Wednesday is the first of May when baskets may be hung on your door and May pole celebrations and dances announce the arrival of warmer weather and finally send old Jack Frost on vacation. Today is Arbor Day, a perfect day to plant a tree in your yard. The baseball field on Sunday hosted a youth baseball game and the tennis courts were also busy. Buds are appearing on trees, forsythia is in bloom and daffodils are everywhere.

On Tuesday at 7 p.m. there will be a two-article special town meeting in the school gym. Both articles deal with the regional school. Voters will also take up the remaining article from the annual town meeting that has to do with Housing Bank funding. Child care will be provided at the school from 6:45 p.m. until the meeting ends. Kids of all ages are welcome, but registration is required. Call 508-693-3366.

Alan and Francine Kauffman of Plum Bush Point are enjoying a visit from Seth, Roberta, Helene and Ajax Kaufman at their home. She reports that they have visited Chappy and other beach locations and had a wonderful time. They also are preparing their home for the busy summer season.

Marcia and Don Kleper-Smith of Old County Road returned to their house last Wednesday. They began the task of opening it up for the season.

Marilyn and Warren Hollinshead are pleased and thankful that daughter Anne and husband Ted, along with daughter Dana and husband Todd, were on-Island last weekend undertaking a major spring cleaning at their houses on Pond View Farm Road. Anne’s daughter Emma celebrated her 18th birthday and Grandpa took them all out to dinner.

Sig Van Raan visited his son Jackson last week. Sig and his wife Susan recently returned from a vacation in Argentina which they thoroughly enjoyed.

Paddy Moore of Alley Way had an Easter visit from her son Andrew Worlock of Boston, and grandchildren Griffin and Leila.

Kendall Gifford Miller of Athens, Ohio came down to open up his Edgartown Road home for the season last week.

Christy Knoff of North Road arrived at her home just before Easter. She is sporting a well developed tan after working in Florida all winter.

Leon and Brenda Braithwaite of Vineyard Meadow Farms hosted a dinner party at their home on Easter Sunday. They served dinner to 10 people and all of us had a wonderful time.

Phyllis Meras of Music street hosted several members of her family and friends to an Easter brunch at her house. She made a whirlwind business trip to Boston on Good Friday. A special thank you to the very nice article Phyl wrote about me for the Vineyard Magazine. Marjorie Pierce reports that this year’s community suppers, which ended Wednesday, were enormously successful. She figures they served over 1,000 meals, and wants to thank all the volunteers and everyone involved in making the dinners a success.

On May 2, 1964 The Grange held an evening of entertainment, broken only by a short business meeting, as they turned the Agricultural Hall into a café. The program was arranged by Mr. and Mrs. William McClure and Muriel Fisher. Edward Silvia served as master of ceremonies for the “floor show” which included numbers by Mrs. McClure on the chord organ, Dale McClure on the accordion and Frank Brown on the piano. Donald and Peter Fisher and Dale McClure presented a skit for the group. Miss Carol McGee performed a Mexican style modern dance and George Hill showed his skill on the drums and also as a comedian with his imitation of Frankie Fontaine. Miss Cathy Convery and William Luce performed several folk songs and the evening’s entertainment included a sing-along and wound down with dancing.

Happy birthday to Bob Yapp, Brian Donnelly and Veronica Murray today; Chris Cajolet, Paula Bolash, Jill Rosenkrantz, Sally Graham, and Shirley Mayhew tomorrow; Emily Fischer, Paulo DeOliveira, Clair Boland and Colin Britt on Sunday; Priscilla Bettencourt, Ken Edwards, Cathy Campbell and Bea Phear on Monday; Bob Schwartz, Carolyn Downs and Moura Vera on Tuesday; Dick Kanabel, Sylvana Dole, Terry Kriedman and Daniel Pace on Wednesday; Jon Scott Jr. , Charles Giordano, Sandra Flanders Waters and Jennifer Doyle on Thursday. Belated birthday greetings to James Moreis Jr.

Well that is all of the social news for this edition. A trivia tid bit: Arthur Godfrey began a lengthy stint as a morning disc jockey with his program on WCBS radio 75 years ago next Tuesday that was listened to by many Vineyarders religiously every week day. If you have any news please call or email me. Have a great week.