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Senior Craftsmen Have Little Time To Spare
In Biddeford three elderly woodworkers prove craft keeps spirits alive. Warren Butler 83 builds model ships from basswood and mahogany, drawing plans or scaling by hand, displaying pieces like Panay and The Mediator. Gene Greenwood makes birdhouses at 707 South Street after arthritis ends his shovel work. Adelard Cote, 83, carves and hand-forges knives from hayfork tines, while Eva Cote keeps house, as the craftsmen emphasize that busier hands keep hearts from withering.
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Warren Butler
Biddeford Pool
Salem
Mass
Acm
Peabody Museum
Essex Institute Museum
Butler
Tle
Maine
Bath
Smithsonian Institute
Boston
Philippines
Mt. Bernon
Elias Hasket Derby
Bermuda
Jamaica
Admiralty
Butlers, Daggetts and Nortons
Massachusetts Bay Company
New Vineyard
Farmington
South Street
Biddeford
Gene Greenwood
Greenwood
South St
Adelard Cote
Harmon St
Cote
Alfred Street
Old Central Theater
Eva Cote
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