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99 <br /> Centennial Committee, and last summer the .celebration was <br /> held. Its success could not have been achieved without the <br /> tremendous help, encouragement, and time given, not only by <br /> the citizens of Mashpee, but by those of neighboring towns. <br /> There isn't room to name them all here, so this will serve <br /> as a blanket note of appreciation. <br /> The Attaquin Park Nature Center, where the principal <br /> ceremony of the Centennial was held on July 26, 1970, was <br /> improved specifically for the event. Young people volunteered <br /> for the work. The Massachusetts Department of Natural <br /> Resources has made a grant of $900 for further development <br /> of the Nature Center. It is hoped that the wildlife exhibits <br /> that were on display at the Mashpee Lake -can be returned <br /> there, for the public to enjoy. <br /> An official flag was designed for Mashpee, and unfurled <br /> at the Centennial. Handcarved wooden signs were placed at <br /> the highway entrances to the town, announcing to the mo- <br /> torists that they were entering, "The Land of the WAM- <br /> PANOAGS." A scrapbook of the Centennial events is being <br /> prepared and will be placed on exhibit at the Mashpee Li- <br /> brary. A sound motion picture was made of the Centennial <br /> celebration, and will be.available to groups who wish to show <br /> it. <br /> Flyers and brochures were printed to announce the <br /> Centennial. Notepaper with a Mashpee motif will be sold. It <br /> was designed by a former resident of Mashpee, Mura Booker <br /> Johnson. The commemorative coins, of bronze and sterling <br /> silver, can still be .purchased. They will become valuable <br /> collectors' items as time goes on. The History of Mashpee <br /> is ready for distribution at this time. It contains stories and <br /> photographs gathered from Mashpee historians and old- <br /> timers. <br /> The publicity given to the Mashpee Centennial was <br /> extensive. Committee Chairman, Amelia Bingham, made an <br /> appearance on the "Today Show", getting nationwide atten- <br /> tion. On May 26, 1970, the day before the actual one- <br /> hundredth anniversary of the town's incorporation, she ad- <br /> dressed the State Legislature. Television channels 4, 6, and 7 <br /> covered the Centennial. A videotape has been prepared for <br /> showing on the educational channel 2. Newspaper coverage <br /> included a full-page feature story with photographs in the <br /> New York Times Sunday, May 24. The Boston Globe Sunday <br /> i <br />