Time Machine Terms
July 5, 2012
Poem: Ferry to Chappaquiddick
Three cars, three minutes
each time, on time, just
in time, to midnight — metronome
for the separate island
releasing triptych cars which drive
twenty-five on one paved road
and less on dirt washboards
where rhythmed bumps punctuate
as fishermen, construction crews
returning shoppers buck and heave
on sand bunched like bedclothes
on a humid night when unquiet
July 5, 2012
Taxes Up, Census Down
From the Vineyard Gazette editions of July, 1970:
The preliminary census report released this week indicates that there are 318 fewer Dukes County residents this year than there were a decade ago.
July 5, 2012
Oak Bluffs, More Than a Region in My Mind
Throughout my high school years in Atlanta, Ga., in the 1950s, Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard was a region in my mind. I can still remember the image I had of the Island back then — an enchanted place with beautiful green grapevines gracefully covering a landscape with children roaming freely in and around them. One of those children was my classmate, Bobby Jackson, whose father was a prominent doctor in the city. Every summer Dr.
July 5, 2012
He’s Always Done More Than He Said
It’s Summer: Enjoy and Engage!
You may have heard Aesop’s quote, “After all is said and done, more is said than done.”
For Sam Feldman, philanthropy and getting involved is a way of life and, when Sam gets involved, it’s always, “when all is said and done, more is done than is said.”
Introduced to philanthropy at a young age by his mother and father, Sam started to get engaged himself early in life, including serving on the board of a large Baltimore hospital at age 21.
July 5, 2012
Title IX Opened Up a Whole New World, On and Off Ice
Title IX went into effect. on June 23, 1972. A few years later when I was a college student in Oswego, N.Y., I saw an ad in the school paper recruiting female students to play ice hockey. The school had both men’s varsity and junior varsity teams, and to comply with Title IX they decided to eliminate the men’s junior varsity and add a women’s varsity team. It sounded like fun and I went and signed up.
July 5, 2012
Chilmark
JANE N. SLATER
508-645-3378
(slaterjn@comcast.net)
Chilmark prepared for the Fourth of July in great style. We had a double rainbow one evening, the appearance of a full moon another, along with beautiful beach days and the arrival of many friends and family members. It should make for many happy memories for us all.
July 5, 2012
Vineyard Haven
NANCY GARDELLA
508-693-3308
(vhavenvgazette@yahoo.com)
What a beautiful and action-packed Fourth Wednesday was!
July 5, 2012
East Chop
RICK HERRICK
508-693-8065
(herricklr@verizon.net)
Lyn and I went on June 10, our 45th wedding anniversary, to watch the Sharks play the U.S. Military All-Stars in baseball at the high school. Laurie Howick generously provided the tickets. Unfortunately, the Sharks lost in a close game, 3 to 2.
