Spritsail Retrospective - 20 Years by W Redwood Wright

This 39th iss ue of Spritsnil represe nts twenry years to acti on. Mary Lou remembers that I cri ed unsuc­ of publicadon. Twenry years is a long time. wonhy cessfull y to persuade the Fal mouth Histori cal Soci- of a re[fos pecdve look. ery (F H S) to publi sh a W hat is mo rc impo r­ _,,,_, journal before rurning to ra nt, the anniversary co­ the Woods Hole Histori­ in cid es with th e retire­ Spritsail cal Collection (WH H C). ment of M ary Lou and to her. I know thar I Smith. our editor from wanted any such under­ the ourse t. With this is- taking to embrace a co m­ sue we celebrate both munity la rge r than two decades of publica­ Woods Hole. don and rh e ex trao rdi­ nary accomplishments W ith some encourage­ of Mary Lou Smith. m CIH, my wife Mary and I did a little research in Beginnings Newpo rt and The precise ori gins of Edgartown. Dr. Daniel Spritsail are unclea r. I Snydacker. then [he ex­ had always thought thar ecutive directo r o f th e Falmourh should have a Newpo rt Historical Soci­ historical journal. A col­ ery. and Arthur Rail ro n. lege history major and a editor fo r life of the history buff. I was a Intelligencer. res ponded longrime member of warmly. In rh e fall of both the Newpon (Rl) Cover of rhe first SprilJllil- Vol. 1 No.1 , Summer, 1987. with 1986 we spent a day photo of Manha's Vineyard Summer Institute ( 1878·1902) an Historical Sociery and so unding them out about class. Ba ldwin Coolidge, artist-photographer. is ar [he far lefT. timetables, costs, budget, the Dukes Coun ry His­ Pborographer un known, 8" x 10". Courtesy Dukes COlln ry His­ to rical Sociery (now the torical Society. hours of work. so urces of Manha's Vineya rd His­ funding. choice of sub­ to rical Sociery). I rece.ived and enj oyed both jour­ jeer marter. and potential authors. Newport History nals. Newport History and the Dukes County was rh en in its 58th year of publica tio n. the Intelligencer. Intelligencer in its 28th. We learned a great deal fro m both men. Each gave us th e sam e impo rtanr advice. W hen WOods Hole ReflectiollS (1983) appeared. fo l­ lowed by The Book ofFalmollth (1986). 1 was stirred Firsr. publishing a journal is the most popular rhing a hi srori cal sociery ca n do, and, therefore, is a big 8

help in building membership. Second, publishing a generous SUppOH we have received allows liS to make journal is a big commitment. If we stan it, we should the first iss ue as big as necessary to do the job ri ght; be prepared to keep it going. we should set a superio r scandard from the stan!"

Armed wirh solid information and wi th the support But how many iss ues per year? I remember pushin g of the W HHC board, I called the editorial board of fo r a quarterly, but my more experienced colleagues the new journal to its first meeting on Jan. 5, 1987. counseled thar we should starr slowly. So there was Joining me were Mary Lou Smith, editor of The Book one iss ue, Volume I, No.1 in Summer 1987, and of Falmouth and Woods Hole Reflectiom, and Judy there have been twO a year ever since. Stetson, Jane Mclaughlin and Bruce C halmers, all people who had helped Mary Lou with both books. Finances were another concern . We pur together a Diane Jaroch, designer of the books, agreed to do at three-year budget projecting per iss ue costs of about least the first few issues. Floyd McCoy, a member of $2000 after the st.rrup year, estimated at $2800. the WHHC board of directors, al so joi ned us. The WHHC board agreed to put up $ 1000 to start.

There was no doubt that we would proceed, and Proposals for suppOrt were se nt to the Woods Hole that we would endeavor to maintain the high stan­ Community Foundation and the Falmouth Histori­ dards attained by The Book ofFalmouth and Woods cal Commiss ion , both of which were generous. We Hole Reflections. T here wo uld be diverse subject also approached the Falmouth Histo ri cal Society, maner, lively writin g. solid documentation, splen­ then headed by Oris Porter. Their board agreed to did illusrrarions, all set off by an open format on become involved from the start by co ntributing to good paper. The minutes of the April 6, 1987, meet­ rhe COS t in exd13nge for copies for irs members. ing confirm th at las t paine "It was agreed th at th e Coming up with a name for our new enterprise may have been the bi gges t chall enge. "Refl ecdons," "Echoes," "Nobska Light" were suggested at our first meeting, but there was no clear front-runner. We wres tl ed mightily with the ques ti on, but when Mardi Bowles suggested "Spritsail" the discus­ sion ended. "T he spritsai l is a small boat rig of respectable antiquity used around the wo rld," as Mary Lou noted in her inrroducrion to the first issue. The jaunty Spritsaillogo has graced ev­ ery cover for 20 yea rs. For clarification Paul Ferris Sm ith . designer DianeJaroch , editor Mary Lou Smich and Judy Stetson we added "A Journal of Falmouth His­ celebrate the publishing of T"t Book ofFa/mom". June 14 , 1986. Counesy Paul tory." Ferris Smi(h. 9

Baldwin Cool idge by John H. Garo, photOgra­ pher, Bos£on ...... the best portrait artist in the prepares ro rig a country." <:''1. 1910. Courtesy SPNEA. (Vol. 1 No. of dock, 1890. Baldwin Coolidge photo No.5 149. 8" x 10". Counesy I , Su mmer) 987, p. 4) WHHC. (VoI.1 No. 1, SlImmer 1987,p.9)

We reached agree ment on size (7 x 9 inches, 32-plus us registered with the Library of Congress. Spritsail pages) ; whether to use mailing envelopes (yes) and was undef\vay! retai l sales (yes, if possible). Judy vo lunree red to get Volume 1, Number 1, Summer 1987 T he cover of the hrSt iss ue, with 3G pages, was daf­ fodil yellow, betokening spring and new beginnin gs.

Jane Mclaughlin gOt us going in grand style with a biography of Baldwin Coolidge (I 845- 1928), the MassachusettS photographer who recorded scenes around New England for nea rl y hal f a cenruty with considerable emphasis on Cape Cod and the islands. Many of his extraordinarily clear and bea utiful pho­ tos had been used in both Wood< Hole Reflections and The Book ofFalmouth. Later, of course, they became the bas is for New ElIglnnd Views (I998), edited by Waterspout. Viewed fro m Conage Ciry (Oak Bluffs). One of Susan Witzell, Jane and Maty Lou, and published three SpOutS whi ch appea red benveen 12:45 and I :25 p.m . Wed nesda y. Augusr 19 . 1896. Martha's Vineyard rai lway in by WHHC with the cooperation of the Society for forg round , steamer Manha's Vineya rd af the dock. Baldwin the Preservation of New England Antiqui ties. Jane's Coolidge photo No. 5149,8" x 10". Courresy WHHC. (Vol. I article was accom panied by 13 of Coolidge's pho- No. I,Summer 1987.p.l l) 10

Art Railton, wishing us well ) and a poem: "Falmouth," by Katharine Lee Bates. Mary Lou and I welcomed readers of our new journa.l and Bruce C halmers wrote a short piece clari fy in g th e profusion of historical organizations in Falmouth.

Production The board met at Mary Lou's call, us ually in Bra­ dJey House or the Ratcliffe Room at the Woods Hole Library. Planning for the winter iss ue would be well underway before the summer is­ sue was at the publishers. We tri ed to have at least a rough idea of our major articles a year or so in advance.

The Vi llage Green and rhe Firsr Congregarional Church after 1857 ",hen rhe frame of rhe church was rolled north across the Green and placed in its present 1000tion on land donared by Baalis Shi ve ri ck. The phoro was made from a stereoscopic slide. Cou r· tcsy Falmouth Historical Socicry. (Vo l. 2 No. I, Winter 1988. cover and p. 2) ros, and the cover phoro of an arc class on Martha's Vineyard that incl udes Coolidge, two pages of foot­ nOtes and a tabul ation of Coolid ge's glass plate nega­ tives.

John T Hough, then publisher of The Falmollth En­ terprise, contributed a review of The Book ofFalmollth, inaugurating a long and valuable link between our journal and the local newspaper. The first issue also contained many features which have been charac­ teristic of Spritsai/ ever since: short biographies of 1---- ... ,.-- our authors. reports from the archivists of the Falmouth and Woods Hole historical societies (Harriet Quimby and Jennifer Gaines), informati on Architectural detai ls fro l11 the original Henry Vaughan draw. about museum hours. a letter ro the ediror (from ings for the Beebe Church. 1889. showing a section rhrough the chancd and the nOfth side elevation. Courresy Sr. Barnabas. (Vol. 3 No. I. \~inter 1989. cover and p. 10) 11

I had rh ought rhe long se ri es of monthly Conversa­ When rhe gall ey proofs were returned, rhe ard uous ri ons recorded by the WHHC would be a major re­ work of proof-reading began. lr was a two-person so urce, but rhat proved not to be rhe case. I spent job, one teading rh e gal ley and the other checking fascinar ing hours goi ng rhrough rhe transcripts but wo rd for word wirh rhe original. Occasionally cor­ soon recogni zed rh e ga p betwee n a verbal presenta­ rections or changes were made. Jane was parti cu­ tio n and a wr itten text. We may have adapted a few larly ca reful and accurare at this chore. Meanwhile of them into articl es over [he yea rs Mary Lou was busily locarin g pho­ but ir was cenainly nor rh e gold ros , skerches, maps and orher illus­ mine I anticipated. trative marerial. If more phoros were needed, Paul Ferris Smi rh and Most of rhe anides were developed Brllce, and, later, Janet Chalmers by the edirorial board . A cenain were always there, cameras at hand. structure was provided by a spate When all the marerial was ready, of anniversaries. There was the rhe des igner produced a page lay­ rri cenrennial of rh e Falmouth out and aner a final blessing by the Congrega tional C hurch, centenni­ edirorial board rhe whole package als of T he C hurch of rhe Messiah went off ro rhe printer. Receipt of and Katharine Lee Bates, and so the page proofs se t off another on. We tried ro develop themes, sc ramble of proofreading. In rhose such as [he issues on women sci­ ea rly days, it was es pecially impor­ emists (Vol. 2, No.2, Summer tant ro check for co ntinuiry from 1988) and the Civil War (Vol 5, page [Q page, to make sure no text No. I, Winter 199 1). We wel­ had been left out or ove rl apped. comed id eas and manuscripts and accepred almost all of those re­ George Washington Swift as a Union Sol­ While wa iring for the finished ceived "over the transom." Mary dier with musker and bayonet. Counesy product, we wo uld prepare for Lou was adepr at recruiting au­ Falmouth HisroricaJ Society. (Vol. 5 No. mailing. We had decided ro use en­ thors to pursue specific subjects; i, Winter 199i ,cover) velopes instead of sticking address she also never hesitated [Q per- labels on the journals to minimize suade a board member ro take pen in hand. I sus­ damage and keep our lovely covers unmarred. We pect rhat the fact of Spritsaifs existence may have felr, i'm sure, rhat each Spritsailwould be a co ll ecror's prompted some authors [0 come forward with ideas item! Bi g excitement at Mary Lou's when [he boxes or tex ts. arrived from the printer wirh 1000 or so copies of our precious journal. After a few minutes of delight Any material submitted would be read by every and mutual congrarulations, and an occasional groan member of [he edi torial board. Suggested changes when the ve ry rare rypo was found, everyone pitched were sent back ro the author; occasionally a board in ro stuff rhe envelopes and paste on the labels. member would be ass igned a re-write. The final text Roughly half of the press run was delivered to the was sent off to be set in rype, in the early years by Falmou[h Historical Sociery for [hem ro distribute. The Job Shop in Woods Hole. Complimentary copies were set as ide for au th ors, 12

Several dozen were kept for sale ar me Brad­ ley House, more were del ive red to our gra­ cious local rerailers: Bill and Caroline Banks at the Market Book Shop, Hank Epsrein and his wife, Hazel, at the Woods Hole Drug Store. Eastman's Hardware Store also carri ed Spritsfli! after an article was published (Vo!. 5, No.2, Summer 199 1) recounting the ori gin and growth of that three generati on enterpri se.

The stuffed envelopes we re divided in co piles by zip code as dictated by John Klink at me Woods Hole POS t Offi ce, under rules that seemed ro change fro m iss ue [0 issue. O ne rule called for twO rubber bands stretched just so around each pil e. T he chairman of the edi ­ Charl ie Eastman an d clerk ar d l C coumer of Eastman's Hard ware StOre. Notc rhe prodigious invemory of pai nrs, pors and pans, rools. and bi­ corial board deli vered me works CO the POSt cycles, as wel l as [he ri n-p ressed ceiling and hardwood Aoor, ca. 1918. offi ce late in the afternoon when the day's press Councsy rhe E.'lsrman f.1mily. (Vo l. 5 No.2, Summer 199 1, pp. 6-7) of business slacked off and John could di s­ tribute the stacks into the appropriate bags. Done! review of th e iss ue a few weeks later. Mary Lou re­ cruited th e revi ewers who were rarely critical! The Enterprise always ran a news story to announce the arri val of each new Spritsflil and also published a It took a while to settle on the size of the press run. We ordered 1000 copi es of the fi rst issue but actu­ ally received somewhat fewer. T he journal was well received, surely helped by an Enterprise re­ view by Dorothy Turkington. Copies were selll to members ofWHHC and FHS and rerail sales were brisk. In September we decided on a sec­ ond printing of 500 which turned out to be more than enough! We started the second volume with 1000 copi es then seesawed back and forth be­ tween 1000 and 1500 before fin al ly se ttling on 1200 which seems to cover both membership distribution and sales. O n occasion we have or­ dered a subsrantial number of extras, such as Vo l. 8, No.2, Summer 1994, with Lucy Coan Helfrich's history of Sea Educa ti on Association Sea Ed ucation Associa rion vessels \ ~srlU'lrd and Corwith Cm mt!r. which SEA wanted to make avail able to its Photo by Kathy Sharp Frisbee. (Vol. 8 No.2, Slimmer 1994, cover) alumni. 13

It also took a whi le to get the COSt stabilized. Our had to be merged into a uniform format before it first iss ue came to nearly $6600, including the sec­ could be printed. Now, thanks to Janet and Steve, it ond printing, more than double our estimate of is all very much simpler for the editors. $2800. We prompdy raised our price per copy from $3.50 to $5 bur as most copies were sent our gratis Early Years by the historical societi es that didn't help much. We The second iss ue (Vol. 2, No. I , Winter 1988) cel­ continued to seek and rece ive subsidies from both ebrated (wo anniversari es: th e tri centennial of [he the Falmouth Historical Commission and the Woods Falmouth Congregational Church and the bice nten­ Hole Com_lllunity Fou ndation, sought quotes from ni al of the ratification of the U. S. Constitution. The different printers and eventuall y gOt the price under cover showed the church in its present location. af­ contro l. The cost per iss ue varies with the number ter it had bee n ro ll ed across rhe street from the Vil­ of pages and the use of color, bur is now usually in lage Green. the $4,000 to $),000 range. Fred Turkington wrote the history of the church in Despite moving [Q Chicago, Diane Jaroch contin­ the first of many appearances in Spritsail. H e joined ued as des igner through the Summer 1989 iss ue, Vol. th e editorial board in 1989. Fred described the 3, No.2, helped by Carrie Fradkin. Hidden Studio changing relationship between the church and rhe prin ted several iss ues bur in 1990 all the work of community of Falmouth until about 1840. Then a des igning, and printing was taken over rypescning town hall was buiir on Main Street JUSt east of the by Ruth and Dave Shephard at The Job Shop in Woods Hole. The printing was a major undertaking fo r such a smaU enterprise, however, and in 1992 that chore was given [Q Baker Printing in New Bedford . In 1998, as the Shephards neared retire­ ment, rhe design and typesetting were taken on by The Village Printer of Falmouth, operated by Janet and Steve Chalmers. T he Vi ll age Printet and Baker (now Bakerdirect) have done the job very hand­ somely ever sin ce.

Production of Spritsn.il has also benefi ted from the technological adva nces of the last twO decades, es­ pecially personal computers and desktop publi sh­ ing. We starred out with manuscripts typed on a variety of a_ocient and modern machines (I used my grandmother's Remington Rand!) and even an oc­ casional handwritten letter. AJ I that had to be re­ typed, usually by Ruth Shephard, into the right type A sprits.-uJ boat at Sarah Fay's boat house, head of Lit de Harbor. fo nt to produce the gal ley proofs. Eventually some Fay homestead in cenrer background. Phoro by Sarah Bryant of us grad uated to laptops, but even this material Fay. CourresyWHHC. (Vo l. 2 No. I, Wimer 1998, p. 32) 14

Vill age Green and a shoo-in for president if Vi rginia fa il ed to ratifY the se paration of which would disqualifY George Washington. The church and state be­ vote was close bur clear. Within months three more came a real i ty. The states fo llowed SlI_it and the Constitution became law. uansirion had been long and gradual: in In an experiment, whi ch perhaps we should repeat, th e ea rl y yea rs no we asked high school students to wri te briefbiogra­ distinction existed phies of the delegates from their towns. Susa n Fitch between the Con­ of Falmouth wrote about Capt. Joseph Palmer. Joe g r egat i o n al Price of Bourne wrote about Capt. Thomas Nye and C hurch's business Dr. Thomas Smi th who represented Sandwich and and the town's, but Bourne. We could find no likenesses of these men, all that changed as but Bruce and I spent a happy sunny winter day Quakers and mem­ seelcing out their homes, wh ich Bruce photographed. bers of other reli - T he issue included a poem, "The Ratification Bal­ gious groups se tded lad," which had been sung in 1788 to the tune of Dr. Cornelia Clapp seated at her lab and became promi­ Yankee Doodle Dandy, and archivist reportS from table in Old Mai n, MBL, 1934. nent in th e commu­ Dorothy Svenning of Falmouth and Barbara G ill of Courtesy MBL. (Vol. 2 No.2. Sum­ ni ty. The principle mer 1988, p. 13) Sandwich. of separati o n of church and state was made the law of the land by Article V1 of the Constitu- tion and rh e First Amendment.

Massachusetts' ratification of the Con­ stitution in 1788 was the subject of the second anicle in thi s iss ue, which I wrOte. The yote in Massachusetts was crucial. Nine of the thirteen states had

to raufy the Constitution [0 put it into effect and only five had voted in favo r when the MassachusettS delegates as­ sembled in Bosmil. Ratification was not a sure thing as the western [Owns and some on Cape Cod were opposed. The spo nsors proposed severa] amendments to gai n support, amend.menrs which ul­ Mrs. James Beebe (center) surrou nded by members of {he Beebe and Fay fa mi­ timately evolved into the Bill of Rights. lies. Photo raken after Sunday luncheon at Hi ghfield in 1883. Sr. Barnabas Church was buill in 1889 as a memorial to James Madison and Esther Eliza­ They gO t John Hancock to announce beth Beebe by their eldest sUf\·jving so n, Edwa rd Pierson Beebe. Courtesy his support by hinting that he would be WHHC. (Vo!. 3 No. I, Winter 1989, p. 8) 15

O ur first spec ial iss ue appeared in Summer 1988, The author describes rhe story of St. Barnabas as "a Vol. 2, No.2, dedica ted [Q women scientists in rec~ ri ch tapestry ofs tone and fl esh" and indeed he makes ognirion of the centennial cel ebration of [he Marine it one, from rh e beginnings of the Anglican church Biological Laboratory. Pamela C lapp, who also soon in 16th cenrury England, through the first ordina­ joined our board, wrote about Dr. Corneli a Clapp, rion in rhe New World of an America n Episcopal the first student at the MBL in 1888, a beloved priesr in 1792, to The Church of the Messiah, es­ teacher at Mt. Holyo ke Coll ege, and her distant rabli shed by Joseph Story Fay in Woods Hole 60 cousin. Mary D raper Janney provi ded the story of years larer. There fo ll owed what the aurhor cal ls "a Mari a Mitchell , th e Nanru ckcr astro nomer who genteel ecclesiasti cal encoun ter" between Mr. Fay and ta ught for many yea rs at rh e fami ly of James Vassar Coll ege. Our Madison Beebe, builders poem was a delightful of Tanglewood and piece by Carole ales, us­ Highfield Hall. Despire ing Mitchell's own words wrangling, the new par­ to describe plucking a ish was esrablished in hair from the head of a 1888. T he co nsrru cri on child [Q create crosshairs -.... of St. Barnabas church for her relescope. Jenni­ and the li ves of irs firsr fer Gaines contributed an six rectors cornplcrc rhe essay on student fU ll at story, amply illusrrared the MBL, a nd Molly wirh photos and arch i­ Dreyer submitted a letter recruraJ drawings. from her grandfather Ed­ ward Gardiner about Summertime on PCI1 l.1.nce Poine. D iving off {he float at The In [he same iss ue was an­ Anchorage. Wa rbassc phOlO album . Courtesy \'(IHHC. (Vol. 3 M BL life in the summer No.2, Summer 1989, cover and p. 16) orher fim for Spritsail, a of 1890. Because Maria perso nal memoir, (h e Mirchell broadened our horizo ns well beyond rh e harrowing ra le of a mother and her three children Upper Cape - to rh e srars, in f."r - we ex panded alone on Basse rr's Island in Pocasset in rhe grear New our name and became SpritJai/, A j Olirnal Ofthe His­ England hurricane of 1938. T he family went from a tory of Falmollth and Vicinity, which gave us all rh e glorious Seprember mo rn ing, with no hinr of bad leeway we needed. wea rn er) ro horror and fear as [he sro rm waves cov­ ered their sandspit island and filled rh e ce ll ar of rh eir T he 1989 Winrer iss ue, Vol. 3, No. I, sporred a strik­ summer home with saJr water. With a dory tied ro ing cover: an architect's draw in g of a cross section of rh e back door as a laSf direh escape ro ure, rhey Sr. Barnabas C hurch, prinred on rranslucenr paper wa tched (he wa rer rise, srop and eventuall y srarr to known as vellum to inrrodu ce an arcicl e celebraring recede. the centennial of rhe church by The Rev. Thomas E. Adams Jr., rhen assisranr recror. T his was Spritsaifs The memoir was wrirren by Emily T Porrer and given firsr piece devored ro a building, one of rh e land­ to me by her daughter Nancy Porrer Hardon, who marks of our rown. was 10 ar rhe rime of rh e Sfo rm . I lea rned of the 16

MBL srudenr in the field. Courtesy MBL. (Vol. 2 No.2, Summc, 1988, p.36) Borany Class on Collecting Trip, 1895. Baldwin Coolidge photO No. 7664. Co ur~ [csy M BL. (Vol. 2 No.2, Summer 1988, p. 9)

The srea m launch, Sagirrn, tOwing swdenrs and insrructOrs back from an MBL picnic in 1894. Baldwin Cool idge photo No. 7393. (Vol. 2 No.2, Su mmer 1988, cover and p. 34) 17

man uscript much later when I met Nancy at a meeting of the trustees of [he Bermuda Biological SratiOll.

Bygone Days The next issue, Vol. 3, No. 2, Summer 1989, opened with a more serene memoir: James Warbasse's re miniscences of su mmers at Gladheim, his famil y's house at the tip of Penzance Poi nt. He desc ri bed a life whi ch no longer ex.ists. the leisurely summer days of a wealthy fa mily before Wo rld Wa r I, when chauffe ured automobiles were replac­ ing horse-drawn carri ages, and the [fip from Penza nce to the Woods Hole post office was an adven[ll re . Falmouth's Village Grecn. 1989. Phoro by Bruce Chal mers. (Vo l. 4 No.1 . \'(finter 1990. p.2) In th e sa me iss ue was Fred Turkington's ar- lighting, and in 19 11 a new generating plan t was ticle on the eiecrrifica tio n of Falmouth, another tech­ constructed on the west side of Falmouth Harbor in nological advance in the ea rly 20th Century. T he a buildi ng that had been an old ro ll er skati ng rin k fi rst ge nerating plan t in Falmouth, coal-fired, was on the Falmouth Heights side of the harbor. Kn own bui lt in 1909 off Depot Ave nue. The new power as uth e Parthenon" because of th e row of wooden source was ex tremely popu lar, especiall y for streer columns supporti ng its f"cade, it was capable of pro­ ducing an astonishing 1500 ki lowattS. Fred's story was based mostly on articles in Tbe Enterprise and on the Falmoutll Town ReportS, plus a couple of old-timer in te rviews.

The electrification story was made personal in an article by Clarence Anderson, who grew up in .:;:.. Falmoudl as the times were changing. As a child he tin kered with radios and in 1926, at the age of 14, - - - - ="""'... -~ ... went to wo rk fo r the Cape Cod Electric Company where he did everything from house wiring to dig­ .-.~~~~~~--...... ~~~ ging ditches to replacing screet light bulbs as the town -; --._- went electri c. In "T he Enlightenment," Judy Stetson Nobskn breaks her way through the ice with suppl ies for Na n­ completed the story with a reprise of Ente rprise ad­ rucket Island during rhe freeze-up of 1961. Courtesy Woods Hole, Manha's Vineyard and Nanrucket Steamship Authoriry. ve rtisements marki ng th e switch fro m kerosene lights (Vo l. 4 No.2, Summer 1990, pp.10-11) to electricity. 18

By the end of our third year. then. Spritsail had in­ In 1990 Floyd McCoy left Woods Hole for a posi­ troduced the major themes it would continue [Q tion in Hawaii and Pamela Clapp joined the board. pursue: anni versaries, war, significant buildings, bi­ Membership was unchanged until six years later ography and memoirs. technology. and day-to-day when I resigned because Mary and I we re spending activities, both summer and winter. In shorr, the stuff most of each winter on the Was hington coast. Judy of history. The bal­ Stetson became ance of this retro­ board chai r and spective will deal poet Eric Edwards with such subject was elected. Fred • areas rather th an Tu rkington re­ conrinue as chro- signed the following nology. year but kept on writing articles. In First. though. 2000 Ba rb ara wa nt to recognize Kanellopoulos be­ the dedicated vo l­ came a member. af­ unteers who have rer contributing a served on Spritsllifs splendid article the editorial board year before on the through the years. Greek families in Falmouth. Pamela Bruce Chalmers C lapp Hinkle re­ died in 1990 at the signed in 2003 and age of 83. He had Elea nor Bronso n­ been co-author of Hodge, travel wri ter the lead article on and Spritsflil con­ the Village Green. tributor. joined the in Vol. 4. No. I. The Falmouth Triccnrcnnial Quil t was prese nted to the tOwn of Falmourh board. Daniel Winter 1990. The on June 15, 1986, the 300[h anniversary of [he signing of (he (Own charrer. Robb. who had following iss ue. Working fro m paimings (hat Louise S. ProclOf adapted from (he Book of Wfl nen a book Falmouth , 33 women created the fabric scenes representing (he ten vi llages about Penikese Is­ (Vol. 4. No. 2. of Falmouth and the Falmouth Vill age Green. Another 40 women spent six land. served fo r one Summer 1990). weeks hand quilting. The project was co·ordina(cd by Elizabcrh B. Owens. ca rri ed a memorial Phoro by Bruce Chalmers. Counesy Fa lmouth Hisrorical Commission. (Vol. issue only in 2005. to him as well as hi s 4 No. I. \'(timer 1990, cover) Also last year. E. ca reful chronology Graham Ward and of ferries to the islands. He was an amhor. photog­ Maria C. Ward became the latest members. Now rapher. valued friend and colleague; and he helped retired. both are ex perienced editors. immensely in getting Spritsllil under way. Happily his daughter-in-law. Janet C halmers. agreed to join Spritsllil has bee n fortunate to have had little turn­ the board and has se rved ever since. over in 20 years. and especially so in the three sral- 19

wart individuals who have been ,here from cl1 e S[art ofthe 1926 contest to put cl1e poem to music. Nearly - Jane Mclaughlin, Judy Stetson and our superb 900 co mpositions were submitted; none was found editOr Mary Lou Smith. worthy. Eventually a hymn tune written by Samuel Ward in 1882 became cl1e popular choice and is the Anniversaries melody we sing tOday. T he cover photO superim­ 1989 was the 1OO,h anniversa ry of ,he consecration poses the poem , in its author's own hand, o n the image of the Congregational Church, the Vi ll age of the stO ne C hurch of the Messiah building in Green and the Aagpole. Woods Hole, an even t marked at the church by an exhibit in ,he pari sh hall , Fisher House, and by a se rvice of celebration including an oral histOry pre­ In 1995 The Falmollth Enterprise celebrated its cen­ sentation by parishioner Lauren Carson. The event tennial and the Summer iss ue of Spritsail (Vol. 9, was described in Vol. 4, No. 1, W inter 1990, by Jen­ No.2) contained a message from ,he editOrial board nifer Gaines, who added material from the WHHC recognizing that milestO ne. Acknowledging that archi ves including century-old bills from local busi­ newspapers provide the raw material of history, we nesses to ,he church. The issue also included a recol­ noted that The Emerprise had been cited as a source lection by Sarah Bryant Fay, daughter of cl1e founder, in more ,han half of the articles published in Spritsail, of ,he original dark reddish brown wooden church and we expressed appreciation to the Hough family StrllCture and activ ities in volving the church. wh ich had owned, published and ed ited the newpaper for the laS[ 66 of ,hose 100 years. T he close relati onship of Spritsail and The Enterprise and The cover of that iss ue was a reproducrion of rh e Falmoucl1 Tricentennial Quilt which was created to celebrate the 300th annive rsary of the tOwn's incor­ poration in 1686. The work of some 30 Falmouth women, the quilt shows ,he Village Green and sur­ ro unding buildings and other sce nes of the tOwn. It is on permanent display in cl1e Falmouth Public Li­ brary.

In ,he summer of 1993 ,he Falmouth HistO rical So­ ciery celebrated the centennial of "America cl1e Beau­ tiful," cl1e poem by Ka,harine Lee Bates which many think should be our national anthem. Robert H . Bidwell of FHS described, (Vol. 7, No. 2, Summer 1993), the trove of memorabili a donated by Chan­ cIIer Jones, who had for many years owned ,he house on Main Street where Miss Bates was born . There A ra re phorograph of Katie (Katharin e Lee we re letters, books, newspaper clippings, and pho­ B:ues) as a baby, which appeared in her biog­ tOgraphs, many of whi ch we re on display during the raphy, "Dream and Deed '" by her niece Mrs. centennial gala. Mr. Bidwell also included the stO ry George Sargent Burgess. Courtesy the author's heirs. (Vo l. 7 No.2, Summer 1993. p. 23) 20

Browne Li ttell followed with an article on the ea rly days of rac ing at the yacht club. with line drawings of some of the vessels. Two mas ter small boar sa il ors were profiled, Prince Crowell by Judy Stetson and Sam Cahoon by John Valoi s. The iss ue closed with a poem on sailing by Gordon Todd, long active in WHHC, who had died ea rli er in 1996.

Sprirsail Accr readying for race at Woods Hole Yacht Club, ca. 1900. Crowel l Collection . Courtesy WHHC. (Vol. 10 No.2, Summer 1996. p. 2) In Winter 1998, (Vol. 12, No. I), Spritstlil published another the Houghs cominues. viz. Margaret Hough Russell's poem. by Eric Edwards, celebrating the bicenten­ arcicl e on the Strawberry Festival in the Winter 2006 nial of the East End Meeting House in Hatchville. a issue. (Vol. 20. No. I). Congregational church for much of that time bur reborn as Falmouth's first synagogue when the East The Woods Hole Yacht Club reached 100 in 1996. Congregati o nal Reli gio us Society gave It to and Spritsnil celebrated with one of its few iss ues Fa lmouth's Jewish congregation in 1982. devoted to a single topic. John Valo is. a member of the club for nearl y half of that century. led off with a A four-hundredth anniversary was observed in Sum ­ 14-page history. The club was founded by a mix of mer 2002 with an article by James Mavo r on men: residents of the recently developed summer Bartholomew Gosnold 's voyage to Cape Cod and colony on Penzance Point, year-round Woods Holers of varyi ng occu parions who enj oyed sail ­ ing small boats. and local businessmen. The ori gi­ nal yacht club building was set on pilings at the end of a 200-foot dock; it is now the MBL Club. firmly on shore. John described the growth of the club from the big yacht era before the De­ pression. through the highly competitive yea rs of racing Cape Cod Knockabouts. to todar's mul­ tifaceted club whi ch places an emphasis on younger sai lors. The article is amply illustrated with photos of brass-b uttoned commodores, go r­ geous big schooners and small boats of many kinds. including, of course, spritsai ls. Prince Crowel l ar {he helm of Imp in Woods Hole passage, 1959. Ph ot'O by Dorothy I. Crossley. (Vol. 10 No.2, Summer 1996, p. 27) 21

during the Ameri can Revolution. Writ­ ten as a history paper when he was an undergraduate at Harvard, it was re­ vised a.nd publi shed in Winter 1999 (Vol. 13, No.1) to coincide with the first fe-enaCtment of rhe British assault by sea on FalmoUlh in April of 1779.

The article indicated the ad hoc nature of priv3 rcering, or in rhe author's words "sporadic, opportunistic and mosdy th e res ult of individual act ion," on both Gosnold at the Smoki ng Rocks. oil on c:tnvas paiming by Wi lli am A. Wall, 1842, sides of the conAicr. T he rebels con­ on display at New Bedford Whaling Museum. Phmogrnph published COUrtesy of si dered rh emselves parriors and called New Bedfo rd \'(Ihal ing Museum. (Vol. 16 No.2. Summer 2002. cover) rhe British picaroons. T he Tories co n­ his shorr-lived serdement ofCutryhunk. Jim has con­ sidered rhemselves British belligerenrs. Both thought, rriburcd many anicles [Q Spritsail, frequendy on 3.f­ with some justification. that the opposition were little cheological subjecrs including his own research on more than pirates. srone work. In Gosnold's case he provided a sc hol­ arl y account of ea rl y explorari on of New England Small vessels call ed whaleboats were used in local starrin g with Giovanni Verrazzano in 1524. The ar­ waters. These were more subsrantiaJ than those car- ticle covers a grea t deal of ground, raises a host of fascinari ng ques tions and answers a few of them. Eri c Edwards completed the rribme with a poem enrided "Gosnold's Fooring (After 400 Years)" graced wid, Julia C hild's sketch of a sassafras twig.

And then rhere is this issue, Vol. 20, No.2, Summer 2006, celebraring SpritJaifs own 20th anniversary!

Seafaring The sea and th ose who ve nture out upon it are a common th eme in any coas tal community, a theme found in many of Spritsniis issues. There have been a few anjclcs, howeve r, which are mainly devoted to seaf.'l ring.

The first of rh ose in histo ri cal terms was Willi a.m Elijah Swift, 1774- 1852, fou nderofrhe Swift fum­ Munson's account of privareering in Vineyard Sound ilywhaling industry. CoUrtesy Falmouth HislOri­ cal Soc i c~'. (Vol. 12 No.1 , Wimer 1998, p. 2 1) 22

Falmouth from 1707 to 1723 and may have started the tradition. T here was also a short article by Townsend H ornor about the Time Ball which was dropped each noon at the Fish Commission in Woods Hole in the late 19th Century, and an article by Jenn ifer Gaines describing the nautical weathervanes in the village.

W haling out of Woods Hole, Falmouth's only deep water POrt, was described in Vol. 12, No. I, Winter 1998, by E. Kent Swift Jr. , going back to his great­ Chief Harold Backus stand ing by generaror in engine room of grear grandfather ELijah Swifr. T he narrative included Admltis, ca . 1945. Courtesy WHO I. (Vo l. 11 No.2, Summer an artempted mutiny by South Sea islanders. It was 1997. p. 5) illusrrared wirh pain rings and photographs, most from the Falmouth Historical Society. ried later aboard whales hips. They we re manned by up to 15 men and boys, maneuvered under sail and In "From Sa il to Steam to Diesel," James Warbasse oars and perhaps armed with a swivel gun. It was an recounted rhe histOry of the island fe rries in Vol. 4, uphill struggle for the rebels, who were limited to a No. 2, Summer 1990. He conce ntrated on the steam­ kind of guerrill a war as the Royal Navy ruled the ers which began service in Woods Hole in 1828 and local waters with an armed sloop based in Tarpaulin reached a zenith in the years before World War II. Cove. Nevertheless some prizes were taken and the The article was accompanied by rhe ferry chronol­ British were compell ed to maintai n a presence. ogy compiled by Bruce Chalmers and by wonderful

The article was illustrated by reptoduc­ tions of two paintings by Franklin Lewis Gifford (1854-1936). a self-taught artist and descendant of one of the first settlers of Woods H ole. The paintings depict the , , British assault in 1779 and show some "whaleboats." Herman Ward completed the scene with a poem evoking a more tranquil peacetime Tarpaulin Cove.

T he nautical theme of the issue con tin­ ued with an article by Karen Allen on "Joseph's boats" which we re decaying do­ ries hauled as hore and planted with fl ow­ Old Srone Dock in Falmomh , originaUy built in 1801 , destroyed in The Grear Srorm of 18 15 and rebui\r in 18 17. Painting by Franklin Lewis Gifford ers. T he name was used locally in honor in the 1930s. Courrcsy Faimomh Hiscorical Society. Photo by Paul Ferris of the Rev. Joseph Metcalf who served Smith. (Vot. 13 No. I. Winter 1999. inside back cover) 23

phoros of the elegant side-wheelers and the larger lar vessels, the Corwith Cramer working out ofWoods propellor-driven vessels used in later years. Hole and the Robert Seamans on the West Coast.

The 142-foot ketch Atlantis, for 30 years fl agship of The SEA story was rold by Lucy Coan Helfrich in the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, was the the Summer 1994 iss ue (Vol. 8, No.2), with a lovely subject of one of Spritsaits rare issues devoted to a cover phoro of Westward and the Corwith Cram" single article (Vo l. II , No. 2, Summer 1997). The under fu ll sail. Her article includes the hisrory of article was written by Wi lli am B. Cooper ofQuissett, SEA's Quissett headquarters on Woods Hole Road, , who signed on the A-boat as ordinary seaman in the which evolved from a 2S-room Victorian summer summer of 1944, at the age of 17. Bill served on "cottage" built in 1889 by a Boston woolen manu- Atlantis fo ur yea rs, working with a series of fascinat­ ing characters - skippers, mates, cooks and deckhands including many "squareheads" of Scan­ /' dinavian birth who had sa iled on the big square­ rigged cargo vessels. His 3G-page tale is crammed with wo nderful anecdotes of li fe afl oat and ashore, in Woods Hole and Bermuda and other pons, in the waning days of World War II and ea rly post-war days. Atlantis served WHOI until the mid-I 960s, but some of the men who sailed her continued ro enliven the local scene for decades longer, including second-matc ru_rned marine contractor Dan Clark and Bill Cooper himself.

T he article is wonderfully well-illustrated with pho­ ros from the WHOI archives, of the A-boat under construction and under sail , of science and other shipboard activities, and of the men who sa iled her.

Woods Hole was not long without a sailing ship. Within a decade of the A-boat's departure, Cory Cranler brought Westward to the harbor as schoolship for the Sea Education Association, or SEA. Westward was a handsome steel-hulled I 25-foot staysail schoo­ ner which SEA purchased in 1972. Mr. Cramer had conceived of SEA ro provide college-age students an alternative educational experience which would com­ bine classroom studies with work and research at sea. Westward has been retired but SEA now has twO simi- View along smrbo.. trd side aboard Allantis under fUll sail . PhOto by Don Fay. Courtesy WHOI. (Vol. II No.2. Summer 1997. p. 36) 24

facturer. The house The prisoner of war was George Washington Swift was remodeled by the of Waquoit who was captured in October, 1864, in Whirremore fam il y, the Shenandoah Valley and was kept in a military also ofBosron, in the prison in Salisbury, NC, until liberated as the war yea rs before Worl d ended. His searing journal was put into context by War l, and was ac­ Fred Turkington, who researched Falmouth's ro le in quired by SEA in the war and even visited Salisbury. The second mem­ 1985. It is now the oir, provided by archivist Harriet Quimby of the James L. Madden Falmouth Historical Society, was by George S. Jones Center for Maritime and covers the years 1853-1857. Fi ve yeaTS later, aged Studies, named for a 22 and a student at Harvard, he vol unteered in re­ former SEA chair­ sponse to Pres ident Lincoln's call and served for al­ man. SEA has ben­ most a year. The two narrati ves are connected by a Sai lors wilh local young bdies on efited from its loca- poem written by Warren L. C hadwick, also a pris­ the \'(Ioads Holc drawbridgc. Pri4 tion as scientists, oner of the Confederates, reprinted from The Book va re collecti on. (Vo l. 9 o. I, technicians and oth­ ofFfllmollth . Wi lller 1995, p. 38) ers from the existing scientific institutions have provided expertise and The impact of World War 11 on Falmouth was the equipment and mentoring, while the community has subject of the Winter 1995 issue (Vo l. 9, No. 1), in benefited from the enthusias ti c yo ung students and very different views by two frequent contributors. the talented professionals of SEA. Fred Turkington mined the fil es of The Enterprise to provide an account of the buildup at Camp Edwards War and other military activities on the Upper Cape, in­ Like th e sea, wartime has provided a continuous cluding amphibious landing exercises on Falmouth's theme in th e life of our community and in beaches. Susa n Witzell descri bed wartime life in SpritJflil, but the subject was featured in only tWO iss ues bes ides those already mentioned.

The Winter 1991 issue (Vol. 5, No.1) in­ cluded twO personal narrati ves which. as the introducti on noted, "illustrate starkly the watershed nature of the U.S. C ivil War. One is the almost idyllic account oflife in a mid­ century seacoast village, seen through the eyes of a teenaged Falmouth boy who was later to serve in the wa r. The other is the grim memo ir of a survivor of that war, a One hund red and eighry. ninc vercrans marching up Main Srreet on Scp. young Falmouth man who fought for the rember 12, 1946, whcn rhc rown celebr:ucd a \'(Ielcomc Home Day for its Uni on, was captured and spent five winter soldiers, sa ilors. marines and airmen of\Xforld War II . Courtesy 71J~ Falmollth months in a Confederate prison camp." Emupriu. (Vol. 9 No. I, Wimer 1995 , p. 23) 25

Woods Hole. with tourism shtl! down. the Oceano­ graphic Institution gea ring up to help the war ef­ fort. and a strong Navy prese nce in the vi ll age. Her story was based largely on interviews with those who were there and on the WHHC archives. particularly the O ral HistO ry Program.

The cover is one of my f.1vorires. [[ shows about three dozen helmeted soldiers tread ing water offWashbufIl Island in full field equipment. while the perk y Spritsnil logo bobs in the background!

Gardens Three 10ve1y iss ues described the ga rd ens of Woods Hole. jane Eugene and Lotawana Nims on the second floor Casl porch at M c Laugh l in The L1rchcs in Woods Hole, Massachuscns. ca. 1940. (Vo l. 8 wrOte o f rh e No. I, Wimer 1994 , cover) Mary Garden blue and white. named for the Virgin Mary and in­ and Angelus bell [ower o n Ee l cludes other religious names. It is a tranquil sanctu­ ary on a busy summer day in Woods Hole. Pond. in Vol. 6. No.2, Summer 1992. Lo cated T he Winter 1994 issue (Vol. 8. No. I) ca rried a de­ across th e street scription of the landscaping and gardens of a woman from St. joseph with the wonderful name of Lotawana Fl atau Nims. C hurch. the including those at The Larches. her 44-acre estate [ower and rh e near Nobska Point. Author of the article is judith garden were the Lang Day. a landscape des igner and grand ni ece-in­ gifts of Frances law of Mrs. Nims. Vicw of th e Mary Garden from wi thin Crane Li ll ie aft er (he oramrr of the Bell lower. 198 L her conversion to Mrs. Nims also created a showplace at Bee Tree Farm rhoto by Joseph Neary. (Vo l. 6 No. 2. Catholicism in outside St. Louis. On both estates. judy Day wrote. Summer 1992. p. 16) the I 920s. jane "the houses si t high on a hill dominating the sur­ described the ro unding area, but in her gardens it is difficult to constrllction of the tower, including its handsome teU where narure srops and the work of man begins. " bronze door with six scenes from the life of Sr. jo­ She would "rum swamps into mirror pools and po i­ seph. the planting and layout of the garden and the so n ivy thickets intO slopes of gold." and her motto many works of sculpture commiss ioned by Mrs. was "to buy a package of seed and go to work." Lillie. The garden is planted with Aowers. mostly 26

Chambers of England came to the Carl ton estate in 1923 and spent the remainder of their li ves there. Bernard Cavanaugh and Frank Cassick wo rked the Wheelwright estate wh ile Alden Cahoon (father of Sam Cahoon. the famous small boat racer) was in charge for many years at the W hitney estate. suc­ ceeded by James Hallen. Grant Lunn and Henry Rogers. Al l these men were fami liar figures in Woods Holei many of th eir descendants are still in town.

Perhaps the most fa mous gard ener was Michael Ted Firzelle planting Rower seedlings. Courresy Ted and Meg Walsh who worked for the Fay fami ly and devel­ FirLClle. (Vol. 19 o. 2. Summer. 200S. p. 7) oped the rambler rose along with many other hy­ brids. He received gold medals for his pioneering T he article discussed T he Councry Place Era (1880 work. On rhe C rane estate on Juniper Point (h ere to 1940) when the great American private ga rdens were Albert Swain Jr. • whose fa ther wo rked at the were created. and described the planning and Anchorage on Penzance Poinr, and {'\vo SCOts, James plantings at both Nims estates. Mrs. Nims so ught Goodfellow and John Tail. Mr. Tait retired to Lesli e advice from great ptofessional landscapers like the Screet where he had his own large garden. O lmsted Brothers. but as often as not disregarded it and wenr her own way with her residenr gardeners. Then there were Nelso n Cahoon at White Crest and The story is illustrated with lovely photographs; it John and O live Martin at Gansen Poin r. In Quissen ends with the author's efforts to bring back the bea uty there were Leander Blomberg at Red Oaks. his of The Larches. nephew Carl Frank at the Marshall Estate. and

The Larches was featured again. along with other great local es tates. in Susan Wirzell's account of the gardeners and ca retakers of Woods Hole (Vo l. 19. No.2. Summer 2005). another issue devoted [Q a single article. Susa n concemrared on the skilled wo rkmen who built and main­ tai ned the ga rdens. and on their fa milies. At T he Larches. that included Gabriel Benencourt and Manuel Duarte. both from the Azores. and Ted Firzel le who now cares for the Clark estare on Penzance Point.

Three other nearby ga rdens were the Carlton estate. the Wheelwright House and the Whitney Michael \'(Ialsh wi rh a hydrangea. 1896. Phorograph by Baldwin es tate. al l on Church Screer. William and Ann Coolidge. Counesy W HHC. (Vo l. 19 No.2. Summer. 200S. p. 19) 27

talented musician. Bill Simmons, oceanog­ rapher and cellisr. became a regular when he came to town in 1967.

The musicians played almosr entirely for their own enj oy menr and uplifr bur occasionally prese nted public concens. The program for one of those. in 1947. charaC[er istically li sts rhe women performers as Mrs .• followed by their husbands' names. The article begins with a thoughrful essay on the narure of "house music" and how it affects rhe part icipants.

Some of the "' house musicians" on Millfield Srreet in \944-45. Back row, left Two years later Dick (DeWitt C.) Jones pro­ to right: Wisrar Janney, Paul F. Smilh ,Jack Dccius, front row: P:l[S}' Redfield, Mary Janney and Mary Lou Smith. (Vol. 8 No. I, Wimer, 1994, p. 3 1) vided a li vely review of rhe rh earer in Fal mouth over 70 years. "C urtain Ri sing" Clarence Fi sh at the Fenno Estate. all fam ili ar names Summer 1995. (Vol. 9. No. 2). had a cover showing in rhe co mmunity. Marga rer Sullavan and Hen ry Fonda in 193 1. Much of the tal ent was home grown, as with th e music, Arts and Entertainment bur mere were several profess ional or semi-profes­ Cultural enrichment has taken many forms in sional [Coupes over the years. Home-grown was rep­ Falmouth. some ofir imported bur mosr ofir home resented starting in the 1920s by the Penza nce Play­ grown. ers who put on summertime dramas over some 55 yea rs; professionals by the University Playe rs which Cecelia Fuglisrer and William Simmons broughr performers like Jos h Logan and Jimmy wrore in rhe Summer 1993 iss ue. (Vol. 7. No.2). of informal music making ar [he Fuglisrer house in Woods Hole. Cecelia and her husband Fri tz were en­ thusiastic violinists and genial hosts who initiated musical evenings at thei r Ju­ niper Poin[ home ea rly in Wo rld War II. The strong bond berween music and science was ev ident fro m the start (Fritz was an oceanographer) and the en­ semble grew as scientists came to Woods Hole during and afrer [h e war. One ea rly member of the group was Mary Lou Smi[h. editor of this journal and a ClOC, 1977. "H.M.S. Pinafore" wirh David Cantor as Sir Joseph Porrer, K.C.B. Phoro by Andy Momrol!. Courtesy C LOC. (Vo!. 9 No.2. Summer. 1995. p. 10) 28

1976 \'(Ioods Hole parade sreps our with Albert Szem.Gyorgyi as Uncle Sam and Phyllis Goldstein as fifer. CoUrtesy Phyllis Goldstein. (Vol. 16 No.2, Summer 2002, p. 39)

Mayo r Dick Jones addresses {he posr·parad(" garh(" ring in from oC th(" Quissert Ha rbor House. Phoro by Carl Bowinc 1976. (Vol. 16 No.2, Summer 2002, p. 29)

Carl Beverly, Prince Sea rs Crowel l Jr., Prince Crowel l, Polly Crowel l. Loren Crain , Olive Beverly. arleron Beverly. Joann Gcsscrman , FRxI. Feiderand Prince Scars CroweUI II , 1966. Photo by DorOlhy I. Crossley. (Vol. 16 No.2, Summer 2002, p. 38)

Charles Blevi ns. Dick Jones and Fr("C lon Morris. Jr., le ld [he 1954 Quissc(r parade as lhe SpiriroC '76. Cour­ tesy Dick Jones. (Vo l. 16 No.2. Summer 2002. p. 29)

Protesting rhe proposed McDonalds fran chi se dominated the 1995 Woods Hole parade. Courrcsy Phyllis Goldstein . (Vol. 16 No.2. Summer 2002. p. 39) 29

Goddard and Mauri ce Evans. The Play­ house burned to the ground in 1994.

Still going strong are the Falmouth Theater Guild and the Woods Hole Theater Com­ pany, both amateur groups, and of course the local schools are a continuing source of talent and del ight. Great photographs ac­ company this article! ... Woods Hole Thea rer Company, 1982. "Buried Dance and the joy of movin g [Q music are Child ": raul Ryan, Karl Schleicher, JoAnn AJlard, described and lavishly illumated in an Eric Edwards. Ashley Edwards. Phoro by Thomas affectionate biography of Klara Koenig N. Klcindi nst. Councsy Tholfl:tS N. Kleindinsr. in ho nor of her 90th birthday, in the (Vol. 9 No.2, Su mmer, 1995, p. 18) Wi nter 2000 issue, (Vol. 14, No. I). T he text is by O livann Hobbie and Srewart (as well as SuJl avan and Fonda) most of the photos by Holly Smith to the old Eliz"beth Theater in Fa lmouth Pedlosky, both pupils of Klara's. Born and later to a homemade d,eater at O ld in Hungary, Klara Bodnar Koen ig Silver Beach. The group dissolved in the li ved for a time in Russia wi th her hus­ ea rl y 1930s. band Zoltan but both fled to America at d,e Start of World Wa r II. In 1962 Summer thea ter retu rn ed after World War they moved to Falmouth where Klara Klar.t Bodnar, 1926. CoUlTesy II with the first use of the Highfield The­ fo und great demand for her teaching. KI= Bod".... Koenig. (Vol. 14 ater o n rhe Ter H eun estate. Several No. I . Wimer. 2000, p. 5) Hundreds of girls and wo men have groups used the premises in the ea rly years, then in 1958 the Oberlin Players began an II -yea r run of G ilbert and Sulli van operetta perfor­ mances. The Players evolved into the College Light Opera Company, now in its 37th year of presen ting musical shows at Highfield Theater. Dick Jones has been president of CLO for many years.

In 1949 the Falmouth Playhouse was opened at Coonamesset with the suppOrt of the Crane fam ily of Woods Hole, who had also helped underwrite the Uni versity Players. Well -known stars performed in the early days along with local walk-oIlS including KJara Koenig gives dance ins[rucrion to Dove Pcdloskyand uni­ Dick Jones who shared the stage with Paulette denrified chi ld. 1982. Photo by Holly Smirh Pcdlosky. (Vol. 14 No. I, Wimer, 2000, p. 16) 30

studied with her. and quite a few young men; several of her students have gone on to pro­ fess ional ca reers and her dance programs have brought joy wherever they are performed.

The Falmouth Artists' G uild is described by Phyllis Heinzler. a founding member. in Win­ ter 2004 (Vol. 18. No. 1) as part of the history of th e town's Poor House which was home to the G uild for some 30 years. When the Town of Falmouth decided it needed the building for office space. the Guild had to find a new Poor House, E.'Isr Mai n Street, Falmouth , ca. 1888. Child is Miss Louise home. It plans to build on land donated to it B. Lau rence ofTea tickcl. Photo courtesy Fal mouth Histo ri cal Socicry. gi ft of Louise B. La urence. (Vo l. 18 No. I, \'(Ii mer, 2004, cover) o n G iffo rd Stree t near the corne r o f Dillingham Avenue. plenty of bunting. Several families are in to their founh ge neration of participants. The Woods Hole Amo ng the li vel y outdoor acti vities are the Fourth Parade has a sha rrer route but features enthusiastic ofJul y parades held annually in several locations in groups of students from the summer classes at the Fa lmou t h . Marine Biological Laboratory whose d,emes are long Jean Bigelow on obscure biological terminology. frenetic group ac­ fo cuses on tion and ge neral hilariry. C andy is thrown and twO of these quickly scooped up. and the whole aft1ir winds up in Vol. 16. with a watermelon feast at the M BL Club. Here aga in No. 2. Sum­ the photos are delightful. mer 2002. The Quisse tt A mo re sedate event but great fun for a.ll hands is Parade. now the annual Strawberry Festival at St. Barnabas nearing IfS Church on the Village Green. In this year's Winter 60th year. iss ue (Vol. 20. No. I) Margaret Russell tells how the goes from the festival developed in the years when strawberri es were Qui sse " a majo r crop in East Falmouth. A poem by Eric Harb o r Edwards catches the spiri' of the event. House up the hill and back. Buil dings and Development w ith a Throughout its history Falmouth has had its share mar c hin g oflandmark buildings and. when it became a mag­ Albert Ma rks was one of several East band, inven­ net for summer visitors) of distinctive neighborhoods Falmomh growers fea tured in T"~ En/u prist ti ve fa mily in J 95 1 to promote the first Strawberry Fes­ and developments. Many of these have been fl oats. kids rival. Courtesy The Falmouth ElII~rpris~. chronicled and richly illustrated in SpritJt1il. (Vol. 20 No. I. Wi Iller 2006. p. 8) ga lo re and 31

Over the next 20 years the concept of a summer resort changed to one of an exclusive cl ub with large priva te estates. Chapoquoit, the fo rme r Hog Island in Wes t Falmouth, was begun in the early 1890s. Subdivided into 38 lots averaging about one acre each and connected to the mainland by a bridge and ca useway, the area became an exclusive retrea t fo r the ri ch, though th ey shared a water tower, el ectric plant, beach and clubroom.

Penzance Po int continued the tre nd to excl usivity, wi th es tates large enough to allow the wealthy own­ ''This F.tncifullitrle confection" at #3 Crown Avenue, Falmourh ers to have their own swimming beaches. docks and Heights was built in 1872 by Elbridge Boyden and sold in 1880 often fa nciful boathouses, and usuall y tennis courts to Susan L. Arms of Bellows Falls, Vermon t. COUrtesy Falmou[h as well . The houses, mosdy in the then (a nd once Historical Socicry. (Vol. 6 No. 1, Wimer 1992, p. 12) again) f.1s hi onable shingle sryle, were large r than those at C hapoquoir. Mos t of the es tates have An impressive standard fo r this sort of report was set changed hands in rhe las t century and some of rhe by architecrural histori an Candace Jenkins in Vol. houses have been replaced but the fe eling of gran­ 6, No. I, Winter 1992. The enrire iss ue was devoted deur persists. to "The Devel opment of Fal mouth as a Summer Reso rt, 1850-1900" whi ch described [hree very dif­ Candace Jenkins rea ppea red in Sprit5aii (Winter ferent, and still ve ry acti ve, summer communities. 2004, Vol. 18 , No. 1) wid, another well -researched The first was Falmouth Heights, created in the 1870s article on Falmouth's Poor House, which was built by a gtoup of Worcester business men who used as a in Hatchville in rhe late 1760s as a tavern and moved model rh e successful summer colony of O ak Bluffs to its present locati on on Main Stree t around 18 12 . on Marth a's Vineyard . Their intent, the author wrote, The town's old es t municipal bu ilding, it se rved the was "to provide th e grea test numbers with th e great­ poorest citizens, ultimately as a kind of nursin g est benefits at the great- es t pro fit to them- selves/' and it was achi eved by crea ting hundreds of riny lots set off by large open parks and public buildings. Most of the la rger buildings are gone, but th e Heights retains the charm of the small Elaborare boar hOllse of (he H.E. Hibbard risidence 'The Barnacles" with Woods Hole spri rsail deco rated cottages. boars at Roar, ca. 1895. Courresy Th~ Falmomh Emerpriu. (Vo l. 6 No. 1, Wi nter 1992, p. 28) 32

home, until about 1960. The Falmouth Artists' Guild leased the building for some yea rs, as described in the co mpanion article by Phyllis Heirtzler.

Another development, at Racing Beach, is described by Susan Wi rz.el I in the Winter 2000 iss ue (Vol. 14, No. 1). Rac ing Beach was laid out in the 1920s but was not fully developed umil after World War II. The article also describes [he three large estates on Quisse[[ Rid ge between Woods Hole and Falmouth. One of them is now the home of SEA, one houses the The Julia Wood House, 55 Palmer Avenue, 1790. The original owner was Dr. Francis \'(Iicks, onc of rhe firs! ro advocate and practice inoculation against snlall­ Woods Hole Research Cemer and the pox. Later owners included Sam uel Crosswell , Capra in \'(farren N. Bourne and middle one is the Miller House. Mrs S.E. Gould. jUIi:1 \Xfood , a granddaughter of Caprain Bourne, beque:Hhed dlis house with irs nearly nyo acres of grounds [0 rh e Fa lmomh HistOrical Soci­ cry. The house is now (he Hisrorical Sociery's Museum. The grounds. wh ich Not a development bur cenainly an include the Herb Garden , rhe Colon ial Garden and lhe Memorial Park, arc main­ impressive array of lovel y old build­ mined by dle Falmourh Garden Club. The house and ehe grou nds arc open to in gs is cemered on the Falmouth Vil­ the public. The Wood House is a Federal sryle building with hip roo f, [win chim­ lage Green, featured in Vol. 4, No. I , neys and a widow 's walk . Ir has an unusually wide cwo scary porrico with a pedi­ Wimer 1990. W ritten by Bonnie menr roof and modillion co rni ce. Ar [he rim e il was builr if musr have been the most impressive building on rhe Green, and perhaps in the lown. Pharo by H amiltOn with photOs by Bruce Bru ce Chalm ers. (Vol. 4 No.1 , \'V'inrer 1990, p. 1 I) C halmers, the article hi gh lights the

grand old structures, most built between 1750 and 1850 as family residences of sea captains, phys icians and the li ke. Some have been converted to bed and breakfasts, a recent evolution whi ch has helped pre­ se rve the character of many New England village greens.

In the same Winrer 1990 iss ue is (he arch irecr's srory of the design and building of what we al l.call the Airplane House, that eye-catching shingled struc­ ture at the tip ofJunip er Poin t in Woods Hole. Wil­ li am Gray Purce ll , a Minneapolis architect, described Reconsfrllcrion ofWhcclwrighr House complete, summer 1988. how in 19 13 he gently persuaded the Crane family (Vo l. 7 No. I, Wimer 1993, p. 32) 33

not ro erecr a $600 portable bungalow on thar spec­ tacular location but ro let his firm design a house with a porch, bathrooms, exrra bedrooms, a kirchen ..... how he oversaw the entire project while the Cranes were summering in Europe, and made sure it was furnished and fully equipped for a wed­ ding held a few days afrer the fami ly returned!

Another im pressive summer home nearby, rhe 15,000 square foot Wheelwright House on Church Street, was built around 1888 for Ogden Jones of Evanston IL. A century later, during renovation, [he old wooden building ca ught fire and was severely damaged. Dr. C harles Lowe, owner ar the rime, de­ cided ro rebuild the house as much like the original as possible, and he describes thar process in the Win­ rer 1993 iss ue (Vo l. 7, No. I), wirh wrenching be­ fore-and-after phoros.

Appropriately, rhe same issue carries Gord on Todd's hi srory of fire fighting in Falmouth, from the early Slained glass window over dlCaltar in the Church of The Messiah: T"~ M~~tillg o[Chrisl (Iud l"~ bucket brigades ro the big, beautiful fire trucks of Samaritan \~mJlm, lacc 19rh cenrury, American. th e modern era. He ex plains the growth of rh e fire Photo by Palll FerrisSmit h. (Vol. 10 No. I , \'(Iin­ deparnnenr, fro m volunteer callmcn to [rained pro- ter 1996, cover)

fessionals, and the establishment of fire houses in mOSt parts of town. Along the way he decribes some memorable blazes, notably the one which consumed Beebe Woods in October 1947.

Highfield Hall, the hilltop mansion built in 1878 for the Beebe family and now undergoing thorough renovarion thanks ro a happy part­ nership of [Own and private en­ deavor, is the sole subjecr of the Mxcim Combin:uion Chemical Hose 5 of\'(Ioods Hole, vinmge 191 9, at f-aimourh Srn­ Winter 2003 issue (Vol. 17, No. I). lion, 1921. CoUrtesy Falmourh Fire Dcparrmenr. (Vol. 7 No. I , \'Vinrer 1993. p. 10) Maximilian Fe rro provides an 34

architects assessment of the billlding. conclud­ ing that it is ,ca very fine mansion of the Queen Anne Revival Period which still retains much of its original beauty and histori cal appeal." T he building's hi story is told by Susan Shephard, then executive direcmf of Hism ri c Highfield. She describes its construction. POSt­ war remodeling. its grad ual decay. and the struggle to acquire the building and persuade the community of the need to preserve it. Su­ sa n was honored in May 2006 by the Falmolllh HiStorical Society fo r her leadership Wilson fami ly's double-decke r Aladdin cortage, Ga rdiner road, \'(Ioods in that heroic effort. Eri c Edwards contrib­ Hole, overlooki ng Mill Pond , July 1933. Courtesy Alben Wilson. (Vol. uted "Poem: House in a High Field" to round IS No.2, Slimmer 2004. p. 13) Oll t the iss ue. with Spritsllits first full-color cover. showing the Spritsllil editor. Mary Lou Smith. then chairman of Stained glass window over the altar. W illiam Burwell the Falmouth Hisrorical Commiss ion. also played a describes rhe constru ction of th e exis rin g stone cru cial role in savi ng Highfield Hall . church. whic h replaced the origin al wooden one. in 1888-9. Sally Loessel details the art. the sculpture. Landmark build ings were not all mansions; [he furniture and other smined glass windows. several of which were preserved from the first church. This churches of New England have been an inspirati on issue prompted a long letter fro m the Rev. Edgar for centuries. T he Church of the Messiall in Woods Lockwood. a former reClOr. elaborating and adding Hole is featured in Vol. 10. No. I. Winter 1996. detail; it was published in Winter 1997 (Vol. II . No. 1) .

Two interesting slO ri es about buildings appeared in Vol. 18 . No.2. Summer 2004. First was Judy Sterson's lively account of "mail-order" houses. build­ ings of modest size that were shipped 10 a building site in carefully numbered sections and could be as­ sembled by non-professionals. Several of these we re put up in Woods Hole early in the 20th Centuty 10 provide summer hOllsing for MBL scienrisrs but thei r use was widespread around Cape Cod. Many are still in use. though often enlarged and remodeled. Two MIT studenrs of Buck minster Fuller building rhe Woods Hole such homes are desc ribed by their occupants, Eleanor Dome in 1953. Full size componenrs underway fO left , model in background. Photo by Paul Ferris Smith. (Vo l. 18 No.2, Bronson-Hodge and Albert Wilson. Summer 2004, p. 33) 35

private enterpri se, through a somewhat con­ tentious takeover by the tOwn in 1900 and the gradual acquisition of smaller local operations. Matthew Ki erstead, a specialist in industrial architecture and hi smry, described the o rn ate and stately pumping station, still going Strong after 100 years and recently li sted on the Na­ tional Register of HistOric Places.

Three tapes from ti,e WHHC O ral HistO ry Collection, in Vol. 15, No.2, Summer 200 I, describe the centuries-old practice of harvest­

Fay icc house ar edge of Nobska Pond. Chimneys ofH.H. Fay eSHH C in ing ice from fresh water ponds for stO rage and Icft backgrou nd ; Fay water rower in righr background, ca. 1890. Cour­ use year-round. Lucena Barth and El sa Sichel [CsyWHHC. (Vol. 15 No.2, Summer 200 1, p. 12) of WH H C in terviewed three old-timers, Clarence J. Anderson ofFal mouth, and Elmer The second report, by Jim Mavo r, describes the de­ Hallett and Oscar HiltOn orWoods Hole, who talked sign and construction in 19 53 of the Dome Restau­ about the heavy work involved, with ice saws and rant in Woods Hole, one of the first of Buckmin ster Fuller's geodes ic domes and truly a landmark build­ mg.

Life and Change (The Way We Lived) Busi ness, government and changing times, the dail y doin gs of a communiry, are surely a parr of irs his­ tory.

In Vo l. 5, No.2, Summer 1991 , the story of Eastman's Hardware on Main Street was tOld by Kathy Frisbee. In 1913 Charles Eastman started his ow n bicycle shop, the shop grew with the commu­ ni ry and stayed in the family for three ge nerations until it was sold on June I, 2005. The Eastmans do sti ll own the block.

The developmenr of Falmouth's municipal water sys­ Margaret Giffo rd Marshall sining in the round CUtoUt in the lanice ar the carriage house and tem was the subject of twO articles in Vol. 12, No.2, her sister Eleanore Louise Marsh:!.l1 standing Summer 1998. Judy Stetson chronicled the expan­ below, about 1910. From rhe Marshall-King al­ sion of the system from its beginnings in 1888 as a bums. Counesy WHHC. (Vol. 15 No.1, Win­ rer 200 I, p. 8) 36

Crowd ~l[ [he Woods Hole {erminal waiting for rhe boar to arrive. COUrtesy WHHC. (Vol. 7 No.2, Summer 1993, p. 19)

Leander Blomberg and his son Lcnnan Blomberg. Courtesy Avis N. Blomberg. (Vol. 19 No.2, Summer, 2005, p. 33)

Pau l Revere bell in rhe belfry of the Congre­ gational Church. Phoro by Bruce Chalmers, 1985. (Vol. II No. I. Wimer 1997, back cover)

Gove rnor Dukakis arrived twO hours late and im­ mcdiarciy joi ned the lin e of da ncers outside Chrisrophcr's Restaurant, July 24 , 1982. (Vol. 13 No.2, Summer 1999. p. 14)

Hurricane C.1.foi rescue at Woods Hole Yachr Club, 1954. Phoro by Dororhy I. Crossley. (Vol. 10 No.2, Summer 1996, p. II ) 37

ings. chi ldren in pretty frocks or knickers. old autos. boats. snowscapes and the like. It is enchanting.

Two more inspirational tales fro m Judy - In Sum­ mer 1994 (Vo l. 8. No.2) she told the story of the Woods Hole POSt Office, in conrinuous operarion since 1826. the buildings it occupied and the inter­ esting indivi duals who sorted and delivered the mai l. There is an upbeat ending: in 1993 the trUSt that owned the present building proposed to sell it. but the Woods Hole Community Foundation led by Mary Lou Monrgo mery came ro th e rescue, made an offer which was accepred an d then set about suc­ cessfull y raising $ 150.000 to pay for it. T-shi rts were sold. letters were senr our and in seven months rh e Posral Clerks Johnn y Kl ink and Roger Gamache wear­ job was done. ing the \'{Ioods Hole Post Office T-shirts outside th e \'{Ioods Hole POSt Office. Pharo by Alan Stewart . Au­ T he Summer 2003 issue (Vol. 17. No.2) has the gusr 5. 1993. CO ll((csy TIlt FnlmoUlh ElII erp ris~. (Vol. equally inspiring story of Beebe Woods: how it was 8 No.2. Summer 1994. p. 37)

teams of horses pulling massive sledges. There is an introducti on by Jennifer Gain es on the Oral His­ [O ry project and a poStscri pt by Ba rbara Kan ellopoulos o n th e three major users of such ice supplies: the wealthy summer people who had their own ice houses (and often their own ponds). the owners of fi sh and meat markets. and finall y the ice dealers who sold to the general publi c.

Jennifer Gaines and Susa n Witzell combined their talents in a discussion of fa mily photograph albums at WHH C in Vol. 15. No. I. W in ter 200 1. The work was made poss ible by the new technique of digitizing photos. whi ch preserves images o n com­ puter di scs for ease of preservation, sro rage and re­ search wh il e all owing rh e origin als ro remain wirh their owners. T he enrire iss ue is devoted ro charm­ Dog heads home lhrough Beebe \'{Ioods after visiting adjacent ing and nostalgic scenes from the past: f.1.miJ y out- Peterson Fa rm . Photo by Janet Chalmers. (Vat. 17 No.2, Sum­ mer 2003. p. 18) 38

form ed in glac ial times. how it came together as a unique parcel, how it was saved from development and how it was eventually given to the Town of Falmouth by Mr. and Mrs. ] . K. Lilly III. Along the way Judy included lyrical desc riptions by noted natu­ ralists who made cl ea r what treasures were there to save. All Eric Edwards poem and a Julia Child sketch complete the happy picture.

Another important project which has helped to pre­ serve our landscape and make it ava ilable to all is the Shining Sea Bikeway which links Woods Barbara Burwell and Joan Kanwishcr pose on [he Shining Sea H o le and Bikeway, (he producr of thei r vision three and a half decades ago. Falmouth along Photo by Janet Chalmers. (Vo l. 16 No. I, Wimer 2002, cover) the shores of Little H arbor rar ies or later historian s. Such accounts are sca ttered and Vineya rd throughout the 20 years of Spritsail. often as the lead Sound. I wrote article in an issue but frequently just a sni ppet of about the Bike recoll ection. Such memoirs tend to be inform al and Path in Wimer personat but they can fe-Create a moment in time 2002 (Vol. 16. or a scene as surely as a well-researched document. No. I) describ­ ing the 10-year effort of Joan Kanwisher and Enjoying the fruits of her labor, 8~ycar. Barbara o ld strawberry pi cker Ali ce Valerio. 1930. CoUrtesy Alice Valerio Ciambdli. Burwell. friends (Vol. 12 No. I. \Vi mer 1998. p. 12) and vi ll age res i­ dents, co make their dream a reality after the trains stopped rWl ­ ning. The issue includes a short article by Barbara's so n Dav id. who founded the national rails-to-trails network. tWO bike path poems and a lot of photos of the path in use.

Memoirs and Biographies Louis Hanikon in from of (he \'(Ioods Hole s(orewith his fruits and vegetables. 1937 Dodge delivery (ruck in the fo reground, Nothing is more interesting [han accounts of indi­ Ct. 1939. Cou rtesy Sus ie Sreinbach . (Vol. 13 No.2. Summer vidual li ves. whether told by themselves. contempo- 1999. cover) 39

We have already Summer 1990. He and his wife Ermine fo unded Salt mentioned some Pond Areas Bird Sanctuaries and preserved Bourne exa mples of both; Farm in West Falmouth. he re are some more. More merchants, of Greek descent, we re chronicled in Vol. 13, No.2, Summer 1999, by Barbara One of the most Kanellopoulos. She wrote offamily businesses, names heartwarming sto­ like Tsiknas , H atzikon. H elmis. Kan ellos, ri es is that of the Kapopoulos. Karalekas and Economides. and of Emerald hlln il y of Chri stopher's, the reSta urant she ran for many years East Falmouth. re­ with her husband C hris. poned by Dick Kendall in Winter Yankee shipping interests and fam il y life we re inter­ 1998 (Vo l. 12. No. Hollis Lovel l on hood ofTen Acre's woven in a trove of memorabilia given to WHHC Model T Ford delivery wagon. NOle 1L wi th an em­ by A. Metcalf Morse Jr. of Q uisserr. in 1992. and crank und er radiator, ca. 1921 . blematic cover described in Winter 1994 (VoI. 8. No. 1) by Susan Courtesy Hollis Lovel l. (Vol. 4 No. photo of a grinning Witzell. The Fish fami ly was establi shed in Quissett 2, Summer 1990, p. 20) Manuel Emerald by 1790. The Yales, Dunhams. Morses and Careys holding twO boxes were all associated in the fami ly businesses. and by of fresh picked strawberries. Manuel and his wife marri age. and they kept the Qwssett connection. The Es trella came from the Azo res. met and married in courtShip of A. M. Morse Sr. and Maria Yale Fish in 1902. far med. and raised eight children. Their story 1897 was described later by their grandson Thomas is the story of the Portuguese on Cape Cod. Cushman Morse in Winter 1997 (Vo l II . No.1 ).

Mary Dodd Craig was the first woman to win pub­ lic office in Falmouth. winning election to the School Committee in 19 14. An 1898 Wellesley College graduate. she was also a founder of what are now the Falmouth Women's Club and the Visiti ng Nurse As­ sociation, while running a Falmouth Heights hotel with her husband. Her story was told in Vol. 6, No. 2, Summer 1992, by her children Edgar H. C raig and Mollie C raig Ri ce. In the same iss ue Fred Turkington offered a sidebar on the few Fal mouth women in public office before Wo rld Wa r II.

Hollis Lovell . owner ofTen Acre Farm and the Main Street store of [h e same name, wrote of his life as a Maria Ya le Fish and Anhur Metcalf Morse's engagement pho. humer/merchant in mid-century, in Vol. 4, No.2, rographs, fa Jl of 1897. Portraits by Hargrave. Counesy Thomas Mo"e. (Vol. I I No. I. Wi me< 1997. p. 3) 40

The diary of Frederick K. Swift was rhe basis for an article on rurn -of-the-cenrury cranberry grow­ ing in Falmouth by Ann Sears, Wimer 2005, (Vo l. 19, No. I). The same iss ue included a per­ sonal recoll ecti on of the 1938 hurricane by Dr. Oliver Strong, who was a young man on Penzance Poim in Woods Hole and who became cut off from rhe village by the storm surge and powerful waves. At leasr twO lives were lost; many had close calls. That memoir elicited rhree letters to rhe ecliwr from others who survived rhe smrm.

The life of the Rev. Samuel Palmer, minister of the Congregational C hurch from 173 1 u!Hi l his death In The family of \'(falrer and Pauline Janney in their garden. Left to 1775, was right: Priscilla, Walter Jr .. Mr. Janney, Peggy. Marian , Mrs. Janney, described by Anne, \,(/israr. Pho[Q by H.I ~ Rolfe. 1923. OUrtesy Marian Janney L eo n ar d Ware. (Vo l. 5 No.2, Summer 1991, p. 24) Miele (Vol. 20, No. I , W in­ Cape and is land fishermen, helped develop and en­ ter 2006). Mr. large rhat offshore fishery; Frank Marher pioneered Palmer is also rhe tagging of migratory blueR n tuna; and Henry memorialized by a stone cabler in the O ld Burying Ground, which was itself rhe subject of an ar­ ticle by Ann Frank). M.. hcrand Marrin R. Banlerrwim Sears in Vo l. 10, giam bluehn runa from C'lpe Cod Bay, No. I, Wi nter 1958. (Vol. 14 No.2, Summer 2()()(), p. 7) 1996.

Martin R. (Rocky) Bartiett, himself a commercial and research fisherman, wrote of four other Woods Hole fishermen with whom he worked in Vol. 14, No. 2, Summer 2000 Bi ll Schroeder had a long and At Tlu Falmoutb Ellurpris~, from [he right, author John Hough producrive li fe in fisheries research culminating in Jr. 's FJthcr,John T. Hough. his grandparentS. Clar.l S. and George the discovery of an offshore lobster population in A. Hough Jr. , and Linotype operator Edwin Donnelly Jr. (Vo l. rhe 1950s. Wa rren Vincent, part of a long line of 17 No.2. Summer 2003, p. 28) 41

Klimm was a successful commercial fisherman who also coll ected specimens for the scientific laborato­ ries,

There are three memoirs of su.mmer in Quissen in the pre-war years in Vol. 5, No.2, Summer 1991. Virginia Francis and John Sawyer described tranquil­ ity and innocence at the Quisse tt Harbor House. Wistar Janney recalled a difficult relationship with his demanding father.

Frankie Mi not rowing Olney Minor and Anne Swift in [he Her­ Among the shorter delights are John Hough J r.'s ring Ri ver. "The boar on Herring Ri ver was a great advenrure. memoir of getting out The Enterprise in the 1960s Ir served as ferry, pirare ship and orher purposes. Frankie Minot . (Vol. 17, No. 2, Summer 2003), Anne Swift Sawyer who was abour fO llr years younger than Anne. was all owed by on childhood summers in Fa lmouth (Vo l. 13, No. suffe rance ro join." ca. 1927. Courtesy Ka therin e Swift Almy. 2, Summer 1999), Patricia Burke on meeting the (Vol. 13 No.2. Summer 1999. p. 23) train in the 1930s (Vo l. 7, No.2, Summer 1993), and Marjorie Moore on shari ng her wedding with Redwood Wright. a reti red ocea nographer and fo rmer newspa­ perman, was a founder of Sprirsail and chai red its editorial board Hurricane Edna in 1954 (Vol. 9, No.2, Summer for 10 yea rs. He has li ved in \'(foods Hole sin ce 1960 and was a 1995). town meeting member from Precin ct One for nearly 30 years. He served on rhe boa rds of many FalmoUlh civic organ i7.;uions There are delights aplenty in twenty years of Spritsails! and on a number of town comm inecs. Goi ng back through all the issues in preparing this article, [ found myself getting caught up again and again in what I was reading, finding tremendous enjoyment in reviewing so many aspects of the nearly 400-year history of our co mmunity. I realized repeatedly what an interesting place Falmouth is, what a dynamic mix of people, places and activities the town suppOrts, what a great o rganization we have in the Woods Hole Historical Collec­ rion i and, fina ll y, what an in­ spired and talented group we have that has given us the living Quissert fam il y group. Photograph by Baldwin Coolidge. 1897. The Fish/Morse Col­ history that is Spritsail! lection. Courtesy \'(fHHC. (Vol. 8 No. I. Wi mer 1994, p. 28) 42

U.S. Fishery Building during [he 1938 hurricane. Copyright phoro by Linnfield A. Baker. B.S., Marine Biological Labor-nory. Woods Hole. 1938 Hll"i('(",~ Pictltr~J published by Reynolds Priming, t"V Bedford, !\ItA. (Vol. 19 No. I, Wimer 2005, p. 23)

The 400-pollnd 1895 L,wrencc School bell bei ng hoisted inro rhe Sr. Barnabas Chapel (ower in 1962. Courresy Ray S. Hall. (Vol. 3 No. I. W inter 1989, p. 23)

'The Big Tree," off path to The Knob at Q ui ssen , memorial ized in poem by Tess Clarkin. (Vol. 18 No. 2,Summer 2004, p. 36)

Swordfis h We;uhcrvane on top of En­ deavour House, Old Methodist Church, Bathing scene and Conage Club from the pier, Falmouth HeighlS. Nin a Heald \'(Ioods Hole. Phoro by Arthur G. Gaines \Vebbcr posrcard collection. (Vol. 6 No. 1. Winter 1992, p. 28) Jr. (Vol. 13 No. I, Winter 1999, p. 23)