Valley News from West Lebanon, New Hampshire • 1

THE WEATHER: Thunderstorms tccompanled by strong gusting winds likely tonight Showers con-tinning Tuesday with clearing in the afternoon! Sunday max 78 min 56 Precipitation: 3 inches 01 dl PUBLISHED DAILY IN LEBANON NJL Monday June 2 1980 VOLUME 27: NUMBER 219 OwmM IfNL VALLEY PUBLISHING COUP 1 Address Mx VI WHIM Elver Junction VT CSM1 20 FOR THE UPPER CONNECTICUT' RIVER VALLEY fuse a mn) Historic Residence Is Razed Soldiers Dispatched To Arkansas Center To Restrain Cubans 1000 Riot In Battle With Police 1 1 barbershop shave And while the shave may be down and the shave may be out It Isn't dead yet (News photo Linda A May) NO SHAVES If you look hard enough you'll find a barber In the Upper Valley who still offers a shave This Isn't one of them Like most barbers here this one has given up on the art of the Barbershop Shaving A Dying Art 1 school left in New Hampshire the New Hampshire Barbers College in Manchester In New Hampshire like in Vermont and most other sUtes barters still have to know how to shave to get a license to practice (Lest a barber be confused with a hairdresser: Barbers go to bartering school and learn among other things how to shave and how to use a straight razor Hairdressers on the other hand go to schools of cosmetology of which there are II in the sUte of New Hampshire and don't learn to shave they learn to manicure That hairdressers shave and barbers don't manicure is what sets the two groups apart) Carman Allitto according to state law must afford his students at least 150 hours of instruction in the which comes to about three shaves a IN CUSTODY A handcuffed Cuban refuge waits to be taken by police after a group of angry refugees took control of the resettlement canter In Fort Chaffee Ark over the weekend More than 1000 overran the center setting fire and faking hostages (UPI Telephoto)" By GEORGIA CROFT Valley Newt Staff Writer CORNISH One of the prestigious Cornish Art Colony nmee was destroyed in a spectacular fire Friday night that was visible for miles on both sides of the Connecticut River Owned by John Drylhaut curator of the Saint-Gaudena National Historical Site the-house was located on a hill above the Saint-Gaudens estate and once was the home of Augustus brother Louis also a sculptor Cornish 'Fin Chief Duane Allen said this morning that the houK and outbuildings wen destroyed in the fin which sent sparks flying into nearby woods starting a small forest fin that firefighters also extinguished Allen said heat from the fin was so intense that an unattached barn bunt into flames because of the heat and was also destroyed Cornish firefighters were called to the scene at 1:37 pm and wfcre assisted by fimfighten from Plainfield and WindMr while Meriden firefighters covered the Cornish Fin Station Allen said the last fin engines left the scene at 1:30 am Saturday No cause has been deter mined but Thomas Norton of the state fin marshal's office was at the scene Friday night and again Saturday sifting through the rubble that remained Allen said he expects the origin will eventually have to be classified as undetermined The fin was first spotted by Michael O'Leary of Lebanon who mw the flames as he was traveling on Route 12A from Lebenon into Plainfield O'Leary Mid he-assumed that finflghten wen at the scene already aince the flames were so visible but he traveled to the site out of curiosity and a friend notified neighbors who in turn notified firefighters The house was vacant at the time the fin broke out Allen Mid But George Tooker of Hartland with whom Dryfhout wm dining nt the time of the fin Mid Dryfhout had taken an extensive tour of the house with relatives shortly before leaving for his dinner engagement and that time Tooker Mid the hone wm originally a Shaker meeting house-rectory located in Enfield and built about 1793 Annette Saint-Gaudens wife of Louis bought the house and had it moved to Cornish in 1903 Tooker Hid "It was carried to Windsor on flatcars and then to Cornish by ox he Mid Tooker said Mrs Saint- Gaudens kept the original frame and fabric of the house but totally redesigned it (Continued on Page I) HISTORIC ET-Ar': i Cuban Riot -Violence FORT CHAFFEE Aik (UPI) A complement of 300 aoidiers from Fort Sill Okla wm dispatched today to the relocation center and 1100 more will be sent within days to help restore order among frustrated Cuban refugeea who battled with military police for several hours Sunday Presidential aide Gene Eiden-berg who arrived at Fort Chaffee early today Hid the federal government now realizes it must use whatever non-lethal force is necessary to keep the refugees under control and on the base grounds The aide uid until the full military reinforcements have arrived National Guardsmen' will be authorized to enter the base and patrol it In addition to the increased security measures Eidenberg Mid 35 refugees who have been identified will be removed immediately from Chaffee will another 100 Yet to be positively identified 1 Authorities Hid most of the 19000 Cubans housed at Fort Chaffee the largest concentration of refugees in the United States had been returned to their quarters by early today Since refugees began arriving at Chaffee May 7 only about 250 have been released Another 2400 who have been cleared ire being held up for lack of transportation to' their new homes or became processing personnel cannot locate them on the sprawling base riot the third 1 incident of violence during the weekend followed an -unsuccessful midday escape attempt by about 300 Cubans Police Mid all those refugees were rounded up but after the evening- meal about 1000 Cubans stormed the main gate Tear gu dispersed many of them but an estimated 300 to 400 more began throwing sticks and rocks One witness Mid state police apparently touched off the shooting Inadvertently of (the refugees) threw something at a highway patrolman and this kind of unleashed Doyle Wesson editor of the Barling Sentinel Mid he wm told by a state police officer patrolmen fired toward the ground and some of the stray pellets Mt the Cubans" Both military police and (Continued on Page I) CUBANS Mil wSfju V-f JO a i STt warms the beard and brings out the natural oils:" That the barber must properly stretch the patron's skin as he shaves the lace That whether he is using a traditional straight razor or one of the new-fangled straight-razor look-alikes which actually takes a disposable chromium blade the barber should use a uwing motion not with not against but acrosa the grain so that whiskers are sliced off guys Jut scrape the beard and end up pulling It Allittosays he encourages his students and the patron of the school who come In daily for nominally priced shaves to keep the barbershop shave alive 1 Maybe his work is paying off There are thoM who would say (Continued on Page!) -SHAVE other nearby buildings afro Mved There were about 90 firefighters on the scene No injuries were reported Route 5 wm dosed to traffic until about am when oneway traffic wm permitted A Norwich pumper and a number of firefighters were still on the scene this morning Cook praised the mutual aid system noting particularly that if it hadn't been for the availability of Hanover's tower truck which enabled the firefighters to throw a stream of water up over the milk room onto the nay bam the situation might have been more serious fire department alone would never have been able to get a fire like this under control1 Cook Mid that while the rest of us were down here Hartford covered Norwich Lebanon covered Hanover and Strafford covered Thetford The mutual aid system really pays off on something like this" Even with six pumpers pulling water from the river Cook Midit took about three' hours before the fire wm under control rain started about 4 am" he noted that helped a little The Norwich fire chief Mid he hu asked to have the state fire marshal's office Investigate the blaze don't think it wm arson" he Mid I want to have the fire marshal check it out" Cows Perish In Norwich Fire week over the nine-month barbering even though most of his graduatM will give their last shave when they take the state'a licensing exam Allitto for hia part manages to get in two or three shaves a week at the school' Just about enough to keep his hand along with hia blade razor sharp a science" he uys me And he goes off on a discourse on the barbershop shave Some of the high points of his lecture are: That the barber must maintain a sharp Blade the first thing' That proper' preparation of the face is a must and that proper preparation of the face includes applying certain cremes hot towels and lather and making sure that there is eof friction between the fingers- and the whiskers "Friction could see them moving around in there through the windowa while we were trying to get the fire under control" Cook explained soon we could get in ourselves we released them" One young calf wm being1 brought back from a field at I am by two neighbor boys They Hid the calf lad run away from the fire after her release and had not been found until the fire wm out and the excitement dial down The rest of herd estimated at about 150 head of registered Holsteins were being loaded onto trucks this morning to be transported to a form in Randolph for milking Philip Gomez of Lebanon sent down a trailer truck to help move the cattle Several neighbors also donated their trucks for transport Firefighters from Norwich Hanover Lyme and Thetford responded to the 1:05 am alarm and at one point Cook Mid six pumpers were drawing water from the Connecticut River Just actoH Route 5 from the Drew farm The Maze apparently started somewhere in the milk mom Cook Mid The farmhouse only 30 feet away from the barn wm not damaged but Cook Mid had some bad moments wondering if we were going to be able to keep the fire away from the house" Three large silos and some r- BARLING Ark (UPI) -About 2000 armed and angry area residents smashed a police car windshield and scuffled with police outside Fort Chaffee during a riot by Cuban refugees Six residents Were arrested for disorderly conduct The angry crowd stretched for half a mile along ArkansM 22 Sunday night from a police blockade outside the base into downtown Barling the community nearest Fort Chaffee "They want to go In and bash heads'" Mid Doyle Wesson editor of the Barling Sentinel He Mid he uw guns among the -crowd aome of whom had been drinking "Why don't you beat on the Cubans Instead of us Ameri- cans?" one shouted "Let them starve to yelled another 1 Authoritiea said one man was arrested when he took a swing at a police officer Another four men and one woman were arrested for refusing to have the area Earlier a group smashed a windshield qf a patrol car but By CLINTON BALLER Valley News SUff Writer the barber kept on shaving'1 Thomas Fielding Not in the Upper "Valley he didn't He quit more than two decades ago when the demand for a barbershop shave about shriveled up and died Oh you can still get a barbershop shave alright You have to do some looking though Most of the barbers around the one's who'vo survived the unisex hairstyling Mian and the NowiHfry layered look don't shave anymore They My there's no defflhnd for it- The barbershop shave is a little art and a little science Old-timers who can remember busy mornings of a dozen or so shaves uy it takes a lot of practice to execute efficiently got to keep your hand in it" they My etae you'll get rusty" It would be too much trouble: They'd have to Uke too much time and charge too much money to make it worthwhile to do that one customer in a month a good enough Job So they quit Without choice and without malice tiny let a good art die There are a few of course who keep their hsnds in the lather but they are few and far between Carman Allitto is one put me down as a man who wants to keep the art of shaving alive" he says Allitto is S3 years old he is a master barber and he hu been practicing the art of shaving for more than 45 years He's been in 1S3J and he currently is an instructor at the only barbering yV- By JANICE AITKEN Valley News Staff Writer POMPANOOSUC About 10 cows died In an extensive Maze that destroyed the milk room and hay barn on Verne Drew's Route 5 dairy farm early this morning Drew who operates one of the biggest dairy farms in the Upper Valiev had a dose call himself Norwich Fire Chief Leonard Cook Hid we got here Drew was in the bam getting Ms cows out" Cook Mid nearly stayed in there too long" Drew wm apparently releasing his milking stock from the stanchions Cook also Mid that the young stock and calves were released from their pens about two hours alter the fire broke out at 1 am Patrolman David Durant sitr ting inside the car wm not hurt and no arrests were made Mid MaJ Bill Young of the Fort Smith police Fort Smith Mayor1 Jack Freeze asked local radio and television stations to urge listeners to stay away from Fort Chaffee but Wesson said that amounted to "an open are demanding to be allowed into the camp They are very unruly" Wesson Mid during the riot He Mid ana residents wen because earlier Sunday a group of about 300 escaped Cubans moved into downtown Barling All of the refugees were rounded up but Sunday night after the evening meal about 1000 refugees again stormed the main gate police kept backing up and allowing them to come out" Wesson Mid of them (refugees) throw something at a highway patrolman and thia kind of unfeariied things A I -AP1 Inside The News- uim BARN DESTROYED- The barn and milk room at Verne Drew's Route 3 farm In Pompanoosuc were raxed by fire early this morning Drew also lost about 20 registered Holsteins In the blaxe The fire closed down Route 3 for about seven hours while six pumpers from four area fire departments poured water from the Connecticut River on the fire (News Janice Aitken) STAYING PUT This cow unharmed by the fire but determined not to leave her barrv refused to respond to the urglngs of firefighters and helpers this morning Instead placidly chewing her cud she watches the post-fire activity at Verne Drew's farm on Route 3 Drew's barn and milk room were destroyed In the early morning blaxe (News photo-Janice Aitken) a.