More Than Just a Roof In New England
A reflective essay on roof culture from New England. It discusses the ritual of looking at the roof, evolving preferences from shingles to corrugated metal, and the poetic view of roofs as both practical shelter and art. The piece ties roofing to history, architecture, and a sense of place in New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Maine
New Hampshire
England
Ms Ge
Squinter
Victor Hugo
Five Flys
New York- Vermont
Neighbors clash with Friends of the Earth group in Soho building
In Soho London a block of eight other charities and pressure groups complains that Friends of the Earth clutter hallways with bikes and paper for recycling. They blame the group for blocking drains with teabags and a flood that damaged Gingerbread offices. Gingerbread dismisses the friction. FoE denies responsibility saying the building is heavily used and that worries should focus elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends of the Earth
Soho
Lendon
Gingerbread
the Times
London
North Bennington Shaftsbury Club Dog Field Trial Report
The North Bennington and Shaftsbury Sportsman's Club hosted its fourth fox and coon dog field trial at Colvin's Grove drawing 75 dogs and about 750 spectators. An arriving automobile at Hotel Putnam carried two men and two women, London tourists visiting to see the Louis Farr prize fight, who contested the Brown Bomber decision. Sirdar Patti Sing owned by Aldridge Wills captured first at the North Shore Kennel Club Dog Show. 25 years ago a church cleaning and painting project appeared in the September 9, 1952 issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
Shaftsbury
Sirdar Patti Sing
Aldridge Wills
Harry A. Wills
Elm Street
North Shore Kennel Club
Saved by a revival and a friend in North Carolina
A first person reminiscence of a 13 year old tavling through a revival at a First Baptist Church in North Carolina. The narrator describes a Texas evangelical team and the social pressure to be saved. She recounts games with Pammy Lou Hinson and her own hesitation to altar response amid church gossip and youthful mischief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
North Carolina
Pammy Lou Hinson
Texas
Bertrand Russell
Jimmy Wilson
Pammy Lou
Woolworth’s
Hell
Augustus P. Davis
Deacons
Eppie Lummox
Mediation urged to settle environmental disputes
The New York Times notes support for mediation over litigation to resolve environmental conflicts. It cites Utah discussions where industry representatives favored mediation, arguing it can resolve disputes early, shape project timing, and explore alternatives, reducing cost and delay.
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Andrus
Utah
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By Melvin Maddocks
Boston
Hope
wRetodimem
Christian Science Publishing Society
Suzanne Britt Jordan
N.Y. Times
Raleigh, N.C
Jesus
Creation
Eppie
Aletha Hampton
Harriet Trumbull
Jimmy Aeag
Pammy L
Canater
Afghanistan
North Carolina State University
Margaret Mullen
Barrington Fair
Varney
Pownal
Searsburg Mountain
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Polygraphic
Postal
Second Continental Congress
United Colonies
United States
North Africa
Italy
Salerno
Mildred Elizabeth Gillars
Sally
Lyndon Johnson
Hubert Humphrey
Chinese Communist Party
Mao Tse-Tung
Attica
N.Y
Dee Ertell
Park-McCullough
Ms. Ertell
Greenmont Yarns & Looms
New York Times
Stuart M. Duboff
M.D
Hospital Drive
Bennington
Vermont
Daystrom
Nook Group
Home Furniture Co
Main ST
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