Opinion
I am just back from Viet Nam where I watched water buffalo in rice paddies and sailed in a junk among the curious rock formations of Halong Bay. But more importantly, I visited the War Remnants Museum, formerly the Museum of Chinese and American War Crimes. I spoke with Vietnamese veterans of that impossible war in which America wreaked havoc on a countryside and people with Agent Orange and napalm. It was an interesting but trying trip. So I was delighted to return home to the Vineyard in time to find fall at its finest.
An Island Apart
From the Gazette edition of October 9, 1959:
Joseph E. Howes of West Tisbury visited Tarpaulin Cove, Naushon Island, a couple of weeks ago. Taken to the island aboard the party boat of his neighbor, Nelson Bryant, Mr. Howes visited the scene of his youth for the first time since he left it sixty-five years ago.
This fall, Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation will officially allow a restricted amount of bow hunting of deer on certain selected properties. While hunting has occurred on many of our lands over our 50 years, it has not occurred with our sanction. This policy has changed, and the change in policy warrants an explanation.
One of the quintessential Vineyard vistas is the expanse of ocean visible from the Gay Head Cliffs, classified by the U.S. Department of the Interior as a National Natural Landmark, with its lighthouse listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Another branch of the federal government, the U.S. Department of the Interior, classifies the waters off of Martha’s Vineyard as a six out of seven — “good to excellent” — on its wind resource map.
Jim Hickey’s interesting story last spring about baseball, starting with games on the Arctic ice by Vineyard whalers, and moving naturally along to games on Waban Park in Oak Bluffs in the early 1900s, brought exciting memories in the Barnes family.
RED STOCKING TIME
Editors, Vineyard Gazette: