European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 16, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Lafe the Curtit hand Light an a Rotky Short mow. Is filing is a hard calling Tor Man or beast. 68-25 West 44-19 North on the Back Side of mount desert Island away from bar Harbor whose former elegance is now $6.95 lobster dinners and Harbor Tours or sidewalks full of tourists away from Seal and Northeast harbours where the still elegant Fords and Rockefeller really summer is Sawyer Cove a quiet Granite and fir lined Anchorage. A Middle aged Man in Nantucket reds the mandatory color for a gentleman s trousers in some yachting circles rows out to a visiting yacht to Chat. Ere Long he says now when i was at Harvard i. It is the second time in two Days on As Many islands the yacht s Crew has heard the same phrase from a summering resident. Why do Harvard men always have to say they went to Harvard one of the Crew asks after Nantucket reds has rowed away. The sea has no answer. 67-22j West 44-38 North strictly speaking Bucks Harbor Maine is not an Island. But it is almost far enough out there to qualify. It is the Home of Ellen Urquhart s fish or Cut bait  there s no sign signifying such. Indeed there s no restaurant just some picnic tables a rusted derelict of a Coke machine and a Large steaming pot of fresh caught lobsters and soft shelled clams. Ellen went into the open air restaurant business several years ago to vary the routine of raising kids and listening to her husband Dana discourse on Canadian lob Sterling Competition. By land you get to Ellen s by Way of a tortuous Road that ends by the Coke machine. By sea you climb up a Slimy ladder from a Flat that s 25 feet Down at Low tide. Ellen can serve you Cole Slaw but the Board of health in Machias won t let her dish up salad. No refrigeration because there s no refrigerator because there s no Wall socket to plug it into because there s no Wall. In 1775 Machias was the scene of the first violence of the american revolution in Maine. Some enraged locals armed with pitchforks stormed and captured a British vessel armed with 16 swivel Cannon. As Ellen cleans up jul