Town of Barnstable for unpaid
taxes was published in the Barn-
stable Patriot. Included in the list
were the names of Arthur Bour -
beau and Sheila Bourbeau and
Manuel P. Rels and Julia M. Reis.
Their names were erroneously In-
cluded in the list since the taxes
assessed in the names of these in-
dividuals had been paid prior to
publication.
Ronald S. Hambly, Collector of
Taxes for the Town of Barnstable,
acknowledges the error and apolo-
gizes to the individuals Involved
for any Inconvenience this may
have caused.
In a statement made this week ,
Miss Bernice Chadwick , recently
retired as assistant town clerk -
treasurer of the Town of Barnsta-
ble , said , "I wish to express my
sincere thanks and appreciation
to all those who helped make my
testimonial dinner such a memo-
rable evening. I shall never for-
got It. "
A hearing will be held at 2 p.m.
Sept. 21 at Barnstable Superior
Court by Barnstable County Com-
missioners to determine whether
to continue their sponsorship of
Community Action Committee of
Cape Cod and Islands, Inc. and
its subsidiaries.
Alleged delays and interference
on the part of CAC In visiting wel-
fare and other agencies are ex -
pected to be discussed.
CdltozcaC
DECIBELS
For years, tbe Northside has been known as the quiet,
side of Barnstable. But the decibels there are mounting, and
the historic King's Hi ghway, now degraded to Cranberry, no
longer offers any asylum from the tremors of giant eart h
movers, the screech and grind of multi-wheeled transports or
the caravans of cars that ply the Cape in mounting numbers.
Everybody and everything, it seems, is moving. And
noisily.
We have laws and inspections to make sure that quiet,
safe vehicles onl y arc driven in the Commonwealth. These ap-
pear to be fruitless moves in the face of tbe growing demand
i'or motorcycles, vans and growling sports cars, to say noth-
ing of tlie stepped-up "chargers " that some mechanical wiz-
ards roam around in .
There are regulations concerning decibels for business
firms and they niiisl comply. There arc hard and fast rules
locall y about noisy parties. There is a constant assault on
airlines to keep p lane noise at a minimum.
But motor vehicles, it, appears, are exempt from such
wrath. They just , keep moving around with their constant
brain-drain of cacophony, and the decibels be damned. .Some-
bod y should get mad enough to do something about it.
Letters To The Editor
REGARDING
THE 'CARNIFAIK'
Dear Mr. Honiig,
I am writing concerning your
criticism of the 1971 Barnstable
Fair (Sensibility Gap 5 Aug.)
There are approximately 25
volunteers who work and plan all
year for each fair. They serve
without any compensation whatso-
ever - in fact, it costs most of us,
not only in time, but in use of
equipment, loss of several days
work , etc. and causes mental and
physical exhaustion. The few of us
meet monthly to plan, and a month
or so before the fair , have to work
nights and weekends at the grounds
when we repair and erect fences ,
mow grass, build horse and pony
stalls, build tables, improve build-
ings, fill and grade washouts, build
or repair horse show rings, and in
general - break our backs,
The week before the fair , stored
materials must be removed from
the buildings, sheep pens for 400
plus sheep erected , poultry cages
and tables set up, water pumps and
rest rooms checked and repaired,
buildings cleaned , etc.
During the fair , we are present
to man the ticket booths , to daily
mend fences , correct problems as
they arise and many other things.
After the fair , every thing must
be taken down and put away. Up
to this year , we cleaned the
grounds. This year we decided to
hire it done , and it is the first year
that it has not been properly done.
As I said, we receive no com-
pensation for any of this except to
hear, "It was a good Fair and we
enjoyed it."
Criticism such as yours is hard
to take since obviously you do not
know what goes into a fair. With-
out the midway or pari-mutual bet-
ting, we could not run the fair. The
price of admissions would not cover
the better than $35,000 budget. Just
think what would happen, if we
had four days of rain , or a hur-
ricane such as in 1954 when we
were wiped out. The carnival's fee
to the fair is our cushion. You must
realize, too, that the carnival is
as much a part of a county fair as
are the various exhibits, horse pull-
ing, sheep shows, etc. Have you
ever been to a county fair that did
not have a midway?
The directors try to have some-
thing for everyone. Some people ,
and probably the majority, prefer
the carnival to all else. From your
detailed description oi the carnival,
you must fall into this group.
Others prefer the commercial ex-
hibits , the community services dis-
plays , the crafts , vegetables, fruits ,
flowers , L-te. Still others want to
.see animals such as the pet show ,
the rabbit show , the sheep and
goat shows. Children spent hours
in the petting zoo or riding the
elephant , camel or ponies. Still
others prefer to watch the English,
Western and 4-H horseshows, three
days and evenings of pony races,
or three days of horsepulling.
If you had taken the lime from
the carnival you would have seen
that all of these were very well
attended. I observed this for the
four full days.
Incidentally, the horse pull at the
Barnstable Fair is recognized as
the top pull In the Eastern half
of the United States, drawing the
best horses in the country and
winning the richest prizes. The
Sheep Show drew over 400 entries
from the East coast and the English
and Western horse shows are known
as the best in the East.
The dune buggy "racing " was new
this year - again in hopes of pleas-
ing another group of people. It ob-
viously did , young and old alike.
Incidentally, the drivers were in-
structed by their own leader , that
this was not- a race but a demon-
stration. This group from Chatham
did an excellent job of observing
safety, and planning for the event.
The approximately 25 unpaid
directors who plan and execute the
fair cannot afford to have it lose
money. In addition , we must try
to make money, not only to pur-
chase land at resort prices, but to
develop the grounds, surround it
with fence at $3 a foot , construct
buildings , grandstands, show areas,
rest rooms, leaching fields, septic
tanks , wells, etc. We are the only
fair in Massachusetts not supported
by pari-mutual betting, so we must
plan a fair which is suitable to
many interest groups.
In addition to saving funds for
the new fair grounds, Barnstable
County Agricultural Society has a
$1,000 scholarship which is given
to two Barnstable County residents
who are studying agriculture, home
economics, natural resources or
related subjects. It also donates
small sums to various charitable
organizations .
If you are truly interested In
the fair, join the Barnstable County
Agricultural Society, Inc., for a
one-time fee of $5, and we will be
glad to discuss your ideas at the
monthly meetings and to put you
to labor without compensation at
the fair grounds next year.
Oscar S. Johnson
Centerville
CRAIGVILLE CENTER
PLANS FAMILY WEEK
Craigvllle Conference Cen t e r
will sponsor a special Family
Week , Aug. 22-28 on the Conference
Grounds.
The program Is open to families
ol churches of all denominations
and will be under the direction of
Dr. Edwin D. McLane , Minister
of Education at the Hancock Uni-
ted Church of Christ in Lexington ,
and Rev. Clarke B. SChaaf of the
First Church of Christ , Longmca-
dow.
In the United States, a single
automobile engine may discharge
up to a ton of pollutants Into the
air each year.
Heart Fund Gifts
Support Research
Funds contributed by area resi-
dents to the Heart Fund will be
used to support the efforts cf
thirty-nine Massachusetts scientists
recently awarded research grants
by the American Heart Association,
it was announced by Grover C. Far-
rish, M.D., president of the Cape
and Islands Chapter , Massachusetts
Heart Association.
The awards went to researchers
at Harvard Medical school , Massa-
chusetts General Hospital, Boston
City Hospital, Boston Biomedical
Research Institute, Brandeis Uni-
versity School of Science, Children's
Hospital Medical Center , Beth
Israel Hospital, Tufts University
School of Medicine.
Also, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, New England Medical
Center Hospitals, Peter Bent Brig-
ham Hospital, Mallory Institute of
Pathology Foundation and McLean
Hospital.
The Cape and Islands Chapter is
one of the six chapters and one
division of the Massachusetts Heart
Association which is an affiliate of
the American Heart Association , a
national voluntary health agency
devoted to reduction of death and
disability f r o m cardiovascular
disease.
Doug Fairbanks Jr.
Appearing At Tent
All Next Week
THE PLEASURE OF HIS COM-
PANY , a comedy carrying the
credentials of a thirteen- month
run in New York , and comparable
successes in other American cities
and in London, will be presented
at the Cape Cod Melody Tent from
Monday, Aug. 23 through Satur-
day, Aug. 28. Starring in the show
will be the internationally celebrat-
ed actor, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
THE PLEASURE OF HIS COM-
PANY was written by Samuel
Taylor , author of SABRINA FAIR,
THE HAPPY TIME, the screen-
play for the Alfred Hitchcock film ,
VERTIGO, and the book for the
Richard Rodgcrs musical, NO
STRINGS. The play was written
with Cornelius Otis Skinner.
Mr. Fairbanks' appeara n e e ,
marks one ol the most distinguish-
ed events in the history of the
Melody Tent. One of the few truly
authentic "Greats " of the movies,
he declared himself as "virtually
retired" some 10 years ago. Since
that time he has only twice emerg-
ed from his self- imposed profes-
sional exile - - and then on the
stage.
by Dana Hornig
The Great Foxboro Nightmare
Sunday morning I was one of
those people who had no idea
where Schaefer Stadium was, ex-
cept that it was in a place called
Foxboro, something like 50 miles
away. Sunday night I found out.
I went to see the Patriots, who
were on exhibition. Along with
their brand new beer built sta -
dium. ,
Last year the Patriots were just
a football iteam. In a matter of
months, however, they grew from
Boston Patriots to Bay State Pa-
triots to New England Patriots,
gobbling up a franchise fiefdom
at a clip which could have made
them Western Hemisphere Patri-
ots by 1972. If they hadn 't settled
for six states, and this home in
Foxboro.
A new stadium, new image, new
quarterback , and the Giants from
New York to give the inaugural a
little class. I jumped into my Volks-
wagen at 6 p.m. Fifty miles, 60
minutes, right? Plenty of time to
make the announced 8 p.m. kick-
off.
I sped up routes 6, 25, 24 and
chose route 106 to slip 10 miles
west to just under that word "Fox-
boro " on my map. It's country
up there , I discovered . Cows and
tarms , that sort of thing.
Only slight delays these miles;
little , but lengthening backups at
stop signs, stop lights and dense
areas. I turned with the traffic up
Rt. 140 for the final five miles.
Just on the other side of Foxboro,
the traffic stooped. And began
creeping.
It was about 7:30. Many resi -
dents were out in lawn chairs.
They had neber seen anything
like it. Foxy ones were renting
driveway and lawn space to frus-
trated drivers who thought the
jam meant we were close. I cer-
tainly thought we must be close.
We were about four miles away.
By 8:30 I was a mile closer. I
heard the delayed kick-off on my
radio. All traffic lanes had been
taken over by cars moving toward
the game, leaving only one out -
bound shoulder clear. Cars were
overheating, being attended to,
cursed.
At 9 p.m. traffic was inching.
Even the outbound shoulder now
contained stadium - bound cars.
The sun had set and it was dark.
No one was renting parking space
now , it was simply being taken
over. Cars were abandoned every-
where, at all sorts of angles. All
traffic laws ceased to exist In auto-
motive anarchy.
I thought of giving up and go-
ing home but realized it was no
longer an option I had. And then
President Nixon interrupted my
radio game to talk economics.
"I propose to repeal the seven
percent excise tax on automobiles ,
effective today," he said. "This
will mean a reduction in price oi
about $200 per car ... Lower prices
will mean that more people will
be able to afford new cars, and
every additional 100,000 cars sold
means 25,000 new jobs."
I mentally suggested that it mi-
ght also mean 100,000 additional
cars on the highway. It also occur-
ed to me that this would mean
more expensive foreign cars, which
seemed amusing at the time. All
the overheated cars I saw were
American.
At 9:30 I gave up. I squeezed
my VW between other parked
cars on a lawn, walked several
hundred yards to discover Route
1 and weaved between abandoned
cars and stationary traffic two
miles down US 1 to discover Sch-
aefer Stadium.
It was half-time , close to 10 p.m.
My car had taken me two miles
In two hours, my legs two miles
in less than 30 minutes.
A traffic jam of monstrous pro-
portions . Sixty- one thousand fans ,
a sell-out, tried to make it to their
stadium seats. Maybe half were
late , maybe one-tenth never made
it.
Thousands of other motorists,
lured by the radiance of opening
night , complete with neon anima-
tion on a hovering Goodyear blimp
and the promise of fireworks , de-
cided to drive by. Once you join a
traffic jam you rarely get out.
They close in on you.
The final two football periods
or Patriots and Giants couldn 't ,
and didn 't faze me. The law of
diminishing returns had set in.
Twenty- two adults bumping one
another around in Schaefer Sta-
dium that evening couldn 't begin
to compare with what had been
fxperienced getting there, or with
what was anticipated getting a-
way.
We are an automotive culture
and think nothing of extending
ourselves 50 or even 100 miles
over highway systems in search
of an evening's amusement. When
thousands seek the same amuse-
ment , at the same time, like Fox-
boro the system breaks down.
Automobiles are designed to
move. When they cannot move,
they overheat, run out of fuel ,
stall, bump Into one another. Dri-
vers lose their senses.
Walking on highway shoulders
in an unfamiliar town, following
on foot traffic routes, is an alien
and frightening experience. Not
the walking. The realization of
hew extensive the automotive sys-
tem has become, how much a part
cf lifp . how poorly it can work,
how inadequately we adjust If the
wheels clog 50 miles from home.
The railroad Is the only sensible
way of getting large numbers of
people to and from one spot. Euro-
peans have learned this. So now
have Foxboro Patriots.
And so, I hope, will Cape Cod-
ders. Unlike Foxboro the Cape
does not lure tens of thousands to
a single amusement. It does lure
hundreds of thousands to a variety
of amusements.
Gradually, however , as the Cape
becomes more popular , unspoiled
iand is developed , more areas are
designated private , and centraliz-
ed services are opened (i .e. Cape
Cod Mall or Steamship Authority
in Hyannis) , the variety of amuse-
ments will lessen, and a greater
concentration of motorists will mo-
tor toward the same points. At
which point the amusements will
cease to be amusing.
A vacation package including a
train ride to Cape Cod and a bi-
cycle when you get here, this is
the answer. For an urban family
fed up with city frustrations such
a release would be welcomed. No
one welcomes a traffic jam.
SENSIBILITY GAP
Annual Civic Association Meeting
At Barnstable Lengthy And Lively
Crossing their fingers and tak-
ing along their good luck charms,
56 members of Barnstable Village
Civic Association gathered at St.
Mary 's Parish Hall on Friday, the
13th, for the association's annual
meeting.
It proved a lively affair , run -
ning the gamut of subjects from
approving revised by-laws extend-
ing membership privileges to per-
sons 18 and over , to persons in ad-
jacent areas and adding a modera-
tor and corresponding secretary
(Etta Crosby) to Its roster to dis-
cussion of saving Barnstable Inn
and articles In the warrant for the
forthcoming special town meeting
Aug. 31.
Moderating the session was John
R. Handy, appointed by Presiden t
Quentln R. Munson to serve in
that position until August 1972
when it will become an elective
office under the new by-laws. In
accepting this position, Mr. Handy
tendered his resignation as first
vice- president of the group.
Barnstable Village soon will have
a better lighted center , the asso-
ciation was Informed in .a letter
read from the prudential commit-
tee of Barnstable Fire District .
BVCA had made the request early
this summer, and following a sur-
vey by Cape and Vineyard Elec-
tric Company, the district had ap-
proved the increased illumination.
Cape Cod Art Association's plans
for a new gallery on the western
portion of the Bacon Farm proper-
ty in Barnstable were projected
with the note that BVCA had urg-
ed the art group to attune the ar-
chitecture of its gallery to that of
the surrounding area. To this it
has agreed.
It was reported by Dan Knott
that the Barnstable Unitarian Chur-
ch had also been negotiating with
Farley Associates for a three-
quarter acre tract of the farm
property, waiting for attachments
on the holdings to be cleared be-
fore completing any transaction.
A For Sale sign had been erected
at Bacon Farm only that day.
"Is Barnstable Inn historic or is
it not?" challenged Lee Davis as
he fired the opening salvos against
razing the structure and urged
citizen action to acquire and run
it as a small, non-profit commu-
nity venture.
Barnstable Historical Socie t y,
however, according to Frederick
Matthews, saw no way in which
it could help save the 1799 stage
coach stopping place. Responding
to a question by association secre-
tary, Barbara Williams, Mr. Mat-
thews stated that the society had
not investigated matching funds
or grants which might be used for
such a purpose.
A seesaw of debate waged for
some minutes before the motion
to appoint a committee to study
the future of the inn was defeated.
The association voted to work
with the historical society for the
removal of the junk car now on
the corner of the society's proper-
ty. Letters have been written re-
garding this by BVCA in the past
several months.
As Lauchlan Crocker , BVCA sec-
ond vice president , brought up the
matter of public parking on the
now private Goulart property at
Barnstable Harbor , he termed it
necessary that the town acquire
the six-acre tract including the
large fishhouse at a price lower
than the $125,000 asked in the an-
nual town meeting, and suggest-
ed that individuals contact the as-
sociation for a town meeting arti-
cle for such a purchase?
"Are the diseased elms going
to fall down before they are taken
down?" queried Arthur Clarke. To
this Mr. Crocker stated that the
bids had been advertised by the
tree warden , Donald Coombs , but
had not been awarded. The work
is to be done shortly, however, he
had been told.
On motion of John G. Howard
Jr., it was unanimously voted to
write selectmen that the recently
approved 2 a.m. bar closing timet
be returned to 1 a.m., that this
stand by BVCA be published and
that a notice of the association's
opinion also be sent to Sandwich
Selectman Carl iler, even though
it would be crossing town lines in
the matter.
Reporting for the traffic com -
mlttee, Mr. Handy noted that "the
silence is deafening" regarding
association recommendations for
a change of tbe parking patterns
in Barnstable Village and a better
patrol , but that a solid line had
been painted down ,the middle of
the street.
BVCA Treasurer Bruce K. Jer-
auld reported a balance as of Aug.
13 of $831.18, with $254 coming in
for dues since July 31. He also re-
ported expenditures for legal fees
of $90 to oppose a condominium
on Route 132; a sum of $50 to the
Cape Cod Hospital Building Fund
in memory of former association
vice president , Hugh Ferguson ;
and a $50 contribution to Shallow
Pond Preservation Association to
help with legal fees In a success-
ful court case appealing a deci-
sion to allow construction of 132
apartment units in that area.
The shellfish situation at Barn-
stable Harbor was eloquently and
graphically described by Deputy
Warden Manuel Souza, a board
member. He spoke of the few
clams left and the need to protect
them from overharvest, predators
.
-uch as cockles , and of the asso-
ciation- backed plan to close cer-
tain areas to allow seeds to grow.
The town fathers have closed some
areas to commercial fishing and
have lowered the two peck take
per week on family permits .to
one. He asked that a petition from
BVCA be circulated to further con-
trol the situation.
On motion of Mr . Davis, it was
voted that the executive commit-
tee draw up a program for clos-
ing a section of the harbor and
opening another so that shellfish
population may be kept in perpe-
tuity, and that the executive com-
mittee be authorized and direct-
ed to get signatures on a petition
to put such a program into effect.
Mr. Crocker, as chairman of the
town meeting representatives from
Precinct One, conducted the dis-
cussion of the special town meet-
ing warrant during which the
group did not direct its delegates
regarding the five Lombard Farm
issues, but did at the request of
Frank Falacci and Edward Hud-
son favor support of articles to in-
crease lot sizes along Route 132
and 28 and the removal of a busi-
ness zone. Also given support was
the increase in lot sizes to allevi-
ate sewerage problems in certain
sections of Hyannis where duplex-
es are planned.
All officers of the association
were reelected. Mrs. Crosby who
had been a director was voted in
as corresponding secretary, and
directors elected for a three-year-
term were Miss Harriett B. Stock-
ton , Briah K. Connor and Robert
W. Conly. Nominating committee
members were Miss Alice Peak ,
chairman , John G. Howard and
W. Dana Holmes.
William Knowlton , town meet -
ing member from Marstons Mills
who had been attending the ses-
sion, paid the association a com-
pliment in the closing minutes
when he stated , "BVCA has the
reputation of being the finest civic
association in the town. "An
ant," he philosophized , "can get
more action out of a horse than
an elephant. " And this, of course,
sent everyone home ' laughing.
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KROSION MATTER—U.S. Array Engineers will oenluct a henrlnir Amr ?n i„ «.« MU.II o . , ,„
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-roslon along 12 miles of ocean front between Lews and I'oppo„e"™
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f°Ur year Kedcral study °'
(Aug. 23-28)
CAPE COD MELODY TENT ,
Hyannis- - "The Pleasure of His
Company " starring Douglas Fair-
banks, Jr.
CAPE PLAYHOUSE, Dennis •-
"Plaza Suite" starring Don Porter
and Sheila MacRae.
FALMOUTH PLAYHOUSE, Fal-
mouth- - "Forty Carats" starring
Eleanor Parker.
(Aug. 16-28)
YARMOUTH PLAYHOUSE , Sou-
th Yarmouth- - "A Thousand Clo-
wns" by Herb Gardner.
(Aug. 25-28*
MONOMOY THEATRE , Chat -
ham - "The Merchant of Venice "
by William Shakespeare.
(Aug. 24-28)
COLLEGE LIGHT OPERA COM-
PANY , Highfield Theatre , Fal -
mouth- - "Iolanthe" by Gilbert
and Sullivan.
BOSTON REPERTORY THEA-
TRE , Hyannis - - "The Beautiful
People " t-Sat.); "The Knights of
the Round Table" tThurs. and
Frl.); "The Romantics" (Sun.
and Mon.).
Summer Theatres
Over 100 professional artists and
craftsmen from throughout the
eastern United States will gather
for Cape Cod's 2nd annual sum-
mer art show at Cape Cod Mall
Thursday through Sunday, Aug.
19 through 22.
The artists will exhibit from
9:30 to 9:30 p.m. daily and 11 a.m.
to 6 p.m. Sunday.
ART SHOW AT MALL
THROUGH AUGUST 22
Cape Cod Rough Riders will hold
a western horse show Aug. 22 on
White 's Path , South Yarmouth for
which admission and parking are
free. The public is invited. A cos-
tume class will be a feature.
Riders other than members are
invited to participate and prize
ribbons through sixth place will
be awarded and day champion -
,,ahip trophies will be riven out at
the close of tbe enow.
ROUGH RIDERS SHOW
IS SUNDAY , AUG. 22