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EAEYFILES BARNSTABLE PATRIOT ARCHIVE PHOTO, OCTOBER 9. 1986 ADMIRING THE FIRE TRUCK - Students at Pooh's Corner Nursery School in Hyannis met two firemen, learned what to do in case of fire and got to sound the siren during a visit from the Hyannis Fire Department during Fire Prevention Week. 1836 The improvements on the Court House hill are completed , and in a style highly creditable the laborers. The Workingmen of Yarmouthhave done remark- ably well -they have made an excellent road in front of the building - smoothed the path to justice -and given us a very seemly prospect for which our devils are very grateful. 1866 The following article should be read and pondered well by every manwho takes anewspa- per without paying for it. My observation enables me to state, as a fact, that publishers are more poorly rewarded than any other class of men in the United States who invest an equal amount of labor, capital and thought.They are expected to do more service for less pay, to stand more sponging and "dead heading," to puff and defend more people without fee or reward, than any other class. 1896 Hyannis ladies ' costumes promise, as far asmillineryisre- quired, to be gay in the coming season. Hyannis as a trimming centre includes a good deal of territory outside the village, and our milliners trim for the Cape to a large extent. 1916 A steamer equipped with a suction gear has been experi- mentingin the Nantucket sound tryingto suckthe quahaugsfrom the bottom instead of dredging them. Success has not attended their efforts up to date. 1926 Mock Trial. The breach of promise case will be tried at the Hyannis Woman's Club, Friday evening, Oct. 8 at eight o'clock... The proceeds of the affair will be given for the Bap- tist Church organ fund... The case will be tried exactly as if tried in court with a mixed jury to be selected from the audience. 1936 A little shingled building scarcely twenty feet square which stands behind the house of Representative William A. Jones in Barnstable has just been sold to the Wells Histori- cal Museum in Southbridge , Mass., and is soon to be moved there intact... Few people, even in Barnstable , are aware of the fact that the tiny building is the shop where John Mun- roe, a famous early American clockmaker and distinguished citizen of the town, practiced his craft... 1946 New telephone number of Barnstable Patriot is now Hyannis 24. 1956 Sailing next Thursday on the U.S.S.United States for ayear's study in Italy will be F.Bryant Scudder, son of Mrs. Frederic Scudder and the late Mr. Scud- der. Bryant will be studying drawing and painting at the University of Florence, where Donald Sutphen, formerly of Hyannis, is a student. Mr. Sut- phen, who will be remembered as a very active member of the Art Association here about two years ago, and his wife are already in Italy, 1966 (Editorial) Building Inspec- tor Herbert Stringer ... feels that the upgrading of zoning in the majority of our precincts is largely responsible for the trend which more or less guarantees a solid tax base for the future. Hyannis, where 7500 square foot lots are still permitted for housing use, should take note of this. True, little of the former residential character of the vil- lage remains as commerce has crept up and down its streets octopus fashion and former homes have been replaced with businessblocks. However,there are residential sections left in Hyannis, and voters there might make a more concerted effort that heretofore to protect the entire area from becoming a slum section... 1976 Cape Cod Branch NAACPwill present its second annual fash- ion show featuring Hamilton Esquire Models of Chicago Fri- day, Oct. 22, at National Guard Armory, South St., Hyannis. 1986 County commissioner candi- dateAllenLarson,aRepublican from West Barnstable , an- nounced this week that former news broadcaster-TV anchor- man Francis Broadhurst is his honorary campaign chairman. 1996 In the biggest drug bust of the year,local law enforcement officials arrested 14 people, all town residents, in Hyannis Tuesday morning for intent to distribute cocaine. Undercover drugtask force agentshad been purchasing the cocaine from dealers in the areas including Fresh Holes and Quaker Roads for the past three months... Sources close to the investiga- tion say that the group of indi- viduals belong to the Budded Bandits, a Hyannis street gang involved with guns and the sale of crack and marijuana. EDITORIALS= The City that will never be called one Afew weeks ago,the daily ran a story suggesting that, somehow, Hyannis might become a city. While factually challenged in places,the articlegenerated some thought on the subject,which we suspect wasthe ultimatepurpose of the piece. Wehad two separate discussion on this very subject this week, each time coming to the conclu- sion that no matter how urban Hyannis becomes, it will never be a separate city, town or other body politic of its own. First things first: Barnstable is a city. Not by some general categorization of the types of problems and issuesit confronts, but bythe specific wayinwhichit is governed. The commonwealth ofMassachusetts recognizes this town as "The City known as the Town of Barnstable." Theadoption ofthe 1989charter moved Barnstable to a city form of government with a regularly sitting legislative body,the town council. Now, on to why cityhood will never come to Hyannis. The village that did the most work on secession is the civi- cally-active Cotuit. Through its fire district, a comprehensive governance study laid out the legislative and monetary paths that would need to be followed to becomethe 352nd municipalityin the commonwealth.The bar was high, as was the bill. Hyannishistorically boasts the lowest voter turnout in town, state and federal elections. .And while the individuals in its civic association are committed,mem- bership has never rivaled that of the town's other six village groups. TonyPellitier,thenewpresident of the Hyannis CivicAssociation, now the Greater Hyannis Civic Association, is on the right path to correct this. He and the rest of the new board are looking to increasemembershipandbecome more active as a village and a participant in town affairs. The revitalization of Hyannis has been influenced by residents, but driven from beyond its bor- ders. Thevillagelacksthepoliticalac- tivism,money and drivetoinitiate and sustain such a movement. None of this is bad. Hyannis is part of the Town of Barnstable, and we would miss it greatly if it were to leave. But from where we sit, that'sjust not a concern. DS II dstill@barnstablepatriot.com Call for entries in our 12th Halloween Contest Entries for The Barnstable Patriot's 12th Annual Halloween Writing and Drawing Contest are now being accepted. Ghost stories or other writing can be either scary or funny. Try to keep entries fewer than 300 words. Deadline for entries is Oct. 20 at 5 p.m. Drawings can be of anything re- lated to Halloween, and please use an 8 1/2 x 11inch sheet of paper. Prizes will be awarded for both stories and artwork in three age categories: lst/2nd grades, 3rd/4th grades and 5th/6th grades. A sampling of winners will be published in our Oct. 27 issue. We'll also be posting as many entries as possible on www.barnstablepa- triot.com We're also making it easier than ever to enter. Entries, both written and drawn, can be uploaded to our Web site through the link below. The contest is open to all chil- dren in grades 1-6, and entries can be e-mailed, uploaded, mailed, faxed or dropped off. The Barnstable Patriot RO. Box 1208 Hyannis, MA 02601 E-Mail: contest@barnstablepatr iot.com Upload: /www.barnstablepatriot. com/gallery,scroll to bottom and follow instructions. Fax: 508-790-3997 Drop off: 4 Ocean St., Hyannis. Call 508-771-1427 if you have any questions. Thanks, and good luck. DS II dstill@barnstablepatriot.com BY PAULDUFFY How to write a humor column One time-tested approach to writing humor is to create an unlikely situation, embel- lishit with afew artful strokes and then push it gently over the top. How's this for a humorous proposition? George W.Bush is elected President of the United States. No, no, no, I hear you say, that's not going to be funny. The set-up has to be some- thing that ordinary people can relate to. The idea of Bush becoming president is too far removed from reality, too...silly. Everyone knows the American people are much too sensible ever to elect a dangerous nitwit like that to lead them. And even if he weren't a nitwit , he looks like one. Americans are not going to throw their votes away on a guy who could double for Alfred E. Neuman.In today's dangerous world,the thought of havingamoron in charge is too scaryto be funny. Besides, most Americans are hard- working and decent , and they won't vote for a guywho never really had a job but got rich in some kind of smarmy deal involving a Texas baseball franchise and other people's money. You'll have to try something else. Okay, how about this? George Bush almost be- comes president instead of Al Gore when the state of Florida manages to lose or destroy the physical evidence of enough Gore votes to tip the electoral college in Bush's favor. At the last minute the Supreme Court does the right thingand rescuesthe country from a Bush presidency, but for awhileit looks likeDubya willbe our number one stam- merer. Now that's funny. No, wrong, it's not funny. Pairing George W. Bush's name with the word presi- dent,even president manque, is not funny. It's horrifying. One begins to see whywrit- ing humor is so difficult. Allright,then,let'strythis. This one has got to get some laughs. Here's the situation. Bush has been elected presi- dent , but that's not what's funny. What's funny is that it is several years later and he has been re-elected. In the meantime he has started a war in the Middle East that has resulted in the deaths of nearly 3,000 American soldiers and countless thou- sands of Iraqis. With his war and by giving huge tax breaks to the rich and to big corporations he has make a mockery of fiscal responsibil- ity in government , an idea that the Republicans used to claim as theirs but about which they have been lately very quiet. Yousaythis is too unbeliev- able to be funny? Perhaps, but bear with me. Humor is fragile and must be handled with delicacy.It'stime for the artful touches,that whichwill give wings to our revels. If you think of the Bush White House as commedia dell'arte never meant to be taken seri- ously, it can be seen in a dif- ferent light entirely.It can be seen asource of great drollery. True, thanks to Dubya many people have died,spectacular amountsof money have been wasted, many citizens have lost all confidence in gov- ernment, and the country is in greater danger than ever, but there is no denying that he and Rummy and Snarly Lip and Condi have a feel for comedy worthy of the great tradition that gave us Har- lequin and Scaramouche and Punchinello and Pierrot. Punch and Judy were never asfunnyasRummyand Condi defending the inanities of a foreign policy they contrived for their haplessboss.No one in all the annals of comedy i was ever better at improvisa- ; tion than Snarly Lip describ- i ing how the Iraqis would < throw flowers in the path of the triumphant American ' troops as they entered a lib- ; erated Baghdad or how there < was never any conflict in his i running a company that is awarded billions of dollars a year in U.S. government contracts. You want to know how to write a humor column? Get a pad and pencil, turn on the evening news and take some notes. Hilarious. THE ^T / VIEW FRO ^ A SfrANCB * •*¦ *** BY PAULDUFFY J {Efje Barnstable patriot — Founded in 1830 — Published Weekl y at 4 Ocean Street • P.O.Box 1208 • Hyannis, Massachusetts 02601 Tel:(508) 771-1427 • Fax:(508) 790-3997 E-mail info@bamstablepatriot.com • www.barnstablepatriot.com PUBLISHER, Robert F.Sennott,Jr. EDITOR David StiU D BUSINESS MANAGER ..Barbara J.Henrdgan ASSOCIATEEDITOR Edward F.Maroney ADVERTISINGDEPARTMENT EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Luanda S.Harrison Representative Kathleen Szmit Reporter John Picano Representative Mdora B.North Reporter CarolA. Bacon Representative Jack Mason Representative DESIGN/PRODUCTIONDEPARTMENT Steven Goldberg Representative Cathy Staples Graphic Designer David A. 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