Commentary
PRAISE FOR HOSPITAL
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
I am writing this letter on the 17th anniversary of my wife Phyllis’ surgery, and the news that she was near death. And I am writing it at a time when health care is being argued. I am also writing in praise of the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, as you open your new wing. I want you to know how much I miss that Island hospital.
From Gazette editions of March, 1960:
Elsewhere appears the advertisement of the Mittark real estate agency of Gay Head, of which Lorenzo D. Jeffers is the proprietor, having been duly licensed and bonded. It is somewhat significant that Mr. Jeffers has chosen to call his agency “Mittark.” Mr. Jeffers is traditionally said to be a lineal descendant of Mittark and a hereditary chief in his own right, but more than that Mittark is credited with having entered upon a gigantic real estate deal of his own, back in the era of colonialization.
SHIPWRECK SCRAPBOOK
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
Mark Lovewell’s article concerning the wreck of the Mertie B. Crowley and the four Edgartown men involved in the rescue of the crew of that doomed vessel was very interesting. Capt. Levi Jackson lived just up the street from my family home. His crew were the fathers of people I grew up with. Their exploit is legendary in Edgartown.
End to a Distinguished Public Career
It is fashionable these days to criticize the United States Congress and all those elected to serve the citizenry in every congressional district across this land. There is a rising populist protest in the country and the anger is directed not only at the institution of Congress but at just about every incumbent representative who today claims to do the people’s business from the distant back corridors of Capitol Hill.
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The following letter was sent to the Edgartown selectmen from members of the Chappy Path Steering Committee:
As we all know, the debate continues on the merits of a multi-use path on Chappy. The good news is that we believe this will not go on forever. Here we outline four steps for bringing resolution to this thorny question: