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THE TIMES-ARGUS BARRE-MONTPELIER VT WEDNESDAY MARCH 8 1961 Four A Big Boy Now You Can Help VERMONT HOMESPUN The Times-Argus EDITORIALS WEDNESDAY MARCH 8 1961 Gray Ladies Exemplify Devotion Last week two Barre women quietly laid down their burdens of responsibilities as co-chairmen of the Gra Ladies program at Barre City Hospital Mrs Hal Miller Jr and Mrs A Arthur Cenci had served in that capacity for more than seven years Taking a well-deserved rest from duties they relinquished their labors to Mrs Roy Buxton and Mrs George Tucker Having seen the Gray Ladies program in successful operation elsewhere the two women organized the program here in November 1954 Since that time more than 100 women have been trained in their various duties and served efficiently and without publicity Mrs Eleanor Diack director of nursing service at BCH says just do without them We have been thoroughly satisfied and happy with their contributions to our work Mrs Diack said in an aside that one of the highly commendable actions of the Gray Ladies is that never has the hospital been without their services Even when one of the woman assigned to duties was unable at the last moment to meet her assignment someone else was called hurriedly and a Gray Lady substitute took her place is real said Mrs Diack The Gray Ladies serve as hostesses at the hospital They relieve the skilled personnel by doing many errands between departments in the hospital They attend the various clinics and serve as secretaries while histories are being taken by the attending medical and nursing staff Gray Ladies transport patients to and from various departments such as X-ray laboratory or electrocardiograph They escort admissions to their assigned rooms Often they comfort relatives of those undergoing surgery or in other crises These efficient ladies in gray deliver mail flowers and messages They read to patients and entertain youngsters who come to the hospital with adults and cannot visit the patient rooms This is one of the programs sponsored by the Barre Chapter of The American Red Cross Congratulations and appreciation is indeed voiced by the community to Mrs Miller and Mrs Cenci and best wishes for continuing success to the new co-chairmen CRF The Volunteer Fireman In every little town today They're fightin' fire the modern I way No longer do we use a horse Or maintain just a hose cart force Seth Warner was a grand old guy But even his machine went by But still we'd get nowhert I fear Without the local Volunteer One time the whole durn Town would go And line up in a good long row To pass the buckets from the stream To where the water turned to steam But often without much effect As looking back you might expect Such amateurs 'twas often found Poured water mostly on the ground Now Where we live the Town's so small be bo firefighters at all Without the local Volunteer He gives us hours and hours each year And seldom ever talks about The nights that he gets routed out And comes back froze and well nigh beat With chilling face and frozen feet And then his job is not near done In fact it has but just begun He stays on there far into night To check equipment see right 'Cause on his job he tell when That siren may start up again There may be need where you reside Or even in a town "outside'' The country no salaried gent Out front on some promotion bent If duty calls him to the rear just another Volunteer take the wheel or man the hose If real emergency arose Or hang the clothes put hose to dry Along with every other guy We say we never do forget We owe these boys a heavy debt But they note their stuff is old We ireat kinda short and cold We say "Raise taxes up still higher? We've never had a major fire When things look UP across the nation build you boys a brand new station Shatney Defeated Then Wins Post In Woodbury Vote WOODBURY It was two times and in for Raymond Shatney who persistently sought election to town offices pnd finally won First he a Thayer the incumbent for tax collector Thayer edged out Shatney by a 26 to 23 vote Undaunted Shatney stepped into the school race and nosed out Gerald Andrews who was seeking re-election by a 26 to 24 count A 50-cent increase In the school account boosted the total tax to $1090 The hike was in anticipation of increased enrollment in secondary schools Townspeople favored legislation on the beer bottle ban by a 45 to 1 vote The sale of malt and vinous beverages was okayed 46 to 14 but spirituous liquors were disproved 41 to 13 Corinth Returns Two Veterans To Town Offices One of the longest town meetings in many years resulted in several actions here yesterday Townspeople elected Fred Child for his 25th term as moderator and Selectman Eugene Eastman was re-elected for a three-year term He is now beginning his 25th year in that capacity A five-man school board was elected new members being Mrs Alden Slack for a three-year term and Guy Miller and Lawrence Jackman for one-year terms The town went wet for the first time since Prohibition and for years before that The vote was 60 yes and 50 no for beer and wine while it was 49 yes and 47 io for spirituous liquor After lunch as the meeting was reconvened the fire chief and his volunteers were called out for a minor fire at the farm of Richard Vance of East Topsham A small building behind the barn was destroyed The voters approved printing a town history to observe the 200th year of chartering in 1964 The selectmen appointed Mrs Lawrence Jackman chairman and her assistants will be Mrs Fred Hood Mrs Henry Metcalf Mrs Elwin Hastings town clerk Mrs Eugene Eastman and Mrs Ernest Flanders Other officers elected included Theodore Salamaa auditor Maurice Perry cemetery commissioner three years Bert Holland Jr cemetery commissioner one year Edward Purdue Jr first constable John A Pearson Jr second constable and Kenneth Jewell lister three years The county senator Lawrence Jackman and town representative Wayland Jordan both spoke briefly The voters unanimously adopted a resolution that the Legislature vote to support the ban on non-returnable beer bottles and in favor of the requirement poll taxes be paid before eligibility to vote The group voted to meet all expenses of the town as recommended by the budget committee Sums voted were $76000 in total $44000 for schools $20000 for general funds $11500 for highways and $500 for cemetery funds It is hoped the town debt may be reduced in two years A maximum tuition of $395 was voted for high school students This is the tuition rate at Bradford Academy where the majority of the town's young people attend high school Close Contests Spice Duxbury Town Meeting DUXBURY Three good contests two of them decided by a single vote spiced the annual town meeting here Tuesday Wayne Lewis was elected school director when he defeated Clair Forkey 33 to 32 In a contest for lister Richard West was elected over Homer Kennedy by a 32-31 vote Howard Sherman had an easier victory in the race for selectman for years He downed Ira Harvey 38 to 24 Town officers re-elected were Ralph Morse moderator Mrs Stella Merchant clerk and treasurer Mrs Iola Atwood auditor Willis Morse lister Frank Griffin overseer and tax collector Gurden Merchant tax agent and grand juror Mrs Mabel Harvey budget committee and Eldon Delong cemetery commissioner A special election was held to elect a school planning committee to work with the school directors The committee will be made up of Gurden Merchant Richard West Clair Forkey and Mrs Ramona Patterson The purchase of a school bus was rejected Voters decided to assess the Grange a $100 tax for the next five years and the town will use the Grange hall in return for a balance of taxes Duxbury continues a bone dry town with the sale of malt and vinous beverages rejected 30 to 22 and the spirituous liquor sale opposed 30 to 21 Roxbury Cuts Tax Rate To $1105 A tax rate of $1105 was approved by voters at town meeting Last year the total was $1140 occasioned by a deficit tax which was removed this year Officers elected at the meeting included: Francis Kleinhans moderator Forrest Manning town clerk and treasurer Robert Cruickshank selectman for three years William Ray road commissioner for one year Ralph Ray lister three years Everett Drown lister one year Glenn Tracy constable and tax col-j lector Mrs Mildred Johnson grand juror Forrest Manning town agent Mrs Mary French trustee of public library five years and Mrs Helen Cruickshank school director three years The sale of beer was approved 59-13 while the sale of spirituous liquor was rejected 34-31 Tax Rate Of $575 Is Voted At Ripton R1PTON A tax rate of $575 not counting the union school district tax was voted Tuesday an increase from $550 including union district tax The boost was necessitated by decreasing tax income from Middlebury College Ripton voted 22-19 for sale of intoxicating liquor This is the first time hard liquor sale has been per- mitted here Beer and wines were again favored 30-13 Officers named: Moderator Freeman Todd clerk and treas- urer Smith lister three years Billings lister two years Dan Smith se 1 a three years William Maiming road commissioner George Dragon overseer Elliot Jones grand juror Mrs Edith Jones auditor Billings constable and tax collector Kenneth Smith school director three years John Waterbury library trustee five years Mrs Helen Day town agent Howard Smith The town voted $100 for its municipal forest appropriation Your Money's Worth By Sylvia Porter Rush On To Hong Kong Astride the mouth of the Canton river 90 miles below the Chinese Communist city of Canton is an area of 398 square miles into which industrial i and traders are now pouring capital at an unprecedented pace in search of fabulous profits taxed at insignificant rates This is the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong So free of restraints are its 3000000 residents and so accustomed are they to crime and intrigue that a voyager who ferries between the nearby Portu guese province of Macao and Hong Kong will hear over the loudspeaker the admonition "Please throw your dope or dead bodies overboard" So dependent is Hong Kong on Communist China for food stuffs and so sure is it that the colony will revert to the Chinese government that the probable life of Hong Kong as it is today is estimated at not beyond this decade Yet Hong Kong is now in a boom which has few par a 1 1 1 around the world In this area more than 4000 companies are now operating of which over 400 Defeat Gibson For Two Posts InRyegateVote Six contests for office including school director sparked Ryegate's largest March meeting Tuesday with 185 taxpayers voting Charles Gibson a school director since 1937 and lister the past six years was defeated for re-election to both posts John Zampieri beat Gibson out for school director 94-86 Philip Nelson beat him for lister 94 to 78 In another school director contest for the on again off again Union District 9 James Nelson was elected to the post polling 98 votes to 70 for Richard Sargent Nelson was elected only for the purpose of closing the union school district as voted at the special town meeting Saturday unless that meeting is declared illegal due to H2 a measure passed by the legislature but not signed by Governor Keyser However Nelson will remain on the board regardless of the fate of No 9 Norman Bone was re-elected-selectman when he polled 110 votes to 73 for Carlo Andreoletti Elmer Page beat out Robert Johnson 111 to 58 for lister to succeed Richard Sargent who resigned Wendell Crown got 120 votes to 62 for Hassell Nelson for road commissioner Crown replaces Edward Sulham who did not seek re-election Others elected were: Moderator Norman Lowe re-elected Mrs Lyman Morrill re-elected town clerk Forbes Beaton reelected to be town treasurer town agent trustee of public funds Carlos Dunn re-elected first constable and tax collector Oren Beckley re-elected second constable Mrs Alice Zambon re-elected auditor for three years Leroy Bailey re-elected overseer Davidson re-elected first grand juror Henry Rowden second grand juror Mrs Dorothy Homeister library trustee Ryegate voted tuition for high school students not to exceed $252 That is $25 more than last year The town appropriated $500 to Cottage Hospital $300 to town libraries and $500 for the care of cemeteries Two new sections were added recently to Ryegate cemeteries Cost of endowment is to be included in the cost of lots when sold A five-year exemption from taxes was voted for a new stable addition to the barn on the Russell Plummer farm Selectmen were authorized to blacktop certain streets in East Ryegate A town tax of $660 was set same as last year including school tax of $350 also unchanged Ryegate voted dry: 72 yes and 92 no on malt and vinous beverages 57 yes and 101 no on the question of sale of spirituous liquors Among citizens at town meeting was Willis Brown 93 He has missed only two town meetings since he was eligible to vote He was sick those two times Brown is believed to be the oldest resident in Ryegate Berlin Approves School Telephones Voters here yesterday authorized the installation of telephones in all town schools In another article requesting $1000 for Civil Defense voters turned down the request Officers were re-elected in most instances They include Mrs Sarah Brown town clerk Mrs Mabel A Brown treasurer Armand Bouchard selectman Allen Granger school director George Brigham lister Mrs Mildred Hayden tax collector Clayton Caustic constable Harold Muzzy road commissioner Mrs Hayden overseer Richard Nye grand juror Frank Eastman town agent Justices of the peace are Frank Eastman Daisy Lynch Clayton Caustic Atty Norbcrt Towne Mrs Hayden Donald Boyer and Rev Dr Arthur Hewitt Gordon Butler was elected auditor to complete the term of George Pitman who will complete the unexpired term of Donald Towle who has moved away To Your Good Health JOSEPH MOLNER (Copyrtrht 161 ruid Enterprise lac (Reader! may write Dr Molner fn care of Chicago Sun-Time Newspaper Features Box 158 Dundee 111) eral theories but as yet no positive answers We do know this: It's something rarely seen before the age of 50 And unless massage or other palliative succeeds the dependable treatment is surgical removal of part or all of the gland Easing Visa Restrictions It may seem like a small thing to do easing tourist barriers and many will complain that the State Department is making it easy for Communists to spy and spread sabotage in the United States Perhaps the limitations on immigration to the United States should not be eased But visitors are visitors and if foreigners can afford to come to see the United States let them come and bring the equivalent of dollars And shame on the minority who worry about seeing their grandparents and the grandchildren of their great-grandparents from Europe as tourists Most of them will come as interested citizens of some other country or as world citizens They may come as curiosity-seekers and return as friends of America And if some few of them come as Communist agents they will surely be welcomed by members of the CIA or the Federal Bureau of Investigation or the Un-American Activities Committee After that most of the Americans they meet will certainly not be interested in helping them bring destruction to the United States Americans are not as naive as you might think And if we treat all would-be visitors like probably enemies we might get more dollars from genuine tourists from abroad Dr Molner: I have been treated for some time for a heart condition and am worried now that 1 find I am pregnant My doctor says it is safe to have the baby What is your advice? True there are some eases of heart disease in which child-bearing is a risk However pregnancy is tolerated by somewhat damaged hearts much better than is commonly supposed So long as you have been given approval by your doctor you should accept his word at face value stop worrying and look forward confidently to the wonderful experience of bringing a new life into the world To es sometimes it is possible with special instruments to remove small kidney stones without surgery However for larger ones surgery may be We hope there won't be too much lost And temporize about the cost Of things they know they really need And let equipment go to seed We think likely get along If nozzle pressure's not too strong And under-rate our half paid seer The conscientious Volunteer In ten years more we may replace That firehouse such a real disgrace By then the hose is all wore out The engine's gone or just about It really gives our nerves a jump To learn we need a brand new pump But that's what happens when late With things we might anticipate Today we have a well trained crew Who know just what they have to do And win most always it appears While still they're mostly Volunteers Their pay is by the hour and small Their cost is nothing much at all Compared to what they save each year While working as a Volunteer So next time when the Budget's read 1 That's going to boost our overhead Let's try to be a Volunteer We know we'll like what we shall hear About what's still on our Grand List 'Cause Fire Departments still exist stop and think what WE would do If WE fought fire'n paid taxes loo represent foreign enterprises and the list is skyrocketing Nearly every day in the financial and trade press great international banks advertise their eagerness to advise and service those entering this focal point for the Orient From a poor ninth place as recently as 1956 the United States had jumped to No 1 among the countries to which Hong Kong exports with sales to us up from $1166 million in Hong Kong dollars in 1956 to over $591 million in 1959 Why is this happening in the face of the obvious lack of permanency of the present Hong Kong setup? Why Communist China already grabbed the colony as it easily could do in a matter of hours? To get the answers the nonprofit American Institute of Management has been studying the area intensively for over a year will release next week to its 15-000 members a 15-page audit of Hong Kong similar to the audits it has restricted to corporations with only one previous exception (the Catholic Church It is an extraordinary analysis In fact claimed AIM's board chairman Jackson Martindell when he gave me the report exclusively like it has ever appeared in print Before I submit the de a i 1 here's a summary of AIM's explanations of the fascinating puzzle First while unquestionably the area won't survive as a British Colony beyond the expiration of the New Territories lease in 1997 a maximum life of 36 years "is a long lime in terms of manufac- ture and Second because of the high pro-I fits possible from operations the low taxes and the convertibility free exchange) of currency manu- facturers and traders can get back their investments in two or three years Third they can expect to get back profits equal to their capital investments the next two or to double their stake by 1967 Fourth it's likely that the Colony will exist at least until then because says AIM Red China won dare grab Hong Hong until she has the power to protect herself against massive retaliation and that cant "possibly be expected before 1967 or perhaps as late as 1969" In short "The medium term potentialities are for the businessman "No won the rush is on It may strike you as a shockingly cold-blooded approach but the way international businessmen calculate their risks In its audit AIM offers an "evaluation table'' for Hong Kong under which the Colony gets an analysis rating of 8100 points against an optimum rating of 10000 and a minimum for excellence of 7500 points Below the minimum for excel- lence it places three factors Hong Kong's geographical location its sociological framework its administrative potential Well above the minimum though are the population "cheap and capable its production and distribution facilities its tax and budget structure its leadership its plants and services In conclusion audit gives tlie Western traveler trader and manufacturer years and possibly more in which to enjoy the privileges and of Hong Kong It's as fascinating a financial audit as any I've ever seen (Distributed 1961 by The Hall Syndicate Inc) (All Rights Reserved! Marshfield Votes lax Increase Prostate Trouble Rarely Seen Before The Age of Fifty "Dear Dr Molner A number of friends in my age group (60 years) are having difficulty with the pro state gland surgery etc What symptoms warn of such trouble? What causes may induce it? CM" not surprising for about a third of all men over 50 have some trouble with the prostate but of varying severity of course Some much some little The prostate is a structure located at the outlet of the bladder It is unusual in that it is made up of two types of tissue: Part is glandular having to do with production of hormones part is muscular The glandular part is prone to chronic infection The muscular part has a tendency to enlarge as is true of some other muscular tissue as we grow older Anyway this enlargement 'or these enlargements since both can be involved! interfere with voiding Getting up at night to urinate an urgency to void often but with a sense of incomplete voiding right afterward: a change in force of the urinary stream these are the usual warning signs These signs should be checked But let's keep in mind too that if a man drinks liquids whether coffee beer or even plain water between dinner and bed time he may have to get up in the night and yet have no prostate trouble Physicians have various ways of examining One is by sense of touch Use of a cystoscope affording a direct look at the gland is another It is true and worth remembering that a proportion of prostate glands which are removed show cancerous signs Not all but a number worth keeping in mind A prostate which is smooth but enlarged is all right But if nodules (bumps! are noted this lends suspicion that some malignant growth may be starting and removal becomes more urgent This type of cancer when found early results in a gratilyingly high proportion of cures so don't fly into a panic if your doctor thinks your prostate is misbehaving Just have him do without delay whatever ho- thinks is called for and relax Putting things off after you know treatment is required does the damage There may be some moderate period after surgery when you have some difficulty with urinary control but this can be expected to correct itself fairly readily Likewise the operation does not as some people mistakenly think put an end to sexual activity just one of those things that a fair proportion of us must have taken care of as we reach the 50's or or so As to causes there are sev I i How to get rid of leg cramps and foot pains? The answer may be simple Write to Dr Molner in care of address at top of column for a copy of his leaflet "How To Stop Leg Cramps and Foot Pains" enclosing a long self-addressed stamped envelope and 5 cents in coin to cover cost of printing and handling Minority Vote One other Republican voted with Senator George Aiken in the Senate Agriculture Committee in opposition to the Feed Grain Bill Four Republicans and nine Democrats voted for the measure So Vermont farmers who are likely to pay $8 a ton more for grain for poultry and cattle if they can raise it should blame the Defnocrats in Congress and those four Republicans on the Agriculture Committee who are more than Aiken in this case if we must think in terms of Republicans being conservative and Democrats being liberal The Farm Credit Administration meantime has reported that for the second straight year and their cooperatives borrowed over $4 billion through their cooperative Farm Credit In view of some editorial complaints about voting record in Congress we wanted to emphasize that he opposed all the Democrats and four other Republicans on the committee when the Feed Grain Bill came to a vote Aiken voted not with the majority of Republicans but exactly opposite to the entire membership of Democrats on the Senate Agricultural Committee on this bill He opposed it probably through personal conviction certainly because of the knowledge that it would result in hardships for Vermont farmers in higher feed grain prices He was asked by the Vermont Farm Bureau to vote against the bill and he did lar of the grand list was voted for support of highways $245 for support of bridges 40 cents for payment of indebtedness to pay poll taxes to the treasurer on May 15 without discount and taxes on real and personal property other than school taxes to the treasurer on Oct 31 without discount The sum of $6 was voted for school purposes and a special tax of 10 cents to defray cost of a new fire detector system balance if any to revert to the town school district fund A committee was named to consider the possibility of working with other towns in the use of road equipment Named to the study group were Roy Holt Clayton Johnson Walter Spooner and Kenneth Bassett MARSHFIELD The town meeting was held at the of Hall with a good attendance The tax rate voted is $9 60 or 70 cents higher than last year Moderator John Welch presided He was re-elected The vote on malt beverages was 106 yes 34 no spirituous 34 yes and 100 no The officers elected included Mark Mears clerk and treasurer Walter Smith selectman John Welch school director Roy Holt road commissioner Roy Dudley overseer Kenneth Bassett lister Williamina Cole auditor Raymond Cassidy tax collector and first constable John Welch second constable and town agent Mrs Edith Burnham library trustee John Lamberton budget committee and cemetery commissioner and Tlieo- Dr Molner welcomes all mail from his readers but because of (he great number received daily he is unable to answer individual letters Dr Molner uses readers' letters in his column whenever Prayer for Today Heavenly Father help us to know this day our kinship with Thee and our dependence on Thee for he deeper things of life In our fretfulness and fear we would sense the security of Thy divine truth and power In our distress of mind and spirit may we lie comforted by the presence of Thy healing love Deal mercifully with us when we have turned away from Thee In Thy company we would lie honest and brave in all the walks and ways of life in Jesus' name Amen Crowe Wilmette III minister Wilmette Parish h-odist Church (Copyright 1961 bv the Division ol Christian Education National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA) Council and Barre Ministers Assn Sponsored by Montpellei rnterchurch The Times-Argus Published Every Week Dav Afternoon by THE BARRE DAILY TIMES PUB CO INCORPORATED 14 North Main Street Barre Second-class postage paid at Barre Ver mont Post Office SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier: 7 per copy MAIL SUBSCRIPTION RATES Vermont and New Hampshire Dally Per Month iS0 Dajly Three Months 425 Daily Six Months 600 Daily One Year 15 00 Outside Vermont and New Hampshire Daily Per Month 200 Daily Three Months 525 Dally Six Months 10 00 Daily One Year 1800 All Mail Subscriptions Must Be Paid in Advance Back Copies Over Two Weeks Ten Cents Over Three Months Twenty Five Cents Per Copy dore Clark fire chief The sum of $400 was appropriated for the Jaquith Public Library: $300 for the care of cemeteries $50 per mile for town roads outside of winter maintenance Five members were elected to the recreation committee: for three years Mrs Anna Burgess and Warren Holt for (wo years August Melvin and Robert Carlson and for one year Robert Houghton The town voted to exempt from taxation not exceeding five years all homes and farm buildings appraised by the listers at less than $5000 constructed or put in the process of construction during the ensuing year The sum of $1000 was voted to purchase fire hose and fire equipment Tlie sum of 65 cent on the dol- lilts Tax Rate in the town The sum of $150 was voted for control of white pine blister rust On the sale of malt and vinous beverages the vote was 42 yes 20 no and on spirituous liquor 3 yes 30 no Town officers elected here i Town officers elected here included Mrs Arrietta Blake clerk and treasurer William Doyle selectman three years David Doyle constable Maurice Summers road commissioner Majorie Pope overseer William Johnson school director three years Stanley Curtis lister three years Simeon Coburn auditor Stanley Curtis auditor to complete the term of Francis Hodge resigned aud David Doylo West Fairlee I WEST FAIRLEE The tax rate here was lowered 20 cents by voters yesterday It will be $8 05 the 20 cents additional sum last year having been a special school tax The Citizenship Award presented for third place in Class Two in the James Taylor town report contest was announced at the meeting held in the Town Hall where Carl Cook presided as moderator It was voted to raise 50 cents on the grand list as a budget item to match state funds for construction of a permanent bridge at West Fairlee Center Exemption for five years was voted by action of the selectmen and listers on new homes constructed during the next 12 months Living Snow Fences The Vermont Department of Highways has decided to try living snow fences planting Norway spruce Canadian Hemlock and white cedar trees to cut the winter maintenance costs while decreasing winter driving hazards in severe drift areas a good idea Drifts pile up year after year in the same spots Snow fences obviate to some extent their bad effect on highways Planting trees to serve as permanent snow fences should indeed cut costs for that method of improving conditions to make driving safer in winter Every four years the American Rook Sellers Assn adds 200 books to the library in the White House Finland has 60000 glacial lakes MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 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