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ANN E WHITING FISHER
Funeral services were conduced
Tuesday lor Mrs. Frederick h.
Fisher In Norwood at the home ot
her daughter. Mrs. Paul V. Clark,
Jr, where she had made her home
since August, being In 111 health.
Mrs. Fisher waB born in Scot-
land, but came to this country
when a young girl. Several years
ago Mr. and Mrs. Fisher came to
Barnstable to live permanently In
their home here. Mr. Fisher died
a year ago. MrB. Fisher, at the
time of her death , was 50 years old.
She was a member ot the First
Congregational Church in Nor-
wood, Samose't Chapter 109, O.E.S.,
nnd the Barnstable Woman's Club,
ot which which she was an active
member.
She is survived by another
daughter , Joan H. Fisher, a grand-
daughter, Anne B .Clark; three
brothers and three sisters, John F.
Whiting ot Holly Hill, Fla„ Walter
R. Whiting of Hyde Park, William
Whiting of Somervllle and West
Yarmouth , Mrs. William D. Brad-
bent of Hyde Park and WestYar-
mouth, Mrs. Frederick G, Frueh of
Norwood and Mrs. Harry R. Phil-
brick of Cumtnaquid.
YULE GREENS DISCUSSED
"Yule Greens" was the topic at
the meeting held Monday night at
the Woman's Clubhouse under the
auspices of the Community Serv-
ice Committee of the Club. Mrs.
Shirley Lovell, chairman. The
speaker was Mrs. William P. Suzan
of Mattapoisett , formerly of Hy-
annis. Everyne had been asked to
bring pencil, paper, and scissors
for the "Christmas Greens and
Decorations", which Mrs. Suzan
discussed. The meeting wos open
to all. Mrs. Otto K. Hoffman was
in charge of refreshments.
PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Klttredge
have closed their home for the
summer and returned to St. Paul
School , Concord , N. H,
Mrs. Grace B. Sanford has .re-
turned to New York after spend-
ing the summer at her cottage on
Rendezvous Lane.
Mrs. Ethel MaglU and Miss
Eluwinna Nickerson left Friday for
several weekB' vacation at Miami,
Florida,
Mrs. Erdine Ford is employed
at the Court House in the office
of the First District Court.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Wallace
of Delaware have purchased the
new home built by Mrs. Grace B.
Sanford on Rendezvous Lane.
Mrs. Grace Sanford has been
spending a few days with Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Swift before returning
to New York,
Norman Daggett of Buffalo was
here, called by the death of his
mother, Mrs. Ethel Pope Daggett.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Levesque
have moved Into their new home
on Mary Dunn Road. This was the
home Btarted by her father and
recently finished by them. The
small cottage in which they hav e
been living will be moved.
Mrs. Harry Crocker is visiting
her sister-in-law, Mrs. John Ben-
jamin , at Providence, R. I.
Mr. and Mrs. Sherrold Bassett
has gone to Portland , Maine, for
a week's vacation.
Mrs. Florence H. Baird and sis-
ter, Miss Mary Hardy, have gone
to Chatham, New Jersey, for the
winter. They closed their home,
"The Sand Dunes" for the winter.
Mrs. Raymond Crosby has been
spending sometime at her Kenney
Lane home which haB been pur-
chased by Lewis Warren.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Chase of
Melrose were In town over the
weekend.
Mrs. George Klttredge and
daughter , Miss Dora Klttredge,
have closed their home on Rail-
road Avenue and returned to
Cambrdge for the winter.
Mrs. A. P. Lowell has returned
to Boston for the winter months.
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Hedderig
and son, Don of Natlck were
weekend guests of Mrs. Dorothy
Gardner.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Chase, Jr.
(Betsy Jane Wyman) of Barnstable
and Melrose , announce the birth
of a son at the Boston Ly'lng-In
Hospital. Named Allen Bradford
Chase, the baby 's grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Chase and
Mr. and Mrs. CharleB Wyman.
Barnstable
by Clara J. HaUctt
This is your local Station , 213 Ocean NoK*
The old spirit of the Forty-niners seems to be abroad this
year. We look back to the days when gold was discovered in
California and other localities Young men and old men were
fairly obsessed during that gold craze.
They seemed to feel they could
start out with Just a pick and
shovel, and pick up nuggets any-
where. They completely lost sight
of the fact that they were going
to wild unknown country where
they would have to live on their
own resources while they tiNed to
locate gold, and stake a claim if
they were lucky. It would be a new
kind of labor with hardships of
heat and cold to endure, where
false hopes and disappointment
might be enough to discourage the
most enthusiastic adventurer.
When the gold fever struck one
town in 1849 It caused widespread
excitement and unrest. Groups of
men, young and old, met night
after night to talk over everything
they heard, or read about the rich
lodes being found in California,
until they could think and dream
of nothing else.
A company was formed here In
Hyannis of young men of those
days and probably in other vil-
lages, but I have heard more about
this group of men so I will confine
my recording to them. There was
Captains Franklin Bearse, Allen
Bearse, Orlando Bassett, Alvln
Hallett , Almoran Bacon, John Frost
and others in the group. Franklin
and Allen Bearse were brothers
of Mrs. John Frost and Almoran
Bacon had married Mrs. Frost's
sister, Lois Bearse, so thiB family
was united in a common cause and
most determined to Beek their for-
tune in California. In December
1849, the Schooner Elizabeth B„
that the company owned, sailed
from Hyannis Port for San Fran-
cisco with a load of lumber and
coal. It also had' men aboard
bound for the gold diggins—Daniel
Snow Hallett, Zenas Gage, John
Frost, Jacob Bearse, Henry Baker
and one or two others. Some men
went over land.
They were gone a year or more
but evidently they were bitterly
disappointed for when they came
home all they seemed to have was
their experience. They liked to
talk about that tor the remainder
of their lives. If they only had
more money they would have
stayed and became rich, of course.
IF—if—that great word that holds
us all' up. Daniel Snow Hallett
stayed in California and died there
in 1851.
In the days when the Klondike
rush was on more lives were lost.
Several young men went f rom Cape
Cod. I remember Herbert Clifton
Bradford and William Allen Cro-
well went from here and I think
one or two more, that I am not
quite so sure of just now. Their
hopes were not realized. They
came back home several times, but
never to live here again. H. Clifton
Bradford , nephew of Ernest Brad-
ford, is stll living, but William
Allen Crowell died several years
ago.
Recently someone conceived the
idea that portions of Noah's Ark
might be found on Mt. Ararat.
Men went there to investigate. Of
course, nothing could be found In
that brief search ; whatever might
have been left there would be cov-
ered ith the debris of centuries.
It it were possible to explore the
whole territory to the right depth,
pieces of pottery or whatever they
used to eat from might be found.
They took food ot some kind into
the Ark. They would not be ex-
pected to live on hay like the ani-
mals. No mention IB made of cook-
ing, as I see, There was only Noah,
his wife, his three sons and their
wives, a family party, and doubt-
less they took the smallest speci-
mens of live stock they could find
They would not take elephants
large enough for Barnum's Circus
or large giraffes with necks a yard
long to drink up all the water on
board. They probably took every
kind of living thing they could
find in the small part otthe earth
where they'lived. That did not em- '«
brace the whole world.
No mention was made ot vessels
of gold, silver, or brass, but there
must have been great quantities of
those precious metals In that part
of the old world, tor later on in
the Bible we find Kings and Dukes
and all kinds of artisans and work-
men, bowls of gold, tables, candle-
sticks, even board covered with
pure gold In their tabernacles. All
kinds of precious stones were
found and used to make bracelets
and ornaments. Somebody had to
dig this gold; they had - weavers
and wise men and musicians ot all
kinds.
Some people will be searching
for gold and buried treasure
always, pirates' gold, misers' gold,
gold under the seas from ship-
wrecks, or hidden in old houses
during wars and disasters. Just
enough gold and treasure have
been found from time to time to
keep up interest in the minds of
adventurous souls, even up to the
present time.
The Sawannee River has become
noted for more than the Old Folks
at Home and Stephen Foster's
Bongs. Recently John Malory wrote
a very interesting story about
searchers for gold in Florida at
Fowlers Bluff and other localities. 4
There seems to be no doubt about
the buried treasure, but it needs
so much money and machinery to
recover it that men have to give
it up. There are also quick-sands
that swallow everything as you
go along. Someone is always get-
ting an old map from a dying
miner and then the search is on
again.
Another article appears lately in
the Saturday Evening Post, "Any-
body's Gold Mine" by Maurice
Whipple, about Montezuma's trea-
sure. Millions worth of gold and
jewels are said to be burled in
Utah in the White Mountains.
Evidence has been found that Is
hard to deny. It goes back many
years. Thousands ot people will
read these stories and some of
them will join an expedition to in-
vestigate these localities sooner
or later. The unknown and mysteri-
ous will always be full of allure to
a certain type of Individuals. 1
have often thought I Would like
to go exploring, but not for gold.
08TERVILLE
PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. Hallett Gardner and
daughter, Joanne, have returned
home after a vacation trip to Ver-
mont and New Hampshire,
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Special "Weeks" Just Passed
With the editorial columns busy with other no less pressing
subjects, several "special weeks" have slipped by without men-
tion. They are important, however, and the subjects of them
worthy of observance all the time. A week is set aside merely to
focus attention on that one subject more or less to the exclusion
of others, to induce added momentum.
Don't Forget To Employ The Handicapped
First, there was National "Employ the Physically Handi-
capped" Week, which ran from October 2 through the 8th.
We find that today practically every occupation and every
type of business has working in it physically handicapped per-
sons. A recent survey shows equal, and sometimes greater effi-
ciency with those who are able-bodied. As a matter of fact, a
given job, to be ,performed successfully, requires only a few
physical abilities.
There are three things to remember. First , everyone should
feel a concern for the blind , deaf , and those with other crippling
disabilities , for humanitarian reasons. Second , all that the phy-
sically handicapped man or woman asks for is the opportunity
to prove his usefulness in a job. That he can do it is proved by
statistics. By hiring such a person , therefore, an employer can
secure for the benefit of his business an efficient worker. Third ,
when otherwise dependent persons become self-supporting and
independent, it "enriches the nation's human resources and de-
creases the taxpayers' expense."
Be Fire-Vigilant
Then, from October 6 to IS , we were supposed to review the
rules for fire prwention. It is never too late, however, to be re-
minded to be careful of fire.
We are told that the fire record of this country is the worst
in the world. And this huge loss involves death and disfigure-
ment to many, many human beings, ruined homes and factories,
and destruction of vast forests and other invaluable natural
resources.
It is both discouraging and encouraging to learn that the
major causes of fire are careless individual habits—carelessness
with matches and cigarettes, rundown stoves and heating sys-
tems, improperly stored paints and solvents and other such
flammables, out-of-repair electrical equipment—discouraging to
know that people will be so careless, encouraging to feel these
causes are get-at-able.
The Massachusetts Committee on Fire Fighting in the
Country gives a few worth-while pointers :
Have you had your oil burner serviced? Have you had your
chimney cleaned , if you burn wood? Have you replaced those
rust eaten stovepipes? With these brisk October nights, better
check on these things before a fire checks you !
Use of damp, unseasoned wood is the cause of many chim-
ney fires. Since such wood is not readily consumed, creosote
collects on the sides of the chimney almost like so much coal.
Then somebody throws some dry papers or shavings onto the
fire , with a high wind to create a sharp draft; presto! you have
a glowing furnace inside your chimney. The danger comes from
weak places in the masonry and from woodwork touching the
overheated bricks. Better call the fire department, even though
you think the fire isn't dangerous. If you don't you'd better sit
up for a few hours and watch the chimney till it cools down.
When your electric cords get old and worn, renew them. A
cord attached to a hot plate short-circuited not long ago and set
the house afire . The wires inside a cord don't last forever, par-
ticularly if cords are subject to bending.
Much was made of Fire Prevention Week. Several fire de-
partments on Cape Cod held open house to acquaint the public
with the equipment. One town had a parade.
Danger from fire is ever present,—equally so must be oui
vigilance.
In- ._
Nations United
October 17 to 24 was the anniversary period of the adop
tion of the charter of the United Nations, culminating in Octobei
24 as United Nations Day. Used to call citizens' attention tc
this coming event was a blue, white, and black poster , showing i
globe with the word "Peace" written across its top in .large let
ters, and, upholding a peaceful world, supposedly, were manj
hands, suggesting that all the nations together held peace ii
their hands to bear it up or let it fall, as they willed,
For the nations of the earth to try to create and maintain i
world of peace is a fine effort. This method for attaining peace
however, cannot succeed unless each nation really in its hear
desires peace ; and a desire for peace comes from an inner feelinj
of good will toward others and an humble willingness to submi
to a Supreme Being in all our thoughts and acts. To the Chris
tian , that means doing the will of God. Unless these condition
are met, no organization , however big, united or high-aiming
can succeed. Power to function , to fulfill its purpose, to keep it
peoples free and happy, can come only from God; and to gar
God's blessing upon it, to have God on its side, it must mee
God's conditions.
Human Rights
Lastly, Civil Rights Week October 23 to 29.
Civil rights of the individual, of minorities, are guarantee
by the Constitution of the United States. The right to own prop
erty and have protection in such ownership, the right of assemble
the right of privacy in our homes, and many other of our sc
called common rights are ours by specific provision. The fin
ten amendments to the Constitution constitute a bill, or declan
tion, of rights.
Civil Rights Week is in commemoration of the report o
the subject issued by the President's Committee in an attempt to
stimulate interest in it. .
When we say "civil rights" today, most of us are referring
to recent laws, some in Massachusetts, on fair practices and
against discrimination. Whether such laws are wise and whether
such matters can be regulated by law is open to serious ques-
tion ; but we can, with sincerity, feel glad for the early establish-
ing of the principle of civil or human rights in this country, and
try in our own relationships with our fellow men to be free from
prejudice in conduct and even in thought.
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WORLD OUTLOOK SUNDAY
The WeBt Yarmouth Congrega-
tional Church will honor "World
Outlook Sunday." The celebrated
missionary, Dr. Joseph L. Dodds ,
formerly of India , will give the ser-
mon. Dr. Dodds Is the father of the
pastor, Reverend Robert C. Dodds.
\ The church will sponsor an Adult
Class to study and discuss religious j
problems. This class will start at
8 o'clock Sunday night and will
meet every Sunday thereafter In
the Church.
STOVE DEMONSTRATION
A new thing in entertainment was
presented Thursday, October 20th ,
at Cannon 's Store on Jhe main
highway. Miss Beverly Brown and
Mrs. Pauline Taylor and MrB. Pru-
dence Howard demonstrated the
use of the Hotpoint electric range
and how to cook on it.
WEYAR SALE
The Weyar Matrons will hold a
food sale at Buttner 's in Hyannis
on Saturday, October 29. It will
start at 11 o'clock in the morning.
Mrs, Elwln W. Coombs Is chair-
man.
PERSONALS
Miss .Merry Hills, who is attend-
ing Brldgewater State Teacher's
College, arrived In the home of her
parents , Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Hills
of Berry Avenue Friday to spend
the weekend .
Mrs. Alfred Kenyon of Colonial
Acres is having a weekend house
party in her summer house In
Chuiiemont for her daughter Minnie
and some of her school friends.
Mr, and Mrs. Ralph Brooks and
their daughter Joyce spent the
weekend in their Bummer residence
on Berry Avenue. The Brooks
spend their winters In their home
In Weymouth.
Mr, and Mrs. Arthur W. Frost
holm and their two sons, Roger am
Buddy, spent the weekend In theli
summer residence in Englewood
Their next weekend will be spen
on Casco Bay, Maine, with somt
friends. The Frostholms' winter res
ldence Is in Belmont.
Mr. Isaac Hills of Berry Avenui
left Tuesday on a business trip t<
, Salem.
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TOWN NlWf
West Yarmouth I
corner ot Bearse's Way and Stev-
ens street. 11 a.m., Sunday Serv-
ice; same time Sunday School.
Wednesday evening, testimonial
meeting at 8:00 o'clock. Reading
room on ground floor of Masonic
Building Is open dally except Sun-
day and Holidays from 12 m. to
4 p.m.
"Everlasting Punishment" is the
LeBson-Sermon subject for Sun-
day, October 30. Golden Text: "The
Lord Is far from the wicked : but
he heareth the prayer ' of the
righteous" (Proverbs 15:29). Ser-
mon: Passages from the Bible
(King James Version) include:
"He that covereth his sins shall
not prosper: but whoso confesseth
and forsaketh them shall have
mercy " (ProverbB 28:13). Correla-
tive passages from "Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures"
by Mary Baker Eddy include:
"Covering inqulty will prevent
prosperity and' the ultimate tri-
umph of any cause . . . Ignorance ,
subtlety, or false charity doeB not
forever conceal error; evil will In
time disclose and punish itself"
(PP. 440 , 447).
First Church of
Christ, Scientist
Town of Barnstable
Cape Cod
October 27, 1949
Dear Theodosia:
If you never visited a royal
palace, you can do so now right In
this country.
Your Great Aunt Susanna and 1
went to see a palace last week , the
summer home of the wealthy New
York Vanderbilt family in New-
port. The mansion Is called the
"Breakers". It is well named, for
It is ou the cliff and on the
I farthest out point, facing the Bea,
I whose breakers roar out their
strength and power as they pound
on the rocks below. '
The place Is gorgeous inside and
out. The architect must have
reveled In his art, for he had full
scope to go ahead and plan "the
largest and most beautiful sum-
mer home." When finished , it sur-
passed not only anything else in
Newport , city of beautiful summer
homes, but anything on this side
of the Atlantic Ocean.
Modeled on an Italian palace , It
even surpasses anything seen
"over there" at the present time,
for nothing on the other side is
today kept up In repair as this is.
Italian and French style decora-
tions abound, many kinds of wood
and stone, a variety of beautiful
marbles, carving, fresco work ,
sculpture , richly-colored tapestries
and rugs, mosaic work on floor and
wulls, painted ceilings, stained-
glass windows, handsome furni-
ture, thick walls and heavy doors
with huge hinges, cut-glass chan-
deliers,—It would be impossible to
recall everything or to describe
any room in detail.
The house has 70 rooms, 33 of
which form the servants' quarters.
A corps of 40 servants attended
the household when the family
spent Its summers there, 20 Inside
and 20 outside, for the grounds
and gardens were spacious and
lovely.
And yet ,—no, I'm not going to
be platitudinous and say that the
poor are in a more blessed state
and that so much money brings
trouble, and so on and so on. Those
remarks are stale, but true.
But I am going to tell you what
we really felt and thought.
Rather than being impressed,
we were sickened and disgusted
by all this unrelated display of
wealth , unrelated to common sense,
unrelated to peace and quiet, un-
j related even to beauty. The man
slon is a monument to vanity, pure
and simple, the vanity of a man
craving superiority in a way that
money could supply, money, of
which It Is obvious he had so much
as not to know what to do wtih
It, so he must squander it on big-
ness and the spectacular. And for
what purpose? A summer home
for himself and family? It's no
home, summer or otherwise, it's a
museum. And the owner died a
young man tour years after this
summer "home" was completed,
which took two or three years in
building. One whole room was
(transported from France, workmen
were imported. The result ot it is
a senseless conglomeration of
beauty piled on beauty, beauty
within beauty, a too rich diet that
maketh for sickness. Too much
beauty ceases to be beauty, be-
cause it surfeits the beholder, just
as sweet Increased to the Nth de-
gree becomes hitter.
Beauty and spaciousness are one
thing, but there should be good
taste, refinement, and simplicity to
make it effective. Pomposity and
ostentation are not magnificence.
Even the family can't enjoy their
place ,—they are all dead but one,
the youngest , who stays in a hotel
when she goes to Newport.
One thing disturbed us both
greatly. We were told that a plen-
tiful coal supply on the grounds
kept the empty house heated all
through the war,—the period when
people were freezing because of
the coal shortage.
The house is open now as a
museum, and is loaned by the own-
er for this purpose. The fees col-
lected are used to restore historic
old houses in Newport ,—a good
purpose, indeed. For Newport is an
old American Town, filled with tra-
dition and historical significance.
But we dldn' fancy the water-front
estates barred from neighbors by
high fences, fences which serve,
no doubt, not only as physical
barriers, but as barriers against
enjoyment of life ,—a preventive ot
rich and full living.
Your loving
Aunt Jane
P. S.: Don't let my little sermon
stop you from making a visit to the
"Breakers" yourself , If you want
to see for yourself . It may leave a
bad taste in your mouth, as it did
for us, but you'll get over it, as
we did , your solid common-sense
wfll hold you in mental 'balance,
as ours did.
A Letter From Aunt Jane
To Her City Relations
Building Permits
r in Hyannis , Oct. 15, by the Rev.
Carl P. Schultz , D. D., Miss Virginia
' M. Ellis, Dennlsport , and Elmer I.
Snow, Dennlsport and West Palm
3 Beach, Pla.
In HyannlB, Oct, 22, by the Rev
Edward C. Duffy, Miss Margaret
a L. Baxter, Hyannis, and William F
j McArdle, Sandwich.
In HyannlB, Oct. 21, by the Rev,
Adrian P. o'L*ary'
, MIBB Myrtle
E. Scott, teacher, and Justin F.
' O'Leary, salesman, both of Hy-
annlB,
i MARRIAGES
Cutihued from Pagt t
(cocke only), gray squirrel , and
quail are " also October 20 to No-
vember 20. Dally limit is 2 for
pheasant , 5 for squirrels, 4 for
quail; the seaBon limit 6 for
pheasant, 15 for squirrels, 20 for
quail.
The Beason for hares and rab-
bits started October 20 and will
last until February 15. There Is
no season limit on theBe, but the
daily limit is 2 hares and 5 rabbits.
the open season on deer is, as
formerly, the first full week in
December. The laws relating to
deer-hunting are unchanged.
The Hunt Is On
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