Down East April 1983

April 1983

The table of contents from the April 1983 issue of Down East.

Features

Opening Day with Gene Letourneau

In field or stream, the first day of any open season finds Maine’s dean of outdoorsmen on the spot. By Michael T. Kinnicutt.

Driftwood

Maine’s shores are a resting place for a special sort of castaway. Photographed by Gordon Lutz.

The More the Merrier

“Social Corners” was open to all but the dull and priggish. By William David Barry.

Making It In Maine

Two more success stories from the Pine Tree State.

Rare Pictures of a Rare Bird

One of Maine’s resurgent bald eagles sheds its camera-shy ways. Photographed by Morgan Hebard, Jr.

The Man Who Saved Charles Daveis’ Frock Coat

He is Stephen Brooke, conservator of the Maine State Museum. By Nicholas Dean.

Springtime in Paris Hill

The season imbues this historic community with a special charm. Photographed by Stephen O. Muskie.

An April Fools’ Day Long to Remember

It was no laughing matter when the schooner Lillian foundered. By Capt. Maurice F. Hardy.

Departments

Room With A View

It’s been twenty years now since the milk carton replaced the milk bottle, yet in all that time the makers of the carton have failed to develop a product that can be readily opened once it’s sealed. By Caskie Stinnett.

Down East Cookstove

Dinner for One

North by East

Opinions, advisories, and musings from the length and breadth of Maine.

Boating Down East

A selection of books for the fisherman.

Outdoor Maine

Fluky Winter Could Herald Early Ice-Out

I Remember

Cobbosseecontee Stream

Cover: “Captain’s Chair” (21″ x 29″), acrylic on paper, by Robert Stebleton. Mr. Stebleton, who recently moved to Bath, Maine, is an artist associate as the Maine maritime Museum, and his work may be seen at the Bayview Gallery of the Pine Tree Shop in Camden.