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...Chicago entrepreneur, at the first Newport Folk Festival, in 1959. Bob Dylan, whose manager Grossman became in 1962, may have been that prince, but the raspy-voiced kid needed troubadours to sell his message to the masses. Grossman had seen Travers perform with her friends Peter Yarrow and Noel Stookey; he took them on, changed Noel's name to Paul and got the group a contract with the new Warner Bros. Records. Peter, Paul and Mary's self-titled first album (1962) went to No. 1 and stayed in the Top 20 for two years...
...like the Highwaymen and the Brothers Four at concerts that PBS liked to air in prime time during every pledge week. Travers, by then on her fourth husband, had put on quite a few pounds, but she never lost the potent alto that blended so becomingly with Yarrow and Stookey's voices...
...Some of the more well-known members include cellist Yo-Yo Ma ’76, opera diva Phyllis Curtin, Noel Stookey, the “Paul” of the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, acclaimed author Ward Just and poet Peter Davison. Every year, the club puts on its own rendition of “Twelfth Night.” The club is home to the Litero-Culturati of Boston. Many are art collectors. In fact, years ago, the Club used to host a number of exhibitions. Boston’s first Monet exhibition...
...piercing and noted precautions to be taken against infections in those who "can't resist a naval ring" [Personal Time: Your Health, June 21]. Isn't a naval ring something worn only by Annapolis graduates? Guess you meant navel. Ah, for a spell checker that warns about homophones! LARRY STOOKEY Rockville...
HOLSTEINS. Dairy cattle graze on some of America's lushest farm land. Investors buy cattle from places like Stookey Hoisteins, Inc., in Leesburg, Ind., which advertises in publications like Wealthbuilding. Then gains start flowing. First, the investment, over a five-year depreciation period, counts as an "off the top" deduction in the same way as savings in an Individual Retirement Account. It thus lowers the investor's taxable earnings. Next, 10% of what the investor pays for the livestock comes directly off his taxes. Also, through embryo transplants, each cow becomes a factory for calves, which...