Barn House, that “tiny tribe or colony of writing and painting and thinking folk” on the South Road in Chilmark, though thriving healthily through the years in a privacy not much differentiated from freedom, celebrated an occasion on Saturday which demanded mention in the public prints.

From the July 27, 1982 edition of the Vineyard Gazette by Stan Hart: Softball may really be the national pastime.

At her fascinating studio in Edgartown, Miss Enid Yandell entertained more than 80 guests at tea Saturday afternoon.

From the July 13, 1948 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: The Oak Bluffs Airport operators entertained a weekend flight group of “Ninety-Nines.”

This is the interval of the year and the calendar when it is more fashionable to look ridiculous than to look attractive.

From the July 7, 1931 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: