Miles Arrives
Andrea Falgout-Hirt and John Hirt Jr. of Vineyard Haven announce the birth of a son, Miles Ondrej Hirt, born on Oct. 31 at the Martha’s Vineyard Community Hospital. Miles weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces at birth.
JANE N. SLATER
508-645-3378
Chilmark survived the big blow on Saturday. Our roadsides still have trees with colorful fall foliage although there are fewer trees in some places. A number of trees and limbs of trees blew down, mostly, along North Road. Work crews cleaned everything up quickly and no routes were blocked.
The storm was a long one with blowing sand at Menemsha and torn leaves were everywhere. Most Chilmark folk took it all in stride.
KATHIE CASE
508-627-5349
I love it when the sun is shining and there is a cool breeze in the air. It rejuvenates you and means the time has come to get the winter clothes out and bring in some wood for the fireplace.
Happy birthday to all who celebrated their day this past week. I was in the cleaning mode yesterday and accidentally threw away the birthday list. Polly Davies is always to my rescue, however, so look for your name next week.
NANCY GARDELLA
508-693-3308
There has been a lot of talk about upgrading Veterans Memorial Park between Lagoon Road and the causeway. And that’s fine because so many people use what I call “my park” for picnics, birthday parties, soccer, baseball and, my personal favorite, basketball. As you recall I also spent at least two hours last spring exploring the wildlife of its swamp.
FISHING LEGACY LOST
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
I’d like to commend Mark Alan Lovewell and the Vineyard Gazette for the excellent story, Owner of Quitsa Strider in Menemsha Sells His Fishing Rights, Ending an Era. It’s important for our coastal communities to better understand the unrelenting obstacles our fishermen are up against, and your story really brought that message home.
The Aquinnah Fire Department is still seeking a few strong people to join not only for the benefit of the department but for the Aquinnah community as a whole. Their services certainly would have been utilized on Saturday during the storm when everything was blowing around and transformers were at times arching and catching on fire. Our fire department is not well staffed at the present time and more volunteers need to be trained.
By Lynne Irons>
Roger Spinney shared a wonderful concept with the Baptists last week. The word humility comes from the Greek for humus. Talk about being grounded. What better way than to get our hands into some soil.
75 Years Ago
From the Vineyard Gazette editions of March, 1932:
RICK HERRICK
508-693-8065
Hurricane Noel — I guess you can call it a hurricane — recorded gusts of 72 miles an hour at the house when it hit East Chop on Saturday.
It was an interesting time to be here. I learned two lessons.
First, there is a difference between winds of twenty and winds of sixty miles an hour. At sixty, our little house shook, and there were white caps in the toilet. The grandfather clock changed its tune, and chimed according to the rhythm of the storm.
Margaret Knight>
508 627-8894
Norton Point was the place to be on Chappaquiddick this past Sunday. It was a beautiful peaceful day after the wild windy storm on Saturday and when Sidney and I walked out to check on the breach, we saw about 15 other Chappaquiddickers out there, plus a bunch of dogs.
