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Remembering Marston Daley, "The Little Imp of Cape Cod"

Remembering Marston Daley, "The Little Imp of Cape Cod"

Released Monday, 4th November 2013
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Remembering Marston Daley, "The Little Imp of Cape Cod"

Remembering Marston Daley, "The Little Imp of Cape Cod"

Remembering Marston Daley, "The Little Imp of Cape Cod"

Remembering Marston Daley, "The Little Imp of Cape Cod"

Monday, 4th November 2013
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In his retirement, Marston Daley wrote an autobiography called, "The Little Imp of Cape Cod." In it, he said his mom gave him the name Marston because she thought it couldn't be made into a nickname. She was wrong. Marston had lots of nicknames. His mom called him the Little Imp. And he writes that over the years people called him Marst, Jim, Tim, even Bud. His wife Jean, who everyone calls Birdie, said that many people have another name for Marston. "MacGyver," she said. "Remember that show MacGyver? He used to be able to put together some weird looking stuff and solve all sorts of problems. That was him." From the Barnstable Senior center, to a military museum in New Hampshire, to a group of Habitat for Humanity homes in Hyannis, Daley liked to step-up and solve people's problems, particularly in his retirement years. Professionally, he was a builder, and his truck always was carefully stocked with the proper tools -- and the proper clothes -- that a job might require. He built his

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