O/T J.P. Baekeland / Bakelite

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In a message dated 5/16/02 5:10:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
quattro-request at audifans.com writes:


> J.P. Baekeland, inventor of Bakelite.
> My first job out ot law school involved handling an estate which included
> the houses Baekeland built for his sisters. It was on Dolliver's Neck, off
> Gloucester, MA. He brought in enough dirt to cover 24 acres of rock, then
> covered it with 12 foot trees. Built three houses for his sisters,
> connected by a Japanese garden. There were machine gun emplacements at the
> water's edge. The Feds had rented it to keep Joe Banannas there. They
> thought his friends might visit by sea. The only land entrance was through
> a Coast Guard Station. Heard on the news that Joe died just two days ago at
> 96.
> Tom Faust