Volume 19, Number 2
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. . . .
October 1985
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Tuesday, September 24, 8 pm,
Clara Barton S c h o o l building,
MEETING Gf CABIN JOHN CITIZENS ASSOCIATION.Election of
o f f i c e r s and reports on
current issues of community
concern. All residents of
Cabin John are warmly welcomed.
(On the same evening, by
unfortunate coincidence, the
Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
will be holding hearings on
three Cabin John land use
matters :
i. 3 new houses at ~T0mlinson
Ave. a n d 77th St.
2. il new houses in Seven
Locks Estates E a s t ( n e w
development south of
Palisades Pool)
3. 7 new houses along Tomlinson, east of Persimmon
Tree Road.
For information on schedule,
call Betsy Lawrence, 2296706)
Saturday, O c t o b e r 5, i to 4 ~
pm, 25th anniversary celebration at Little Falls
L i b r a r y (see story)
Thursday,Saturday, October
24-26 .~, Cabin John United
Mathodist Church rummage
sale. For information call
229-9525.
(Please call Amy Wilson,
229-8745, to get listed
in this calendar. Next
deadline: October 12)
Hundreds Of Cab±n Johner:si!~nd t h e i r
friends enjoyed one of larges£tcommunity
Crab Feasts held i n many y e a r s ~. T~e event,
w h i c h took place in g l o r i o u s Weather on
Saturday, September 14, also n e ~ e d something
o v e r $2400, according to the p r e l i m i n a r y
figures compiled t h e day af£er~/the Feast, when
this issue of t h e Village News-went t o press.
The funds have traditionally b e e n u s e d to help
support the Citizens Association, the V i l l a g e
News, the Cabin John 3-and,4-Year,Old S c h o o l ,
and the Cabin John Home Study Program. ~
As always, many, many community people
worked on the various committees a n d had a
part, large o r small, in making the e v e n t a
success. "They all deserve t h a n M s , " said
Feast Co-Chairperson Diane L e a t h e r m a n . The
biggest thanks g o t o the FisherMah~'S M a r k e t i n g
Company of Glen Echo S h o p p i n g C e n t e r Which
this year donated all 13 bushels of<cooked
crabs, she noted. "And I feel a sense of special gratitude t o t h e following pergSons who
said 'yes' when a s k e d to chair one of the
committees •
Co-Chairpersons with Diane: A r l e n e Dwyer and
~loria McKinney
Bake sale: Kay Kemp
Beverages: Tony & Jean Maggio
Chicken: D a v e M u r p h y
Clean-up: Mark Leatherman
Dry goods: G e o r g e Ann Wesner
Financial: Ceph Patch
Licenses: Betsy Cheney
Design a n d p r i n t i n g of t i c k e t S and flyer:
Merri V a n Emmerik
Flyer distribution: Janet Newell
Serving: Wanda Veraska
Signs: Betsy Cheney
Tables and chairs: Andy Rice
Advance ticket sales: Arlene Dwyer
Vegetables: Purchasing and Preparation:
Gloria McKinney
Cooking:~rgaret
Coleman
Mowing field: Sean Dwyer
T-Shirt Sales: Barbara Martin
O n c e again, as in many previous years,
Ed Clark drove his truck to transport tables
(Continued on page 6)
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NEWS OF THE S C H O O L S . . .
...The Clara B a r t o n
Center is seeking a
few people who enjoy
working with children
to v o l u n t e e r on a flexible basis at the
school a few hours a
w e e k . If interested,
p l e a s e call Judy N y g r e n
at 320-4565.
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OF C O M M U N I T Y
INTEREST...
...The public library
w h i c h serves C a b i n John,
the Little Falls L i b r a r y ,
will h01d its 25th anniversary celebration on
Saturday, O c t o b e r 5,
from 1 to 4 p.m., at t h e
library. There will be
r e f r e s h m e n t s and a drawing and a c t i v i t i e s for
kids, i n c l u d i n g D a f f y d i l
the Clown and the Glen
Echo fire engine.
...The C a b i n John Three
a n d Four Year Old
School has a n n o u n c e d *~
...Do you need storm winthat Mrs. M a l i h a Kadows, storm doors, insu ~
youmey will be the new l a t i o n and w e a t h e r s t r i p teacher. Mrs. K a y o u m e y
ping for the house y o u
has been t e a c h i n g in
own or rent?
the field of early
Lyou may be e l i g i b l e
c h i l d h o o d e d u c a t i o n for to get them free, inclu26 years. Her p r o g r a m
ding installation, from
is an a c t i v e one w h e r e
the C o u n t y , if you m e e t
the c h i l d r e n learn
federal income guidelines;.
through d i r e c t experNo q u a l i f i e d a p p l i c a n t
ience, d r a m a t i c p l a y ,
will be turned down. ~ For
song s a n d s t o r i e s ,
in
information, call 279-1830.
a n a t m o s p h e r e of learn...Since the/ban on left
ing w h i c h p r e p a r e s the
turns
from Seven Locks
children
for their
Road
into
TomlinsonAvelater a c a d e m i c studies.
nue w e n t fnto effect last
June, d a i l y traffic volPlaces are a v a i l a b l e
ume on T o m l i n s o n has
for c h i l d r e n who will
d r o p p e d to b e l o w i000
b e 3 years old by Decvehicles. The C o u n t y ' s
ember 31. The school
D
i v i s i o n of Traffic Enmeets five m o r n i n g s a
gineering
has t h e r e f o r e
week for 2% hours. For
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at the MacKayoumy at 229-0814 or
Dr. Rumana Kazmi at 229 - Arthur B o u l e v a r d end of
6459. (P.S. The school
Tomlinson.
is l o o k i n g f 0 r
donated
...Cabin John v i o l i n i s t
items as follows:
Vera Dolezai is p a r t i c i p a t child's table; doll
ing in a c o n c e r t in m e m o r y
crib and doll clothes;
of her pupil, Robert J o r Lego blocks for predan, killed in a shooting
schbolers; '' B r i s t l e
accident. The chamber
blocks; small m a n i p u l a - music concert will take
tire toys; and used
place at 5 pm on Sunday,
books for p r e - s c h o o l e r s . Sept. 22, at St. Francis
Please call if you
Episcopal Church, 1 0 0 3 3
have any to offer.)
River Road.
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p u r c h a s e is too small.
" F i s h e r m e n s M a r k e t i n g is the ne
p l u s u l t r a .... The f r e s h f i s h is
g o o d l o o k i n g and t e n d s t o w a r d the
refined."
Linda Greider
Washintonian
" B e s t s e a f o o d a r o u n d at p r i c e s t h a t
are a l w a y s fair, s o m e t i m e s c h e a p . . .
. . . t h e s m o k e d f i s h in p a r t i c u l a r is
delicious."
David Dorsen
Washingtonian
" . . f i n e s t s e a f o o d in t h e W a s h i n g t o n
D.C. area.
Charles Bookman
Village News
"It's w o r t h the trip, e v e n for
p e o p l e w h o d o n ' t live i n t h e
neighborhood!"
Judith Osterlink
Washington Star
" D o n ' t all c o m e at o n c e or t h e r e
w o n ' t be any f i s h left for me!"
Marian Burros
NBC-TV
"A s t e a d y s t r e a m of c u s t o m e r s
arrive singing their praise. One
e n t h u s i a s t i c w o m a n c a l l e d out,
'That s a l m o n I got y e s t e r d a y w a s
so g o o d I w a n t e d tO w r a p it a r o u n d
my b o d y . ' "
Gail
Forman
Potomac Almanac
"Thebusiness
p h i l o s o p h y is to
m a k e a q u a r t e r off of f o u r p e o p l e ,
n o t a d o l l a r off o n e . "
Neil Roman
Washington Star
" . . a n d s i n c e the s m o k e d s a l m o n w a s
p r o d u c e d by A r i g a t o S m o k e d S e a f o o d s
(a d i v i s i o n of The F i s h e r m e n ' s
M a r k e t i n g C o m p a n y ) , it w a s i m p e c cably cured."
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Customers,
ATTENTION
Therefore please consider some
of the o f f e r i n g s on the
a t t a c h e d sheet.
S i n c e the p r i c e s are so
a t t r a c t i v e , we w i s h to assure-°
y o u t h a t the q u a l i t y is
superlative
as usual. T h e s e
are p r o d u c t s w h i c h we
use
o u r s e l ~ e s a n d sell to our m o s t
prestigious
commercial
accounts.
It is the H e i g h t of S h r i m p
S e a s o n a n d s i n c e the g r o w t h of
our wholesale frozen foods
d i v i s i o n w a r r a n t s the a q u i s i t i o n of m a n y o c e a n c o m m o d i t i e s
in l a r g e lots, we h a v e b e e n
a b l e to i n c h our w a y into a
l e a g u e of b u y e r s w h o e x p e r i e n c e
q u a n t i t y d i s c o u n t s . We w o u l d
like to m a k e t h e s e d i s c o u n t s
a v a i l a b l e to you.
LT S H O U L D
PLEASE
BE N O T E D
I
Due to the f a c t t h a t we c a n o n l y m a k e this o f f e r i n g by
w o r k i n g w i t h v e r y small p r o f i t ~ m a r g i n s ,
we are u n a b l e to g i v e
our s t a n d a r d 10% d i s c o u n t to a) e x p e c t a n t m o t h e r s
or b) D i s c o u n t C l u b m e m b e r s
II
We h a v e e s t a b l i s h e d our r e p u t a t i o n in this t o w n as p u r v e y o r s
of s u p e r l a t i v e f r e s h s e a f o o d ; h o w e v e r all of the o f f e r i n g s ~
p r e s e n t e d for y o u r c o n s i d e r a t i o n
are frozen.
W e w i s h to e m p h a s i z e t h a t it is our o p i n i o n t h a t f r o z e n s e a f o o d is f r e q u e n t l y
t a s t i e r t h a n fresh. T a s t e t e s t s b a s e d on the v o t e s of p a n e l s
c o m p r i s e d O f food p r o f e s s i o n a l s b e a r this f a c t out.
Why?
It u s e d to b e ~ t h a t f r e e z i n g ~ w a s a last r e s o r t and f i s h t h a t
w a s a l r e a d y p a s t its p r i m e w a s
f r o z e n t o d i s g u i s e its true
c o n d i t i o n . A l s o f r e e z i n g t e c h n o l o g y was a n t i q u a t e d and the
l e n g t h of t i m e t a k e n to f r e e z e a p r o d u c t was i n a d e q u a t e l y slow.
Consumers developed negative prejudices about frozen seafood
products
( and r i g h t l y so ).
T i m e s h a v e c h a n g e d and so has t e c h n o l o g y . The f r o z e n
s e a f o o d t h a t we h a n d l e is g e n e r a l l y p r o c e s s e d a b o a r d f a c t o r y
v e s s e l s w i t h i n m i n u t e s of the t i m e it has b e e n p u l l e d f r o m the
b r i n y deep.
M o d e r n f r e e z e r s o p e r a t i n g a t t e m p e r a t u r e s of m i n u s
170 d e g r e e s F. v i r t u a l l y s u s p e n d a n y a n i m a t i o n , and if the
p r o d u c t is t h a w e d p r o p e r l y in a r e f r i g e r a t o r ,
it is n o t h i n g s h o r t
of great.
III
All
of
our
products
come
with
a satisfaction
guarantee.
IV
If y o u w i s h tO take a d v a n t a g e of o u r H e i g h t of S h r i m p
S e a s o n O f f e r i n g , p l e a s e fill o u t the a t t a c h e d f o r m and t u r n it in
to a c l e r k at our r e t a i l store, w i t h a c h e c k m a d e o u t to F.M.C.
for p i c k u p on the n e x t d a y (except S u n d a y ) .
V
If y o u w a n t to see m o r e of this s o r t
b e n e f i t by t e l l i n g y o u r f r i e n d s a b o u t our
q u a l i t y and our a t t e m p t s at c o u r t e s y .
of t h i n g y o u w o u l d
store, o u r c o n c e r n
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PHONE 301/320-2526
WAREHOUSE 762-3474
PACK
sIZE
PRICE
P E R LB.
UNIT
PRICE
SAVINGS
FROM
RETAIL
B.G.
GUAYANA
5 LB.
$10.95
$54.75
*
15%
10-15
BON
SECOUR
U.S.A.
5 LB.
$ 9.95
$49.75
*
16%
EXTRA
JUMBO
16-20
....
BON
SECOUR
U.S.A
5 LB.
$ 8.95
$44.75
*
27%
SHRIMP
EXTRA
JUMBO
16-20
PENSACOLA
ARGENTINE
5 LB
$ 7.95
$39.75
*
27%
SHRIMP
JUMBO
21-25
AQUARIOUS
EQUADOR
5 LB
$ 6.95
*
30%
SHRIMP
JUMBO
21-25
PENSACOLA
ARGENTINA
5 LB
$ 6.95
$34.75
*
30%
SHRIMP
LARGE
31-35
5 LB
$ 5.95
$29.75
*
33%
COUNT
P E R LB.
BRAND
NAME/
ORIGIN
SUPER
COLOSSAL
UNDER
12
SHRIMP
COLOSSAL
SHRIMP
PRODUCT
NAME
SIZE
SHRIMP
BON
-
$34.75
SECOUR
U.S.A.
SHRIMP
MEDIUM
36-40
BON
SECOUR
U.S.A
5 LB
$ 5.75
$28.75
*
35%
SHRIMP
MEDIUM
41-50
BON
SECOUR
U.S.A.
5 LB
$ 5.50
$27.75
*
30%
SHRIMP
SMALL
51-60
KING O
SEAS
U.S.A.
5 LB
$ 4.95
$24.75
*
28%
SEA
SCALLOPS
MEDIUM
60-80
ARGENTINA
2 LB
$
9.90
*
28%
LOBO
MIXED
1-2
CANADA
5 LB
$ 3.95
$19.75
*
25%
HALIBUT
STEAKS
80Z
2
CANADA
5 LB
$ 4.95
$24.75
*
37%
SWORDFISH
STEAKS
MIXED
1-2
JAPAN
5 LB
$ 6.95
$34.75
* 33%
ORANGE
ROUGHY
6-80Z
2
N
5 LB
$ 4.95
$24.75
*
ZLND
4.95
$
28%
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TO O R D E R :
F i l l o u t t h e o r d e r f o r m a b o v e a n d t u r n it in to a c l e r k at o u r r e t a i l s t o r e
w i t h a c h e c k m a d e o u t to F . M . C . Y o u m a y p i c k the p r o d u c t u p the f o l l o w i n g
day (except Sunday).
Are there other items which you would
l i k e to p u r c h a s e
b y the b o x or c a s e ?
If so, w r i t e t h e m o u t b e l o w a n d w e ' l l g e t b a c k to y o u w i t h q u o t e s .
THE VILLAGE NEWS
The P e o p l e of Cabin John
A U T H O R A N D ADVOCATE,
HUGH G A L L A G H E R
By B a r b a r a M a r t i n
W h e n H u g h G r e g o r y G a l l a g h e r ' s book,
"FDR's S p l e n d i d
Deception," was published in April, it r e p r e s e n t e d o n e m o r e
r e m a r k a b l e a c h i e v e m e n t in a lifetime
of
unusual adventures. It was the comingt o g e t h e r of several major passions: a
l i f e - l o n g hero w o r s h i p of F r a n k l i n Roosevelt, a p e r c e p t i v e look at the effects
of p h y s i c a l disability, and an o u t s t a n d ing. d e m o n s t r a t i o n of r e s e a r c h and topnotch writing.
"The b o o k is a p s y c h o l o g i c a l por,
trait of Roosevelt, of the i m p a c t h i s
d i s a b i l i t y had on him as a person and as
a politician. There was a c o n s i p r a c y among the R o o s e v e l t family, the W h i t e
House staff, a n d t h e n e w s p a p e r s to hide
the fact that F D R was a paraplegic, sev e r e l y disabled, c o n f i n e d to a w h e e l chair. That was not the image the A m e r i can p e o p l e w a n t e d for their leader, so
an a g r e e m e n t was struck; his h a n d i c a p
was simply denied by everyone. The gen erally a c c e p t e d line was that FDR h a d
had polio, but now he had r e v o v e r e d .
R o o s e v e l t devised e l a b o r a t e t e c h n i q u e s
d e s i g n e d to assure him v a s t public exposure w h i l e d i v e r t i n g a t t e n t i o n from
his physical condition."
For the sake of a "strong leader"
appearance, FDR never used crutches, was
never p h o t o g r a p h e d in a w h e e l c h a i r or
being carried. F r o m FDR's 12 y e a r s as
President, out of 40,000 p h o t o g r a p h s extant, Hugh located o n l y two that show
FDR in a wheelchair, and these were
family -- not o f f i c i a l -- snapshots.
Though Hugh as done a r e m a r k a b l e
job of showing us a different, frank
picture of a man no one really knew, he
e m p h a s i z e s that "FDR's Splendid Deception" is not an i n s p i r a t i o n a l book showing R o o s e v e l t as a role model for the
handicapped. "FDR was never able to come
to terms w i t h his handicap; he was unable to a c k n o w l e d g e his feelings, unable
Ito seek the release and support that intimacy brings. In no way should this inability be held up as an example for the
handicapped. I believe it killed h i m be fore his time. N e v e r t h e l e s s h e was a
genuine pioneer as an a d v o c a t e for
the h a n d i c a p p e d . "
That last d e s c r i p t i o n could also be
a p p l i e d to Hugh G a l l a g h e r . As a 19 year-old
college student, he c o n t r a c t e d
polio, the same disease that felled
Roosevelt. He spent a year in W a r m
Springs, Georgia, at the r e h a b i l i t a t i o n
center that R o o s e v e l t had e s t a b l i s h e d
25 years earlier. When he r e t u r n e d to
college, it was a m a t t e r of finding a
school that was w h e e l c h a i r - a c c e s s i b l e .
"I a p p l i e d to over 40 colleges that
c o u l d n ' t a c c o m o d a t e me, a n d finally
settled on C l a r e m o n t in California. After g r a d u a t i o n , I tried for a Rhodes
scholarship, but was r e j e c t e d because
Cecil Rhodes had specified that recipients m u s t be 'men sound in m i n d and
body.' So I a t t e n d e d Oxford U n i v e r s i t y
on a s c h o l a r s h i p given by Great B r i t a i n
in honor of General George Marshall."
A f t e r r e c e i v i n g a Masters degree
from Oxford, Hugh w e n t to w o r k for Senator John Carroll of Colorado. "My
g r a n d p a r e n t s had a trading post in o l d
Colorado, at t h e corner of that state,
Arizona, N e w M e x i c o , and Utah." For 3
years he was C a r r o l l ' s l e g i s l a t i v e assistant, w r i t i n g speeches and l e g i s l a tion, i n c l u d i n g civil rights bills for •
the S e n a t o r ' s w o r k on the J u d i c i a r y
C o m m i t t e e . Civil rights at that time
were almost e x c l u s i v e l y on behalf of
Blacks -- schools, voting, public accomodations. It was the b e g i n n i n g of
Hugh's c o n c e r n for the rights of minority groups, a concern w h i c h w o u l d later
s p e c i f i c a l l y focus on the rights of the
disabled.
In 1963 Hugh became a d m i n i s t r a t i v e
assistant
to Bob Bartlett, the first
senator from Alaska. "I've always had a
wide
streak of derring-do, and Senator
B a r t l e t t p r o m i s e d me I could spend a lot
of time in Alaska. And I did; so~9
y e a r s I w a s i n A l a s k a half the time."
A l t o g e t h e r he w o r k e d for Senator
B a r t l e t t for 4 years, and they were
p r o d u c t i v e years as Hugh m o v e d into a
new field -- a d v o c a c y for h a n d i c a p p e d
access. The efforts of Gallagher and
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B a r t l e t t p r o d u~c e d some significant
firsts: ramps at the L i b r a r y of C o n gress and the National Gallery, and
r e d e s i g n of plans for the K e n n e d y Center to m a k e it w h e e l c h a i r - a c c e s s i b l e .
"The a r c h i t e c t and the d i r e c t o r s didn't w a n t to change their plans, but
B a r t l e t t was on the c o m m i t t e e that
a p p r o p r i a t e d the Federal p a r t of the
b u i l d i n g funds. They came to see it our
way, and now the Kennedy Center gives
advice to builder of auditoriums, and
c o u r s e s in how to make p u b l i c a r t s centers a c c e s s i b l e to the disabled. That's
a real change of tune."
Next Senator B a r t l e t t (read Gallagher) d r a f t e d l e g i s l a t i o n r e q u i r i n g
physical a c c e s s i b i l i t y in any b u i l d i n g
c o n s t r u c t e d w h o l l y or partly w i t h Fed-i
eral funds. T h r o u g h some w i s e s t r a t e g i zing, the bill was r e f e r r e d to the
Publis W o r k s Committee, c h a i r e d by a
friend of Bartlett. It was an e l e c t i o n
year, so every m e m b e r of C o n g r e s s w i l l ingly v o t e d to a law that nobody could
o b j e c t to. This was the very first
p i e c e of Federal l e g i s l a t i o n for the
rights of the disabled. "In fact," says
Hugh, "as far as I know it was the
first such national law a n y w h e r e in the
world. It was a new concept -- seeing
the d i s a b l e d as a m i n o r i t y group entitled to s a f e g u a r d i n g of their equal
rights."
In the same year that m i l e s t o n e
p r o t e c t i o n became law, Senator B a r t l e t t
died and H u g h w e n t to w o r k for B r i t i s h
P e t r o l e u m as their W a s h i n g t o n r e p r e s e n tative, a job he held for 5 years. BP
and A t l a n t i c R i c h f i e l d had d i s c o v e r e d
the largest oil reserve on the continent and needed a pipeline across A l a s ka. To secure this pipeline, Hugh was a
member of the t e a m that n e g o t i a t e d succ e s s f u l l y w i t h Congress, the A t l a n t i c
natives, the D e p a r t m e n t of the Interior, and e n v i r o n m e n t a l i s t s . During • his
years w i t h BP, H u g h learned to fly and
soloed on many trips t h r o u g h o u t Alaska.
Once he had to c r a s h - l a n d on the Seward
Highway.
For t h e past Ii years, Hugh has b e e n
an i n d e p e n d e n t c o n s u l t a n t . " I interpret,
explain, analyze US p o l i c y and politics for E u r o p e a n firms. I put out a
n e w s l e t t e r for my o v e r s e a s clients. Some
clients have b e e n foreign oil companies, an A l a s k a n airline, and some
other A l a s k a n companies. I'm not a lobbyist; I a d v i s e my clients on how best
to deal w i t h the US government."
In 1981, the I n t e r n a t i o n a l Year of
the Disabled, Hugh r e c e i v e d a scholarship at the W o o d r o w W i l s o n I n t e r n a t i o n a l
Center at the S m i t h s o n i a n Institution.
D u r i n g the 9 m o n t h s of that grant,~he
d e v e l o p e d the paper, " F D R : H a n d i c a p p e d
A m e r i c a n , " that became the genesis of
his r e c e n t book. "Roosevelt was always
my hero. W h e n I was 12 I was a page at
t h e D e m o c r a t i c C o n v e n t i o n that n o m i n a t e d
him for this fourth term." Hugh's research included r e a d i n g e v e r y t h i n g he
c o u l d f i n d about FDR. "There w e r e m a n y
a r t i c l e s and books, of course, but none
was w r i t t e n by a d i s a b l e d person. I k n e w
I had a u n i q u e p e r s p e c t i v e . " There w e r e
aIso dozens of interviews w i t h people
who had k n o w n the President. The main
q u e s t i o n Hugh asked them was "How did
FDR handle his disability?" One of those
H u g h interviewed was his own father.Mr.
G a l i a g h e r had met several times w i t h FDR
in t h e Oval Office, and s u p p o r t e d the
t e s t i m o n y of others t h a t " y o u were so
caught
up in the m a n ' s m a g n e t i s m that
you really never thought about h i s b e i n g
crippled."
"FDR's Splendid Deception" was 3
y e a r s in the writing. ("I had to make my
living at the same time.") Dodd Mead
a c c e p t e d it after 17 other p u b l i s h e r s
had t u r n e d it down. But H u g h i s d e l i g h t ed that it ended up in their able hands.
"The e d i t i n g has been excellent; they've
done a great job of c h o o s i n g photos and
layout; and they've gotten it out to the
b o o k s t o r e s in a s u p r i s i n g l y short time."
Hugh's c u r r e n t schedule includes TV
talk shows a n d personal a p p e a r a n c e s in
c o n n e c t i o n w i t h the book, i n c l u d i n g an
u p c o m i n g trip to the W e s t Coast. His
future plans? " I n c r e a s i n g l y as I can
afford it, I'm more a writer, l.ess a
consultant. And I'm intensely c o n c e r n e d
w i t h d i s a b i l i t y as a social issue. Right
now I have an a p p o i n t m e n t as a scholar
at G e o r g e ~ 0 w n University; my plan is to ~
w r i t e a social history of the disabled.
A section of that history will deal w i t h
w h a t the Nazis did w i t h the severely
d i s a b l e d and the m e n t a l l y retarded. The
way d i s a b l e d people have been treated
t h r o u g h o u t h i s t o r y -- and the impact
of that t r e a t m e n t on all of society --
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can be e n l i g h t e n i n g , I believe, s z m p ly, I w a n t to i n f l u e n c e p o l i c y - m a k e r s
on b e h a l f of the d i s a b l e d . "
L E T T E R S TO THE V I L L A G E N E W S
The Sky a n d C a b i n J o h n
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and
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plore.
the r i g h t p i e c e of land, and she did,"
H u g h l i v e s at the end of C a b i n R o a d in
L a s t w i n t e r I d e l v e d into my saa r e d w o o d h o u s e t h a t he and the a r c h i - v i n g s
a c c o u n t and b o u g h t m y f i r s t t e l tect c r e a t e d as an e f f e c t i v e b l e n d of
escope. W h a t a joy it has b e e n e v e r
a c c e s s i b i l i t y and beauty, w i t h w a l l s
since]
The moon, p l a n e t s such as JuOf f l o o r - t o - c e i I i n g w i n d o w s that look
p i t e r and Saturn, and v a r i o u s star
out o n the woods. He w o r k s out of an
c l u s t e r s are j u s t a few of the c e l e s o f f i c e in his house. "I h a v e an a s s i s tial g o o d i e s w h i c h are b r o u g h t to
tant w h o c o m e s h e r e to work, a s e c r e life w i t h the aid of m y t e l e s c o p e , a
tary-t77pist w h o lives o n S e v e n L o c k s
8 0 m m r e f r a c t o r . I h a v e books, m a g a R o a d , end X e r o x f a c i l i t i e s c o u r t e s y of
z i n e s - a n d star m a p s to study f r o m and
the C a b i n J o h n P o s t O f f i c e copy m a c h t h e r e is m u c h to learn.
ine. We eat our b u s i n e s s l u n c h e s at
W i t h the a p p r o a c h i n g c o m e t H a l the Good and Quick. I'm r i g h t w h e r e I
ley,
m a n y e y e s - - w i t h or w i t h o u t o p w a n t to be -- l i v i n g and w o r k i n g in
tical a i d - - will be f o c u s e d on the
C a b i n John."
sky d ~ i n g
the n e x t s e v e r a l months.
A l t h o u g h the c o m e t m a y d r a w m u c h att e n t i o n to the sky d u r i n g this time,
l e t ' s h o p e that some of our y o u n g p e o ple w i l l d e v e l o p an i n t e r e s t in a s t r o n o m y and t h a t the w o n d e r of the
u n i v e r s e w i l l r e m a i n w i t h all Of us
" l o n g a f t e r the c o m e t is gone.
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FOR SALE: 2 snow tires,~ steel-belted radials,
residents; $5 to others. • 195/14, used two seasons, $30~..playpen i n
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Kay Kemp, Andy Rice,
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Amy Wilson, and t h e
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