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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'>FOR RELEASE: JUNE 2017 CONTACT: Joan
DiPersio<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'> <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Thornton</st1:City></st1:place> W. Burgess
Society<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%'> 508-888-6870<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-weight:bold'>CAPE</span></font></b></st1:PlaceType><b><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-weight:bold'> <st1:PlaceName
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style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-weight:bold'> LEGEND PETER PELTZ:
ON EXHIBIT AT GREEN BRIAR<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><b><i><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Cape Cod Legend Peter Peltz: The Man and
His Art </span></font></i></b><span lang=EN>is the title of an exciting new
exhibit currently open to the public at the Thornton W. Burgess Society’s
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Green</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Briar</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Nature</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType>
in <st1:place w:st="on">East Sandwich</st1:place>. The exhibit features the
bird carvings and paintings of Mr. Peltz along with some other memorabilia,
which prove why he was a true Sandwich and <st1:place w:st="on">Cape Cod</st1:place>
legend. All items are on loan from the family’s extensive private
collection. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>Peter Peltz moved his family
to <st1:place w:st="on">Sandwich</st1:place> in 1952 in pursuit of an
independent life. He had innate talent in the arts and from an early age made
time to draw and paint. He carved his first bird while serving in the Navy
during WW II, and while selling Fuller Brush products his wife, Betsy, sold his
first birds from their barn on <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Main
Street</st1:address></st1:Street>. In 1958 Peter found an old barn in <st1:City
w:st="on">Falmouth</st1:City> and had it placed on Scorton Marsh in <st1:place
w:st="on">East Sandwich</st1:place>. The Bird Barn was founded, as the sign on
his work table indicated, “Peter Peltz President and Founder.” For
over 45 years during the summer months he sold thousands of birds, retail and
by order. During the winter months he completed the orders, never with a
deposit, and received checks in the mail.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>Peter was more than a bird
carver. He was a raconteur, an avid historian with an MA in History from
Yale. He made life long friends and admirers from his Bird Barn setting on
Scorton Marsh. His legacy stretches from the display of birds in the John F.
Kennedy Library to the many stories from admirers who conversed and shared time
with him in the Bird Barn.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>The exhibit, which runs
through August, may be viewed Monday through Saturday from 10am to 4pm and
Sunday from noon to 4pm. Green Briar is located at <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">6 Discovery Hill Road</st1:address></st1:Street>, just off Route 6A
in <st1:place w:st="on">East Sandwich</st1:place>. For further information,
call 508-888-6870 or visit the website at <b><span style='font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.thorntonburgess.org/">www.thorntonburgess.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Joan DiPersio</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Public Relations Coordinator</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thornton</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> W. Burgess
Society</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Green</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Briar</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Nature</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6 Discovery Hill
Road</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>E. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Sandwich</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">MA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">02537</st1:PostalCode></st1:place></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial'>508-888-6870</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.thorntonburgess.org">www.thorntonburgess.org</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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