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LOCAL AND VERMONT WEATH ER TOMORROW Burlington Area Forecast Mostly sunny and warm Wednesday. Fair and mild Wednesday night Expected high, 80-85; low, 55-60. Winds on lake, light and variable. Outlook for Thursday: Fair and continued warm. Vermont Forecast Mostly sunny and warm Wednesday.

Fair, with little change in temperature Wednesday night. YESTERDAY'S LOCAL DATA (Endlif at I Hifhest temperature, 83 at 8:30 p.m., lowest 4 at 4:30 average, 74; normal 89. TODAY'S DATA Sunrise, sunset, 8:03. Highest temperature this date last year, 82; lowest. 89.

Record high this date. 93 in 1M7; record low, 44 In 1913. Normal high this dale, 81; normal low, 67. SECOND SECTION PAGES 11-18 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1959 SUNNY BURLINGTON, VERMONT C.l.broting th. 3S0th Annivtrjary of lak.

Chpmplain't DiKOv.ry WAY FAIR City's Whistles Strangers to Many Collapsed After Fight Officials May Call Inquest Stale Board Aids Cily Plan To Develop School System First Ticket Sold "In New CV Station In Essex Junction ESSEX JUNCTIOV-The first ticket sale In the new Central Vermont Railway station at Essex Junction took place Tuesday morning. Over Letter An inquest may be held Full-Throated Scream Marked 'Big1 Occasions sounds at 7 a.m., noon, 12:30, 3:25 (clean-up period) and 3:30, when work ends. (Other Stories, Pgf. (version into a three-year high MONTPELIER State site liie pictured as Paf requirements will be no stumbling; overall blueprint which included hiAPir if Ri.riinrtnn rhool nffiriaU construction of new junior high school in the South End old Burlington man who collapsed of heart failure Monday after a fight with his estranged wife, State's Atty. J.

William O'Brien said Tuesday. O'Brien said he would call for the inquest into the death of D. Earl Ashley of 89 Main St. if such action is necessary to learn the contents of a letter Ashley's wife At the nearby E.B. and A.C.

school Tor 1.500 pupils. Whiting Co. Inc. fiber factory, Members of the Stale Board of said Charles H. Stevens, presi-IEducation moved quickly Tuesday dent-treasurer, another a nvto waive school site requirements push plans to convert Edmunds School into a senior high which might interfere with the proposal.

Education Commissioner A. John Holden Jr. told the board the plan was par of a proposed long-range school development In the Queen City. Remodeling of the present jun- ior-senior high school and its con- i i I'll i k) if I i aiMc 'tii mm intended to mail to a man The letter, still sealed, O'Brien said, The state's attorney opened the possibility of tne inquest after an autopsy performed by Dr. Richard S.

Woodruff, state pathologist, con firmed that Ashley died of heart failure ''brought on by overexertion." The Burlington man, proprietor of a restaurant at 91 Main bad a long history of heart illness and had suffered several hear at tacks in the past. O'Brien said. He collapsed and died in 1 1 apartment Monday afternoon after a fight with his wife, Mrs. Delvina I Logan Favors GBEC To Aid Area Schools Folks Used To Set Watches By Their Blasts By ELIZABETH KIRKNESS When Burlington's whistles sound each workday morning, how many know where and why they blow? As one office worker remarked: "I hear them but I've no idea whence they come or whither or why!" Some folk used to set their watches by the seven o'clock morning blasts or those marking the workday's end. Now radio has taken over timekeeping.

And only a fow full-throated whistles remain of I once-proud, impxtant many. Time was when they played an important role in the city's life. The whistles' prime purpose, Ihen as now, was to signal starts and stops In the working day of shops and factories. Some still serve that function. But in days gone by, certain Burlington whistles also served other uses such as fire signals, air raid warnings, and curfew.

When the first false news of a World War I armistice swept the nation, Burlington whistles, along with those in communities across the nation, sounded the pre maturely glad tidings. And in the first air-raid drills of World War II, before installation of an official siren, the whis tles carried an eerie warning. Less dramatic but still vital was the sound of the old Queen City Utton to. whistle, Jong used as a curfew signal. George White or 254 Manhattan Dr.

a 40-year employe of the General Electric Co. and its predecessors, remembers that the whistle sounding at 8:50 p.m. meant "off the streets" for young folks. Could it be heard all over the city? "Yes and 'way to Shelburne," he declared. When Bell Aircraft took over the Queen City Cotton Co.

property, M. Ashley, 46, who returned in the midst of the fight Whistle at E.B. A.C. Whiting Co. sends up plume of steam as it sounds familiar blast.

Uses Compressed Air 1 Wider Main St. May Be Back On March Ballot There a "very good" chance that Burlington will vote a third Mme on improvements to upper Main street at next year's annual city meeting. Mayor James E. Titzpatrick made this forecast Tuesday, adding that he recognized widening nies had vard whistles, now not now no; lonser in use. Some old-time industries have 'abandoned their whistle si2nals asnnnn w-ji a nA lit ional.

whistle sounds at 6:55 a.m., 7, 11:55 and noon, 12:55, 3:53 and 1 Serves 40 Years The Vermont Spool and Bobbin 234 S. Champlain has a fireman-blown steam whistle, sounding at 6:55 a.m., 7, 11:55, and noon, 12:55, 3:55 and 4 p.m. treasurer, said it has served the company at least 40 years. Some older employes of the.e' industries remember when whis- ties were sounded on New Year's Eve to mark the turn of the year.) i Whea Industry boomed in Winooski, the steam whistles of mills, furniture and screen factories mingled their mellow tones with those of the Queen City. i Today thee are silent.

Fire Chief Paul H. Gunther of 48 LaFountain St. recalled the city's present compressed air siren was installed less than 10 years ago. Located on the fire house, it is blown daily at 5 p.m. by Gun ther as a routine test.

When an alarm comes In from a fire box, the siren automatical ly summon the city's volunteer department, sounding the required signal which indices the fire's location. Controlled From Home It also serves as an air raid warning and can be controlled by Gunther from his home. Shelburne and Essex Junction u.se sirens for fire and air raid warninfls. test tiiem at reaular in- tprfaU Of course there are whistles and whistles. Especially the street-corner va riety.

Burlington has those, too. elms because there is no known cure, say plant pathologists. The only cure is prevention by spraying, fertilizing to keep the trees vigorous, prompt removal of dead or injured limbs. After a tree Is diseased, there Is only one thing to do cut It down, haul' off the wood and burn it. In Uiis way, the small beetles that carry the fungus that cause! the disease won't infect other trees.

Ray Black of Newlngton, bought a tickst home at 11 a.m. to board the Ambassador. C.C. Kellogg, agent, and CM. Brooks, first trick operator, served him Opening of the new station ends an era Immortalized by Edward J.

Phelps' versss, "The Lay of the Lost Traveler." In the 1880s Phelps made famous the gloomy station of bygone days. Stolen Car Case Leads to Suit For $100,000 William Maynard, North Fer- risburg garage proprietor, filed a $100,000 damage suit in Chit tenden County Court Tuesday against Urban E. Desmerais, Richford usad car dealer and gas oline station operator. The suit was withdrawn in trie afternoon to be filed in Addison County Court. Maynard Is seeking damages to his reputation and for money spent to buy two cars.

He claims he purchased two cars from uesmerau ana later found through Vermont state police, the FBI and Montreal, police that the cars had been sto- Ln Maynard claims tfie defendant represented to him that be was legal owner of the cars. Both Maynard and Desmerais were arretted last month In connection with what police called an international stolen car ring operating out of Montreal, The arrests followed recovery of two stolen 1959 cars at Maynard's used car lot In North Ferris-burg. Maynard wa. charged with "causing to be transported in for eign commerce two stolen cars' The charge against Desmerais was being instrumental in tne transportation of two stolen au tos" from Montreal to North Fer risburg. John Leo Drops Waterworks Petition to PSC John Leo of Malletts Bay Winooski, Tuesday withdrew his petition to the Vermont Public Service Commission seeking authority to operate a water system on Malletts Bay avenue in Colchester.

Charles R. Ross, chairman of the PSC, said Leo told him that the well he intended to us as a water supply turned out to be con taminated. Ross said Leo plans to build some houses in Colchester and, had planned to supply all the 1 nd rebuilding of the street as.ters, Th nint nhictu hw compressed air at 8 and 11:55 a.m., mg start and stop periods and wash-up times. William C. Liston of 28 Hadley machine shop foreman, is usually in charge, though it may be delegated to someone else, said Alan G.

Kirkness, plant supervisor. At Tulatex Corp. on Pine E. iR. Kielich, vice president in charge oe production, said the deep-toned steam whistle was originally used by the Baldwin Re frigerator Co.

Used now "purely for the em-playes within (he plan it School Supt. William T. Logan Jr. of Bur ington said Tuesday hej favors a Greater Burlington Edu- cation Committee. "The Board of School CommU-j sioners in Burlington." he saidj "has discussed holding joint meetings with school boards in the greater Burlington area to discuss current educational problems." Such discussions.

Logan said would deal with salary ipupil needs and all phases of edu- cation. The assertion that "what this area needs is a GBEC. parallel In education Ihe work that GBIC is doing in Industry." came Monday from John D. Donoghue, South Burlington School Board member. Donoghue made the statement at a meeting Of the houm BUrung- 'ton Educational Advisory Com- mittee.

"There is no sense in duplicating certain programs," at Burling ton Irish School and at an area union high school, Los an said He said a union high school might want to offer a vocational agriculture program. Logrn sug $10,000 Suit Follows Crash On Shelburne St Carl J. Billadeau of Burlington filed a $10,000 auto damage suit Tuesday against David Carreau and the Shearer Chevrolet Co Inc. of Burlington in Chittenden County Court here. Bilbdeau seeks the money the result of an accident Aug.

7, 1938. on Shelburne street near Birchcliff parkway. The i the whistle was removed. Many of the old lumber compa-IAve. Steel Fifth Dutch Elm Stricken Tree In Burlington to Be Removed buzzers and othor inter-depart-: ment signals replaced their usefulness.

But (he four or five companies at which whistles continue to serve would be sorry to see them go. There Is a certain association with their sound whirh old-time employes, at least, val ue and in which the takes pridr. company That high-pitched, reedy note heard from the South End may well be the Vermont Structural Corp, whistle at 207 Flynn Workmen Begin Putting Friendship Fountain Together All the parts for Burlington's "Friendship Fountain" have arrived and the fountain Is being assembled at the Wa'rr Department dock. Alderman C. Douglas Cairns (R-6) said Tuesday.

Cairns, chairman of the city's Champlain Festival Committee, said the fountain will be completely assembled on the dock and then lifted onto the breakwater in the harbor by a crane owned by the Lake Champlain Transportation Co. He said the job will be completed "as soon as possible" and the fountain will be put in operation then. nrfftfl RpSffllirnnlv Sued for $15,000 In Federal Court The Park Restaurant Inc. In in Ashley Death Into the death of a 59-year- in Bridgeport, Conn. is being held by Burlington Monday for the first time sine she left Ashley June 1.

O'Brien said Mrs. Ashley refused to open the letter for police and her lawyer, K. Paul Fennel, indicated that he wants to read the letter before deciding whether to let police see it. Mrs. Ashley suffered cuts and bruises in the light with her hus band.

O'Brien said the autopsy rpvmlpd no iniurifiS on Ashlev'S bodv The Burlington man suddenly and slumped in a chair. He ouea a short time after police arrived. Mrs. Ashley had summoned police to report the fight. Burned Out In Vergennet Mr.

Ashley had operated a restaurant in Vergennes before coming to Burlington. It was destroyed in a disastrous fire Feb. 24, 1958. Suijsequently he bought the Burlington restaurant. Mr, Ashley was born in 1900.

He was a member of Champlain Aerie. Fraternal Order of Eagles. besides his wile, ueivina nayta Ashley, he leaves a son, Harey Ashley of Burlington; two daugh-. Mrs. Avis Clayton.

Joplin and Miss Judy Ann Ashley Burlinzton: three stepchildren. 10 grandchildren and a brother, For H. Ashely, Waterbury Funeral services will be held Thursday 2 at the Ready Funeral Home, 71 Cherry St Burial will follow in Hope Cemetery, Waterbury. Until the time of the funeral, the body will be at the Ready Funeral Home where friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 10. Howard Plant Post.

VFW and Auxiliary will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at; the funeral home to say prayers GE Worker Suffers Heart Attack Joseph Dousevicz, 50, of 220 Canal Winooski, a General Electric Co. employe, was taken police ambulance to the De- Goeshriand Memorial Hospital Tuesday about 9 a.m. Hospital officials said he suffer a heart attack. His condition described as serious.

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UN 11 amoni Burlington's most Dressing needs. "If the qurs ion If put on the the mayor said, "I hope there will be some public support for the project' Last March Burlington voters turned down a $110,000 bond Issue to widen and improve Main street from Willard street east to the city line. A $98,500 bond issue for tfie lame project was defeated in 1957. Total cost of the project was sot at $417,500 last March, witb state and federal funds augmenting the local financing. THIS WEEK ONLY You con buy new $725 SPINET PIANO ond Bench for only $565 All Wood (not ploitic) Cote Pay as low as $20 monthly Bischoff House 208 Nor Ave.

UN 3-3776 Mm you rest by ed was The board was told Burlington has already bought about 25 acres for this purpose. Waiver of the site size requirements was without dissent. The board considered the high school's present location and plant "basically sound." Remodeling of the high school in accordance with this overall is under study by the architectural firm of Freeman, French, Free- man and Burling on school offi cials jested that Burlington students could go there for the course, making it an area program the ame as the Burlington Trade School. The superintendent said a GBEC type of program was discussed last year at the district scho.l directors tion, meeting in Essex June- Reaction to the suggestion was favorable, he said. He said Burlington commission ers discussed a similar setup last spring.

Logan said he thought members of the South Burlington Schaol Board would meet with Burlington commissioners Sept. 4 to discuss the September, 1961, deadline on accepting new high school tuition students in Burlington. Today's Chuckle A kindtrgottn toachtr Is a smart girl who knows how to mako liMlo things count. Our 111th Year th. Olde Board On Rt.

7 South of Burlington TODAY'S uJb SPECIAL Frh VKPtRhIe Soup ChiUM Tnmato Jmr Baked Hamburg Tatty with Onions Butterscotch Sundat Coffee or Tea FOR PAST EFFICIENT SERVICE AND GOOD FOOD LUNCH HERE DAILY STANLEY MARK ROSENTHAL SAY: Save 36'! We'll Clean Your Sweaters 'All kinds except jeweled) FOR ONLY 49 IK. OFFER EXPIRES AUGUST 22, SO BRING YOURS IN TO ANY ONE OF OUR FIVE CASH CARRY STORES TODAY! EMPIRE SOX 112, MONTPELIER. VT. Stenographic Medical Sec State claims Carreau was driving an auto owned by Shearer Chevrolet's In another action filed Tuesday, Dutch elm disease has H. Bridgman of Charlotte many New England cities to lose their spreading, shading giants.

"With the incrersing menaceiton over insurance coverage of i from Dutch elm disease, I think nP nofnn thnii rnnc rU- ton.iresu efl Irom frozen ntrw ped-up tree planting program foriS. 19 The fifth tree identified this summer in Burlington as having Dutch elm disease will soon come down. It is at Bank and Battery streets. Employes of the State Division of Plant Pest Control in Montpel- ier have made only a partial survey of the city so far in an at tempt to spot diseased trees. They spotted this tree and two others.

Samples from the latter are now in the laboratory in Mont-pelier for positive identification. More diseased trees are expect-; ed to be identified as the survey proceeds this month. i Dutch elm disease survey this summer nau ue niierswiscj with seed potato and trefoil inspec tion and other projects. "We are trying to do towns and villages interested in a tree nrnpram with the hpln. h- xaid.

"Because of the cut in hired this year to do the job, Every street in the city is surveyed. The worker notes the location of suspicious trees. Samples of the wilted twigs are taken and scientifically cultured in the laboratory before positive identification of the disease is made. A survey last summer revealed nine diseased trees. The disease was first reported in Burlington in and since then Uie number of diseased trees has increased.

The disease is devastating to houses with water from the singlejing used for a dump, Fitzpatrick well. i added. wtett teen happening on Barton, operated by Woodrow andie budsot. no temnorarv helo was is seeking $800 from The Lumber Muturl Fire Insurance Co. of Bos- property damage in Stowe that Dec.

Mrs. Elliott P. Ross has returned to her home in Forest Hills L.I., N.Y. after being the guest of M'ss Marie Vilas. UNTINGTON AS: Control locution All form of transportation at the door Commercial rates Modern facilities throughout Restaurant and cocktail lounge off the lobby Family rooms Telephone in every room HOTEL UNTINGTON Opposite City Hall Park UN 2-656S City Welcomes Help to Check Sewage Source Mayor James E.

Fitzpatrick said Tuesday the city would welcome help from the State Health Department in testing a stream in the Lakeside area for evidence of raw sewage. The mayor explained that an effort will be made this week or next determine if raw sewage is entering the stream from houses or buildings In the area. He added that a full-scale re pair job would begin in the tall. Residents living near the stream complained that raw sewage is in the stream which runs to Lake Champlain between Lakeside and Flynn avenues. The city health officer will also be asked to determine whether some parts of the stream are be lor 5th Annual Meet Sunday The contest is open to anyone and everything is free to both spectators and contestants.

Cassler's Toys and Juvenile Fur niture, 336 N. Winooski is sponsoring the meeting with use of facilities owned by The Bur lington Free Press. Competition will be under the direction The Vermont Radio Control Club. A number of Canadian model ers are expected to give the affair an international flavor. Free entry blanks may be ob tained at Cassler's-eithe: in per son or by dropping a card.

"Anyone writing for an entry blank should do so as quickly as possible so he can return it by contest time," Ashcraft advised. Late entries will be accepted at the field, but the sponsor and contest authorities want to known -as nearly as possible how many will compete so pUus can be made. Prizes will be awardeJ follow-, ing completion of flying at 4:3) p.m. Stolen Car Found With Broken Wheel State police reported Tuesday afternoon that a sejan stolen Monday niht from in front of 41 School St. was found in Colchester off Route 2A.

The owner, Howard Wheeler of RD 3, Winooski, was notified that the car had one wheel broken. Don't Wait Register Today Tel. if E. 31, a 10, for cal the sell the Giroux Predicts City Tax Delinquency Of $67,000 After Midnight Deadline Response Good Model Airplane Response is "running strong" to the fifth annual Vermont model airplane meet here Sunday, Aug. 16, contest authorities reported Tuesday.

Fred Ashcraft, contest director, said final details are being worked out and that entries already received indicate lively competi tion in all the major classes of control line, free flight and radio control flying. The all-day meet will be held at Ethan Allen Air Force Base on Route 15, and will begin at 1:30 a.m. Aug. 11 through Aug. 14 10 IM.

9 P.M. Daily (Except Friday 6 P.M.) THE FOURTH ANNUAL VERMONT CRAFT MARKET Sponsored by the Society Vermont Craftsmen, Inc. IN SHELBURNE, VT. Town Hall and School Gym Doily Demonstrations AT CRAFT SCHOOL A i nuson, is aeienaani a negligence sua meu aucs' day in U.S. District Court here, Walter E.

Cleveland of Hartford, filed, claiming he was injured when he fell in the restaurant Aug. 9, 1956. Helen L. Murtaugh of New York City has filed a $12,000 automobile negligence suit against Robert Lawrence of Montpelier. She claims she was injured May 1958, when Lawrence's car crashed on a road between Gran-iteville and Barre while she was nassenrer.

The federal government filed a -1 suit iui in? cuidiiu tarnation Co. of Boston the Five Boro Construction Corp. of New York City and the Continental Casualty Co. of Boston. The plaintiff is seeking to col-: lect $2,596 plus interest from April 1959, for insulation work it claim was done under a contract the U.S.

Veterans Adminis tration at While River Junction City GOP' Plans Theater Party To Raise Funds The Burlington Republican City Committee will take over SL Michael's Playhouse Friday to raLe some money for the GOP's politi coffers. George Little chairman Republican City Committee, said his has made ar rangements with the Playhouse to all the seats for Friday a per formance of Toe Lark." Little said profits will go into treasury to be used in the March city election campaign. next year," said a division spokes man. Plane Crash Probe Begins Officials of the Federal Aviation Agency began an investiga tion Tuesday into the crash of a single-engine airpla-ne at the Burlington Municipal Airport Monday evening. Five persons were slightly injured when their plane ovrshot a runway at the airport and plunged down a 40-fott embankment.

The craft was badly damaged. The FAA investigators will 3 trier information on the acci- dent, the condition of the plane and other data to determine the cause of the crash. Here Is a breakdown on advance payments by quarter; Second, third, fourth, $47,066.64. About 1,500 tax bills were mailed July 24. The bills are based on a record high tax rate, of $6.01, 60 cents more than last year.

I I I Forward Coupon US J5S3---- I Acting City Treasurer Michael J. Giroux predicted Tuesday that some $67,000 in 1959-60 real estate and personal- property taxes will be delinquent after midnight Wednesday, deadline for first-quarter payments. Giroux estimated (hat would be paid Wednesday, which added to the $660,263.28 already paid In the current quarter leaves $67,237 nnpaid. A total of $3,310,000 will be realized from this year's taxes, making $877,509 due each quarter. The treasurer's office in City Hall will be open nntil I p.m.

Wednesday. Delinquent payments will be assessed 3 per cent. Advance tax payments total $150,970.45 to date, setting the grand total of taxes paid at $611,233.73. Tax bills for the sereid quarter are due before Nov. 12.

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