Before the Bolinas Hearsay News, which was conceived on February 30, 1974, and born on March 13, 1974, people were still driven to communicate in writing. One predecessor of the Hearsay News from the late 1960's and early 1970's was called, simply, THE PAPER. It was published by Nancy Blanchard, Janet Constantino, Bill Beckman, and others. I do not have any copies of THE PAPER, because if I did I would scan them and put them on this web site.
STOP THE PRESSES! STACY HENDERSON JUST SENT ME A PDF OF A SINGLE ISSUE, #13, WHICH SHE HAD SAVED BECAUSE IT CONTAINS AN INTERVIEW WITH HER GRANDPARENTS. THE PDF CAME FROM STACEY IN TWO FILES -- PART ONE & PART 2
STOP THE PRESSES! STACY HENDERSON JUST SENT ME A PDF OF A SINGLE ISSUE, #13, WHICH SHE HAD SAVED BECAUSE IT CONTAINS AN INTERVIEW WITH HER GRANDPARENTS. THE PDF CAME FROM STACEY IN TWO FILES -- PART ONE & PART 2
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Another very interesting, but short-lived magazine-like publication was BEAULINES, two copies of which were recently left anonymously for me at the bookstore downtown. Bill Beckman seems to have been the moving force behind BEAULINES. This is his introduction to the March, 1973 issue:
WHY SUPPORT "BEAULINES"?
Just off hand I can think of many reasons why a person should be interested in reading and contributing to the paper.
Bolinas is a town where people are deeply responsive and vitally interested in the environment around them. The more one knows about the town and what's happening, the more connected you can become.
By expressing your ideas and feelings in BEAULINES, you can open yourself up to the needs of the town and the possibility of your ideas and opinions influencing the lives of people around you.
This town is full of talented artists. Each issue of the paper tries to showcase some of the art works and photographs: anyway, we are in your midst waiting to serve "the community brain".
By maintaining an outlet for an unbiased community dialogue, we feel this can be a more relaxed and centered place to be.
-- Bill Beckman
Here are the March and April, 1973 issues of BEAULINES
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