Down East September 1983

September 1983

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

Features

Legacy of the Penobscot Million

John Black crowned his illustrious career as land agent, soldier, merchant, and politician with a stately home in Ellsworth. By David E. Philips.

Freeport, Inc.?

Residents of a small coastal town worry about a retail boom. By James P. Brown.

Practice Makes Perfect

Hard work is the order of the day at Camden’s famed harp colony. By Madeline Lee.

Making It In Maine

Three more success stories from the Pine Tree State.

Butter Island’s First (and Last) Resort

Early in the century a Penobscot Bay isle was converted into a rustic spa. By Charles B. McLane.

Vive les Acadiens!

A renaissance of cultulal pride is animating the St. John Valley. By Nicholas Dean.

Launching a Dream

Newest of the windjammers, “Heritage” was a four-year labor of love.

A Bird in the Hand

Problem: raising a fledgling ovenbird. Solution: glasshoppers. By Susan Shetterly.

Summer Fog

Six pages of color photoglaphs capture Nature’s misty moods.

Home, Sweet Home on the Sheepscot

Two Boston “a-cris-to-rats” rejuvenate a dilapidated homestead. By F. Wenderoth Saunders.

All Aboard for Paradise!

Jimmy Barstow and the “Laura B” link Monhegan to the main. By Elizabeth Cary Pierson.

Departments

Room With A View

I must confess, too, that there are occasions when time starts off as working time and before you know it, it has slipped across that vague and shadowy line into free time. By Caskie Stinnett.

Down East Bookshelf

The Police Know Everything by Sanford Phippen

The Talk of Southport

Like Father, Like Sons

North by East

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

Outdoor Maine

Sebago Lake Landlocked Salmon No Longer Holds a Spot in the World Record Books

I Remember

Shipping Out on the ‘Reine Marie Stewart’

Cover: “Warning Bell, Pemaquid Point” (30″ x 60″, detail), acrylic polymer on hardboard, by Howard Etter.  A resident of Cherryfield, Mr. Etter’s work is on display in Maine at the Massachusetts House in Lincolnville.