JANE N. SLATER
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Chilmark is missing Danny Bryant. For so long he was a frequently met neighbor of many of us and we are saddened by his unfortunate fall and death. He was larger than life in so many ways. He loved all that the Vineyard offered in its natural state. He was loved by dogs, feared by deer and much loved and appreciated by most of us. He was a total outdoorsman and could entertain with tales of his adventures for hours. We offer condolences to his many friends and his family. We will miss him greatly.
Chilmark is bursting with people and people news, so that is what we will focus on this week. Our weather is beginning to seem more like summer; expectations are high that the season is beginning!
Congratulations to Jeff and Amelia Bazanson of Bridgewater and Chilmark on the birth of their great-grand-son, Jayden Issac, born on March 1 to Daniel Gomes and Amissa of Easton. Aleta Bazanson is little Jayden’s grandmother.
Alan and Sue Parkes are back at their South Road home after a winter in Tucson.
Best wishes to Roberta Morgan, who has been feeling poorly this past weekcan it have anything to do with the four hours she spent weeding her vegetable and flower gardens last week? The Harborcraft Shop is open for business daily.
Conrad and Jane Neumann of Durham and Chilmark are happy to be in their Larsen Lane home for the summer months.
Tom Langeman of Washington, D.C., is at his home on the Menemsha Inn Road for the season.
We all send best wishes to Deborah Freed of Arlington, who is recovering from back surgery at her home. Her parents, Norman and Dianna Freed, traveled there to be with the family for a short time. Deborah is making good progress and hopes to be out and about soon.
The Chilmark Church will be selling lobster rolls on Tuesdays from 4 to 7 p.m. from now until mid-September. They are a popular treat and are a welcome addition to summer meals.
Ed Greenebaum and Joan Caulton of Menemsha are entertaining four of Joan’s friends from Bloomington, Ind. The ladies call themselves the Friday Night Dinner Group and have met for dinner weekly for many years. The visitors are: Deb Hutton, Bev Freese, Sharon Yarber and Barb Young.
The Chilmark library’s Wednesday night program will be Otters! with wildlife biologist, Luanne Johnson, on June 22 at 5:30 p.m. All are welcome.
Bill and Betsy Ramsey were at their Larsen Lane home with Greg and Heather for a weekend of painting and landscaping. Bill Gilmore, Betsy’s father, was at his Larsen Lane home supervising and appreciating all the work. The family comes from Wayland.
Cousins Alexandra Kushman of Miami and Nick Nehamas of Princeton vacationed at the Glimcher family home on Cove Road last weekend. The two graduated from Harvard this June. While attending a movie on Martha’s Vineyard, Nick suffered a ruptured appendix, and, after a brief stop at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, was flown to Massachusetts General Hospital where he is resting comfortably now.
Jack Huberman is at his Menemsha home and will be joined by his wife, Nina, next week. The family lives in Santa Fe.
Thomas Huber and Lia Kahler, of New York city and Chilmark, are back at their home on Molly’s Way for the summer. Lia is planning a charity concert for September at the Whaling Church. This year the beneficiaries of her fund-raising will be Polly Hill Arboretum and the Martha’s Vineyard Animal Shelter. Save the date, Sunday, Sept. 11, at 3 p.m. I will share more details in future columns. We send condolences to Thomas whose mother passed away at 100 in Germany this past winter.
Janet Weidner is home on D.H.’s Hill after an interesting trip to Ireland with her sister. They went to research their roots on their mother’s side in County Galway. They visited the little towns that the family came from, Loughrea and Gort, and tracked down many points of information. They visited an estate that their great-grandfather worked on in the 1860s. While there, the sisters climbed Croagh Patrick, a mountain in Galway and they drove around Connemara.
The Martha’s Vineyard Garden Club will meet at the Old Mill in West Tisbury on June 21 at 1 p.m. The speaker will be Liz Loucks of the Nature Conservancy, talking about native plants and invasive species.
Kevin and Elizabeth Oliver will have the Menemsha Market up and running by June 24. Then we can truly say that Menemsha is open, up and running.
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