A Cape Cod story on Admiral Nimitz reflects the same quiet dignity and
staunchness of character that folks at home vision when they read of
him in the great war dispatches out of the Pacific. Fundamentally, he
is a man of simple tastes. He has done nothing on the Cape to cause a
personal headline in the newspapers and, from summer to summer, has
moved among his less gifted Wellfleet neighbors practically unnoticed.
Which is the way he seems to like it.
“Most of his time in Wellfleet is spent walking in the woods and
fishing. These are his chief pleasures. He reads of course, but he
doesn’t spend as much time at it as he does roaming in the outdoors. He
is a good fisherman,” relates Miss Freeman.
The Admiral and Mrs. Nimitz, nee Catherine Vance Freeman, daughter of
the late Richard R. Freeman, a Boston ship broker, were married in
1913. She was born in Wollaston, Mass. Since birth she and others of
her family have summered at Wellfleet. After her marriage, however,
she travelled far to be with her husband, living on the West Coast and
in China, Germany and other foreign places.
At first the Nimitzes spent their summer visits at the old Freeman
family house, outside Wellfleet, on Route 6. During the last war the
family summer home was re-established in the remote Gull Pond section,
one of the most primitive and lovely spots on Cape Cod. Here Mrs.
Nimitz’s sister makes her year-round residence. The former residence is
now owned by Edmund Wilson, literary critic of _The New Yorker_
magazine.
ADMIRAL KING’S JOB HERE
Some time ago a large picture was on the front page of the _New York
Times_, showing Admiral Ernest J. King, Commander-in-Chief of the
United States fleet, presenting the second Distinguished Service medal
to Admiral Nimitz. Forming an admiring audience were Admiral William F.
Halsey, Mrs. Nimitz and 13-year-old Mary Nimitz. It is an interesting
coincidence to set down in a Cape Cod story that Admiral King also is
no stranger to Cape Cod. He used to take many a long walk to stretch
his sea legs on Provincetown’s Commercial Street when he was a Captain
in the Navy and in charge of salvaging the tragic submarine S-4, sunken
outside Provincetown harbor with a loss of 40 lives.
TRURO----
_The “Blond Norseman”--Cape
Cod’s Most Ancient
Ghost Visitor_
Ten years ago, approximately, the Blond Norseman came out of his spirit
world to re-visit Cape Cod. That is the latest report on this most
ancient member of Cape Cod’s gallery of wraiths.
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