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Article: STACY HOLMES, 80, WAS PUBLICIST FOR FILENE'S STORE FOR 33 YEARS
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- May 11, 1989
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Stacy Holmes, publicist at Filene's from 1940 until
retirement in 1973, was invited to address the Publicity Club last
summer and startled everyone by asking, "How many recall what
public relations was like in Boston 50 years ago?"
They laughed, for many of them were not alive 50 years ago.
"No one?" said Mr. Holmes. "Good; then I can say things that
happened 50 year ago and nobody's going to call me a liar."
Whatever else he was called, Mr. Holmes, who died in his sleep
yesterday at age 80, was never called a liar. In 33 years as a
publicist, he set a standard for integrity and also established a
reputation for civility and whimsy.
In the spring of his 70th year, dressed ...