Chilmark Flea

The 44th season of the Chilmark Flea Market sponsored by the Chilmark Community Church begins on Wednesday, June 29 at the meadow on North Road. The flea market occurs every Wednesday and Saturday throughout the summer from 9 a.m. 2 p.m. It also comes complete with no admission charge and free parking.

The venerable flea has moved around quite a bit in its nearly five decade life, but no matter where it roosts it boasts the same high quality crafts from Vineyard artists and craftsmen, antiques, imports and vintage finds.

Page Earners

Why let the kids have all the fun? This year grownups get their own summer reading program at the Vineyard Haven Public Library, with prizes just like the kids and the teens.

Registration for the youth program begins Monday, June 27, in the children’s room at the library: Just sign up, log the books you read, and earn prizes including a T-shirt and gift certificates (ice cream, movies and more). Teens may register online at vhlibrary.org.

Union Chapel Opens

Union Chapel opens this Sunday, June 26, with Dr. Dorothy Watson Tatem as the guest preacher. This is her third visit and the beginning of the 141st season of Union Chapel.

Union Chapel is located in Oak Bluffs at the south end of Kennebec and Circuit avenues. An organ prelude by Garrett Brown begins at 9:40 a.m. and the service at 10 a.m.

Democrats Party

Vineyard members of the Democratic party will have a field services meeting and cookout on Satuurday, June 25 starting at the Oak Bluffs Senior Center at 21 Wamsutta avenue. The meeting is from noon to 1:30 p.m. and from 2 to 5 p.m. is the cookout at the home of Russ and Cathy Ashton at 21 Shawmut avenue. All senatorial candidates for 2012 have been invited.

FLAG FIX

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

Let’s all give a big thank-you to whomever dredged up the so-called flag bylaw in Tisbury and indirectly brought it to our collective attention. Such faceless mischief-makers are rarely recognized for catalyzing unintended consequences.

In all the hubbub two questions go unanswered: Where is the value added, and how is the public served?

Dawn Camille Baxter and Derrin Arthur Woodhouse were married Saturday, May 29, 2010 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Englewood, N.J. The Rev. Robert L. Shearer, the priest-in-charge of the church, performed the ceremony with the Rev. Charles L. Fischer 3rd, another Episcopal priest, participating.

Dawn is the daughter of Thelma Boozer Baxter and William C. Baxter of Englewood, N.J., and Oak Bluffs.

Dance Into Summer

Lisa Umberger and Dwight Arundale of Boca Grande, Fla., and Edgartown were married in an intimate ceremony on Sunday, May 8, at their home in Boca Grande. Family friend Donna Moore officiated with longtime friends Fred Berger and JoAnn Barwick serving as best man and matron of honor respectively.

Champagne and caviar were served after the ceremony, followed by a celebration dinner at the Gasparilla Inn. The couple have returned to the Vineyard for the summer and are planning a honeymoon later in the year.

Laura Marie Tilghman, daughter of Frank and Jeanne Tilghman of Newbury, Vt., and Ludovic Chan Razafindramazana, son of Kherounnissa Tombosoa and Chan Chong Tsiu of Maroantsetra, Madagascar, were married in October 2010 in Toamasina, Madagascar.

Kristin Mary Wilson and Daniel Oliver Jr. were married at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Mattapoisett at noon on Sept. 11, 2010. The Very Rev. Harry E. Krauss, Dean of the Cathedral of Saint John, Providence, officiated.

The receiving line was held at the family home on 40 Water street, where the bridegroom often visited his late paternal grandparents, Andrew Oliver and Ruth Blake Oliver of Boston. The reception was held at the Mattapoisett Casino where the Alex Donner Orchestra performed. The couple later departed on the catboat Seasons.