Show even bowl dowty y ho hole ae in donut to rate SP special ecial centennial ial in the maze of special weeks and observances eventually there should be a limit even in the giddy postwar world but now comes forth an no of a celebration in oc tober to note the centennial of the hole in the donut impetus for the event as you d undoubtedly suspect comes from the baking industry although the celebration itself may rate only passing notice his significance is attached to that lowly hole in the donut that at least is the contention of cam den me where the celebration will get its official start part 0 cam den s tame fame emanates from the fact that it is the birthplace of the late capt hanson gregory ac knowl edged inventor of the hole in the donut prior to 1847 all donuts or round cakes as they were known then were made with without the pole hole some outre times around aro unc cake had a ada a nut put in the center and historians attribute the origin origin of the tife name donut I 1 to this tact fact abany at any rate during the year 1847 captain gregory was sailing his sturdy vessel in northern waters he and bid men liked the round cake with a doughy center eating it not only at mealtime but also as a snack when they were at the steer ing wheel one october day in 1847 captain gregory himself was at the steering wheel with a hand handful I 1 of donuts head or round cakes he had no place to put the cakes so he rammed the soft cakes over the spokes of the steering wheel thus forcing a bolef through each of them he a and nd the men liked the caka with the hole so much that captain gregory ordered the ship s cook to make a all 11 future donuts with holes in them and thus according to the new england legend the hole in the donut was born the celebration of the an niver sary of the donut hole will take place at the home of the late cap tain tairi gregory there late in october a permanent plaque will be placed at his old homestead from maine straight across the country various celebrations are planned in california oregon and washington to honor the memory of the maine captain |