Takeo:

You are right. Paul Clayton (Worthington) was originally from New Bedford, Massachusetts, a great old whaling center at the heel of Cape Cod. He did graduate work in Folklore at the University of Virginia, working under A. K. Davis, respected author of a couple of books on the traditional ballads of that state. After completing his Master's degree, Paul got himself a small cabin near Brown's Cove, Virginia. which he used as his home base. Unfortunately, for all of us, he took his own life in the manner described in an earlier posting to this thread. Almost a formal self-execution. A tragic ending for a brilliant and extremely creative individual.

Sandy