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Halloween caution
The return to standard time in most
states and Halloween trick-or-
treaters are an added hazard for
motorists in October.
Standard time began Sunday, Oct.
25 and for many drivers the trip home
from visits or work will he after dark
with reduced visibility.
The "fall back" from daylight to
standard time should serve as a
reminder to motorists that extra
caution behind the wheel is the best
way to compemate for darkness
replacing daylight in peak evening
commuting hours.
Since Halloween falls on a Saturday
this year, parents should encourage
their younger children to do their
trick-or-treating during the daylight
hours to avoid the hazards of traffic in
darkness.
Parents can help guarantee the
safety of their children while trick-or-
treating by with them, If this
isn't po • tapm can be,
placed on costumes and trick-or-treat
bags, and youngsters should be
allowed to go out only in groups.
Motorists should drive extra slowly
through residential neighborhoods
and honk their horns to caution
youngsters.
We offer these Halloween safety
tips:
-- Make sure costumes are not
loose-fitting garments that could
cause the child to trip.
-- Use make-up instead of masks
which obstruct the child's vision.
-- Make sure all costumes are made
of non-flammable material.
-- Keep lighted jack-o'lanterns or
candles away from children or
flammable materials,
-- Plan Halloween parties at home
or at a neighborhood facility
whenever possible.
-- Inspect all treats before allowing
children to eat them.
I Letters to the Editor_00
What to do w/th/efto00rs?
To the Editor : and picking up the food, now de--t/on
People these days are so the school just throws the food
greedy in our towns today. We out. To the Editor:
used to have a pail in our lunch In my opinion I feel that The recent ad for the use of
room at school for leftover when grownups say kids these the Low Mansion as a
food. The food was for a days are immature, the "Haunted House" for
parson's pigs. This person, grownups should look at Halloween really shocked me.
more than likely, could feed themselves and their actions It seems the house has
reached the ultimate
almost all his pigs. which are sometimes worse degradation. That a
After more people found out than kids.
about the food, they all wanted Jeff Stewart designated historic building in
it. But instead of taking turns Groton, Vt. the National Register reached
its recent destruction through
Good/dea the neglect of proper security.
is sad enough, but to add to it
To the Editor : and can't leave until school is this proposed use is almost
I am a student from Blue over, but they do bring your more than I can bear.
Mountain Union High School lunch to you, and your class Like a gracious old queen
in WellsRiver, Vermont. work. this big old house with the
In our school we don't get I think this is a pretty good stately pillars seemed to
suspended by being kicked out idea. distinguish the village. Many
of school for a day. Instead, ff Cindy Welch a visitor approaching from the
you get suspended you have to S. Ryegate south inquired about it,
go in a room for a day and stay curious about its history, and
impressed to learn along with
In.school suspension other facets that John Phillip
SOusa visited the home.
To the Editor : students act better. I know I am not alone in
I am a student at Blue The student can work on expressing the feeling that the
Mountain Union School in whatever work they want to in, whole venture is in poor taste.
Wells River, Vermont. This this room, as long as it's I do hope no one gets hurt and
year there is a new system of schoolwork. I think it gives the no pumpkim with candles tip
suspension. It is called in- student more time to think of over!
school suspension, what they have done so they Dorothy Cole
I think the system is very won't do it again. It makes it Bradford
effective. Students who are easier for the student and the
suspended are put into this teacher.
room for a day. As a result of Karen Fifleld
this new system, the halls Greton
have become quieter and the
Overeaters anonymous
Its time to get away from the concerns of the future (see
last few columns) and look at what's going on in the valley
right now.
A while back we noted the "passing" of the New England
River Basins Commission as part of the cutbacks of the
Administration. Along with it the Citizens Advisory Group
was set adrift and also slated for oblivion. A little history
here might shed some light on why this could be a con-
siderable loss for the valley.
When NERBC was created in 1968 it became apparent that
there had to he some direct connection with people at the
grassroots level ff any real effect was to be seen. In addition,
the Connecticut River Basin, as the largest in New England,
had its own Project office and staff set up in Hanover. In
short order two support groups outside the government
structure came into being. These were CAG, a citizens ad-
visory group made up of "plain ole citizens" appointed by the
, several states and SAG, a science advisory group, you
guessed it, made up of science and engineering types
selected in much the same way. CAG took care of political,
social and economic points of view while SAG represented
technical and environmental concerns.
Naturally there was an overlapping of interests and the
whole thing got to be awkward to manage, so that a few years
back the two groups were merged into a single Connecticut
Advisory Group. It represents a long history of dealing with
basic problems, involves itself with every conceivable point
of view and it comprises an awesome bank of talent and
expertise.
The river's problems go on. A change in administration
does nothing to alter that situation. To lose such a working
party as CAG is obviously unfortunate -- if indeed it is to be
lost. Into the breach has stepped the Connecticut River
Valley Flood Control Commission, an organization already
mentioned ih these pages. Under-funded and understaffed, it
now is the only agency left officially charged with overseeing
the effective management of the river's water resources. It
needs all the free help it can get and of course that is the
business of CAG.
At the monent talks are being held to see if these two
groups can work out a practical relationship. In the process
each is getting a new look at its limitations and respon-
sibilities. It will be interesting to watch and perhaps the
outcome will play a big role in the valley's future. We'll keep
yon informed.
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WENTWORTH-WARREN-- age five.
The WIC Program opened at Food supplements (milk,
Mount Moosilauke Health eggs, fruit juice, cheese,
Center on Wednesday Oct. 14 cereals, legumes, and infant
with 55 people from various formula) are prescribed on
towns present. The Health the basis of need for each
Committee has worked for individual and WIC food
over a year to achieve having vouchers are redeemable at
a WIC site here. It is ad- participating stores.
ministered by the lbanon In order to be eligible for
Health Council and the Bureau services one must meet an
of Maternal and Child Health, income guideline and he
which administers the determined by the staff
nutritenist to be nutritionally
at risk affeed of sup-
Center on Route 25 on Wed- plemental foods. Each person
nesdays from 10:00 til 2:00 must also be receiving regular
p.m. The next clinic will be on-going health care either
Wednesday Nov. 11. through the Health Center or
WIC offers nutrition by their own private
counciling, dietary physician.
assessment and the For more information, or to
prescription of special sup make an appointment, please
plementary foods to eligible call the Health Center at 603-
pregnant and postpartum 764-5525, or the Lebanon office
women and to children up to at 603-44{]-1260.
AS(: counW committee nominations
WOODSVILLE--Chairman of County Committeemen are
the Grafton County responsible for local ad-
Agricultural Stabilization and ministration of farm
Conservation Committee, programs. To be eligible, a
Bernard W. Tullar, urges person must reside in the
farmers to take an active part county, and be actively far-
in the upcoming committee ming. If you know of a
elections, qualified person for this
"Now is your chance to have position, get two other people
a say in who will direct ASCS besides yourself to sign a
programs in the county", Mr. petition and enter his or her
Tullar said. "As in the past", name not later than Nov. 2.
he added, "nominations will "You will be performing a
first be made by petition." If service for your agricultural
three or more petitions for community", Mr. Tullar
eligible candidates are concluded.
received, no more
nominations will be made. If
less thhn three petitions are INTERESTING FACT
forthcoming, the county On New Year's Day, 1907,
committee will add names to Theodore Roosevelt shook
make up a slate of three hands with8,513people.
candidates,
Letters and petition forms
have been mailed to all known NOTES & COMMENTS
eligible voters in the county, The bad luck that you
according to Mr. Tullar. grumble about is probably the
Additional petition forms are direct result of your own
available at the county office, activity.
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Arts prognun alive and well
EDITOR'S NOTE: Thisletter, Program is alive and well! work directly with
besides being sent to the Four years ago this program professional artists for
Journal Opinion, was also sent was founded when interested several sessions. Barbara
home to parents of children in schools began sharing various
Duncan and Janet Warner-
Arts Programs. Today, Ashley have worked with
through volunteer interest, all stiJdents in movement and
eight schools in the Orange dance as part of a physical
East Supervisory Union education program. Stephen
participate in thisprogram. Stearms, a mime, worked in
Your students have been some schools in helping shape
To the Editor: ff off many for the first time in the Orange
Last Spring, a chapter of tbeirlives. District.
East School
If you know of someone who
is obviously suffering from To the Editor :
The ,Orange East Arts
being overweight or has an
eating problem, we hope you
will share this information bohydrates, which is "cun-
about our OA Bradford ning, baffling and powerful."
Chalter with the person. We For such a person, dieting is
know from the AA Big Book no longer a matter of will
that this proven program of power. Such a person as
recovery is not "for everyone ourselves has become in a
meetings). But most of all, we
could eat secretly, or who hope yon will share this in- schools has been the Artist in
have looked forward t0 eating formation with your readers. Resident Program. Through
akme or who otherwise have Thank you very much. the co-sponsorship of the
developed a relationship with Bradford Overeaters Vermont Council on the Arts,
food, oftentimes car- Anonymous students have been able to
Overeaters Anonymous began
meeting in the Bradford area
at the Orange County Mental
Health Center. We have
recently moved to another
OCMH building, the old Ag
building behind the Bradford
Academy (now the Life Skills
.Center by day) where we
continue to meet every
Tbursdaynightfrom$-gp.m. who needs it, but for the sense "addicted" to fond, and
Overeaters Anonymous is a person who wants it." It is our needs help. OA offers that help
self-help support group and belief, though, that there are without fees or dues.
fellowship for compulsive many people like ourselves Newcomers are always
overeaters or those suffering who would want this program welcome.
from other eating disorders, but don't know it exists. There We invite you, as well, to
...... We have no dues or fees. We are many people like our- visit one of our meetings so
- utilize the 12 Steps and 12 selves who have tried you can find out first-hand
Traditions of AA, except diets and failed, or bow OA works. (As we said,
where the alcoholic is have lost weight only to regain we are very similar to AA
powerless over alcohol, we are it, or have hidden food so they
p,verless over food. In our
Bradford group alone, we
have those who have ex-
perienced 5,10, 30, and over 50
pound weight losses and kept
exposed to theatre, dance, and communication theatre skills.
music. Some of the programs This year the Orange East
have been performances by Arts Program will feature
Peter Driscoll, Stephen three main programs: A
Stearns, Janet Warner- Concert by the International
Ashley, mimes; The Vermont Singing Group, "Up With
Jazz Ensemble; plays by the People" -- Nov. II in the
Parish Players and the Green 'schools, Nov. 12 for the public
Mountain Guild; folk music by at Oxbow High School; Henry
Margaret MacArthur; Old Chapin willdo a music-theatre
New England dancing by residency in all schools either
Applejack; dance by the this fall or next spring; and
Whirligig Dance Group; and Barbara Duncanwill do a
an Introduction to Opera by dance residency.
the Young Audiences of Any parent, or friend of the
Massachusetts, Inc. Arts are welcome to attend
Another program in the Art Programs providing you
call the principal of the school
directly involved and make
arrangements. Also, any one
who would he interested in
fund raising activities to
The Tullars
A .farming .family
Charles and Alice Tullar when Fran and Wayne spotted ting) and to use their own
had a farm in Corinth, then
about 1929 they moved to West
Fairlee to a back, sidehill
farm which was so rough and
rocky that it took three weeks
to plow an acre and a quarter.
Besides having 20 cows,
Charles raised oxen to train
and sell, also shod oxen and
horses. He made the shoes
himself, also ox-yokes. His son
George still has his old ox
sling and dump cart.
Charles trained his oxen
so well that they were handy
on either side, and would
march around side-by-side
without even having a yoke on.
Charles was also a great
hunter, always ready to take
his dogs and his sons and head
off on a coon hunt -- and they
rarely came back empty-
handed.
His sons Bernard and
George have their own farms
now.
Berway Farm
Bernard Tullar started on
a farm similar to his father's,
in Lyme, then in 1958 he
bought and moved to his
present farm on the River
Road in Lyme. Through the
years be has developed a farm
of 175 acres, plus 180 acres
which he rents, and grows all
his own corn and hay. To the
original old cowbarn and
sheepbarn, Bernard added a
milking parlor, freestail barn,
heifer barn, shop, and
machinery sheds.
Most of his farm buildings
went up in smoke on July 4,
1977, probably from sparks
from the hay elevator. He and
his wife Fran and son Wayne
were all coming in from the
hayfield, and Bernard was
just putting away the tractor,
the fire. They called the fire
department and rushed to get
the cattle and equipment out
as fast as they could. Friends
and neighbors pitched in, and
through their efforts and these
of the firefighters, more than
100 cows were saved, as well
as some of the milking
equipment and part of one of
the cowbarns. Several of the
firemen were sent to the
hospital by fumes, perhaps
from burning fertilizer.
After the fire, the milking
cows were trucked three miles
up the road to Bernard's
brother George's farm until
new quarters could be built for
them. Cleanup and recon-
struction began immediately,
and in January they were able
to bring the cows back home.
Fran Tullar, a school
teacher, had always taken an
active part in the farm, both in
fieldwork and farm
management, and had spent
many hours mowing hay,
raking and baling. Before the
fire she had already retired
from teaching to devote more
time to farm bookkeeping, etc.
After the fire she worked
closely with Bernard and
Wayne in making plans for
reconstruction.
Wayne has worked all his
life on the farm. He graduated
from the two-year Dairy
Science course at the
University of New Hampshire
and has worked into a part-
nership with his father on the
farm -- now named Berway
Farm, using both their names.
Wayne and his Inother both
took a computer course to
keep them abreast of
developments'in ELFAC
(Electronic Farm Accoun-
Project Crash activities
MONTPELIER--There have Tickets Issued-- 576; Uniform
been 179 DWI arrests by
Project CRASH in 1981 as
compared to 98 for the com-
parable number of weeks in
1980. This represents an in-
crease of 82.6 percent in 1981
DWI arrests by Project
CRASH when compared to
1980.
Factors which contributed
to this increase were
Legislation which became
effective July 1, 1981 per-
mitting officers to be equipped
with roadside testors (Alco-
Sensor) and the instituting of
roadblocks in place of roving
CRASH patrols, according to
state officials. Since the in-
treduction of roadside testors
and roadblock procedures on
July 1st, ere have been 118
DWI arrests by CRASH
weekend personnel, or, 66
percent of all 1981 CRASH
DWI arrests have occurred
since this date. Project
CRASH weekend enforcement
is financed with federal funds
received from the Governor's
Highway Safety Program.
The following are Project
CRASH's activities for the 28
weekends of 1981.
Number of Officers
Worked and Agency
State Police Officers -- 157,
or 38.8 percent; Municipal
Police Officers -- 163, or 40.2
percent; Sheriff Officers-- 85,
or 21.0 percent. The total for
officers working was, 405.
Total Contacts
hy CRASH Teams
Defective Equipment
Traffic Tickets Issued -- 547;
Other Motor Vehicle Citations
Issued -- 63; DWl Arrests --
179; Warnings Issued -- 119.
" TOlT'sts .........
Complimentary Tests --
865; Implied Consent -- 172;
Implied Consent -- Refused --
12.
Fines Collected for the year
totaled $17,445.00.
owe8
Vermonters
BURLINGTON--The Internal
Revenue Service owes forty-
seven Vermonters a total of
$11,686 and will gladly send it
out -- if only they can find the
taxpayers! The smallest
refund due is $3.80, while the
largest is $1,438.
Delegianis said taxpayers
need not consult or engage the
services of a "locating" or
"searching" service to obtain
information about their
checks. They can simply
contact the Burlington IRS
Taxpayer Assistance office at
1-800-642-3110 (toll-free). In
addition to the forty-seven
individuals, the listing also
contains 12 businesses.
Those entitled to refunds in
this area are: Keith Barbour,
of Thetford; John Butler, of
Vershire; and Emile Hebert,
of St. Johnsbury.
My opinion
To the Editor:
Gods of grief and gods of
Glory have been around for a
long time. In ancient Greece
and Rome there was a god for
everything, and seem to be
little better today.
The God of the IRA can see
no good in San Paisley, the
English and very little in
themselves. The God of
Ayatolah Khomeni can not
tolerate anyone that disagrees
with the Ayatolah. The God of
fundamentalist Moslems
disagree with anyone who
wants peace. The Gods of
Israel and the Palistinians
disagree with everyone.
I believe my GOd stands on
higher ground. He believes
that women should have equal
rights, that a woman doing the
same work as a man, and
probably doing it better,
should be paid more than two-
thirds the amount the man is.
He believes in woman's
provide these programs is
asked to let your local school
principal know.
Anne Taylor
Orange East Arts
Program Committee
choice on abortion; that there
is no one else on earth in as
good a position to know
whether that child can be
raised with love and un-
derstanding. She knows
herself better than the
president, the pope and Jerry
Farwell. With 25 percent of the
earth's people forever hungry
and 10 percen[ starving, she is
unsure if she can raise him
without abuse, hunger and the
humiliation of unemployment
and poverty. My God is
watching from a higher circle.
Right now He is watching an
11 year old girl in Michigan. A
victim of abuse and pregnant,
her parents separated, she is a
ward of the state or the court.
Her father wants her to have
an abortion; her mother says
no, the judge says no. She is in
dispair. My God doesn't like
this torture, but He is helpless
to change it. He wrings His
hands and cries a lot. After all,
God wasn't married to Mary.
Without this grief, there
would be no glory; without
this love, there would be no
story to tell our children at
Christmas time.
Donald Darling
Bradford, Vt.
computers for bookkeeping
and for planning their
breeding program.
The farm now has
facilities for 144 milking cows,
including a double-six
herringbone milking parlor.
Their setup is not only work-
saving, but energy-saving, as
they have a thermal-store hot
water system which uses the
beat of the milk to heat their
water. Another modern
development is August
seeding of cornfields to a
cover crop of rye, by airplane.
In 1979, Berway Farm was
named Grafton County
Conservation Farm of the
Year, in recognition of their
comeback after the fire, as
well as other features of their
farm management.
Tullando Farms
After George Tullar left
the home farm, he worked for
a few years at Dartmouth
Dairy while he looked around
for a good farm to buy. In 1956
he and his wife Barbara were
able to by their present main
farm in Orford, to which they
have since added all or part of
ten other farms. They were
fortunate to be able to buy
also working
Since
corporated,
gradually
ownership
buying
poration.
Tullando
successful in
quality
breeding
their bull
Sky High. He l
by Select
proving by
the Putnam
and Hugh
also by his
of EX-91.
George
first calves
Tullando
permint.
Another
which the
measuring
the
year, for
with better
nutrients.
be able to
much
before.
Along
also
kitchen
was built in
considerable
since then.
by MARY HANSON and
The 1981 Magazine Drive The Horse,
was very successful, as we Jim Kinder,]
exceeded our goal by ap- Felicis
proximately $300. Our total
sale was $2,865.62.
Receipts by classes were as The
follows: Fabrizio
Freshmen -- $492.18 Smas
Sophomores-- $1218.47 state.
Juniors-- $398.18 he eligible
Seniors -- $756.76
Top salesmen for the drive
were
Maria Pike -- $469.09
Jody Thayer-- $161.43
Sandy Willey $1AO formance
Drew Tobiasen -- $99.76 eligible
Charles Heath-- $98.72 competition.
Elizabeth Peters -- $86.68 Special
David Patten--S85.85 in order
Sheri Ball -- $85.28 Dairy
Allen Towne -- $84.87 Hudson,
Cheryl Cardin-- $73.77 McKean
We wish to thank these pulled
people and all the other victory,
students who helped to put us Hi
over the top.
Many prizes have already team
been distributed and the KansasCity s
remainder have been ordered Some
and will be given out as soon Awards
as they arrive. Fabrizio
The profit made for the Cate
student activities' fund was
about $1000. It will be used to There
buy cheerleading sweaters,
trash cans and covers for the the other
new literary magazine, petiters
Doing Well contests
The a-la-carte program is report.
doing very well. Each day
more and more people buy
lunch from this program. The Team
program now sells a large to l
variety of foods such as next
sandwiches, potato chips, record
yogurt, cheeseburgers, win both
chocolate and plain milk, ring Oct. 27
dings, ice cream, and other travel to
foods. Different foods will be
added as time goes on. Mrs. 29, the
Lloyd, who is in charge of this
phase of the lunch program at Crusaders
WHS, reports that she is very in
pleased with the success of spot.
this venture.
Report Cards due
Marks will close Friday, High
Oct. 30th. Report cards will be
issued on Wednesday, Nov. on
4th, 1981. taineers
On Tuesday, Oct. 27, PSAT face the
exams will be given to juniors, second
Halloween Dance first time
On Friday, Oct. 30, the easily on
Seniors will be sponsoring a the score'
Halloween Dance at the
community building. The no
dance starts at 8:00 p.m. and kicked
ends at 11:00 p.m. Admission
is $2.00 with a mask; $2.50
without a mask. This dance is
open only to WHS students and fire the
their guests, they
Honor Society after.
The National Honor Society
is once again selling as they
stationary. All the members fensive
have packets and will be
coming around. Several This
members of the Senior Honor many
Society have definitely
decided to take part in an Their
exchange with another Honor that
Society from Eagle Grove
High School in Iowa. The
students are anxiously tl
awaiting the trip. It is now
subject to School Board ap-
proval
FFA News
On Saturday, Oct. 17 the The
Woodsville FFA competed in for
the lnterscholastics at
Durham, N.H. At the com- 3-1
petition Woodsville won
several awards.
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Halloween caution
The return to standard time in most
states and Halloween trick-or-
treaters are an added hazard for
motorists in October.
Standard time began Sunday, Oct.
25 and for many drivers the trip home
from visits or work will he after dark
with reduced visibility.
The "fall back" from daylight to
standard time should serve as a
reminder to motorists that extra
caution behind the wheel is the best
way to compemate for darkness
replacing daylight in peak evening
commuting hours.
Since Halloween falls on a Saturday
this year, parents should encourage
their younger children to do their
trick-or-treating during the daylight
hours to avoid the hazards of traffic in
darkness.
Parents can help guarantee the
safety of their children while trick-or-
treating by with them, If this
isn't po • tapm can be,
placed on costumes and trick-or-treat
bags, and youngsters should be
allowed to go out only in groups.
Motorists should drive extra slowly
through residential neighborhoods
and honk their horns to caution
youngsters.
We offer these Halloween safety
tips:
-- Make sure costumes are not
loose-fitting garments that could
cause the child to trip.
-- Use make-up instead of masks
which obstruct the child's vision.
-- Make sure all costumes are made
of non-flammable material.
-- Keep lighted jack-o'lanterns or
candles away from children or
flammable materials,
-- Plan Halloween parties at home
or at a neighborhood facility
whenever possible.
-- Inspect all treats before allowing
children to eat them.
I Letters to the Editor_00
What to do w/th/efto00rs?
To the Editor : and picking up the food, now de--t/on
People these days are so the school just throws the food
greedy in our towns today. We out. To the Editor:
used to have a pail in our lunch In my opinion I feel that The recent ad for the use of
room at school for leftover when grownups say kids these the Low Mansion as a
food. The food was for a days are immature, the "Haunted House" for
parson's pigs. This person, grownups should look at Halloween really shocked me.
more than likely, could feed themselves and their actions It seems the house has
reached the ultimate
almost all his pigs. which are sometimes worse degradation. That a
After more people found out than kids.
about the food, they all wanted Jeff Stewart designated historic building in
it. But instead of taking turns Groton, Vt. the National Register reached
its recent destruction through
Good/dea the neglect of proper security.
is sad enough, but to add to it
To the Editor : and can't leave until school is this proposed use is almost
I am a student from Blue over, but they do bring your more than I can bear.
Mountain Union High School lunch to you, and your class Like a gracious old queen
in WellsRiver, Vermont. work. this big old house with the
In our school we don't get I think this is a pretty good stately pillars seemed to
suspended by being kicked out idea. distinguish the village. Many
of school for a day. Instead, ff Cindy Welch a visitor approaching from the
you get suspended you have to S. Ryegate south inquired about it,
go in a room for a day and stay curious about its history, and
impressed to learn along with
In.school suspension other facets that John Phillip
SOusa visited the home.
To the Editor : students act better. I know I am not alone in
I am a student at Blue The student can work on expressing the feeling that the
Mountain Union School in whatever work they want to in, whole venture is in poor taste.
Wells River, Vermont. This this room, as long as it's I do hope no one gets hurt and
year there is a new system of schoolwork. I think it gives the no pumpkim with candles tip
suspension. It is called in- student more time to think of over!
school suspension, what they have done so they Dorothy Cole
I think the system is very won't do it again. It makes it Bradford
effective. Students who are easier for the student and the
suspended are put into this teacher.
room for a day. As a result of Karen Fifleld
this new system, the halls Greton
have become quieter and the
Overeaters anonymous
Its time to get away from the concerns of the future (see
last few columns) and look at what's going on in the valley
right now.
A while back we noted the "passing" of the New England
River Basins Commission as part of the cutbacks of the
Administration. Along with it the Citizens Advisory Group
was set adrift and also slated for oblivion. A little history
here might shed some light on why this could be a con-
siderable loss for the valley.
When NERBC was created in 1968 it became apparent that
there had to he some direct connection with people at the
grassroots level ff any real effect was to be seen. In addition,
the Connecticut River Basin, as the largest in New England,
had its own Project office and staff set up in Hanover. In
short order two support groups outside the government
structure came into being. These were CAG, a citizens ad-
visory group made up of "plain ole citizens" appointed by the
, several states and SAG, a science advisory group, you
guessed it, made up of science and engineering types
selected in much the same way. CAG took care of political,
social and economic points of view while SAG represented
technical and environmental concerns.
Naturally there was an overlapping of interests and the
whole thing got to be awkward to manage, so that a few years
back the two groups were merged into a single Connecticut
Advisory Group. It represents a long history of dealing with
basic problems, involves itself with every conceivable point
of view and it comprises an awesome bank of talent and
expertise.
The river's problems go on. A change in administration
does nothing to alter that situation. To lose such a working
party as CAG is obviously unfortunate -- if indeed it is to be
lost. Into the breach has stepped the Connecticut River
Valley Flood Control Commission, an organization already
mentioned ih these pages. Under-funded and understaffed, it
now is the only agency left officially charged with overseeing
the effective management of the river's water resources. It
needs all the free help it can get and of course that is the
business of CAG.
At the monent talks are being held to see if these two
groups can work out a practical relationship. In the process
each is getting a new look at its limitations and respon-
sibilities. It will be interesting to watch and perhaps the
outcome will play a big role in the valley's future. We'll keep
yon informed.
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• freestall barn
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barn in 68, sot
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operating .funds
WENTWORTH-WARREN-- age five.
The WIC Program opened at Food supplements (milk,
Mount Moosilauke Health eggs, fruit juice, cheese,
Center on Wednesday Oct. 14 cereals, legumes, and infant
with 55 people from various formula) are prescribed on
towns present. The Health the basis of need for each
Committee has worked for individual and WIC food
over a year to achieve having vouchers are redeemable at
a WIC site here. It is ad- participating stores.
ministered by the lbanon In order to be eligible for
Health Council and the Bureau services one must meet an
of Maternal and Child Health, income guideline and he
which administers the determined by the staff
nutritenist to be nutritionally
at risk affeed of sup-
Center on Route 25 on Wed- plemental foods. Each person
nesdays from 10:00 til 2:00 must also be receiving regular
p.m. The next clinic will be on-going health care either
Wednesday Nov. 11. through the Health Center or
WIC offers nutrition by their own private
counciling, dietary physician.
assessment and the For more information, or to
prescription of special sup make an appointment, please
plementary foods to eligible call the Health Center at 603-
pregnant and postpartum 764-5525, or the Lebanon office
women and to children up to at 603-44{]-1260.
AS(: counW committee nominations
WOODSVILLE--Chairman of County Committeemen are
the Grafton County responsible for local ad-
Agricultural Stabilization and ministration of farm
Conservation Committee, programs. To be eligible, a
Bernard W. Tullar, urges person must reside in the
farmers to take an active part county, and be actively far-
in the upcoming committee ming. If you know of a
elections, qualified person for this
"Now is your chance to have position, get two other people
a say in who will direct ASCS besides yourself to sign a
programs in the county", Mr. petition and enter his or her
Tullar said. "As in the past", name not later than Nov. 2.
he added, "nominations will "You will be performing a
first be made by petition." If service for your agricultural
three or more petitions for community", Mr. Tullar
eligible candidates are concluded.
received, no more
nominations will be made. If
less thhn three petitions are INTERESTING FACT
forthcoming, the county On New Year's Day, 1907,
committee will add names to Theodore Roosevelt shook
make up a slate of three hands with8,513people.
candidates,
Letters and petition forms
have been mailed to all known NOTES & COMMENTS
eligible voters in the county, The bad luck that you
according to Mr. Tullar. grumble about is probably the
Additional petition forms are direct result of your own
available at the county office, activity.
@
Arts prognun alive and well
EDITOR'S NOTE: Thisletter, Program is alive and well! work directly with
besides being sent to the Four years ago this program professional artists for
Journal Opinion, was also sent was founded when interested several sessions. Barbara
home to parents of children in schools began sharing various
Duncan and Janet Warner-
Arts Programs. Today, Ashley have worked with
through volunteer interest, all stiJdents in movement and
eight schools in the Orange dance as part of a physical
East Supervisory Union education program. Stephen
participate in thisprogram. Stearms, a mime, worked in
Your students have been some schools in helping shape
To the Editor: ff off many for the first time in the Orange
Last Spring, a chapter of tbeirlives. District.
East School
If you know of someone who
is obviously suffering from To the Editor :
The ,Orange East Arts
being overweight or has an
eating problem, we hope you
will share this information bohydrates, which is "cun-
about our OA Bradford ning, baffling and powerful."
Chalter with the person. We For such a person, dieting is
know from the AA Big Book no longer a matter of will
that this proven program of power. Such a person as
recovery is not "for everyone ourselves has become in a
meetings). But most of all, we
could eat secretly, or who hope yon will share this in- schools has been the Artist in
have looked forward t0 eating formation with your readers. Resident Program. Through
akme or who otherwise have Thank you very much. the co-sponsorship of the
developed a relationship with Bradford Overeaters Vermont Council on the Arts,
food, oftentimes car- Anonymous students have been able to
Overeaters Anonymous began
meeting in the Bradford area
at the Orange County Mental
Health Center. We have
recently moved to another
OCMH building, the old Ag
building behind the Bradford
Academy (now the Life Skills
.Center by day) where we
continue to meet every
Tbursdaynightfrom$-gp.m. who needs it, but for the sense "addicted" to fond, and
Overeaters Anonymous is a person who wants it." It is our needs help. OA offers that help
self-help support group and belief, though, that there are without fees or dues.
fellowship for compulsive many people like ourselves Newcomers are always
overeaters or those suffering who would want this program welcome.
from other eating disorders, but don't know it exists. There We invite you, as well, to
...... We have no dues or fees. We are many people like our- visit one of our meetings so
- utilize the 12 Steps and 12 selves who have tried you can find out first-hand
Traditions of AA, except diets and failed, or bow OA works. (As we said,
where the alcoholic is have lost weight only to regain we are very similar to AA
powerless over alcohol, we are it, or have hidden food so they
p,verless over food. In our
Bradford group alone, we
have those who have ex-
perienced 5,10, 30, and over 50
pound weight losses and kept
exposed to theatre, dance, and communication theatre skills.
music. Some of the programs This year the Orange East
have been performances by Arts Program will feature
Peter Driscoll, Stephen three main programs: A
Stearns, Janet Warner- Concert by the International
Ashley, mimes; The Vermont Singing Group, "Up With
Jazz Ensemble; plays by the People" -- Nov. II in the
Parish Players and the Green 'schools, Nov. 12 for the public
Mountain Guild; folk music by at Oxbow High School; Henry
Margaret MacArthur; Old Chapin willdo a music-theatre
New England dancing by residency in all schools either
Applejack; dance by the this fall or next spring; and
Whirligig Dance Group; and Barbara Duncanwill do a
an Introduction to Opera by dance residency.
the Young Audiences of Any parent, or friend of the
Massachusetts, Inc. Arts are welcome to attend
Another program in the Art Programs providing you
call the principal of the school
directly involved and make
arrangements. Also, any one
who would he interested in
fund raising activities to
The Tullars
A .farming .family
Charles and Alice Tullar when Fran and Wayne spotted ting) and to use their own
had a farm in Corinth, then
about 1929 they moved to West
Fairlee to a back, sidehill
farm which was so rough and
rocky that it took three weeks
to plow an acre and a quarter.
Besides having 20 cows,
Charles raised oxen to train
and sell, also shod oxen and
horses. He made the shoes
himself, also ox-yokes. His son
George still has his old ox
sling and dump cart.
Charles trained his oxen
so well that they were handy
on either side, and would
march around side-by-side
without even having a yoke on.
Charles was also a great
hunter, always ready to take
his dogs and his sons and head
off on a coon hunt -- and they
rarely came back empty-
handed.
His sons Bernard and
George have their own farms
now.
Berway Farm
Bernard Tullar started on
a farm similar to his father's,
in Lyme, then in 1958 he
bought and moved to his
present farm on the River
Road in Lyme. Through the
years be has developed a farm
of 175 acres, plus 180 acres
which he rents, and grows all
his own corn and hay. To the
original old cowbarn and
sheepbarn, Bernard added a
milking parlor, freestail barn,
heifer barn, shop, and
machinery sheds.
Most of his farm buildings
went up in smoke on July 4,
1977, probably from sparks
from the hay elevator. He and
his wife Fran and son Wayne
were all coming in from the
hayfield, and Bernard was
just putting away the tractor,
the fire. They called the fire
department and rushed to get
the cattle and equipment out
as fast as they could. Friends
and neighbors pitched in, and
through their efforts and these
of the firefighters, more than
100 cows were saved, as well
as some of the milking
equipment and part of one of
the cowbarns. Several of the
firemen were sent to the
hospital by fumes, perhaps
from burning fertilizer.
After the fire, the milking
cows were trucked three miles
up the road to Bernard's
brother George's farm until
new quarters could be built for
them. Cleanup and recon-
struction began immediately,
and in January they were able
to bring the cows back home.
Fran Tullar, a school
teacher, had always taken an
active part in the farm, both in
fieldwork and farm
management, and had spent
many hours mowing hay,
raking and baling. Before the
fire she had already retired
from teaching to devote more
time to farm bookkeeping, etc.
After the fire she worked
closely with Bernard and
Wayne in making plans for
reconstruction.
Wayne has worked all his
life on the farm. He graduated
from the two-year Dairy
Science course at the
University of New Hampshire
and has worked into a part-
nership with his father on the
farm -- now named Berway
Farm, using both their names.
Wayne and his Inother both
took a computer course to
keep them abreast of
developments'in ELFAC
(Electronic Farm Accoun-
Project Crash activities
MONTPELIER--There have Tickets Issued-- 576; Uniform
been 179 DWI arrests by
Project CRASH in 1981 as
compared to 98 for the com-
parable number of weeks in
1980. This represents an in-
crease of 82.6 percent in 1981
DWI arrests by Project
CRASH when compared to
1980.
Factors which contributed
to this increase were
Legislation which became
effective July 1, 1981 per-
mitting officers to be equipped
with roadside testors (Alco-
Sensor) and the instituting of
roadblocks in place of roving
CRASH patrols, according to
state officials. Since the in-
treduction of roadside testors
and roadblock procedures on
July 1st, ere have been 118
DWI arrests by CRASH
weekend personnel, or, 66
percent of all 1981 CRASH
DWI arrests have occurred
since this date. Project
CRASH weekend enforcement
is financed with federal funds
received from the Governor's
Highway Safety Program.
The following are Project
CRASH's activities for the 28
weekends of 1981.
Number of Officers
Worked and Agency
State Police Officers -- 157,
or 38.8 percent; Municipal
Police Officers -- 163, or 40.2
percent; Sheriff Officers-- 85,
or 21.0 percent. The total for
officers working was, 405.
Total Contacts
hy CRASH Teams
Defective Equipment
Traffic Tickets Issued -- 547;
Other Motor Vehicle Citations
Issued -- 63; DWl Arrests --
179; Warnings Issued -- 119.
" TOlT'sts .........
Complimentary Tests --
865; Implied Consent -- 172;
Implied Consent -- Refused --
12.
Fines Collected for the year
totaled $17,445.00.
owe8
Vermonters
BURLINGTON--The Internal
Revenue Service owes forty-
seven Vermonters a total of
$11,686 and will gladly send it
out -- if only they can find the
taxpayers! The smallest
refund due is $3.80, while the
largest is $1,438.
Delegianis said taxpayers
need not consult or engage the
services of a "locating" or
"searching" service to obtain
information about their
checks. They can simply
contact the Burlington IRS
Taxpayer Assistance office at
1-800-642-3110 (toll-free). In
addition to the forty-seven
individuals, the listing also
contains 12 businesses.
Those entitled to refunds in
this area are: Keith Barbour,
of Thetford; John Butler, of
Vershire; and Emile Hebert,
of St. Johnsbury.
My opinion
To the Editor:
Gods of grief and gods of
Glory have been around for a
long time. In ancient Greece
and Rome there was a god for
everything, and seem to be
little better today.
The God of the IRA can see
no good in San Paisley, the
English and very little in
themselves. The God of
Ayatolah Khomeni can not
tolerate anyone that disagrees
with the Ayatolah. The God of
fundamentalist Moslems
disagree with anyone who
wants peace. The Gods of
Israel and the Palistinians
disagree with everyone.
I believe my GOd stands on
higher ground. He believes
that women should have equal
rights, that a woman doing the
same work as a man, and
probably doing it better,
should be paid more than two-
thirds the amount the man is.
He believes in woman's
provide these programs is
asked to let your local school
principal know.
Anne Taylor
Orange East Arts
Program Committee
choice on abortion; that there
is no one else on earth in as
good a position to know
whether that child can be
raised with love and un-
derstanding. She knows
herself better than the
president, the pope and Jerry
Farwell. With 25 percent of the
earth's people forever hungry
and 10 percen[ starving, she is
unsure if she can raise him
without abuse, hunger and the
humiliation of unemployment
and poverty. My God is
watching from a higher circle.
Right now He is watching an
11 year old girl in Michigan. A
victim of abuse and pregnant,
her parents separated, she is a
ward of the state or the court.
Her father wants her to have
an abortion; her mother says
no, the judge says no. She is in
dispair. My God doesn't like
this torture, but He is helpless
to change it. He wrings His
hands and cries a lot. After all,
God wasn't married to Mary.
Without this grief, there
would be no glory; without
this love, there would be no
story to tell our children at
Christmas time.
Donald Darling
Bradford, Vt.
computers for bookkeeping
and for planning their
breeding program.
The farm now has
facilities for 144 milking cows,
including a double-six
herringbone milking parlor.
Their setup is not only work-
saving, but energy-saving, as
they have a thermal-store hot
water system which uses the
beat of the milk to heat their
water. Another modern
development is August
seeding of cornfields to a
cover crop of rye, by airplane.
In 1979, Berway Farm was
named Grafton County
Conservation Farm of the
Year, in recognition of their
comeback after the fire, as
well as other features of their
farm management.
Tullando Farms
After George Tullar left
the home farm, he worked for
a few years at Dartmouth
Dairy while he looked around
for a good farm to buy. In 1956
he and his wife Barbara were
able to by their present main
farm in Orford, to which they
have since added all or part of
ten other farms. They were
fortunate to be able to buy
also working
Since
corporated,
gradually
ownership
buying
poration.
Tullando
successful in
quality
breeding
their bull
Sky High. He l
by Select
proving by
the Putnam
and Hugh
also by his
of EX-91.
George
first calves
Tullando
permint.
Another
which the
measuring
the
year, for
with better
nutrients.
be able to
much
before.
Along
also
kitchen
was built in
considerable
since then.
by MARY HANSON and
The 1981 Magazine Drive The Horse,
was very successful, as we Jim Kinder,]
exceeded our goal by ap- Felicis
proximately $300. Our total
sale was $2,865.62.
Receipts by classes were as The
follows: Fabrizio
Freshmen -- $492.18 Smas
Sophomores-- $1218.47 state.
Juniors-- $398.18 he eligible
Seniors -- $756.76
Top salesmen for the drive
were
Maria Pike -- $469.09
Jody Thayer-- $161.43
Sandy Willey $1AO formance
Drew Tobiasen -- $99.76 eligible
Charles Heath-- $98.72 competition.
Elizabeth Peters -- $86.68 Special
David Patten--S85.85 in order
Sheri Ball -- $85.28 Dairy
Allen Towne -- $84.87 Hudson,
Cheryl Cardin-- $73.77 McKean
We wish to thank these pulled
people and all the other victory,
students who helped to put us Hi
over the top.
Many prizes have already team
been distributed and the KansasCity s
remainder have been ordered Some
and will be given out as soon Awards
as they arrive. Fabrizio
The profit made for the Cate
student activities' fund was
about $1000. It will be used to There
buy cheerleading sweaters,
trash cans and covers for the the other
new literary magazine, petiters
Doing Well contests
The a-la-carte program is report.
doing very well. Each day
more and more people buy
lunch from this program. The Team
program now sells a large to l
variety of foods such as next
sandwiches, potato chips, record
yogurt, cheeseburgers, win both
chocolate and plain milk, ring Oct. 27
dings, ice cream, and other travel to
foods. Different foods will be
added as time goes on. Mrs. 29, the
Lloyd, who is in charge of this
phase of the lunch program at Crusaders
WHS, reports that she is very in
pleased with the success of spot.
this venture.
Report Cards due
Marks will close Friday, High
Oct. 30th. Report cards will be
issued on Wednesday, Nov. on
4th, 1981. taineers
On Tuesday, Oct. 27, PSAT face the
exams will be given to juniors, second
Halloween Dance first time
On Friday, Oct. 30, the easily on
Seniors will be sponsoring a the score'
Halloween Dance at the
community building. The no
dance starts at 8:00 p.m. and kicked
ends at 11:00 p.m. Admission
is $2.00 with a mask; $2.50
without a mask. This dance is
open only to WHS students and fire the
their guests, they
Honor Society after.
The National Honor Society
is once again selling as they
stationary. All the members fensive
have packets and will be
coming around. Several This
members of the Senior Honor many
Society have definitely
decided to take part in an Their
exchange with another Honor that
Society from Eagle Grove
High School in Iowa. The
students are anxiously tl
awaiting the trip. It is now
subject to School Board ap-
proval
FFA News
On Saturday, Oct. 17 the The
Woodsville FFA competed in for
the lnterscholastics at
Durham, N.H. At the com- 3-1
petition Woodsville won
several awards.
