Gazette Chronicle
From the Vineyard Gazette edition of Nov. 29, 1963: Like the rest of the world, the Vineyard was stunned by the assassination of President John F. Kennedy last Friday afternoon.
Old-timers speak of the days of their youth and childhood; how the Island picture has changed since they can first remember, and how people and things seem like those of another country entirely, so complete has the transition been in the span of a single lifetime. They do not exaggerate in the least, but it is truly amazing to consider how very different the present picture of Vineyard life is compared with that of a half-century ago. And especially is that difference noticeable when the autumn descends upon the Vineyard in all its glory of green, scarlet and gold.
From the Vineyard Gazette editions of November, 1888:
From the Nov. 2, 1945 Gazette:
About 50 children and nearly as many adults attended the Hallowe’en party held Wednesday evening in Agricultural Hall by the West Tisbury Grange, and if noise was any indication of a good time the party was certainly a howling success.
From the Vineyard Gazette edition of Oct. 23, 1942:
The launching of government war craft has taken place along Island shores. The effort is small as compared with those of other places, but bulks with importance in the Island scheme of things, besides having attracted the attention of officials in the nation’s government.
From the Vineyard Gazette editions of October, 1846:
Place a bone across a pork rind, and you have “Bony part crossing the Rhine.” This is termed “Illustrated History.”