Whelden Memorial Library: Historical Documents

A

"About the Librarians," ,GH3 110
Ackley, Barbara

photographs, GH3 48, GH3 50, GH3 51

Adams, Bill

blueberry patch, GH3 236

Adams, Bruce, GH3 68

Blue Wheel, photograph, GH3 80
leather and gift shop, GH3 151

Adams, John

refections on James Otis, GH3 44, GH3 45, GH3 47, GH3 76

Adams, Malcolm

blueberry patch, GH3 236
photograph, GH3 81

Adams, Virginia, GH3 68, GH3 151
affordable housing

Lombard Farm proposal, GH3 231

Aittanicmi, Henry, GH3 79
Aittanicmi, Raymond J. and Stella, GH3 79
Alger, John

last town meeting, GH3 53, GH3 60

Allyne, Mary (mother of James Otis), GH3 45
Anderson, Patricia

Old Selectman's Building, GH3 35

Andrews, Skipper

West Parish Church organist, GH3 3

Antonellis, Betsy

Scenic Highway (Rt. 6A) concerns, photograph, GH3 226

Arden, Thomas

West Barnstable Brick Co. owner, GH3 116

Atsalis, Demetrius J.

"Regarding the Conant Property" (easement bill), GH3 219

Atwood, Neil

selected Citizen of the Year, GH3 242

B

"Bank Preserves Scenic Rt. 6A 'Pond Field'" (Barnstable Land Trust), GH3 170–72
"Barbara Rogers and Caitlin Rogers" (Reed), GH3 169
"bargain sales" (Barnstable Land Trust)

of Crane property, GH3 184
defined, GH3 167
of Smith land, GH3 165–68, GH3 177, GH3 186

"'Bargain Sale' to Barnstable Land Trust of 26 Wooded Acres" (Barnstable Land Trust), GH3 165–68
Barker, Rev. Dr. William P.

West Parish Meetinghouse, photograph, GH3 157

Barnstable, Three Centuries of a Cape Cod Town (Trayser), GH3 224
"Barnstable Birthday Bash"

350th Anniversary, GH3 58

Barnstable Historic Commission

1996 awards, GH3 114
historic home survey, GH3 104, GH3 105–6
Preservation Awards, photograph, GH3 93
survey, GH3 104, GH3 105–6, GH3 209–10

Barnstable Housing Authority

Conant property and, GH3 218
Lombard Farm housing project, GH3 65

Barnstable Land Trust

"bargain sale" of Smith land to, GH3 165–68, GH3 177, GH3 186
Cape Cod Cooperative Bank donation of "Pond Field," ,GH3 170–72, GH3 178
fall cruise, GH3 177
guided walks, GH3 177
land donated by John Hall, GH3 101–2
pond-front Hyannis properties purchased by, GH3 181–85
"Try Yard" parcel donated to, GH3 119–20

"Barnstable Land Trust give 'Try Yard' site on Sandy Neck where Whales were taken in 17th Century," ,GH3 119–20
"Barnstable Town Meeting Ends," ,GH3 53
Barnstable-West Barnstable Elementary School

computer technology, GH3 111, GH3 114

"Barnstable/West Barnstable Elementary School: Keeping Up with Technology," ,GH3 111
Barton, Jacalyn (Jaci), GH3 36, GH3 101, GH3 119, GH3 166–67, GH3 185, GH3 186, GH3 190, GH3 206
Basile, John

"Black Ribbons Show Concern for Route 6A Future," ,GH3 226

Bayview Stock Farm, GH3 10
beaches

favorite Cape Cod locations (Sandy Neck), GH3 203

Becker, S. Alan

obituary, GH3 227
Whelden Memorial Library treasurer, photograph, GH3 48

Bianchi, Robert

Conant property, GH3 190

Bicentennial celebration, GH3 4
Birdsey, Barbara

Orenda Wildlife Land Trust, GH3 174

Black, Bob

Whelden Memorial Library, photograph, GH3 50

Black, Robert, Jr.

Whelden Memorial Library, GH3 59

Black, Thomas, GH3 68
Black Duck Restaurant, GH3 171, GH3 172, GH3 178
"Black Ribbons Show Concern for Route 6A Future" (Basile), GH3 226
Blazis, Gary

Conant property, GH3 190

blueberry cultivation, GH3 236
Blue Laws, GH3 80
Blue Stream Trout Farm, GH3 190
Blue Wheel, GH3 151

photograph, GH3 80

Bodfish, Beatrice, GH3 4
Bodfish, Bill, GH3 4
Bodfish, George, GH3 1
"Bogged Down: Federal Rules Stymie Reclamation of Abandoned Bogs" (Collins), GH3 153–56
Bradford, Noah (potter), GH3 8
Bradford, Noah (son of potter), GH3 8, GH3 115
"Brick Company, The: Flourishing for Half a Century and then it Failed," ,GH3 115–16
Broadhurst, Francis, GH3 25, GH3 53

"Fred Conant's Legacy," ,GH3 192

Brown, Gary, GH3 190, GH3 191
Brown, Leonard, GH3 46
Bryant, Gregory

"End of an Era in Barnstable," ,GH3 60

Burling, Grace

photograph, GH3 81

C

"Cape Captain Took 'Old Ironsides' on her Finest Trip" (Ellis), GH3 121
Cape Cod

attractions, GH3 199–204

Cape Cod Commission

Conant property and, GH3 193
model bylaws for Cape Cod town, GH3 173

Cape Cod Community College

31st commencement, GH3 97

Cape Cod Cooperative Bank

donates "Pond Field" to Barnstable Land Trust, GH3 170–72, GH3 178

Cape Cod Land Bank, GH3 186
Cape Cod Mall

mitigation agreement for expansion of, GH3 181–85

"Cape Cod's World of Summer Delights" (Theroux), GH3 199–204
"Cape Growers Preserve Cranberry Industry" (Frisbee), GH3 107–8
Carlson, Mary

Historic Commission preservation awards, photograph, GH3 93

Carlson, Ruth

"West Barnstable--God's Handiwork" (Carlson), GH3 1–5

"CCCC Holds 31st Commencement," ,GH3 97
"Christmas Along the Old King's Highway," ,GH3 92
"Citizen of the Year Knows his Village, and his Pumpkins" (Still), GH3 209–10
"Civic Association's Affordable Housing Combines Past and Present" (Maroney), GH3 231
"Civic Center, The" (Clark), GH3 211
"Civic Center, The" (Desrochers), GH3 162
"Civic Center, The" (Fitton), GH3 193–94
Claire Murray Creative Arts Center, GH3 150–51
"Claire Murray's Shop and Creative Arts Center," ,GH3 150–51
CLAMS (Cape Libraries Automated Materials Sharing Network, Inc.). See also Whelden Memorial Library

book acquisition polices, GH3 144–46
establishment of, GH3 70–71
financial issues, GH3 72
test sites, GH3 109

"CLAMS Test Site," ,GH3 109
Clark, Kris, GH3 186

"Civic Center, The," ,GH3 211
photograph, GH3 168

Clark, Richard

Conant property, GH3 190, GH3 218

Clark, William F.

cranberry bogs, GH3 155

Cleveland, Grover

West Barnstable (Village) Elementary School, GH3 14

Coastal Living: Cranberry Harvest, GH3 243–44
Cobb, Enoch

Barnstable land Trust, GH3 119

Collins, Patrick

"Bogged Down: Federal Rules Stymie Reclamation of Abandoned Bogs," ,GH3 153–56

"Colonial Era Field, More Recently Was Site of Restaurant," ,GH3 171
"Comedy Club is 75 Years Old," ,GH3 117
"Commission Prepares Tower Bylaw" (Pratt), GH3 173
communications towers

model bylaws for, GH3 173
Oak Street tower ordered down, GH3 173

computer technology

in West Barnstable Elementary School, GH3 111, GH3 114

Conant, Fred, GH3 3, GH3 4

legacy of, GH3 192
Nursery and Greenhouses, GH3 187, GH3 193

Conant, Ruth, GH3 4
Conant Nursery Trust, GH3 163–64
Conant property, GH3 162, GH3 193

Council votes to protect, GH3 191
development proposal, GH3 151, GH3 158–59, GH3 190, GH3 191, GH3 193
funds for purchase of, GH3 205–6, GH3 211, GH3 215, GH3 217, GH3 223
history, GH3 187
petition, GH3 187–89, GH3 190, GH3 191, GH3 194
preservation of, GH3 187–94
special meeting on, GH3 212
stone walls, GH3 192
Town closes on purchase, GH3 223
Town Council approval of purchase, GH3 218
value of, GH3 215
water rights, GH3 215
water supply easement legislation, GH3 219
West Barnstable Fire District approves purchase of, GH3 215

"Conant Property Petition" (Desrochers), GH3 187–89
"Conant Property Should Be Protected with 'Any and All Action Necessary,' The" (Watters), GH3 190
"Conant Purchase Now up to Council" (Still), GH3 215
"Council Approves Conant Land Buy in West Barnstable" (Still), GH3 218
"Council Decides to Protect 20 Acres in West Barnstable" (Merchant), GH3 191
Counsell, Lindsey, GH3 205, GH3 206, GH3 219
Cox, Alice

"James Otis, the Patriot," ,GH3 44–47

Cranberry Barn, Barnstable Land Trust, GH3 178
cranberry bogs, GH3 3

dry harvest, GH3 244
ecology, GH3 108
family business, GH3 107–8
history, GH3 243
photographs, GH3 156
production, GH3 108, GH3 136, GH3 243–44
reclamation issues, GH3 153–56
Sandy Neck, GH3 195
wet harvest, GH3 244

Cranberry Growers Association, GH3 108
Crane, Lexa

Whelden Memorial Library, GH3 96, GH3 110, GH3 147

photographs, GH3 145, GH3 147

Crane, Mary H.

property sold to Barnstable Land Trust in bargain sale, GH3 184

Crocker, Joseph, GH3 103
Crowell, Joel

Cape Cod Cooperative Bank donation of "Pond Field" to Barnstable Land Trust, GH3 170–72

D

Daniels, Ramona

West Barnstable Post Office, GH3 222

"Dedication: James Otis, Jr. Memorial Statue," ,GH3 77
"Depot Opens Again, but not for Business," ,GH3 237
Desautels, Jan, GH3 96, GH3 110
Desrochers, Judy, GH3 190, GH3 191

"Civic Center, The," ,GH3 162
"Conant Property Petition," ,GH3 187–89

Desrosiers, Nicole, GH3 241
"Devoted to his Craft: Dick Kuisalas vows to pursue his woodwork" (Myers), GH3 233–34
Dig and Delve Garden Club, GH3 51
Donati, David and Abigail

Barnstable Historic Commission award, GH3 114

Draper, Lucy C.

photograph, GH3 184

Drew, Carolyn

photograph, GH3 92

E

"Early Files," ,GH3 80
"Efforts to Preserve Village Land Pay Off" (Merchant), GH3 217
"Ellen Gugel Following Her Heart's Desire with Orenda" (Wimmer), GH3 174
Ellis, James (Jim)

"Cape Captain Took 'Old Ironsides' on her Finest Trip," ,GH3 121
photograph, GH3 229
"Sandy Neck: Barnstable's 'Wild and Fantastical Place'", GH3 195
writes book on "Mad Jack" Percival, GH3 123

"End of an Era in Barnstable" (Bryant), GH3 60
"Explaining the Past," ,GH3 51

F

Fenn, Margo, GH3 183, GH3 185
Finnish-American Society of Cape Cod, GH3 220, GH3 232
Finnish cooking, GH3 220, GH3 232
Finnish history book, GH3 144
Finnish immigrants

appeal of area to, GH3 232
churches, GH3 232
early settlers, GH3 105–6
housing for, GH3 8
saunas, GH3 2, GH3 9, GH3 232

"Finn Town," ,GH3 123, GH3 180
"First Purchase," ,GH3 171, GH3 178
First Selectman's Office, GH3 31
"Fiscal Crunch Threatens CLAMS" (Joyce), GH3 72
Fitton, Deborah

"Civic Center, The," ,GH3 193–94
photograph, GH3 168, GH3 177

"Five Generations of Crockers Content to Stay Home" (Sykes), GH3 27
Flynn, Martin (Marty)

Whelden Memorial Library, GH3 48
YMCA, GH3 63

"4-H Babysitting Course at Whelden Library," ,GH3 54
"42 Units at Lombard, Old Mill" (Still), GH3 65
"Fred Conant's Legacy" (Broadhurst), GH3 192
"Friends 'Board' with their Profits," ,GH3 239
Friends of West Barnstable, GH3 172, GH3 178
Frisbee, Kathy Sharp

"Cape Growers Preserve Cranberry Industry," ,GH3 107–8

Frye, Patrick, GH3 185

G

Gagnon, Ben

"Old Village May Be Home to New Houses," ,GH3 158–59

Gedrites, Mildred "Millie," ,GH3 119–20
Geller, Tom

photograph, GH3 36

George, Thomas, GH3 226
glaciers, GH3 1
Goodspeed, Levi, GH3 171, GH3 178

West Barnstable Brick Company and, GH3 8

Gray, Debbie

Scenic Highway (Rt. 6A), photograph, GH3 226

Great Marsh, GH3 136, GH3 139–40

natural resources, GH3 124

Gugel, Ellen

Orenda Wildlife Trust, GH3 174

H

Haddad, Ann, GH3 72
"Half of the Town of Barnstable Historic Commission Award Winners for 1996 from West Barnstable," ,GH3 114
Hall, John C., II

land donated by, GH3 101–2

"Harold Weeks, 95, urges Working 'for a better Earth'" (Robotham), GH3 29–30
Harries, Ann-Louise

Welden Memorial Library, photograph, GH3 147

Hay Grounds, GH3 124
Heddeway (Hathaway), James, GH3 185
"He's Been Walking Miles in Another Man's Moccasins" (Snow), GH3 224
Hetterman, Pearl, GH3 19–22
Higgens, Dr. J. Hayden, GH3 14
Hinckley, Samuel, GH3 171
Hinckley, Susannah, GH3 171
Historical Society of West Barnstable

revival of, GH3 229, GH3 230

historic buildings

Blossom house, GH3 68
Bodfish, John, homestead, GH3 69
Crocker Whitman homestead, GH3 49
Fuller-Handy house, GH3 79
Fuller-Smith house, GH3 56
Historic Commission survey, GH3 104, GH3 105–6, GH3 209–10
West Barnstable Community Center, GH3 55
West Parish Church, GH3 52
Whelden Memorial Library, GH3 78

"Historic Homes of Barnstable"

Blossom House, GH3 68
Bodfish, John, homestead, GH3 69
Crocker Whitman homestead, GH3 49
Fuller-Handy house, GH3 79
Fuller-Smith house, GH3 56
West Barnstable Community Center, GH3 55
West Parish Meeting House, GH3 52
Whelden Memorial Library, GH3 78

Historic Meetinghouse Quilt Show

photograph, GH3 84

"Historic Parcel Donation will Preserve Scenic Vista" (Watters), GH3 178
"Historic Revival," ,GH3 229
Homecoming, West Barnstable Grammar School program, GH3 99–100
Honey Bottom, GH3 1
"Honoring Our Patriot," ,GH3 76
Howland's Ice Cream Store, GH3 129
"How to put the 'Finnishing' Touches on Holiday Cooking" (Lynch), GH3 220
Hull, Issac, GH3 121
Huovinen, Karl, GH3 67
Hurrell, Don, GH3 74
Hutchinson, Thomas, GH3 44, GH3 45

I

"Immigrants Gave West Barnstable a Bright Finnish" (Lynch), GH3 232
Indian Burying Ground, GH3 1
Indian Trail

Barnstable Land Trust and, GH3 166
Wirtanen's research on, GH3 224

International Fund for Animal Welfare, GH3 175–76, GH3 215, GH3 217, GH3 223

J

Jacobs, Mary, GH3 219
"James Otis, the Patriot" (Cox), GH3 44–47
Jarvi, Pauline, GH3 232
JD Ramps, GH3 239
Jenkins, Asa, GH3 107, GH3 244
Jenkins, Elizabeth Crocker, GH3 2–3, GH3 52, GH3 209
Jenkins, Harry, GH3 78
Jenkins, James (Jim), GH3 107–8, GH3 172, GH3 178, GH3 244

cranberry bogs, GH3 154
farm, GH3 111
named Citizen of the Year, GH3 152

Jenkins, Rowena

obituary, GH3 54

Jenkins Farm, GH3 111, GH3 179–80
"Jenkins Retires," ,GH3 109
"John Hall, Children Donate 20 Acres to Barnstable Land Trust," ,GH3 101–2
Johnson, Aira, GH3 220
Johnson, Carl

recycling concerns, photograph, GH3 89

Joyce, Tim

"Fiscal Crunch Threatens CLAMS," ,GH3 72
"New Species of CLAMS to Feed Cape Book," ,GH3 70–71

K

Kalweit, Douglas, GH3 247
Keary, Marge, GH3 127
Knight, Melvin, GH3 18
Korjeff, Sarah, GH3 158–59
Kraus, Richard

photograph, GH3 97

Kuisalas, Dick

hand injury, GH3 233–34

L

Lahteine, Olga, GH3 17
"Land Bank Vote Nov. 3," ,GH3 186
"Land Dispute Blocks Sale of Historic Barnstable RR Station" (Nicholson), GH3 25
"Land Was Once Colonial Woodlots by an Ancient Trail" (Wirtanen), GH3 166
Lebel, James A.

property sold to Barnstable Land Trust, GH3 184

Lechnmere, Thomas, GH3 44
Lee, Daniel

"Majestic Great Marsh still wild, beautiful," ,GH3 124

Lewis, David A., GH3 74, GH3 76, GH3 161
Lewis, Edward, GH3 185
Lewis Pond, GH3 185
libraries. See also Whelden Memorial Library

book acquisition polices, GH3 144–46
CLAMS (Cape Libraries Automated Materials Sharing Network, Inc.), GH3 70–71, GH3 72
specialized collections, GH3 144

"Library Plans Huge 'Village Yard Sale'", GH3 67
"Library Receives Gift of Jacquard Wall Hanging," ,GH3 59
Lincoln, Benjamin, GH3 46
Lincoln, Mary Otis, GH3 46
Linder, Mrs. George, GH3 78, GH3 179
Linder Library, GH3 78
Little Hathaways Pond

Barnstable Land Trust purchase of land near, GH3 181–85

"Local Writer Chronicles 'Mad Jack'" (Lynch), GH3 123
Lombard, Parker, GH3 3, GH3 65, GH3 231
Lombard Farm property

affordable housing proposed, GH3 231
construction of library on, GH3 78
elderly/handicapped housing project, GH3 65, GH3 66
history, GH3 3
inmates, GH3 3
photograph, GH3 64
selectman's office, GH3 1
wells, GH3 64
West Barnstable Village School and, GH3 12, GH3 15

"Lombard Plan Lacks OKH Nod" (Still), GH3 66
Lombard Trust

West Barnstable Depot and, GH3 25

Loughnane, Audrey, GH3 91, GH3 151, GH3 237

photograph, GH3 87
re-election flyer, GH3 213–14

Lowell, Greg

photograph, GH3 125

Lynch, Brad

"How to put the 'Finnishing' Touches on Holiday Cooking," ,GH3 220
"Immigrants Gave West Barnstable a Bright Finnish," ,GH3 232
"Local Writer Chronicles 'Mad Jack'", GH3 123
"West Barnstable Man Covers the World for the Animals," ,GH3 175–76
"West Barnstable Revives Historical Society After 40 Years," ,GH3 230
"West Barnstable Senior Plants Locally, Donates Books Globally," ,GH3 241

Lynch, Tom, GH3 183

M

Mahoney, C. I.

"West Barnstable's Joe Thomas Remembers the Way it Was," ,GH3 8–10

"Mail Carrier Slightly Injured when Car Rams Post Office," ,GH3 221–22
"Majestic Great Marsh still wild, beautiful" (Lee), GH3 124
Makepeace, Abel D. (A. D.), GH3 112, GH3 115, GH3 116, GH3 136

homestead, GH3 3
memories of, GH3 8

Makepeace, William, GH3 27
Makepeace's Store, GH3 8
"Making Mercy a Household Name...and James, Too" (Still), GH3 161
Maroney, Edward F.

"Civic Association's Affordable Housing Combines Past and Present," ,GH3 231
"Patch of Blue amidst a Sea of Green, A," ,GH3 236
"Whelden Memorial Library Celebrates a Citizen Who Cares," ,GH3 242

McCallum, Lucille Brown

"Growing Up in West Barnstable," ,GH3 197

McCormick, Cynthia

"Town Marks 350th Anniversary," ,GH3 41

Melville, Herman, GH3 121, GH3 203
Merchant, Mark

"Council Decides to Protect 20 Acres in West Barnstable," ,GH3 191
"Efforts to Preserve Village Land Pay Off," ,GH3 217

Merritt, Jane

photograph, GH3 48

Merritt, Philip

photograph, GH3 125

Merritt, Susie, GH3 12
Michaud, Jake, GH3 239
Mid-Cape Highway (Rt. 6)

traffic, photograph, GH3 83

"Mid1600s Crocker Farm and 'ordinary' (tavern)" (Wirtanen), GH3 102–3
Miller, Wayne, GH3 190
Mill Pond

fish ladder, GH3 245–47

Mills, Cindy, GH3 72
Milton, Susan

"Otis Honored as Cape Patriot," ,GH3 74

"Mitigation by the Mall: A Public Benefit for Public Permission," ,GH3 183–85
Morgan, Michele

"YMCA Opens Door to New Home," ,GH3 63

"Most Admired Farm on Cape Cod is in West Barnstable, The," ,GH3 111
Mount Rushmore Flag, GH3 41

photograph, GH3 58

Mullen, Daniel, GH3 215, GH3 230
Mullen, Tom, GH3 89–90
Myers, K. C.

"Devoted to his Craft: Dick Kuisalas vows to pursue his woodwork," ,GH3 233–34

N

National Cranberry Association, GH3 171, GH3 178
National Tree Trust, GH3 241
Native Americans

trails, GH3 166, GH3 224

"Nearly 10 Acres Protected Next to Hyannis Wellhead, Little Hathaways Pond," ,GH3 181–85
New England Development, GH3 183
"New Faces at Whelden Library," ,GH3 96
"New Species of CLAMS to Feed Cape Book" (Joyce), GH3 70–71
Nicholson, John

"Land Dispute Blocks Sale of Historic Barnstable RR Station," ,GH3 25

Nickulas, Larry

agreement to sell Conant property, GH3 205–6, GH3 212, GH3 215, GH3 217, GH3 223
Conant property development proposal, GH3 158–59, GH3 190, GH3 191, GH3 193

Nilsson, Elizabeth A. (Betty), GH3 27, GH3 57, GH3 128, GH3 230, GH3 231

named Citizen of the Year, GH3 112
photograph, GH3 51, GH3 229
"When Will We Protect the Water?" (letter), GH3 64

Nilsson, Evald, GH3 27
Nye, Chloe, GH3 56

O

obituaries

Becker, S. Alan, GH3 227
Jenkins, Rowena, GH3 54
Saladino, Dorothea, GH3 198

O'Brien, Francis W. and Carol Lebel

property sold to Barnstable Land Trust, GH3 184–85

O'Brien, Greg

"Sense of Place, A: West Barnstable Past and Present," ,GH3 132–42

Ocean Spray, Inc., GH3 108, GH3 244
Ojala, Andrew

photograph, GH3 125

Ojala, Daniel

photograph, GH3 125

Ojala, Emery

photograph, GH3 125

Ojala, Melody, GH3 125
"Old Ironsides." See U.S.S. Constitution
Old King's Highway (Route 6A)

description of, GH3 180
holiday celebrations, photographs, GH3 92
Indian Trail and, GH3 224
opposition to improvement plans, GH3 226
resurfacing, GH3 225

Old King's Highway Historic District, GH3 180

Lombard Farm housing project approvals, GH3 66
subdivision proposed in, GH3 158–59

"Old Meeting House Gets Face-Lift," ,GH3 35
Old Selectman's Building, GH3 1, GH3 9, GH3 10, GH3 35, GH3 37, GH3 57, GH3 112, GH3 128

completion of, GH3 31
photograph, GH3 36, GH3 128
rededication of, GH3 57
restoration of, GH3 35, GH3 112

"Old Selectmen's Building is 100 Years Old," ,GH3 57
"Old Village May Be Home to New Houses" (Gagnon), GH3 158–59
Old Village Store, GH3 180

description, GH3 131–35
operation of, GH3 4
parking lot, GH3 225

O'Leary, Justin, GH3 19
O'Neill, Bill

"Reading and Weeding: How Cape Librarians decide what to keep on the shelf," ,GH3 144–46

open space

purchase of land for, GH3 159, GH3 162
town acquisition program, GH3 186, GH3 194
value of, GH3 186, GH3 193–94

O'Regan, Frederick M., GH3 175–76, GH3 215
Orenda Wildlife Land Trust, GH3 174
Otis, Amos, GH3 103
Otis, Elizabeth, GH3 45
Otis, Elizabeth (Brown), GH3 46
Otis, Hannah, GH3 45
Otis, Harrison Gray, GH3 113
Otis, James (son of James, Jr.), GH3 46
Otis, James, Jr. ("The Patriot"), GH3 4, GH3 123

biography, GH3 44–47, GH3 113
burial of, GH3 47
children, GH3 46
death of, GH3 47
education, GH3 45–46
estate, GH3 4
Granary Hill Burying Ground marker, GH3 47
head injury, GH3 47
home, GH3 180
James Otis Jr. Day, GH3 74
law practice, GH3 46
memorial boulder, GH3 44, GH3 47, GH3 140–41
memorial statue unveiled, GH3 74–77
"Pond Field" property and, GH3 171, GH3 172, GH3 178
statues of, GH3 161

Otis, James, Sr., GH3 45, GH3 46

family, GH3 4
home, GH3 4
"Pond Field" property and, GH3 171
profile, GH3 111, GH3 113
Paul Revere bell given in memory of, GH3 52

Otis, John, GH3 45, GH3 171
Otis, John, 2nd, GH3 171
Otis, Joseph, GH3 4, GH3 45, GH3 171

profile, GH3 113

Otis, Mary, GH3 45
Otis, Mary (Lincoln), GH3 46
Otis, Mercy, GH3 4, GH3 45, GH3 47, GH3 118

profile, GH3 113
recognition of, GH3 161
statue of, GH3 161

Otis, Ruth Cunningham, GH3 46
Otis, Samuel Allyn, GH3 4, GH3 45, GH3 47

profile, GH3 113

Otis-Atwood Conservation Area, GH3 142
"Otis Family, The: Once the Most Prominent Family in the Country," ,GH3 111–13
Otis Hall, GH3 78
"Otis Honored as Cape Patriot" (Milton), GH3 74
Our Lady of Hope chapel, GH3 136

P

Parker, Howard, GH3 78
Parker, Tracy, GH3 4
Paster, Barry

"Village Steps up to the Plate, A," ,GH3 216

"Patch of Blue amidst a Sea of Green, A" (Maroney), GH3 236
Perchard, John

photograph, GH3 221

Percival, John "Mad Jack"

burial of, GH3 123, GH3 180
naval service, GH3 121
nickname, GH3 121
U.S.S. Constitution and, GH3 121, GH3 123

Percival, John "Mad Jack," Fund, GH3 13
Perry, Genevieve, GH3 12
Perry, Irving, GH3 120
Perry, Rev. John

photograph, GH3 87

Perry, Lucy, GH3 120
Peters, John, GH3 41
Phelan, Sue, GH3 110
Pine Street, GH3 179
"Point, The"

donated to Barnstable Land Trust by Cape Cod Cooperative Bank, GH3 170–72

"Pond Field"

donated to Barnstable Land Trust by Cape Cod Cooperative Bank, GH3 170–72, GH3 178

poor house/farm, GH3 3
Portuguese immigrants

appeal of area to, GH3 16

Post Road, GH3 166
Pownall, Thomas, GH3 46
Poyant, Napoleon, GH3 57
Pratt, David

"Commission Prepares Tower Bylaw," ,GH3 173
"Tower Owner Told to Take it Down," ,GH3 173

Pratt, Kathy, GH3 96
Prince, Nathan, GH3 45
"Processing Whales Floated into Barnstable Harbor" (Wirtanen), GH3 120

Q

quilts

Historic Meetinghouse Quilt Show, photograph, GH3 84

R

radio tower, Oak Street, GH3 173
railroad

history, GH3 2, GH3 8
West Barnstable Depot, GH3 25, GH3 180, GH3 237

"Reading and Weeding: How Cape Librarians decide what to keep on the shelf" (O'Neill), GH3 144–46
recycling

regional center, GH3 89–91

Reed, Ann

"Barbara Rogers and Caitlin Rogers," ,GH3 169

"Regarding the Conant Property" (Atsalis), GH3 219
Resource Protection Overlay District, GH3 240
Revere, Paul

West Parish Meeting House bell, GH3 3, GH3 51, GH3 52, GH3 179

Rhodes, Foster, GH3 121
Richardson, Royden, GH3 190
Robinson, John, GH3 47
Robinson, Mark, GH3 183, GH3 184, GH3 185
Robotham, Cynthia

"Harold Weeks, 95, urges Working 'for a better Earth'", GH3 29–30

Rogers, Pat, GH3 131
Rohrbach, Susan, GH3 36, GH3 190
Roosevelt, Theodore

West Barnstable (Village) Elementary School, GH3 14

"Rooster Church." See West Parish Meeting House
Rosen, Isaac

"Voices of New England: Martin Wirtanen," ,GH3 105

Rosenthal, Barbara

photograph, GH3 51

Route 6. See Mid-Cape Highway (Rt. 6)
Route 149

resurfacing project plans, GH3 225

Rowley, Henry, GH3 185
Rudman, Gloria, GH3 36, GH3 190
Russell, Rev. Jonathan, GH3 4, GH3 45
Russell, Lothrop, GH3 45
Rutherford, Warren, GH3 90, GH3 91

S

"Saga of Communities is Family History," ,GH3 117
Saladino, Dorothea, GH3 96

obituary, GH3 198

salt hay, GH3 124, GH3 139–40
Sand Hill Pond

photograph, GH3 168

Sandhill Woodlands

"bargain sale" to Barnstable Land Trust, GH3 165–68, GH3 177, GH3 186

Sandy Neck

beach access, GH3 1
cranberry bogs, GH3 195
description, GH3 138–40, GH3 203
history, GH3 195
natural resources, GH3 124
photograph, GH3 82
protection of, GH3 195
recreational use, GH3 195
shipwrecks, GH3 195
"Try Yard" parcel, GH3 119–20
try yards, GH3 140
whaling, GH3 195

"Sandy Neck: Barnstable's 'Wild and Fantastical Place'" (Ellis), GH3 195
Sandy Neck lighthouse, GH3 136, GH3 195

photograph, GH3 82

saunas, GH3 2, GH3 9, GH3 232
selectman's office

completion of, GH3 31
Old Selectman's Building, GH3 1, GH3 9, GH3 10, GH3 35, GH3 37, GH3 57, GH3 112, GH3 128

"Sense of Place, A: West Barnstable Past and Present" (O'Brien), GH3 132–42
Serunk

"First Purchase" from, GH3 171, GH3 178

"Shark City," ,GH3 123, GH3 180, GH3 232
Sharp, Hill and Ruth, GH3 68, GH3 151
Shaw, Chief Justice Lemuel, GH3 2, GH3 123
Shaw, Rev. Oakes, GH3 2
Shea, Pauli, GH3 84
shipwrecks

Sandy Neck, GH3 195

Shoemaker, Nancy

elected president of Historical Society, GH3 230
photograph, GH3 229, GH3 230
West Barnstable Press, GH3 111–14, GH3 127–30, GH3 149–52

Silverman, Carol, GH3 110
Sireh, Judy, GH3 161
skateboard ramps, GH3 239
Small, Anne, GH3 96
Smart Growth Committee, GH3 240
Smith, Robert "Dean," ,GH3 166, GH3 167
Smith, Virginia

"bargain sale" of land to Barnstable Land Trust, GH3 165–68, GH3 177, GH3 186

"Smith Property Fundraising Closing in on Barnstable Land Trust Goal," ,GH3 177
Snow, Barbara K.

"He's Been Walking Miles in Another Man's Moccasins," ,GH3 224

Sorvo, Joela

photograph, GH3 125

Spaulding, Rev. Robert (Bob), GH3 37, GH3 57

photograph, GH3 87

"Special Meeting Called on Conant Property" (Still), GH3 212
Spruce Pond Road, GH3 166
S.S. E.J. Sadler, GH3 18
St. George, Marion, GH3 220
Stamp Act of 1765, GH3 47
Standish, Miles, GH3 124
Still, David, II

"Conant Purchase Now up to Council" (Still), GH3 215
"Council Approves Conant Land Buy in West Barnstable," ,GH3 218
"42 Units at Lombard, Old Mill," ,GH3 65
"Historic Election: First Council Named," ,GH3 36
"Lombard Plan Lacks OKH Nod," ,GH3 66
"Making Mercy a Household Name...and James, Too," ,GH3 161
"Special Meeting Called on Conant Property," ,GH3 212
"Town Closes on Purchase of Former Conant Property," ,GH3 223
"Two-acre Plan Nixes Half of Buildable Lots," ,GH3 240
"WB Residents Worried About Recycling Concept," ,GH3 89–90
"WB Wants Wells OK'd," ,GH3 91
"West Barnstable Needs $900K More for Land," ,GH3 205–6
"West Barnstable Recycling Plan 'DOA'", GH3 91
"West Barnstable 'Stickers' to Guns on Rte. 149," ,GH3 225

"Story of the West Barnstable Village School, The" (Walsh), GH3 11–24
Stout, R. Victor and Mary A., GH3 56
Strauss, Marilyn, GH3 114
subdivisions

near West Parish Meeting House, GH3 158–59

Swenson, John and Lucy, GH3 119–20
Sykes, Edna Lahteine, GH3 22
Sykes, Nancy

"Five Generations of Crockers Content to Stay Home," ,GH3 27

T

taxation

in American Colonies, GH3 46–47

Teacher Corps, GH3 17, GH3 18
teachers

salaries, GH3 13, GH3 17
West Barnstable Village School, GH3 12–13

Temperance Society, GH3 14
Theroux, Alexander

"Cape Cod's World of Summer Delights," ,GH3 199–204

Thomas, Anne, GH3 93
Thomas, H. Seely, GH3 93
Thomas, Joe

memories of West Barnstable, GH3 8

Thomas, Lembi

memories of West Barnstable, GH3 8–10

350th Anniversary Celebration

Mount Rushmore Flag, photograph, GH3 58
planning, GH3 31–34, GH3 37–39
program, GH3 41–43

"350th Birthday in Progress," ,GH3 31
Tinsley, James, GH3 72, GH3 190, GH3 191, GH3 218
"Tower Owner Told to Take it Down" (Pratt), GH3 173
"Town Closes on Purchase of Former Conant Property" (Still), GH3 223
Town Council

approves purchase of Conant property, GH3 218
considers Conant property purchase, GH3 215
election of first Council, GH3 36
votes to protect Conant property, GH3 191

Town Crier, GH3 57
town manager government, GH3 53
"Town Marks 350th Anniversary" (McCormick), GH3 41
town meetings

building used for, GH3 9, GH3 10
final meeting, GH3 53, GH3 60

Trailview, GH3 1
Trayser, Donald G., GH3 45, GH3 224
"Try Yard"

parcel donated to Barnstable Land Trust, GH3 119–20
whaling industry and, GH3 140

"Two-acre Plan Nixes Half of Buildable Lots" (Still), GH3 240

U

Upton, Carol

"Village Prepares for Heritage Day Celebrations," ,GH3 32–33

U.S.S. Constitution

Percival, John ("Mad Jack") and, GH3 121, GH3 123
photograph, GH3 122

Uyeno, Carol

"West Barnstable Anniversary Activities Scheduled Tomorrow," ,GH3 57

V

Viliesis, Helmi Wiinikainen, GH3 232

"Growing Up in West Barnstable," ,GH3 197

"Village Prepares for Heritage Day Celebrations" (Upton), GH3 32–33
"Villages, The: West Barnstable," ,GH3 91
"Village Steps up to the Plate, A" (Paster), GH3 216
Village Yard Sale, GH3 67
vision planning, GH3 88
"Voices of New England: Martin Wirtanen" (Rosen), GH3 105–6
Vuilleumier, Marion, GH3 57

W

Wallace, Joanne

photograph, GH3 87

Wallace, Stephen (Steve), GH3 190

photograph, GH3 87

Wallace, Thomas E., GH3 87, GH3 88
Walsh, Helen

"Story of the West Barnstable Village School, The," ,GH3 11–24

Ward, Connie

photograph, GH3 221

War of 1812

Percival and, GH3 121

Warren, James, GH3 113
Warren, Mercy Otis. See Otis, Mercy
Warrington, Lewis, GH3 121
water supply

wells, GH3 64, GH3 91, GH3 95

Watters, John

"Historic Parcel Donation will Preserve Scenic Vista" (Watters), GH3 178

Weber, Bertha, GH3 2, GH3 12–13, GH3 17, GH3 18, GH3 19, GH3 22
Weekes, Harold, GH3 10

memories of, GH3 29–30

Weeks, Alfred, GH3 4
Wellhead Protection District, GH3 181
West Barnstable

in 1911, GH3 15–16
Bicentennial celebration, GH3 4
country stores, GH3 4
cranberry bogs, GH3 3
description, GH3 1–5, GH3 131–42
geography, GH3 1
history, GH3 1–5, GH3 8
housing prices, GH3 4
legendary characters, GH3 4
1906 map, GH3 129
nicknames, GH3 123
regional recycling center, GH3 89–91
rural and historic character of, GH3 1–5, GH3 131–42, GH3 158–59, GH3 162, GH3 211
Joe Thomas' memories of, GH3 8
vision planning, GH3 88

"West Barnstable, Massachusetts Volksmarch 8/15/98 Points of Interest," ,GH3 179–80
"West Barnstable Anniversary Activities Scheduled Tomorrow" (Uyeno), GH3 57
West Barnstable Brick Company, GH3 136

brick display, GH3 57
closing of, GH3 116
history, GH3 115–16
memories of, GH3 8–9

West Barnstable Cemetery, GH3 57

addition to, GH3 212
notable people buried in, GH3 180

"West Barnstable Cemetery Addition Approved," ,GH3 212
West Barnstable Civic Association, GH3 57

Conant property and, GH3 190, GH3 193, GH3 211
dance, GH3 66
honors Betty Nilsson as Citizen of the Year, GH3 112
honors Martin Wirtanen as Citizen of the Year, GH3 209–10
honors Neil Atwood as Citizen of the Year, GH3 242
Lombard Farm affordable housing proposal, GH3 231
Lombard Farm housing project opposition, GH3 66
pot luck dinner, GH3 112
public water supply wells, GH3 91, GH3 95
regional recycling center, GH3 89

West Barnstable Community Building, GH3 112

history, GH3 179
photograph, GH3 55

West Barnstable Conservation Area, GH3 142
West Barnstable Depot

history, GH3 180
land dispute, GH3 25
potential of, GH3 237

West Barnstable (Village) Elementary School

"Adopt a Ship Program, GH3 17–18
computer technology, GH3 111, GH3 114
photograph, GH3 15, GH3 55
post-World War II attendance, GH3 18–19

West Barnstable Fire District

Advanced Life Support (ALS) status, GH3 95
Conant property and, GH3 215, GH3 218, GH3 223

"West Barnstable--God's Handiwork" (Carlson), GH3 1–5
West Barnstable Grammar School

Homecoming, GH3 99–100

West Barnstable Heritage Day

exhibits, GH3 57
historical tour, GH3 57
planning, GH3 32–34, GH3 37–39
program, GH3 42–43
West Barnstable historical tour, GH3 57

"West Barnstable Keeps ALS Status," ,GH3 95
"West Barnstable lists its Plans to Celebrate 350th," ,GH3 34
"West Barnstable Man Covers the World for the Animals" (Lynch), GH3 175–76
West Barnstable National Register Historic District

subdivision proposed in, GH3 158–59

"West Barnstable Needs $900K More for Land" (Still), GH3 205–6
"West Barnstable Parcel Reviewed by Commission," ,GH3 151
West Barnstable Post Office

car rams building, GH3 221–22
former building, GH3 9
photograph, GH3 221
White Cap Land site, GH3 172

West Barnstable Press

Vol. 1, no. 1, GH3 111–14
Vol. 1, no. 2, GH3 127–30
Vol. 1, no. 3, GH3 149–52

"West Barnstable Recycling Plan 'DOA'" (Still), GH3 91
West Barnstable residents

Becker, S. Alan

obituary, GH3 227
photograph, GH3 48

Harris, David, GH3 239
Haselton, Lily

photograph, GH3 238

Rogers, Barbara, GH3 169
Rogers, Caitlin, GH3 169
Sklarew, Olivia

photograph, GH3 238

"West Barnstable Residents Worried About Recycling Concept" (Still), GH3 89–90
"West Barnstable Revives Historical Society After 40 Years" (Lynch), GH3 230
West Barnstable School, GH3 2
"West Barnstable's Citizen of the Year"

Nilsson, Betty, GH3 112

"West Barnstable Senior Plants Locally, Donates Books Globally" (Lynch), GH3 241
"West Barnstable's Joe Thomas Remembers the Way it Was" (Mahoney), GH3 8–10
West Barnstable Spaghetti Supper, GH3 127
"West Barnstable 'Stickers' to Guns on Rte. 149" (Still), GH3 225
West Barnstable Table Co., GH3 3, GH3 233–34
West Barnstable Village Festival, GH3 130, GH3 237

Christmas 1997, GH3 149
door decorating contest, GH3 149
1997 Festival, GH3 152
photographs, GH3 86–88, GH3 238
program, GH3 99–100

"West Barnstable Village Festival 1997 was the Best Yet, The," ,GH3 152
West Barnstable Village School

"Adopt a Ship Program, GH3 17–18
closing of, GH3 22
curriculum, GH3 14
enrollment, GH3 15
history, GH3 11–22
holiday celebrations, GH3 15
teachers, GH3 12–13, GH3 17
transportation to, GH3 15, GH3 17

"West Barnstable Vision Plan Lacking," ,GH3 88
"West Barnstable Wants Wells OK'd" (Still), GH3 91
"West Barnstable Well," ,GH3 95
West Parish Meeting House (Congregational Church)

description, GH3 135
Heritage Day exhibits, GH3 57
history, GH3 2–3, GH3 51, GH3 52, GH3 179
organ, GH3 3
Paul Revere bell, GH3 3, GH3 51, GH3 52, GH3 179
photograph, GH3 52, GH3 134, GH3 157
renovation of, GH3 209–10
rooster weathervane, GH3 3, GH3 52, GH3 157, GH3 179
subdivision proposed near, GH3 158–59
Wheldon-Jenkins farm and, GH3 111

whaling industry

Sandy Neck and, GH3 124, GH3 195
"Try Yard" parcel and, GH3 120
try yards, GH3 140

Wheeler, Robert, GH3 166
Whelden, Martha, GH3 179
"Whelden Dedication," ,GH3 48
Whelden Memorial Library, GH3 142, GH3 147. See also CLAMS (Cape Libraries Automated Materials Sharing Network, Inc.)

activities, GH3 54
arts and crafts programs, GH3 125
Atwood, Neil, selected citizen of the year, GH3 241–42
book acquisitions, GH3 148
dedication, photograph, GH3 48
"Growing Up in West Barnstable" presentation (video, tape, and transcript), GH3 197
Heritage Day exhibits, GH3 57
historical collection, GH3 106
history, GH3 78, GH3 179
jacquard wall hanging donated to, GH3 59
newsletter, GH3 109–10
photograph, GH3 78
special collections, GH3 144, GH3 146
staff, GH3 96, GH3 110
Village Yard Sale, GH3 67
volunteers, GH3 169

"Whelden Memorial Library Celebrates a Citizen Who Cares" (Maroney), GH3 241–42
Wheldon, Eben, Jr., GH3 111
"When Will We Protect the Water?" (Nilsson), GH3 64
Whitman and Howard, GH3 91, GH3 95
Whittelsey, Stephen, GH3 115–16, GH3 234
wildlife habitat

Orenda Wildlife Land Trust and, GH3 174

wildlife protection

International Fund for Animal Welfare, GH3 175–76, GH3 215, GH3 217, GH3 223

Williams, Arthur, building, GH3 9, GH3 10
Wimmer, Jaime

"Ellen Gugel Following Her Heart's Desire with Orenda," ,GH3 174

Wirtanen, Frank, GH3 18
Wirtanen, Helen, GH3 36
Wirtanen, Mark, GH3 103–4, GH3 186, GH3 219, GH3 231

photographs, GH3 168, GH3 177
"Pond Field" property donation and, GH3 178

Wirtanen, Martin, GH3 230

Barnstable Historic Commission award, GH3 114
"Growing Up in West Barnstable," ,GH3 197
"Land Was Once Colonial Woodlots by an Ancient Trail," ,GH3 166
"Mid1600s Crocker Farm and 'ordinary" (tavern)", GH3 102
named Citizen of the Year, GH3 209–10
"Processing Whales Floated into Barnstable Harbor," ,GH3 120
survey of historic buildings, GH3 105–6, GH3 209–10

"Wirtanens, The: Two Generations Donating Time and Skills to Make Barnstable Land Trust Successful," ,GH3 103–4
Woods, William, GH3 124
Writs of Assistance, GH3 44–45, GH3 46, GH3 74, GH3 76, GH3 113

Y

YMCA

grand opening, GH3 62, GH3 63
photograph, GH3 62

"YMCA Opens Door to New Home" (Morgan), GH3 63

Z

zoning

lot size restrictions, GH3 240

Zoto, George, GH3 88