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A Short Biography of Alice May Brock

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Alice illustrated the 2004 children's book Mooses Come Walking, written by Guthrie.

The Alice's Restaurant Cookbook, featured recipes and hippie wisdom from Alice Brock, as well as photos of Alice and Guthrie, and publicity stills from the movie. A tear-out record was included in the book with Brock and Guthrie bantering on two tracks, "Italian-Type Meatballs" and "My Granma's Beet Jam"                          
                          
                          
The Alice in the song "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" was restaurant-owner Alice M. Brock.

In 1964 Alice and husband Ray used $2,000 supplied by her mother to purchase a deconsecrated church in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.  It was here rather than at the restaurant - which came later - where the song's Thanksgiving dinners were actually held.

On that Thanksgiving, November 25, 1965, the 18-year-old Guthrie and his friend Richard Robbins, 19, were arrested by Stockbridge police officer William "Obie" Obanhein for illegally dumping some of Alice's garbage after discovering that the town dump was closed for the holiday.

Guthrie and Robbins were fined $50 and told to pick up their garbage.

The last line in the song 'I'm sittin' here on the Group W bench 'cause you want to know if I'm moral enough to join the army, burn women, kids, houses and villages after bein' a litterbug."