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...Lighthouse Preservation Society (LPS) runs ads in The Boston Phoenix, with the words "It's history. It's art. It's culture. It's dying" next to a graphic of an island lighthouse. I called the society's Rockport number last week to ask if there was a nearby lighthouse community I could visit. James W. Hyland III, the founder of LPS, told me that Ned Cameron, of the Thacher Island Association, ran a ferry leaving the Rockport wharf every Saturday at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., to take visitors out to the island to see their restoration project...
...Lighthouse Preservation Society had directed me to the Thacher Island people, so I assumed that they must be working together. But when I asked what role the LPS had with the island, I got a negative reaction. No one on the dock seemed to care for the LPS...
...finally go out to the island, and he recommended some people that I should talk to. After the initial jabs at Harvard boys, they were all extremely friendly or helpful. Leaving them to their conversation and work on the pier, I went to talk to the people at the LPS...
Hotel message boards reflect the close fraternity of men, and their wives, many of them members of the Adelines: "The Redwoods from N.Z. Are in Room 1109," "Alice and Albert, Have a Nice Day, John." At the souvenir tables, singers snatch up LPs by grand masters and $27 home-study tapes -- Theory of Harmony, How to Warm Up Your Voice. The camaraderie extends to the contest stage. The battle is to win, not to beat the other guy. " 'We' is the competition," notes a Chief of Staffer. No candy-shirted drunks around a barber pole at this convention...
...syndicated TV series, Freddy's Nightmares, debuts on more than 160 stations, with Englund playing host. The sales of Freddy Krueger merchandise have topped $15 million. The Freddy mask and hat outsold all other Halloween costumes last year. New Line reports brisk sales for two Nightmare books, five LPs and a board game. You can buy Freddy dolls, the familiar sweater and the signature glove (with plastic finger-knives). He's got his own fan club and MTV special. And come October, a 900 chat line...