Evening star., 1950-08-27
Personalities and Impressions Vi
old and New Weave Pattern
For Quaint Mortho's Vineyard

the descriptive nOmencl0Cure--
West Chop and East Chop.
Martha's Vineyard history
abounds with stirring tales of the
Wampanoag Indians. whose orig
inal name for it was. Nopei, or
Amid the Waters" It also in
cludes dramatic exploits of ex-
plorers. pirates and the golden
era Of whaling ships. The great
whaling industry. which spread to
Nantucket and New Bedford,
started here. For generations,
Vineyard sea captains guided sail
ing ships to far harbors Of the
world.
Many Noted Residents.
Aside from its fame as q yacht
ing center, many of its summer
residents bring an aura OF achieve
ment. For instance, the late
Prof. Shaler. Harvard geologist,
owned Seven Gables farm and
wrote extensively about the is
lands glacial drift. Emily Post,
much-quoted social arbiter. is a
familiar figure in Edgartown. the
county seat. Her garden is In full
view of Fuller street and lis like
a flower catalogue of pastel shades,
with waist-high hollyhocks and
dahlias.
Actress Katharine Cornell is
Exit Cornell" to intimates here
and can be seen any morning In
Vineyard Haven in blue jeans and
pink or red shirt. busy about her
marketing errands. Mrs. j. Borden
Hartman, diplomatic representa-
tive to Norway at the time of the
Nazi invasion, is Daisy" or "Bor-
die" to West Chop friends of long
standing. We had the pleasure Of
visiting with her at an afternoon
party which our host gave the
day after our arrival.
A feature of this occasion, q
history-making one on the island,
was a thought-provoking cere-
mony at which Mr.. Mccormick
Goodhart had the blue and white
flag of the United Nations with
It's world image raised aloft beside
the Stars and Stripes and the
Union Jack already flying from q
pole on his front lawn. His at
tractive 18-year-old daughter
Leandra hoisted 1t into place and
secured the halyards with sea-
manlike twist.
Weekend community affairs
here include the Saturday night
barn dances in the gray-shinglec
Casino to which the 80 resi-
Dental members Of the teen-age
trust flock and the Sunday morn
ing service, held In the same COM
munal room.
II you do not come early, you
do not get o seat. The only re-
served ones are for the children
Patrons line the walls and even
sit out on the front porch
Through open windows they hear
the Scripture reading. prayers and
rousing hymns. such as Fling Out
the Banner" and Onward
Christian Soldiers"
Family dogs. in matter-of-fact
manner. settle in the aisles beside
their masters and quite often be-
side tennis racquets or oars. Or
Pulling. head master Of the Mill
brooke School for Boys. on the
Hudson, q summer visitor with
his wife and family Of four, was
the speaker who inspired young
land old alike the day we attended.
daughter Of the Secretarys oi
State. and the Breckenridge Longs
+ Mr.. Longs collection OF ship
models at the Nantucket home
the Cliffs where seven genera
tions of his family have spent
summers. is a famous one as is his
collection Of scrimshaw, or knife
tracing on whalebone, fashioned
by crews while on long cruises.
Fisherman of the household Is
Mr.. Evans who has applied the
table with porgies and founder
caught from the fishing pier.
Washington Visitors.
Among Washingtonians we have
encountered here are: DR.. Briar
Blades. chief of surgery at George
Washington University Medica
School; Henderson Gregory, the
Rev. Francis Sayre, jr., and hi.
wife. formerly Harriet Hart, ths
daughter of Admiral and Mrs
Thomas c. Hart; Eleanor sayre
now with the Fogg Museum o.
Harvard: Jane Acheson Brown
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