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Serving Over 48 Communities in Northern New
Hampshire and Vermont
June 10, 1981
big needs
ern NoH.
J. -"One of the biggest con-
can- cerns right now for our area,"
Hampshire he added, "is tourism. I don't
District 2, think we can afford to cut back
smaller on the Office of Tourism. It is
and more one of the few places where
the dollars we spend are
needs of returned many times over,"
he added in an interview in
this newspaper's offices.
Cryans is running against
Republican Mrs. Andrew
Poulsen in a special election
June 23. Mrs. Poulsen was
appointed to fill out the
remainder of the current term
of her late husband, who had
served several terms in the
Senate. The District 2 seat has
always been held by a
Republican.
; The 30-year-old Cryans, who
- lives in Bethlehem and is a
mortgage loan officer at the
Saver's Bank in Littleton, said
government largely takes
care of people at both ends of
the income spectrum--the
poor and the wealthy, but
"We've sort of forgotten the
guy in the middle who's
working and making an in-
come."
High mortgage interest
kTE'--Miehael rates have priced most
Dentocratic middle-income people out of
the housing market, he said,
n special and urged a renewal of the
2 seat New Hampshire Housing
Senate. program which expired
recently after helping some
can be 1,200 state residents buy
our way of homes at a comparatively low
: that because 9 per cent mortgage rate.
scenery it Cryans also said he feared
have in- that the area's economic
told the problems, including high
) advocating energy costs in a cold climate,
clean in- may force mahy':slilletl
• ca. (please turn to page S)
hikes insurance share
'E.Selectmen Selectmen" also said the
In increase town will pay the Rosario
premiums Martin family to hook onto the
employees Pike water system because of
even damage to their well that is
a apparently due to road runoff.
town did The selectmen heard a
higher complaint from Joanna Van
Norden about the dump on
the Mill Street and Selectman
share of Chairman Richard Kinder
le Shield said the owner bad agreed to
post signs to prevent dumping.
now Police will enforce it, he ad-
payments dud.
Xbow's
Medicaid jeopardized
Grafton Commissioners warn
of big property tax hikes
N. HAVERHILL--Grafton county taxpayers, the corn- enacted in its present form, Children {AFDC). This
County Commissioners, missioners said in a letter, the $54.6 million for ICF will proposal was put off when the
preparing for a public hearing The federal funds, totaling be borne by county taxpayers House passed the one per cent
next Monday on a 1982 budget some $32 million, would have rather than $10.g million under payroll tax," the corn-
of more than $6 million, have to be returned because federal the current plan," the corn- missioners said.
warned that state property law requires states to fund at missioners added. "Should the Senate overturn
taxpayers face a minimum 150 least $16 of every $100 in costs. "This plainly means that the the payroll tax and bring forth
per cent increase in county "The net effect of this non- entire Medicaid program in the 25 per cent AFDC charge,
budgets if a bill under con- compliance will mean that the the State of New Hampshire is an additional burden to the
sideration in the New Ham- ICF (intermediate care in jeopardy," the letter added, county taxpayer would be
pshire legislature is enacted, facilities) costs to the county The commissioners also imposed. The exact
The bill now before the Senate taxpayer would be then in- warned of another major magnitude of this additional
Finance Committee.would cut creased 500 per cent," the potential added burden on charge on the county taxpayer
the state's share of payments commissionersaid, county taxpayers. "A is not known because the
for Medicaid intermediate Currently, the federal proposal was prepared to bill financial figures are not now
care facilities in half to $10, government pays $60 of every the counties and available," they added.
resulting in the loss of federal $100 in ICF costs, with the municipalities for 25 per cent The proposed 1982 Grafton
funds and placing the full state paying $20 and the of the cost of the Aid to County budget totals
burden of the program on counties $20, but if the bill is Families with Dependent (pleaseturntopugeS)
NEW ASSIGNMENT--Weodsvtlle native Vice Admiral William H. Rowden has
been assigned by the U.S. Navy as commander 9f the Sixth Fleet.
Native commands
Navy's Sixth Fleet
WASHINGTON--Secretary of 1952. Upon graduation he was graduate School in Monterey,
Defense Caspar W. Wein- assigned to the gunnery Calif., where he earned a
berger announced May 21 the department of USS Yarnell Bachelor of Science Degree in
reassignment of Vice Admiral . (DD 541), operating in support ordnance engineering in 1961.
William H. Rowden, U.S. of UN actions in Korea. A tour as commanding officer,
Navy, as Commander SIXTH In late 1954 he became USS Bauer (DE 1025) BRADFORD--The Oxbow
Fleet. Vice Admiral Rowden executive officer of USS followed. He was deployed in School Beard's new policy on
is presently serving as Deputy Cormorant (MSC 122) and Bauer in the South China Sea competition between school
Chief of Operations (Surface took command in December at the beginning of the Navy's vocational programs and local
Warfare), Office of the Chief 1955, sailing Cormorant to involvement in the Vietnam businesses received first
of Naval Operations. Sasebo0 Japan, in January, conflict, reading June 4 despite ob-
Born May 12, 1930, in 1956. He remained as corn- From 1965 to 1967 he was jections of a Bradford
Woodsville, Vice Admiral manding officer for 18 months, assigned as personal aide to greenhouse operator.
Rowden is the son of Mrs. Following a tour in the Commander in Chief Pacific, Earl Welch, owner of
Kathleen G. and the late Bureau of Naval Personnel as Admiral U.S.G. Sharp. After Shearer's Greenhouse, called
Henry T. Rowden of Ryegate. an enlisted detailer, he served study at the Armed Forces the policy statement "wor-
He graduated from Wells as executive officer in USS Staff College in Norfolk, Va., thless" because it doesn't
River High School in 1948 and Luster (DE 1022). In 1959, he he commanded USS Lynde spell out responsibility for
the U.S. Naval Academy in attended the U.S. Naval Post- (please turn to page 5)
PLANNING AUCTION--Members of Bradford's
Association of Business People discuss plans for
auction to be held July 9 in connection with Sum-
merfest '81 Crafts Fair. Auctioneers Graham and
Chris BLake (at head of table) and their staff will
donate their services to auction oil new merchandise
offered by Bradford merchants plus some qualified
used articles placed by indlviduals for consignment
sale. Auction will begin at U a.m. July 9, first day of
three-day Summerfest Fair. The auction will include
many hundreds of items of a broad selection of new
merchandise, which will be picked up from merchants
the day before the sale and auctioned in the order it is
received. Consignment used goods from other in-
dlviauals willbe sold at intervals during the sale.
Anyone wishing to place items in the auction may
the auctioneers at 222-5569.
Competition policy gets reading by Oxbow board
seeing that specific provisions in all high school vocational Director Russell Havilland
are carried out. programs. ,has said students need the
The policy states that "The
Board recognizes that con-
ducting these vocational
activities in a manner which
produces 'real' experience for
the students sometimes
results in competition with
local businesses. This com-
petition, however, should be
minimized to the degree
possible without sacrificing
the primary educational
purposes of the program."
The policy statement is to
iris are state qUSlllllH receive a sec°nd reading at
L l next month's meeting.
g Welch, who serves on
Oxbow's Natural Resources
Advisory Committee dealing
on the TinaDavidson, with forestry and agriculture
possibly the class of the State derella" team Windsor Yellow knowledgeable fans attending Humphrey mound Janine Teeter,
of Vermont. They earned the Jackets, 9-0, and the latter the game. throwing aspirin size pitches; Angle Dobbins, Wendy Wook, as well as greenhouse
and former by blasting "Cin- was voiced by many With standout hurler Pam offensive strengthprovidedby Marsha Carbee and Hum- operations, said he believed
phrey; and a defense that there should he a statewide
played errorless ball policy prohibiting competition
He said such competition
represents unfair competition
to businesses because school
vocational operations are
subsidized by tax dollars.
Oxbow Vocational Cente/
experience of actual business
operations to prepare them for
employment. He said the
Oxbow greenhouse will gross
approximately $3,000 for the
1980-81 year.
Fairlee school bond approved
FAIRLEE--School district actual spending this year.
voters have narrowly ap- The new budget will raise
proved a $50,000 bond issue for the school tax rate to $11 from
leman, Angle Dobbins,
terfielder.
shortstop
and Kris
throughout the two-week
tournament climb, the
Olympians were not to be
denied.
Getting to the finals was
harder than the finale.
Against Winooski last
Tuesday, Oxbow fell behind 3-
0 going into the top of the sixth
inning, garnering only one hit
along the way. The lead was
cut to 3-2 on walks to Carbee
and Dobbins and singles by
Humphrey and Kris Herman.
Still 'down by one the Olym-
pians exploded for four runs
and a berth in last Saturday's
Championship game.
The rally started quietly.
Wendy Cook grounded from
first to third. One out. Hollie
' Royston popped to the third
baseman. Two out, none on.
Carbee worked the pitcher to a
full count, and walked for the
third time of the game.
Dobbins kept the game going
with a single to left, and a
clutch single by Humphrey
tied the score. Another single
by Teeter brought in the
winning tally and insurance
runs were provided by a
double by steady Annette
Brooks.
Paul Munn, the Oxbow
coach, felt "this was the key
game for us. The kids never
quit. They wanted it, and they
went out in the last two innings
and got it. They're winners
• and now they know it.
The game against Windsor
Herman, ten- was almost over before it
(please turn to page 7)
TROPHy... - ....... ...... :
Pant ,-- liolding the Class II Championship try_ hY
untPhrey, pitcher, Marsha Carbee, third
wall and roof insulation
Fairlee Elementary School,
and there is some speculation
the vote may be challenged.
The bend issue passed by onlk'
a single vote, 44-43.
Voters have also approved'a
at $9.70.
William Baade won the
school board position vacated
by Mary Cuthbertson by a
vote of 33-25 over Joe Meader
at the annual school district
meeting June 2. John Larson
$302,362 school budget for 1981- ran uncontested for the board
82, representing increases of position vacated by Orange
12 per cent over the current County Sen. Alan Avery.
budget and 4.5 per cent over
Fierce storm lashes Newbury, Haverhill
A sudden storm with tor- down behind the building hail appeared likely to break
nade-like winds, hail and housing the Post Office and them, and the school went
clark as the electricity failed.
torrents of rain whipped
through Newbury and on
across the river to Haverhill
last Thursday, uprooting
several large trees and
causing a rash of electric
power outages.
Heaviest damage was in the
area of the Newbury common,,
where a large tree was blown
P ....
Witnesses described hail
stones as big as a thumb.
Charles Barnes said the only
worst storm he had ever
witnessed was a hurricane.
Areas to the north and south
of the Newbury-Haverhill line
were largely spared, except
for some torrential downpours
to the north.
town office, causing damage
to the roof. Other trees fell
across power lines and into
yards, damaging lawns and
gardens.
Teachers at Newbury
Elementary School hurriedly
called their students to the
front of the room away from
the windows as wind, rain and
;" ...........
STORM VICTIM--Large tree was felled by brief lint violent storm in Newlmry.
Scene is at edge of common behind town clerk-post office building.
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Serving Over 48 Communities in Northern New
Hampshire and Vermont
June 10, 1981
big needs
ern NoH.
J. -"One of the biggest con-
can- cerns right now for our area,"
Hampshire he added, "is tourism. I don't
District 2, think we can afford to cut back
smaller on the Office of Tourism. It is
and more one of the few places where
the dollars we spend are
needs of returned many times over,"
he added in an interview in
this newspaper's offices.
Cryans is running against
Republican Mrs. Andrew
Poulsen in a special election
June 23. Mrs. Poulsen was
appointed to fill out the
remainder of the current term
of her late husband, who had
served several terms in the
Senate. The District 2 seat has
always been held by a
Republican.
; The 30-year-old Cryans, who
- lives in Bethlehem and is a
mortgage loan officer at the
Saver's Bank in Littleton, said
government largely takes
care of people at both ends of
the income spectrum--the
poor and the wealthy, but
"We've sort of forgotten the
guy in the middle who's
working and making an in-
come."
High mortgage interest
kTE'--Miehael rates have priced most
Dentocratic middle-income people out of
the housing market, he said,
n special and urged a renewal of the
2 seat New Hampshire Housing
Senate. program which expired
recently after helping some
can be 1,200 state residents buy
our way of homes at a comparatively low
: that because 9 per cent mortgage rate.
scenery it Cryans also said he feared
have in- that the area's economic
told the problems, including high
) advocating energy costs in a cold climate,
clean in- may force mahy':slilletl
• ca. (please turn to page S)
hikes insurance share
'E.Selectmen Selectmen" also said the
In increase town will pay the Rosario
premiums Martin family to hook onto the
employees Pike water system because of
even damage to their well that is
a apparently due to road runoff.
town did The selectmen heard a
higher complaint from Joanna Van
Norden about the dump on
the Mill Street and Selectman
share of Chairman Richard Kinder
le Shield said the owner bad agreed to
post signs to prevent dumping.
now Police will enforce it, he ad-
payments dud.
Xbow's
Medicaid jeopardized
Grafton Commissioners warn
of big property tax hikes
N. HAVERHILL--Grafton county taxpayers, the corn- enacted in its present form, Children {AFDC). This
County Commissioners, missioners said in a letter, the $54.6 million for ICF will proposal was put off when the
preparing for a public hearing The federal funds, totaling be borne by county taxpayers House passed the one per cent
next Monday on a 1982 budget some $32 million, would have rather than $10.g million under payroll tax," the corn-
of more than $6 million, have to be returned because federal the current plan," the corn- missioners said.
warned that state property law requires states to fund at missioners added. "Should the Senate overturn
taxpayers face a minimum 150 least $16 of every $100 in costs. "This plainly means that the the payroll tax and bring forth
per cent increase in county "The net effect of this non- entire Medicaid program in the 25 per cent AFDC charge,
budgets if a bill under con- compliance will mean that the the State of New Hampshire is an additional burden to the
sideration in the New Ham- ICF (intermediate care in jeopardy," the letter added, county taxpayer would be
pshire legislature is enacted, facilities) costs to the county The commissioners also imposed. The exact
The bill now before the Senate taxpayer would be then in- warned of another major magnitude of this additional
Finance Committee.would cut creased 500 per cent," the potential added burden on charge on the county taxpayer
the state's share of payments commissionersaid, county taxpayers. "A is not known because the
for Medicaid intermediate Currently, the federal proposal was prepared to bill financial figures are not now
care facilities in half to $10, government pays $60 of every the counties and available," they added.
resulting in the loss of federal $100 in ICF costs, with the municipalities for 25 per cent The proposed 1982 Grafton
funds and placing the full state paying $20 and the of the cost of the Aid to County budget totals
burden of the program on counties $20, but if the bill is Families with Dependent (pleaseturntopugeS)
NEW ASSIGNMENT--Weodsvtlle native Vice Admiral William H. Rowden has
been assigned by the U.S. Navy as commander 9f the Sixth Fleet.
Native commands
Navy's Sixth Fleet
WASHINGTON--Secretary of 1952. Upon graduation he was graduate School in Monterey,
Defense Caspar W. Wein- assigned to the gunnery Calif., where he earned a
berger announced May 21 the department of USS Yarnell Bachelor of Science Degree in
reassignment of Vice Admiral . (DD 541), operating in support ordnance engineering in 1961.
William H. Rowden, U.S. of UN actions in Korea. A tour as commanding officer,
Navy, as Commander SIXTH In late 1954 he became USS Bauer (DE 1025) BRADFORD--The Oxbow
Fleet. Vice Admiral Rowden executive officer of USS followed. He was deployed in School Beard's new policy on
is presently serving as Deputy Cormorant (MSC 122) and Bauer in the South China Sea competition between school
Chief of Operations (Surface took command in December at the beginning of the Navy's vocational programs and local
Warfare), Office of the Chief 1955, sailing Cormorant to involvement in the Vietnam businesses received first
of Naval Operations. Sasebo0 Japan, in January, conflict, reading June 4 despite ob-
Born May 12, 1930, in 1956. He remained as corn- From 1965 to 1967 he was jections of a Bradford
Woodsville, Vice Admiral manding officer for 18 months, assigned as personal aide to greenhouse operator.
Rowden is the son of Mrs. Following a tour in the Commander in Chief Pacific, Earl Welch, owner of
Kathleen G. and the late Bureau of Naval Personnel as Admiral U.S.G. Sharp. After Shearer's Greenhouse, called
Henry T. Rowden of Ryegate. an enlisted detailer, he served study at the Armed Forces the policy statement "wor-
He graduated from Wells as executive officer in USS Staff College in Norfolk, Va., thless" because it doesn't
River High School in 1948 and Luster (DE 1022). In 1959, he he commanded USS Lynde spell out responsibility for
the U.S. Naval Academy in attended the U.S. Naval Post- (please turn to page 5)
PLANNING AUCTION--Members of Bradford's
Association of Business People discuss plans for
auction to be held July 9 in connection with Sum-
merfest '81 Crafts Fair. Auctioneers Graham and
Chris BLake (at head of table) and their staff will
donate their services to auction oil new merchandise
offered by Bradford merchants plus some qualified
used articles placed by indlviduals for consignment
sale. Auction will begin at U a.m. July 9, first day of
three-day Summerfest Fair. The auction will include
many hundreds of items of a broad selection of new
merchandise, which will be picked up from merchants
the day before the sale and auctioned in the order it is
received. Consignment used goods from other in-
dlviauals willbe sold at intervals during the sale.
Anyone wishing to place items in the auction may
the auctioneers at 222-5569.
Competition policy gets reading by Oxbow board
seeing that specific provisions in all high school vocational Director Russell Havilland
are carried out. programs. ,has said students need the
The policy states that "The
Board recognizes that con-
ducting these vocational
activities in a manner which
produces 'real' experience for
the students sometimes
results in competition with
local businesses. This com-
petition, however, should be
minimized to the degree
possible without sacrificing
the primary educational
purposes of the program."
The policy statement is to
iris are state qUSlllllH receive a sec°nd reading at
L l next month's meeting.
g Welch, who serves on
Oxbow's Natural Resources
Advisory Committee dealing
on the TinaDavidson, with forestry and agriculture
possibly the class of the State derella" team Windsor Yellow knowledgeable fans attending Humphrey mound Janine Teeter,
of Vermont. They earned the Jackets, 9-0, and the latter the game. throwing aspirin size pitches; Angle Dobbins, Wendy Wook, as well as greenhouse
and former by blasting "Cin- was voiced by many With standout hurler Pam offensive strengthprovidedby Marsha Carbee and Hum- operations, said he believed
phrey; and a defense that there should he a statewide
played errorless ball policy prohibiting competition
He said such competition
represents unfair competition
to businesses because school
vocational operations are
subsidized by tax dollars.
Oxbow Vocational Cente/
experience of actual business
operations to prepare them for
employment. He said the
Oxbow greenhouse will gross
approximately $3,000 for the
1980-81 year.
Fairlee school bond approved
FAIRLEE--School district actual spending this year.
voters have narrowly ap- The new budget will raise
proved a $50,000 bond issue for the school tax rate to $11 from
leman, Angle Dobbins,
terfielder.
shortstop
and Kris
throughout the two-week
tournament climb, the
Olympians were not to be
denied.
Getting to the finals was
harder than the finale.
Against Winooski last
Tuesday, Oxbow fell behind 3-
0 going into the top of the sixth
inning, garnering only one hit
along the way. The lead was
cut to 3-2 on walks to Carbee
and Dobbins and singles by
Humphrey and Kris Herman.
Still 'down by one the Olym-
pians exploded for four runs
and a berth in last Saturday's
Championship game.
The rally started quietly.
Wendy Cook grounded from
first to third. One out. Hollie
' Royston popped to the third
baseman. Two out, none on.
Carbee worked the pitcher to a
full count, and walked for the
third time of the game.
Dobbins kept the game going
with a single to left, and a
clutch single by Humphrey
tied the score. Another single
by Teeter brought in the
winning tally and insurance
runs were provided by a
double by steady Annette
Brooks.
Paul Munn, the Oxbow
coach, felt "this was the key
game for us. The kids never
quit. They wanted it, and they
went out in the last two innings
and got it. They're winners
• and now they know it.
The game against Windsor
Herman, ten- was almost over before it
(please turn to page 7)
TROPHy... - ....... ...... :
Pant ,-- liolding the Class II Championship try_ hY
untPhrey, pitcher, Marsha Carbee, third
wall and roof insulation
Fairlee Elementary School,
and there is some speculation
the vote may be challenged.
The bend issue passed by onlk'
a single vote, 44-43.
Voters have also approved'a
at $9.70.
William Baade won the
school board position vacated
by Mary Cuthbertson by a
vote of 33-25 over Joe Meader
at the annual school district
meeting June 2. John Larson
$302,362 school budget for 1981- ran uncontested for the board
82, representing increases of position vacated by Orange
12 per cent over the current County Sen. Alan Avery.
budget and 4.5 per cent over
Fierce storm lashes Newbury, Haverhill
A sudden storm with tor- down behind the building hail appeared likely to break
nade-like winds, hail and housing the Post Office and them, and the school went
clark as the electricity failed.
torrents of rain whipped
through Newbury and on
across the river to Haverhill
last Thursday, uprooting
several large trees and
causing a rash of electric
power outages.
Heaviest damage was in the
area of the Newbury common,,
where a large tree was blown
P ....
Witnesses described hail
stones as big as a thumb.
Charles Barnes said the only
worst storm he had ever
witnessed was a hurricane.
Areas to the north and south
of the Newbury-Haverhill line
were largely spared, except
for some torrential downpours
to the north.
town office, causing damage
to the roof. Other trees fell
across power lines and into
yards, damaging lawns and
gardens.
Teachers at Newbury
Elementary School hurriedly
called their students to the
front of the room away from
the windows as wind, rain and
;" ...........
STORM VICTIM--Large tree was felled by brief lint violent storm in Newlmry.
Scene is at edge of common behind town clerk-post office building.
