PAGE TWENTY - EVENING HERALD. F ri„ Jan. 26. 1979

Kennedy To End Judge Tradition

WASHINGTON (UPI) — Sen. Edward Kennedy. El- Mass., the new chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. said he will end the time-honored practice of allowing a home-state senator an absolute veto over prospective federal judge nominees from his state.

Kennedy declared war on the "blue slip" system at the opening of his panel's hearings relating to the 152 new federal judgeships created by Congress last year — a bill that gives the administration an unprecedented number of federal vacancies to fill.

I'nder the blue slip system, the names of prospective judicial nominees are sent by the judiciary chairman to senators from the states a ff^ ed . A senator s refusal to return that blue slip of paper has been enough to stop a nominee cold, with the Judiciary Committee never even holding hearings or considering the nominee.

Kennedy said that under his chairmansip. "I will not unilaterally table a nomination simply because a blue slip is not returned by a colleague."

However. Kennedy said he will not "discard cavalierly the tradition of senatorial courtesty. exception-riddled and outdated as it may be. "

Instead. Kennedy said he will inform the commitee when a blue slip has been withheld by the home-state senator, and rather than letting the nomination die. the committee will be allowed to vote on what to do.

Kennedy s decision to end a home-state senator's blackball over a judge nominee is likely to be one of his most controversial moves. It is a system that dates back to the 1930s and has been a key plum in the basket of patronage benefits enjoyed by senate members.

Coventry Carnival Planned by Jaycees

COVENTRY — The Jaycees have scheduled a winter carnival for townspeople on Feb. 17 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in front of the Captain Nathan Hale School on Route31.

Other sponsoring organizations are the Junior Women's Club, the Lions Club, and the Mothers Club.

According to spokesman Robert Wojick. the events will include free-style ice skating, an ice show, a tug-of-war, cross-country skiing, an obstacle course, a snowball throw, sack races, and snow and ice sculptures.

In other Jaycees news, the group has suspended its glass recycling program at the sanitary landfill. The effort has been running at a loss for five years, said Jaycees president Joseph Pacheco.

Last month a Dayville company which had been accepting the unwanted glass rejected a shipment because the colors were not separated. The material was hauled back to the landfill and buried.

Pacheco said a newspaper recycling operation at the landfill was earning a small profit, but that the glass business was a liability. The Jaycees have been paying for rental of storage facilities as well as for hauling.

Town Manager Frank Connolly said he would explore other possibilities for handling the glass in the wake of the Jaycees' decision. The Solid Waste Division of the State Department of Environmental Protection has offered some suggestions.

South Windsor PZC Sets Public Hearing

SOUTH WINDSOR — The Planning and Zoning Commission will conduct a public hearing Jan. 30 at 8 p.m. in the council chambers of the Town Hall to hear applications.

RSK Contractors Inc. is asking for a resubdivision of four lots near the intersection of Lake Street and Doria Lane in an AA-30 zone.

Thomas M. Burgess, 828 Sullivan Avenue is asking for a zone change, from RR to A-20, for property owned by Lai .'a Tomlinson,

The commission has accepted the withdrawl of the application of Pleasant Valley Realty Inc. for a subdivision of land located on the south side of Pleasant Valley Road.

The commission has also approved, with conditions, the application of Dominick Serignese, 67 Christine Drive, East Hartford, for a zone change from Industrial to General Commercial for property at 395 John Fitch Blvd.

Handicapped Group Selects President

VERNON — Jo Adams has been elected president and director of the Tolland Area Association for the Retarded and Handicapped Inc.

Other officers for 1979 are Carol Vaughn, vice president and director; Nancy Bilyak, treasurer and director; Dolores Bolduc, secretary and director; and George Ordway. director,

Ms. Adams is editor of the TAARH newsletter. Commitee chairmen are: Ms. Vaughn, ways and means; Ms. Ordway, publicity; Vicky Butts, membership; Carol Carrier, refreshments; Linda Bolt, library; Jan Dahling, recreation; and Rachel Rossow, legislative.

The next meeting will be Feb. 1 at 7 p.m. in the Stop &Shop meeting Room, Vernon.

At the Feb. 1 meeting David Bland of Child & Family Services in Manchester will be the guest speaker.

Police Report BurglariesVERNON — The Police Department investigated 13

burglaries during the week of Jan. 12-18, The estimated value of goods taken is 816,400, including money taken from a safe at the Sage-Alien store at Tri-City Plaza,

The breaks also included businesses on Route 83, Union Street, Windsor Avenue and West Main Street and a business trailer on Rolling View,

Breaks were reported at private homes on Prospect Street and Gottier Drive and apartments on Welles Road and Regan Road.

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Vote Reforms Proposed

Barbara Kennelly, Connecticut secretary of state, called her first news conference Thursday to announce her legislative proposals. (UPI photo)

HARTFORD (UPI) — Secretary of State Barbara Kennelly Thursday proposed a host of election reform bills, including public financing of campaigns, voter initiatives and direct primaries.

In her first news conference at the Capitol, Mrs. Kennelly unveiled 23 proposed bills she wants the Legislature to adopt this year to improve C on necticu t's e lectio n procedures.

"The total number of registered voters in the state has declined by 40,000 in each of the last two years," she said. "These figures emphasize the need for a redoubled effort to counteract the ongoing decline in voter registration and participation in the political process.”

In her legislative package, Mrs. Kennelly advocated door-to-door registration of voters to ensure that everyone who wants to vote gets a chance.

She also said she favors elimination of party conventions. Mrs. Kennelly, the daughter of the late state and national Democratic Chairman John Bailey, fought off four challengers at the Democratic convention last summer to win her party's nomination.

"I was not happy with either the

Republican or Democratic conventions last summer," she said. "I felt the system broke down."

Mrs. Kennelly proposed a bill that would replace the conventions with direct primaries in which the voters would choose the candidates.

"I think there are a lot of Republicans who wish Mr. Sarasin and Mr. Rome had had a primary,” she said.

Senate Minority Leader Lewis Rome bowed out of the gubernatorial race the day before the GOP convention to become former Rep. Ronald Sarasin's running mate. Gov. Ella Grasso demolished Sarasin in the November election.

Mrs. Kennelly, a former Hartford City Council member and wife of

former House Speaker Jam es Kennelly, also advocated a spending lid on campaign expenditures.

She said the Legislature should begin setting aside money now to finance campaigns in 1982 and candidates for Congress and state office should not be allowed to spend more than $1.5 million.

The new secretary of the state also came out in favor of initiatives and referendums which would allow voters to make laws in much the same way California residents implemented the taxslashing Proposition 13.

Mrs. Kennelly said 39 states now have voter initiatives.

'T think it’s unfair that we don't have them," she said.

Space Shuttles NamedWASHINGTON (UPI) - '’Colum-

bia" will be the name of the space shuttle rocket plane set to make its maiden orbital test flight next November, the head of the space agency announced today.

Dr. Robert Frosch said the next three space shuttles will be called "Challenger,” "Discovery” and "Atlantis.”

Frosch told a Senate space sub

committee that each of the .shuttles is being named after American exploring ships.

The space shuttle Enterprise, which carried out a series of landing tests at the California air base, is not expected to fly in orbit. The Enterprise is now undergoing vibration tests at the Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.

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Adds to BudgetHARTFORD (U P I)-G ov. Ella

I Grasso Friday added $12 million I in welfare and teacher pension I benefits to her proposed budget I and said she will cut the sales tax I on repair parts for machinery ] from 7 percent to 3‘/z percent.

About $10 m illion in new I welfare money, a 5 percent cost of

living increase, will be provided to fam ilies with dependent

I children and $2 million will be I added to the pension fund for dis- I abled teachers.

Mrs. Grasso told a Capitol news [ c o n fe r e n c e the “ sm a ll

adjustment" in her budget projec- I tions will save state business I manufacturers about $2.3 million I in taxes.

Another $20 million already I mandated for the state employees I retirement fund will be im- I plemented in the budget, she said.

JuvenilesHARTFORD, Conn. (UPI) - A,

I governor’s special task force Friday said repeat juvenile offenders who commit serious crimes should be dealt with in an I adult court.

The task force reported to Gov.I Ella Grasso that the present j juvenile justice system does not deal effectively with the small percentage of juvenile felons and stricter treatment could help I deter others.

William Carbone, director of I the Connecticut Justice Commis

sion, submitted proposals for the Legislature to deal with serious

I juvenile offenders.Mrs. Grasso said she would sup-

I port the proposals.

On LeatrileTIJUANA, Mexico (UPI) — |

Three-year-old leukemia victim Chad Green, spirited to Mexico by his parents to evade a court order banning his treatm ent with Laetrile, resumed taking the controversial cancer drug Friday

I at a "Tijuana clinic.Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Green, of

Scituate, Mass., flew secretly with the boy from Boston to Tijuana, where Laetrile is legal. Chad was given his first Mexican Laetrile treatment Friday morning. He was also scheduled to undergo chemotherapy ane go on a

I special idiet. t“He’s been doing superb,” his

father said. "You can see the I change in him.”

Promises DataHARTFORD (U P I)-G ov. Ella

I Grasso Friday promised three legislative members of the Bond Commission to provide more information on a controversial

I classroom construction program at Western Connecticut State I College.

Mrs. Grasso, chairman of the bond unit, agreed to the request

I after the three lawmakers failed in an attempt to get reconsidera-

[ tion of the $5,2 million bonded borrowing allocation for the Danbury-based facility.

On Thursday, Mrs. Grasso I denied a req u est by Sen.

Lawrence DeNardis, R-Hamden, to have the authorization, approved in October, brought up again for reconsideration.

\Downey Approved\HARTFORD (UPI) - The

nomination of former CIA spy John Downey as state secretary

I of business regulations was approved Friday by a legislative panel.

The Executive Nominatins Committee also approved the appointments of Orest "Tom” Dub- no of New Haven as tax commissioner and former Berlin

I Mayor P. Powers as transporta- I tion commissioner.

The confirmation hearings were I actually a formality. Downey,

Dubno and Powers have already I beensworn in to their new posts,I The committee’s approval of the I three now goes to the Legislative I for its consideration.

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President Hints At China Accords

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The wind blows President Carter’s coat as he heads for the helicopter on the South Lawn of the White House. The President was enroute to Camp David for the weekend to await the arrival of Chinese Vice Premier Teng. (UPI photo)

New Suit Filed By Peter Reilly

WASHINGTON (UPI) - President Carter said Friday U.S. recognition of Communist China Is not "an opening for bloodshed and war” in Asia and neither the Soviets nor Taiwan should fear the Washington- Peking link.

He said he sees no need for Sen. Edward Kennedy’s proposed Senate resolution reaffirming U.S. concern for Taiwan’s independence and indicated he would veto “any legislation that would violate the agreement we have reached with the Peoples Republic of China.”

At his second news conference in little more than a week, Carter also said U.S.-Soviet SALT II negotiations are making “steady progress" with no hardening in the Soviet positin, and promise America will be able to verify Russian compliance with any SALT pact he signs.

And he made a strongly worded defense of his decision to increase

military spending in 1980 while trimming some spending on benefits for widows and the poor.

He said his social spending cuts are miniscule reductions that merely eliminate duplicated benefits, and stated repeatedly: ” I have no apologies to make.”

Questioning focused heavily on U.S.-China relations and their potential impact on ties with the Soviet Union and Taiwan.

China’s Vice Premier Teng Hsiao- ping arrives in Washington Sunday for a historical, eight-day visit to the United States, and Carter disclosed their meeting may be more than just .ceremonial.

“There are all kinds of bi-lateral agreements we want to explore, perhaps some here” in Washington, he said. He mentioned technological and cultural exchange pacts, possible airline service accords, and added, “We have a very broad agenda.”

He rejected suggestions that recognition of China, with its complementary severing of the defensive alliance with Taiwan, might embroil the United States in an Asian conflict if China should try to take Taiwan by force.

“I don’t see this as an opening for bloodshed and war,” he said. ‘T think the statements made by the Chinese leaders ... have been very constructive and have indicated a peaceful intent.”

Expressing disapproval of the proposed congressional resolution on T a iw a n , he s u g g e s te d the arrangements he has made for con- tin u e d U .S . lin k s w ith , the Nationalists are enough.

“I myself am committed to a strong and properous and a free people on Taiwan,” he said. “We will have trade relationships, cultural relationships with the people on Taiwan.

State Shielded from Slump

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Attorney Andrew Garson of Fair- field said the suit filed in Stamford Superior Court names former state police Com m issioner Edward Leonard and Capt. Thomas J. McDonnell. It asks for damages, but under state court procedure no dollar amount is specified.

Reilly, cleared of his mother's death in 1977, had originall tied a $2 m illion suit in federal court, claiming the state police had denied his civil rights. That suit also named Leonard and McDonnell.

U.S. Chief District Court Judge T. Emmet Clarie dismissed the original suit last Oct. 24, claiming Reilly had a valid case but that it shouldn’t have been filed in a federal court.

The new five-part complaint accuses the state police of defamation of character, deprivation of due process, invasion of privacy and causing emotional distress.

Garson said the suit is based on state police conduct during the se-

Armed Pair Rob Riders Aboard Bus

WINDSOR, Conn. (UPI) - Two men posing as passengers held up a Trailways bus loaded mostly with college students as the bus rolled along an interstate highway Friday, police said.

There were no injuries among the 36 passengers, although one gunman fired a sawed-off rifle into the bus roof.

The two boarded the bus as it left Springfield, Mass., en route to Hartford and New York, said David Lee, 21, a student at Hampshire College in western Massachusetts.

He said they sat at the rear of the bus and about 10 minutes south of Springfield, the men yanked yellow ski masks over their faces and one pulled out the rifle he had hidden beneath a coat and shot into the bus roof.

One of the men screamed, “Don’t stop the bus. Don’t stop the bus. Just

.keep going,” said Lee. One of the bandits walked to the front of the bus

cond investigation into the death of Barbara Gibbons, a probe ordered by Gov. Ella Grasso.

“We felt that it was done in a way that made any other conclusion except that Reilly did it unlikely,” Garson said.

R e i l ly w as c o n v ic te d of manslaughter in the September 1973 slaying of Ms. Gibbons, 51, in their Falls Village home, but was granted a new trial in 1976 on the basis of newly discovered evidence.

The state police re-investigation was conducted by McDonnell at the direction of Leonard. In his report, M cDonnell adm itted physical evidence was incomplete, but said it showed Reilly was the murderer.

Judge Maurice Sponzo, appointed as a special one-man grand jury, found in 1977 there was insufficient evidence to try anyone for the killing and said there was no likelihood Reilly could bt convicted.

Garson said the state police had ignored the grand jury report while investigating the case.

Chief State's Attorney Austin McGuigan last week announced a new investigation into the death. McGuigan last weekend obtained a sworn statement from a Norfolk farmer who said he saw two men running from Gibbons cottage the night of the murder.

H ARTFORD (U P I) - Top economic observers said Friday a projected downturn in the nation’s economy late this year won’t affect Connecticut until the spring or summer of 1980.

Even if the United States undergoes the projected fnild recession, it ’s expected Connecticut’s economy “will experience no recession over the next 18 months,” according to Anthony Milano.

Milano, Secretary of the Office and Policy and Management and Gov. Ella Grasso’s top fiscal advisor, said Connecticut is favored because of its strong m anufacturing sector, defense contracts, and private aircraft production.

Milano spoke before a public hearing on economic projections conducted jointly by the Legislature’s finance and revenue and bonding committees.

He said on the non-manufeturing level, the non-residential construction sector “had excellent growth.” He said projects like Union Carbide in Danbury and the J.C. Penney distribution center in Manchester have alone provided 8,(XK) new construction jobs into early next year. •

He said 27,5(K) jobs were either retained or brought to the state

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MDC Said Reluctant To Serve Glastonbury

By CHARLIE MAYNARDHerald R eporter

GLASTONBURY — A new wrinkle has developed in the supply of water to the 270 East Glastonbury users of the Manchester water system.

■Town Manager Donald Peach said Friday the Metropolitan District Commission has expressed reluctance to take over the entire distribution of water service in Glastonbury, which would have freed the town of Manchester from charging an estimated $1.5 million to the Glastonbury residents.

Peach said he and some representatives from East Glastonbury met with MDC officials Thursday, who told of their reluctance to take over the franchise.

Peach said they had some misgivings about going to the seven member towns in the- MDC for a referendum, after the franchise application is approved by the 25

commissioners of the metropolitan district. The MDC charter prohibits it going into an area where there already is water service.

“Right now, everything’s up in the air,” said Peach. “The next step is up to the Manchester officials and MDC.”

Peach said he has talked to members of the water service committee in Manchester, who have gone on record as favoring the exclusion of the $1.5 million charge to Glastonbury users from the referendum facing Manchester voters this spring. Their decision, however, is not binding because the board of Directors has final approval.

“It’s more complicated than that,” said Peach. "Manchester has to supply water until the (Glastonbury) users voluntarily give up the service or the MDC becomes involved.”

Until the issue is resolved between Manchester and the MDC, he said, it was of no value to present the list of

alternatives to the Glastonbury residents and have a vote among households over their preference.

Officials made such plans at a Jan. 3 meeting of Manchester, ’Glastonbury and MDC officials. At that meeting, citizens were given information on the future of their water service.

Manchester Town Manager Robert Weiss said the costs of bringing treated water from the Globe Hollow facility back to Glastonbury would be $1.5 million for the extra pipe mileage plus a pumping station and elevated tower.

The w ater com es from the- Buckingham Reservoir in Glastonbury. Weiss said the cost per user would be $6,000 and payable over 20 years.

Peach said Friday MDC may be willing to sell Manchester water to Glastonbury users, but would not take over distribution. Any decision would be made later, he said.

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Forum of the ArtsAt the Bushnell

The Rajko Hungarian Gypsy Orchestra and Dancers will be at Bushnell Memorial Hall, Hartford, Tuesday at 8 p.m.

Wednesday at 8 p.m., the Hartford Chamber Orchestra will feature pianist Alan Marks performing Beethoven's Concerto No. 4 for Piano. The program also features other Beethoven works.

Thursday at 8 p.m., the National Theatre of The cieaf combines sign language with mime, dance, music, movement, narration, and song.

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the Twyla Tharp Dancers perform in the fourth event in the Hartford Ballet Series.

Feb. 7 at 8:15 p.m., the Hartford Symphony Orchestra performs a program of music by Piston, Mozart and Strauss. Pianist Malcolm Frager is the featured artist.

Feb. 9, 10 and 11. Matthew and Sherilyn Mentes narrate their travelogue on Hungary. l24fr^807iKreskin at EHHS

The Amazing Kreskin will present a program Thursday, Feb. 15, at 8 p.m in the East Hartford High School auditorium. The event is sponsored by the Manchester Community College student program board Tickets are available at the Student Activities office at the college main campus. (646-4900. extension259i.Theater Events

• The dark comedy. “Emigres " by Slawomir Mrozek. will be presented Feb. 3 at 8 p.m. in the College Theatre at Central Connecticut State College New Britain. The production will feature students from the University of Connecticut under the direction of Jaroslav Strzemien. One of the two characters, identified as "XX,'■ is played by Norman Skaggs of Coventry. (827-7469, 521-2556, or 827-7382)

• Sam Shepard's play, “Buried Child," has opened the winter spring repertory at the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven. It will be followed by Chekhov’s “The Seagull" joining the repertory Feb. 16. (436- 1600)

• Hartford's Producing Guild is staging “Murder Among Friends," a comedy-mystery by Bob Barry, in the Tower Theatre of The Hartford Insurance Group, Cogswell Street, through Feb. 4. (522-8309)

• The Mark Twain Masquers are presenting a mystery melodrama, “Wait Until Dark” tonight and Sunday, and Feb. 1, 2 and 3 in the Roberts Theatre at the Kingswood School, 170 Kingswood Road, West Hartford. (523-7345 or 247-9(525)

• The New England Repertory Theatre in W orcester, Mass., presents Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House,” Thursday, Friday and Saturday, through Feb. 18. (617-798-8685)

• A play about the Russian intelligentsia, “ Summerfolk” by Maxim Gorky, is being performed at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven through Feb. 4. (787-4282)

• Racial conflict is illustrated in “Wedding Band,” a lyrical romance of the American South of 1918, at the Hartford Stage Company, 50 Church St., Hartford, through Feb. 11 (527- 5151)

• The m usical “ Man of La Mancha” is starring David Curren as Don (Juixote at the Hole-in-the-Wall,121 Smalley St„ New Britain, Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:30 through Feb. 24. (223-9500)

• “Dracula” may be seen tonight at 8 and Sunday at 2 p.m. at the American Shakespeare ’Theatre in Stratford. (375-5000)

• Camelot Dinner Theater in Higganum is presenting “Oklahoma” through Feb. 18. (563-8376)

. • ’The Coachlight Dinner ’Theatrein Elast Windsor winds up its presentation of “Irene” tonight and Sunday Coming Jan. 31 is ‘"The Music Man.” (522-1266, 623-8227)Musical Events

baritone, and G reta Hopkins, soprano. ’They will be accompanied by Herbert Chatzky. Tickets go on sale at 6 p.m.’

• Renato Bonacini, violin soloist and faculty member of the Hartt College of Music, will conduct a concert by the Connecticut String Orchestra Sunday at 3 p.m. at Asylum Hill Congregational Church. Hartford.

• The Sam R ivers Q uartet, featuring Dave Holland, will be pre.sented by the Hartford Jazz Society Sunday from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Sheraton Tobacco Valiev Inn, Windsor. (242-6688).

• The Waverly Consort presents"Las Cantigas de Santa .Maria, "

music and verse in the medieval court of King Alfonso, Monday at 8:15 p.m, in Jorgensen Auditorium at the Universilv of Connecticut, Storrs. (486-4226)

• The choir of men and boys of Winchester Cathedral in London will present a concert Friday. March 2. at 8 p m in Trinity Episcopal Church. Sigourney Street. Hartford.

• The American Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford will be the setting for a Bluegrass concert by The Country Gentlemen on Sunday. Feb 4. at 2 p.m. (375-5000)

• Richard Hayman conducts the H artfo rd Symphony 'P ops ' Orchestra tonight at 8 at the jai alai fronton in Hartford. The theme will be "More of the Big Dance Bands ' Tickets at the fronton tonight.

• Greig Shearer, flautist, will present a Hartford faculty recital Sunday at 7 p.m in the Crystal Room of St Joseph College, Asylum Avenue, West Hartford. His accompanist will be Margreet Pfeifer-Francis. Tbe event is free. (246-2588).

• The Moscow Philharm onic Orchestra will perform Monday at 8:15 p.m. in Jorgensen Auditorium at University of Connecticut. Soviet violinist Ilya Grubert will perform in the Tchaikovsky “Violin Concerto " (486-4226)

• Johann Strauss' operetta, “ Die Fledermaus, ” is being staged by the University of H artford’s Hartt Opera-Theater tonight at 8 and Sunday at 2:30 p.m . in M illard Auditorium, 200 Bloomfield Ave., West Hartford. (243-4421, 243-4442)

• Betty Knorr, mezzo-soprano, will present a recital tonight at 8 in Trinity Episcopal Church, 120 Sigourney St., Hartford. She will be accompameo by Sharon Flagg pianist, and James Frazier, organist. Contributions will be received at the door. (527-8133).

• The University of Connecticut Preparatory School of Music concert will be presented Sunday at 3 p.m., free, in von der Mehden Recital Hall at the university in Storrs. On Wednesday at 8:15 p.m., Ik-Hwan Bae, violinist, will appear in a faculty recital, also in von der Mehden Recital Hall.

• The Hartford Symphony will perform in the second concert of the G las to n b u ry C oncert S e rie s Thursday, Feb. 8, at 7:30 pjti, in Glastonbury High School, 320 Hubbard St. Pianist Malcolm Frager will perform Mozart’s “Piano Concerto No. 25.”

•Art Events• A special workshop for potters

and ceramists on low-fire decorative techniques will be taught at the Farmington Valley Arts Center, Avon Park North. Avon, Feb. 3 and 4. Christina Bertoni, a visiting artist from Cranston. R.I., will be the instructor. Also at the arts center, a course for advanced photographers will be offered on the first and third Thursdays of each month, beginning Feb. 1. Class sessions will be led by Phil Zimmerman. For information, call 678-1867.

• The Manchester Community College student exhibition of ceramics, crafts and sculpture will be featured in the college's Stairwell Gallery. 146 Hartford Road. Friday through Feb. 23. The opening reception will be Friday at 8 p.m., featuring a piano and cello recital by the Clark-Schuldmann Duo. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 8 a m. to 10 p m., and Saturday from 9 a m. to noon

• At the Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, the Barnes Gallery in the Katharine Brush Library is featuring "The Black Presence in the Era of

the American Revolution." an exhibition of 40 panels of portraits, pictures and words.

• Dr. Jean Keith, a University of Connecticut Egyptologist, will present an illustrated talk on the “King Tut "exhibition Feb. 3 at 10 a m. in von der Mebden Recital Hall at the university in Storrs. There will be a small donation at the door.

• The Hartford Art School of the University of Hartford Juried Student Exhibition will be shown in the school's Joseloff Gallery, 200 Bloomfield Ave., West Hartford, through Wednesday. The exhibition is open from 9 a m. to 4:30 p.m.

• An exhibition sculpture by Elbert Weinberg is on view through Feb. 13 in the Jorgensen Gallery at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m., and 45 minutes before performances in the Jorgensen Auditorium and Theatre.

• “ Intermezzo," a showing of drawings by Steve Lewis, will be on view Friday through Feb. 23 at Real Art Wa.vs. 197 Asylum St., Hartford. The opening reception is Friday at 5:30 p.m.

• The Lions Gallery of the Senses in the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford is featuring “15 Time Smells,” by artist Karl Knoecklein, now through April 4. For information on exhibits at the Atheneum, call 525- 1439 or 525-1430.

Twyla Tharp, the controversial contemporary choreographer, will appear with her dance company Thursday and Friday at Bushnell Memorial Hall in Hartford. During

her Hartford engagement, Tharp will preview three new works slated for New York premieres later in February. (246-6807)

That^s EntertainmentActors Don’t Retire

Dance Events

• A trio of vocalists will be heard Sunday at 7 p.m. at the Second Congregational CJiurch, 385 N. Main St., Manchester. Soloists are Wes Garrison, tenor, Charles Fidlar,

• The G allery Dancers have transferred their meetings to Whiton Memorial Library, 100 N. Main St., Mancheeter, The group meets the second and fourth Fridays of each month at 8 p.m. under the leadership of Frank C. Van Cleef, to do English country dancing of the 17th and 18th centuries. Cam Kaynor continues as musician. For further information, call Van Cleef, 549-9208.

• The world famous mime, Marcel Marceau, will present a performance to benefit the Peace Train Foundation Wednesday, Feb. 14, at 8 p.m, in Bughnell Memorial Hall in Hartford (522-7200)

• Constance Kreemer, Shulamit Saltzman, Carl Tillmanns and their friends will present a collage of individual style and form in "Faculty and Friends,” a dance program tonight at 8 in the Austin Arts Center at Trinity College in Hartford,

Picture of MonthLouise Prignano's oil painting of

"Lady in Yellow" is the first place winner of the Manchester Art Association picture of the month. Her painting is being shown in Mary Cheney Library.

Other winners, tied for second and third place, are: Bridgie Lubby, “Charter Oak Park," a pastel, displayed in the Savings Bank of M anchester, Main S treet, and William Marsh, “ Hodgeson Mill Road,” an oil, being shown at the First Federal Savings on West Middle Turnpike.

47th Shrine CircusThe 47th annual sphinx Temple

Shrine Circus is scheduled to return to the State Armory in Hartford from Feb. 14 through 19.

Clarence Johnson is general chairman for this year’s Shrine Circus.

The feature act of the 17-act circus wiil be the young trainer, Wade Burke, in the cage with 16 tigers at one time, five of which are all white tigers.

There wiil also be clowns, peanuts, cotton candy, and the most important ingredient for any circus—chiidren,

Saturday, Feb, 17, will be Kiddie Day when Sphinx Temple Shrine hosts all underprivileged children in the state an afternoon performance.

Circus tickets will be on sale daily at the State Armory starting Monday. The box office opens at 10:30 am .

By ALLEN M. WIDEMOne of the most fascinating aspects

about acting is the utter lack of a mandatory retirement age.

Perhaps more than any other profession, except, perhaps, writing, acting requires only performing capacity, credibility, competency. There’s no such thing as a Decision Maker standing in the wings and shouting to a lady or gentlemen, "Hey, you, it’s 75 years since you

started acting. Get off the stage!” At last reports. George Burns,

who’s over 80, was well into preparation for theatre/television/motion picture commitments well into 1980.

The one-line gagster, cigar used as prop, has entertained audiences for umpteen years and is not about to step aside. Performing, to George Burns, is a wonderful way of life. And what, he probably asks, does one retire to?

Katharine Hepburn, one of the prides of Connecticut, will be 70 in 1979. Somebody somewhere along the line might well bellow, ‘“Hey, Hepburn, you’re over the hill!” No such thing for Miss Hepburn — or anybody else in acting or out of acting, still willing, able and ready to do what’s expected.

She’s been in England filming a CBS-TV mov)e, “ The Corn Is

Green,” directed by George Cukor, who happens to be a youngish 80,

If memory serves, the late Ed Begley was past 40 before embarking on the trials and tribulation of New York theatre. William Paley, chief honcho of CBS, is well into his 70s. “Uncle Milton Berle,” in a one-man demonstration of driving talent literally revolutionalizing American television 25 years ago, recently marked his 70th birthday. Bob Hope, who continues a schedule that would probably exhaust somebody half his age, is 75.

The beyond-65 or 70 age is best represented by the male members of the creative, expressive arts simply because, well, the gals opt for voluntary retirement.

The men, in effect, don’t want to “hang around the house.” They want to perform, want to hear that electric sparkle of applause, what to know tha t when they walk into a restaurant, be it in Manchester or New York or Beverly Hills, faces will turn, smiles will emerge.

Retirement? It’s for the somebody who’s has had enough. And, in the creative/expressive arts, it’s a matter of never having had enough. An actor, an actress, want to act. And a writer wants to see his/her work in print.

Aithough ailing in his last years. Sir Charlie Chaplin was reportedly still preparing for a “comeback,” with a movie project. He was in his late 80s. A man with honors, citations, awards from all over the world. And yet still striving for even more quality.

Clark Gable, who died at 60 in 1960, undoubtedly would have continued to act well into his 70s. He, too, had that certain drive, that self-demand, sparking constant, constant activity.

It goes without saying that “aging” talent has contributed superlatively, s ig n if ic a n tly , to A m e ric a ’s expressive or creative arts. If only the audience, the readers, could better realize this and appreciate more.

Just because there’s grey in one’s hair do?s not mean the individual’s ready to be sidelined. As iong as the competency is evident, an individuai should be allowed to do his or her thing. The expressive or creative arts are more tolerant of this obviously sensitive atmosphere. And it shows, shows excellently, in the finished product — the play, the movie, the book, a composite project of trained, dedicated talent.

Theater ScheduleSaturday

U.A. Theater 1 — “Movie, Movie" 2:00-4:00-6:00-8:00- 10:00

U.A. Theater 2 — “Class of Miss MacMichael” 2:00-4:00- 5:45-7:45-9:30

U.A. Theater 3— “Bermuda Triangle” 2:00-3:50-5:40-7:30- 9:15

Vernon Cine 1 — “Midnight Express” 2:00-7:30-9:35: “Cream’s Farewell Concert” Midnight

Vernon Cine 2 — “Animal House” 2:15-7:10-9:10; “Night of the Living Dead ” Midnight

SundayU.A. Theater 1 — “Movie,

Movie" 2:00-4:00-6:00-8:00- 10:00

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Art Carney will star in “Defiance,” playing an elderiy grocery store owner who joins Jan- Michael Vincent in defying h o od lum s who a re terrorizing a lower east s id e New Y ork neighborhood.

U.A. Theater 2 — “Class of Miss MacMichael" 2:00-4:00- 5:45-7:45-9:30

U.A. Theater 3— “Bermuda Triangle” 2:00-3:50-5:40-7:30- 9:15

Vernon Cine 1 - “Midnight Express” 2:0(M:15-7:30-9:35

Vernon-Cine 2 - “Animal House” 2:30-4:30-7:10-9:10

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will be closed in East Haddem for repairs of a bridge 3V2 miles east of the Connecticut River; Route 42 will be closed in Beacon rails, and state road 750 will be closed in North Haven.

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Review of CETA Jobs To Take Another Week

EVENING HERALD, Sat., Jan. 27. 1979— PAGETHREE

MANCHESTER - It will be at least another week before the town begins work to fill 13 proposed Comprehensive Em ploym ent and Training Act positions.

The 13 jobs have been approved by the Town Board of Directors and now are being reviewed by the Hartford office that oversees the area CETA program, Steven Werbner, personnel supervisor, said.

That review will take another week, Werbner said. The office has to make sure the jobs and costs are within the program guidelines.

After the Hartford office okays the positions, the town will s ta r t recruiting. This will take at least two more weeks before the positions are filled, Werbner said.

The following positions were approved by the Town Board of Directors for the CETA slots: Clerk I for the manager’s office, a maintenance helper painter, a recreation supervisor, a gym supervisor, a communications specialist, a clerk for

the Water Department.Also: Two library positions, three

clerks for the police records project and two positions for a project at the data processing center.

All of the positions would be funded with CETA money received by the town for the present fiscal year.

The Board of Directors meets again Tuesday and may act then on approving six CETA posit.ions recommended by the Board of Education, Werbner said.

These six education positions probably will be filled later than the other 13 because the Town Board of Directors will be acting on them about three weeks later. The board did not act on the six positions at its Jan. 16 meeting because it wanted more information about salaries.

Those six proposed positions are a custodian, an electrician, three aides and a clerk-secretary.

Two of the aides would be used in the Social Work Department and one in the Speech Department. The clerk-

Derby Winners NamedMANCHESTER — Matt Paggioli

took first place in the Pinewood Derby for Cub Scout Pack 152, Bowers School and Peter Bernier was the second place winner.

B rip Curry’s car was judged the best in the show and Den winners were: Todd Lindsay, Michael MacDonald, Mack Terza. Jeff Schaller. Bernier and Pag

Marc Vigeaut, Jeff Schaller and

Jeff Burgess, all of Den 5, were awarded Wolf badges. Jeff Lampson of Den 3 was awarded a gold arrow and three silver arrows and special recognition was given to Robert Walter of Den 1 for his quick action in a recent fire._The pack is making plans for its Blue and Gold dinner and is also collecting Items for the pack s display window at the Bowers School.

secretary would be in charge of new state forms required by the Special Education Department, and the custodian would work at Manchester High School.

Recruitment for all positions will be done in the entire Hartford region. In the past, CETA positions had to be filled by town residents unless none who qualified for the job could be recruited.

Now, due to CETA guideline changes, the positions will be open to anyone.

Still, the town does have to do some guessing when it creates CETA jobs, Werbner said. It tries to match up new jobs with the skills of unemployed persons in the area, but it has no detailed information about the area’s unemployed.

Werbner said the town has asked the Department of Labor for information about the skills and needs of area unemployed.

“We’ve pever really been able to get that information,” he said.

“When we create these CETA positions, we never know for sure if we’re going to be able to find someone to fill the positions,” he said.

William Diard as Gabriel von Eisenstein sings a duet with Kathryn Servant as his wife, Rosalinda, in a scene from “Die Fleder

maus” presented by the Hartt Opera-Theater at the University of Hartford tonight and Sunday afternoon.

Review

‘Die Fledermaus’ SuperbR v l l l\ l i ' T O i u P i r i v e

Alcoholics MeetMANCHESTER - Alcoholics Vic

torious will meet Monday at 7 p.m. in Mott's Community Hall, 587 E. Middle Turnpike Refreshments will be served. For further information, call 649-9882 weekends.

Community Calendars

ManchesterMANCHESTER —Here s next

week s schedule of public meetings (locaiions are in Municipal Building, 41 Center St., unless noted): Monday

4 p.m, —Pension Board, Hearing Room.

7:30 p.m. —Planning and Zoning Comm ission, Lincoln C enter Conference Room.

8 p.m. —Republican Town Committee, Hearing Room.

8 p.m. —Board of Education, budget workshop, 45 N. School St. Tuesday

4:30 p.m. —Advisory Board of Health, Hearing Room.

7:30 p.m. —MA, budget meeting, 45 N. School St.

7:30 p.m. —Board of Directors, Hearing Room,Thursday

8 a.m, —Economic Development Commission, Hearing Room.

4:30 p.m. —Cheney Historical District Committee, Hearing Room.

7:30 p.m. —PTA, budget meeting, 45 N. School St.

8 p.m. —Subcommittee, Town and Eighth Utilities District Boards of Directors, Coffee Room.

AndoverMonday

Town clerk, 6 to 8 p.m.. Town Office Building.

Tax collector, assessor, 7-9 p.m,. Town Office Building.

K in d e rg a rten re g is tr a tio n (Tuesday and Wednesday also), 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Andover Elementary School.Tuesday

Andover Elementary School PTA dance demonstration, 7 p.m., at the school.

Republican caucus, 8 p.m.. Town Office Building.Wednesday

Democratic caucus, 8 p.m.. Town Office Building.Friday

Andover Elementary School PTA movie, 7 p.m., at the school.

BoltonSunday

Youth pancake breakfast, 11:30 a.m., St. George’s Episcopal Church.

Service of Christian Unity, 7:30 p.m., St. George’s Episcopal Church. Monday

Town c le rk , tax co llec to r, assessor, 7 to 9 p.m.. Community Hall.

Board of Education, 8 p.m., Bolton Center School.

Friends of the Library, 8 p.m., Bentley Memorial Library.

Democratic caucus, 8 p.m.. Community Hall.

Republican caucus, 8 p.m., Herrick Memorial Park.Tuesday

Economic Development Commission, 7;30 p.m.. Community Hall. Wednesday

Senior citizens, 1 p.m.. Community Hall.Thursday

Board of Education, 8 p.m., Bolton Center School.

Coventry

PLEASE CALLTHEATRe ' FOR SCREEN TIMES

Monday'Board of Welfare, 10 to 11 a.m.

Town Hall.

WednesdayBoard of Welfare. 7:30 to 8:30 p.m..

Town Hall.Rotary Club. 7 p.m.. Grange Hall. Young People’s AA, 8 p.m., St.

Mary’s Church.Thursday

Adult Education Council, 7:30 p.m., Coventry High School.Friday

Representative from U. S. Sen. Lowell Weicker’s office, 1 to 3:30 p.m.. Town Hall.

Benefit volleyball game, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Capt. Nathan Hale School.

East HartfordMonday

E ast Hartford Public Health N urses A ssociation , 8 p .m .. Conference Room.

Ordinance Committee workshop, 7 p.m.. Corporation Counsel’s office.

Credit Union, annual meeting, 7:30 p m.. Council Chambers. Wednesday

Task Force on School Building Use, 7:30 p.m., lower media center. East Hartford High School.Thursday

PTA Council meeting, 8 p.m., lower media center. East Hartford High School.

GlastonburyToday

Open gym, 1-5 p.m., Buttonball School for children up to 13 years of age.Sunday

Open gym, 1-5 p.m., Glastonbury High School for ages 8 and over.

Adult swim, noon to 1 p.m., Glastonbury High School.Monday

Board of Education, 7:30 p.m., high school library.

family-only night, 6:45-9:30 p.m., Hebron Avenue School.

Men’s Volleyball, 7-9:30 p.m., Hebron Avenue School.

Indoor jogging, 6:45-7:30 a.m., Glastonbury High School.

Recreation Swim, 6:45-7:30 a.m., Glastonbury High.Tuesday

Board of Finance, 7:0 p.m., recorde vault of Town Office building.

Economic Development Commission nd Town Plan and Zoning Comi- sion, 7:30 p.m.. Town Office building.

After-school recreation, 3-5 p.m., Eastbury School for grades 3-5 and Hebron Avenue School for grades 1-3.

Indoor jogging, 6:45-7:30 a.m., Glastonbury High School.

Recreation Swim, 6:45-7:30 a.m., Glasoonbury High.Wednesday

Charter Revision Committee, 7:30 p.m., high school cafeteria.

Indoor jogging, 6:30-7:30 a.m., Glastonbury High School.

Indoor skating, 1-3 p.m., Glastonbury Arena for Academy and Button- ball schools.

After-school recreation, 1-5 p.m., Buttonball School for grades 1-4.

Open gym, 7:30-9:30 p.m. for ages 18 and over, Naubuc School. Thursday

Redevelopment Agency, 7:30 p.m.. Town Office building.

Teen Drop-In, 6-9 p.m., Naubuc School.

After-school recreation, 2:50-5 p.m., Naubuc School.

Indoor jogging, 6:45-7:30 a.m., Glastonbury High School.

“Egypt Before King Tut,” 8 p.m.. East Glastonbury Public Library. Friday

After-school recreation, 3-5 p.m., Hebron Avenue School for grades 4-5.

After-school recreation, 2:50-5 p.m., Naubuc School for grades 3-4.

Teen Drop-In center, 6-9 p.m., Naubuc School.

Recreation swim, 6:45-7:30 a.m., Glastonbury High School.

Louis Longo lecture, 7:30 p.m., Welles-Turner Library;

HebronMonday

Town C lerk , tax co llec to r , assessor, 7-9 p.m.. Town Office Building.

Town sanitarian, 6 to 9:30 p.m.. Town Office Building.

Special meeting Regional 8 Board of Education, 7:30 p.m., Rham High School library.Tuesday

Economic Development Committee, 8 p.m.. Town Office Building. Wednesday

Public Health Nurses, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.. Town Office Building. ThursdaS

Board of Selectmen, 7 p.m.. Town Office Building.

Zoning Board of Appeals, 8 p.m., Town Office Building.

Hebron Board of Education, 8 p.m., Gilead Hill School library.

South WindsorToday

Jaycee Awards banquet, 7:30 p.m., Willies Steak House, Center Street, Manchester.Monday

Town Council, 8 p.m.. Town Hall. Adult Education program starts,

High School.Tuesday

Planning and Zoning Commission public hearing, 8 p.m.. Town Hall. Wednesday

Workshop on High School budget, 7:30 p.m., Wapping Community Room,Thursday

Charter Revision Commission, 7:30 p.m.. Town Hall.

By JUNE TOMPKINSThe buffoonery and merry mad

caps written into the story of "Die Fledermaus” are almost sufficient for the play to stand on its own merits, but when written to the music of waltz king and master, Johann Strauss, there you have something.

That something opened Thursday night for a week-end performance that is superb, thoroughly entertaining and amusing, and different for the performers of the Hartt- Opera Theater of the University, of Hartford, who usually perform more serious works.

Basically the story is about a noted ballmaster, Dr. Falke, who seeks revenge on his friend, Gabriel von Eisenstein.

The two men were driving home from a fancy costume party when Dr. Falke, dressed as a bat (die fMermaus), fell asleep. As a joke Eisenstein deposited the sleeping figure in the public square, where the man awoke the next morning, surrounded by a jeering crowd who called him “Dr. Fledermaus.” The operetta tells how Dr. Falke connives to get even with Eisenstein.

Dr. Falke plans a masked ball in which all the characters become involved in a charade of mistaken identities, and a good time is had by ail.

I t ’s an illog ica l work with ridiculous dialogue, and full of fast- paced action. At times, it borders on the slapstick, but it is too well

■directed by Brenda Lewis to get out of hand. The only problem is Kathryn

S ervan t’s obvious concern in manipulating her gown’s train so she won’t trip on it while she cavorts and dances about the stage.

Each of the main characters has a lover and there’s trickery galore in attempted deceit, until the final act when ail meet in the jail where Eisenstein (or is it Eisenstein?) is supposed to be serving a sentence for insulting a tax collector.

But all turns out ail right in the end, and one would suppose that they all live happily ever after.

The second of the three acts is perhaps the most entertaining. The scene is the grand ball held in Prince Orlofsky’s palace, a sumptuous set designed by James Johnson. The prince proclaims that everyone must do what he likes best. In this performance, there was opportunity to hear from some of the Hartt College of Music talent.

Faculty member Bert Lucarelli, oboeist, gave a moving interpretation of the Largo from Marcello’s Oboe Concerto. Another H artt teacher, Gary Karr, amazed and amused the audience with the last movement of a bass viol concerto by Bottesini. Karr’s flair for comic- d ram atic acting enhanced his manipulation of the giant instrument on which he executed harmonics and double stops, and strummed like a guitar as well as some intricate allegro passages.

William Diard, playing Eisenstein, displayed his magnificent tenor voice to the fullest in Franz Lehar’s "Yours Is My Heart Alone.”

VernonToday

“Dine and Dance ‘79” , dinner 8 p.m,, dancing 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., St. Joseph’s Church hall. Union Street. Sunday

Bible Study Group, 9:30 a.m.. Union Congregational Church, Elm Street.

Marriage Encounter program, 11 a.m.. Union Congregational Church, Elm Street.

Our Lady of Fatima Council KofC, open house, 1 to 5 p.m., KofC Home, 15 Prospect St., Rockville.

Vernon Historical Society, 2 p.m., Union Church annex, Elm Street. Monday

Center Road School PTO, 7 p.m., at the school.

Board of Education Curriculum Committee, 7:30 p.m., School Administration Building, Park Street.

Northwest Rockville Neighborhood Association, 7:30 p.m.. First Federal Savings, Park Place.Tuesday

Fire Study Committee, 7:30 p.m., Nye Street firehouse.

Board of Education Personnel Policies Committee, 8 p.m.. Administration Building.

Eighth District Fire Chief Ted Lingard (left) accepts the donation of new equipment for the district’s aerialscope truck (in the background) from three company captains, (from left) Paul Gworek, Engine Co. 2, Michael Heimer, Hose Co. 3 and Thomas Tomkunas, Engine Co. 1. The new equipment, donated by the three district’s companies, includes the rescue saw held by the captains, the smoke ejector in the foreground and the quartz lights mounted on the truck. (Herald photo by Pinto)

Shortly after the operetta begins, it is apparent that the cast has been matched carefully and well according to vocal ability and quality. Only ’Thomas Silverborg, who plays Alfred R osalinda’s admirer, might be criticized for poor diction, but his tenor range is clear and blends well in the duets and ensembles in which he sings.

Kathryn Servant displays a professional command of her full Mprano range, one which is required in the role of Rosalinda von Eisenstein.

Another enjoyable character is Barbara Adams Pierce, who plays Adele, the Eisensteins’ maid, and who is pretty, lively and possesses a lovely coloratura.

Others in the cast who have singing roles also perform commendably.

Accompanying all the vocal hijlnks is the Hartt Orchestra conducted by Moshe Paranov, who leads the musicians from one delightful Strauss melody to another. During the overture, there were times opening night when the orchestra and Paranov raced in a dead heat through some passages, with Paranov usually ahead. The first violin section lacked fullness and sounded ragged at times, but for all that, it is ail the Strauss music that is beloved by everyone, and it is hard to find fault.

“Die Fledermaus” will be per- forined again tonight at 8 in Millard Auditorium on the University of Hartforii Campus, 200 Bloomfield Ave., West Hartford, and Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

Volunteers Donate New Equipment

* MANCHESTER — ’The companies .... of the Eighth District Fire Depart

ment have donated three pieces of equipm ent for the d is t r i c t ’s

( aerialscope fire truck. ’The donation comes from each company’s social and welfare funds.

Conrad Apel, a former volunteer fireman and oldest charter member of the District Department also donated money for the equipment.

’The money was given in Appreciation of the support given the volunteers by the Eighth District residents and elected officials.

The new equipment includes two 500-watt quartz spotlights, a homelite rescue saw and a 20-inch diameter smoke ejector exhaust fan. All have been placed in service on Tower 1.

The lights were permanently mounted on the platform section of the aerialscope by Assistant Chief Harold Topliff and firefighter Leonard Luzusky. ’The lights will provide daylight type illumination for firefighters working in heavy smoke or nighttime situations.

’The saw will be used for ventilation and overhauling procedures. The smoke ejector provides the department with a greater capacity for removal of smoke or other dangerous fumes or gases which may build up in large area locations.

Eighth District Fire Chief Ted Lingard praised the companies’ donations, stating that the equipment will allow the department to proceed in budgeting for other necessary appliances for the new fire truck.

Bolton Caucuses MondayBOLTON — D em ocrats and

Republicans will caucus Monday to choose candidates for office in the May town election.

Both caucuses will be at 8 p.m., the Republicans at Herrick Memorial Park and the Democrats at the Community Hall.

F irst Selectman Henry Ryba, Democrat, said he plans to seek his

party’s nomination for that position. Joann Neath, Democratic selectman said she will not seek re-election.

The remaining board members haven’t committed themselves Neither party has released the names of anyone else who may be interested in running for the top office.

William Fehling, Republican town chairman, said, "It is difficult to get

people to run. People are scared off because of the time involvement.”

Anyone interested in seeking a position on the Republican ticket should call Fehling at 643-1446.

Anyone interested in seeking a position on the Democratic ticket should c a ll John M orianos, Democratic Town Committee chairman, at 649-6338.

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ThoughtsFrom time to time, we feel that

"the world is too much with us."The daily work we do seems a

heavy, intolerable burden and perhaps too heavy a penalty of Adam’s sin. The real roblem is not the labor itself but the difficulty with which we work. The opposite, a world without work, would be intolerable. for we would never find even limited fulfilment as human beings.

God. Himself, is never at rest, for He is pure action; nor did He create humanity as any less than an active being.

Even Genesis tells us that the first man was set in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it. not simply to relax and do nothing. Humans are meant to find their meaning and fulfillment in

work.Modern, technological society

often makes this difficult because of the factory division of labor and the divorce of the individual from the completion of the total product. To some degree, this frustration can be overcome by a vision of the entire production and of the part one's job plays in the whole.

If we bring to our work, no matter what it is, a sense of devotion and care, a desire to do the job well, then we will find satisfaction and fulfillment therein and a participation in the eternal action of God.

The Rev. Robert W. Cronin, pastor,St. Maurice Church,Bolton

To the editor:I think the article Peg Martin had

in the paper hit the nail on the head.Now I see Mr. Cummings says our

taxes would go up three mills if it wasn’t for HUD.

Well, Mr. Cummings, how much less would our tax bill be if you, Weiss and your puppets hadn’t built

the Buckland fire station and kept lO men there doing nothing?

Now Mr. Cummings, do you

Andrew Tally

remember when you said President Nixon should resign for telling lies and cheating?

You say to the people to support HUD and that they won’t go any further than they have.

I am a senior citizen and if we don’t get HUD it’s not going to hurt me or anyone else.

I don’t see how anyone can put any faith and trust in you after you admitted that last fail.

I think it is about time we got rid of Weiss. Look how he brought Wilbur Smith into town and put the firehouse in Buckland.

Mayor Blackstone of East Hartford explained how he turned down $1.2 million in HUD money and he wouldn’t give in to their demands.

He said a strong mayor form of government is better than a town

AlmanacB) t iiilcil I’resM Inlernulio iiu lToday is Jan. 27.The moon is approaching its new

phase.The morning stars are Mercury,

Venus. Mars and Saturn.The evening star is Jupiter.Those born on this date are under

the sign of Aquarius.American pioneer labor organizer

Samuel Gompers was born Jan. 27, 1850. This is actress Donna Reed’s 58th birthday.

On this day in history:In 1880. Thomas Edison was

granted a patent for an electric incandescent lamp.

In 1943. the U S. 8th Air Force staged the first all-American air raid on G e rm an y , bom bing Wilhelmshaven in broad daylight.

In 1964, Maine Sen. Margaret •Smith announced her candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination. She was the first woman to seek the presidential nomination of a major American political party.

In 1973, the United States and North Vietnam signed a cease-fire agreement. Also that day, an end of the U.S. military draft was announced.

A thought for the day: American labor organizer Samuel Gompers said, in an 1898 speech, American trade unions were "born of the necessity of workers to protect and defend themselves from encroachment. injustice and wrong ... to protect the workers in their inalienable rights to a higher and better life.... ”

WASHINGTON — It's a catchy title; “Harvard Hates America.” My review copy of the book arrived last October and I made a mental note to say something about it in print some day. So much for mental notes.

But perhaps late is still better than ever. The thought was prompted by a piece in The New York Times by the book’s au thor, p?John LeBoutillier, which seems particularly timely a g a in s t th e background of an America that is in bad shape morally as w ell as economically and whose leaders in and out of government are doing very little leading,

LeBoutillier is a 1976 Magna Cum Laude graduate of Harvard College, and is now in his second year of Harvard Business School. 1 enjoyed his book, but 1 couldn’t help wondering whether he was just another hustler, conservative devision, a rightist owned by Big Business.

★ ★ *His judgment is based on his

experience at Harvard, although he sees the flaws elsewhere. But Harvard indisputably is, as he puts it "a symbol for leaders in America.” So the author is justified in using Harvard as an example of the roots of decay,......??.®..'?'.!'!.̂ .®?..̂ !’,3̂ ..̂ “'’ing a class dis

cussion in his sophomore year as an undergraduate, the instructor told his students: "Socialism is coming... It is inevitable. You can’t stop it. At last we will be able to run the country the right way."

Writes LeBoutillier: "When 1 inquired about the ‘we’ the insturctor smiled. He said, 'The educated elite will run the government because we are better equipped, better able to determine the states’ priorities.’’’

Then in graduate school, his class was confronted with a business problem that involved conforming with state-regulated building codes. He goes on: "S o m e quick mathematical figuring indicated that the requirements would cost $25,000. This would mean decreased profits ... a member of the class ... explained how much simpler and cost effective it would be to pay the inspector a $10,0(X) bribe thereby preserving at least $15,000 in profit."

When LeBoutillier dissented, he was greeted with snickers, and a patronizing lecture from the instructor: “Obviously you haven’t been out in the real world because if you had you’d know that if our competitors do it then we have to do it.”

Some "elitist” school. And some “business-owned conservative. For in his Times piece, LeBoutillier goes on to condemn a widespread notion of "inbred superiority and an easy acceptance of law-breaking to solve business problems." He calls "this

lack of morality among America’s leaders indicative of a large trend”

★ ★ ★And the young man is right. In

creasingly, those in leadership positions are divorced from those thy are supposed to lead. He writes of corporations that ‘‘knowingly p roduce and m ark e t unsafe products,” of "union leaders robbing their members' pension funds." He writes of "publicity elected officials voting themselves huge pay increases, then disguising that vote to escape the wrath of a thrift-minded electorate."

Ordinarily, it’s presumptuous to speak of morality because none of us is named God. But lack of that virtue in government offices and board rooms is one of the causes of the Republic’s decay, especially its plunge into the black hole of galloping inflation. Read "Harvard Hates America," my friends. It’ll make you sore — and anger is the working stiff’s only weapon against the elitists.

Quote/Unquote”I love my brother and he loves

me. We’re real close. I’d fight you if you wanted to fight him.”

Billy ( in n e r, ileiiv in^ ilmt his ee leh ra led otits|iukeiiiie.ss has led to liny fiiiiiily eonflie l willi I'reHi- denl.

manager because a town manager doesn’t care how he spends taxpayer’s money.

Glastonbury and Windsr Locks also refused HUD money. What do we need that Smith and Mason for?

We don’t need HUD.Mr. Weiss, how come that Werbner

walked into that job without any competition from anyone?

Are you groom ing him for something? All these years we did OK without that job.

That is a job giving Kraatz time off to teach. It goes to show how important his job is.

If these men can’t get by on the big money they are making, let them see if they can get that kind of money elsewhere plus a ear.

The town highway service is not what it was when Mr. O’Sullivan was here.

I see Mr. Weiss says he can’t afford to give water to the victory gardeners and yet he could take $5,000 to give to his friend Mr. Custer.

They should take and throw all HUD and CETA grants out the window all over the country.

What a waste of money. Take them away and see how many new help that are not needed would be hired in any town or city. They are all overmanned like Manchester.

I think it is terrible the Democratic Board of Directors wants a 6 percent ceiling, that should be held to zero percent with all the money that they got from re-assessment plus all the extra money from phase-in on autos, campers, boats, etc,

I guess the people saw what the Democratic Board of Directors were worth when they voted no raises for them.

We have to get together and get them all out this fall like we got Cummings out, to be sure to vote against any more HUD for at least the next two years.

W. Jorgensen,23 Gardner St. W..Manchester

Death and Dying; Historical PerspectivesEditor s Note: This is the second in

a series of 15 articles exploring "Death and Dying; Challenge and (Change." This series was written for Courses by Newspaper, a program developed by University Extension, University of California, San Diego, and funded by a grant from the N ational Endowment for the Humanities.

Manchester Community College offers a three-credit course based on the newspaper series. For information call 646-2137.

Copyright 1978 by the Regents of the University of California.By DAVID E. STAINNARD

Three and a half centuries is less than a moment in the span of human events, but, for Americans, it is the entirety of our history.

During that time the scientific artd industrial revolutions have created truly momentous changes in our way of life — and in our way of death. Indeed, since neither life nor death can exist independently of the other, changing images of the one must invariably imply related changes in the other.

And it is images that are important here; since the ultimate meanings of life and death remain mysteries, it is the shadowy image and the elusive myth that have strongly affected the way we act in the face of the final question.The (-olonial .Selling

Most of the earliest American colonial settings were classic pioneer societies, dominated by young, rootless, adventure-seeking males. Life was cheap and death was frequent.

Since people meant little to one another in life, so too in death they were largely ignored. Laws requiring burial were often necessary, merely to insure that bodies not be left untended, Funerals, if they were held at all, were most often stark and simple — and only rarely were permanent markers left to indicate the place of internment.

To this general rule, the Puritans of 17th-century New England were a vivid exception. Unlike the immigrants to most other colonies, the Puritans came in families. They were not neces.sarily young, and they were far from rootless. The need to maintain a closely-knit co-operative community was so critical to the eventual success of their holy mission that life was highly valued and no one's death was ignored

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In contrast, the Puritans’ funerals finally became so elaborate and expensive that they, too, required controlling legislation — not to insure proper burial, but on the contrary to restrict extravagance at funerals lest families be impoverished by spending butlandish sums in honoring the dead.

In these two earliest colonial settings, then, we can observe dramatically different behaviors in the face of death as a result of dramatically different images of life. Indeed, these two settings illustrate a rule that historians, sociologists, and anthropologists have repeatedly seen at work: in societies in which each individual has a unique, important, and irreplaceable function, death must not be ignored, but must be marked by a community-wide outpouring of grief for what is a genuine social loss.

On the other hand, in societies in which one individual is seen as little different from any other - in which little damage is done to the social fabric by the loss of an individual — the death of anyone outside one’s immediate circle of family and friends can be virtually ignored.

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Heaven and HellDeath, of course, has meaning not

only to society, but to the individual as well. Among the Puritans this was especially so. For them; life after death was, according to the minister Increase Mather, potentially a place of "Everlasting Punishment” where they would "broil in that horrible fire of the wrath of God.” They viewed humankind as essentially evil and, except in rare cases, generally deserving of the excruciating prospect of hell. Thus, they focused enormous energy on the contemplation of death and on intense searching for some evidence to indicate that they might be among the few whom God promised to save.

By the early 19th century the religious world of most Americans had turned this image of life after death upside down. It had become fashionable to view man as essentially good, and life after death as heavenly.

Death was thus celebrated and romanticized. It was more beautiful than life. The frail, wan face and body of a girl dying of consumption became the popular image of ideal

young womanhood. Ministers felt compelled to invent reasons why people should not voluntarily rush headlong into death. For the 19th century American, the joys and rewards of heaven beckoned..Science mid Bclig(ion

It was an astonishing and turbulent time. But, like the lives of many of the children whose sentimental gravestones dotted the pastoral cemeteries that were then in fashion, it was relatively short-lived.

For several centuries science and philosophy had been raising serious questions that went to the heart of religion. Just as Copernicus, in the 16th century, had argued that the earth was not central to the universe, so Darwin, in the 19th, argued that man evolved from other creatures and was not specially created in God’s image. Man became inessential, even trivial, to the ongoing reality of the universe. The result of these ideas was a rapidly spreading sense of cosmic loneline.ss.

Whereas in the past the debate had been concentrated on the nature of the afterlife, now it was over the very existence of any afterlife. And if

eventual heavenly reward for even the holiest of earthly behavior was increasingly doubted by many - perhaps most — Americans, the clear alternative was to seek earthly gratification and to avoid thought of death altogether.Loss of Iiulividuulily

But life, too, was changing. The in- d u s t r ia l and te c h n o lo g ic a l revolutions of the 19th and 20th centuries dramatically eroded the sense of self that any man or woman might hold. Few people could still feel themselves essential to any human enterprise. At work, at play, even at home, people began to realize how easily replaceable they had become.

Every segment of life - even leaving it — had been compartmentalized and turned over to specialists. From the cradle to the grave there was not a single major endeavor that could not be handled “better ” - more smooftly and efficiently — by professionals

Americans were thus lonely not only in cosmic terms, but in communal terms as well. And death, so

̂ long a part of the natural order of th ings, becam e an illog ica l, meaningless affront. It had to be banished. And it was.

Even the money that Americans would spend on funerals - when the fact of death was impossible to avoid — would now be spent predominantly for the services of an expert who could m ake a corpse appear “lifelike.” It became a cliche to observe that as Americans had become obsessed with sex in their quest for earthly satisfaction, they had simultaneously driven thoughts ,, of death into the realm of the for-'i; bidden, the realm traditionally i; reserved for pornography, l\«“w ConcrriiM with Deutli

Today we are again in the midst of j: tumult and change. All the powers of i modern mass media — books, televi- 5 sion, film — focus repeatedly on S death: from lachrymose fiction to |:i how-to-do-it instruction, from serious S so c ia l c r i t ic is m to the new S mysticism that presents itself in so- i? called scientific proofs of the i: existence of life after death. This S very series in the Courses by Si Newspaper program is as good an iii; example as any of our new-found con- Si cern with death.

But, unlike most of those who have Si preceded us in the drama of human iS history, we have no immediate and Si generally accepted images or myths ® that might transform concern into comfort. We remain confused — in a universe and a society that provide no answers.

If human history has any lesson for us to learn, it may well be that we must begin to reforge the social links that were shattered by the industrial and technological revolutions. The myths and images that would emerge from such a reassertion of the com

munity wouid be, as they always ■ have been, created by ourselves. But

if they were at least appropriate to our ongoing time and place, they would help us to confront with less confusion that which is, and always has been, hum ankind’s most mysterious yet inevitable fate - death.

The views expressed in Courses by Newspaper are those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of California, the funding agency, the distributing agency, or the p a rtic ip a tin g newspapers and colleges.

Next Week: Robert Fulton and Eric Markusen of the Center for Death Education and Research at the Univwrsity of Minnesota discuss the distorted images of death presented in our popular culture.

The AuthorDavid E. Stannard is associate ■:

professor of American studies and j history at Yale University. The ••

recipient of a John Simon:; : Guggenheim fellowship for 1978-;; : 79, he is the editor of “Death in:; : America” and author of “Thes : Puritan Way of Death: A Study in::: : Religion, Culture, and Social :; ; Change” and numerous articles;:; on death and the family. :•:

Questions1. Why were burial laws often!:

required in colonial America?2. What was the purpose of;

:;: Puritan funeral legislation?3. What did most Puritans j

g expect of their life in the next S S: world? i

4. Why did 19th cen tu ry ;! >: ministers feel compelled to invent I; :!: reasons for people to stay alive? j;

5. How did the industrial and;: technological revolutions change A :; our experience with death? §

. . Answers1. To insure that bodies would it

: not be left untended.2. To restrict the extravagance S

: of funerals.3. "Everlasting Punishment,”

: and the horrible prospect of Hell. •:■:4. Because the idea of death and j:;!

its rewards had becomme so pop- ular during this time.

5. They resulted in a loss of in- •:•:dividuality and community and an increasing sense of cosmic I:;: loneliness, S

George Rogers Clark,Vincennes, 1779Copyright U^. Postal Sarvlco 1070

Collectors ̂Corner

This Rings Bell And It Should

By RUSS IVIacKENDRICKIf this name seems to ring a philatelic bell — it should.

George Rogers Clark ("The George Washington of the West” ) is also on the jumbo stamp of 1929, Scott No. 651, where he is shown receiving the keys to the fort (or whatever they do when a surrender takes place) from the British commander. The name of the fort was Sackville, near what is now Vincennes, Ind. The evdnt took place iii 1779, on Feb. 24 or 25, depending on where you look it up. The stamp was issued to commemorate the sesqui, while the upcoming postal card is for the 200th anniversary of the surprise capture of the fort.

Clark is credited with winning the states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin for the Union by “his vision and daring.”

The picture on the card shown here is the real thing as Clark put it over on the British by attacking in the winter, before reinforcements could arrive. With only 130 men he set out on a 180-mile journey on Feb. 7, 1779, sloshing through icy waters and over impossible terrain, and reached the fort to “surround” it on Feb. 23. The British commander thought he was being overwhelmed by an army and gave up without a real fight.

Fort Sackville was originally a French trading post founded in 1702 and named after its builder, Francois Margane de Vincennes. Vincennes was the capital of Indiana Territory from 1800 to 1813.

There is a $3,000,000 George Rogers Clark national memorial at the site. The stamp, a two-center in black and red, had its first-day sale at Vincennes on Feb. 25, 1929. The postal card will also be released there, but a bit earlier, on Feb. 23,

The design on the card will be in multicolor, and continues the new series that started with the Molly Pitcher last year. It was created by the same artist, David Blossom, of Weston, Conn.

Requests for FDCs should be addressed; George Rogers Clark Card, Postmaster, Vincennes, Ind. 47591. Personal checks will be accepted up to the limit of 5() cards ($5). We are requested to send either self- addressed labels or a SASE for the return of the cards.

W alerbury’ CancelsThe fame of our Waterbury fancy cancels (the Running

Chicken and the others) has reached as far as Chicago, and the Collector’s Club out there expects to have a book on them ready by springtime. It will be called “The Waterbury Cancelations 1860-1890,”

The author and compiler is Paul C. Rohloff, a commercial artist, who has hand-executed every tracing of the cancel?. There is a photo of every cover known, with some early and later dates. A rating scale will be included.

The price for the deluse edition in a slipcase is $30, and for the regular, $25. Orders should be sent to Charles Hahn, 222 West Adams St., Chicago, IL 60606.

Don’t Gel WorriedPay no heed to the notice in Linn’s saying that John

Dunn’s new Fourth Sunday Stamp Show will be at Springfield, Mass. The straight stuff is that it will be held in the Westover Room of the Roadway Inn at Chicopee. This place is just off Interstate 291 and Exit 6 of the Mass Pike, and only a few minutes drive from Interstate 91 by way of the Pike.

At this Inaugural Show there will be free door prizes, literature, gift packs for children, and an Inaugural ^uvenir card. There will be a drawing for a mint USA Cl airmail stamp. To qualify for the drawing you will have to fill out a brief suggestion form. You will see a familiar face or two up there with at least one wheeler-dealer from our Manchester club having a table.

Time: Sunday, Jan. 28, 10 to 4:30.

Music Program Set At Calvary Church

MANCHESTER — The Rev. Edwin P. Anderson II of | Middletown, Mass., will speak and present a musical Program at Sunday at 6:30 p.m. at Calvary Church, 647 E. Middle Turnpike.

The service is open to the public. A free-will offering will be taken, according to the Rev. Kenneth Gustafson, pastor. •

An ordained minister with the Assemblies of God, the Rev. Mr. Anderson is director of Lighthouse, a counseling and referral service connected with St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church, Sudbury, Mass.

For seven years, he was director of Boston Christian Counseling Center, affiliate of Tremont Temple Baptist Church, Boston. He also served as staff member of the Pastoral Counseling Department, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, Mass. From 1960 to 1967 he was manager/singer with The Envoys,

Student at Bowers Gets Sherman Award

MANCHESTER —A Bowers School sixth grade student has won an award which entitles him to represent the school in a Hartford parade next sprmg.

The sixth grade class recently elected Edward Ciarcia the Roger Sherman Award winner. As such, he will represent the school at the parade and ceremony for the rededication of the Old State House in Hartford May 19

Edward, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ciarcia of 2il Hollister St., was selected as best exemplifying Roger Sherman’s qualities of scholarship, citizenship and leadership. He will march with Manchester’s four state representatives in the rededication parade to the Old State House and have special seating at the ceremony.

A statewide Roger Sherman representative will be chosen by lottery on Washington’s Birthday by the governor. This person will present and assist in raising the flag to fly over the Old State House in the historical building’s rededication ceremony.

Ciarcia is the chairman of the student council' movie committee, the head of the Bowers audio-visual crew, a class officer, and a member of PROBE, the town’s program for gifted students.

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