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BARNSTABLE PATRIOT ARCHIVE PHOTO. SEPTEMBER 19. 1996
HIGH ROLLERS - Workmen touch up the steeple of the histroric Federated
Church of Hyannis on Main Street.
1836
Judge Williams held a Term of
CommonPleas*courtinthisplace
lastweek...Therewere42newen-
tries-Twoindictmentsonly,and
but one of those was for violation
of the License Law - the other
for bad road. We are certainly a
peaceable , and are getting to be
a temperate , people, if the falling
off in the number of rum indict-
ments is any indication.
1866
Barnstable.The public schools
in this village commenced their
sessions yesterday morning. Mr.
Wm. Spring, of Sandwich, has
charge of the Grammar Depart-
ment andMissSarahF.Bakerthe
Primary. They are both experi-
encedteachers,andwehopethey
will be as successful the present
as they have in past terms.
1896
Thedeath ofJamesH.Hopkins,
Justice ofthe Second Barnstable
District Court, makes a vacancy
whichsoon must be filled by Gov.
Wolcott. We learn that Henry H.
Baker, Jr., the brilliant young
lawyer of Hyannis; A. Raymond
Hopkins,brother ofthe deceased
Justice,andwhowillhaveathand
thevaluablelawlibraryhisbroth-
er has been years in collecting;
and George T. Wyer of Wellfleet,
Associate Justice of the Second
District Court, are allcandidates
for the position.
1916
Bert Howe, a Cape Cod boy in
vaudeville known as "The Rube
with the Green Umbrella"makes
his appearance at the Bowdoin
Square theatre , Boston, this
week.
1926
A large number attended the
monthly meeting of the Cape
Cod Chamber of Commerce last
Wednesday evening at Chatham
Bars Inn ... Fire prevention was
the chieftopic of the meetingand
the cigarette was given a clean
bill of health as a cause of fire
while the railroad made the goat
for causing the greatest number.
1936
Mr. and Mrs. H. Gilbert, stop-
ping at Woods Hole as guests of
Countess Grantinino,were flown
to Boston on Monday via charter
plane service to connect withthe
Chicago departure of American
Airlines.Leaving Hyannisat 4:15
p.m., they arrived in Chicago at
10:30 p.m. This is an excellent il-
lustrationofthe utilityofthelocal
airport and the value of aviation
in bringing the entire country
within but a few hours of remote
Cape Cod.
1946
(Letter) Icertainlydonot want
to lose my paper. I'd rather miss
my daily paper than the Patriot
... I like the old time pictures you
are reviewing each week and es-
pecially the articles bymy friend,
Miss Clara Hallett. (signed) Jane
Bryant.
1956
Mrs. Richard Gould of Wal-
ley Court, Hyannis, begins this
week as correspondent for the
Barnstable Patriot. Mrs. Gould
wasfor sixyears society editor of
the Cape Cod Standard-Times.
1966
OrientChapter,RoyalArchMa-
sonswillinstallDr.CarlF.Schultz
of Hyannis as its high priest in
ceremonies to be ... preceded by
a dinner.
1976
(Editorial) The town should
initiate a study of public water
district consolidation. Clearly
the smaller public districts of
Cotuitand Barnstablepayhigher
rates than need be. Centerville/
Osterville/MarstonsMills,though
the least costly, might under
consolidation pay even less. It is
unlikelythat thetown could afford
purchase or takingof Barnstable
Water Company at this time, but
certainly a study should include
this option,its costs, advantages
and disadvantages.
1986
(Editorial) Every time we drive
up South Street past Town Hall
and look to our right and see
the vast open sweep of grass to
Hyannis Inner Harbor, we thank
ourluckystars that the town had
citizens who had the visionto see
what thisviewwould be like with-
out the houses that were there,
and who argued long, loud and,
eventually successfully for town
acquisition of the land.
1996
The Olde Cplonial Courthouse
inBarnstable villageisnowhome
to the Cape'snewest community
theater group: The Everyman
Theatre Company. According
to Kim Crocker, the Co-Artistic
Director, The Everyman will be a
theatre of "community celebra-
tion and cooperation."
EARLYFILES:
EDITORIALS
It takes a community
On Cape Cod, the distance
between people who can make a
difference and people who need
a difference made is not great.
You can see examples all over,
such as the stunning commu-
nity response to the needs of
the homeless over the last few
years as evidenced in the Over-
nights of Hospitality program
and other outreaches.
Another example was cel-
ebrated last Friday: the dedica-
tion of the Lyndon R Lorusso
Applied Technology Building.
The edifice on the West
Barnstable campus is already
gaining a statewide reputa-
tion as the commonwealth's
first public building that meets
LEED (Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design)
standards. Another benchmark
it's set is one for community
involvement.
It was clear to the academic,
business and political leader-
ship of Cape Cod that one of the
few ways to keep its young peo-
ple here and engaged in mean-
ingful occupations was to pro-
vide training on this side of the
bridges. Many who were asked
to donate or help raise funds
to add to the state's share saw
the value of creating opportuni-
ties for Cape Codders to learn
the latest in environmentaland
information technology while
obtaining a grounding in the
natural sciences.
Fortunately,the Cape's small
scale made making those con-
nections simple. Here's hoping
that more of us willjointhe
circle of community and keep it
strong.
EFM
editor@barnstablepatriot.com
Photo gallery goes live
The Patriot has been working
on a number of new Web initia-
tives of late. There's the Tues-
day update, which is proving
popular, and the latest addition
a photo gallery.
We've loaded a bunch of
pictures from past and present
issues, some of which made the
paper, and others that didn't.
The idea is to provide a better
look at the things we cover than
space allows in print.
Plus you can get a sneak
preview of some of the pictures
planned for the next issue,
sometimes within hours of the
event at which they were taken.
Coming shortly will be the
ability for readers to upload
their own photographs of
events and scenes from across
Barnstable.
The site is tagged as "beta,"
which means it's still a work in
progress, but we think it's kinda
cool and wanted to make it
available as soon as possible.
Let us know what you think,
and also what other features
you'd like to see on the Web
site, www.barnstablepatriot.
com.
Thanks, and enjoy.
DS II
editor@barnstablepatriot.com
By Ed Semprini
CHOWDAH BOWL:
Laughter Lost - The three-
some at the coffe e shop
counter were free-wheeling
about everything from the
Red Sox flop to the price
of artichokes. After a brief
break in the yacking while
fresh coffee was poured , one
of the gabby group said,"You
know what gets me these
days; you look around and
seldom see or hear laughter,
and many times not even
a smile. Are things really
that bad?" The young man
behind the counter who was
contributing to the yacking
session quickly said, "Maybe
that's why!" He pointed to
the television screen that
was showing Iraq. "It'sIraq,
the war, terrorism , the casu-
alties; add gas prices,traffic,
screwball drivers , worrying
about bills. Whathehellis
there to laugh about!" One
of the less talkative broke in.
"Hey, I start every day with
a smile and many times with
a good laugh. I'm serious.
A fresh cup of coffee and
Peanuts does it; never fail to
start off by reading Charlie
Brown and Snoopy, and they
always provide me with a
chuckle. Try it sometime.
You'll get hooked."... P-town
Pier Pride: Provincetown's
hardy fishermen know how
to appreciate their stalwart
wives. So much so, they
"display " some of them for
everyone to see. A visit
to Fishermen's Wharf will
reveal five black and white
photographs of fishermen's
wives on the outer walls of
the structure at the end of
the pier. The exhibit istitled:
"They also faced the sea."...
Sudden Thought: Whatever
happened to former Con-
gressman Gerry Studds and
former state Representative
Howard Cahoon of Har-
wich?... Vow Wow! There 's
more than the lifetime mar-
riage commitment for this
Cape Cod couple. How about
an unsigned agreement to
provide mutual aid? Y'see,
Lunda Brodgen-Burns and
Jack Burns both are ani-
mal control officers. Lynda
recently was appointed to
the Brewster position, her
husband is the Harwich of-
ficer.Burns explains animal
control officers operate asdo
local police and fire depart-
ments in providing mutual
aid. That should make for
an extra helping of marital
bliss for the two officers...
Grapeputs: Some wine-
tasting events can wind up
with a sour taste. Consider a
recent event inHarwichport.
Selectman Bruce Gibson,
owner of a package store,
held a wine-tasting dur-
ing the recent Harwichport
musical stroll. When fellow
selectmen learned about
it, Gibson was taken to the
woodshed for a paddling.
Seems Gibson unintention-
ally violated a state statute
by serving more than an
ounce of wine outside the
packagestore.However,two
selectmen did not take part
in the paddling - a warning
notice -because, they told
The Cape Cod Chronicle ,
they accepted a glass of
wine from Gibson during
the stroll... Toodle-loo to
Dunes: He's gone. And the
Cape may never again see
such an ardent environment
cheerleader as Peter Souza.
After a near-lifetime at the
Cape tip, Souza has left for
Vermont'sGreen Mountains
because, he told the Prov-
incetown Banner , he no
longer can afford to live in
the town. His parting shot:
Cape's high cost of housing
is "economic genocide."...
New England baseball fans'
battle cry, "Hate the N.Y.
Yankees," has reached as
deep asthe editorial column
of The Wall Street Journal.
Writing on the issue in Texa-
chussetts ' tax cut battle
in this fall's primary, the
Journal commented: "Bay
State voters have often
shown they like taxes about
as much as they do the New
York Yankees."... Galling
Gas Greed: Just wondering
why the Cape's Beacon Hill
lawmakers remain silent
on the issue of higher gas
prices on the Cape than in
over-the-bridges areas... In
a report on the history of
post offices on the Cape,
The Cape Cod Voice had this
descriptionfor Cummaquid:
"It'sabout 12steps from the
farthest corner to the front
door and that's going the
long way.
• • •
You're up there, Morris,
if you remember when the
Coast Guard had a military
installation for the training
of dogs on Sandy Neck... Na-
tive or "washashore,"you're
a dedicated Cape history
buff if you can name the
three towns that have is-
lands named "Hog." Answer
below.
• • •
Press Speaks Out: "Ah, can
you hear it?... It's the sound
of silence as summer winds
down... We hope Mother Na-
ture isn't as fickle as she was
this summer and ahead is the
most wonderfulfall weather...
andwehope that fall lastswell
into December... when we'll
wish again for those crazy
days of summer." (The Cape
Codder)
• • •
Newsquotes:"Youcan'thave
ajam orjellyshop on Cape Cod
without having beach plum
jelly." - Carol Cummings, co-
owner of Chatham jelly shop
in praise of hardy native Cape
Codbeachplums. (InThe Cape
Codder)
..."We're killingthe golden
goose here. At some point,
this is going to backfire."
-Provincetownrealtor Susan
Davis on discussion of addi-
tional real estate taxes. (In
Provincetown Banner)
... "These amazing people
take a week off from their
paying jobs to advance our
summer mission." - Direc-
tor Tawney Whitney on
45 volunteers at camp in
Yarmouthport to enhance
well-being of children in fos-
ter care. (In The Register)
• • •
Answer to query: Bourne
(offMashneeIsland); Orleans
in Pleasant Bay; Falmouth
(off Chappaquoit)
• • •
Quotebook: "Noise proves
nothing.Often ahen whohas
merely laid an egg cackles
as if she laid an asteroid."
(Mark Twain
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