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Teaching the value of work
Many of the federal social
programs now being slashed by the
Reagan Administration haven't
fulfilled their promise and thus
deserve to be cut. The CETA
(Comprehensive Employment and
Tralnin Act) program is no ex-
ception. This program has been
abused in so many ways over the
years that it does not deserve to exist.
Unless of course, it is properly
directed by local supervisors who are
not a part of the bureaucratic
structure.
The program was designed to give
on-the-job experience and a modest
paycheck to those willing to work in
areas where jobs, particularly at the
entry level, are hard to find.
Such an opportunity was given to 45
Grafton County youths, including 15 in
Woodsville, in a CETA Summer
Youth Employment Program, as
outlined in the Journal, last
most of it.
"The kids really work," said Tim
Whalen, who directed the recent job
project. They performed such tasks
as maintenance work at Woodsville
High School, helped run an area
recreation program for children,
learned secretarial skills at Cottage
Hospital, and other tasks.
They earned every penny of the
$3.35 per hour minimum wage they
received. Workers in the program had
to have clearance from school
guidance counselors on the basis of
need.
In addition to specific skills picked
up on the job, these young people also
learned the value of good work habits
and responsibility on the job.
These are jobs which ordinarily
would not have been available in such
areas as the Woodsville job market,
which Whalen termed "lousy."
From where we sit, ny program.
that encourages people tO work anddo
a good
spent.
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Lettersto the Editor New town police department
Hospital is sensitive to needs is reconnnended in
To the Editor: showed the same caring and
On July 1, 1981 my mother, concern to my mother. It was BRADFORD--The Town of law enforcement services possible from the day to day
Lolabel Hood, was admittedto also nice not to feel talked Bradford's Police Committee available to the Town of running of a police depart-
the hospital for surgery and down to. has recommended that the Bradford. Most noticeable of merit.
was placed on the eighth floor. Quite frankly, I was sur- town establish a two-man these are the State Police who The committee feels that
She had to stay for the entire prised that the staff of such a police department at an an- have recently signed a lease, qualified experienced people
month and received excellent
care.
I am writing to express my
gratitude to the staff of the
Mary Hitchcok Memorial
Hospital for the care and kind
consideration that was shown
to my mother and to me. I
especially wish to thank the
nursing staff on the eighth
floor and in the Intensive Care
Unit. They took the time to
explain to me what was
happening and why. They
large hospital was so sensitive
to the personal needs of the
patient, and even beyond that,
to the needs of the patient's
family. I am so used to being
treated like a number in
places where a lot of people
are served at one time. This
was not the case at Mary
Hitchcock Memorial Hospital.
I send my most sincere and
heartfelt thanks.
Allen Hood
Hanover, N.H.
Burton supports Ru 112 project
BATH--Executive Councilor Mountain National Forests.
Ray Burton has asked Gov. The funds would be used for
Hugh Gallon to support a upgrading and widening of
$799,000 highway ira-this much-used road. This
provement project for Rte. money is available through
112. the 1982 Public Lands High-
"It has come to my attention way Funds," Burton wrote to
that the New Hampshire Gallen.
Department of Public Works "I am writing to ask you to
and Highways has applied for support this much-needed
$799,000 for improvements on work on this road. It is used
New Hampshire Route 112 not only by tourists but by
which runs betweon North people going to and from work
Woodstock and Bath, New in the Haverhill and Lincoln-
Hampshire. Much of this route Woodstock areas," Burton
goes through the White added.
Historic survey
LYME--During the next
several weeks, the Upper
Valley -- Lake Sunapee
Council will conduct a survey
of historic structures in Lyme.
The survey team consists of
David Jescavage, historic
planner with the Council, and
two summer interns, John
Erdmann of S. Royalton and
Kevin Coburn of Montpelier.
The team is working with
Lyme selectmen, planning
board, and Conservation
Commission members.
The Town of Lyme contains
many old structures
possessing a colorful history.
Recent population growth
pressures may ,challenge the
Town's resources and once
historic features are gone,
they cannot be replaced.
Old buildings may often be
used for alternative uses more
cheaply demolishing them and
building new ones
The survey provides an
is set/n Lyme
ventory for inclusion in a
Lyme Comprehensive Plan; a
list of buildings which could he
preserved by economic
development activities; and
an inventory of a vital
resource to he considered
when reviewing development
proposals.
No individual will be
required to take any action
regarding this survey. The
result will be a list for the town
to use as its residents see fit.
For further information,
contact David Jescavage at
the Council office, 314
National Bank Building,
Lebanon, N.H. 03766, or
telephone (603) 448-1680.
BITS & PIECES
A woman and her teenage
daughter were watching a
typical, romantic movie of the
Thirties on TV. After it had
nual cost of $44,250, plus
$12,000 in initial "set-up"
costs, and create a police
commission to oversee it.
"The committee recom-
mends that if we have a police
department that it be an
adequate one, rather than a
'make-do' one," said the
report to town selectmen. It
proposed putting the police
department into operation
next year.
The committee, made up of
members appointed by the
selectmen, also noted that
Bradford Village had ex-
pressed interest in contracting
with the town for additional
coverage to back up its one-
man police department.
The committee said the
costs of a town police
department along lines of its
recommendations would
result in a tax rate of 28 cents
per $I00 of appraised
valuation for the first year,
meaning a tax of $28 for the
year for a resident with
property appraised at $I0,000
up to $280 for a resident with
property appraised at
$1oo,0oo.
The full text of the report
follows:
POLICE COMMITTEE
REPORT
There are presently three
Lake Morey
group meets
FAIRLEE--The Lake Morey
Protective Association held its
annual meeting July 18, at
Bonnie Oaks. The officers for
the coming year are President
Margaret Dwinell; Vice
President Richard Finn;
Secretary-Treasurer Mary
McCleskey.
New directors elected were
William Pierce, James South-
worth, Nancy Bonneville,
William Freetz.
It was voted to donate $100
each to the Fairlee Fire
Department and Fairlee
Public Library.
There was a moment of
silence in respect for two
deceased members, Howard
future growth of the Town.
The survey is divided into
four phases: a "windshield
survey" to find potential
structures; a detailed ar-
chitectural survey of each
structure; a compilation of
survey data with Lyme's
history; publication of an
Historic Resource Survey
,Report to be turned over to
Lyme residents.
The benefits to Lyme will
include a listing of structures
appropriate for National valuable:
Register nomination; an in- pie!
realize that two n
always he able
calls
in general
adequate size for
uual clih Wil and Eth Dllon.
rrlkt mo inSm: as
of those days did, the daughter secretary-treasurer and was
turned to her mother and said,
"Gee, Morn, your movies
ended where ours begin."
QUOTES
Practice does not make
perfect; perfect practice
makes perfect.
Vince Lombardi
BITS & PIECES
Anything scarce is
praise, for exam-
Bicentennial and Century Farms in Thetford
Arthur Palmer's ancestor in their house, such as a now Frederick P. (also known Emily, who lived here in the p. and Benjamin, who came
from Danbury, N. H. in 1867.
They raised Morgan horses,
oxen, and sheep, then shifted
to dairy cattle. Edward
bought out his brother, then
the farm descended to his son
Frederick and grandson
Edward, who took over in
1961. Ed Clay had cattle
originally, but now just eleven
sheep. He says the best crop
on the farm has always been
stones.
There was only one family
that ever owned this farm
before the Clays, and that was
the Gilletts. Samuel Gillett
and his family were among
the first settlers of Thetford.
Samuel was one of the first
selectmen of the town and one
of the founders of the first
church, but his name suddenly
disappeared from town
records at the time of the
Revolution. He was a Tory and
fled to Nova Scotia, never to
return. His property in
Thetford was confiscated,
probably by his neighbor
Timothy Bartholemew, under
authority from the state.
However, Samuel's son Simon
did not share his father's
political views, and joined the
Continental Army. When
Simon finally returned after
the war he discovered that
two-thirds of the family farm
had been sold. With the help of
two freed slaves who returned
with him, he was able to earn
money to buy back some of the
lost land. Simon's son Joseph
and grandson Joseph con-
tinued on the farm, then the
second Joseph sold it to the
Clays in 1867. The Clays have
since bought hack most of the
remainder of the original
Gillett farm.
Nearby is Tory Hollow,
where some of the Tories are
said to have hidden before
escaping to Canada. Ed Clay
says that on his farm there
as Sonny).
Mr. Howard says that his
father graduated from high
school in 1893 and wanted to he
an architect, but couldn't
afford the schooling. He
stayed on the farm and helped
his father (Roger) pay off
debts on the farm. His mother
had died @hen he was in his
early teens, so the father and
son kept house for themselves
for 15 years or so, until the son
Timothy Bartholemew bought record of sale of right-of-way
in 1769 the land that includes to the railroad in 1847, and
his present farm, Lot No. 33 Arthur's great-great-
from the original right of grandfather Hazen Bartlett's
David Barber. Timothy contract towork as a bowman
moved to Thetford about 1772 for the Connecticut River
from Connecticut. Old family Valley Steam-Boat Company
papers say that Timothy was in 1832. Also, old deeds show
noted for his intellect and sales of part of the farm's land
piety and often served his to Abijah Howard for slate
:: town in public office, also as a quarries.
, surveyor. During the The Palmers' original
Revolution he was appointed barn was on the same side of
by the state to sell confiscated the road as the house. Some of
TorypropertyinThetfordand its timbers were used in
several nearby towns (in- building the present barn in
cluding the land that is now the late 1890's. Labor for
Edward Clay's). Old tales also building the second barn cost
tell of Timothysinglehandedly a total of $550. How times
grappling with and killing a change!
bear that had invaded his
ii sheepfold. At the age of 80 he Fred Howard farm. 1777
' was so vigorous that he could According to Fred
still spring from the ground Howard, Jr., his ancestor
. into his saddle. Abijah came from Con-
. After Timothy's death in necticut to Thetford in the
1831 his farm passed to earlyyears of settlement, but
/. Timothy, Jr., then to his sister had to return downcountry
.' Abigail, who had married because of sickness. He came
: Joseph Hosford. They lived in hack in 1775. In 1777 he built a
the little house on the property sawmill near the District No. 2
'" known as the "Red House." schoolhouse. The earliest, deed
:::i Other heirs owning the larger we can find was written in
:!'house were Harriet Brown and 1782, confirming an earlier
L her husband John, whodeeded deed which had been "con-
. it to Henry Palmer in 1872. sumed by fire" and evidently
L Henry's wife Lucy was a never recorded. Abijah
/) granddaughter of Abigail earned his living by farming
Hosford. and by operating the mill, but
i; . Henry and Lucy had lived lost his life in 1618 by falling
m Pontiac, Illinois for a through the floor of the mill.
number of years, but they His son Abijah continued
didn't like it there, par- the mill and the farm. In the
ticularly because the water next generation, his son
didn't tastelikehome.Soafte? Ichabod Truman Howard
several visits home to Ver- divided the farm around 1850,
...... mont they returned to stay, the northern half going to a
around 1867. They lived in the daughter and eventually out of
Red House until Henry bought the family, although it now
the Barthelemew farm in 1872. has been bought back.
Succeeding genarations on the Truman kept the southern half
farm have been Arthur B. and movedthere, constructing
Palmer, A. Maxwell, and now buildings in the present
Arthur F. location. Succeeding
The Palmers have found generations on the farm have
sorts of old family papers been Roger, Frederick T., and
stone house until about 1963.
She lived to be 101 years old,
dying about 1974.
In 1976 the place was
deeded tp Helen Huggett, a
connection of the family who
has lived here most of her life.
She and her husband George
took care of the place for
many years and it was willed
to them by Emily. Helen's son
later lived in the stone house.
The farmland on the place
is rented to Vaughan Farms.
Helen has recently retired
from working at Gray's
auctions for 33 years.
Latham place, 1802
Arthur Latham of Lyme
bought his property in
Thetford in 1802, but it was not
the permanent home of the
family until his son William
Harris Latham moved here in
1827. After William Harris's
death in 1868, the farmland
was sold, but his daughter
Azuba Latham Barney
retained the house, which was
owned by her daughter, Lucy
Latham Barnet Mott from
1875 to 1940. From 1880 to 1910
it was known as the Murfey
house, being occupied by a
Latham cousin, William L.
Murfey.
The Latham house is now
the summer home of Charles
Latham, another descendant
of Arthur and William. He
teaches history at Episcopal
Academy in Philadelphia and
wrote A Short llistory of
Thetford, Vermont in 1972, as
well as compiling the Thetford
map showing 1858 and 1960
owners of residences (copy
posted in town clerk's office).
The Latham house was
built 200 or more years ago,
probably in the 1770's.
was married. After all those
years of bachelor
housekeeping, the two men
had to spend two months
plastering and painting to get
the house into shape for a
woman to move into. One day
the town lister came and
knocked at the front door.
When the doorknob came off
in his hands he stepped back
and one of the steps collapsed
under him and he landed in a
heap. He just laughed about it,
but nowadays probably
somebody would have gotten
sued.
Emily Child place, 1788
William Child, a
Revolutionary soldier from
Lyme, came to Thetford in
1788, having bought the
original rights' of David
Carver, Roswell Phelps, and
David Hosford. His property
included Child's Pond, a
natural curiosity which has no
visible inlet or outlet. It lies
less than 200 feet from the
Connecticut River and 150 feet
above it. As the soil un-
derlying the pond is composed
of quicksand, it is a wonder
that the pond hasn't disap-
peared into the river.
The Child farm passed
from William to his son Bela,
then through Bela's heirs to
his son William H. Child. Of
William's children, Jonathan, Edward Clay farm, 1867
Mary and Emily, the last The first Clays on this
survivor on the place was farm were brothers Edward
presented with a pottery bowl
in appreciation for her efforts
for the association.
The following new members
were welcomed into the
association; Mr. and Mrs.
Anthony Rescigno, Mr: and
Mrs. Allan Moats, Miss Helen
Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce
Durgin, Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Weaver, Mr. and Mrs. John
Scott.
The annual summer car-
nival will be held Aug. 22, with
a rain date of Aug. 23, at the
Low cottages.
Richard Allen spoke on
water saving devices and
James Colligan reported on
the success of the Aqua Net he
installed last year to control
weeds. James Morgan and
Erice Smeltzer reported on
the study of the lake project
and the various monitoring
devices installed this year.
WHEN FIRE STRIKES
If you suspect fire and the
door is NOT hot, open it
cautiously. Brace your
shoulder against it and keep
your head away from the
opening. Open it slightly.., be
ready to slam it shut if heat
and smoke rush in.
used to be three dugouts for
protection in case of Indian
attack.
Nobody knows how old the
oldest barn on the place is, but
it was there before the Clays
came, and it has hand-hewed
timbers. The old St. Lawrence
apple tree was there before
the Clays came, too, and it is
still bearing.
Robert Bacon place, 1882
This land was deeded to
Robert Bacon's great-
grandfather, Paschal Slack, in
1882, by Reuben Phillips. It
passed next to his wife Mary,
then to their granddaughter
Katie Goulett Bacon, thence to
Katie's children, whose shares
were deeded to Robert Bacon
in 1966.
Mr. Bacon says that the
place originally had 45 acres,
but when Interstate 91 was
built it went right through the
middle of his land, leaving 13
acres with the house and the
rest on the other side of the
road, landlocked. Mr. Bacon is
a teacher at Thetford
Academy.
The Bacon farm was
originally part of the Wilmott
property, and there is still
land nearby belonging to
Wilmott descendants who live
elsewhere.
effective 1 September 1981, to
operate a cluster office on the
second floor of the Academy
Building. The five or six of-
ficers serving this area will be
doing their paperwork and
interviewing people here. This
affords a certain amount of
presence on the streets as
their cars will be parked in the
center of town. It will also
mean that a higher per-
centage of their time will he
spent in Bradford. A call for
assistance will have a better
chance of being answered
quickly.
The Orange County Sheriff's
Department offers some
services in the area, but
generally these have been
purchased by the Town or
Village. In the summer and
fall of 1960 the Selectmen
contracted for their services
on a one night per week basis
on response to several com-
plaints of vandalism. The
Selectmen discontinued this
service as it did not seem to
offer a good solution for the
cost involved.
The Village of Bradford is
presently employing one man
who both patrols the street
and has a phone in his home to
answer calls when he is not in
uniform. He presently does
not leave the Village limits
unless he is asked to respond
to a major emergency or to
back up an officer's call for
assistance. The Trustees of
the Village have expressed an
interest in adding another part
time officer and purchasing a
vehicle and would be willing to
contract with the Town for
coverage.
The committee reviewed the
above services and the kind of
incidents that have occurred
in the last eighteen months
and decided that if the Town
should vote for a police
department it wou)d have the
following functions.
A) Patrolling the Town.
On a random basis to patrol
all the roads paying attention
to closed houses and being
alert to any unusual incidents.
B) Respond to Calls from
Townspeople
Dispatching can be
arranged with the State Police
to cover thoae.mA,l'*an
officer is on duty.
Arrangements will also be
made for backup between
town officers.
C) Fire Assistance
A patrolman will respond to
all fires and emergency calls
within the Town to assist with
traffic control.
D) Traffic Control
Occasionally traffic gets
quite conjested around Main
and Federal streets and an
officer would he expected to
direct traffic during the peak
hours.
E) Visibility.
It is the feeling of the
committee that having a
uniformed officer and patrol
car visibly active would serve
to reduce potential incidents
around the Town.
F) Child Protection
Several parents have ex-
pressed the concern that some
type of police coverage and
visibility is needed after
school hours until parents get
home from work when
children are apt to he playing
without as much supervision
as is normal when adults are
at home.
G) Criminal Investigation
If Bradford had their own
force some crimes such as
Breaking and Entering or
Larceny could be investigated
in house with the cooperation
of other agencies. The State
Police are presently so ex-
tended that lesser crimes lose
out in a priority system. Our
own department would have
the time to perform a more
thorough investigation.
The committee recom-
mends that if we have a police
department that it be an
adequate one rather than a
"make-do" one. Their
recommendations are as
follows:
A) Hire two full time of.
ficers. This is not much more
expensive than one and it is
much easier to keep a full time
person working than a part
time employee. Two people
would allow for eighty hours of
uniformed coverage a week
and also coverage when one is
absent due to vacations,
training or sick leave.
B) It is the committee's
recommendation that the
Selectmen appoint a Com-
mission of five members to
oversee the department. This
commission will he respon-
sible for establishing policies
and procedures and seeing
they are carried out. The
Commission would answer to
the Selectmen who would be
responsible for budgeting and
the hiring-firing functious. In
this way it is felt that undue
future political influences can
be eliminated as much as
should be hired and that they some time and
should he paid an adequate payers should
salary. This would not only
provide Bradford with good If the Town so
service but would tend to a Police
eliminate the department recommended
becoming a training ground committee be
for larger departments thus work on
keeping the turnover in era- policies and
ployees lower, department so
The committee strongly become
recommends that great care This would
he taken net to expand the money to
department to financially Department
burdensome extremes over in fiscal year
the future years. We all
PROPOS/;D BUDGET
SALARIES (2 officers)
FRINGE BENEFITS
Social security
Unemployment
Blue Cross
OFFICE SUPPLIES
OPERATING SUPPLIES
VEHICLE MAINTENANCE
Gas-oil $1,000.00
Repair & Mnt. 2,000.00
Depreciation 1,500.00
COMMUNICATIONS
Telephone $600.00
Radio 200.00
DUES, SUBSCRIPTIONS, MEETINGS
Dues, subscription
Training
$ 150.00
1,000.00
INSURANCE
RENT
UTILITIES
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES
C)tPiTAL SET UP COSTS
VEHICLE
IIGHTS, RADIOS, OTHER EQUIPMENT
OFFICER'S EQUIPMENT
OFFICE EQUIPMENT
TOTAL CAPITAL COSTS
This represents a tax rate of $.28 per $100.00
year operational costs and capital costs. The
will give an outline of the expense for
APPRAISED VALUE
$10,000
25,000
35,000
50,000
75,000 . .... .
100,000
Our
River
The/on00 t/da/r/00er
by BOB UNCK
Adrian Block, a Dutch was the
known
In 1614, when Block claimed
he named it the "Freshe Water Riviere."
years since its discovery, the "freshe" water
rather murky in places and has been regarded
world's most beautifully landscaped cesspool.
the Connecticut has been called "a
That, it most certainly is.
Leaving the beautiful rolling farmland
hillsides of the Putney, Vermont region we
Brattleboro, the largest town on the river up to
was there that we first noticed a
motorboat traffic.
Whatever one's opinions about nuclear
within a stone's throw of a nuclear reactor
perience. The immense power
that concrete block in Vernon, Vt., is cooled bY
Connecticut River. We all became silent and
approached Vermont Yankee.
Our mood lightened as we watched fish
past Vernon Dam by way of the
ladder. The beautiful Atlantic salmon
mont and New Hampshire. With
river's health, and a little luck, we may
the valley's sporting goods stores within a
At Northfield Mountain in Massaehuaetts,
Utilities maintains a pump storage station
power demand. Pumping the water up
uses more power than it produces.
Further down we pass through
Gorge, guarded upstream by
claimed for Louis XV by a soldier
1746.
At Turnera Falls, the river dries up
aided by a truck is necessary. On to
Northampton-- good farmland, beautiful ]
In and below Holyoke, the river can
foul. Scum clings to the paddles, odors and
assault the sepses. Springfield is nicer but
found ourselves paddling through fog
burning power plant. The water was
As the days passed we were
these "stark contrasts." The river
comeback, however, and we're happy to
organization that constantly keeps an eye o
its road to recovery.
Finally the day dawns that we've all
dreaded at the same time. Twelve miles
Island Sound we get up at 4:30 a.m. and are
a.m. in order to catch the outgoing tide.
would have committed us to a day
and the tide. Instend, at 9 a.m. we were
rocky point, gazing out over the ocean,
celebrating the successful completion of
ney. The lighthouse under which we sat
our conversation with a loud warning to
tolling the trip's end.
The group was quieter than usual oa tint(
would soon be going our separate ways
river has created a bond between us
disappear, and it made us realize agai
is our river.., and it's your river. We
beautiful resource that can be vet)
recordkeeper said, ,It's sad when a river
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',__ Editorial ,,
Teaching the value of work
Many of the federal social
programs now being slashed by the
Reagan Administration haven't
fulfilled their promise and thus
deserve to be cut. The CETA
(Comprehensive Employment and
Tralnin Act) program is no ex-
ception. This program has been
abused in so many ways over the
years that it does not deserve to exist.
Unless of course, it is properly
directed by local supervisors who are
not a part of the bureaucratic
structure.
The program was designed to give
on-the-job experience and a modest
paycheck to those willing to work in
areas where jobs, particularly at the
entry level, are hard to find.
Such an opportunity was given to 45
Grafton County youths, including 15 in
Woodsville, in a CETA Summer
Youth Employment Program, as
outlined in the Journal, last
most of it.
"The kids really work," said Tim
Whalen, who directed the recent job
project. They performed such tasks
as maintenance work at Woodsville
High School, helped run an area
recreation program for children,
learned secretarial skills at Cottage
Hospital, and other tasks.
They earned every penny of the
$3.35 per hour minimum wage they
received. Workers in the program had
to have clearance from school
guidance counselors on the basis of
need.
In addition to specific skills picked
up on the job, these young people also
learned the value of good work habits
and responsibility on the job.
These are jobs which ordinarily
would not have been available in such
areas as the Woodsville job market,
which Whalen termed "lousy."
From where we sit, ny program.
that encourages people tO work anddo
a good
spent.
I I Ill l l l t
Lettersto the Editor New town police department
Hospital is sensitive to needs is reconnnended in
To the Editor: showed the same caring and
On July 1, 1981 my mother, concern to my mother. It was BRADFORD--The Town of law enforcement services possible from the day to day
Lolabel Hood, was admittedto also nice not to feel talked Bradford's Police Committee available to the Town of running of a police depart-
the hospital for surgery and down to. has recommended that the Bradford. Most noticeable of merit.
was placed on the eighth floor. Quite frankly, I was sur- town establish a two-man these are the State Police who The committee feels that
She had to stay for the entire prised that the staff of such a police department at an an- have recently signed a lease, qualified experienced people
month and received excellent
care.
I am writing to express my
gratitude to the staff of the
Mary Hitchcok Memorial
Hospital for the care and kind
consideration that was shown
to my mother and to me. I
especially wish to thank the
nursing staff on the eighth
floor and in the Intensive Care
Unit. They took the time to
explain to me what was
happening and why. They
large hospital was so sensitive
to the personal needs of the
patient, and even beyond that,
to the needs of the patient's
family. I am so used to being
treated like a number in
places where a lot of people
are served at one time. This
was not the case at Mary
Hitchcock Memorial Hospital.
I send my most sincere and
heartfelt thanks.
Allen Hood
Hanover, N.H.
Burton supports Ru 112 project
BATH--Executive Councilor Mountain National Forests.
Ray Burton has asked Gov. The funds would be used for
Hugh Gallon to support a upgrading and widening of
$799,000 highway ira-this much-used road. This
provement project for Rte. money is available through
112. the 1982 Public Lands High-
"It has come to my attention way Funds," Burton wrote to
that the New Hampshire Gallen.
Department of Public Works "I am writing to ask you to
and Highways has applied for support this much-needed
$799,000 for improvements on work on this road. It is used
New Hampshire Route 112 not only by tourists but by
which runs betweon North people going to and from work
Woodstock and Bath, New in the Haverhill and Lincoln-
Hampshire. Much of this route Woodstock areas," Burton
goes through the White added.
Historic survey
LYME--During the next
several weeks, the Upper
Valley -- Lake Sunapee
Council will conduct a survey
of historic structures in Lyme.
The survey team consists of
David Jescavage, historic
planner with the Council, and
two summer interns, John
Erdmann of S. Royalton and
Kevin Coburn of Montpelier.
The team is working with
Lyme selectmen, planning
board, and Conservation
Commission members.
The Town of Lyme contains
many old structures
possessing a colorful history.
Recent population growth
pressures may ,challenge the
Town's resources and once
historic features are gone,
they cannot be replaced.
Old buildings may often be
used for alternative uses more
cheaply demolishing them and
building new ones
The survey provides an
is set/n Lyme
ventory for inclusion in a
Lyme Comprehensive Plan; a
list of buildings which could he
preserved by economic
development activities; and
an inventory of a vital
resource to he considered
when reviewing development
proposals.
No individual will be
required to take any action
regarding this survey. The
result will be a list for the town
to use as its residents see fit.
For further information,
contact David Jescavage at
the Council office, 314
National Bank Building,
Lebanon, N.H. 03766, or
telephone (603) 448-1680.
BITS & PIECES
A woman and her teenage
daughter were watching a
typical, romantic movie of the
Thirties on TV. After it had
nual cost of $44,250, plus
$12,000 in initial "set-up"
costs, and create a police
commission to oversee it.
"The committee recom-
mends that if we have a police
department that it be an
adequate one, rather than a
'make-do' one," said the
report to town selectmen. It
proposed putting the police
department into operation
next year.
The committee, made up of
members appointed by the
selectmen, also noted that
Bradford Village had ex-
pressed interest in contracting
with the town for additional
coverage to back up its one-
man police department.
The committee said the
costs of a town police
department along lines of its
recommendations would
result in a tax rate of 28 cents
per $I00 of appraised
valuation for the first year,
meaning a tax of $28 for the
year for a resident with
property appraised at $I0,000
up to $280 for a resident with
property appraised at
$1oo,0oo.
The full text of the report
follows:
POLICE COMMITTEE
REPORT
There are presently three
Lake Morey
group meets
FAIRLEE--The Lake Morey
Protective Association held its
annual meeting July 18, at
Bonnie Oaks. The officers for
the coming year are President
Margaret Dwinell; Vice
President Richard Finn;
Secretary-Treasurer Mary
McCleskey.
New directors elected were
William Pierce, James South-
worth, Nancy Bonneville,
William Freetz.
It was voted to donate $100
each to the Fairlee Fire
Department and Fairlee
Public Library.
There was a moment of
silence in respect for two
deceased members, Howard
future growth of the Town.
The survey is divided into
four phases: a "windshield
survey" to find potential
structures; a detailed ar-
chitectural survey of each
structure; a compilation of
survey data with Lyme's
history; publication of an
Historic Resource Survey
,Report to be turned over to
Lyme residents.
The benefits to Lyme will
include a listing of structures
appropriate for National valuable:
Register nomination; an in- pie!
realize that two n
always he able
calls
in general
adequate size for
uual clih Wil and Eth Dllon.
rrlkt mo inSm: as
of those days did, the daughter secretary-treasurer and was
turned to her mother and said,
"Gee, Morn, your movies
ended where ours begin."
QUOTES
Practice does not make
perfect; perfect practice
makes perfect.
Vince Lombardi
BITS & PIECES
Anything scarce is
praise, for exam-
Bicentennial and Century Farms in Thetford
Arthur Palmer's ancestor in their house, such as a now Frederick P. (also known Emily, who lived here in the p. and Benjamin, who came
from Danbury, N. H. in 1867.
They raised Morgan horses,
oxen, and sheep, then shifted
to dairy cattle. Edward
bought out his brother, then
the farm descended to his son
Frederick and grandson
Edward, who took over in
1961. Ed Clay had cattle
originally, but now just eleven
sheep. He says the best crop
on the farm has always been
stones.
There was only one family
that ever owned this farm
before the Clays, and that was
the Gilletts. Samuel Gillett
and his family were among
the first settlers of Thetford.
Samuel was one of the first
selectmen of the town and one
of the founders of the first
church, but his name suddenly
disappeared from town
records at the time of the
Revolution. He was a Tory and
fled to Nova Scotia, never to
return. His property in
Thetford was confiscated,
probably by his neighbor
Timothy Bartholemew, under
authority from the state.
However, Samuel's son Simon
did not share his father's
political views, and joined the
Continental Army. When
Simon finally returned after
the war he discovered that
two-thirds of the family farm
had been sold. With the help of
two freed slaves who returned
with him, he was able to earn
money to buy back some of the
lost land. Simon's son Joseph
and grandson Joseph con-
tinued on the farm, then the
second Joseph sold it to the
Clays in 1867. The Clays have
since bought hack most of the
remainder of the original
Gillett farm.
Nearby is Tory Hollow,
where some of the Tories are
said to have hidden before
escaping to Canada. Ed Clay
says that on his farm there
as Sonny).
Mr. Howard says that his
father graduated from high
school in 1893 and wanted to he
an architect, but couldn't
afford the schooling. He
stayed on the farm and helped
his father (Roger) pay off
debts on the farm. His mother
had died @hen he was in his
early teens, so the father and
son kept house for themselves
for 15 years or so, until the son
Timothy Bartholemew bought record of sale of right-of-way
in 1769 the land that includes to the railroad in 1847, and
his present farm, Lot No. 33 Arthur's great-great-
from the original right of grandfather Hazen Bartlett's
David Barber. Timothy contract towork as a bowman
moved to Thetford about 1772 for the Connecticut River
from Connecticut. Old family Valley Steam-Boat Company
papers say that Timothy was in 1832. Also, old deeds show
noted for his intellect and sales of part of the farm's land
piety and often served his to Abijah Howard for slate
:: town in public office, also as a quarries.
, surveyor. During the The Palmers' original
Revolution he was appointed barn was on the same side of
by the state to sell confiscated the road as the house. Some of
TorypropertyinThetfordand its timbers were used in
several nearby towns (in- building the present barn in
cluding the land that is now the late 1890's. Labor for
Edward Clay's). Old tales also building the second barn cost
tell of Timothysinglehandedly a total of $550. How times
grappling with and killing a change!
bear that had invaded his
ii sheepfold. At the age of 80 he Fred Howard farm. 1777
' was so vigorous that he could According to Fred
still spring from the ground Howard, Jr., his ancestor
. into his saddle. Abijah came from Con-
. After Timothy's death in necticut to Thetford in the
1831 his farm passed to earlyyears of settlement, but
/. Timothy, Jr., then to his sister had to return downcountry
.' Abigail, who had married because of sickness. He came
: Joseph Hosford. They lived in hack in 1775. In 1777 he built a
the little house on the property sawmill near the District No. 2
'" known as the "Red House." schoolhouse. The earliest, deed
:::i Other heirs owning the larger we can find was written in
:!'house were Harriet Brown and 1782, confirming an earlier
L her husband John, whodeeded deed which had been "con-
. it to Henry Palmer in 1872. sumed by fire" and evidently
L Henry's wife Lucy was a never recorded. Abijah
/) granddaughter of Abigail earned his living by farming
Hosford. and by operating the mill, but
i; . Henry and Lucy had lived lost his life in 1618 by falling
m Pontiac, Illinois for a through the floor of the mill.
number of years, but they His son Abijah continued
didn't like it there, par- the mill and the farm. In the
ticularly because the water next generation, his son
didn't tastelikehome.Soafte? Ichabod Truman Howard
several visits home to Ver- divided the farm around 1850,
...... mont they returned to stay, the northern half going to a
around 1867. They lived in the daughter and eventually out of
Red House until Henry bought the family, although it now
the Barthelemew farm in 1872. has been bought back.
Succeeding genarations on the Truman kept the southern half
farm have been Arthur B. and movedthere, constructing
Palmer, A. Maxwell, and now buildings in the present
Arthur F. location. Succeeding
The Palmers have found generations on the farm have
sorts of old family papers been Roger, Frederick T., and
stone house until about 1963.
She lived to be 101 years old,
dying about 1974.
In 1976 the place was
deeded tp Helen Huggett, a
connection of the family who
has lived here most of her life.
She and her husband George
took care of the place for
many years and it was willed
to them by Emily. Helen's son
later lived in the stone house.
The farmland on the place
is rented to Vaughan Farms.
Helen has recently retired
from working at Gray's
auctions for 33 years.
Latham place, 1802
Arthur Latham of Lyme
bought his property in
Thetford in 1802, but it was not
the permanent home of the
family until his son William
Harris Latham moved here in
1827. After William Harris's
death in 1868, the farmland
was sold, but his daughter
Azuba Latham Barney
retained the house, which was
owned by her daughter, Lucy
Latham Barnet Mott from
1875 to 1940. From 1880 to 1910
it was known as the Murfey
house, being occupied by a
Latham cousin, William L.
Murfey.
The Latham house is now
the summer home of Charles
Latham, another descendant
of Arthur and William. He
teaches history at Episcopal
Academy in Philadelphia and
wrote A Short llistory of
Thetford, Vermont in 1972, as
well as compiling the Thetford
map showing 1858 and 1960
owners of residences (copy
posted in town clerk's office).
The Latham house was
built 200 or more years ago,
probably in the 1770's.
was married. After all those
years of bachelor
housekeeping, the two men
had to spend two months
plastering and painting to get
the house into shape for a
woman to move into. One day
the town lister came and
knocked at the front door.
When the doorknob came off
in his hands he stepped back
and one of the steps collapsed
under him and he landed in a
heap. He just laughed about it,
but nowadays probably
somebody would have gotten
sued.
Emily Child place, 1788
William Child, a
Revolutionary soldier from
Lyme, came to Thetford in
1788, having bought the
original rights' of David
Carver, Roswell Phelps, and
David Hosford. His property
included Child's Pond, a
natural curiosity which has no
visible inlet or outlet. It lies
less than 200 feet from the
Connecticut River and 150 feet
above it. As the soil un-
derlying the pond is composed
of quicksand, it is a wonder
that the pond hasn't disap-
peared into the river.
The Child farm passed
from William to his son Bela,
then through Bela's heirs to
his son William H. Child. Of
William's children, Jonathan, Edward Clay farm, 1867
Mary and Emily, the last The first Clays on this
survivor on the place was farm were brothers Edward
presented with a pottery bowl
in appreciation for her efforts
for the association.
The following new members
were welcomed into the
association; Mr. and Mrs.
Anthony Rescigno, Mr: and
Mrs. Allan Moats, Miss Helen
Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce
Durgin, Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Weaver, Mr. and Mrs. John
Scott.
The annual summer car-
nival will be held Aug. 22, with
a rain date of Aug. 23, at the
Low cottages.
Richard Allen spoke on
water saving devices and
James Colligan reported on
the success of the Aqua Net he
installed last year to control
weeds. James Morgan and
Erice Smeltzer reported on
the study of the lake project
and the various monitoring
devices installed this year.
WHEN FIRE STRIKES
If you suspect fire and the
door is NOT hot, open it
cautiously. Brace your
shoulder against it and keep
your head away from the
opening. Open it slightly.., be
ready to slam it shut if heat
and smoke rush in.
used to be three dugouts for
protection in case of Indian
attack.
Nobody knows how old the
oldest barn on the place is, but
it was there before the Clays
came, and it has hand-hewed
timbers. The old St. Lawrence
apple tree was there before
the Clays came, too, and it is
still bearing.
Robert Bacon place, 1882
This land was deeded to
Robert Bacon's great-
grandfather, Paschal Slack, in
1882, by Reuben Phillips. It
passed next to his wife Mary,
then to their granddaughter
Katie Goulett Bacon, thence to
Katie's children, whose shares
were deeded to Robert Bacon
in 1966.
Mr. Bacon says that the
place originally had 45 acres,
but when Interstate 91 was
built it went right through the
middle of his land, leaving 13
acres with the house and the
rest on the other side of the
road, landlocked. Mr. Bacon is
a teacher at Thetford
Academy.
The Bacon farm was
originally part of the Wilmott
property, and there is still
land nearby belonging to
Wilmott descendants who live
elsewhere.
effective 1 September 1981, to
operate a cluster office on the
second floor of the Academy
Building. The five or six of-
ficers serving this area will be
doing their paperwork and
interviewing people here. This
affords a certain amount of
presence on the streets as
their cars will be parked in the
center of town. It will also
mean that a higher per-
centage of their time will he
spent in Bradford. A call for
assistance will have a better
chance of being answered
quickly.
The Orange County Sheriff's
Department offers some
services in the area, but
generally these have been
purchased by the Town or
Village. In the summer and
fall of 1960 the Selectmen
contracted for their services
on a one night per week basis
on response to several com-
plaints of vandalism. The
Selectmen discontinued this
service as it did not seem to
offer a good solution for the
cost involved.
The Village of Bradford is
presently employing one man
who both patrols the street
and has a phone in his home to
answer calls when he is not in
uniform. He presently does
not leave the Village limits
unless he is asked to respond
to a major emergency or to
back up an officer's call for
assistance. The Trustees of
the Village have expressed an
interest in adding another part
time officer and purchasing a
vehicle and would be willing to
contract with the Town for
coverage.
The committee reviewed the
above services and the kind of
incidents that have occurred
in the last eighteen months
and decided that if the Town
should vote for a police
department it wou)d have the
following functions.
A) Patrolling the Town.
On a random basis to patrol
all the roads paying attention
to closed houses and being
alert to any unusual incidents.
B) Respond to Calls from
Townspeople
Dispatching can be
arranged with the State Police
to cover thoae.mA,l'*an
officer is on duty.
Arrangements will also be
made for backup between
town officers.
C) Fire Assistance
A patrolman will respond to
all fires and emergency calls
within the Town to assist with
traffic control.
D) Traffic Control
Occasionally traffic gets
quite conjested around Main
and Federal streets and an
officer would he expected to
direct traffic during the peak
hours.
E) Visibility.
It is the feeling of the
committee that having a
uniformed officer and patrol
car visibly active would serve
to reduce potential incidents
around the Town.
F) Child Protection
Several parents have ex-
pressed the concern that some
type of police coverage and
visibility is needed after
school hours until parents get
home from work when
children are apt to he playing
without as much supervision
as is normal when adults are
at home.
G) Criminal Investigation
If Bradford had their own
force some crimes such as
Breaking and Entering or
Larceny could be investigated
in house with the cooperation
of other agencies. The State
Police are presently so ex-
tended that lesser crimes lose
out in a priority system. Our
own department would have
the time to perform a more
thorough investigation.
The committee recom-
mends that if we have a police
department that it be an
adequate one rather than a
"make-do" one. Their
recommendations are as
follows:
A) Hire two full time of.
ficers. This is not much more
expensive than one and it is
much easier to keep a full time
person working than a part
time employee. Two people
would allow for eighty hours of
uniformed coverage a week
and also coverage when one is
absent due to vacations,
training or sick leave.
B) It is the committee's
recommendation that the
Selectmen appoint a Com-
mission of five members to
oversee the department. This
commission will he respon-
sible for establishing policies
and procedures and seeing
they are carried out. The
Commission would answer to
the Selectmen who would be
responsible for budgeting and
the hiring-firing functious. In
this way it is felt that undue
future political influences can
be eliminated as much as
should be hired and that they some time and
should he paid an adequate payers should
salary. This would not only
provide Bradford with good If the Town so
service but would tend to a Police
eliminate the department recommended
becoming a training ground committee be
for larger departments thus work on
keeping the turnover in era- policies and
ployees lower, department so
The committee strongly become
recommends that great care This would
he taken net to expand the money to
department to financially Department
burdensome extremes over in fiscal year
the future years. We all
PROPOS/;D BUDGET
SALARIES (2 officers)
FRINGE BENEFITS
Social security
Unemployment
Blue Cross
OFFICE SUPPLIES
OPERATING SUPPLIES
VEHICLE MAINTENANCE
Gas-oil $1,000.00
Repair & Mnt. 2,000.00
Depreciation 1,500.00
COMMUNICATIONS
Telephone $600.00
Radio 200.00
DUES, SUBSCRIPTIONS, MEETINGS
Dues, subscription
Training
$ 150.00
1,000.00
INSURANCE
RENT
UTILITIES
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES
C)tPiTAL SET UP COSTS
VEHICLE
IIGHTS, RADIOS, OTHER EQUIPMENT
OFFICER'S EQUIPMENT
OFFICE EQUIPMENT
TOTAL CAPITAL COSTS
This represents a tax rate of $.28 per $100.00
year operational costs and capital costs. The
will give an outline of the expense for
APPRAISED VALUE
$10,000
25,000
35,000
50,000
75,000 . .... .
100,000
Our
River
The/on00 t/da/r/00er
by BOB UNCK
Adrian Block, a Dutch was the
known
In 1614, when Block claimed
he named it the "Freshe Water Riviere."
years since its discovery, the "freshe" water
rather murky in places and has been regarded
world's most beautifully landscaped cesspool.
the Connecticut has been called "a
That, it most certainly is.
Leaving the beautiful rolling farmland
hillsides of the Putney, Vermont region we
Brattleboro, the largest town on the river up to
was there that we first noticed a
motorboat traffic.
Whatever one's opinions about nuclear
within a stone's throw of a nuclear reactor
perience. The immense power
that concrete block in Vernon, Vt., is cooled bY
Connecticut River. We all became silent and
approached Vermont Yankee.
Our mood lightened as we watched fish
past Vernon Dam by way of the
ladder. The beautiful Atlantic salmon
mont and New Hampshire. With
river's health, and a little luck, we may
the valley's sporting goods stores within a
At Northfield Mountain in Massaehuaetts,
Utilities maintains a pump storage station
power demand. Pumping the water up
uses more power than it produces.
Further down we pass through
Gorge, guarded upstream by
claimed for Louis XV by a soldier
1746.
At Turnera Falls, the river dries up
aided by a truck is necessary. On to
Northampton-- good farmland, beautiful ]
In and below Holyoke, the river can
foul. Scum clings to the paddles, odors and
assault the sepses. Springfield is nicer but
found ourselves paddling through fog
burning power plant. The water was
As the days passed we were
these "stark contrasts." The river
comeback, however, and we're happy to
organization that constantly keeps an eye o
its road to recovery.
Finally the day dawns that we've all
dreaded at the same time. Twelve miles
Island Sound we get up at 4:30 a.m. and are
a.m. in order to catch the outgoing tide.
would have committed us to a day
and the tide. Instend, at 9 a.m. we were
rocky point, gazing out over the ocean,
celebrating the successful completion of
ney. The lighthouse under which we sat
our conversation with a loud warning to
tolling the trip's end.
The group was quieter than usual oa tint(
would soon be going our separate ways
river has created a bond between us
disappear, and it made us realize agai
is our river.., and it's your river. We
beautiful resource that can be vet)
recordkeeper said, ,It's sad when a river
