Down East September 1978

September 1978

The table of contents from the September 1978 issue of Down East.

Features

Bar Harbor Now

Summer life moves at a new pace in the old resort. By Carol McCabe.

End of an Era

Recollections of the great days before the fire. By Constance Southworth.

The Gulls Around Us

Supremely adaptable, six species thrive in Maine. By Anne Fuller.

Berenice Abbott of Blanchard

Her unflinching eye is now turned towards Maine. By Roy Bongartz.

A Passion for Victoriana

Donald King’s 19th-century village at Newfield. By Lois Lowry.

Island Impressions

Color pictorial essay by George Loehr.

Signs of the Times

Wood points the way in the Old Port Exchange. By Christine Lamb.

Return of the Pulling Boat

Fitness spurs a revival of classic rowing boats. By Lew Dietz.

Departments

Room With A View

A few days ago a trio of New Yorkers were seated on my sundeck making what I suspected was a field investigation into my mental health, when they fell to chiding me about the unrelieved lyricism with which I wrote about the State of Maine. By Caskie Stinnett.

Traveling Down East

Camden — Jewel of Penobscot Bay

Dining Down East

Maine’s Finestkind o’Sauerkraut

North by East

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

Down East Bookshelf

An Answer in the Tide by Elisabeth Ogilvie

Outdoor Maine

Commissioner Marsh Announces 1978 Deer Season

I Remember

Boyhood Days at Portland Head Light

Cover: “Pemaquid Light,” oil on hardboard by William Baldwin of Swanville. Mr. Baldwin’s work is on display at the Massachusetts House Gallery in Lincolnville. Earlier this year, he was honored by a one-man show at the Farnsworth Museum in Rockland.