JOHN S. ALLEY
508-693-2950
Happy Fourth of July on Monday and welcome to the busy summer season and all the excitement it brings. June brought us several monsoon-like rainstorms, and at times it was mighty cool and a fire was needed in the evening to take the chill out of the house. If you went downtown for any reason last weekend the traffic was brutal everywhere. Just about every building in town is now occupied; the busses are comfortably full and the planes and boats are crowded. Backyard cookouts will be held all around town tonight and tomorrow evening if the weather cooperates.
This is the start of a long holiday weekend; the post office and libraries will be closed on Monday. The annual Independence Day parade in downtown Edgartown steps off promptly at 5 p.m. Do yourself and your family a big favor and make getting to the parade and fireworks easier by taking the bus to Edgartown. Call 508-693-9440 for more information.
Many guests are expected to attend the annual pre-Fourth-of-July party at the home of Wollcott and Leah Smith in Tiah’s Cove tomorrow evening. Sal Laterra reports he is coming down especially for the event.
Lambert’s Cove beach stickers are on sale at the shed at the town tennis courts next to the school, daily from 9 a.m. to noon and on weekends from 4 to 7 p.m. You will need a sticker to park at the beach.
Carol Craven of Music street has returned from a winter in New York city and will be in residence all summer and is expecting many guests.
Doris Anton of New York city is in residence at her house on Tiah’s Cove for the summer. She also plans to have guests over the Fourth of July weekend.
Will and Leslei Monast of Waldron’s Bottom Road will be going over to Cuttyhunk for the Fourth of July where they plan to visit with family and relax. They summered on that island for many years.
Jim and Holly Coyne of Look’s Pond Road will be busy this holiday weekend at their house hosting friends and family.
Joan Jenkinson flew out to California last week to accompany Jane Newhall and Anita Guerra of San Francisco, Calif., back to the Island. They are arriving tomorrow to spend the summer. Jane and Anita look forward to visiting with their many friends during their summer visit.
Hannah and Jonathan Scott of Edgartown Road are proud to announce that their first Mo’O puna (grandchild) has been born. Aidan Keoni Chase was born on June 16; his parents, Noelani and John Chase, are pretty proud of him too. Aidan was born at Worcester Memorial Hospital.
Malcolm Hall and his wife, Judy, of Pond Road report that their house is filling up with family and friends for the big holiday weekend. Visitors include their daughter Emily of Oklahoma City. Malcolm says Judy has been baking her blue-ribbon apple pies nonstop; they are the most sought-after item at the picnic in Edgartown.
Hunter Mormon and his wife, Leslie Gray, of Alexandria, Va., are at their house on Panhandle Road. Leslie is busy in her garden preparing it for her usual bumper crop of vegetables and garlic plants. They hosted a breakfast for their many friends on Wednesday.
Susan and Noah Block of Music street will have their friend Sandy Hechtman from New York city down to spend the July Fourth weekend with them.
Ava and Naomi Plakins of Middle Road arrived on Sunday to get their estate in proper order for the summer. They held a party yesterday evening for their friends. A wonderful time was had by all. They leave today but plan to return in September.
Alex Karmen of New York city was at his mother Jill Carlton’s house on State Road with a group of friends. He returned on Sunday and his parents, Pete and Jill, arrived on Monday to spend two months at her home. Their arrival was delayed because Pete had a health issue. They are looking forward to a real summer vacation.
Ed Konicki of Webster reports finding a portion of a July 1935 Boston Herald under the floor in the kitchen of a house he had worked on; the newspaper was used as a shim to level the linoleum. The advertisement he found most interesting was by the New Haven Railroad, owner of the Steamship Line serving the Vineyard, announcing you could buy a weekday excursion from Boston to Oak Bluffs for $2.50 leaving Boston daily at 7 a.m., returning at 6:40 p.m.
Colleen Morris over at the library reports that the JC Trio will be playing jazz music at 4 p.m. today and she is making the refreshments. You can get a head start on the Fourth of July celebration by making patriotic windsock crafts with her tomorrow from 10 a.m. to noon. Dr. Enid Haller will be holding a Lyme and tick-borne disease discussion on Tuesday from 6 to 9 p.m. at Howes House. On Wednesday at 5:30 there will be a book signing of The Greatest Game Ever Pitched by Jim Kaplan. And come and meet Heather Capece, the artist of the month, at a reception on Thursday at 4 p.m.
Lee Revere reports that the 53rd annual book sale will be held at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional School gym this year as the local school is in the midst of remodeling the building. They are no longer accepting video tapes for the upcoming book sale. Audio books, CDs and DVDs are welcomed. For information, please call her at 508-693-0773.
Marcia Winsryg will be holding an African craft sale on Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. off New Lane, follow the signs. She will have Zambian baskets, a Ghanaian patchwork, Nigerian silver jewelry, Zambezi dolls, Zanizibar textiles and Mukuni wood carvings. All proceeds benefit the Mama Bakhita Center for Disabled Children in Livingstone, Zambia. For information call 508-693-4059.
Bea Whiting invites all on Sunday to attend an opening of a retrospective show of Allen Whiting’s work at Featherstone Center for the Arts on Barnes Road in Oak Bluffs. The opening begins at 4 p.m.
Happy birthday to Allison McKinley, Michelle Marks and Marissa Kaeka today; Ava Plakins, Diane Abbot, Cherrilla Brown, Pat Goodell, Jane Hawkes, David Bouck, Daniel Greenberg and Sandra Clark tomorrow; Dan Whiting, Bob Gray and Abigail Bailey on Sunday; David Douglas, Bart Smith, Amelia Espy and Emma Kiley on Monday; David McCullough, Mary Lu Keep and Sarah Pallatroni on Tuesday; John Mayhew 3rd, Sarah Cottle, William Austin and Andrew Gardner on Wednesday; Devin Church, Robert Blanchard and Laurie Turnie on Thursday.
Happy Anniversary to the famous Webster socialites, Ed and Jane Konicki on Wednesday, and anniversary greetings to Les and Sue Leland tomorrow. Belated anniversary wishes to Ed Levine and Vicki Bijur and Barbara and Ed Child, who celebrated their 65th last week. Belated birthday wishes to Belinda Booker and to the Field Gallery that opened to the public 41 years ago today.
Well, that is all of the social news for this week’s column. If you have any news please call or e-mail me. A happy and safe Fourth of July and see you at the parade. Have a great week.
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