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ter, noted physicist of Callfor- · nia, will speak to the Madison . .Town Council at the Municipal on the subject, The In. sUtute of Advance Thinking. This proposed institute would be located somewhere In Central Mafne and staffed by retired pro. lessors of biolory. chemistt, en,tneen, drawn here by the op' portunltles in sldin1, fishing and the outdoor life. The institute would employ local people such as secretaries, , gardners, caretakers and assls• · tants. The site, Porter says, should be isolated to allow prfxlmbately 40 people with a pay. vacy and would employ, approroll of $150,000. The lntttitute would concern itself with Industrial reaearch and problems for the New England area with emphasis on the development of Maine.

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STUDIES PORTFOLIO - The story of Watta Tower 1n Los Angeles, Calif., ts the subject of Bern Porter's present portfolio. Porter has begun manufacture of the photographic literature at Calais. (Wilson photo)

Calais Artist . Begins Folklore Portfolio Work

CALAIS, April 21-Bern Porter, a native of Houlton, who has spent the past 30 years in Cali· fornia, has be,un the manufacture of pictorial portfolios at Calais. The portfolios portray native folklore. Porter's present work · covers the Watts Tower in Los Angeles, · Calif., which, he said, is considered the most fantastic folklore . art in the world. According to Mrs. Abbie Porter entertained Porter, it took Simon Rodilla, an the Madlsoo Woman's Clu:b ,

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Thursday evening at her home on Madison Avenue, wl:th 15 mem- , . construct the tower of seashells, bers and two ,uests, Mrs. Marca- ' . cement, and steel wires. He built ret Porter and Mrs. Doris Sevl- '. . the structure 100 feet high. . Porter was educated in the son attending. . Houlton schools, was graduated A letter was read from Mrs. , from Colby College and attended Alva Appleby, third vice presBrown University, where he reident of the Maine Federation of ; ceived the master's degree in Woman's Clubs, concerning A physics in 1933. He bu travelled · ' Day in Court. .. extensively and served in the · It was voted to send a delegate U.S. Navy. to B011 or Girls State. A swap Porter said he has begun ship· party wu held under the direcments of the portfolios to Japan tion of Mn. Beverly Byron. and California. He said that he ' Bernard Porter was pest expects to employ about a half ' speaker and t.lked on houses of dozen as orders increase. • other lands and the house of to- , Future plans for portfolios in1 morrow. clude material concerning the I Refreshments were served by Maritimes and Maine. Mrs. EthelYn Fer,uson, Mrs. Bet'\ty Demchak and Mrs. Beverly Clough. The next meeting wlll be March 17 with Mrs. Myrtle , , t !!lizard.

Woman's Club Hears Talk By Bernard Porter

Calais Advertiser

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Arthur Kallenberg

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t A caller at oar home lllaldlly, Bern Porter. Bern, a native of Houlton, now resid~s here at 2158 Main Street. He ia a professional : scientist and received deareea from 1 Colby College in Maine and Brown University in Rhode Island. He feels deeply that atomic pow· er should be div~ from the weapons designed to kill and des· troy to humanitarian purposes. Al he put it, "Since 1932, I have been endeavonng to extend the prind· pies of pbysica into the hwnanl. ties. Bern spent a considerable time in Austrilia and it was }Dost interesting to· hear him tell ,of bil experiences there, especially with . the 1>rimitive tribes. It won't come tomorrow, but .he ~ there'll be a ti-. in the future when we'll have to depend on the sun for heat and the tides for power as our present natural resources are rapi,tly being e'Xha~ted, even uranium without whic~ there will be no .a tomic energy. ma big hope right now is to establish a laboratory here. Be had published last year a most interelt· ing brochure entitled "Pbyaica for Tomorrow." It tells of how phyalca will eventually play a moat import· ant role in architecture, art, communication, literature, music, poetry, sculpture and the theat,tr. Wish everybody could read Uus faacin· ating pamphlet. And we hope that I Bern gets his laboratory,

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