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i on ii irse.lj oitW n easi J y' Pfep? like ildw aurtjl ; venT \rts, crafts efining done t ‘kingdom’ THE BATTALION TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1976 Page 5 By JOE SCAMARDO es ress reacM ^ seasoi| Once upon a time, there were any peaceable kingdoms, at least JUairy tales, but there is a modern (JrnjPcaceable Kingdom (PK) in "'ashington County three miles nth of Washington-on-the-Brazos. It is not inhabited by knights, tinsels nor even a friendly dragon, |ut by nine persons who live and ork cooperatively. PK is a nonprofit, educational in- itution dedicated to . the preser- ition and innovation of arts, crafts d related disciplines.” vantagfl The 152-acre farm is located two |nd one half miles north of /ashington, Texas, down an un- aved county road. As you cross the race 111 ellowcattle guard at the entrance to on ^ ‘K, there is an old, leaning building n the left. The building was the neeting hall of the Israelites of the enevolence before the group dis- anded. A little further down the rutted, lirtroad there is a remodeled house mthe left where two of the PK resi- lents, Charles and Jande McElroy, in a iforniai ttOI ;ratoi King, those] -s from ruldreti ic folio. mi arthen dam that entraps a large The road continues over a low. Kind on the right. Past the dam, the oad curves left up a low hill before urvingright up a larger hill. As the oad continues up the hill, it runs larallel to the prizewinning PK barn in the left. At the top of the hill is the rambl- ng farmhouse where the remaining Bellow wins Pulitzer not tan, dingtoE leposits ire mai i r 6931 nit mint l or the it. be bioi£ iceive of reto Associated Press NEW YORK — Author Saul Bel ow has won the 1976 Pulitzer prize brfiction with “Humboldt’s Gift,” a level whose characters speak of the evered award with utter disdain. Gene Miller of the Miami Herald a Pulitzer for news reporting, ind author Paul Horgan was hon ored in the history category — the lecond time each won prizes. The Anchorage Daily News won lie gold medal for public service for ts investigation into the Teamsters nion’s growing impact on Alaska’s conomy and politics. 1 it The prize for special local report- nOWping went to the staff of the Chicago ribune. i MSO f Sydney H. Schanberg of The New two hoi h>rk Times won the international yland.'li isult ofn y 1 Tenness ing s. post (6 which day 14.* ioftheh itationw self-seoi e time. ege Stall iston St. ;e Shop?' their B RIA iers ia rage ICE eporting prize for his coverage “at great risk” of the Communist akeover of Cambodia and the up- thePd tooting of its people. The prize for national reporting went to Des Moines Register repor ter James Risser, At age 72, Horgan won the history prize for “Lamy of Santa Fe,” the story of the first Roman Catholic ar chbishop in the Southwest. A graduate of the underground weekly field, Tony Auth, 33, won the 1976 prize for editorial cartooning as a staff member of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Stanley Forman, 30, of the Boston Herald American, won the spot news photography award. The feature photography award went to the 17-member photo staff of the Louisville Courier-Journal and Times for coverage of court-ordered busing with its attendant violence. Alan M. Kriegsman, 48-year-old dance critic of the Washington Post, won the prize for criticism. Prof. R. W. B. Lewis won the biography prize for “Edith Whar ton: A Biography.” The poetry prize went to Brooklyn College teacher John Lawrence Ashbery, 48, for his “Self Portrait in a Convex Mirror. ” Framed by the tail section of an abandoned plane, this bam is used as a workshop and classroom by the residents of Peaceable Kingdom. seven residents live. A large white star is painted on the farmhouse’s roof. In the front yard rest the time- ravaged head and tail of an airplane. The plane’s remains were deposited one dark night by friends of the PK residents as a gift. Further color is added to Peace able Kingdom by the trapdoors, bal conies and stained glass windows which decorate the buildings. The PK harn was built because the expanding operations on the farm required a larger storage and work space. Danny Samuels, of Architects Incahoots & Asssociates and Artie Kahn, a resident of PK, designed the barn and built it with the help of 100 students in a class entitled, “how to build a barn. ” The barn was built using materials salvaged from the stage of the 1972 Watkins Glen rock concert. The barn contains a woodworking studio, an auto repair shop, and liv ing quarters for Kahn. Not just any country barn, it caught the attention of the Texas Society of Architects. They judged the barn one of the nine best de signed buildings of 1975 in Texas. After the barn was completed a year and a half ago, a contest was begun which solicited designs for painting the structure. The judges announced Monday that the design of Pat Johnson Lister had been chosen to decorate the barn. The barn painting was held Satur day as the main event of a May Day celebration. Although PK is a working farm, its main function is that of a crafts school. It is a place where the resi dents can improve their own craftsmanship and teach those arts to students. Classes are taught by the residents in subjects ranging from bee keeping to yoga . Besides teaching at PK, the residents have taught and demonstrated their crafts at such places as the Texas A&M University Crafts Center, the University of Houston Sundry School and the Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reserva tion. Besides the classes taught by PK members, visiting craftsmen and in structors also teach classes in sub- LAKEVIEW CLUB 3 Miles N. on Tabor Road Saturday Night: Johnny Lyons, Janet Lynn and The Country Nu-Notes From 9-1 p.m. Ladies $1.00 STAMPEDE Every Thursday Nile Men $2.00 (ALL BRANDS BEER 40 cents) Every Tuesday Nile LADIES $1.00 MEN $2.00 All Brands Beer 40c 8-12 Dance every Tuesday and Thursday jects ranging from blacksmithing to identification and use of the plants of Texas. Because the people of Peaceable Kingdom live and work so closely, all major decisions are made collec tively. Every resident has an equal vote in all decisions and does an equal share of the work. Chris McCarthy, one of the members, said that PK operates on the principle that responsible persons will take care of what has to be done on their own initiative. The residents are careful, how ever, not to let the “all work and no play” habits creep in. During long periods of drought, they put semi- broken toasters in the front yard as a sacrifice to the “Rain God. ” After the day’s work is completed and the residents are gathered in the farmhouse, such subjects are discus sed as the PK theory of armadillo reproduction. The theory says that the armadilloes incorporate au tomobiles into their reproductive cycle. It states that armadilloes re produce by spores, like a mushroom, and that they have to be struck by an automobile to release the spores. PK will grow into a larger crafts center and become more stabilized, said McCarthy, but it will not be come “big business ’ oriented. The Peaceable Kingdom philosophy is that “if the school were to cease to change, it would cease to contribute both to the individuals and to the communities we serve.” H" SiGHT^ lU & THERE ANY KIND WOOD THAT NOT FLOAT ? There Is Any Kind Of FRAME In OUR VAST COLLECTION That Will Suit ANY TASTE And FACE . . . UNIQUE WIRE STYLES, EYE SHAPES And COLORS. 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