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From the moment you tie up to the $750,000 pier you sense the new strengthtocreatefinishingtouches. Bracelets of lights with under¬ ground cabling light up the garden terraces that take you romantically up to the parade ground of Fort McKinley.

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A four-star restaurant, Diamond’s Edge, located directly at the head of thepier,withbeautifulviewsofDia¬ mond Cove, is ready to serve you innovative Lobster Caesar and oth¬ er delights. An art gallery, right beside the restaurant, is new this summer and a real drawing card. Both of these structures are hand¬ somely restored brick outbuildings thatwereapartoftheoriginalU.S. Army-built Fort McKinley, circa 1897. A General Store (ditto) has been created to serve visitors conti¬ nental breakfast, fresh muffins, pas¬ try, champagne, beer, and nautical staples.

The freshwater pond that nearly ter emerge through a series of ironic twists until he becomes as enigmatically bamacly, pen¬ sive,and‘native’astheisland¬ ers who impeded his progress inthefirstplace?

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“They've found over the years that I'm no different than they are. My loveforthisplacematchestheirs.

“Ittakes35-40peopletorunthings here; some years there have been only 10 people, and 4 of them have been us [Bateman and his family].”

And it’s working, their labor of 10 years, turning Diamond Cove into what is arguably becoming the finest boating destination in the state.

flower-strewn single path separates it from the ocean) has been excavat¬ ed from its as-found state of leafand dirt-filled invisibility to a restored present-day beauty that includes the original stone bulkhead surrounding it with stonework that resembles that of Deering Oaks.

“Threespringsfeedit;itwasorigi¬ nally built as an ice pond,” says Bateman of the body of water. More underground lights circumscribe the rectangle which is 150 yards by 100 yards; it’s even been restocked

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with trout. The art-nouveau street¬ light beside the nearby icehouse is prized by architect Bateman and remains untouched in this National Historic Place; the ice house itself is being converted into handy restrooms.

Bateman has Prospero-like gad¬ gets to control the water level of the pond, seems fascinated with the arcane infrastructure that made the fort run from the Span¬ ish-American War through the end of World War II. He understands the confusing snarl of fire-control apparatus that once trained guns on invading fleets, guiding us down below a concrete command bunker to an underground switch¬ board connecting us to forgotten guns at Fort Preble, Fort Williams, and Battery Steele.

Ring-necked pheasants have been released on the island, and they're everywhere-“With no nat¬ ural predators on the island, they should do real well here," says Bateman. Fifty to sixty head of deer thrive here year-round.

And things are popping here-" 10 units have sold since January 1; there’s now a heated swimming pool on the parade grounds; over 350 people were here on the islandlastSunday.”

You can rent a 3-bedroom suite for $1,200 a week; officers’ homes around the parade ground are available for sale either as shells or finished homes.

Lobster and clambakes will be served every other night on Dia¬ mond Cove Beach; two reggae¬ weekends are planned for the summer as concerts.

And the absolute, holy silence of the island... Like the promotional materialssay,“It'slikethrowinga switch once you get here.”

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lating the multi-faceted down-east genius. In John Neal (1793-1876), one contends with a pioneering novelist,boxer,attorney,feminist, phrenologist, gymnic, magazine editor,patron,socialcritic,talent scout, architect, insurance agent, friend of the great and oppressed, and America’s first art critic. “My whole life,” he would later write,

“has been one of uninterrupted adventure; often very desperate and wild; always voluntary.”

Born on August 25, 1793, twelve hours after his twin sister Rachel, John was the son of educat¬ ed Quaker parents. A month after the twins arrived, JohnNealSr.died,leavinghiswife Rachel to fend for the family. She did so ably by becoming a teacher, but financial problems dogged the family throughout John’s troubled childhood. Picked on by other children for his Quak¬ er dress and bookishness, the young Neal became a schoolyard fighter and something of a dis¬ grace in the eyes of his wealthy Neal uncles.

Childhood ended at the age of twelve, when Neal was obliged to take work in a Portland dry-goods store, where he recalled being “Soon able to cheat, lie, and steal

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with the best of our trade.” The business collapsed between the Embargo of 1807 and the War of 1812, leaving Neal to take to the road as an assistant to penman¬ ship and drawing-master William W. Rockwell. Parting company soon after, Neal became a portrait painter, figuring that he could do no worse than the likenesses pro¬ duced by others.

Wandering to Boston and on to Baltimore, he went into business with a friend and was bankrupted by 1816. Deciding to read for the law, Neal supported himself by writingandediting.Intheprocess he founded the Delphian Club and edited its magazine, ThePortico. His first novel, Keep Cool, was published in 1817, followed by influential, though hardly memo¬

rable poems. Neal was every¬ where in those days: he took a mistress, learned to box, met the Peale family of painters, and sat for the warrior figure in Rem¬ brandtPeale’spaintingTheCourt of Death. Neal’s engagement to paint¬ er Rosalba Peale ended when she found out about his mistress and his sexist attitude toward wives who painted. Happily, though, a strong bond between the Peales and Neal persisted.

The Baltimore years found him joining a militia, being disowned bytheSocietyofFriends,andwrit¬ ing four new novels, a tragedy, and several long, published poems. He also passed the Mary-

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land bar and was challenged to a duelforhisportrayalofpolitician William Pinckney in the novelRan¬ dolph.Neal’srefusaltofightaduel (he suggested fists) and the fact that his novel Logan had been pirated in England led him to trav¬ elabroadin1823.

ngland proved to be the making of John Neal, for Hhe quickly made a name for himself as a critic of _ _American painters and writers in the popular, prestigious Blackwood’s Magazine. This was the first time English readers had known about art in America, and for many Americans too it came as a surprise. Neal’s rough-and-tum¬ ble personality and writing style made him a favorite guest, and he ended up living in the household of Utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham for eighteen months.

Neal was 33 years old when he sailed home to visit his mother in Portland. His first thought was to re-establish himself as a lawyer in Baltimore, but his reputation had preceded him and a mob met his boat with jeers, threats, and the cry: “Keep Cool! Keep Cool!” It seems they had read his novels and, in anticipation of Peyton Place, discovered themselves, real or imagined, depicted therein. Neal reacted by knocking down the largest of his tormentors and proceeding pacifically to his moth¬ er’s residence. Quickly the stu¬ dents at Bowdoin College invited Neal to speak, and on leaving the talk he found posters warning him to go south for his health. This yeasty reaction, and the fact that Portland had grown significantly, led Neal to put down lifelong roots.

Though Neal would always be a figure of national influence, Port¬ land became his Athens in the Wilderness. He introduced a whirl¬ wind of ideas, opening Maine’s first gymnasiums (and quitting when black citizens were exclud-

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ed),politickingforPortland’sfirst sidewalks, and demanding full legal rights for women. In 1828 he married his cousin, Eleanor Hall; setupinlaw;wrotehisbestnovel, Rachel Dyer, andstartedtheliter¬ ary magazineThe Yankee. James Brooks, a magazine writer, visited the Yankee office in Portland and reported:

“My attention was attracted by a man about five feet, eight or nine incheshigh,withafinehead,light¬ coloredsilkyhair,robust,athletic, iron-built; in short, a man to make a statue of, every limb so well developed, and there was so much manhood in his entire fig¬ ure. He was in a strange shaped jacket, with a vest after his own form and fashion, for he has all things made according to his notions,dictatingtotailors,furni¬ ture-makers, house-builders, book¬ binders... He was over careful and very neat in his person, but not a fop nor a dandy, for they follow fashion,andhesetsallatdefiance. Neal was then alternately talking with a lot of men who were boxing and fencing, for he was a boxing master and a fencing master too, and as a printer’s devil came cry¬ ing ‘copy, more copy,’ he would race with a huge swan’s quill full gallop, over sheets of paper as if with a steam-pen, then off went one page, and off went another, and then a lesson in boxing, the thump of glove to glove, then the mask, and the stamp of the sandal, andtheringingoffoils.”

Though the Yankee would move on to Boston without Neal and eventually becomeThe New Eng¬ land Galaxy, Neal rarely went for long without writing for a maga¬ zine. In this capacity he was among the first to publish Edgar Allan Poe, John G. Whittier, and others of national reputation. Hawthorne was influenced by Neal’s early novels and fondly

recalled “that wild fellow John Neal.” Longfellow was a life-long friend and confidant, as were nov¬ elists Elizabeth Oakes Smith, Seba Smith (creator of the down-east archetype “Major Jack Downing”), and Ann S. Stephens. The latter began her career as a Neal protege and ended up as a colleague, nov¬ elist, and New York publisher. ” T n 1838 Neal talked the Maine Charitable Mechanic Associ¬ ationintoholdingafinearts exhibition during their fair. _ J_The resulting catalogue, with comments by Neal, gives rare insightintoMaine’sfirstartexhi¬ bition and several of its pioneer artists. Around 1827-8 Neal visited the Elm Tavern in Portland and was dazzled by painter Charles Codman’s murals. He tried to engage Codman in landscape painting, but Neal’s wild reputa¬ tionputtheartistoff.FinallyNeal won Codman over, ordered a painting and bought it, but criti¬ cized it and ordered another until the work met his standards. In the 1850s, after Codman was dead, Neal helped find a studio and patrons for painters J. R. Tilton and Benjamin Paul Akers and helped manage their successful careers. Indeed, Neal was largely responsibleforfosteringacultural climate that often rivaled Boston in the decades prior to the Civil War.

The critic James Russell Lowell, a Bostonian, charged in “A Fable for Critics,” that Neal “wasted in Maine, the sinews and cords of his pugilist brain.” That was in the 1840s, but even then Lowell gave Neal as much space in the poem as Hawthorne or Richard Henry Dana and employed the downeaster as a writer for Atlantic Monthly through the 1860s. Neal wrote a “Down-East Notions” col¬ umn for Horace Greely’s New Yorker and debated the issue of Women's Rights with the editor and Mrs. Eliza W. Farnham. A few

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years before his death, Neal was a pioneer of the suffrage movement in Portland. Journalist Edward Elwell would later describe Neal as“preservingtoaripeoldagehis vehemence and vigor, his irasci¬ bility, his scorn of everything unmanlyandhisloveoffairplay.” eal, though no saint, was much admired in his day, and two biogra¬ phies and a number of studies and collections of his work have appeared. The biographies,That Wild Fellow John Neal and the American Literary Revolution by Benjamin Lease (1972) andJohn Neal by Donald A. Sears (1978) are well done but concentrateonNeal’sroleasalit¬ erary figure. Neal’s 1869 autobiog¬ raphy, Wandering Recollections of a Somewhat Busy Life, provides more insight into the whole man, but is awkward in its organization andlackofindex.Itreallyneedsto be reprinted with a new introduc¬ tion,foronmanylevelsitisNeal’s finest work: a personal record of hissubstantive,colorfullife.Cou¬ pled with his art criticisms, which also need to be collected afresh and re-published, it fills a major void.

Indeed, as a novelist, Neal was always a master without a master¬ piece, with books ranging from shoddy to adequate. His use of the language was influential, and his writingoffictionofteninspiredin a gutsy sort of way, but he never lavished upon it the time neces¬ sarytoproducefictionofalasting sort. In contrast, his non-fiction sparkles and captures the tempo of the time. This quality will be addressed by the Portland Muse¬ um of Art’s upcoming Neal pro¬ ject.

InthemeantimeIliketothinkof John Neal as described in an arti¬ cle found by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. in the Presque Isle Sunrise of July 28, 1875. As reported in that paper, “two young roughs” of

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about twenty-two or three jumped aboard the Portland horse-car, and one began smoking a bad cig¬ ar,inviolationoftrolleyrules.An elderly gentleman asked that he extinguish the smoke, but was ignored.Neal,then81yearsofage, was also aboard and as reported leaned forward and said:

‘“Young man, that smoke is very offensive and you must put out thatcigar.’

“‘Isthatso,oldman!’repliedthe rough, lazily looking over his shoulder at Mr. Neal without removing the cigar from his mouth.

“The color of the old gentle¬ man’s face rose steadily, but repressing his wrath,heagain remarked, ‘Young man, that cigar must be put out. Smoking is not allowed on the cars.’

“‘Well, old man, what are you going to do about it?’ replied the rough.

With the quickness of lightning Mr. Neal made a bound onto that

platform. Quicker than it takes to tell the story he seized the cigar from the man’s mouth, and flung it into the street. With one hand he grasped the rough by the nape of the neck and with the other by the left fore-arm, raised him off his feet and dashed him to the plat¬ form, and as he placed his foot on him he exclaimed in quivering tones, ‘Thank your stars, young man, I did not pitch you into the street after your cigar.’ ’’ ■

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an immediate result of the contract, which the paper hailed as the “great¬ est gift any generation here has received.” The article concluded that asaresultofthecreationoftheToddBath Iron Shipbuilding Corporation, “a long period of prosperity for this section may well be anticipated.” The construction of the Todd-Bath shipyard had hardly gotten under¬ way when the U.S. Maritime Commis¬ sion signed a $100,000,000 contract with Newell to build and operate a second “emergency” shipyard near thefirsttobuildLibertyships,based on the British Ocean design, for the United States. As 1,500 workers rushed construction of the first yard tocompletion,atacostof$6,000,000, construction of the South Portland Shipbuilding Corporation began in March, 1941, funded by a $3,000,000 advance from the Commission. Three hundred construction workers labored 24 hours a day, seven days

launchedfromthewestyardinthespringof week hauling fill to reclaim a water¬ front area near Bug Light, where the second yard would be built.

illiam S. Newell, president of both shipyards, which were eventually merged as the New England Shipbuild¬ ing Corporation, predicted that employment would rise to 4,150

Here the Liberty ships John Winthrop and John Davenport,

Radio newsman Lowell Thomas interviews one of the 3,700 women who worked at the New England ShipbuildingCorporation,mostlyaswelders.Photo: ShipyardHistoricalSociety.

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the jobs. There were obviously not enough experienced shipbuilders available, so workers had to be trained. The Ocean and Liberty designs were specifically planned to be easily mass-produced by inexpe¬ rienced workers. The boxy vessels were standardized and welded together, rather than the more com¬ plicated riveting process. Todd-Bath set up a free welding school, and trade-employment courses were offered in Portland in pattern making, machine shop practice, and blue¬ print reading. Eventually 3,700 wo¬ men were also hired and trained, most of them as welders. The remain¬ der worked as burners, crane opera¬ tors, pipefitters, and shipfitter helpers.

The 30,000 high-paying jobs were an irresistible magnet for Maine men and women who had been unemployed or stuck in low-paid positions for a decade. Many were able to use theirwagestopayoffdebts,setaside savings in War Bonds, and buy their first homes. For most women the shipyard jobs provided their first

RepresentativeMargaretChaseSmithholdsabouquetof roses and a bottle of champagne as she prepares to christentheLibertyship EmilyDickinson atthewestyard

opportunity for a “real” job paying a competitive wage.

The influx of shipyard workers caused an immediate housing shortonApril26,1943.Severalofthe236Libertyshipsbuiltat SouthPortlandwerenamedafterwomen.Photo:Shipyard HistoricalSociety.

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ALibertyshipislaunchedintotheForeRiverfrom theSouthPortlandShipbuildingCorporation,the west yard of the New England Shipbuilding Corporation.Photo:SullivanPhotoCollection.

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TheLibertyship HannibalHamlinislaunchedfromthe Wesl Yardon March5.1941DescendantsofMainesSenatorandVicePresidentmere presenttodedicatethevesselPhotoSullivanPhotoCollection

Housing Coordinator submitted a program for public and private con¬ struction to meet the housing needs of defense workers in the Portland area. Two trailer parks, and several temporary and two permanent hous¬ ing projects were constructed. The U.S. Maritime Commission built dor¬ mitory-style housing named “Cush¬ ingVillage”neartheyard.Eventually, the federal government helped allevi¬ ate pressures on the area by provid¬ ing funding for schools, police and fire protection, transportation, and health needs.

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struction of a railroad line further impinged upon South Portland neigh¬ borhoods like Ferry Village that were adjacent to the shipyards, and resi¬ dents complained bitterly. The pres¬ sure for increased production in¬ itially overwhelmed the second ship¬ yard, which had been staffed with

undertaking, particularly given the location of the shipyardattheendofBroadwayinSouthPortlandPhoto: SullivanPhotoCollection.

less experienced managers and workersthanthefirst.

OceanPilgrimattheTodd-Bathfitting-outpierafter itslaunchingonJune28,1942.Mostofthe10,000 ton British Ocean class cargo vessels utilized “Ocean" in their names. Photo: Sullivan Photo Collection.

espite a variety of problems which led to much controver¬ sy, both yards performed well. The Todd-Bath yard turnedoutthethirtyshipsfor the British by November, 1942, well ahead of schedule. The two yards then combined their efforts to become the fifth largest emergency yard in the country, building 236 Lib¬ erty ships under what were often adverse weather and work¬ ing conditions and improving their

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efficiency with each vessel built. The last ships were completed in June, 1945, and the shipyards closed, but many of the families who had moved to the Greater Portland area chose to stayafterthewar.

ConstructionoftheconcretebasinsatTodd-Bath IronShipbuildingCorporationin1941.President WilliamNewellfeltshipscouldbeconstructedmore efficientlyinbasinsthanonconventionalshipways. Photo:SullivanPhotoCollection.

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Aerial view of the South Portland Shipbuilding Corporation, later the West Yard of the New England Shipbuilding Corporation, with its shipwaysfacingthePortlandwaterfront.Theedge oftheTodd-BathIronShipbuildingCorporation,the EastYard,isjustvisibleattherightofthephoto The dormitory-style worker housing, Cushing Village,islocatedinthelowerright.Photo: ShipyardHistoricalSociety.

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1940. The concentration of industry and housing in lightly developed South Portland began the process which led to the great post-war sub¬ urban residential, industrial, and commercial growth of that city. The shipyards themselves have also been developed. The East Yard is now the site of the Spring Point Marina and Condominiums. The West Yard is uti-

Above: A night scene at the South Portland ShipbuildingCorporation,thewestyardoftheNew England Shipbuilding Corporation. The yard ran threeshiftstorushthevitalLibertyshipsto completion.

Below:TheLibertyship GeorgeT.Angell onthe waysintheWestYardonedaybeforeitslaunching onJanuary8,1944.Shipswerebuiltduringsomeof

lized by the Portland Pipeline Corpo¬ ration and is also the site of South Portland’s municipal boat launch¬ ing area, sending pleasure boats rather than 10,000-ton Liberty ships into the Fore River. H

The launching of the John Davenport from the waysSouthPortlandShipbuildingCompanyonMay 15,1942,thefirstLibertyshiptobecompletedin theWestYard.Photo:SullivanPhotoCollection.

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TheJeremiah0Brien,launchedattheWestYard onJune19,1943andnamedafteraRevolutionary WarleaderfromMachias,Maine,survivesin originalconditionasamuseumshipinSan Francisco.TheO'BrienwillvisitPortlandonits waybackfromparticipatinginthe50thanniversary celebrationoftheNormandyinvasionandwillbe opentothepublicforvisitsandcruises.

ForFurtherReading:

HerbertG.Jones,PortlandShipsAreGoodShips: TheBuildingofThirtyBritishand236LibertyShips bvtheNeu>EnglandShipbuildingCorporation. SouthPortland.Maine. Portland.ME.:Machigonne Press,1954.

FredericC.Lane,ShipsforVictory:AHistoryof ShipbuildingundertheUnitedStates MaritimeCommissioninWorldWarII. Baltimore:JohnsHopkinsPress,1951.

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29th Annual Yarmouth Clam Festival, Yarmouth. Head on down to Main Street from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 15-17 to eat your fill of raw clams, steamed clams, clam cakes, clam chowder, stuffed clams, fried clams (in batter and in crumbs), and “everything you canthinkofwithclams."Don’tworryifyou’renotall that Into clams — there’ll be lots of other kinds of food and activities too, such as a variety of live music,acarnival,acraftfestival,tumbling,juggling, hot air balloon rides, roller hockey, fireworks, a kid and toy parade, and much more. Everything’s free but the food, and as you might expect, the winner of the Clam Shucking contest (Maine’s State Champion) receives a cash prize plus a peck of clams. Call 8463984.

30th Annual Antique Auto Days, Boothbay. Members of the Maine Obsolete Auto League will be displaying some 200-250 antique cars on the green at the Boothbay Railway Village July 16-17 from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. You can talk with the car owners, listen to a drum and bugle corps, enjoy a chicken BBQ. go for a train ride, and watch the mile-long parade of antique cars go by (yes, they all run!). Admission is $6 for adultsand$3forkids;childrenunder2arefree.6334727.

Holy Mackerel Fishing Tournament, Belfast. You can probably guess from the name which kind of fish caught in upper Penobscot Bay on July 16 and 17 is eligible for the cash prizes and trophies that will be awarded to the children and adults who catch the biggest, heaviest, and smallest specimens. You can try to snare your mackerel from land or sea between 6a.m.and3:30p.m.,duringwhichtimetherewillbea registration tent, food vendors, a Lions Club auction, and a concert by the Belfast City Band on the Belfast public landing. The proceeds from the $5 entry fees go to benefit local charities, and in order to participate,allyouneedtodoisshowup.

Deering Oaks Family Festival, Portland.Thisyear,in keeping with the 13th Deering Oaks Festival’s environmental theme, a major goal for the week of July 19-24 will be to try to recycle 80% of the waste the festival produces. Over 500,000 people are expected to descend on Deering Oaks Park to enjoy sixfulldaysoffreefun.includinggames,acarnival, beano, exhibits from local restaurants and non-profit organizations, and much, much more. Call 780-8229 fordetails.

Belfast Bay Festival, Belfast City Park. Originally known as the “Maine Broiler Festival" when it began as a poultry trade show back in 1948, the festival got its name changed in 1981 after the poultry industry leftMaine,althoughitstillputsonthestate’slargest chicken BBQ with 1,000-1,200 chickens. While you're smelling the birds roasting within view of beautiful Penobscot Bay, you can also watch a two-mile long parade, listen to a country & western battle of the bands, go on a railroad ride complete with a train robbery, or investigate the children’s marble¬ shooting and four-square tournaments. Admission all day long July 20-24 is free and Includes the daily entertainment but not the midway. Call 338-5900.

Ogunqult Sandbuilding Contest, Ogunquit. This free competition on July 21 is geared towards cooperative family entries, with cash prizes for the top three or fourfinishers.Judgingbeginsat3p.m.,and

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17th Annual Pine Tree Quilters Guild Show, Lewiston. Over 300 handmade quilts and wall¬ hangings will be on display in Lewiston High School July 22-24 from 9 a m. to 5 p.m. (11-4 on Sunday), along with a quilted wedding dress, miniatures, crazy quilts, and quilted clothing. In addition to demonstrations throughout the day. over 25 lectures and workshops are scheduled, and thirty merchants fromalloverthecountrywillbesellingquiltingbooks, tools, and fabrics. A portion of the quilts will be professionally judged with ribbons awarded, and therewillbearaffledrawingfora76"x82"pictorial quilt entitled "Woods and Water." Admission costs $4 (S3 for PTQG members). For more information call 799-1815.

12th New Vaudeville Festival, Gardiner. With fifty professional variety artists performing in downtown Gardiner July 22-24. there should be something for everyone to smile at. Maine groups appearing include the Zingo-Zango Jug Band and the Casco Bay Tummlers; some of the other performers slated to be present are cowboy balladeer Skip Gorman. Kinnier & Townsend Eccentric Bell Ringers, and the All Tap Revue of Southern New England. An array of food booths entitled the “Taste of Gardiner" will enable localrestaurateurstoselltheirspecialties,andtickets for the evening concerts are available at Shop'nSave supermarkets.Forfurtherinformationcall582-7144.

Central Maine Egg Festival, Pittsfield. W hat do you get when you cross the 175th anniversary of Pittsfield with the 22nd annual Egg Festival? A “Family Celeggbration" on July 23 at Manson Park! The day begins early with an egg breakfast; other “eggstraspecial" events include a parade with egg floats, an egg-theme store window decorating contest. "Egglympics" for all ages (including an egg toss), an egg drop from a CMP crane, and a chicken cackling contest.Admissionisfree(althoughthereisaparking charge) so don't miss out if you've been dying to know which comes first — the chicken BBQ or the egg! Call 487-5416or487-6236.

Cape Porpoise Model Fishing Schooner Race, Kennebunkport. During the winters of 1939-1941. local fisherman built replicas of their working sailboats, which they then raced during the summer. This year the2ndannualrevivalofthetraditionwilltakeplace onJuly24atIp.m.offtheCapePorpoiseHarborpier, with some of the original families entering the same restored boats that they raced fifty years ago. To be eligible to participate, model boats must be sloop- or schooner-rigged, no more than fifty inches long, and contain no electronic devices. So how do you sail them? The owners follow their boats around the onemiletriangularcourseindories,adjustingtherudders andsailswithlinesoroars,andthewinnerreceivesa lobsterandabottleofbeer.Free.967-2751.

Friendship Sloop Days. Boothbay Harbor, is a yearly three-day regatta held July 26-28 and involving some thirty friendship sloops (both originals and replicas) inthreeracesoffSprucePointandaparadeofsailsto the head of Boothbay Harbor and back The vessels in question were built and used for lobstering and hand¬ lining along the Maine coast near Friendship around 1880 to 1920, until they were replaced by gas-powered boats.OneoftheprizesupforgrabsisthePostOffice Pot Trophy, a marconi-rigged sailboat weathervane (Friendship sloops are gaff-rigged) in a chamber pot that is awarded to honor the biggest goof. Past recipients have earned the trophy by getting beached on a rock and then washed back off. and by falling overboard and holding onto the lines in order to water-ski behind the boat before climbing back in. Visitors are welcome to drop in at the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club. For more information, call (603) 431-7004.

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22nd Annual Elast Benton Fiddler’s Convention, held atShirleyLittlefield'sfarminEastBenton,hasgrown so popular since its inception that they've had to keep moving it to bigger locations in order to accommodate the ever-increasing crowds. It all began intheLittlefield'sfrontyardwithpeoplesittingupon top of the porch to listen, but it wasn't long before they had to switch to the front of the old blacksmith shop. Pretty soon all the listeners standing in the roadbecameatraffichazard,sotheyfinallyrelocated to the big field down the road and eventually started usinganeighbor'sfieldaswellforoverflowparking. ThisyearonJuly21fromnoontilldusk,rainorshine, you can listen to Junior. Adult, and Senior fiddlers from far and wide compete for cash prizes, and also catch an earful of Yodeling Slim Clark, the Country Choir, the East Benton Jug Band (an open jam session), and other regulars. Admission is $7 (children under 12 admitted free), and there are no bottles or dogs allowed. For more information call 453-2017.

Owls Head Transportation Museum, Owls Head, has amassed a fine collection of historic aircraft, automobiles, bicycles, motorcycles, carriages, and engines that have been maintained in operating condition and will be demonstrated on many occasions this summer. July 23-24 is the Truck & Tractor Meet and Airshow; August 6-7 is the Annual Rally and Aerobatic Show; August 21 is the Antique. Classic, and Special Interest Auto Auction: September 4 is the Motorcycle Meet and Aerobatic Show; September 11 is the Convertible Meet and Airshow’; and October 2 is the Foreign Auto Festival & Fall FlyingFinale.Call594-4418tochecktimes.

1994 WoodenBoat Show, Southwest Harbor. Over 150 wooden boats of all shapes and sizes will be on display at the Hinckley Great Harbor Marina from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 29-31 as part of WoodenBoat magazine’s 20th anniversary celebration. The boats are all moored dockside, and you can often go on board. In addition there will be 70 wooden boat builders exhibiting, in case you’re looking to buy; model-makers’ exhibits; displays of accessories and maintenance products; exhibits from maritime museums and apprentice shops; and ongoing boat building, oar making, rope work, and tool demonstrations, as well as a children's toy boat building area, music, food, and boat races. Admission costs $7.50, with children under 12 admitted free. For advance tickets call the WoodenBoat Store at (800) 273-7447.

1994 Bates Dance Festival. Lewiston. From July 30 to August 20 an international community of choreographers, performers, educators, and students will convene at Bates College to study, perform, and create new works together. The culmination of the festival is the "Young Choreographers/New Works Finale," two final performances of new works by students and faculty at 8 p.m. on August 18 and 19 in Schaeffer Theatre (S4 admission). Other mainstage performances to occur during the festival include Danny Buraczeski/JAZZDANCE. Doug Varone and Dancers, Doug Elkins Dance company, the Faculty Gala featuring Maureen Fleming. Creach/Koester, Clara Ramona. Andrew Harwood, and others. Call 7866390fortimesandtickets.

The 18th Maine Festival, Brunswick, is a gigantic “CelebrationofFunandCreativity"heldAugust4-7at Thomas Point Beach and involving over 500 artists, musicians, and performers in way too many performances, demonstrations, and workshops to attempt to list here. If you're looking to be entertained, you'll find everything from the 2nd annual Potters’ Olympics (see who can throw the most pots in ten minutes) to a Maine Brewers beer¬ tastingfestivaltoconcertsbytheMaineiacsofJazzto a New England poetry slam. An entire tent and stage willbededicatedtochildren'sactivities,sobringthe

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Festival de Joie, Lewiston, is a celebration of the region'sFranco-Americanheritagethatfeatureslotsof good French-Canadian cooking (crepes, meat pies, cretons. etc.), plenty of French-Canadian music and dance, a talent show, a mass, a chicken BBQ, children's programs (puppeteers, magicians, face¬ painters. cartoon characters), and more. Much of the entertainment August 5-7 will take place in and around the Civic Center. Admission is $3 per day or $5 for a weekend pass, food not included. Call 782-6231.

Topsham Fair, Topsham Fairgrounds. This year the 140th anniversary of the Topsham Fair (all day. every day, August 7-13) coincides with Smokey the Bear's 50th birthday celebration on Tuesday. August 9. which means that a giant homemade birthday cake will be cut into 1.000 pieces and served in Smokey's honor, accompanied by lots of Deering ice cream, balloons, and equipment demonstrations from the Maine Forestry Department. Other events to watch for include a children's chocolate-chip cookie baking contestandauction,apie-eatingcontest,ademolition derby (the last heap still running wins), harness racing, and the 6th race in the New England Dirt Track motorcycle racing series. Admission is $4. and childrenunder12arefree.Call729-1943or666-3724.

Sudbury Canada Days, Bethel. During Bethel's heritagefestivalAugust12-14,historywillbebrought to life at the Moses Mason house on Broad Street via a Civil War encampment and muster with demonstrations of women’s roles, cooking, and camp life. There will also be a lecture on the town’s founding,aswellaslocalhistoricvideosonview.Old timeactivitiesincludespinning,weaving,quilting,and dying demonstrations; a log drivers' bean supper; carriage rides; hay rides; horseshoe, badminton, and croquet tournaments; a variety show; and a hymn-sing attheoldmeetinghouse.Everythingisfreeexceptthe supper.Call824-2908.

Maine Antiques Festival, Union. Up to 10.000 people are expected to swarm into the Union Fairgrounds on August 13 and 14 for the largest antiques festival In Northern New England, at which over 350 dealers from all over the U.S. and Canada will be set up both indoors and outside under tents. The food is reputed to be fabulous, and world-wide packing and shipping of your purchases is available on the grounds. The hours are 8-6 on Saturday and 9-4 on Sunday; admission costs $4. For information about the preview at4p.m.onAugust12call563-1013.

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their watercolors, oils, mixed media paintings, drawings, and prints — not to mention the 3,000 people expected to come and browse through them — won't get too sunburnt from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on August 13 in Mill Creek Park. Other attractions include face¬ painting and portrait stands, cartoonists, live music, international food booths from local restaurants, and six tables where children can make crafts with clay, cloth, papier-mache, wallpaper, and other materials. Admissionisfree,andtherewillbecashprizejudging of the exhibits. The rain date is August 14. Call 7677660.

Chocolate Festival, York Harbor. Calling all chocoholics! The dozens of delectable delicacies set outforsaleintheupperhallofSt.George'sEpiscopal Church from 10 am. to I p.m. on August 19 will all contain your favorite ingredient in some form or other,sodon’tdelayyourarrivaltoolong,oryoumay miss out on the full selection! And for those of you who just can't wait until you get home to sample your purchases,therewillbefreecoffeeavailable,aswell astableswithcakesandpiesalreadycutupforsalein singleportions.363-7376.

2nd Annual Great Falls Balloon Festival, LewistonAuburn. From 6 p.m. on August 19 through 6 p.m. on August 21. a whole lot will be happening in LewistonAuburn. Morning and evening balloon launches will take place at 5:30 a.m. and p.m. in Great Falls Park, along with evening moon glows at 9 p.m. Opportunities for balloon rides are available by advance registration, but you need only show up to enjoy all the free music (Maine French Fiddlers, Wicked Good Band, et al.), exhibits (model railroad display,hydrostationtours,replicasteamboats,etc.), and activities (square dancing, skateboarding, sky diving, and more) scattered around downtown. Shuttles will be provided for exhibits not within walking distance. For more information call (800) 6396331.

19th Annual Blueberry Festival, Machias. If 250 blueberry pies sound like the stuff your dreams are made of. then you’d better hightail it Downeast to Center Street in Machias August 19-21 to partake of an all-you-can-eat blueberry pancake breakfast with homemade blueberry syrup, not to mention all the blueberry ice cream, ice cream with blueberries, blueberry muffins, blueberry cakes, blueberry cheesecakes, fresh wild blueberries, and blueberry crepesthatwillbeforsale.Ifyou’vegotanirresistible recipe of your own, how about entering it in the blueberry baking contest? If not, you can always participateintheblueberrypieeatingcontestinstead! You might also want to buy a chance to win the oneof-a-kind hand-sewn Blueberry Quilt, drop by the blueberry equipment demonstration, enter the Blueberry Bob (blue rubber balls race down the river), or attend the annual “Berry the Pirate" blueberry musical featuring the perennial favorite “Blueberry Blues" number. The free festivities last from mid-afternoon on Friday through Sunday morning.Call255-6665or255-3524fordetails.

Dance Portland 1994, Portland, is the 3rd annual festival of Maine choreography, showcasing the state'sleadingdancersandvisitingartistsAugust1928. On August 19 at 2:30 p.m. at Hadlock Field the festivalwillgetofftoaseasonalstartwith“TheDance of the Seadogs," featuring performers from several Maine dance companies, civic leaders, local celebrities, and the entire Seadogs baseball team! Seven other world-premiere, commissioned performances will take place at the Portland Performing Arts Center as part of thematic programs entitled “Ballet, Ballroom, and Broadway," "Brand New," and “Maine Choreography Showcase." which includes a special performance of dances for and by children. Call 774-0465 for tickets and 761-0674 for furtherinformation.

SpringPointFestival,SouthPortland,isafree"Family Fun Day” that lasts from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on August 20 at the Southern Maine Technical College Athletic Field. Highlights include chain saw ice sculptures and "Fun in the Foam" (the South Portland Fire Department sprays non-toxic foam for the kids to play in);therewillalsobeliveentertainment,acraftshow, and non-profit food booths run by local charitable organizations.767-9507.

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Cajunfest, Kennebunkport. If you’re looking to have a good time, New Orleans is unquestionably the best placetobe,butifyoudon'tfeellikedrivingquitethat far, you might want to consider heading for the Seashore Trolley Museum on August 20 to take part in theCajunfestivitiesstartingat11a.m.:“AStreetcar Named Desire” from New Orleans will be featured in a parade of 25 trolleys from 13 countries, an authentic Cajun meal will be catered, and the Bellamy Jazz Band will play a Dixieland concert. The dinner costs under $10,andyoucanridethetrolleycarsbeforeandafter the parade. Admission to the museum is $6 for adults. $5forseniors,and$4forchildren.967-2800.

29th Annual Sidewalk Art Festival, Portland. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on August 20 (rain date August 21) 350 artists from all over the country and Canada will set up their stands on Congress Street from Monument Square to Congress Square In order to entice an estimated 40,000 people to peruse and purchase their creations. The over $20,000 in purchase prizes is the largest amount of prize money for a one-day art show, and the winning paintings will be on display in the lobby of the Civic Center from noon to 4 p.m. on the dayofthefestival.Call828-6666.

15th Annual Peaks Island Children’s Festival, Greenwood Gardens. Come celebrate the child in all of us on August 21 with a bike and buggy parade, games, crafts, face-painting, dunking booth, raffle, entertainment, food, and, most importantly, fun! The parade begins at 11:15 a.m. on Island Avenue, and the festivallastsfrom11:30till2:00,rainorshine.The admission fees of $1.50 for children and $2 for adults will benefit the non-profit Peaks Island Child Development Center. The Casco Bay Lines ferry leaves Portland at 10:15 and 11:15 a.m. For more information call766-2854.

Houlton Potato Feast Days, Houlton, is an all-out celebration of the upcoming potato harvest that may make you wonder why there's a lobster rather than a potato on the Maine license plate. The Potato Feast Supper($6foradults.$5forchildren)featurespotato salad, mashed potatoes, and potato scallop: you can also buy baked potatoes with the toppings of your choice. Children’s potato games include a potato-sack race, a potato-on-a-spoon relay, and a walk-with-apotato-between-your-knees contest. Some other events taking place August 26-28 will be an early-bird sunrise sale, a parade of dolls, a harvester demonstration, guided walking tours of the historic downtown, a flea market, and more. Free. 532-4216.

Kite Festival, Old Orchard Beach, benefits the Maine Children's Cancer Program and is sure to appeal to the Charlie Brown in all of us. Prizes in the kite competition on August 27 (registration costs $3) will be awarded for the Most Beautiful. Best Home-made, Oldest Flyer, Youngest Flyer, and Most Unusual kites — and yes, there is also a Charlie Brown award! Other activitiesincludeafreestuntkitelesson,akite-making class for $1, free bubble-making, a flying toy sale, a kitedash,akitemessengerevent,andakitehospital. In between flying (or untangling) your kites, you may want to check out the ChowdaFest tent at the end of Staples Street and listen to Devonsquare play by the pier.Formoreinformationcall934-2500.

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Oosoola Park Fun Fair, Norridgewock. The highlight ofthisfreeLaborDay(estival(9-5onSeptember5)is the "infamous" frog-jumping contest, which usually attracts100-200youngparticipants.Whatifyouforget to bring a frog or just can't find one? Not to fear — enterprising young amphibian dealers will be happy to supply you for a price of 50« to $5. depending on size. Other events at the riverside park include a 5-K road race, a canoe race down the Kennebec, a children's pet show, a horseshoe tournament, an ongoing flower show, and pony rides. 634-4617.

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JUST AFTER RAYMOND was laid off fromhisjobasastockbroker,hewent tohisfather'soffice.Hewalkedslowly through a maze of people hurrying to lunchdatesorappointments,infrontof cars splashing through the cold, drizzling November rain. Blue city buses lurched and squeaked by. He heard a car horn and saw a former girlfriendwavetohimfrominsidefoggy automobile windows. With a beep and a wave, she disappeared around the corner.

Ashewalkedthefourblocksinthe cold rain, the sky gray as flannel, Raymond wondered why he was immediatelygoingtotellhisfatherthis embarrassing news. Instinct? A rush backtothenestafterafailedflight? Fearthathisfatherwouldfindoutand be more angry that Raymond didn't havethecouragetotellhim?Possibly. After all, it was his father who had helpedhimgetthejob.

Inside the bank on Middle Street where his father’s investment banking firm leased harbor view offices, Raymond shuffled across the white marblefloortotheelevator,andfelt dizzy as the elevator rose quickly twelvefloors,asifonacarnivalride.

“Hello, Raymond. Your father isn't expecting you, is he?" said the receptionist,Joan,blondandbubbly, always friendly. “Go down to Mrs. Foster'sdesk.She’llhelpyou.Ithink he’sinameeting."

Hewalkeddownthenarrowcorridor, pastofficesfilledwithhisfather’s employeesbentoverimportantpapers, clicking at computers, speaking into their slick, black phones. His father inspired fear in his staff, Raymond knew.Atlastyear'sChristmasparty,an attorney who worked there said to Raymond,“Hasyourfatheralwaysbeen suchanS.O.B?"

“Asfaras1canremember,"Raymond said,butactuallycouldn’treallyrecall any grievances, except for a general absence from Little League games and PTAevents.

Mrs. Foster was a watchdog for his

father,sniffingpotentialclientsandbus¬ inessmen for a competitive advantage. She hustled her big frame through the hallways and meeting rooms, and lookedlikeacombinationoflibrarian and linebacker. She possessed power, sittingsoclosetothethrone.

“My God, Raymond, you're a mess,” Mrs.Fostersaid,frowning.

“Yourfatherisn'texpectingyou.He's in a meeting with some Japanese businessmen,tryingtosavehiscountry club.Hewillnotwanttobebothered."

“I’ll wait." Raymond entered his father’s office and heard her heavy footsteps slouch away. The office was dark.Inthemiddleofitwasalongcon¬ ference table with a prominently dis¬ playedbustofBenFranklin.Hisfather's glass-topped desk was against the window.Hisfatherhadfilledceilingto floor bookshelves with law books, biographies, and classics that seemed to look down on Raymond now, accus¬ inghimofanobscurecrime.

Hewalkedovertohisfather'swetbar and mixed a scotch and soda. Looking inthemirror,herealizedhedidlooka mess. His dark hair was rumpled and wet,hissquarefacewaswhite,drained ofcolor,withpurplehalfmoonsunder his blue eyes. He stood there chilled with his black topcoat still on, wondering why he hadn’t seen it coming. When Crothers, the firm’s managing partner, summoned him to hiscornerofficeandsaid,“We'vegotto make some changes,” Raymond hadn't realized that the changes began with him. He hadn’t been happy there, had criticized the company’s operations numerous times, and was working only athalfthrottle.Still,whenCrothers said,“We'relettingyougo,"ithadfelt like the time when, in elementary school, a classmate, angry about Ray¬ mond’s teasing and taunting over a game of checkers, had bloodied his nose-a sudden, disorienting blow. Raymondhadquicklyfilledacardboard boxwithallofhispersonalthings.He rushed out without even telling his secretary.

Now he heard the adjoining door to the conference room open. Loud alien voices flew into the room like crows cawing.Raymond’sfatherslowlyclosed the door behind him, and the voices faded.

“Hello,Raymond.”

“Hi, Dad." Raymond shook his father’shand.Hisfatherwaslookingat the wide wet track Raymond's feet had made over the expensive, hand-woven orientalrugsandpolished,shinyfloors.

“1seeyou’vefoundthebar,"hesaid, measuringhiswords.“Mrs.Fostersaid thatyoulookedupset."

His father was wearing a dark wool double-breasted suit, with a white

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“Iwasfiredtoday,"hesaidquickly.

“Wereyou?I'msorrytohearthat.1 really am," he said. “But you weren’t happysellingstocks,wereyou?”

“No,”Raymondsaidinalowvoice.

“Have you saved some money?" his fathersaid,delicatelyrubbinghischin.

“Yes."

“Well,thereyouare.Alessonlearned. Stocks and bonds are not your game. Justgoon.Dosomethingthatyouwant todo."

“Ithoughtthat—”

"Raymond,I’msorry,butI’vegotto getback.Thatmeetingwillexplodeif1 don’t. Come over for dinner some evening."

“Okay."

His father opened the door and the voicesroseandfellwhenheclosedit behind him. As Raymond finished the bitter-tastingdrink,hethoughtofallthe thingshehaddonetofollowhisfather's path. How he started reading the Wall Street Journal in high school, how he studiedbankingattheLondonSchoolof Economics, how he received an Ivy League MBA, how he took this stockbroker’s job at his father's insistence.Allthatfornothing.Allof thatpreparationandhedoesn'tgivea hoot.Evenfailuredoesn’trockhim.Do somethingthatyouwanttodo,hesays. Right. Like that was ever a choice. Raymondwalkedoutofthedarkoffice.

“Good-bye, Raymond,” Mrs. Foster saidcurtly.

Outside, the rain had changed to snow,thefirstsnowoftheseason.Two tothreeincheslayontheground.The snow came down heavily, muddling his vision.Helaughedandsaidoutloud,“I can’t believe it.” He made a wet snow ballandthrewitagainsttheredbrick bank building. The snowball made a hard,splatsound,leavingasmallwhite circle.“Ican'tbelieveit,"heyelled,his handsintheair.

A snowplow went by with blinking blueandwhitelights,itslargeblade scrapingthestreet.Aftertheplowwent downthestreet,itwasquiet.Raymond threwseveralsnowballs.Splat.Splat. Splat. The sound somehow reassured him,theroundwhitecirclesastrange accomplishment. The scotch and soda he'dhadinhisfather’sofficehadgiven himarush,andheheadedofftoaFore Street Bar. As he walked through the nowemptystreets,hemadefootprints, buttheheavyfallingsnowfilledthem up, leaving no trace of where he had been,orwherehewasgoing.

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