Opinion
In February William R. (Riley) Deeble died at the age of 94. I knew him first in 1938 as one of the members of the Vineyard Haven softball team.
The notice in the Gazette Calendar said “Menu will be a surprise.”
Electricity and gas were all sent into the Camp Ground in the summer only. The local people did not have electricity and gas.
March left us like a lazy lamb but April came in like a loony lion. Its first few days seemed more akin to the start of February.
Writing this comes as a surprise. I could never have imagined that a decision I made at age 21 would be such fodder for scrutiny today.
From the spring 1986 editions of the Vineyard Gazette: