From Gazette editions of August, 1960:

Piles of lumber, joists, furring boards of various lengths and thickness, all rapidly diminishing, and some scattered stones and lumps of mortar are all that remains of the Eastville Inn. Soon the ground will be cleared, raked over, no doubt seeded with grass, and another Island landmark will sink into oblivion.

OZZIE FISCHER MEMORIES

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

The following are comments from the Gazette Web site on the obituary for Albert O. (Ozzie) Fischer Jr.

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Mr. Fischer’s spirit will always flow throughout the Vineyard, without doubt. Through his hard work over his entire life, his graceful touch is indelible.

Catherine Burns

Seal Beach, Calif.

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A seven-piece modular home was assembled with a lot of fanfare last week in Oak Bluffs. Bill Potter, a general contractor with Squash Meadow Construction Inc., got his friends together, held an open house on Thursday and began to share the story about how Bruce and Renee Balter got their new two-bedroom house.

Childhood obesity is one of the nation’s fastest growing problems. At this point in time, almost one out of every three young Americans is overweight. The rate of childhood obesity has tripled over the past three years. In order to have a healthy America in the future, we must start with the youth and teach them good practices. The first obstacle to overcome is children’s eating habits and the food provided to them. The second is the lack of exercise among young Americans.

By REMY TUMIN

Max Eagan has always known the kitchen is where he belongs. He’s worked in restaurants since he was 14, studied under Island chefs such as Joe DaSilva and now he’s the executive chef of the Lambert’s Cove Inn, all without ever stepping foot in a culinary school.

First, let it be said that on the evening this critic attended the Vineyard Playhouse’s outdoor performance of The Comedy of Errors, Friday, July 22, when the weather was so warm it felt as if the entire Island was holding a Bikrum hot yoga class (for those unfamiliar with the workout, the purpose is to reproduce a boiling afternoon in Calcutta), the heat itself became a starring character.

Acting is an endurance sport. Don’t believe it? Go to the Grange Hall any Thursday, Friday or Saturday night for the rest of the summer and see one man’s theatrical version of the Ironman Triathlon.

Cynthia McGrath has always followed her heart — and at one point, the Grateful Dead. “I had started beading before college as a hobby,” Mrs. McGrath recalled in a telephone interview. “It was a way to make enough money follow the Dead around. That’s how it started in the very, very beginning. I was a little hippie and I would make these beaded necklaces I had made on a piece of velvet cloth. People would come and buy my stuff and then later on I’d get to see them dancing, wearing my stuff.

“Hi, is this Tim Conway?”

“Depends. Are you a bill collector?”

Already I’m laughing over the telephone. The comedian, star of movies and two of television’s most successful series of all time — McHale’s Navy which aired in the 1960s, and the 1970s Carol Burnett Show — is most likely older than 25, but his lighthearted manner makes him sound improbably young.

Chickadees flit through the chicory as wrens weave through rugosa, and monarchs quake the milkweed with each tremor of their small wings. But this isn’t where the wild things are — rather, it’s Periwinkle Studio in the Arts District of Oak Bluffs.

Judy Drew Schubert, the owner, opened her gallery to the public three weeks ago, giving these creatures the gift of flight and of widespread appreciation.