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“Who wants to sell a day in June”

“Who wants to sell a day in June?” – (PIP #33) By Louise Peloquin Love’s gentle spring doth always fresh remain. Shakespeare’s verse comes to mind when perusing the following 67-year-old news items. Accounts about young couples celebrating upcoming spring  weddings and babies welcomed into the world never grow old. Ever…

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Pet Soundings

Pet Soundings A Music Essay by David Daniel Let me confess right up front. When the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds album dropped fifty-eight years ago this month I was one of the naysayers. In the early and mid-1960s you bought albums (such an exotic concept today!) based upon the appeal…

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“We Need You!”

We need you! – (PIP #31) By Louise Peloquin      We’ve met three young locals – Raymond Marcouillier, Aimé Martin and Paul Blanchette – who served in the armed forces during World War II. (1) On the home front, where were civilians working? The following advertisements give us examples of job…

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