Page 8-The Journal Opinion-January 13, 1981
Computer age relished in Bradford
BI{AI)F()I{I) tln(lerneath asteroids while at the conl,'ols State Record
and hehind the slalwar! Main
SI Imsiness .'shd)lishments of
vinlage h),,king Bradford
Village. lies the taint beeps
and bnzzers of what some are
hailing as a youlhful part of
tire coming third wave of
civilization- a computer
ga n eroom.
The Bradford Gamer(x,n is
oned by Allen's Western
Auto and managed by Shelley
Biodgett. daughter of Allen
('lements who is the owner of
the Western Auto store which
houses the gameroom in its
basemenl.
l)ave ('lements, filling in as
nmnager while his siste|" is off
on a ski trip h) ('olorado. said
business has been good at the
gameroon since il opened in
October. "Kids have fun down
here." said ('lements between
Ix*eps and various meehanical
noises l'ronl a nearhy "Pac-
Man" machine,
Legions of Aliens
All but four machines in the
ganleroonl are of the com-
puler game variety. These
machines have names like
"Asleroids"-a game at
which you are supposed to be
imagining yourself dodging
of yonr own spaceship, or
"Space lnva(ters '• all odd.
ralher complicaled ga,ne in
which you al Ill(, co,drols are
charg('(l wilh lurllhlg back
legions ot oncoming aliens I)y
l iring l'rom your moval)h'
l)silion behind" moon rocks at
Ihe I)olh.|| of the screen; tile
lwobh, nJs are that the ugly
liltle aliens keep advancing
and they shoot back.
('h,menls said all the
nli1cllmes in the gauler(xHll
('osI 25-cenIs h) play I)ut thai
each game can also be played
in "(Iouhh,s'" or with two
players
The galnertXmi is open
afh, r-sehoo] hours on school
days from 3:IX) to 9:(X) p.m.
and on dtnr(lays from IO:(X)
a.nl. h) 9:(H) pall. ('lements
said so far lhe clientele has
lieen mostly t'rom the nine to
19 age group and that his
sish,r, Shelley Blodgelt, has
I,en running tournaments
wil h the kids who frequent the
g|nl(q'oonl. ('l(:nients says he
I)elieves Ihe con|puler ganlt
"increase lhe development of
eye h) hand coordination," a
handy trail in lhis computer
;|ge.
Ilolder
In lact, one area computer
game enthusiast, Carl Sheldon
of Bradford, recently scort a
Verll|ont slate record on one
.I lhe Bradford Gameroom's
IIlI('llilies. ()n one I)eeenlber
aHernoon, Sheldon stepped up
to the "]'ac-Man" machine,
slipped his quarter into the
s]ol and when his time on the
machine had finally run out he
had compiled a record 216,000
pomls.
The het,r you are at
eonlpllh,r gam( the less you
swn(I because your time in
lhe game ends only when you
lose lo the machine.
Aould-be space travelers
from nol jnsl Bradford. but
Ihe surrounding towns of
Newhury, Fairh,e, Corinth
and l'iermonl have been
pumping their quarters into
the machines sometimes
dropped tiff by morn or dad, or
sonielinles by the schtx)l bus,
said ('lenlenls.
Clements also said many
older people are also playing
the ganier(ioni niachines, but
the purl)ose lhe gameroom is
serving is thai "it gives kids
around here a place Io go."
ILYMPUS
have
The low
that's
packed
features!
• Fully automatic
Ca pertu re- preferred)
35mm SLR compact.
• Automatic "off-the-film"
direct light measurement
system reads the fight that
reaches the film surface
during actual exposure for
accuracy.
• Full-information
viewfinder displa,s.shutter
speed, confirms fully-
charged flash and correct
flash exposure.
• During self-timec
operation camera beeps
and a super bright LED
blinks.
• Part of the OM System
over 300 lenses and
accessories available.
• So little money never
bought so much SLR.
s24
SHOP NUGGET ARCADE
MAIN STREET,
of HAN OVE R ...y.=.=.
. Ten days into Martial Law
(continued from page 1 ) "
very thorough body search Martial Law, phones are cut. in and outside Poland. Since
before boarding the plane. People here-- Poles and Sunday, Dee. 13, there have
People who are leaving are foreigners - rely on radios, been no western newspapers
having their re-entry visas Voice of America, BBC, Radio or news magazines coming
cancelled. A week and a half Free Europe; etc., to keep into Poland. Polish TV with
after the introduction of them up to date on news both military commentators have
I been waging a massive
propaganda campaign at it's
audience. It's principal object
of abuse are the "militants"
who have seized certain in-
i i ," I dustrial concerns --shipyards
in the Baltic Seaports, miners
SATES & SERVICE BAGS g SUPPtlES. in the Industrial heartland of
........... Silesia, and steelworkers in
The Evangelical
Free Church believes:
"In the bodily resurrection of the dead;
of the believer to everlasting blessed-
ness and joy wi'[h the Lord, of the
unbeliever to magment and everlasting
conscious punishment."
Preparation for a future life begins
by an acceptance of Jesus Christ
as personal Savior.
You can hear more about/esus Christ at:
Oradtord Evangelical Free Church
Worship Service I 1:00 Sunday School 9:45
ROUTE 5
i,OWEIt PI,AIN
Bill Wick, M. l, iv., Pastor
....... (802)222-9021 , ,
Katowice. However, the past
couple of days have seen the
TV and radio take very
strident anti-American and
anti-semetic positions.
Weather a Problem
"On top of the fear and
repression, Poles have also
had to contend with the
weather. Pies say there is
more snow on the ground now
than all the snow from the past
two winters combined• The
authorities have rade sure
that the main thoroughfares
have been plowed, but most of
the secondary roads are not,
making it jus t about im-
thle to drive ¢m.
authorities are making it as
difficult as possible for the
civilian population and with
most Poles being denied
gasoline, they are forced to
take the already overcrowded
and overburdened public
transport system. The past
two days have seen scores and
scores of people out in the
streets shovelling snow. Men
with brief cases and women in
high heels have been told by
the authorities that they must
shovel snow. I have seen
thousands of working-age men
ltUIlItIH
" SALE CONTINUED
THROUGH MONTH OF JANUARY
COMPLk'Tl'ROOM tOUqIS.., MANY SEfLI$... All. LOW Nllaml
I kiliPmbled ill a d*¢oroil' world wllembhl thorn . . . wlih tabtlii,
Iompl, ¢toiellOrlil, Clllollty uolilirid thI¢II tn bioIJtliUt fGb/i¢ll.
Chool# o room to mole your holt IGft.,.iUXUrtOUI. ,,on right.
lit' FURNI
and women leaning on shovels
in the past two days.
Christmas Eve
"It's two days before
Christmas and there are
extremely long lines--up to
two hundred yards long--of
people waiting in front of fish
shops, Carp is a traditional
Christmas Eve dish--unlike in
the Anglo-Saxon culture,
Slavic people put more im-
portance on the night of Dec.
24 than Christmas Day it-
self--and Poles are going to
great lengths to get it.
"Visiting a local market
yesterday, I discovered that
the price of one egg cost the
equivelent of one U.S. Dollar
at the official exchange rate.
l,ast year the price of eggs
was one eighth the cost of eggs
today. Needless to say, the
average Pole simply cannot
afford eggs anymore.
Getting Over
The Shock
"Finally, after a week and a
half of Martial Law, Poles are
getting over the shock of being
occupied by their own army.
The imposition of Martial Law
was tm trwift and so brutal that
people now realize that plans
for this type of action had been
in the works for months and
that the heavy hand of the
Kremlin has had a lot to do
with it. Prisons and Hospitals
had been emptied for weeks in
anticipation of having new
occupants. Here, in Warsaw,
there is beginning to be talk of
underground resistance to the
Military Regime. Leaflets and
posters have been seen in the
streets of Warsaw urging the
people, to resist the
authorities.
"Every Pole I have talked to
has said that the best way the
American and the rest of the
free world can help the Polish
People is to immediately
suspend 11 economic--in-
cluding f(od--and financial
aid to Poland and the rest of
the Soviet Bloc. One Polish
friend even went as far as to
say that Americans should
boycott the Geneva talks on
limiting nuclear weapons on
the continent of Europe. He
said a Poland free from Soviet
interference would go far
more towards guaranteeing
the security of Europe than all
of the Amei P.eriahing and
Cruise Missiles combined.
Diamonds,. Emeralds
Rubies
i
g. 00,dtt, zan00
Quolity Jewelers Since 1923
,Woodsville, N. H.
WINTER
OR MORE
OFF
ACCOUNT
WOODSVILLE, N.H. ST. JOHNSBURY, v'r
HOURS
LAUNDRY
SELF-SERVICE
It'S like
having
your
verY own
Laundry
Room!
* Maytag washers and dryers just Iiko a home laundry
room
* Comfortable home-like atmcephere
* Famous Maytag performance and
dependability • LOUNGE AREA
• * CLEAN RESTROOM
* SINK FACILITY
* ENJOY SOOTHING MusIC
WHILE YOU WASH!
• ::-CI
• "
I,,AUNIRONA'i'
Located Next To Tuck Press
On Street Between Woodsville Banks
(
Page 8-The Journal Opinion-January 13, 1981
Computer age relished in Bradford
BI{AI)F()I{I) tln(lerneath asteroids while at the conl,'ols State Record
and hehind the slalwar! Main
SI Imsiness .'shd)lishments of
vinlage h),,king Bradford
Village. lies the taint beeps
and bnzzers of what some are
hailing as a youlhful part of
tire coming third wave of
civilization- a computer
ga n eroom.
The Bradford Gamer(x,n is
oned by Allen's Western
Auto and managed by Shelley
Biodgett. daughter of Allen
('lements who is the owner of
the Western Auto store which
houses the gameroom in its
basemenl.
l)ave ('lements, filling in as
nmnager while his siste|" is off
on a ski trip h) ('olorado. said
business has been good at the
gameroon since il opened in
October. "Kids have fun down
here." said ('lements between
Ix*eps and various meehanical
noises l'ronl a nearhy "Pac-
Man" machine,
Legions of Aliens
All but four machines in the
ganleroonl are of the com-
puler game variety. These
machines have names like
"Asleroids"-a game at
which you are supposed to be
imagining yourself dodging
of yonr own spaceship, or
"Space lnva(ters '• all odd.
ralher complicaled ga,ne in
which you al Ill(, co,drols are
charg('(l wilh lurllhlg back
legions ot oncoming aliens I)y
l iring l'rom your moval)h'
l)silion behind" moon rocks at
Ihe I)olh.|| of the screen; tile
lwobh, nJs are that the ugly
liltle aliens keep advancing
and they shoot back.
('h,menls said all the
nli1cllmes in the gauler(xHll
('osI 25-cenIs h) play I)ut thai
each game can also be played
in "(Iouhh,s'" or with two
players
The galnertXmi is open
afh, r-sehoo] hours on school
days from 3:IX) to 9:(X) p.m.
and on dtnr(lays from IO:(X)
a.nl. h) 9:(H) pall. ('lements
said so far lhe clientele has
lieen mostly t'rom the nine to
19 age group and that his
sish,r, Shelley Blodgelt, has
I,en running tournaments
wil h the kids who frequent the
g|nl(q'oonl. ('l(:nients says he
I)elieves Ihe con|puler ganlt
"increase lhe development of
eye h) hand coordination," a
handy trail in lhis computer
;|ge.
Ilolder
In lact, one area computer
game enthusiast, Carl Sheldon
of Bradford, recently scort a
Verll|ont slate record on one
.I lhe Bradford Gameroom's
IIlI('llilies. ()n one I)eeenlber
aHernoon, Sheldon stepped up
to the "]'ac-Man" machine,
slipped his quarter into the
s]ol and when his time on the
machine had finally run out he
had compiled a record 216,000
pomls.
The het,r you are at
eonlpllh,r gam( the less you
swn(I because your time in
lhe game ends only when you
lose lo the machine.
Aould-be space travelers
from nol jnsl Bradford. but
Ihe surrounding towns of
Newhury, Fairh,e, Corinth
and l'iermonl have been
pumping their quarters into
the machines sometimes
dropped tiff by morn or dad, or
sonielinles by the schtx)l bus,
said ('lenlenls.
Clements also said many
older people are also playing
the ganier(ioni niachines, but
the purl)ose lhe gameroom is
serving is thai "it gives kids
around here a place Io go."
ILYMPUS
have
The low
that's
packed
features!
• Fully automatic
Ca pertu re- preferred)
35mm SLR compact.
• Automatic "off-the-film"
direct light measurement
system reads the fight that
reaches the film surface
during actual exposure for
accuracy.
• Full-information
viewfinder displa,s.shutter
speed, confirms fully-
charged flash and correct
flash exposure.
• During self-timec
operation camera beeps
and a super bright LED
blinks.
• Part of the OM System
over 300 lenses and
accessories available.
• So little money never
bought so much SLR.
s24
SHOP NUGGET ARCADE
MAIN STREET,
of HAN OVE R ...y.=.=.
. Ten days into Martial Law
(continued from page 1 ) "
very thorough body search Martial Law, phones are cut. in and outside Poland. Since
before boarding the plane. People here-- Poles and Sunday, Dee. 13, there have
People who are leaving are foreigners - rely on radios, been no western newspapers
having their re-entry visas Voice of America, BBC, Radio or news magazines coming
cancelled. A week and a half Free Europe; etc., to keep into Poland. Polish TV with
after the introduction of them up to date on news both military commentators have
I been waging a massive
propaganda campaign at it's
audience. It's principal object
of abuse are the "militants"
who have seized certain in-
i i ," I dustrial concerns --shipyards
in the Baltic Seaports, miners
SATES & SERVICE BAGS g SUPPtlES. in the Industrial heartland of
........... Silesia, and steelworkers in
The Evangelical
Free Church believes:
"In the bodily resurrection of the dead;
of the believer to everlasting blessed-
ness and joy wi'[h the Lord, of the
unbeliever to magment and everlasting
conscious punishment."
Preparation for a future life begins
by an acceptance of Jesus Christ
as personal Savior.
You can hear more about/esus Christ at:
Oradtord Evangelical Free Church
Worship Service I 1:00 Sunday School 9:45
ROUTE 5
i,OWEIt PI,AIN
Bill Wick, M. l, iv., Pastor
....... (802)222-9021 , ,
Katowice. However, the past
couple of days have seen the
TV and radio take very
strident anti-American and
anti-semetic positions.
Weather a Problem
"On top of the fear and
repression, Poles have also
had to contend with the
weather. Pies say there is
more snow on the ground now
than all the snow from the past
two winters combined• The
authorities have rade sure
that the main thoroughfares
have been plowed, but most of
the secondary roads are not,
making it jus t about im-
thle to drive ¢m.
authorities are making it as
difficult as possible for the
civilian population and with
most Poles being denied
gasoline, they are forced to
take the already overcrowded
and overburdened public
transport system. The past
two days have seen scores and
scores of people out in the
streets shovelling snow. Men
with brief cases and women in
high heels have been told by
the authorities that they must
shovel snow. I have seen
thousands of working-age men
ltUIlItIH
" SALE CONTINUED
THROUGH MONTH OF JANUARY
COMPLk'Tl'ROOM tOUqIS.., MANY SEfLI$... All. LOW Nllaml
I kiliPmbled ill a d*¢oroil' world wllembhl thorn . . . wlih tabtlii,
Iompl, ¢toiellOrlil, Clllollty uolilirid thI¢II tn bioIJtliUt fGb/i¢ll.
Chool# o room to mole your holt IGft.,.iUXUrtOUI. ,,on right.
lit' FURNI
and women leaning on shovels
in the past two days.
Christmas Eve
"It's two days before
Christmas and there are
extremely long lines--up to
two hundred yards long--of
people waiting in front of fish
shops, Carp is a traditional
Christmas Eve dish--unlike in
the Anglo-Saxon culture,
Slavic people put more im-
portance on the night of Dec.
24 than Christmas Day it-
self--and Poles are going to
great lengths to get it.
"Visiting a local market
yesterday, I discovered that
the price of one egg cost the
equivelent of one U.S. Dollar
at the official exchange rate.
l,ast year the price of eggs
was one eighth the cost of eggs
today. Needless to say, the
average Pole simply cannot
afford eggs anymore.
Getting Over
The Shock
"Finally, after a week and a
half of Martial Law, Poles are
getting over the shock of being
occupied by their own army.
The imposition of Martial Law
was tm trwift and so brutal that
people now realize that plans
for this type of action had been
in the works for months and
that the heavy hand of the
Kremlin has had a lot to do
with it. Prisons and Hospitals
had been emptied for weeks in
anticipation of having new
occupants. Here, in Warsaw,
there is beginning to be talk of
underground resistance to the
Military Regime. Leaflets and
posters have been seen in the
streets of Warsaw urging the
people, to resist the
authorities.
"Every Pole I have talked to
has said that the best way the
American and the rest of the
free world can help the Polish
People is to immediately
suspend 11 economic--in-
cluding f(od--and financial
aid to Poland and the rest of
the Soviet Bloc. One Polish
friend even went as far as to
say that Americans should
boycott the Geneva talks on
limiting nuclear weapons on
the continent of Europe. He
said a Poland free from Soviet
interference would go far
more towards guaranteeing
the security of Europe than all
of the Amei P.eriahing and
Cruise Missiles combined.
Diamonds,. Emeralds
Rubies
i
g. 00,dtt, zan00
Quolity Jewelers Since 1923
,Woodsville, N. H.
WINTER
OR MORE
OFF
ACCOUNT
WOODSVILLE, N.H. ST. JOHNSBURY, v'r
HOURS
LAUNDRY
SELF-SERVICE
It'S like
having
your
verY own
Laundry
Room!
* Maytag washers and dryers just Iiko a home laundry
room
* Comfortable home-like atmcephere
* Famous Maytag performance and
dependability • LOUNGE AREA
• * CLEAN RESTROOM
* SINK FACILITY
* ENJOY SOOTHING MusIC
WHILE YOU WASH!
• ::-CI
• "
I,,AUNIRONA'i'
Located Next To Tuck Press
On Street Between Woodsville Banks
(
