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1l-Porlsmouth Herald (N.H.) April 6, 1976 Historical Society seeks translation of journal CONCORD The New Hampshire Historical Society has in its library a journal kept during the early 1840s -by C.P. Castanis, a Greek visitor to America who recorded his observations of the United States during a speaking tour of New England and the eastern seaboard. But Manuscripts Librarian Jean Johnson is both intrigued and frustrated by the Castanis journal. "I wish that I could tell you more about the book," she says, "but the entries are in Grecian script and no one here can read Greek." Castanis kept his journal in a "Ladies Alburn" printed in Concord. Perhaps, he was attracted by the classically- inspired illustrations or was humored by their romantic representation of his homeland's past.

Castanis used the volume's blank pages as an autograph book and diary during his tour of the eastern seaboard, lecturing on the Greek Revolution to the college students and benevolent societies of America's new republic. During the 1820s, Greece had waged a war for independence from the Ottoman Empire which had controlled her fate since the 15th century. Although the Greeks were victorious over their Turkish oppressors in the guerrilla campaigns fought in the rugged Exeter lists uilding pe rtnits EXETER The following building permits were issued during March, according to John Lusona, town building inspector: To Phillips Exeter Academy, two permits for fire alarm systems costing a total of $29,000, permits for remodeling kitchens at 63 Front St. and at Tan Lane at a cost of $4,000 and 53,000, respectively; Peter Weiers, aluminum siding trim, 5 Spruce Court, Frank Green, vinyl siding, 5 Phinney Lane, Fred Tattersall, vinyl siding, 6 Phinney Lane, Robert Paige, a house, Beech Hill Road, Alma Belanger, furnace, 41 South Kenick Tomilson, aluminum siding, 15 Allen Dana Wyman, remodel porch, 41 Epping Road, Henry Page, aluminum trim, Oak Street, Seacoast Builders, for two houses on Watson Road, one to cost $23,000 and the other, Alfred Devito, garage, Rt. Ill, Bosworth Construction, house, Crawford Avenue, Desjardins Brothers, house, Hampton Road, $35,000.

Permits for mobile homes or for replacing a mobile home were issued to the following: Guy Oakis, Lura Mareotte, Leonard Hudson and Rosaline Langlois at Exeter Villa; Lawrence Day at Pinecrest, and Sherwood Forest at Sherwood Forest. The town collected $432.85 in permit fees. Supper Club to hear Heald NEW CASTLE The Supper Club will hold its April meeting Wednesday night in the Parish House of the New Castle Congregational Church. Guest speaker will be L. Franklin Heald, university editor, of the University of New Hampshire.

Heald, a former newspaperman in New Hampshire and at UNH for many years in his present capacity, has a special bicentennial program which will interest all persons attending the affair. He has slides, plus a talk, on New Hampshire and the local area. The social period will start the evening's program at 6:30. All visible taxable property in New Castle in 1869 was valued mountains of Northern Greece, European intervention brought a muted independence with the arrival of Prince Otto of Bavaria to take the Grecian throne. During the first half of the 19th Century, most Americans empathized with the Greek patriots in their struggle for independence and their hopes to re-establish the principles of democracy first attained in the golden age of Greece during the Fifth Century B.C.

Castanis and others recognized this republican sentiment and hoped to cultivate it for the sakes of their country and perhaps their own pockets, noting an early account of Castanis' theatrical presentation. According to a contemporary newspaper clipping glued to the fly-leaf of his notebook, Castanis' "descriptions were graphic and powerful, and calculated to awaken a deep interest in behalf of his native country. The lecturer appeared in the full costume of a Greek warrior, and seemed not merely to describe, but to impersonate the spirit and valor of struggling Greece." "It would be a great help if someone who reads Greek volunteered to translate the entries," Ms. Johnson added. "Many people would be interested to study the early impressions which our republic made on someone from a traditionally democratic country, if indeed that's what Castanis recorded!" The Historical Society's building on 30 Park St.

is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Wednesday evenings until 8p.m. From Page One FARRAGUT A proposal on budget sessions made by Councilman'Edwards was that the Council divide the budget into three parts and the Council itself into committees of "thirds" to study the various parts. However, the majority of the Council felt it wanted to study all parts of the budget through the usual work sessions.

Wholey said, "If we handle it by thirds, and then as a whole, we're all going to need fifths." Weeks said Edwards' idea would result in councilmen losing "an awful lot of perspective." In other action: The Council voted to reappoint Nancy Carey to the Board of Adjustment and John Pappas to the Mosquito Control Committee. Tabled for study by the Planning Department was a proposal to ban traffic from most of Ceres Street. Denied a request by the Portsmouth Shrine Cub for the city to pay for several buses for the Shrine Circus for children- Approved holding of a carnival, under USO sponsorship, at the South Mill Pond grounds. Denied pursuing of the merits of a car damage case on school grounds in which a car owned by Michael Pouliotte was hit by a snow slide. Councilman Wholey wanted further study of the "merits" of the case by the city attorney.

Approved blocking of Austin Street during a yard sale by St. Patrick's School. Okayed a request by the Sojourners to put a Bicentennial Flag over the grave of William Whipple. Denied a petition by the Greenland Little League to hold a tag day in Portsmouth. Delayed final action on a sewer extension request by Long Meadow Inc.

on Lafayette Road pending further information. Approved the Community Development application for the upcoming year. Referred the towing ordinance to the Traffic Safety Commission for further study. Referred to the Planning Board the donation of three acres of National Gypsum land to the city. Heard a report by Councilman Maher on the study com mittee for a new courtroom, in which Maher said the "thing- we need most is space." A full report will be made early in May, Maher said.

Meeting set tonight in Greenland GREENLAND An information meeting on open space assessment for farms of 10 acres or more will be held by the selectmen tonight. The session will be in the Central School at 7:30 p.m. The board will hold a regular meeting tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the Town Offices. Half an hour before that, there will be a public hearing on a petition for a variance to the zoning ordinance affecting Holly Lane.

Tomorrow the Greenland Grange will meet in Central School at 7:30 p.m.; and the Great Bay Sno-Packers' Club has scheduled a meeting at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Parish House on Post Road there will be a special vision and hearing screening clinic for all children aged 4-6 who are not presently enrolled in Grade 1. Times are as follows: 8:309:30, all children in kindergarten; children with last names beginning A-L; children with names M-Z. At 7 p.m. Thursday in Central School the PTA will hear a talk on drugs and drug abuse by a representative of the Rocking- bam County Sheriffs Department.

Also Thursday, the Junior Women's Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Parish House on Post Road. Saturday, there will be a rabies clinic for dogs and cats at the Veterans Hall from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Licenses will also be available; deadline for licensing dogs is May 1.

From Page One EXETER The town plans replacement and extension of water pipe under Linden Street this year. Officials are trying to get all utility work done before the street is repaved, which is a project scheduled for this year. Thomas Prentiss, School Board member, said the work would interfere less with the high school and junior high if it was scheduled for late summer and fall as opposed to late spring. The timetable for the projects will be established after the town and school authorities get together. Peter Bernaby, the town's animal control officer, asked for permission to purchase a 1972 van to be used by him and the police department.

The money would come out of the animal control budget. Selectmen referred the matter to Chick for final Bids for a truck for the water and sewer departments were opened and will be reviewed by Chick. The Indian Head National Bank of Exeter was awarded the bid on the tax anticipation loan. The bank was low bidder of four at 3.67 per cent. The board reappointed Lynn Morse to the Board of Adjustment and George Palmer to the Planning Board, both to serve until 1981.

The board recently appointed F'lavia Page to the Housing Authority Commission. The town warrant which selectmen signed included $58,000 for the purchase of land on Bow and Court Streets from Dorothy Ham. At town meeting in March, voters approved this purchase. The first three years in rompers may change system Editor's Note: Many child psychologists say the first three years of life are the most important and new educational programs should be created to assure adequate child development. The Brookline, school system has such a program, it's described in this last of two articles on early learning experiences.

BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) -They're revolutionaries in rompers, these two-year-olds running around the playroom, throwing blocks, sliding down a slide. They may look just like any two-year-olds, but they're among the most diagnosed, tested and observed youngsters in the country. They're the children of BEEP (Brookline Early Education Project) and, educators from all over the country are watching this pilot program which one day could revolutionize public education. BEEP is the first known program to involve a public school system in the education of children from birth.

It is based on the concept put forth by several psychologists and education experts that a child's most critical learning is done before the age of three. They say that nearly all achievement after that depends on what is learned during that crucial period. "If BEEP proves successful school systems will have to take another look at their order of priorities." said Dr. Donald Pierson, program director. School systems usually spend the most money on high school students, far less on elementary school pupils and little or none on pre-schoolers.

BEEP bv contrast provides support and education to toddlers in the program and "especially to parents, who we consider the most important educators," Pierson said. BEEP was opened to residents of Brookline, a Boston suburb, who had children born between March 1973 and October 1974 and some black and Hispanic youngsters from nearby Boston born during the same period. The program started with 285 children in October 1974 and is now down to 230 families because some have moved. Pierson said he expects to have about 125 families still participating when the children reach second grade and the project ends. BEEP, which provides physical and psychological testing, play groups and in some cases day care, is free to all of its participants.

It's fin'ancedby grants from the Carnegie Corp. of New York and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. "If important benefits do seem to occur then recommendations will be made to the Brookline School Committee and school committees around the country." Pierson said. Madison, and the St. Louis suburb of Clayton adopted similar programs in the past year.

The Clayton program, which started in January for children age one to 24 months, differs from BEEP in that it is centered in the school rather than the home. Sessions are held daily including Saturday. Barbara Geno, program coordinator and an early visitor to the Brookline educators' program, said: "Our program is geared to the parents rather than the children. We felt that parents needed a support system. We teach them to become better observers of their children and to understand the stages of growth and development." The Madison project, which began in September, serves 90 children, most of them handicapped and ranging from infants to the age of 5.

Some normal children serve for the handicapped youngsters as examples to follow. "We're playing catch-up because the kids are developmenlally delayed," said staff director Kay Broome. "We have families that are super- excited about the progress their kids have made since September." Parents of BEEP children are excited. The mother of one two-year- old girl said: "It's helped me be more aware of her development. It's taught me what to look for and what to look out for." While her daughter is in day care, she stops by the once elegant old mansion that now houses the BEEP offices and playrooms.

She chats with other mothers, passing on her experiences "Don't worry, kids often get a rash with a high fever" and shares a look at a new catalog of baby clothes. In fact, the chance for parents to get together is as much a part of the program as its battery of tests. "We've found most families with voune children around here don't have family nearby," Pierson said. "They experience a feeling of isolation. We are open to provide a place to get together, provide contact with experts in the field and teach parents how to better utilize existing resources." Much of the education is aimed at the parents, rather than the children, and even then it's subtle.

"We don't pretend to tell parents what they should do," Pierson said. "We want them to pick and choose. We try to get them to relax and realize there's no formula and to enjoy their child at this time to realize their child is unique and that the child's development is not totally dependent on them. That the child brings something, too." Teachers from the BEEP Center meet with parents at home and spend time with the children at the center joining in their play groups. All of the teachers are also parents of young children.

They help other parents tackle such problems as how to make the house safe for crawling infants or what to do about sibling rivalries. One mother complains her two children are "constantly fighting." A BEEP teacher suggests that the mother actually time with a watch when the fighting begins and how long it lasts. The mother discovers the fighting is not "constant." It comes at certain times of the day, and the teacher suggests several ways of keeping the two children apart at those times. Next year the youngsters, who will then be three to four Screeningdinic Hampton debates facilities Pre-school Screenings for children who will be attending kindergarten next September at New Franklin School will be held on April 8 and 9 at New Franklin School from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Parents should bring their child's birth certificate and immunization record. Screenings will be done on an appointment basis. If you do not already have an appointment please call the school. Parents are requested not to bring other children in the family along to the screenings as the schools do not have facilities for babysitting. HAMPTON The fate of toilet facilities in the north beach section of Ocean Blvd.

has been left up to the legislative delegation. At last night's selectmen's meeting, the board reiterated its plea for toilet facilities in that area but were again told of financial woes by the state. Originally the town was told the state had appropriated $60,000 for public facilities. But Town Manager Peter G. Lombards read a letter from the state saying half of that money was really federal funding.

To complicate the situation. Sen. Robert Preston told the board he was notified there aren't any federal funds available. The $60,000 was to pay for two subterranean facilities. Aboveground facilities had been ruled out by the stale for fear of obstructing roadside view of the ocean.

State Rep. Ednapearl Parr has fought for portable trailer- type facilities since the state has ruled out the underground complex this year because of lack of funds. The question now is where will the trailer go. Selectman Helen Hayden suggested the town take back Durkin urges change in reform act WASHINGTON Sen. John A.

Durkin, has proposed a change to the new campaign reform act providing for free television and radio time, postage and telephone service to candidates for Congress. Durktn's proposal was contained in an amendment to.the revised Federal Election Campaign Act, scheduled to be debated this week in the Senate. Much of the current campaign law was recently struck down as unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. "I'm not yet convinced that we ought to tan-the federal till to finance Congressional campaigns," Durkin said.

"The purpose of reform should not be to find out sources of campaign money, but to eliminate the corrosive effects that big bucks have on the political process without trampling on anyone's First Amendment rights. This amendment is public financing in Us broadest sense." The Supreme Court, in its decision on the campaign act, said Congress cannot limit total expenditures for a federal election campaign. The Court cited the First Amendment. Durkin's measure would require all television and radio stations licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to provide certified candidates with air time equivalent to five cents for each registered voter, up A candidate would be certified under, the process by obtaining signatures of three per cent of the registered voters in the state or Congressional district, or 150,000 signatures, whichever is less. The same set of signatures Exeter log Kittery building permits EXETER Local firefighters went to 4 Franklin St.

Sunday at 10:20 a.m. to a fire in a second floor bedroom. The fire was confined to that room, but smoke damage occurred to the hall and two other rooms. Earlier Sunday, at 1:15 a.m., Box 76 had sounded at Water and Summer Streets, but it proved to be a false alarm. On Monday firefighters went to a trailer at Exeter Villa at 8:54 a.m.

where there was a fire in a dryer. The machine and its contents were damaged. Box 576 sounded from the Indian Head National Bank, Portsmouth Avenue, at 6:57 a.m. Monday. Firefighters believe steam set off a heat detector, as there wasn't any fire.

KITTERY Building permits totalling $120,060 were issued during March by Richard Rossiter, code enforcement offi- C6 A'W Restaurant, State Roao, addition $9,500. Baptist Mid Missions, church on Litchfield Larry Blethen, house and garage on Wilson Walter J. Brooks, Wilson Road, house and porch Roger B. Charlesworth, Gerrish Island, addition to rooms Dansk Factory Outlet, Rt. 1, interior Storer Decatur, Gerrish Island, alterations to kitchen and bath Anthony Geraldi, Rt.

1, enlarge Harry Hughes, Stimpson Lane, install shower and alterations-- $500. John Lena, 7 Halstead repair garage Louis Marston, Paine Road, camp 'Henry Michaud, 51 Woodlawn addition to Lorenzo Mprin, 68 Pepperrell Road, advertising Robert Reynolds, Ox Point Drive, storage David Richardson, State Road, advertising Harold Shea, 4 Palmer Steven Taylor, Badger's Island, replace would also qualify the candidate for free postage equivalent to one cent for each registered voter in the voting district, but in no case more than $100,000. In addition, the FCC would be directed to require telephone companies to provide each candidate the service equivalent of one cent for each registered voter, up to $100,000. The services would be provided for each of the primary, general election, and special election campaigns. Durkin said the amendment would eliminate the need for federal funds in the political process while holding down the number of bureaucrats needed to enforce the campaign law.

"The telephone company and the postal service are government sanctioned monopolies," Durkin said. "Radio and television stations have lucrative licenses to use the public airwaves. In both cases, the public has a right to expect active cooperation in opening up the democratic process." "America has always had the best politicians money could buy," Durkin said in quoting the late Will Rogers. "Perhaps with this amendment, we could have the best politicians that a free and open system can summon up." Newspaper advertising is not included in the services offered under the amendment because the government rightfully has no constitutional authority to regulate the printed media, Durkin said. the money it gives the Chamber of Commerce annually because it "shouldn't promote an area for people it can't take care of." Mrs.

Hayden has received several complaints from north beach residents who are plagued by summer tourists needing rest rooms. The budget committee will hold a reorganizational meeting Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the selectmen's meeting room. Selectman Frank Fitzgerald, the board's representative to the committee, will ask for the committee's view on the usage of a new pick-up truck. The selectmen also voted unanimously to change the policy on equipment rental.

Fitzgerald suggested the town manager make sure equipment is adequate and capable before awarding a job. Previous policy was to award a job to the lowest bidder. The board also issued a resolution asking Sen. Preston to convey the town's desire for the Coast Guard to re-establish a life-saving station at Hampton Harbor. The building inspector will meet with the board Friday at 2 p.m.

at the selectmen's meeting room to discuss Gill St. The Plaice Cove sewer project has been awarded to another firm. Robinson Construction Co. will replace Creative Construction Inc. after the latter company ran into some problems.

The slate allow construction in the area until July 4 "and Town Manager Peter G. expects both phases of the project to be completed by then. If not, construction will resume after Labor Day. Lombardi also appointed two new' men to the- police force. They include Francis Water of Danville and Arthur Wardell of 61 Mill Road.

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They try to build on whatever family situation exists, whether that includes a single parent, a working mother or an extended "family where" grandparents share the home. Although the parent is recognized as the child's most important educator "we think the quality of time spent with a child may be as important as the amount, of lime," Pierson said. Especially in the case of a working mother, he added: "We try to think of what ways to spend that time will be the most enjoyable and relaxing. We also think it can allay the guilt feelings if parents feel comfortable and confident about the situation where the child is placed for the day." It will' be nearly five years before anyone knows whether BEEP has been a success. When the children are in second grade, they will be tested and compared with a group of children not given BEEP's advantages.

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