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40 Traffic blocked After Car Snaps Pole Kettles SISSON. Prod, 7s, of Rochester; worked for 13 yean for Vermont MarMe Co. and worked at die VermentPocWc Cera, kt Bethel ot Me time HUCd, Nelson 8. IS. of Rochester, Prldov; was a member ot the New Hampshire and Mlddleburv VFW.

CLARK. AHen M. off. of Orteons; was the husband of Jean Clark. Of SJARDHrS, Mrs.

Marouortte (Leeoufrl, 71, of ZW St. Paul St. was a registered nurse, mostly In New York state. ODPRIV, Irvine SpeHman If, of Waterbury, Saturday; far the last seven years had worked al the Wottftwrv State Hospital. PITT.

UboM 70, of IMS North ens a mmmmA 'tarn 'X mwm- 't'if Road until about 7 p.m. as Central Vermont Public Service repairmen fixed the lines, police said. Police said the second car was not struck, but investigators would like to talk to the driver. Births MflMCM. CINTIM HOSPITAl CHANM.lt.

Wayne and Hotel (Hekert), Cokhest- er, a sen, Dec 23. NILMKIN, Wiftert end Paula (Festo). Stowa, a taa.Dec.lL MONMON, Scott and Nancy (CorMere). Com- arioso, a asuohtar, Dec 22 NONNINMMNIR. Ham and Ute (Rudolf).

South urltneXm, douenter. Dec. 2). MM. Rose.

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BRUCE ROCHESTER Nelson B. Bruce, 85, died Friday night at Manchester Veterans Hospital In Manchester, N.H. He wot born Feb. 14, 1894, In Hunt-i nod on, Quebec. He wat meson of Miller and Margaret Balrd) Bruce.

He wat the widower of Marie Woll, who died In 1952. For the past four years he hod lived In Rochester. He wat a World War I veteran ond a member of the New Hampshire and Mkkllibury VFW. He is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Phyllis Clook of Mlddlebury, Mrs.

Muriel Dingmon of Chittenden, Mrs. Dorothy Shute of Deerfleld, N.H., and Mrs. Janet Devout of Greenwich, one brother, Edward Bruce of Oregon; one sitter, Mary Homm of Williston; 21 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchfldren; several nelces ond nephews. There will be a private graveside service today at 2 p.m. at the Woodlawn Cemetery.

There will be no calling hours and tn lieu of Hewers contributions may be made to the Mlddlebury VFW Post 7823. I VINO SPELLMAN GODFREY JR. WATERBURY Irving Spellman Godfrey 29, died unexpectedly at his apartment Saturday. He was born Jan. 8, 1950, In Portland, Maine, the son ot Irving Godfrey and Verna (Godwin) Spalding.

He attended school In Lisbon Falls, Maine, spent two years as a Marine In Vietnam and for the last seven years hod worked at the Waterbury State Hospital. While in Vietnam he received the Purple Heart and Good Conduct medals. Besides hit parent, he leaves three daughter, Tammy of Bakertfietd and Jodl and Rene of Morrlsvllle; a brother, Timothy MacDougall of Auburn, Maine; a sister, Nancy Sanborn of Top sham, Maine; two half brothers, Reginald Spalding of Hebron, and Merrill Spalding of Morrlsvllle; two half sisters. Marguerite Prevost of Meriden, and Thelma Klley of Salisbury, Md. Friends may call at the Stafford Funeral Home Tuesday evening from 7 to 8.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Grace Baptist Church In Moscow with the Rev. Joseph Murphy officiating. R.W. Stafford Funeral Home Is In charge of arrangements.

Funerals HM BURLINGTON CASKEY, Mrs. Marie S. Funeral services held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Corbin and Palmer Funeral WANTQ) POt 1KYCUNO NEWSPAPERS MietM feptr Stock, Inc. li 1 Aicfikfeajji Sto Siirilftajtofif Vto 42.9641 Free Press Photo by JOHN DONNEUY SALVATION ARMY WORKER GEORGE S.

BESSETTE Teople are not giving much this year' Worker Keeps Smiling For Salvation Army TINNIIN, Jerome, 17, of Pmsford; was a coach and principal of Plttsferd Hlon School from 1923 to M2J. owned and operated a form hi Pntsford. was a former banker and a lecturer an real Chapel, 71 S. Union with the Rev. Kenneth Morris officiating.

Burial will be in the Hlllcrest Cemetery, Springfield, at 2 p.m. today. Representatives were present from the Shelburne Museum, Slca Court and South Burlington Duplicate Bridge club. ST. ALBANS LASELLE, Mrs.

Bertho S. Funeral held Saturday at 2 p.m. In Heald Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Canon Stanley H. Irving officiating.

Delegations attended from Friendship Circle of the King's Daughters and the U.S. Impiloratlon Service. Interment was in the family lot In St. Albans Bay Cemetery. ST.

ALBANS BASCOMB, Mrs. Edith C. Funeral held Sunday at 2 p.m. in Heald Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Marcheta E.

Townsend officiating. Delegations attended from Lakeside Grange 309, the Writer's Workshop and Union Carbide Corp. Bearers, all grandsons of Mrs. Bascomb, were Robert, Steven and Donald Little and Craig Salmon. Interment was in the family lot in St.

Albans Bay Cemetery. ST. ALBANS COOK, Lawrence "Cookie" Fuenral services were held Sunday at 2 p.m. In the Drlscoll and Moran Memorial Chapel with the Rev. John Hackett officiating.

Representatives attended from the Bocash Construction Co. Interment will be at a later date In the Berkshire Center Cemetery ENOSBURG FALLS SAVAGE, Mrs. Natalie B. Funeral services held Sunday afternoon at 1 at the Spears Funeral Home in Enosburg with the Rev. Henry Cheney officiating.

Entombment followed In the Mlsslsquol vault. Burial will be next spring In the Enosburg Center Cemetery. Bearers were Allen, James and Roger Savage and Roger Stimpson, all grandsons of the deceased. "SAY IT WITH OURS" 1437 Williston Rd. So.

Burlington 658-4733 CLOSED TODAY FOR LONG CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY! IIRLKSItHMSTUlOTU 2SS-S7 No. WtnoMkl Av. S61-S33S 862-3831 3 i i world Lighter This Year From Pag IB said he has collected less than $4,000 this year, and expects only $1,000 more. Last year's collections totaled $5,500. "We may make it.

I'm not one to doubt, but if I did, I would not be confident." Sproule said shopping in Barre is slower this year, and fewer persons are going by the collection points. He also has had a hard time finding volunteers. "The last few days I have had only one person collecting," he said. "Service clubs have helped out this week and rang the bell for us." Barre schoolchildren have collected canned goods for the baskets, which go to about 100 families in the area. The mission also is distributing "Sunshine Bags" of personal toiletries to nursing home and hospital patients.

They give out 1,100 of those in central Vermont. The tightest financial squeeze is in Rutland, where Maj. Chavarry said the mission is $3,000 short of the $7,000 collected last year. "It got so cold a few days this week I had to pull my kettles in. I got my own finger frostbitten, although I did not realize it at the time." If she spends more than is collected, she said, a post-Christmas Sunday school party may be a little thinner than last year's, "depending on what we have left." In the Rutland area, about 90 baskets were distributed last year.

7 Stores Testing Blue Laws 2 From Page IB tional, which was closed. Some shoppers parked their cars across the street at the Sheraton Motor Inn. One shopper said the traffic along Williston Road looked more like the weekday 8 a.m. rush than a normal Sunday afternoon. Mazel again said he hopes the Legislature will address the issue in January.

Mazel said it is unfair for large department stores to be closed when malls are allowed to remain open because the various shops are considered separate businesses. Under the Blue Law, stores that have fewer than seven employees and make less than $500,000 a year can be open on Sundays and certain holidays. Mazel said by comparison the University Mall on Dorset Street, South Burlington, which has about 350 employees in about 40 shops or boutiques, can remain open, while Gaynes, which normally has 85 to 100 employees, must close on Sundays. Some of the departments in Gaynes are actually contracted out, but the entire store is considered under the Blue Law, Mazel said. The sporting goods, shoes, hardware-housewares, automotive, major appliances, and fabric sections are all operated under agreement with the Gaynes management, he said.

Mazel said the law might look differently on those departments if there were walls or partitions around the various departments. MILTON Traffic along U.S. 7 near Checkerberry Trailer Park was blocked for about 90 minutes Sunday after a car snapped a power pole, police said. A southbound car driven by Wesley Palmer, 44, of Clough Street, Windsor, skidded out of control when he used his brakes to avoid an oncoming car about 5:30 p.m., police said. The broken pole caused power lines to droop to about 6 feet off the ground, police said.

Traffic was detoured on Racine -fS Doath r-i MRS. MARGUERITE (LEGAULT) DESJARDINS Mrs. Marguerite (Leoault) Deslardlns, 72, ot 230 St. Paul St. passed away Sunday morning at the Fanny Allen Hospital following a short illness.

She was born Aug. 24, 1907, In Mont-real. Canada, the daughter of the late Narclsse and Georgina (Hebert) Legault, who were also of Montreal. Mrs. Deslardlns graduated from the Holy Name of Jesus Academy and received her training to be a registered nurse at Ste.

Justin Hospital and L'Hotel-Dleu, both in Montreal. She also received a degree in social economics and political sciences from the University of Montreal, and practiced nursing mostly in New York state. Mrs. Deslardlns had lived In Burlington for the past 10 years and while here was a parishioner of St. Joseph's Church.

She leaves several nieces and nephews, including Mrs. Georgette Beauregard and Mrs. Stella Chagnon, both of Montreal. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. at St.

Esprit Church, Montreal. Interment will follow In St. Vincent Oe Paul Cemetery, Loval, Quebec. Visiting hours will be held Wednesday from 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. at the Guilbault Funeral Home, 5359 Boulevard Ste.

Michel, Rosemont, Montreal. In lieu of flowers Burlington friends may send contributions In her memory to the Chittenden County Cancer Memorial Fund, in care of Mrs. Elinor Merle, chairman, Jericho 05465. Local arrangements bv James A. Meunler, Elmwood Memorial.

UBALD G. PITT Ubald G. Pitt, 70, of 1885 North Ave. died at his home Sunday morning after a long Illness. He was born Sept.

5, 1909. in Canada. He was a painter bv trade. He Is survived bv his wife, Yvonne (McKeaae) Pitt of Burlington. Services will be held at the convenience of the family.

Corbin and Palmer Funeral Home, 71 5. Union Burlington, is In charge of arrangements. JEROME TENNIEN PITTSFORD Jerome Tennfen, 87, died suddenly Sunday at the Rutland Hospital. Mr. Tennlen was born in Plttsford June 5, 1892, son of Sedonna IKeglar) and James E.

Tennlen. His wife, Mary (Harrington) Tennlen, died in 1974. Mr. Tennlen was a graduate of Plttsford High School ond the University of Vermont, class of 1915. He was coach as well as principal of Plttsford High School from 1923 to 1933 and was owner and operator of a form In Plttsford.

He was a life member of the Rutland County Board of Realtors and a member of the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers. He was also an instructor and lecturer on real estate appraisal and a former banker. He is survived bv two daughters, Mrs. Mary Putnam of Cornish, N.H., and Mrs. Barbara Murphy of Manchester, one ton, Anthony Tennlen of Plttsford; one brother, the Rev.

Mark Tennlen, MM, of Maryknoll, Rhlnebeck, N.Y.; eight grandchildren; one great-grandchild; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10 o.m. at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church In Plttsford. Burial will follow at the church cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the Plttsford Fire Department or the Bishop Joyce Fund at the University of Vermont. Friends may call ot the Barnard Funeral Home Tuesday from to p.m. ALLEN M. CLARK ORLEANS Allen M. Clork, 9, died Sunday at his home.

He Is survived by his wife, Jean of Orleans; a son, Richard of Thomaston, Maine; a son, Robert of Lyndonville; four grandsons; three sisters, Mrs. Mildred Boker, Mrs. Thelma Miles and Mrs. Helen Gamoche, all of Barton. Funeral services will be held at the Orleans Federated Church Wednesday, Dec.

26, ot 1 p.m. with the Rev. Marshall Hudson-Knapp officiating. Spring Interment will be In Pleasant view Cemetery In Orleans. There will be no colling hours.

The Cortverse-Ruthford Funeral Home Is In charge of arrangement. RED SISSON ROCHESTER Fred Slsson, 78, died Sunday morning ot the Glfford Me mortal Hospital, Randolph. He was bom Aug. 2S, 1901, In Berlin, N.H., the son of John ond Julia (Homel) Bisson. He attended school in Berlin, N.H.

He come to Rochester 1917, worked for 13 years for Vermont Marble Co. ond working at the Vermont Pacific Corp. In Bethel at the time of his retirement. He married Alene Andrews Mi 1927 Randolph. Me Is survived by his wife, Alene of Rochester; one son, Richard Bitten of Rochester; one daughter, Mrs.

Robert (Dorothy) Bobcock of Pntsford; one brother, Arthur, ond one sitter, Mrs. Eva Testier, bPtti of Springfield; eight grandchildren; three ereot-erond-children; several nieces end nephews. The funeral services will be held Wednesday at I at the Rochester Federated Church, bur lot win be held the Woodtowfi Cemetery ni Rochester In lieu of flower contrtbutro may be made to the Volley Rescue Souod, tn core Of R.M. Hubbard. There will be no calling hours, Fletcher Funeral Home In Rochester in choree of arrangements.

Esses CMroprscttt Coaler, II Main St, Essex Junction, will be closed for the holidays until Wednesday, December 26th. Tel. S7S-83 1 1. wrenwT.Ti By JOHN DONNELLY Free Press Staff Writer He stands there perpetually smiling from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

six days a week. And when someone drops a coin in his tambourine he'll smile some more and say, "God bless you." George S. Bessette, a 62-year-old St. Albans resident, is one of eight Salvation Army workers in Burlington soliciting funds on the street and in stores. Bessette has spent the last six weeks at the Gaynes Shopping Center on Williston Road.

This is his sixth year soliciting at Gaynes. But Bessette says it's not like it used to be. "People are not giving much this year. I usually had this thing full by now," he said, shaking the tambourine. "But look at it, it's only a little full." He said he used to average around $280 daily, but now takes in about $220.

"A lot of people say they can't bothers me but nothing can be done about it," he said. The Salvation Army provides low-income families with food, toys and money around the Christmas season. It has three centers in Vermont Burlington, Rutland and Several Development The Associated Press MONTPELIER When the Vermont Legislature reconvenes next month, it will again be asked to consider the struggle between development and the state's vanishing farmland. Several bills have been prepared for the House and -Senate in an effort to help protect open spaces. Rep.

Alden Ballard, D-Georgia, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, said his group will con Barre. Bessette, who has had eight spinal operations and his hip bones shifted to support his back, has to take medication three times a day "to keep my legs numb." He said sometimes he takes five-minute breaks to sit down, but is on his feet most of the time. "I found the way of the Lord. He gives me the power, the strength to stand here," Bessette said. "And I do it because I love people.

I'm just a happy-go-lucky guy." Bessette is married with nine children, ranging in age from 9 to 23. He said he is home only on Saturday nights and Sundays, but his family understands his absence. "We're all Salvation Army, too." Bessette, who gets paid $2 an hour, said his last day holding the tambourine will be today. He said his time soliciting has not been without incidents. Sometimes people throw pennies at him, he said.

"They use you. They use you sometimes. They say, 'Look at that dummy standing he said. But Bessette said that treatment does not bother him. "No, I just say, 'God bless you' and keep on smiling." Bills Await Legislature sider a plan under which the state would buy up the development rights to farmland.

That bill is supported by the federal Farmers Home Administration. In addition, Sen. Mary Just Skinner, D-Washington, has drafted a bill that would provide $2 million for an agriculture development fund. Under the bill, the agriculture commissioner would establish a pilot program to buy development rights. Give the to someone you like this rtttl Give them a subscription to: An appropriate gift cord moiled before Christmas Home Takes On a Special Glow For This Season of Christmas From Poqo 1 WITHIN VERMONT Moil Doily Only 3 Months 6 Months 1 Yoar Armed Services 4 College Students Daily Only per month Within Vt.

$6.50 Outside Vt. $7.00 OUTSIDE VERMONT By Mail Daily Only (Within A. a Month SUNDAY ISSUE -By Mail (Within U.S.A.) 3 Months 6 Months 1 Yoar I ago and hunted for last fall for weeks. It now sparkles from bedroom to kitchen door. It is proper to pay tribute to Home at Christmas time.

It's the site of all our reunions, the center of our family memories, the warm, comforting, busy, book-filled place In which every one of us had laughed, cried, shouted, sung, and enjoyed many a memorable repast of food and fun for the past 27 years. Home is honored now: with its woodstove hot and the fragrant cider-punch bubbling atop it, with greens in all its wall pots and shiny Mexican, decorative birds on its dining room shelves, with its drapes freshly cleaned and its living room graced by the fresh balsam we're about to decorate, and above all with its stacks upon stacks of presents which are the symbol of family love and confidence in the future (it had better be a good long one if we're ever to read all the books we can detect under those brilliant wrappings, and wear out all the shirts and sweaters weVe bought for each other). Home Is the core and focus of our celebration. Well have everything ready well before midnight, even unto the turkey all ready to be stuffed In the morning and tucked into the oven to cook himself to a rich and juicy done-ness, the stockings bulging on the hrick wall above the fireplace, the wreath on the front door (good grief, the wreath on the front door) Did I remember to tie the red bow on It?) and the camera in readiness to perpetuate Christmas 1979 In the family memory forever. All that is left to do is wish everyone else a cheerful, warm and happy holiday, which we hereby do in the blessed age-old way: Merry Christmas! Less prideful now, 1 still recognize all that as a triumph for a person whose sense of organization dissolves completely in the rushing, breathless, beribboned, generous, music-filled, spicy-smelling holiday season.

Suddenly yesterday we realized that we hadn't enough toothbrushes, hand creams, pent, aftershave lotions, teaballs, key rings, lapel pint and shampoo to make a creditably knobby display In the big Christmas stockings, and that the bright towers of fat-bowed package! under the tree were staggeringly different in height, meaning that either we had to rush out and get more things for the men or (more likely) we'd better itemize what wat in the wrapped packagei to we'd know whether we forgot the scarf and sweater tet we bought in November, or that package of tlx pairs of identical socks we got to obviate the leftover-single-sock problem, and start hunting on closet shelves for them. The house itself is certainly ready to celebrate. It has been honored with a thorough cleaning that reached Into the corners of all closets, got all the grit off the cellar steps, and turned up three odd socks, a lost half-cup measure (in a shoe where busy Sara had obviously dropped it for the richer flavor of shoestrings), a slip that had been lost for months, some school papers Pattl wrote in sixth grade and would not let us throw out on the grounds that preparing them had eaten up weeks of her 1 1th year of life, and that bag of shells we gathered In Cape May five years BY CARRIER (Where service it available) Oeiff Sunday Daily Sunday 3Mos. 16.25 6Mos. 32.50 lYtar I Crcuteko sWkngro ree reM ll Coleo 0S40I AmSo) Na4 ots PfM rVsfN Iste flj Tvvnv sl I I i-i.