The Lowell Sun from Lowell, Massachusetts • Page 39

THE SUN Lowell, Moss. METRO Ayr Dunstable Qroton Littleton Pelham Peppsrall Shirley Townsend Weitford Thursdoy, Moy 13, 1976 Page 13 Mediation scheduled with Pelham teachers PfJLTtAM, N.H. A mediation session on next year's Pelham tacher's contract is scheduled for May 2D, Superintendent H. E. LaBranche reported at last night's school committee meeting.

Meetings between the Pelham Teachers Association and a federally appointed mediator have been delayed because of scheduling problems. The last meeting was May 7. An impasse was reached after townspeople set a 5.5 per cent limit on teachers' salary raises at Uieir recent town meeting. The district had tentatively agreed to an eight per cent hike. Apple blossom festival Saturday HARVARD The 24th annual Apple Blossom Festival is si lieduled for Saturday on the town common from I a.m.

to 5 p.m., and this year will feature a fully jjuiJed tour of Harvard apple industry from husbandry to harvest. Boasting wlial Ihey'lcriu "the simple beauty of apple liees in bloom," Harvard officials, fhe Couples Club and their apple blossom committee say it is "one of the few times of the year when area residents can witness the creation of such visual and slhelie pleasures." Cradled in Ihe rolling hills or Nashoba Valley, Harvard enjoys this natural perfection each year, and its residents alfempt to make it a very enjoyable day by offering a varied program of entertainment for every member of even' family. The program includes puppet shows, pony rides ntiri games. 11 will also feature band music, folk dancing, square dancing, a demonstration of varied crafts and a two day art cxibit and sale at the Congregational Church, FOB, THOSE AREA residents who would lake the guided apple tour, a bus will leave the town common every half hour and take visiters to the orchards and to the packing and storage areas. A map of the ilarvard orchards will be presented to each visilor by the Conservation Trust.

"In this way," say festival officials "each visitor will fully understand the importance the orchards play as an integral pari of life in the town of Harvard. 11 The craft displays, demonstrated by local, eostumed artisans, will include the long forgotten art of wall stenciling used in colonial homes, Another craft to be demonstrated on the common on Saturday will be basket weaving "from the natural and unrefined sources of ash." Town officials say another demonstration set for Saturday is the cooking of apples in a solar oven. The invitational two day show at the Congregation Church will feature paintings, jewelry and pollery and church officials say 20 per cent of the profits from the sale of these items will he turned over to the sponsors of the festival, the Harvard Couples Club. The proceeds, as in past years, will fund a major contribution to the town. The funds ironi this activity in the past have helped to start, the village nursery and kindergarten and have added to the town and school library.

The funds have also helped to install parking lot lights, contributed lo the town ambulance funds and landscaped a school, Concord man charged in Acton incident WESTi'OHD Westfnrd police arrested a 19 ycar old Lowell man last night charging him with larceny of a motor vehicle. James Joseph Gardner of 7 Garin Terrace, was arrested in liwell at 6 p.m. by Insp, George MacGrcgor and Peter Schirm as a result of an investigation into a ear (heft in Westlord. Warrants fur Gardners arrest were issued from Ayer District Court. Police say an investigation is Lowell man charged with car theft ACTON Jonathan K.

rVoc, 23, of 37 Commonwealth Concord will appear in Concord District Court today as a result of his arrest last night by Acton Palrolman Robert Cowan. iNoe is charged wilh disorderly person, driving without license and inspection sticker, and operating a motor vehicle with defective equipment He was apprehended on Central Street shortly after II p.m. According to police, Noe is also wanted by police in Colorado on forgery charges. Bedford BEDFORD In a surprise and totally unexpected move. Robert Fronier announced yesterday he will resign as selectmen at the end nf next eer.

when luwn meeting ROBERT FRENIER resigns Community under its annual budget BURLINGTON In the Community Life Center opened its doors in Burlington primarily aa an answer to the spiralling drug use among local leenjgcro. The opening was rot without, controversy and not without, debate, but urhnglon had barely survived in the M's and the restlessness of teenagers was. an 3 a mi rip lor rc to he reckoned with. The number of drug users were rising, and enough young people had overdosed to drive the puhil heme with a arm ing swiftness that a half way house, a professional drop in counselling center, a place tn got one's head topreihpr was m'Lussiiiry. Analysis Mow, several years later, the concept of the Cuniniutiily Lift Center has changed.

Drug use hjs subsided, although drinking among leennnrs is decidely on the upswing and alcoholic youjie. pecple arc now a priority um cern throughout thn Cnmm on wealth. Burlington, like other suburban communities, floes not, and Jias never escaped ths social ills experienced elsewhere. IVow, the center is aRain under selfie, as il is annually when the budget raises its head for apjuoval. Ttie cost In voters reportedly is $49,000 per year, a figure that has not dr.isticilly rrarec sinrie the center first oponnri 1972.

ILo'ivever, there are the usual Disagreement erupts over powers of Concord's sign bylaw committee COihCOIUJ A disagreement over the powers of Concord's sign bylaw committee eauF.ed a dispute last night at the board of appeal monthly Wilson Lumber of 178 Sudbury Road had filed a petition for a variance Lo retain an ovorsJic, 52 srpiare fctil sign, which earries its own advertising plus lhat nf Cam's Sport Shop and Van" a Cluthing. This free standing sign exists in addition to anrjlher whirh Wilson has already agreed to change tram 60 square feet to the Sfl square foot limit. The lumber company argues that it could legally subsutute three 50 square foot signs in place u( the HS square loci sign, an obvious increase in sign area. Neighboring residents have already raised objections to this alternative, however. Sign cominiitcc member Stephen Baldwin fold Wilson's attorney, Davie Edes, that he tbuiifiht the company's sjgi "ticky "When ever they fVMson) want to sell aomelhing new.

they nul up another Baldwin said angrily. He also objected to the high success rate of in convincing the board Lo grant variances on similar petitions. EDES ARGUED THAT it is unfair for the sign hylawtonirniLtee to tell existing property owners what to do Baldwin answered thatlhe TOUR CHOICE NEWSPRINT. CANDLELIGHT. BIRCH KNOTTY FINE.

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OUTSIDE CORNER 78 1 HOtE: QUALITY Iheit mutt be selectman resigns in in interview yesterday the Ss year old selectman stressed that the recall election slsged rccentLy in Bedford had nothing lo du with his resignation. His luture plans involve relocation lo LilllelMi where he will cunslruct. Life Center in arguments tfi close it. Sonic say its presence is unnecessary in a sie Durban community and others say It's loo expensive. THKEt; SELECTMEN have already up proved the budget and pledge io support it on (own floar, but selectmen Thomas J.

Flaherty and Howaid hi. Strachaii, Jr. are joining ranks against the center. Flaherty baffled many last week when he demanded names of all clients serviced by the center last year and argued that his constituents, who recently returned, him to the board, were asking fur concrete information on the center's operation. While Flaherty said he did nonrish to see case histories uf the clients, he did stress several times that he wanted full access to Ihu nunics of those who frequent the center Tor professional help.

Mary Grace Duffy, the relatively new direc tor of the center, was adamant in her refusal 'and has received compliments from various sources throughout the town lor standing up to Flaherty. She told the selectmen that it would he a serious breech of professional ethics to divulge any information phnut clients at. the center. Her arguments were accepted by Selectmen! Mirhael J. Wislotski, Arthur Fer reira and John P.

Miller. HOWEVER, FLAHERTY apparently was jnof satisfied and! earlier this week visited the 'center with Selectman Strachan and made a mailer revolves around the town's frustin fhe commLLtee to make adequate ad hoc judgments on the tnsTpfulness nf signs. time yau grant a variance' ho warned the "The bylaw is set aside and we don't have a chanec lo lest it." Two nther sign variance petitions were put before the hoard last night. One was Tor a time extension for Becker Auto Supply on its oversize sign pending the company's decision whether or nul to move. The second, from Snow's Pharmacy, to retain its mortar and pestle sign, was supported by Baldwin, who called it "historically Hiding Bands JJold Silver CUSTOM DESIGNER ON PREMISES MASTER CHARGE Ttu; Silvfir Merchants 3bR M.

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458 8456 1:41 M. an innovative home designed by Bedford architect Art Smith. "I looking forward to an adventure, just as I'm leaving an adventure" hp said, revealing lhat he; and his wife Carol have already soLd their house overlooking Bedlord Common With approximately 20 months left in his term nf oiiicp, he surmises that the hoard of selectmen may call a special election sometime in ihe fall lo Jill Ihe vacancy. FrGnicr's history in Bedford has" heen stormy and controversial tail he believes ho has made a contribution. 'Terhaps I brought humor where none enisled before, and 1 know 1 raised consciousness about our police department and we did gel rid oi the police dog," musid the young selectman.

However, he is leaving Bedford mtn some bitterness. Bitterness because town meeting failed lo pass recall relorm recently although the failure Ihe article "does diminish my regrets at leaving," Vrenier says. A LIFE KONG resident of Bedford, he is looked upon as a radical by some hut eon Army needs to decide fate of Devens, OMB chief says HV CHRIS BLACK Sun Bureau IVASIIlXGTOiV Military need will determine the: final decision cl Fort Devens, Office of ManagcnncT.t and Budget Director James T. Lynn said in a letter today. "I believe lhat the primary consideration frovernirig any realignment of a defunse installation must be (he military Lynn eaiii in a letter released by Senator Edward W.

Eruuki: Lynn was responding tn inquiries from tfie Mas siirhuseils Congressional Delegation, Governor and Lieutenant Governor. "Where the confirmed operation of any base Burlington seige scond demand for the names clients. Again, their demands were ielused. Many sources in Burlington are both baffled and alarmed with Flaherty's movements and say. thereat issue is whether or not he actually trusts and respects department heads.

He told Dully recently lhat while cascsludieson the cise of the ccrilcr were interesting, the in formauon was not as concrete as obtaining ae lu.il names. However, confidentiality of any person or persons iti a counselling situation is vitally important ar.d Flaherty, many believe, would be doing a grave injustice to innocent people by contknuing to demand their names, "If that remarked one protessionnl last iveek, "I'd tbe doors dmvn tomorrow." ESTELLE SK A NLEV Burlington voters reject $5,000 request for retarded citizens group BURLINGTON" Voters last night overwhelmingly rejected) a requnsL Tor 55,000 as Ihe town's for parlicipation in the Central Mi.driLc5.eic Association for Retarded Citizens Inc. However, voters raised ihe salary oF the sealer oE weights and measures and created the new position uf assistant huilding inspector. Richard Binnall, president of the retarded citizens organization revealed that the annual hnrlee.t provides a work shop fnr retarded adults and prc schooling for children, is 55,000 and is expected to increase nert year by SJ5.W0. The urpaniiaiLOn caters to the retarded in Burlington, Wcburn, Winchester and Lexington PreviousLy, had been raised thro jgh various activities but BLnnali stressed DUNKIN1 DONUTS THREE FREE BUY ONE DOZEN GET THREE FREE OFf EH GOOD THRU MAY 1 4 LOWELL Strrrl BILLERICA 431 Eu.ic Rood CHELMSFORD 105 WILMINGTON 321 Woinilrtil I Some squares are worth looking tor.

BSBSMmwiLi siders himself liberal, don't genuflect widely held social norms" quips the selectman who sports a red Sully grown heard. "1 don't wear a tie and jacket to mselings and I never worried about gelling re elected for I always assumed my presence on the board was a one lime Thing He refused to get involved in Littleton polities, but smiles a quiet lhat may forecast lingering hopes tor the political arena in a new community. Currently a carpenter, Krcnier has a newspaper background ran (or stain representative but lost to Carol Amirfc mi. has lived in California, has served in Che U.S. Marines and has conducted Iheraphy groups at Walpole Slate Prison.

Frenier will leave Bedford with his share of scars. "It hurts when yon know that people are speculating about your moral and persona' habils and there are same things to he bitter about, and 1 don't really know hy I'm not bitter I would not have missed the experience hut its like boing in the Marine. Corps, 1 wouldn't want to do it lhat way ever again." is no longer supportable by military need, iL musthnennsidfTt as a candid ale lurdnhurE or realignment, he said. Lynn acknowledged the devastating economic impact oi niiLitary base cutbacks on local eommumurjs, stating fully appreciate the pressures imposed by any closure or realignment or major military installations. TRANSITIONAL assistance will he provided to help the affected comrminiLy develop new economic resources, he said, but "the savings generated by the closure or realignment of the military activities im longer requirect are permanent in nature and will rontmue to accrue annually after thn transition period is Lynn apparently failed lo respond to the specific inquiries of the dclegaltnn in his response which anly Senator Brocke, Massachusetts senior Republican, member, received In its letter on apnl 2, the delegation said the impact on the overaLI federal budget of base realignments ought to be considered by a Government agency other lhan the Defense Department.

Massachusetts officials maintain, citing the example of the Boston Navy Yard shut down, lhat the QZ per rent cutback a'. FcrtD evetls, New England's last active Army base, will cost the Federal Government more in soeisl benefits than the military will save. Lynn said that to consider anything other than military considerations "would suggest thesis that Defense installations should be operated primarily lo sustain lh.e social and economic well being of the local last night that this is becoming mare and more dillicult. Woburn, he Slid, vc be asked io: 3 $10,000 contribution and Lexington and Winchester a piece. THE COUNCIL ON AGING was unsuccessful in securing 5 7 ij lo pay the yearly salary of a full time driver for the senior eitiieit's transportation van.

Currently a CETA employe fills the role, and ways ar.d means argued that the issue can be reviewed if and when GET A funds run out A MESSAGE OF THANKS WESTFORD VOTERS To fhoifr wfirj uppartctt my recent bid for re n01i'on fo frSe Westlord mosr sincere tr.ttns. To rry campaign wa.rkersf tny additional thank tar yaur hyolty ana tiotiicai. cn, and for the in legrity of your work an my behalf. E. KENNARD FLETCHER Signer: E.

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