1848
We are requested to call attention to Mr. Bryant's Lecture on Popery and Immigration this evening. We understand Mr. B. is making the tour of the County, and intends soon to lecture in Yarmouth, Hyannis, Centreville, and most of the towns and villages on the Cape. (Note: According to a Special Notice in the same newspaper, Mr. Bryant was editor of the publication “Torch Light on American Labor.”)
1868
Freedmen's Supplies: Two barrels of supplies for the destitute people in Orange Court House, Va., were forwarded today to Mrs. H. S. Pratt, adopted teacher from this town, by the Freedmen's Aid Society in this village. (Note: These supplies were for freed slaves.)
1888
Barnstable: The hearts of our citizens were made glad last Tuesday by a cablegram from London announcing the safety of Capt. Patrick and family. The dispatch stated that “the captain and crew of the abandoned Boston schr. William & Richard were taken off their vessel by steamer Timor which arrived at Liverpool from Savannah. Captain Patrick, of the William & Richard, had his wife and two daughters with him on the voyage of disaster, and they, too, were rescued and safely landed.” (Note: The William & Richard, commanded by Capt. Andrew Patrick of Barnstable, wrecked in a storm off North Carolina.)
1898
The Hyannis Band, under the leadership of Mr. G. W. Swanson, met for the first time in their new rooms on Tuesday evening. The band room built for that purpose is over the marble works of Mr. T. W. Nickerson.
1918
Hyannis Woman's Club: At the Domestic Science department on Friday afternoon the subject was "Conservation of meat," taken up by Mrs. W. D. Bassett. Mrs. James Otis served English monkey and Mrs. Charles C. Paine, meat loaf. (Note: “English monkey,” which is similar to Welsh Rarebit, is a meal consisting of a cheese sauce served over toasted bread.)
1928
Big Gain at Hyannis Registry of Motor Vehicles: On yesterday, January 18, according to the records, 500 more cars had been registered than on the corresponding date last year. January 18, 1928 – Pleasure cars, 4,334; trucks, 857; total, 5,191. January 18, 1927 – Pleasure cars, 3,825; trucks, 800; total, 4,625.
1938
A measure authorizing Barnstable County to establish, operate and maintain a radio communication system for police work on Cape Cod has just been filed in the Legislature by Sheriff Lauchian M. Crocker. It would permit expenditure of $7,000 to get the system started in 1938, and enough to operate it annually thereafter. Installation of the system would bring to efficient working operation the system of two-way radio communication which Sheriff Crocker and heads of various town police departments have been working on for several years. With the system in operation, a 24-hour constant communication would be possible between the central station and police cruiser cars all over Cape Cod.
1948
Last Sunday marked the anniversary for the Federated Church of Hyannis of its forming in January of 1917. At that time the Congregational and Universalist Churches of Hyannis united in federation, incorporating as such in 1923. An initial membership of approximately 100 has grown to almost 400. Church activities and attendance at services have shown continued growth also. On Monday evening the Men’s Club of the church had a fine program of films and sports talk.
1958
The Hyannis Public Library Association’s annual meeting will be held Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Reading Room of the Library. The object and purpose of the association is to provide and maintain a Free Public Library in the village of Hyannis for the use of its members and of the public. Members and friends of the library will plan to attend this meeting and stay for the coffee hour following the meeting.
1968
Beginning of the End: Contractors Salvage, Inc. of Middleboro this week began one of the biggest demolition projects in the history of Cape Cod – that of tearing down the 58-room Oyster Harbors Club, built in 1927 to become one of the most fashionable resort hotels on the Atlantic seaboard. A new, one-story clubhouse, a strictly private club, will be constructed on the site of the old building.
1978
The town highway department says it’s sure last Friday’s one-foot snowstorm hasn’t depleted its snow-plowing budget. Town schools and town offices were closed, as were most businesses Friday, as about six inches had fallen in town by 8 a.m. and almost a foot by around noon. Rain, sleet and warming temperatures made the job of snowplows more difficult. Barnstable Municipal Airport runways were clear Friday. But other airports were closed and weather foggy, so no flights came or left that day. Highway plows were out steady from 1 a.m. the day of the storm till 1 a.m. the next morning. Then they went out again at 7:30 a.m. Saturday and didn’t quit until about 5:00 in the afternoon. Some 40 private plows joined 22 town plows at 6:00 in the morning. Grocers and supermarkets were over-crowded Saturday as families jammed their week’s shopping into one day.
1988
Cape Cod Hospital is sponsoring two introductory sessions of a “Stop Smoking Clinic” later this month. One at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis will be held at 7:00 and 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 26. The second, at the Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical High School in Harwich, will take place at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan.27. The month-long programs meet weekly, taught by “highly trained former smokers who quit smoking through this unique program,” the hospital said. The Stop Smoking Clinic, the hospital added, is endorsed by over 35 New England hospitals. Since the program’s start, it has helped thousands to break the habit.
1998
Mixed Blessings: The Outreach Committee of the Cape Cod Synagogue will present a panel discussion on Sunday, Jan. 25 exploring ways to successfully meet the challenges faced by interfaith families on Cape Cod. The program will begin at 9:30 a.m. at the Cape Cod Synagogue in Hyannis. It’s free and open to the community. (Note: Cape Cod Synagogue can trace its beginnings to the mid-1930s, and its synagogue on Winter Street in Hyannis to its 1948 groundbreaking.)