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Show Even Lowly Hole HoleIn HoleIn In Donut To Rate RateSpecial RateSpecial Special Centennial CentennialIn In the maze of special weeks and andobservances andobservances andobservances observances eventually there should shouldbe shouldbe shouldbe be a limit even in the g ddy postwar postwarworld postwarworld postwarworld world But now comes forth an announcement announcement announcement nouncement of a celebrat on in m Oc October October October tober to note the centennial centenmaI of o1 the thehole thehole thehole hole in an the donut Impetus for the theevent theevent theevent event as you d undoubtedly suspect suspectcomes suspectcomes suspectcomes comes from the baking industry mdustry mdustryAlthough industryAlthough industryAlthough Although the celebration itselfmay Itself Itselfmay itselfmay may rate only pass ng notice his histOflcal histoncal histoncal tOflcal toncal significance is attached to tothat tothat tothat that lo 10 to vly hole In the donut That Thatat Thatat Thatat at least is the content on of Cam Camden Camden Camden den Me where the celebration 'Ill Ill will willget 'Illget " ' willget get its offlc oftlc official al alstart start Part of Cam Camden Camden Camden den s fame emanates from the fact factthat factthat tactthat that it is the birthplace of the late lateCapt lateCapt latCapt * Capt Hanson Gregory acknowl acknowledged acknowledged acknowledged edged inventor of the hole in the thedonut thedonut thedonut thedonutPrior donut donutPrIor Prior to 1847 all donuts or round roundcakes roundcakes roundcakes cakes as theyere they \ were \/ere ere / known knovm then thenv v ere made without the hole Some Somet t mes a round cake had a nut in the thecenter thecenter thecenter center and historians hlstoflans attribute attnbute the theorlg theorig theorig orlg orig n ot of the name donut to this thisfact thisfact thisfact thisfactAt fact factAt At any rate during durmg the year 1847 1847C"Ptam 1847Captam 1847Captain C"Ptam CPtam Captam " Gregory was " , as sailing his hissturdy hissturdy hissturdy sturdy vessel m in northern waters He Heand Heand Heand and his men liked llked the round cake cakeWlth cakewith cakewith Wlth with a doughy center eat ng it at not notonly notonly notonly only at mealtime but also as a asnack asnack asnack snack when they were at the steering steer steermg steering mg ing wheeL One October day in m 1847 1847Captain 1847Captain 1847Captain Captain Gregory h mselt mself was at thesteermg thesteering the steermg steering wheel with a handful of do- do - - I nuts or round cakes He had no noplace noplace noplace place to put the cakes so he herammed herammed herammed rammed the soft cakes over t tie tiespokes thespokes e espokes spokes of the steering steermg wheel thus thusforc thusfore thusfore forc fore ng a hole through each of themHe themHe them themHe cakeI He and the men liked the cake cakeWlth cakewith cakewith Wlth with the hole so much that Captam Captain CaptamGregory CaptainGregory CaptainGregory Gregory ordered the ship s cook to tomake tomake tomake make all future donuts with holes 1D in 1Dthem inthem inthem them and thus-according thus according thus - according to the theNew theNew theNew New England Legend-the Legend the Legend - the hole In Inthe inthe inthe the donut was bom born . . . The celebration of the 100th an annlversary anniversary anniversary nlversary niversary of the donut hole will take takeplace takeplace takeplace place at the home of the L:1e L1e ' : late Cap Captain Captale Captain tain tale Gregory There late in October Octobera a permanent plaqu plaque * w wilbe wil ( , be placed placedat placedat placedat at his old homesteadFrom homesteadFrom homestead homesteadFrom From Maine straight across the thecountry thecountry thecountry country various celebrations are areplanned areplanned areplanned planned In California Oregon and andWashington andWashington andWashington Washington to honor the memory of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Maine Mame captain . . . |