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NEAR SPRING (MID-SEPT.) - EVERYBODY IS RUNNING AROUND
TRYING TO GET THINGS SET UP FOR THE PUBLIC.  LET ME EXPLAIN:
DURING SEPTEMBER, THE MUSEUM IS CLOSED TO THE
PUBLIC, SAVE FOR THE RESOURCE CENTER.  DURING THIS TIME, THE
MUSEUM IS RE-PAINTED, RE-FURNISHED, AND GENERALLY MADE CLEAN
AND MORE LIVABLE.  ALSO, SOME| EXHIBITS ARE CHANGED, SUCH AS
"WHAT'S NEW?", WHICH IS CHANGED EVERY TWO OR THREE
MONTHS.  BUT I DIGRESS!  SOME MAJOR CHANGES MADE WERE:
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	COMPUTERS GOT CARPETING
	WHAT'S NEW? GOT A NEW EXHIBIT (I WILL EXPLAIN LATER)
	LIVING THINGS GOT TOTALLY RE-DONE
	ALL SCREENS GOT REPAIRED IN JAPAN
	ALL NEW STAFF (EXPLAINED LATER ON, TOO.)
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THE ETERNAL QUESTION, "WHAT'S NEW?" WAS ANSWERED
A BIT BEFORE SEPTEMBER BY ONE OF THE COLLEGE
WORK STUDY PEOPLE: "SOME KID PEED ALL OVER THE FLOOR, THAT'S
WHAT'S NEW!!"
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EXPLANATIONS FOR ABOVE:  WHAT'S NEW? CHANGES IT'S
CONTENT EVERY TWO OR THREE MONTHS.  SOME OF ITS PAST
EXHIBITS WERE:	HOSPITALS, DENTISTS, AND CHANGES.  THE MOST RECENT,
AND MOST IMPORTANT, IS CENTER STREET.  WILL REPORT LATER.
	AS TO THE COLLEGE WORK STUDY (CWS) PEOPLE:
EVERY THREE (I THINK IT'S THREE...MAYBE TWO AND A HALF)
MONTHS, A NEW FLOCK OF WORKERS COMES IN FROM DIFFERENT COLLEGES
ON A PROGRAM CALLED COLLEGE WORK STUDY.  THEY GET CREDIT FOR
WORKING AT THE MUSEUM, AND MEASLY WAGES AS WELL (DON'T TELL JANET
THAT I SAID THAT!)  THEY TURN INTO (POOF!) THE STAFF, AND
ARE ASSISTED BY JUNIOR CURATORS, AND, USUALLY, HAMPERED BY
MUSEUM HELPERS.  INCIDENTALLY, THEY CAN GO TO MANY PLACES, NOT
ONLY THE MUSEUM.  ONE IS A MENTAL INSTITUTION.  THINK ABOUT
IT!
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START OF GRAND CENTER STREET PROJECT.  PAIN DIRECTLY BELOW AND
TO THE REAR OF THE STERNUM!  FIRST, AN EXPLANATION OF WHAT THE
CENTER STREET PROJECT IS.  IT'S A THING WHERE MOST OF THE
MERCHANTS ON CENTER STREET, JAMAICA PLAIN, GIVE DEMONSTRATIONS
OR THE LIKE ON WHAT THEY DO.  WHEN ALL OF THIS WAS GOING ON
IT WAS CALLED THE CENTER STREET FAIR.  BESIDES THE
DEMONSTRATIONS, THEY HAD A BIG MURAL PAINTED ON A WALL BY ANY
KIDS WHO HAPPENED TO BE PASSING BY, AND THAT SORT OF THING.
WAS ON THE SWITCHBOARD FOR AN HOUR, AS I FREQUENTLY DO, BUT IT WAS
HARD BECAUSE OF ALL THE CALLS ABOUT THE FAIR, WHICH THE
MUSEUM SPONSORED.
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PREPARATION FOR HAUNTED HOUSE - ANOTHER FUN JOB!  WALLY
SKELTON (ANOTHER JUNIOR CURATOR AND A GOOD FRIEND) AND I PREPARED A
TAPE WHICH WAS USED IN THE H. H.  YOU KNOW, SCREECHES, AND
THE LIKE.  GOT A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT HOW THE TAPE WAS
"THE BEST ONE THEY EVER HAD!"  GREAT - IT'S THE SECOND ONE
SO FAR!!  BUILDING THE HOUSE WAS FUN, THOUGH.  IT
WAS POSSIBLE TO AVOID MISTAKES WE MADE AT FIRST, AND SO
IT WAS QUITE AN IMPROVEMENT.  I WENT, WITH KENNY GOLDSTIEN, TO
PHOTOGRAPH THE PLACE  GOT A WHOLD LOT OF PICTURES.  THEY'LL BE
USED FOR PUBLICITY NEXT YEAR.  MY FAVORITE ROOM (OF WHICH
THERE WERE 14) WAS DOWNSTAIRS, CALLED THE "CRYPT"!
	IT TOOK QUITE A LONG TIME TO PUT TOGETHER.  WE
GOT A WHOLD SLEUE OF CONTRIBUTORS, SUCH AS FILENES,
SOME SCHOOLS, AND EVEN MA BELL!  THE WHOLE HOUSE IS SET UP
INSIDE DESIGN AND PRODUCTION.
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HELP!!  I'M BEING HELD CAPTIVE IN THE V.C.!!  TRANSLATED:
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IT'S H.H. SEASON AGAIN!  WE'RE GETTING 5000-7000 PEOPLE
PER DAY PER BUILDING.  TOTAL INSANITY!  I'LL ATTEMPT TO DESCRIBE
WHAT'S GOING ON IN AND AROUND THE PLACE IN THE NEXT FEW
PARAGRAPHS.
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	THE VISITOR CENTER - THE V.C. IS THE MAIN BUILDING, AND
THUSLY WAS MORE THAN PACKED TO CAPACITY.  BECAUSE OF FIRE REGULATIONS,
WE HAD TO KEEP A LOT OF PEOPLE WAITING OUTSIDE, AND HAD TO
COUND PEOPLE LEAVING  IN THE SITAROUND, MOVIES WERE USUALLY
BEING SHOWN, BUT ASIDE FROM THAT, NOT MUCH WAS HAPPENING.  SOME
OF THE STAFF GOT SICK AND JUNIOR CURATORS (JC'S) WERE DOING
A GOOD PORTUNE OF THE WORK.
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	THE HAUNTED HOUSE - OF COURSE, THAT WAS CROWDED!  THE
LINE TO GET INTO THE HOUSE WENT ALL THE WAY AROUND THE
PARKING LOT, DOWN THE DRIVEWAY, AND OVERFLOWED INTO BURROWS
STREET!  A SET OF PHOTOS ON THE H.H. IS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST,
AS IS THE MUSIC.
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	THE PHOTO BOOTH - THERE WAS A BOOTH WHERE KIDS
COULD GET THEIR PICTURE TAKEN WITH A WITCH.  50 CENTS A
PICTURE, AND ABOUT 200-300 PICTURES A DAY!  I RAN IT QUITE
FREQUENTLY, AS DID KENNY.
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	THE CONCESSIONS STAND - HERE THEY SOLD APPLES, POPCORN,
CIDER, AND DOUGHNUTS...COFFEE TO STAFF ONLY!  I SOLD BAGS OF
POPCORN WITHIN THE LINES, TOO, AND WAS ACCLAIMED AS THE
"SUPER SALESMAN", AFTER MAKING ABOUT $50 FOR THEM IN ONE DAY.
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	THE RESOURCE CENTER - THIS WAS NOT TOO CROWDED, AND REALLY
DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TO DO WITH THE H.H., AND ISN'T WORTH DISCUSSING.
SO I WON'T!
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ABOUT A WEEK LATER - AH, NORMALITY AT LAST!!  IT'S BACK
TO THE USUAL GRIND...NOTHING SPECIAL TO REPORT UPON RIGHT
NOW, SO I WON'T WASTE JOURNAL SPACE...YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO
WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT EXCITING THING HAPPENS!!
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UNTIL NEXT TIME...
		SEE 'YA AROUND, FOLKS!!
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