Commentary
Autumn Arrives
By PHYLLIS MERAS
M ore than 150 friends and supporters of retiring State Rep. Eric T. Turkington honored him with a farewell party at the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society Hall in West Tisbury Sunday afternoon. Mr. Turkington, who has represented the Cape and Islands for the last 20 years, is stepping down to run for register of probate in Barnstable county in November.
From the Vineyard Gazette editions of September, 1933:
Cap’n Harty Bodfish, slayer of seals, sea-otter, reindeer and right whales, leaned out of the offshore window of Cromwell’s store and took in the details of a yacht race. Beside him stood the hardware salesman from the far west, and sundry others, actually listening as if expecting to hear the clicking of the veteran whaleman’s intellect as he checked off the various points of seamanship thus exhibited.
AIRPORT ADVERTISING
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
The following letter was sent to the Martha’s Vineyard Airport Commission:
The presentation by Luxury Media Partners to place advertising both outside and inside the airport terminal seems to have some merit in that would generate some income for the airport. There are, however, substantial detriments which it appears you have not considered or discussed.
SAVING THE STRIPERS
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
Rainy Days, and Busy
Mid-September is when Islanders heave a collective sigh of relief. We hear it in the reclaiming of beaches closed to the public all summer long, in the restaking of favorite restaurants and in the discovery of not just one, but many open parking spots just where we need them. Yet in Vineyard Haven Sunday afternoon, not a single space was empty from the top of Main street to the end. Side streets too were full — even the secret spot behind the Church street tennis courts.