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Work on the restoration of the “Grand Drape” and the remaining woodland flats created by Manchester artist Egbert Foster in 1929, and discovered in storage in the Town Hall last July, has been completed and the curtain hung. The Heritage Commission thanks all the volunteers who showed up to help with the project. Lindsey Coombs put in a full day and has requested appointment to the Commission (her request for appointment has been submitted to the Board of Selectmen, and is expected to be approved). Welcome aboard, Lindsey! Without the help of her and the other volunteers, the work could not have been completed on time. Commission members Hony Hoague, Jim Deely and Nancy Brown (daughter of Deerfield’s preeminent volunteer, Elsie Brown) put in long hours, as did Jeff Horton, Richard Moore, Cindy Tomilson, Suzanne Sears and Bob Mann, who made the brackets to support the curtain. (See photos)

On hand for the grand raising of the curtain were Mrs. Tony DiMauro and her family. She is the artist’s great-granddaughter and a long-time Deerfield resident. Conducting the work were conservator Christine Hadsel and artist MJ Davis from “Curtains without Borders”, the Vermont preservation organization which was instrumental in spurring the search for the curtain which led to its unexpected discovery.

There was some concern that the curtain was hung just slightly off-center, but that minor issue will be corrected in August (time and date to be announced) when Christine Hadsel will be returning to give a presentation in honor of the historic curtain.

Find out the answer to our School Trivia question: How many of Deerfield's original one-room schoolhouse buildings still exist? (Matt Kimball got four out of five!)
And our latest Mystery Photo (Congratulations to Nancy McKinney, Erick Berglund Jr. and Evelyn DeCota, who all correctly identified the location of the Scenic Byway pictured in the February Communicator!).

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