JANE N. SLATER
508-645-3378
The fall foliage hit full force this week and I hope you down-Islanders had a chance to take your annual drive up-Island to see the pretty leaves because tonight’s heavy downpour will change things soon! The roadsides were colorful for several days. It’s Mother Nature’s treat to us before giving us the bleak winter scenery.
The Menemsha Café is still open for breakfast and lunch and for dinner on the weekends.
The Chilmark Community Church will begin their winter soup suppers on Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 5:30 p.m. The supper is available on Tuesday evenings all winter at no charge to all. It is a great place to visit with neighbors and is popular with the community.
The church will celebrate All Saint’s Day on Nov. 1 at 9 a.m. Janet Holladay will be the preacher and those who have died this year will be remembered on that special day.
Happy Halloween to all! There are two parties scheduled for our young folks to enjoy. The Chilmark library will host the annual children’s Halloween party from 3 to 5 p.m. Costumes are welcome and treats will be available. The Chilmark Firefighter’s Association’s annual Halloween party will be held at the Community Center beginning at 5:30 p.m. All children are encouraged to come in costume and donations of treats are asked of interested Chilmarkers.
The next afternoon of the Autumn in New England series for children at the Chilmark library is Nov. 4 from 3 to 4 p.m. All first through fifth graders are invited to come and join in storytelling and crafts done in the meeting room of the library. Call Irene Tewksbury at 508-645-3360 if you have questions.
It is always a treat to call your attention to the successes of Chilmarkers. Hans L. Larsen, son of Louis and Beth Larsen, received his master’s degree in interactive technology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, and Alexander Poole, son of Matthew and Patricia Poole, was recently awarded the Founder Scholarship at Elmira College in Elmira, N.Y. Cheers from us all!
Coco Adams and Simone Alves have joined their culinary talents in business to offer themselves as cooks and/or whatever help a hostess might need in preparing meals for few or many. The women offer bartending, preparation, cooking, serving and cleanup. They call their business Cooks 2 Please. They may be reached at 508-645-3414.
Kristin Maloney traveled to Abiquiu, N.M. for a visit with her mother, Sonia Hodson. Her sons, Kieran and Owen, and her nephew, Russell, accompanied her. They enjoyed sightseeing in the high desert county of New Mexico.
The Chilmark library’s Off Season Café is open for the winter season. The Friends of the Chilmark Library invite us all to enjoy a hot drink and cookies in the meeting room at the library during the regular hours of the library. It is a nice way to share a winter afternoon. Remember, your own laptop will work there so bring it along i f you wish.
Tom Dresser, local teacher, writer and resident, will speak about his writing and his new book, In My Life, at the Chilmark library on Nov. 4, Wednesday, at 5:30 p.m. All are welcome.
The 24th gathering of the Women’s Symposium is at the Community Center on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 9 a.m. The women meet twice a year to listen and discuss talks given by their group. This is a popular event so plan ahead for parking.
Mitchell Posin and Clarissa Allen and their son, Ned, are recently returned from a trip to Roscommon, Ireland, where they attended the wedding of a member of the Bierne family, Clarissa’s cousins and more. Her mother, Katherine Allen, remembered by many in town, came here from Ireland.
If you participated in any of the musicals and other shows put on by the Menemsha and Chilmark school students between 1985 and 2001, you will be happy to know that the performances are now on DVDs and available at the Chilmark library. You may be part of our local history, now preserved forever!
Please allow me to remind you again of the all-Island flu shot clinic and to remind you that this year it is a two-step process. First, we go to the Ag Hall in West Tisbury for the paper work and then to the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School for the actual shot. Preliminary papers are available at the library, any drugstore and town hall. The clinic is only open from 8 to 12 noon so mark your calendars for an early start!
That’s all the news I have from Nashwakemmuck this week. That is the Algonquian name for Chilmark. Next week I will tell you what it means. Thomas Mayhew referred to the land as Chilmark in a deed of 1680 but Matthew Mayhew still used the original name in his description of the land in 1685. We can thank Dr. Charles E. Banks for recording this information in his Historiest
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