From Gazette editions of July, 1934:

Here it is, mid-July on Martha’s Vineyard, a pleasant time at a pleasant place. We are always tempted at about this phase of every summer season to look around and take stock; or, if that is too businesslike a phrase to use in association with the Island, to form a picture of the busy, idle summer.

No Chicken, This Dog

From a Gazette edition of July, 1956:

About twenty-two miles south-southwest of Noman’s Land in the heaving swells of the open ocean, something of a miracle occurred on Thursday of last week. A wire-haired fox terrier, only part of his muzzle visible, was sighted and picked up by the ketch-rigged motor sailer Seer, owned by Harry Bellas Hess, well known in these waters.

Shine On

From a June, 1950 Gazette edition:

A retrospect of prohibition days on Martha’s Vineyard brings to light certain annals not unlike those familiar to the nation at large. It was inevitable that an Island conveniently situated off the coast and accessible from the sea would be involved in some of the activities of the era — and the Vineyard was, though many residents saw little or nothing of these activities and the community as a whole stood apart from lawlessness then as now.

From a 1972 Gazette edition:

The little white house behind shrubs at the corner of Cooke street and Tilton Way that, for more than three decades, has been a home away from home for household help in Edgartown, no longer will be welcoming the lonely next summer.

Mrs. Edna Smith, who in 1939, with the late Mrs. Louise Harper conceived the idea of the Open Door Club, a friendly, hospitable place where black help in Edgartown could come on their days off, cook their meals and rest a little, has been forced by poor health to sell her house.

From a June. 1991 column by Arthur Railton:

Packing is a science, no doubt about it. Making the most of the space you’ve got takes talent. And that’s true whether you’re packing a carry-on bag for the weekend or the family possessions for a household move. A good packing job looks so easy. Just put this over there and that over here, and there’s space for everything.

Summer Curtain Call

From Gazette editions of June, 1984: