The guardian., 1941-07-12
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By Jay POWELL

Hello folks let's all go to town
and this time it is Oak Bluffs
aNartha's Vineyard Island is about
% miles long and 7 miles wide &.
Tisbury. Vineyard Haven) Edgar
town. Oak Bluffs, West Tisbury, Chill
mark and Gay Head comprise the six
towns on the island . in addition to
having the largest summer population,
Oak Bluffs is the amusement center
it is the great white light of Mar
tha's Vineyard, full of hotels, theatres,
bowling alleys, a dance hall and vari-
ous other attractions such as flying
horses and bicycle rentals that go with
+hp makings of a regular summer re-
sort a mile or so south of Oak
Bluffs on the highway is located Mar
tha's Vineyard Country Club which
sports an eighteen-hole golf course,
overlooking the sea and with no lack
of real sand in the traps" these
facts have been culled from the weekly
free publication "This Week On
Martha's Vineyard" which keeps you
reliably informed on every event of
importance scheduled for the Island
including a double page map showing
the highways . fishing enthusiasts
may enjoy fresh or salt water game
in striped bass, perch, trout, smelt,
pickerel, CLAIMS and cunning at points
specified in this booklet. lest this
sound too much like a travelogue let
me tell you that Martha's Vineyard is
one of the last strongholds of the
famous Massachusetts Indian tribes
and the descendants of the mighty
warriors of old still build wigwams
and fashion native souvenirs for the
tourist trade millionaires, stage
and screen stars, royalty and service
men rub elbows with the grand army
Of demestics who annually make the
trek from coast to coast and land in
the hmpid waters of Nantucket Sound
warmed by the tropical current of the
Gulf Stream nearby =. well, in their
r-poWered Silver Streak with Fred
and Ruby Dixon, Charles and Marie
Hunter together with my charming
and ubiquitous Lilybelle we motored
the long highway down the Cape across
the Cape Cod Canal into Woods Hole
... here, you may garage your car at
the rate of fifty cents per day while
yacationing on the island or with ad-
vance reservations you can transport
your automobile for S6.25 per passage
and it's well worth trying as evidenced
by the hundreds of vehicles which
make up the daily cargo i. . four huge.
white excursion steamers the "New
Bedford" " Nantucket" "Martha's
Vineyard and the "Naushon" make up
the famous line and their personnel
includes Portuguese navigators and
Seamen working among all nationali
ties plus a large number of colored
students from southern colleges who
yearly earn their tuition from a season
on the sea =. it is an hours crossing
to beautiful Oak Bluffs where the en-
tire island is overrun with verdant oak
trees OF all shapes and sizes there,
large and happy throng await the
arrival OF each boat and your friends
greet you happily . at that moment,
FatadlSe begins =. highlights of our
VISIT were the big Fourth of July con-
migration which amounted to S2O.OOO
damage and threatened to sweep the
entire district by flames which begun
IN IN fireworks display Chief Harry
"eDD as resplendent as Grover Whelan
IN civilian attire directed the heroic
efforts of the fire department and mt
the big fire under control in two hours
huge, billowing clouds of smoke