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...sneaking into the surf along one side. One look, and Canadian Food Tycoon Garfield Weston bought the beach plus 40 acres, only to find out later that the fine print in the bill of sale had contained a stipulation that he build a hotel on the property. His son, Grainger, took over, and the result was 18 houses sited throughout the property to provide maximum privacy and view. Built for an average $50,000, each provides at least one bedroom, plus living room-dining room, bath-dressing room, and fully equipped kitchen. Each is staffed by a butler and maid...
...Grainger Weston has opened a homey variation on the prevailing theme: a cottage colony for the two-week visitor who has not yet made up his mind to build. Once he is accepted and has agreed to the bill (minimum: $2,000 per couple), the guest's wish is Weston's command. "Weekend visits to other hotels, sightseeing by private plane, deep-sea fishing, champagne for breakfast-anything he wants is on the house." promises Weston, adding expectantly, "and his neighbor may be Prime Minister Macmillan...
...will filed for probate at his adopted home of White Plains, N.Y., the late Australian-born Pianist-Composer Percy Grainger made a bizarre request: "that my flesh be removed from my bones and the flesh destroyed," with the skeleton to go to the University of Melbourne "for preservation and possible display in the Grainger Museum." But the remains of the eccentric creator of Country Gardens, interred in the family plot in Adelaide after his death last February, may never get to Melbourne. Explained his U.S. attorney: "By law a person cannot bequeath his body. The remains belong to the next...
Died. Percy Aldridge Grainger, 78, lanky, white-shocked Australian-born pianist and folklorist whose fame as a serious artist and the composer of Brigg Fair, Molly on the Shore and Country Gardens was equaled by his fame as a serious eccentric who often hiked to concerts carrying a knapsack, was married in the Hollywood Bowl before a delighted audience of 22,000, abhorred meat, tobacco, coffee, tea and alcohol but adored cheese, raw vegetables and a half-and-half mixture of cold milk and hot water; of cancer; in White Plains...
Sergeant John J. Grainger of the Cambridge Police Department, when asked about the incident, said: "From talking to these boys I've found that it's common knowledge among high-school students that the Harvard boys in the Yard are pretty careless about leaving rooms unlocked. The temptation puts these high school kids right in the middle," he added...