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Valley News from West Lebanon, New Hampshire • 3

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I VALLIY NEWS Serving Lebanon NJi White River Junction VI Hanover NJi And The Upper Valley Friday March 9 1962 Fage 3 OBITUARIES APD Hospital Weekly Report LEBANON Recent births at the Alice Peck Day Hospital include: DEZAN: A boy Jonathan Earl to Ur and Mrs Joseph Dezan of Tunbridge VL March SMARDON: A boy Keith William to Mr and Mrs Gary Smardon of Claremont March BRALEY: A girl Alexia Paula to Mr and Mrs William Braley of Concord March 2 PROVENCAL: A girl Sarah Jane to Mr and Mrs Ronald Provencal of Lebanon March 4 GUNZ1NGER: A girl Jodi Arm to Mr and Mrs Donald Gun-xinger of Lebanon March 4 ROGERS: A girl Julie Anna to Mr and Mrs Richard Rogers of Cornish Flat March 5 LYMAN: A boy to Mr and Mrs Norman Lyman of White River Junction March 7 Admitted to the hospital were Sirs Ethel Thompson of Canaan March 3 and Mrs Dorothy Gibbs of West Lebanon March 5 Discharged were Mrs Nora Walsh of Lebanon March 1: Mrs Marion Aldrich of Lebanon March 3 Arnold Cummings of Lebanon March 6 and Roger Donahue of White River Junction March 6 i Court Notes NEWPORT Kenneth Robinson 35 New--port paid a total of $50 in fines at a municipal court session hero Wednesday Robinson pleaded guilty being intoxicated and assaulting a police officer He paid $25 for the first offense and the same-amount for the second in addition to being sentenced to 10 days ia the house of correction suspended on good behavior David Barton 19 Grantham' pleaded innocent to failing to stop at a stop sign He was found innocent Cecil Fisk 48 Charlestown pleaded guilty to operating without a registration He paid a' $15 fine WEST FAIRLEE Mrs Pail 8334241 Stephen Susan and Beraie Ladd spent the weekend with their- grandparents Mr and Mrs Charles Blanchard while their parents were business visitors to Connecticut and New York Mr and Mrs Ladd also called on Mr and Mrs Lawrence Hill at Pound Ridge NY Mrs Guy White spent the weekend with her niece Mrs David Leach and family In St Johns bury and also called on her fa ther Eli Ash Mrs White has received word of the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Leslie Jew ell Mrs Jewell wu the farmer Arlene Ash of this town Fred Fitts PLAINFIELD Funeral services for Fred Fitts 50 who died at his home in Plainfield Thursday will be held Sunday at 2:30 pm at the Knight Funeral Home in Windsor Burial will be in the Ascutney Cemetery in the spring He was born July 17 1911 in Windsor the son of Fred A and Daisy (Amidon) Fitts He graduated from Windsor High School in 1932 During his high school days ho participated in several sports particularly football and basketball Ho was a member of the Windsor team when the school won the state football championship Fitts worked for a time at the Portsmouth NH Naval Yard and returned to Windsor in 1918 to work for the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co Since 1955 be had barn head of the vocational education department of Windsor High School He was a member of the Naval Lodge and AM of Kittery Maine Survivors include his wife Evelyn Daigle Fitts two daughters Gail and Mary both of Plainfield four sisters Mrs Dorothy Ekberg ot Claremont Mrs Ruth Colvoord of Walpole Mrs Ada Victorious and Mrs Lena Bigelow both of Charlottesville Va a brother James Fitts of California and nieces and nephews Friends may call at the funeral home today from 7 to 9 pm and Saturday from 3 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm Luther Smith LEBANON Luther Smith 78 died at the Alice Feck Day Memorial Hospital here last night after a long illness He resided at 91 Hanover St Funeral arrangements art being handled by the Cain Funeral Home and are incomplete at this time JOHN AGAN by Story SEE THE NEW COLOR TV Castleton Getting New Apt Building BURLINGTON VL (AP) The Board of Vermont Colleges has approved construction of a self-supporting apartment building for Castleton College which is scheduled for occupancy this fall Chairman Ward Bedford said yesterday the construction project would be the first in a three-phase building program at the college He said the building will be income-producing we won't have to go to the Legislature for any more Other construction would include more dormitories dining halls additions to the science building and remodeling of other structures He said the first two stages could cost $2 million Smuggled Cubans Into This Country BURLINGTON VL (AP) Philip A Malloy 58 of Montreal will serve six months of a three year prison sentence for smuggling three Cuban aliens into this country Federal Judge Ernest Gibson found Malloy guilty and placed him on parole after his prison term is completed with the understanding that he never return to the United States The offense allegedly occurred last at Derby Line II Tobacco Revenue Is Up CONCORD NH (AP)- Reve-niga from the tobacco fox continued to show a steady rise this year Paul Casci director of the Tobacco Products Tax Division said yesterday As of Feb 28 the net revenue was $3096941 This was $201788 more than was reported at the end of the first eight months of the fiscal year in 1961 Casci said Berlin Mechanic Critically Hurl HANOVER NH A mechanic from Berlin remained in critical condition today from a fractured skull he received while working on a truck wheel Jean Lcclerc 38 was struck on the head with an 18-pound which flew off with vicious force as he hammered on the wheel to loosen it The mishap occurred in the garage of Berlin Springs Inc of which Lcclerc is co-owner Two Cops Getting Sentences Today BURUNGTON Vt (AP)-Two of five former Burlington policemen charged with committing burglaries on their old beats will be sentenced today in Chittenden Municipal Court Richard Bales 38 and James Bleau 25 were arrested in January and later admitted a nighttime burglary at a city warehouse last June 8 Bates and Bleau were arrested with Harry Muir Jr who has maintained his innocence and is scheduled to go on trial in Chittenden County Court next month Keyser Discovers Strike Difficult MONTPELIER Vt (AP) Prospects for a speedy settlement of the 12-day-old strike of 208 workers at Bennington's BenMant Paper Co plant appear remote today Gov Keyser told reporters yesterday there is little likelihood negotiations will be resumed within the next week unless a more conciliatory attitude is evidenced on the part of both labor and managemcnL will return to Bennington when a contribution can bo made MR AND MRS Sandra Coutufc Recently Wed To John Agan WHITE RIVER JCT Sandra Couture daughter of Mrs Henry Couture and the late Mr Couture of Enfield was recently married to John A Agan of Whits River Junction The Rev Edwin Buckley pastor of St Anthony's Church performed the ceremony Mrs Bruce Bell cousin of the bride from Peterborough II was the matron of honor James Agan brother of the groom from Burlington Vt was the best man William Benjamin and Rodney Dubuque friends of the groom were the ushers Both were from Lebanon The bride wore a waltz-length gown of coral velvet and chiffon A reception followed at the VFW with about 100 persons attending Claire Roy another cousin of the bride from Proctor Vt was in charge of the guest book Shirley Lash aw ay of New York was in charge of the punch bowl The new couple will reside on Tafts Avenue in White River Junction Posada parties are the heart of pre-Christmas celebrations in Mexico Posada means "lodging" a DISPLAYED AT THE HOTPOINT-VALLEY NEWS COOKING SCHOOL WEDNESDAY MARCH 14th 2 and 7:10 PM (Cabla Courtesy Twin State TV Inc) FREE FREE FREE ZENITH PORTABLE RADIO VALUE $299S To Be Given Away At The Cooking School FRENCH'S TV Inc 20 West ark StjDjsUjiniH Lebanon TRI-TOWN TV 12 Msscoma St Tal 4413367 Lebanon Windsorites To Vote For Sewage Plant Tuesday WINDSOR A $321500 20-year bond issue for the construction of a primary sewage disposal plant will be voted for on Tuesday night by Windsor Village residents at their annual village meeting in the high school at 7:30 If approved the bonds would bear interest not to exceed three and one half percent The sewage plant would be located on land owned by the village easterly on Rte 5 near the Miller Construction Co The installation would include a pumping station necessary interceptor sewers and attendant facilities There are no contests for office Candidates are: Kenneth Robins president William White clerk Philip Blanchard trustee for three years Charles Hillmann treasurer Thomas Levesque water commissioner for three years Oden Ford and Earl A Rice water commissioners for one year and Sara Edsall and Bruce Pomeroy auditors Enfield Has Changes In Giecklist Today ENFIELD The supervisors of the checklist of the Town of Enfield will be in session today from 9 am to 7 pm at Whitney Hall for the purpose of receiving corrections and additions They will also be in session at the school on Monday from 7 to 9 pm MERIDEN Mrs Frank Chapman 713-7233 MERIDEN GRANGE Meriden Grange met Tuesday It was voted to let the Meriden Fire Dept the hall for supper April 7 Bernice Bartlett was reported still on the sick list After the close of the meeting the program was open to the public The school and town warrants were discussed Vera Mc-Leay was chairman for the school warrant discussion and Vernon Hood for the town warrant About SO attended the discussion The next meeting will be March 20 Park Grange is to' have the program There will be an exhibition of oldest books and each member is bringing one Use the Classified Victor Niemi NEWPORT Victor Niemi 78 died Thursday at the Newport Hospital A native of Finland ho lived 59 years in Newport The family includes his wife Mrs Ina (Saimi) Niemi two sifters Mrs Ellen Rroden and Mrs Matilda Himattie both of Worcester Mass a brother in Finland and several nieces and nephews Funeral services will be conducted Saturday afternoon at the Newton-Bartlett Funeral Home by Rev William Blair pastor of South Congregational Church Entombment will be in North Newport Cemetery Burial will be in Pine Gorve Cemetery in the spring Friend call at the funeral home this afternoon and tonight Miss Flora Appleton CONCORD Miss Flora Appleton 80 the last surviving member of the Enfield Shaker Community died Wednesday night at a local nursing home Miss Appleton who had been with the Shakers since she was 3 years old later moved from the Enfield Colony to the Canterbury Colony in 1918 Members of the family include a cousin Mrs Helen Webber of Belmont Man and two nieces Funeral services will be held at Hussey and Wiren Funeral Chapel Saturday at 3 pm ENFIELD Mrs Ethel Welch $32-7778 PTA MEETS With Henry Olson co-chairman of the program committee acting as moderator candidates for town offices were introduced to the parents and teachers attending the PTA meeting Monday night at the high school Olson also gave a brief resume of each candidate Present were Henry Laramie who is seeking reelection as selectman Francis La Bounty candidate for police chief Don Crate road agent candidate Mrs Ray Gould who is seeking the office of tax collector Robert Turner candidate for Public welfare officer and the candidates for school board William A Maloy and Edward Ford Several of the candidates spoke briefly on their reasons for running for office A discussion period followed During the business meeting the president Mrs Gene Love Joy announced that the convention of the National Congress ot Parents and Teachers will be held on May 4 and I at Keene Three officers and four delegates will attend She also announced the names of those on the Nominating Committee Thomas Lorden was introduced and he read the school budget for Enfield which totaled $14857900 Mrs Lapan's first grade roan won the banner The refreshment were served by the fourth grade mothers RELHAM OES Relham Chapter OES of New Hampshire held a special meeting Saturday at the Masonic Temple Enfield for an initiation The candidate was Robin Roberta daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Roberts of Enfield Members of Kimball and Summit Chapters participated with Relham Chapter members They were: Mrs Sigrid Nyhus past matron Summit Chapter Canaan Mrs Helen Smith past matron and Mrs Helen Carr past matron of Kimball Chapter Lebanon Mrs Helen LaLondo of Relham Chapter was soloist Distinguished guests present were Mrs Helen Smith past grand organist and Mrs Helen Carr past grand electa both of Lebanon Mrs Alice Folianshee past grand warder Enfield Mrs Follansbee was the first Worthy Matron of Relham Chapter a Charter member and the first grand officer from this chapter Also John Roberts district deputy grand lecturer of the 7th Masonic District of NH from Canaan and Mrs Doris Morse mother advisor of the Rainbow for girls Lebanon Assembly A pot luck supper preceded the meeting Mrs Arlinc Sanders associate matron was chairman and it was served by Rainbow Girls Judith Goodwin Linda Ford Betty Borry of Enfield and Sally Anderson and Peggy Lower of Lebanon Rainbow and star favors were made by Mrs Arline Sanders and matching identifications were made by Mrs Frances Campbell worthy matron Robin Roberts was the first Rainbow Girl of Enfield to become a member of Relham Chap ter Her father and mother Mr and Mrs Thomas Roberts of Relham Chapter presided during the initiation Gifts were presented to the candidate Ralph Martin has sold his home on Maple Street formerly known as the Whittier place to Allen George of Connecticut George is employed at CRREL and he will move his family to their new home on Saturday Mrs Donald Crale is confined to her home by illness Mr and Mrs Fred Slate have returned from Andover Mass where they attended the funeral of his brother Earl Slate Mr Slate Is presently confined to his home by illness Mr and Mrs Frederick Campbell were called to Massachusetts on Wednesday by the illness of Mrs Campbell's brother Ned Huso toward settlement of the strike Keyser said The hourly-rated employes set up picket lines Feb 26 celling for a 20 cent wage increase a union shop and liberalized vacation and insurance benefits 4 9 Manchester Group Getting Tougher MANCHESTER NH (AP)- A group of Manchester industrialists businessmen and political leaders are calling on the state Board of Education to pick Manchester as the site for a new technical school Meeting for 24 hours last night the group voted to petition the board to review its decision to locate the $14 million school in Concord The group also voted to launch injunction proceedings if the board refused to re-open the entire question of where the school should be constructed Fire Ravages Radio Station PORTSMOUTH NH (AP)- A damage estimate of $250000 was placed today on the fire-ravaged studios and transmuting center of radio station WHEB' Portsmouth The station was unable to return to the air during the early morning hours but personnel were awaiting delivery of a transmitter and hoped to resume broadcasting before noon The flames broke out yesterday and raced through the building so quickly that the station went off the air in the middle of a record Twenty-one staff members fled to safety $90000 Award To Woman For Losing An Eye MANCHESTER NH (AP) Mrs Dorothy Andersson of Manchester who suffered the loss of an eye in an automobile accident received a settlement of $90000 yesterday in a Superior Court damage suit Mrs Andersson was in a car operated by her husband that collided with another car driven by Robert MacAliister of Malden Mass on July 195 The Andersson car had just left the parking lot of the Howard Johnson restaurant on the Daniel Webster Highway Defendants in the cate were Mrs Andersson's husband William Andersson Jr the White Ledge Grill Inc of Hook sett the Howard Johnson Co and MaeAUister White Ledge Grill operates the Howard Johnson restaurant The two companies were included in the action on the plaintiffs allegation that a sign at the restaurant obstructed the view of the driver leaving the parking lot WHITE RIVER JCT Mrs John Crone 29S-2S39 GIRL SCOUTS The newly formed Girl Scout Troop 377 held an investiture ceremony for their parents and friends recently at the Gates Memorial Library The following girls- were presented their pins by leaders Mrs Conrad Adams and Mrs Ernest Kenyon: Mary Lou Adams Donna Brown Ruth Coburn Diana Coutermarsh Kathy Currie Mary Cushman Nancy Evans Pamela Hathom Rhonda Kenyon Kathy Kivler Betty Lawrence Deborah Libby Linda McGill June McGill Charlene Morale Patricia Perkins Marcia Porter and Peggy Reed Girls previously invested and taking part in the program were: Karen Swanson at the piano Jauna Choquette Kerry Manning Janet Hill and Tony Bingham as color guard The girls presenting the new scouts to their leaders were: Marie Hunt Louise Wilcox Linda Jacobs and Marsha Hunt Following the ceremony the girls performed two short skits and refreshments were served with Mrs Harold Walker and Mrs William McGill committee members in charge PTA Are Elementary Children Being Prepared will be the topic of a panel discussion by a group of Hartford High School teachers headed by Frank Adams at the PTA meeting to be held at the Hartford Memorial School Tuesday at I The hospitality chairman for the occasion is Mrs Ivan Spaulding Donald Fletcher member of the Hartford School Board attended the Conference held Saturday at Goddard College in Plainfield Vt on To Get and Keep Good Teachers in Friday Fletcher attended a meeting of the executive committee of the Vermont State School Directors Association held in Montpelier at the Regional president representing Windsor County Mr and Mrs James Packard Sr of Little Canada quietly observed their 55th weddsig anniversary Wednesday at their home They received flowers from their daughters Mrs Evelyn May hew of Oyster Bay and Mrs Alvira Williams of New York City At a family gathering a wedding take made by Mrs Cathermc Brooks another daughter was served II Legislative Procedure Will Be Probed Into CONCORD NH (AP) The Council of State Governments a national organization of which Gov Wesley Powell is president has agreed to study the New Hampshire legislative process In the hope of streamlining ft House Speaker Stewart Lamprey told reporters ho would be "the first to that the 1961 Legislature made mistakes "Purpose of this study will be to see if we can't improve our procedure and avoid a windup like we had last time when we had a 25-hour session on the final Lamprey said "I frankly admit this was not He said the first conference will be on March 14' at the State House with William Frederick regional adviser from the Council of State Governments Lamprey said there is a need for shortening legislative sessions we are to attract more people to seek Council Interviews Auditor Apnlicants LEBANON The city council will Interview applicants for the position of city auditor at a special meeting at 7 tonight Asst Mayor Robert Evans said that Mrs Helen Bircher who is resigning as auditor has agreed to stay on temporarily The council hopes to hire someone for the post immediately LEBANON Mrs Herald Glbsos 448-mes In observance of World's Day of Prayer a service will be held Friday at 2:30 in the vestry of the Congregational Church The Rev Carleton Foss Methodist pastor of Canaan will speak on experience hi the mis-sicnary field Members of all of the local protestent churches are invited to attend ORFORD Mrs Lester Gray 453-4888 COMMUNITY COUNCIL Orford Community Council met Wednesday evening with 14 present Plana were made for the July 4th Old Home Day Various organizations art being asked to take ever parts of the day's program So far the Willing Workers will take over the arts and crafts display the Grange the beano games firemen the auction: Junior Guild will servo the supper and the Boy Scouts will conduct the First Aid tent The Quimby rides will be here with a merry-go-round and other rides Fireworks and other subjects were discussed at length The Willing Workers will meet with Mrs Elsie Williams on Wednesday March 14 instead of Tuesday since town meeting is their regular day William Schulz Is at the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital her be underwent surgery Mrs Walter Schanze of New York City is staying with her sister-in-law Mrs William Schulz for a time The bole a weapon made of weights connected by thongs was used by primitive peoples some 400000 years ago The ancient hunting device is still occassional-1 employed by the gauebos of South Amenta and by soma Montshire Coffee Shop STOP IN TOMORROW MORNING FOR THE BIGGEST CUP OF COFFEE IN THE UPPER VALLEY Still Only 10c REDECORATING? 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