Dylan Thomas
The birds of the winged trees flying my name Above the farms and the white horses I rose in rainy autumn And walked abroad in a shower of all my days. – Dylan Thomas
June 25, 1965
Editorial: Centennial of a Purchase
A hundred years ago the Martha’s Vineyard Camp Meeting Association, having decided that the time had come to assure a settled state, acquired by purchase its extensive acreage at what is now Oak Bluffs. “The cost of the grove, rights of way etc.,” Hebron Vincent recorded, “was thirteen hundred dollars.” This transaction surely belongs…
New Group Would Strive to Save Island’s Beauty
Letters have gone out to a number of Vineyarders seeking support for a new organization devoted to preserving the natural splendors of the Island. The organization is a committee of the Natural Area Council Inc., and its letter is self-explanatory: “An organization is in process of formation under the name, Friends of the Island.…
