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NorthWest 1 THE BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE MARCH 27, 1994 D1 Update Sexton House still needs funds RETIRED OTHER CRAFTSMEN OFFER LOW COST HOME REPAIRS and REMODELING MASS. Reg 112545 We Have Craftsmen in Your Area Work You Can Trust Done by Experts By Ann Handley SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE aving raised only a fraction of the $50,000 need- rui LJ LJ Billerica's oldest land "i but it will work for now," MacNeill said. She hopes the necessary repairs to the house can be completed by 1996, the 100th anniversary of the Historical Society's incorporation. In the meantime, the society is mining other means of fund-raising to raise the more than $45,000 that is still needed. Next fall, it is planning to lead a tour of Billerica's other landmark properties that it hopes will underscore the need to preserve these historical treasures.

"The real emergency is over, but we still need to finance some long-term solutions," MacNeill said. "But," she added, "we're hopeful." an awful lot of individuals, which is wonderful, but unfortunately most of the gifts have been small," MacNeill said. "Older residents typically are sending $5 or $10; the average gift is $25." There have been pledged gifts offering other types of support, as well. "A Burlington plasterer offered to repair all of the cracked and broken ceilinp when we are able to fully finance the repairs," MacNeill said. "We're very grateful for those kinds of gifts as well." So far, the society has been able to install another support beam in the cellar, which will at least temporarily keep the floor from buckling.

"It's not a long-term solution, least keep the house from getting any worse." The 10-room colonial, located at 36 Concord Road, was given to the society by Sexton, a former schoolteacher in the Concord school system who died in 1936. Parts of the much-modified house date to at least the early 1700s. Since the Historical Society appealed to town residents last December for contributions to repair the crumbling fieldstone foundation and repair existing interior damage caused by it, it has raised only $4,000. Most of those donations have come in small amounts or less, MacNeill said. "We have received money from marks, the Billerica Historical So-qiety nevertheless remains tic that it can save the antique yellow colonial known aa the Clara 0 or bexton House.

"We are very disappointed that haven't raised the full amount," said the society's president, Dorothea (Bunny) MacNeill. "But I think we've raised enough to make some temporary repairs that will at II II i OWgr to change Not valid with any other offer CHANGES IN THE HOUSE A free educational seminar for predialysis patients and i frct rr 1 1 I'll I iff fT zi I I 1 4" 1 1 if s- 'i- I' i 't I TcY 1 -i A 1 firiliiiiiniiiiiT in trilnW'iiiMMMiwiMMiiiMiiM current dialysis patients and their families Kevin Blanchette (D-Law rence) resigned Sept. 30, 1993. Replaced by M. Paul Iannuccillo (D-Lawrence), who had no opposition.

Daniel J. Ranieri (D-Belling-ham) resigned Nov. 2, 1993. Replaced by James E. Vallee (D-Franklin), who defeated Joseph P.

Cataldo (R). Robert C. Krekorian (R-Read-ing) resigned Nov. 22, 1993. Replaced by Bradley H.

Jones Jr. (R-North Reading), who defeated Sandra J. Trainor (D). Richard T. Moore (D-Ux bridge) resigned Feb.

28, 1994. Primary scheduled May 10. Election scheduled June 7. Raymond A. Jordan Jr.

(D-Springfield) resigned Feb. 28, 1994. Primary scheduled May 10. Election scheduled June 7. These are changes in the Massachusetts House resulting from special elections during the 1993-94 session: Mary Jane McKenna (R-Hold-en) resigned Jan.

15, 1993. Replaced by Harold M. Lane Jr. (D-Holden), who defeated Brian It Fortis(R). Joseph N.

Hermann (D-North Andover) died May 20, 1993. Replaced by Donna Fournier Cuomo (R-North Andover), who defeated Mark S. DiSalvo (D). Jonathan Healy (R-Char-lemont) resigned June 11, 1993. Replaced by Stephen Kulik (D-Worthington), who defeated Edmund F.

Smith (R). Robert M. McCarthy (D-Mel-rose) resigned Aug. 13, 1993. Replaced by Patrick C.

Guerriero (R-Melrose), who defeated Paul T. Fitzgerald (D). 1 4 S-x 1 a GLOBE STAFF PHOTO FRANK O'BRIEN tiradley Jones is sworn in last week by Gov. Weld. State House loses record number of reps 4 Finally, a natural alternative for dialysis patients.

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Sponsored By Winchester Hospital and The Nathan R. Shaller Center A Licensed Peritoneal Dialysis Center and International Health Specialists mid-term, Robert Krekorian, a Reading Republican whom Jones, his former legislative assistant, replaces also joined the Weld administration, as assistant secretary of public safety. Mary Jane McKenna, a Holden Republican, joined the staff of newly elected US Rep. Peter Blute. Richard T.

Moore, an Ux-bridge Democrat, and Raymond Jordan, a Springfield Democrat, have taken appointments in the Clinton administration. In 1983, a similar flurry of appointments to the second Dukakis administration (and "midnight" appointments by the outgoing King administration) led to the seven midterm retirements in the 1983-84 farm, resigned last spring to become the state's agriculture commissioner. "Why did I stay so long?" he asked rhetorically. "I guess I cling to the naive notion that public service is an honorable career and most of the guys and the women here are hardworking and good people." But, Healy said, "It gets harder and harder. I'd go home on weekends to keep the farm going, but a lot would have to take a second job and that might bring a conflict of interest.

It's amazing that people stay as long as they do." It was the opportunity to take the job in state government he had always wanted that finally prompted Healy to leave the House. Of the others who have left in 13 REPRESENTATIVES LC6ntinued from Page 1 rtl(vi representatives who have left session. But of those not seeking reelection he said, "we're losing the team." hroo Political changes in Washington and Massachusetts have provided the "bigger and better" opportunities for five of the nine representatives leaving in mid-term, while five "of the six not seeking reelection -were in the lower ranks of the House leadership. Legislative salaries frozen at since 1983 the demands of year-round sessions and the ethics investigation of links between legislators and lobbyists are underlying reasons for the record number of de partures. "The salary doesn't balance out anymore," said Flaherty.

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