o the sky
ose magnificent women in their machines
first woman to pilot her own Harriet Quimby and other World War I, Oakes spent 8 balloon--was Mary H. Myers women's involvement, and to shoot and swim, all of which
months tracking down women at Little Falls, N.Y., in 1880. records were set each step of were considered masculine
aircraft across the English early female aviators have
Channel. A spunky, deter- been a little-known chapter in
mined, dark-eyed beauty, the annals of flight.
Harriet Quimby captured the That is one oversight that
admiration of men and women Claudia Oakes, assistant
alike in the early 1900s• She curator of aeronautics at the
was America's darling as she Smithsonian's National Air
looped and whirled through and Space Museum, hopes to
the air wearing a plum-rectify• While doing the
colored satin flying suit• research for a book, U.S.
Yet, the daring exploits of Women in Aviation through
'Rita C. Bobowsid
News Service
about pioneers of
and certain names
ly leap to mind: the
Jimmy
Charles Lindbergh,
'--the first
States to
license and the
m
@
_o
!
Z
e-
l
t-
O
E
aviation pioneers who made
headlines and heads turn
during the early days of flight.
Oakes' interest in early
aviation goes hack a long way,
even before her employment
at the Smithsonian in 1969.
"My father, who was born in
1905, told me of seeing a
demonstration in rural
Tennessee of what was
probably a Curtiss Pusher
when he was 6 or 7 years old,"
she says. That image, coupled
with her fascination with
things Edwardian, eventually
led her to research and record
the role of early women
aviators.
"When aviation was in its
infancy," Oakes says, "it was
considered radical for a
woman to involve herself in
any aspect, be it pilot,
passenger or even promoter."
But in spite of all the ob-
stacles-family, friends,
training, funds, equip-
ment-women wanted to fly,
and fly they did.
The first American woman
to pilot her own aircraft--a
Mrs. Myers, later billed
professionally as "Carlotta,
the Lady Aeronaut," became
known throughout the Nor-
theast for her ballooning skills
and was often hired to per-
form at festivals. In 1886, she
established a new world
altitude record of 4 miles in a
balloon filled with natural gas
instead of hydrogen--a record
even more astonishing
because she did it without
using oxygen equipment.
In the early 1900s, women
graduated from balloons to
airplanes. They were willing
passengers in the new-fangled
flying machines, though the
flights were such rarities that
they were treated as hard
news. The June 20, 1911,
edition of the Detroit Free
Press carried a front-page
account of women who,
without a trace of fear in their
walk, climbed into planes and
flew as passengers at the 1911
Detroit Air Meet. The headline
proclaimed "Three Detroit
Women Venture in Biplane."
As aviation grew, so too did
Harriet Quimby (left) made aviation history in the
early 1900s as the first woman in the United States to
hold a pilot's license and the first woman to pilot her
own aircraft across the English Channel.
the way. Georgia "Tiny"
Broadwick became the first
women to parachute from an
airplane over Griffith Park in
Los Angeles; Lillian Todd, of
New York City, the first
woman to design her own
aircraft, and Julia Clark, the
first U.S. woman killed in an
airplane crash, in 1912 at the
Illinois State Fair in
Springfield.
"If any one thing can set
these women apart, it would
be their independence,"
Oakes says. "These women
were leading unusual lives
even before getting into
aviation."
Take Blanche Scott, hired
by the Willys Overland
Company to drive an Overland
car from New York to San
Francisco as a publicity stunt,
thus becoming the first
woman to drive coast-to-coast
by automobile. While passing
through Dayton, Ohio, she
learned of the existence of the
Wright School and became
interested in flying. Later that
same year, 1910, she became
the first American woman to
solo.
Or consider Bessica Raiche
of Beloit, Wisc. Bessica was
indeed a modern woman--for
one thing, she wore bloomers.
She also drove a car and liked
endeavors. But what really set
her home town buzzing was
the French husband she
brought back from an over-
seas trip.
Bessica also began flying in
1910, but lost out to Blanche
Scott as the first woman to
solo. With her husband she
later formed the French-
American Aeroplane Com-
pany, designing and building
her own airplanes. Never one
to be content with traditional
"woman's work," Bessica
returned to school to study
medicine after her retirement
from aviation and became a
practicing physician.
Harriet Quimby was a well-
known journalist of the day
and a drama critic for Leslie's
Weekly, a popular magazine.
The uncertainty surrounding
her past (Harriet let on that
she was born into a wealthy
California family while
evidence indicates that she
was the daughter of a
Michigan farmer) added to
the mystique.
"Harriet was very am-
bitious and very determined,"
Oakes says. "She used her
imagination to help her get
ahead, inventing, for exam-
ple, a more prominent
background to promote
• (please turn to page 8A)
Aviation pioneer Blanche Scott thrilled spectators
round the country in the early 1900s with her aerial
maneuvers. Scott, the first woman in the United
States to make a solo airplane flight, is shown in the
cockpit of her plane.
mtw NOUin'P'S#ON
VIIIMOlil
I, Number 15
.Serving Over 48 Communities in Northern New Hampshire and Vermont
August 5, 1981
Bminem as usual
Clin,'00h River... a white elephant
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- When Reactor. per cent over the original restricted nature of the Tens- ground that should he filled
ill
This is a sturdy cart that
will hold more than 5 cubic
feet of whatever you must
transport. Use it to tote
leaves, soil, debris, firewood;
large wheels let it move
easily.
Start the project by
assembling the bin, which
consists of parts 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Best procedure is to assemble
the sides to the back, then add
the bottom and finally, the
front. Use waterproof glue and
8d galvanized box nails for all
joints.
Next, shape the axle blocks
and attach them to the bin
with glue and two %" x 3"
carriage bolts. Use a fiat
washer and then a lock washer
under the nut. The bushings
suggested will be available
from a machine shoo supply
store. If you wish to eliminate
them, drill holes through the
blocks to suit the axle
diameter, but make the blocks
of maple or a similar tough
wood and coat the hole with
grease before placing the
axle.
The legs (part No. 8) will not
{please turn to page 4A)
',, /
it finally appeared that
Congress was going to
seriously cut federal spending
and reduce inflation, it
resorted instead to business as
usual tactics by passing
massive public work projects,
which wilt cost the taxpayers
close to $10 billion.
This week the House of
Representatives abandoned
its responsibility as a budget
cutter and inflation fighter by
approving continued funding
in 1982 for two Tennessee
projects -- the Clinch River
Breeder Reactor and the
Tennessee Tombigbee
Waterway. I strongly opposed
both projects.
It is an unfortunate set of
In the words of Dr. Edward
Teller, the father of the atom,
a leader in nuclear develop-
ment, and a strong supporter
of nuclear power, "Clinch
River is technically obsolete,
and its small scale and large
cost make it throughly in-
consistent with badly needed
economy in government."
A project of even greater
financial fraud is the Ten-
nessee Tombighee Waterway,
a canal to link Tennessee and
the Tomhigbee Rivers to the
Gulf of Mexico.
Considered one of the most
wasteful projects in our
nation's history, the cost of
Tenn-Tom has increased 1000
estimates made ten years ago.
According to a General
Accounting Office (GAO)
report, the 1969 cost estimates
of the project made by the
Corps of Engineers was $230
million. As of 1980, the GAO
predicts completion costs to
he $3 billion. And that's
conservative !
Of even greater significance
are reports that the massive
project is an obsolete tran-
sportation alternative and will
have little to show for our
invested money.
Navigationally, the deep
channel of the paralleling
Mississippi River is much
preferred to the extremely
Tom. Consequently, it has not and not with water.
yet been determined who will The bottom line on the
use the waterway and for what Clinch River Breeder and the
purposes. Tennessee Tombigbee Canal
The Tenn-Tom canal, at its is that these are classic pork
inception, might have been a barrel programs which un-
workable project, justifiably bleed the taxpayer
Nonetheless, with recently and which fly in the face of
developed rail transport and current public demands for
the preferred use of the Ohio rigorous budget cutting.
or Mississippi Rivers, where In light of cutbacks in social
20-40 barge tows are utilized services, education and other
rather than 6-8 barge tows in federally administered
the Term-Tom, continuation of programs, I cannot justify
the project is absurd, continued government sup-
The Tenn-Tom canal con- port of these projects and
tinues as a federal work deeply regret the action which
project which incumbent Congress has taken.
congressmen use to get re- EDITOR'S NOTE: Seepage 4
elected. It is a bole in the of Journal Opinion"
circumstances when, in this ----._
)g;f bUyngtuesaUoterit n --1 al O "l" O jl --
sidize gold plated boon- neffatta set In Llttleton
doggies In continuing these
projects, the federal gover- LITTLETONrge aegal -,,,, ,=:: ............. ,:: ,:::,:,: ..... ,,,:,:i" , ....
nment isartificallY supporting of Automotive Supply "- .... :::,--. i: ilJ > .:"'' ":: =:"': ::
and subsidizing projec • Associates bas announced that ...... .: 'mhhTlk -i : .... *:.
which, on their own merits, Sanel Auto Parts, Inc., in Jm,, q|;i , ...... .=: . ..... '! " ........
cannotandshouldnotsurviv.e, cooperation with C'.mmpion ...... :::=: ' ............ '
The Clinch River Breeder. Spark Plugs will be spen- ..... "" " . "
Reactor, a truly white soring the Grand Prix " .... t', U • Iflk - ----
elephant, enjoys the dubious Division If, Canadian- qIJil[I &; .....
distinction of presently run- American Open Invitational I [] S [] m m :
ning at a 600 per cent cost as part of this year's 1981N. H. ::I [ 1 [] lm
overrun. _ Chrysler-Dodge International l
The exverimontal breeder Regatta .... " L : ::--:-- ...........
reactor, which has been on the It will be held Sept. 12-13 on o; ........ ............... :'.:'
drawing board since1970, will Moore Dam on Rte. 18 in . .... ............ ::::,: .... ....... : .............. ::i.
cost the taxpayer $3 billion Littleton. ......... ........ ........ ' .................. " .............
before it is completed over The feature race will be the " SPEEDSTER--Boats llke this will compete in Canadian-American regatta on
seven times its original Grand National World Moore Dam in IAttleton Sept, 12-13,
GARDEN CART estimated cost of $422 million Championship sponsed by
in 1972. During the same TonderCorporation. laterdate. ......
For more information on the HAS A FRIEND TOLD YOU
schedule of events and special " "
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x 2½ x 30 lumber
l" diameter dowel x 26"
1'/ x 3½ x 6 hardwood
¼xlx26
• lurnlnum or steel bar stock
l 6" diameter wheels
" x Y cme txs w/flat
washer, lock waM'ner and nut
" x 2" carrta Ix w/flt
, lock washer and nuts
suit outside diameter o( axle
The length of part #3 nd the
' heist d part #4 ere oemze
so ¢m1t se can be judged
on ossenl.
period, private utilities'
participation in the project
has declined from 61 per cent
to 9 per cent. In other words,
Congress is going to scruff off
91 per cent of the project's
costs to already angry tax-
payers. This, to me, is
unacceptable.
Consequently, this close to
total government subsidy of
the Clinch River project is
entirely incompatible with our
free market approach to
energy. Over the past months,
Congress has taken the
position that energy
development and com-
merdalization projects should
be primarily a private sector
responsibility. Other federal
energy subsidies have been
significantly terminated --
with the indigestible exception
of the Clinch River Breeder
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Racers from across the
United States and Canada are
expected to attend this year's
event to compete for world
records and $20,000 in prize
money.
Other special events will
include the U. S. Navy Band
for both days, a water ski
show and several other at-
tractions to be announced at a
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an exercise program to im-
prove cardiovascular fitness,
the Heart Association
suggests that you check with
your doctor. Many physicians
recommend a stress test or
give patients an exercise
prescription tailored to in-
dividual needs.
write Littleton Area Chamber
of Commerce, P. O. Box 105,
Littleton N. H. 03561, or call
(603) 444-6561.
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o the sky
ose magnificent women in their machines
first woman to pilot her own Harriet Quimby and other World War I, Oakes spent 8 balloon--was Mary H. Myers women's involvement, and to shoot and swim, all of which
months tracking down women at Little Falls, N.Y., in 1880. records were set each step of were considered masculine
aircraft across the English early female aviators have
Channel. A spunky, deter- been a little-known chapter in
mined, dark-eyed beauty, the annals of flight.
Harriet Quimby captured the That is one oversight that
admiration of men and women Claudia Oakes, assistant
alike in the early 1900s• She curator of aeronautics at the
was America's darling as she Smithsonian's National Air
looped and whirled through and Space Museum, hopes to
the air wearing a plum-rectify• While doing the
colored satin flying suit• research for a book, U.S.
Yet, the daring exploits of Women in Aviation through
'Rita C. Bobowsid
News Service
about pioneers of
and certain names
ly leap to mind: the
Jimmy
Charles Lindbergh,
'--the first
States to
license and the
m
@
_o
!
Z
e-
l
t-
O
E
aviation pioneers who made
headlines and heads turn
during the early days of flight.
Oakes' interest in early
aviation goes hack a long way,
even before her employment
at the Smithsonian in 1969.
"My father, who was born in
1905, told me of seeing a
demonstration in rural
Tennessee of what was
probably a Curtiss Pusher
when he was 6 or 7 years old,"
she says. That image, coupled
with her fascination with
things Edwardian, eventually
led her to research and record
the role of early women
aviators.
"When aviation was in its
infancy," Oakes says, "it was
considered radical for a
woman to involve herself in
any aspect, be it pilot,
passenger or even promoter."
But in spite of all the ob-
stacles-family, friends,
training, funds, equip-
ment-women wanted to fly,
and fly they did.
The first American woman
to pilot her own aircraft--a
Mrs. Myers, later billed
professionally as "Carlotta,
the Lady Aeronaut," became
known throughout the Nor-
theast for her ballooning skills
and was often hired to per-
form at festivals. In 1886, she
established a new world
altitude record of 4 miles in a
balloon filled with natural gas
instead of hydrogen--a record
even more astonishing
because she did it without
using oxygen equipment.
In the early 1900s, women
graduated from balloons to
airplanes. They were willing
passengers in the new-fangled
flying machines, though the
flights were such rarities that
they were treated as hard
news. The June 20, 1911,
edition of the Detroit Free
Press carried a front-page
account of women who,
without a trace of fear in their
walk, climbed into planes and
flew as passengers at the 1911
Detroit Air Meet. The headline
proclaimed "Three Detroit
Women Venture in Biplane."
As aviation grew, so too did
Harriet Quimby (left) made aviation history in the
early 1900s as the first woman in the United States to
hold a pilot's license and the first woman to pilot her
own aircraft across the English Channel.
the way. Georgia "Tiny"
Broadwick became the first
women to parachute from an
airplane over Griffith Park in
Los Angeles; Lillian Todd, of
New York City, the first
woman to design her own
aircraft, and Julia Clark, the
first U.S. woman killed in an
airplane crash, in 1912 at the
Illinois State Fair in
Springfield.
"If any one thing can set
these women apart, it would
be their independence,"
Oakes says. "These women
were leading unusual lives
even before getting into
aviation."
Take Blanche Scott, hired
by the Willys Overland
Company to drive an Overland
car from New York to San
Francisco as a publicity stunt,
thus becoming the first
woman to drive coast-to-coast
by automobile. While passing
through Dayton, Ohio, she
learned of the existence of the
Wright School and became
interested in flying. Later that
same year, 1910, she became
the first American woman to
solo.
Or consider Bessica Raiche
of Beloit, Wisc. Bessica was
indeed a modern woman--for
one thing, she wore bloomers.
She also drove a car and liked
endeavors. But what really set
her home town buzzing was
the French husband she
brought back from an over-
seas trip.
Bessica also began flying in
1910, but lost out to Blanche
Scott as the first woman to
solo. With her husband she
later formed the French-
American Aeroplane Com-
pany, designing and building
her own airplanes. Never one
to be content with traditional
"woman's work," Bessica
returned to school to study
medicine after her retirement
from aviation and became a
practicing physician.
Harriet Quimby was a well-
known journalist of the day
and a drama critic for Leslie's
Weekly, a popular magazine.
The uncertainty surrounding
her past (Harriet let on that
she was born into a wealthy
California family while
evidence indicates that she
was the daughter of a
Michigan farmer) added to
the mystique.
"Harriet was very am-
bitious and very determined,"
Oakes says. "She used her
imagination to help her get
ahead, inventing, for exam-
ple, a more prominent
background to promote
• (please turn to page 8A)
Aviation pioneer Blanche Scott thrilled spectators
round the country in the early 1900s with her aerial
maneuvers. Scott, the first woman in the United
States to make a solo airplane flight, is shown in the
cockpit of her plane.
mtw NOUin'P'S#ON
VIIIMOlil
I, Number 15
.Serving Over 48 Communities in Northern New Hampshire and Vermont
August 5, 1981
Bminem as usual
Clin,'00h River... a white elephant
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- When Reactor. per cent over the original restricted nature of the Tens- ground that should he filled
ill
This is a sturdy cart that
will hold more than 5 cubic
feet of whatever you must
transport. Use it to tote
leaves, soil, debris, firewood;
large wheels let it move
easily.
Start the project by
assembling the bin, which
consists of parts 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Best procedure is to assemble
the sides to the back, then add
the bottom and finally, the
front. Use waterproof glue and
8d galvanized box nails for all
joints.
Next, shape the axle blocks
and attach them to the bin
with glue and two %" x 3"
carriage bolts. Use a fiat
washer and then a lock washer
under the nut. The bushings
suggested will be available
from a machine shoo supply
store. If you wish to eliminate
them, drill holes through the
blocks to suit the axle
diameter, but make the blocks
of maple or a similar tough
wood and coat the hole with
grease before placing the
axle.
The legs (part No. 8) will not
{please turn to page 4A)
',, /
it finally appeared that
Congress was going to
seriously cut federal spending
and reduce inflation, it
resorted instead to business as
usual tactics by passing
massive public work projects,
which wilt cost the taxpayers
close to $10 billion.
This week the House of
Representatives abandoned
its responsibility as a budget
cutter and inflation fighter by
approving continued funding
in 1982 for two Tennessee
projects -- the Clinch River
Breeder Reactor and the
Tennessee Tombigbee
Waterway. I strongly opposed
both projects.
It is an unfortunate set of
In the words of Dr. Edward
Teller, the father of the atom,
a leader in nuclear develop-
ment, and a strong supporter
of nuclear power, "Clinch
River is technically obsolete,
and its small scale and large
cost make it throughly in-
consistent with badly needed
economy in government."
A project of even greater
financial fraud is the Ten-
nessee Tombighee Waterway,
a canal to link Tennessee and
the Tomhigbee Rivers to the
Gulf of Mexico.
Considered one of the most
wasteful projects in our
nation's history, the cost of
Tenn-Tom has increased 1000
estimates made ten years ago.
According to a General
Accounting Office (GAO)
report, the 1969 cost estimates
of the project made by the
Corps of Engineers was $230
million. As of 1980, the GAO
predicts completion costs to
he $3 billion. And that's
conservative !
Of even greater significance
are reports that the massive
project is an obsolete tran-
sportation alternative and will
have little to show for our
invested money.
Navigationally, the deep
channel of the paralleling
Mississippi River is much
preferred to the extremely
Tom. Consequently, it has not and not with water.
yet been determined who will The bottom line on the
use the waterway and for what Clinch River Breeder and the
purposes. Tennessee Tombigbee Canal
The Tenn-Tom canal, at its is that these are classic pork
inception, might have been a barrel programs which un-
workable project, justifiably bleed the taxpayer
Nonetheless, with recently and which fly in the face of
developed rail transport and current public demands for
the preferred use of the Ohio rigorous budget cutting.
or Mississippi Rivers, where In light of cutbacks in social
20-40 barge tows are utilized services, education and other
rather than 6-8 barge tows in federally administered
the Term-Tom, continuation of programs, I cannot justify
the project is absurd, continued government sup-
The Tenn-Tom canal con- port of these projects and
tinues as a federal work deeply regret the action which
project which incumbent Congress has taken.
congressmen use to get re- EDITOR'S NOTE: Seepage 4
elected. It is a bole in the of Journal Opinion"
circumstances when, in this ----._
)g;f bUyngtuesaUoterit n --1 al O "l" O jl --
sidize gold plated boon- neffatta set In Llttleton
doggies In continuing these
projects, the federal gover- LITTLETONrge aegal -,,,, ,=:: ............. ,:: ,:::,:,: ..... ,,,:,:i" , ....
nment isartificallY supporting of Automotive Supply "- .... :::,--. i: ilJ > .:"'' ":: =:"': ::
and subsidizing projec • Associates bas announced that ...... .: 'mhhTlk -i : .... *:.
which, on their own merits, Sanel Auto Parts, Inc., in Jm,, q|;i , ...... .=: . ..... '! " ........
cannotandshouldnotsurviv.e, cooperation with C'.mmpion ...... :::=: ' ............ '
The Clinch River Breeder. Spark Plugs will be spen- ..... "" " . "
Reactor, a truly white soring the Grand Prix " .... t', U • Iflk - ----
elephant, enjoys the dubious Division If, Canadian- qIJil[I &; .....
distinction of presently run- American Open Invitational I [] S [] m m :
ning at a 600 per cent cost as part of this year's 1981N. H. ::I [ 1 [] lm
overrun. _ Chrysler-Dodge International l
The exverimontal breeder Regatta .... " L : ::--:-- ...........
reactor, which has been on the It will be held Sept. 12-13 on o; ........ ............... :'.:'
drawing board since1970, will Moore Dam on Rte. 18 in . .... ............ ::::,: .... ....... : .............. ::i.
cost the taxpayer $3 billion Littleton. ......... ........ ........ ' .................. " .............
before it is completed over The feature race will be the " SPEEDSTER--Boats llke this will compete in Canadian-American regatta on
seven times its original Grand National World Moore Dam in IAttleton Sept, 12-13,
GARDEN CART estimated cost of $422 million Championship sponsed by
in 1972. During the same TonderCorporation. laterdate. ......
For more information on the HAS A FRIEND TOLD YOU
schedule of events and special " "
discount advance tickets,
ENERGY SHIELD SYSTEMS,
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#tcdels I.iet
I 2pc.
2 I l:X:.
3 Ipc.
4 Ipc.
5 2 lS.
6 Ipc.
7 2 pcs.
8 2 pcs.
9 2pcs.
this size, .• I
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Opinion I
$5.00 '
A Complete Enero Company
For infonaation, kek i tte
Business t or (802) 439-5700.
x 12 x 36 exterior
x 12x 26½ exterio iNy.xxxl
x 20½ x 30 exterior phood
x 16 x 20½ ¢xtedor plywood
x 2½ x 30 lumber
l" diameter dowel x 26"
1'/ x 3½ x 6 hardwood
¼xlx26
• lurnlnum or steel bar stock
l 6" diameter wheels
" x Y cme txs w/flat
washer, lock waM'ner and nut
" x 2" carrta Ix w/flt
, lock washer and nuts
suit outside diameter o( axle
The length of part #3 nd the
' heist d part #4 ere oemze
so ¢m1t se can be judged
on ossenl.
period, private utilities'
participation in the project
has declined from 61 per cent
to 9 per cent. In other words,
Congress is going to scruff off
91 per cent of the project's
costs to already angry tax-
payers. This, to me, is
unacceptable.
Consequently, this close to
total government subsidy of
the Clinch River project is
entirely incompatible with our
free market approach to
energy. Over the past months,
Congress has taken the
position that energy
development and com-
merdalization projects should
be primarily a private sector
responsibility. Other federal
energy subsidies have been
significantly terminated --
with the indigestible exception
of the Clinch River Breeder
OLD TOY8, DOLLS
Furniture of aH kinds, antiques, anything old
TOP PRICE8 PAID
trill VILLAGE 'I'|AD||
Tel. (802) 157-2716 Sam Kaiser
Jet. Rt. 302 & Rt. S Wells R,er, Vt.
Racers from across the
United States and Canada are
expected to attend this year's
event to compete for world
records and $20,000 in prize
money.
Other special events will
include the U. S. Navy Band
for both days, a water ski
show and several other at-
tractions to be announced at a
WEEKEND WARRIOR
If you are planning to start
an exercise program to im-
prove cardiovascular fitness,
the Heart Association
suggests that you check with
your doctor. Many physicians
recommend a stress test or
give patients an exercise
prescription tailored to in-
dividual needs.
write Littleton Area Chamber
of Commerce, P. O. Box 105,
Littleton N. H. 03561, or call
(603) 444-6561.
PAINTING
We do complete exterior
scraping and painting
Call Fortunatl Brothers
802-439-6179
Authorized
VOLKSWAGEN
AUDI--MAZDA
Sales & Service
CROSSWAY MOTORS
Barre-Montpelier Rd.
802.222-.$434 , ,
WEST FAIRLEE CENTER CHURCH
MIDDLE BROOK ROAD
SUNDAY
August 9--7:30 PM Rev. Edgar Jackson
Lunch is now being served on the deck of BONNIE OAKS
overlooking Lake Morey...
• .. SOME FRIEND
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
RON
Your ad, this size, on page 1
of the Second Opinion
is only $10.00
REST" n NEST 00MPGROUND .....
We accommodate all kinds of campers including
on-sitecamper rentals.
V4 Mile off 1-91 at Exit 14
E. Thetford, Vt., 802.785.2997
