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March <strong>29</strong> - April 4, 20<strong>17</strong> www.TheTownCommon.com Page <br />
Father of Modern Philanthropy Returns Home<br />
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could see a difference.”<br />
The colors of the portrait are<br />
again vibrant. The chipped pieces<br />
of the frame have been replaced.<br />
Painted in England, the portrait<br />
depicts Peabody standing in front<br />
of a formal desk, his right hand<br />
inside his coat, a typical pose for<br />
portraits in the 19th century.<br />
He holds a card in his left hand<br />
addressed to the chairman of the<br />
Peabody Library, Georgetown,<br />
Massachusetts.<br />
Taped to the back of the portrait<br />
is the card. It is signed by George<br />
Peabody.<br />
There is also a note describing<br />
how the painting was created.<br />
Peabody was photographed in a<br />
studio in Brighton, England in<br />
1866. The image was enlarged,<br />
traced on canvas and the oil paint<br />
was applied. It appears that the<br />
painting was completed by 1869.<br />
Peabody, pronounced PEEbe-dee,<br />
was born to a poor<br />
Massachusetts family on Feb. 18,<br />
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<strong>17</strong>95. He would become one of<br />
the world’s leading bankers and<br />
founded the J.P. Morgan banking<br />
house. Peabody was also extremely<br />
generous, donating funds to create<br />
the Peabody Trust, which built and<br />
maintains housing for the poor in<br />
England; the Peabody Institute,<br />
a conservatory and universitypreparatory<br />
school in northern<br />
Baltimore, and the George Peabody<br />
Library in Baltimore as well as the<br />
library in Georgetown.<br />
In recognition of his generosity,<br />
Peabody, who lived to be 74, was<br />
awarded the Congressional Gold<br />
Medal and is considered to be the<br />
father of modern philanthropy.<br />
Peabody began his business<br />
career in dry goods, but soon<br />
turned to banking. In 1837, he<br />
moved to London, the center of<br />
international finance. He partnered<br />
with Junius Spencer Morgan in<br />
1854, a partnership that would<br />
become J.P. Morgan.<br />
Peabody took an interest in<br />
Georgetown when he would stay<br />
with his sister, Judith Peabody<br />
Russell Daniels, who lived on<br />
Main Street, while he was in<br />
Massachusetts.<br />
On Sept. 19, 1866, at the laying<br />
of the cornerstone for the Peabody<br />
Memorial Church, which was<br />
built with another gift from him,<br />
Peabody announced that he would<br />
fund the Georgetown libQrary.<br />
The wood-framed Italianate<br />
library, built on Library Street, was<br />
designed by the Boston architectural<br />
firm of Bryant & Gilman. It opened<br />
on July 3, 1868.<br />
The library was moved at the<br />
beginning of the 20th Century to<br />
Lincoln Park and opened in 1909.<br />
Almost a century later, the library<br />
was expanded to add an accessible<br />
main entrance at ground level<br />
and an interior atrium/lobby that<br />
preserves the brick facade of the<br />
rotunda.<br />
From his perch, Peabody would<br />
appear to be pleased with all the<br />
activities of the modern library he<br />
made possible.<br />
Ace Gymnasts Are a Winning Family<br />
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The regional competitions are<br />
stressful because the gymnasts<br />
and their coaches are working<br />
hard to win an invitation to the<br />
national competition, said Amy<br />
Patch, coach and manager of Ace<br />
Gymnastics.<br />
The national competitions are<br />
calmer, although it attracts coaches<br />
from every college gymnastic<br />
team. At the nationals Riley and<br />
Kiley will be competing against<br />
hundreds of other gymnasts, some<br />
of whom are home schooled and<br />
work out twice a day, Patch said.<br />
But for Kiley, who has gone to<br />
the nationals five times before, it<br />
will be “old hat,” Patch said. “She<br />
gets significantly better each year.<br />
Twelve-year-old Aquinnah<br />
(Quinnie) Weherein of<br />
Newburyport and 13-year-old<br />
Madison Young of West Newbury<br />
compete as level eights. Both did<br />
well in the state competition,<br />
placing on multi-player events and<br />
coming in fifth in the All-Around<br />
competition.<br />
Each of the gymnasts has her<br />
favorite event. Kiley loves the<br />
bars and is an expert at vault. In<br />
the state competition, she scored<br />
9.825 out of a possible 10.<br />
Madison also loves vault.<br />
And Quinnie loves the floor<br />
competition because in it “I can<br />
show my personality and choose<br />
my own music,” she said.<br />
As excited as the four gymnasts<br />
were last week about their success<br />
at the state competition and the<br />
upcoming regional competitions,<br />
they mostly wanted to talk about<br />
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what Ace has meant to them<br />
personally.<br />
“Ace is SHARE a wonderful THE GIFT place,” OF READING Riley<br />
said. “It is about relationship<br />
building. They make you feel like<br />
family.”<br />
Ace, which has expanded as<br />
the number of young would-be<br />
gymnasts on the North Shore<br />
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has grown, says it is “dedicated<br />
to putting a smile on your child’s<br />
face! Ace works hard at instilling<br />
physical activity and life lessons to<br />
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last for years to come!”<br />
With her friends nodding<br />
vigorously, Quinnie called those<br />
she trains with most afternoons<br />
her second family.<br />
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Chamber Guidebook Reveal<br />
20<strong>17</strong>-18 Guidebook in front of a<br />
packed house at Metzy’s Cantina.<br />
Chamber members watched as the<br />
star of the cover, Skye Timothy,<br />
made her cover debut! New this<br />
year, the guidebook is called a<br />
‘Visitor & Resource Guide.’ “We<br />
wanted to make this a resource<br />
for both tourists as well as locals,”<br />
said Chris Johnston, Director<br />
Membership Development for<br />
the Chamber. “All of our member<br />
businesses and organizations will<br />
be listed so it’s a one-stop guide<br />
for everybody,” he added.<br />
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Like most of the gymnasts here,<br />
Quinnie came to Ace when she<br />
was very young.<br />
“She came to us when she was<br />
five. We knew right away that<br />
she had the gift,” Patch said. “She<br />
could do cartwheels. So we moved<br />
her quickly onto a team.”<br />
Madison came a little later, but<br />
she caught up quick, Patch said.<br />
“She is a fast learner.”<br />
Some of the gymnasts started<br />
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The subject property located at 759 Main Street, is also identified as<br />
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also started training at age two at a located in the Coastal Conservation (CC) Zoning District.<br />
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during public office hours.<br />
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