Beckets and sea chests in old down east craft
A becket, rope circle without a knot, anchors sea chests to hulls while allowing handling and secure lashing. The narrator, a carpenter expanding into sea chest making, notes scarce becket craft, recalls shipwright skills, and links a Maine tradition to a Friendship Sloop Society trophy. He plans to produce chests this winter, aided by friend George Morrill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sea Chest
Maine
Beckets
George Burnham Morrill Jr
Friendship Sloop Society
Morrill
George
Burnham & Morrill Company
War on crime needs practical court reform and funding
Edward M. Kennedy argues crime rise demands real actions not slogans. He urges certainty of punishment with mandatory two year minimums for violent crimes, curb court backlogs with funding, and targeted aid to local justice administration to deter crime and restore public confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward M. Kennedy
N.Y
Washington
Wilder Plays staged by Thornton Wilder in Berkshire County
Observation notes Thornton Wilder, famed playwright and actor, visited Berkshire County stages over about 30 years starting in the late 1930s. He portrayed Stage Manager in Our Town at Berkshire Playhouse Stockbridge and Mr Antrobus in The Skin of Our Teeth at Adams Memorial Theatre Williamstown. Our Town, performed with minimal scenery, became a landmark American portrayal of rural New England life. Wilder's death ends an era unlikely to be matched on stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton Wilder
Berkshire County
Stockbridge
Berkshire Playhouse
Williamstown
Adams Memorial Theatre
New England
Wilder
Library gifts fund books in Arlington under Davenport will
The Martha Canfield Library Association of Arlington announces a $500 legacy from the late Elizabeth B. Davenport of Brattleboro to fund books. Bennington Village trustees warn fowl raisers that roaming chickens violate a village ordinance after repeated complaints. Police collected $23,834.10 in parking meter takings since July 22, 1945. A committee led by Alfred J. Rau forms to establish an Art and Craft Center in Bennington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Canfield Library Assoc
Arlington
Elizabeth B. Davenport
Brattleboro
Bennington
Rhode Island
John Ryan
Alfred J. Rau
New York City and its paradoxes in a time of stress
The piece reflects on New York as a magnet and target of criticism. It notes fans and detractors alike flocking to Times Square, while juxtaposing urban vitality with urban fatigue. It cites Juvenal and Mumford to discuss cities as dynamic engines, warning that future urban life may affect the entire planet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rome
Juvenal
Cities
Lewis Mumford
Babylon
Dustin Hoffman
Times Square
Saigon
Mumford
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John Gould
Friendship, Maine
Becket
Christian Science Publishing Society
Superior Court of Massachusetts
Manhattan
Robert Morgenthau
Congress
State
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Massachusetts
By Tim Powers
Hearing Aid Service Center
New Englander
Northside Drive
Maico Hearing Aid Center
Shaftsbury
Noah Webster
American Minerva
New York City
Wilmington
Del
Woodrow Wilson
White House
John Ehrlichman
Richard Nixon
Bennington County
U.S. 7
Old Bennington
Madkour’s OF
Madkour
Main ST
Bennington Monthruthurs
Grand Union
Oliphant
By Melvin Maddocks
Boston
Helen Hayes
Leonard Bernstein
Woody Allen
Village Green
Tering House
Earth
CTA
Monument Plaza
Bankamericard
Bennington, Vt
Lec
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