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the tally to 1,200.
"Although Osterville is one
of the smallest of the seven
villages ... the OVA, at 1,200
members strong, is over five
times the average size of the
other village associations ,
includingHyannis [seerelated
story]," Crow said. "We are
close to claimingone member
for half of all dwellings in the
village."
Crow has lived alife of wan-
derlust since signing on with
FedEx some 21 years ago, but
hiswillingnessto involve him-
self in village and town affairs
stems from a decision he has
made to make Osterville his
lasting abode.
"Osterville reminds me of
my hometown in Connecti-
cut where there was a mix of
wealth and workers," he said,
the similar demographics en-
dearing the village to him.
And on that score, Crow
feels the municipality paints
Osterville with a broad brush
of established wealth,whilein
realitymuch of the year-round
population is comprised of
wage earners and small-busi-
nessowners.Andthey,he said,
moreso than the executive
summer population , form
the majority in the village
association.
"The summer residents
extract little from the town,"
Crow said, "yet our villagers
contribute the highest per-
centage of residential prop-
erty taxes of allthe villagesin
town." And he suggests that
ought to be appreciated.
Crow is a bachelor, a condi-
tion that has allowed him to
transfer more easily than most.
He has livedand worked in va-
cation destinations in the high
RockyMountains,onthe plains
of Texas, and in the humidity
of South Carolina, drivingand
delivering for FedEx.
"Thepeople who own the big
houses here are nice people ,"
he said, "and they work hard
for what they have. I know be-
cause I deliver work packages
to them all summer."
If Crow has a particular re-
spect for businesspeople, it may
be because he graduated with
a business administration and
economicsdegree from Muhlen-
berg College in Allentown, Pa.
After college he found work
in Houston and somehow, he
said, "I sort-of backed into the
Fed Ex job. And here I am."
He sayshe isoften reminded,
"in good fun," that he is a
wash ashore. "I really enjoy
the people of Osterville. They
are open and they have a good
sense of humor."
Crow parlayed sales of hous-
eshe owned inthe Rockies and
in South Carolina - the latter
had nearly doubled in value
over a few years - into pur-
chase of a small Cape cottage
in Osterville. "I've had some
work done inside but I do my
own landscaping," he said.
He still has strong ties to
high school classmates, sev-
eral of whom are executives
who visit each other annually
and otherwise stay in touch.
Crow said he hopes villag-
ers realize that serving on the
association board takes quite
a bit of time. "They are all
volunteers," he says and like
himself, are delivering for the
village's future.
Going back in time
BHMCS fifth-
graders peer
into the past at
the Osterville
Historical Society
By Kathleen Szmit
kszmit@barnstablepatriot.com
GETTING"CAT" UPINTHELESSON-BHMCSfifth graders listen while Osterville Historical Society volunteer
Jim Eastman explains how Catboats were built in decades past on Cape Cod.
GETTING CARDED- Mrs. Cammett
(a.k.a. volunteer Beverly Scudder
Wallwork) demonstrates howwool
fibers were carded for fifth grade
students ot BHMCS being treated
to a special tour of the Osterville
Historical Society Monday.
ENTERINGA NEWDIMENSION-Osterville HistoricalSociety'sexecutive
director Susan McGarry welcomes Grade 5 students from the Barnstable
Horace Mann Charter School in Marstons Mills to a special tour of the
campus on Monday.
The
fifth grade classes
at the Barnstable
Horace Mann Charter
School traveled back in time
this week, and they didn't
even need a souped-up
DeLorean to do it. A simple
school bus worked nicely.
On Monday more than 400
students shuttled in shifts
to the Osterville Historical
Society where they were
treated to a glimpse of what
life was like well before they
were born.
Through a program
designed by Rob Kahelin,
a long-time teacher from
Osterville, students took
20-minute educational tours
through the historical build-
ings that comprise the OHS
campus.
"It's very exciting for the
kids who get the opportuni-
ty to come through the mu-
seum and see the buildings
on the complex," said Susan
McGarry, the museum's
executive director. "This
program really lends itself to
the fifth grade curriculum."
In the boathouse, volun-
teer Jim Eastman explained
the history of the Catboat ,
including how they were
built and used on Cape Cod.
He concluded with a dem-
onstration utilizing a pulley
system so that the students
could see first-hand a simple
machine in action.
As they made their way
through the Captain Jona-
than Parker House with
volunteer Jean Wild, the Cri-
terion - a hand-crank music
box that plays special disks
-impressed the classes who
noted the differences and
similarities between it and
today's CD players.
Finally, in the Cammett
House, Mrs. Cammett her-
self showed the children her
herb garden, explaining how
various herbs were used not
only as taste enhancement
in foods, but also as medi-
cines.
Volunteer Beverly Scud-
der Wallworkportrayed Mrs.
Cammett, complete with
long skirts, bonnet and cot-
ton pinafore , bringing an air
of authenticity to the day
as she demonstrated proper
carding of wool, presenting
each student with a wisp of
their own.
"The students are able
to make that link of how
the simple machine works
for you when they see the
pulleys and the spinning
wheel,"said McGarry. "They
can feel and smell the wool
and the herbs. It is unbeliev-
ably interactive."
What makes the program
even more interesting is
that the lesson continues
after the students return
to their regular classrooms.
"We give the teachers a
packet with follow-up lesson
plans, a summary of lessons,
and the framework connec-
tions," said McGarry. "They
get a quick snapshot at the
museum and when they are
back in the classroom they
talk about it."
Follow-up lessons for this
group will include a study
of Winslow Homer 's "Sailing
the Catboat" painting and
learning to use nautical flags
to write their names.
"It is really important to
see how a program can take
on a whole entity of its own,
and become an integrated
part of school," McGarry
said. "It is so exciting."
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