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Fairhaven Neighborhood News A publication of all things Fairhaven FREE!Including event listings from Cape Cod to RI The little paper with a big voice! Volume 11, Issue 2 • January 14, 2016 Teeming with information you need. (And some you don’t need, but will be glad you have anyway.) Moby Dick Marathon hits 20-year milestone L-R: Larry and Jacob Chalif wear their Moby Dick shirts while following along at the 20th Moby Dick Marathon at the New Bedford Whaling Museum on Saturday, 1/9 at around 11 p.m. “Better sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian,” reads Jacob’s shirt, a famous quote from the famous book. See page 12 for story. Photo by Beth David. Also Inside: • Scholarships avail: Page 20 • Acushnet News: Page 16 • New Spinner Book: Page 3 • Letters: Page 10 From Fairhaven Neighborhood News The Editor Volume 11, Issue 2 WEST ISLAND — Thursday, January 14, 2016 A day late and many dollars short. Copyright 2016 Elizabeth A. David Editor: Beth David Well, I guess winter Published weekly on Thursdays by finally found us, huh? Fairhaven Neighborhood News, LLC, at It be COLD out there. 166 Dogwood Street, Fairhaven, MA 02719 My poor little wood [email protected] stove is cranking to the www.NeighbNews.com max. I suppose we need Beth David, Publisher 508-979-5593 • Fax: 508-991-5580 to get ready for the (with...you know who) Contributions: The Neighb News accepts press releases, editorial contribu tions and letters to the editor at the above address; by email white stuff now. with copy in the body of the email, not as an attachment. If mailed by We have some cool stuff in here this week, not least USPS or faxed, editorial must be typewritten, 500 words or fewer. Unfortu - of which is the new Spinner Publications book (see nately, The Neighb News is not able to pay money for contributions at this page 7), the second “Picture History” book in a three- time. Contributors agree, by virtue of their submissions, to grant The Fairhaven Neighborhood News, LLC, the right to publish submissions in part series on New Bedford, and a bit about print and online. Contributors also verify, by virtue of their submissions, surrounding towns, too. that they own the right to publish the work submitted. Any claims of Now, I admit it, I didn’t read all 384 pages, but I plan copyright infringement will be referred to the contributor, who will also on it. What fun it is to look at all those old pictures! But, be responsible for any and all costs associated with said claims. it’s more than pictures and captions. There is some Advertising: Call or write for rate card and sample issue or visit our serious history in there. It’s a great read, it’s a great website at www.NeighbNews.com. browsing book, and it’s a great conversation starter, too The Fairhaven Neighborhood News, LLC, reserves the right to refuse advertising and editorial for any reason. The Neighb News will not assume (not that I have trouble making conversation....but you any liability, financial or otherwise, for errors in ads or in editorial knew that). content submitted by contributors. The Neighb News will run a correction This volume covers 1925 to 1980, so they’re moving on the inside front cover to rectify any misprints or errors in the previous into the years that many of us remember well (and not- week’s issue. Readers, advertisers, and writers are responsible for so-well). See page 3 for details on the book and where notifying The Neighb News of any inconsistencies or errors in the paper. you can buy it. Advertisers are responsible for all claims made in their ads. The Neighb News is not be liable in any way for claims made by advertisers. At the beginning of the book there is a two-page Advertisers are responsible for their own content. We will, to the extent spread with all the mayors of New Bedford. reasonable, try to verify any claims that seem unreasonable or unlikely Quite the distinguished crop of white men, yes to be true. Readers are encouraged to report any problems with our indeed, and one lone woman, Rosemary Tierney, from advertisers. the 1990s. Alas, some things are just harder to change Subscriptions are available for 6 months (24 issues) or one year (48 issues) at $1.75 per issue for a total of $42.00 or $84.00 respectively. Also than others, I guess. available for free online at www.neighbnews.com, www.northfairhaven.org, I’d like to thank the readers who heard my call for www.westisland-ma.com. For free email subscription, send to NeighbNews@ financial help to keep my little free sheet going. I do comcast.net and include your first and last name. appreciate every dollar. I will need to keep the pressure Copyright 2016 Elizabeth A. David on, though, to keep those checks coming. I hope that all my readers think that the product I create is worth $20 Contents a year. It takes time, effort and, dare I say it...talent to Acushnet News......................................................................16 create this weekly miracle. It also takes cash. So, please Classifieds ..............................................................................21 COVER: Moby Dick Marathon..............................................12 consider sending just $20 a year to keep us afloat. FHS Boys Basketball .............................................................18 And, if you have a Nook or a Kindle, or any e-reader, FHS News...........................................................................7 & 8 please visit www.Zorena.com and consider buyiing one Fire Department/boat fire ......................................................7 of my fiction pieces or one of my travel pieces. Happenings ......................................................................5, 8, 9 It all goes into the same pot and keeps this little sheet Legal Notices/Public Hearings.............................................22 alive. Letter from the editor.............................................................2 Okay, I’ve managed to get nearly to the end without Letters from our readers......................................................10 mentioning the big Powerball jackpot. More than $1 Recipe of the week................................................................10 billion (yes, with a B). Some of my readers have told me Recreation Center this week................................................14 that if they win, they will give me buckets of money. Scholarships available..........................................................20 Senior Center this week .......................................................14 I must caution you: Don’t give me too much, or I’ll Spinner Pubs new book..........................................................3 scoot out of here so fast we’ll both get dizzy. Just a few Tides .......................................................................................21 thousand a couple of times a year will be nice, if, Upcoming meetings/Fairhaven & Acushnet ......................21 indeed, your purpose is to help me keep the paper going. If not, by all means, send a million dollars my way. That’s just about enough for these old bones to retire. CORRECTIONS/CLARIFICATIONS In any case, good luck to all of you who bought tickets. I hope you didn’t spent the mortgage money. Until next week then...see ya, New Spinner book showcases area from 1925 to 1980 By Beth David Chapter I — Editor 1925–1941 is titled Pictures and words. Spinner Pub - “Stacks to Masts” lica tions does both well. And their and covers the newest book, A Picture History of New time between the Bedford, Volume Two — 1925–1980, is world wars, when a testament to their expertise. New Bedford saw The second installment of a three- the “heady hey day volume set, the 384-page book and des perate includes hundreds of photographs of downfall of the people, the city and the surrounding textile indus try,” area. Sports action shots, beach saw the end of the shots, local and famous digni taries, whaling industry and everyday people doing everyday and the “burgeon - things inform and entertain. You’ll ing of the port’s find everything from theaters to soda promi nent fishing shops to hurricanes, and of course, industry.” ABOVE: Members of the Women’s Defense Corps examine an auto the Great Depression. Sweeping, engine in preparation for a practice convoy. Second Lt. Sarah E. Berry supervises Privates 1st Class Dorothy L. Sylvia, Mable Brais, I guarantee you’ll find yourself pano ramic photos Yvette Pruneau and Norma Banks. BELOW: A diverse group of looking in the background to see the capture the shoppers and students cross William and Purchase Streets in front store signs and any other indication vibrancy of the of Cherry’s, 1939. In January, 1932, owner George Cherry loaned of life from long ago. fishing industry, the city of New Bedford $100,000 against future taxes to help it The first volume covers 1602 to the declining meet its payroll. Photos from “A Picture History of New Bedford, 1925, and is also lots of fun. textile industry, Volume Two — 1925–1980” by Spinner Publications. But Volume 2 is firmly in times that and a city with factories galore construction of Route 195 and the many of us remember. sandwiching in tenements along tree- industrial park, more hurricanes, It’s lots of fun to go through the lined streets. rallies, protests, and the city’s racial pages, reading the captions. Chapter 2 — 1942–1960 is titled strife and struggles with high But don’t let that stop you from “War & Peace” and covers the war unemploy ment in the early 1970s. reading the rest of it. The history is years and New Bedford’s contribution At the very beginning, you’ll see compelling and fun to read. to the war effort. Here, you’ll find photos of all of New Bedford’s information on the mayors, with the only (alas) female, growth of the fishing Rosemary S. Tierney, in the most industry, the growth of recent row. The names will resonate new technologies (like with anyone who has driven the the telephone), with streets of this great old Whaling City, their new jobs, and a bit or visited a library or two: Howland, about city life.