Evening star., 1952-07-27
Famed Old Paper Edited
|ByMun-Wife Teun

light Of the little fry and their
lelders too.
| The Vineyard Gazette Is o veri-
table Bible and 3 circulation mus,
with the Islands around the yeal
population OF about 5000. Il
whom it comes every Friday. ex.
Icept july and August. During
Those months 1t appears as /
Ibi-weekly issue. same cost o.
course to regular subscribers. 4
lis welcomed quite as eagerly dur.
ing the summer months by ths
vineyards visitors. who averag,
lup to fifty thousand In good sea.
lsons." and come from every par,
Of the United States and several
foreign countries.
| It's mast head desienates It as
"non-political journal Of island
life" for the little New England
area it serves. which has been one
Of the kernels Of Americas great
ness as q democracy ever since
Its discovery and settlement. tt
news concerns itself with q cross
section Of the happenings and
small things Of life that give the
flavor Of the island and the char
acter Of both those who live there
and who come to make it q sum-
mer home. Yet, through the al-
chemy with which the Houghs
handle them. these items are not
small after all but an essential
and thought provoking part Of
the great fundamentals Of life
Is it any wonder that such Mar
tha,s Vineyard summer people
as Emily Post, James Cagney.
Katharine Cornell. Francis VIII
son Sayre, Dean Of the Washing
ton Cathedral and Mrs. Borden
Hartman, Leander McCormick
Goodhart and many other no.
tables whose privacy the island
respects. are among those who
welcome the Hough philosophy in
the Vineyard Gazette as a part OF
their absenteeism from asphalt
|pavements and the stress and
strain of cities?
Needless to say, the authorized
firSt-tine news coverages, which
they often release to their es-
teemed neighbors. the Houghs, are
scoops. widely picked UP by other
publications.
It is no happen chance that
Henry and Betty Hough are find
ing joy and satisfaction in this
publication, whose continuity they
insured in June 1890. They had
both had newspaper training and
experience. He is o Columbia Uni
versity School Of Journalism grad
|uate, who had done successful
public relations work with two
great national organizations IN
addition to various posts on sew
|eral newspapers. They were will
ing to forfeit the possible rewards
In metropolitan centers to own a
newspaper Of their own Jointly
and to lead q simple way Of life
Ia q typically American commu-
nifty.
Their persistent courage and
patient philosophy Of life. plus
their courageous adventuring have
carved out for them Q success
which fits into the pattern Of the
|re-discovery Of America. which is
appealing more and more to
Americans.
Even in the bleakness Of their
Martha's Vineyard winters there
are compensations. Then it Is that
Betty Hough practically gets out
the Gazette while Henry writes
his books. His widely read "Coun-
try Editor" co-authorship Of the
| Pulitzer prize-winning, History Of
Service by the American Press
award Of literary excellence" from
his alma mater and the eagerness
with which journalism students
seek to serve practice terms" or
the Gazette in order to work with
the Houghs, are tangible evi-
dences Of their achievements.
Henry Hough's next book aftel
months Of careful research viii
deal with the saga Of the some
ninety courageous women, from
this vicinity, who sailed on the
whaling ship Of their husbands
shared their fate while they "kept
house" aboard wialers that pen.
etrated to the Behring Sea.