Commentary
YES TO NECTAR’S
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
From Gazette editions of May, 1935:
I have been away for awhile, over here in Europe, learning a new language, adjusting to a new culture and finding out about the world. The Vineyard looks very different from here, giving a whole new perspective that I would like to share with you.
It only took one day for them to smile and reach out with folded hands. Our little group from the Vineyard was in Nicaragua to teach English in a village school, leave some much-needed supplies, and, we hoped, make positive connections with the people. We did not know that the local expression of respect is to look another person in the eyes, fold hands together and reach out. The response is to place your hands over their hands in a similar gesture to show that the respect is returned.
Clarifying the Record
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
The following is a copy of a letter sent to state historic preservation officers in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and New York from the chairman of the National Advisory Council on Historic Preservation:
Scorched Earth
From the wide, grassy sweep of Katama Plains to the rolling wooded hills of the north shore, the charred smell of smoke hung in the air throughout March and April this year in many of the Island’s outlying places.