Shine On

From a June, 1950 Gazette edition:

A retrospect of prohibition days on Martha’s Vineyard brings to light certain annals not unlike those familiar to the nation at large. It was inevitable that an Island conveniently situated off the coast and accessible from the sea would be involved in some of the activities of the era — and the Vineyard was, though many residents saw little or nothing of these activities and the community as a whole stood apart from lawlessness then as now.

From a 1972 Gazette edition:

The little white house behind shrubs at the corner of Cooke street and Tilton Way that, for more than three decades, has been a home away from home for household help in Edgartown, no longer will be welcoming the lonely next summer.

Mrs. Edna Smith, who in 1939, with the late Mrs. Louise Harper conceived the idea of the Open Door Club, a friendly, hospitable place where black help in Edgartown could come on their days off, cook their meals and rest a little, has been forced by poor health to sell her house.

A school of forty or fifty sturgeon was sighted off Wasque. Many Islanders had never heard of such a school before in these waters. The sturgeon were chasing the mackerel which ran right into the shore. All the sturgeon were big fish, believed to have run from 300 to 400 pounds apiece. It has always been said that when sturgeon arrived, the bluefish were here.

From a June. 1991 column by Arthur Railton:

Packing is a science, no doubt about it. Making the most of the space you’ve got takes talent. And that’s true whether you’re packing a carry-on bag for the weekend or the family possessions for a household move. A good packing job looks so easy. Just put this over there and that over here, and there’s space for everything.

Summer Curtain Call

From Gazette editions of June, 1984:

From Vineyard Gazette editions of June, 1909:

There was quite a ripple in quiet Edgartown on Saturday when the Tea Room on Davis Lane was opened, and one realizes at once, that it is a long-felt want in our summer life. The Tea Room, in connection with Mrs. Leonard’s Studio at the Arts and Crafts Cottage, was in gala attire, being a bower of daisies which were most kindly contributed by some of the children of the neighborhood; even they entered fully into the spirit of the occasion and did their noble best to beautify the place.