The Burlington Free Press from Burlington, Vermont • Page 15

Tk Burlingta Frt Prttt MONDAY, FEB. It, IMF 15 Clyde H. Walcott Dies at 64; Appraiser and Retired Banker Once Over Lightly MANY OF THE COMPLEX ELEMENTS that make government tick and sputter are involved in the mission that will bring a delegation of Burlingtonians to Montpelier maintenance for IBM in Essex Junction. He was a member of RAYMOND J. BURNS Raymond J.

Burns, 63, of Harrington Place died in a local the Cyrus Lodge 208, ot New York City. He leaves his wife, Mary Louise: two sons. Robert and hospital Sunday morning after a two-week illness. He was born in Burlington Richard; two daughters, Kathy Clyde H. Walcott, 64, of 324 S.

Willard a banker here for 35 years, died early Sunday in his home. Mr. Walcott was vice president of Burlington Savings Bank when he retired in 1959, and for the last several years Sept. 1, 1903. on Tuesday afternoon.

The arena for the practical lesson in civics will be provided by a joint hearing of the House and Senate Com-mittees on Municipal Corporations which will take testimony on proposed changes in Burlington's city charter. and Kris; his mother, Mrs. Jessie Muller of Brooklyn. Mr. Burns was for Z5 years manager of the Majestic The N.Y.; one sister, Mrs.

Eugene ater, and for the last two years had been employed by O'Hal-loran Furniture Co. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Dor fraternity. For many years he was treasurer of Delta Psi Corp. and had been treasurer of the Vermont Church Council and the Burlington-Lake Cham-plain Chamber of Commerce.

He leaves his wife, Mrs. Myrtle (Allen) Walcott, and a nephew, Alden Walcott of Essex Junction. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Corbin and Palmer Funeral Cha'pel. Burial will be in the family lot in Lakeview Cemetery.

Friends may call at Corbin and Palmer Funeral Home, 7 to 9 p.m. this Monday. In lieu of flowers, friends are requested to make contributions to the Vermont Heart Fund, in care of Dr. E. L.

Amidon, Mary Fletcher othy (Sampson) Burns; a daughter, Mrs. Leo (Susan) Gree- nough of Burlington; three had been an independent real estate appraiser. Born May 10, 1902, in Glover, Walcott was the son of Frank G. and grandchildren, Jill, Karen and Jeffrey Greenough, all of Bur lington; two brothers, Henry Burns of Hartford, and Frank Burns of Hemet, and several nieces and nephews. Blanche (Bar- ber) Walcott.

Wal He was a member of First Congregational Church, Burlington Rotary Club and Delta Psi Youth, 18, Dies Playing Basketball In Northfield Gym NORTHFIELD Charles E. Ouellett, 18, died unexpectedly Sunday afternoon at Plumley Armory, Norwich University here where he was playing basketball for recreation. He was born Nov. 22, 1948, in Montpelier, son of Alfred J. Ouellett, late of Northfield and Mrs.

Marion (Woodworm) Ouellett of Northfield. The youth was a member of Abraham Lincoln Court 559, Catholic Order of Foresters and St. John's Roman Catholic Church of Northfield. He attended the Northfield Graded School and was graduated from Northfield High School in 1966. The deceased had just returned from taking his physical examination for the U.S.

Army and was planning to enter as an enlisted man in March. Besides his parents, he leaves two brothers, Maj. Lawrence Ouellett, USAF, Hampton, and Lt. Alfred Ouellett, USN, San Diego, two sisters, Mrs. James (Lorraine) Durrell of Rochester, N.Y., and Sister Mary LaSalette, Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament of New Orleans, several nieces and nephews.

A funeral high Mass will be celebrated at St. John's Roman Catholic Church here Thursday at 9 a. the Rev. John Gorman will be celebrant; burial will be in Calvary Cemetery in the spring. Visiting hours will be held at Kingston Funeral Home in Northfield Wednesday from 2-to-4 and 7-to-9 p.m.

There will be a prayer service at 8 p.m. Wednesday. The Kingston Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. almost helpless to command the loyalties of all his city officials under certain cir-cumstances. While direct confrontations have been rare, there have been instances during which city officials have responded to their appointing authority the aldermen rather than to the man saddled with the task of directing the affairs of the entire city.

Many of the top posts in Burlington's city government are and have been held by former aldermen and their political supporters. Most of those men have performed superbly and probably would have been appointed by mayors of either political party. Some of them, however, have clearly lacked the talents required by government of the 1960s and have been the recipients of straight political pay-offs, with the taxpayers footing the bill. THERE IS, OF COURSE, NO A R-antee that a mayor will make better political appointments than the City Council will make. But, at least the voters of Burlington will know where to place the responsibility.

Under the proposed charter changes, the Board of Aldermen will retain the authority to reject a mayor's appointment, but it will not have the power to make the original choice except as the ever-present force of politics gives it that power. In short, the proposed charter changes constitute a halting attempt to place some increased authority into the hands of the one man who bears the responsibility to supervise all the activities of the second-largest government in Vermont. THE CHARTER CHANGE PROPOSAL will also give the Vermont Legislature the opportunity once again to put its actions where its words have been for many years. Vermont legislators, in general, have been complaining for years of the "dangers" of centralized government in Montpelier and Washington and of the erosion of the authority of local government. It is clear to most observers that local government has lost its influence because it has failed to make the changes required to respond to the increased requirements and complexities of the age in which it exists.

Here then, is an opportunity for those legislators to permit at least one local government to make the changes most of its leaders and a majority of its taxpayers feel are required to give 40,000 Vermonters better government. Principal of St. Joseph's School Rites Held for Sister Gertrude Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Interment will be in the family lot in Lake View Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Corbin and Palmer Funeral Home, 71. S. Union 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. this Monday. HENRY STOLLER Henry Stoller, 69, former resi In many ways, Burlington's efforts to modernize its form of government provide a capsule drama of how the forces of history, politics and personalities combine to influence-government's ability to meet changing requirements.

In addition, the legal requirement that the Vermont Legislature must approve the charter changes before they can become operative touches on the increasingly Important relationship between state and local governments. BURLINGTON VOTERS GAVE THEIR support last year to some modest proposals designed to give the mayor of Vermont's largest city an increased ability by law to select his own team of city officials and to shape his own municipal budget document. Those proposals were hammered into hape during a lengthy give-and-take process of political compromise by a bipartisan group of moderate liberal city officials. The original effort to establish the "strong mayor" form of government in Burlington ran into opposition from most Burlington Democratic office-holders, who are more conservative than their Republican counterparts. But, even the watered-down charter change proposals have continued to run into opposition from the small, but determined, band of conservative Burlington Democratic aldermen whose horizons of government xtend only to their ward boundaries.

Most of those aldermen are jealous of the small bits of political patronage available to them under the present city charter provisions that provide for appointment of city officials by the City Council, which is composed of the 12 aldermen and the mayor. BUT, IT HAS BECOME OBVIOUS FOR torn time that the mayor of Burlington particularly when he is a Republican is Edmond Raboin, Mrs. Lesley Davis and Mrs. Gertrude Turcotte, two brothers: Victor Lomme and Arthur Lomme all of Fitchburg, several nieces and newphews also survive her. the town of Troy as manager for a number of years.

He later became postmaster in North Troy, retiring last November. He leaves two brothers, Father Philip G. Branon, S. Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies, and Dr. M.

E. Branon -of Rutherford, N.J.; one sister, Miss Gertrude Branon of Whit-tier, two sisters-in-law, Mrs. E. Frank Branon of Fairfield and Mrs. Dan Branon of Newburg, N.Y.; also several nieces and nephews.

Friends may call at the Rushfcrd Funeral Home in North Troy Monday, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Prayer services will be held at the funeral home at 8 p.m. Monday with Father Philip Branon nephew of the deceased leading the prayers. Friends may call at the residence of Mrs. E.

Frank Branon in Fairfield Tuesday. A funeral Mass will be offered in St. Patrick's Church, Fairfield, by Father Branon Wednesday at 10 a.m. Interment will follow in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Fairfield.

CLAYTON T. ALLEN NEW YORK, N.Y. Clayton T. Allen, 74, a communications expert, orchardist, and former insurance man, died Wednesday in Roosevelt Hospital. He had been ill briefly with meningitis.

Mr. Allen was the founder and president of Communications, here, which equipped ships during World War II and until 1950. The concern was then dissolved. Previously he had run an insurance business for 25 years in Grand Rapids, in cooperation with the Equitable Life Assurance Company and the Pacific Insurance Company. In later years he had operated the Vermont Apple Company with headquarters and orchards on Isle La Motte, Vt.

an island of Lake Champlain, 14 miles west of St. Albans. Mr. Allen leaves his wife, Ora; three daughters, Mrs. Alice Stoltz, of-Ottamwa, Iowa Mrs.

Sue Paup, of Grand Rapids, and Miss Catherine Allen of New York; seven grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. (Other Obituaries Page 22) dent of Morrisville, died in a Hartford, hospital (uoris) bwinton of Brooklyn. Masonic services will be held Monday evening. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Ready Funeral Home, 71 Cherry St.

Interment will be in Lake-view Cemetery. Visiting hours are Monday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Ready Funeral Home. i MRS. ETHEL GILL MIDDLEBURY Mrs.

Ethel Meyers Gill, 77, former Middlebury resident, and widow of Harland C. Gill, died in Huntsville, Saturday, where she was visiting a son. She was born in Altoona, N.Y., Jan. 26, 1890, the daughter of Cyrus and Thoebe Myers. She had been living in Rhinebeck, N.Y.

since the death of her husband in 1956. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. Daphne Coburn Rhinebeck, and Mrs. Elizabeth Avezzie of Agawam. two sons, Collis of Huntsville and Harland of Lockport, N.Y.; nine grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.

Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Waite Funeral Home i Middlebury. Burial will be in the Foote Street Cemetery at a later date. Friends may call at the funeral home Tuesday, 9-7 p.m. BRYAN J.

BRANON NORTH TROY Bryan J. Branon, 70, died unexpectedly Sunday in North Troy. He was born in Fairfield, Nov. 12, 1896, the son of Edward F. and Catherine (Riley) Branon.

He attended schools in Fairfield and operated a farm there for a number of years. About 30 years ago he came Orleans County and operated an insurance business with his brother, Dan Branon. He served Saturday. For the last several years he had lived in Newington, Conn. For 22 years he was manager of Pickrodt Cheese Co.

in Morrisville. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Gol- die Stoller; a son, David Stoller of Okemos, two daughters, Mrs. Eliot Levy of Westbury, N.Y., and Miss Lee Stoller of Newington, and nine grandchildren. PUTNAM, CONN A solemn requiem Mass for Sister Gertrude de Marie was celebrated in the Provincial House Chapel here Saturday.

Sister passed away suddenly in Burlington, Vt, Tuesday. Sister Gertrude de Marie was superior of St. Joseph Convent and principal of St. Joseph School in Burlington and she had been active up to the day of her death. She was born in LaPatrie.

Aug. 27, 1907, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Delphis Lomme. Religious vows were pronounced at the Motherhouse of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit in France, Sept.

8, 1926. Sister Gertrude spent the greater part of her religious life in teaching. Her first assignment was at Moosup and then from 1934 to 1957 she was stationed in Plainfield, Conn. She was named superior of St. Anthony Convent in Bridgeport in 1957 and later filled the same office at St.

Joseph's i Burlington. Celebrant of the Mass was the Rt. Rev. Charles J. Marcoux, pastor of St.

Joseph's in Burlington. The Rev. Yves M. Guenver, chaplain of the Holy Spirit Provincial House, Putnam, was deacon and the Rev. Joseph Morrissette, sub-deacon.

Burial was in St. Mary Cemetery in Putnam. Sister Gertrude de Marie leaves three sisters: Mrs. Here's the Answer Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. this Monday in Ohavi Zedek.

Synagogue in Burlington, with Rabbi Max B. Wall officiating. Burial will follow in Hebrew Holy Society Cemetery in South Burlington. A. Boucher and Son Funeral Home, 169 North in charge of arrangements.

MARIE MASHTEARE Marie Theresa Mashteare, 2-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Mashteare of 100 Maple died Saturday morning in a local hospital. Besides her parents, she FAIRFAX GONYEAU, I. Pearl; funeral service held in a local funeral home Sunday at 1 p.m.

with tht Rev. E. H. Nickerson of the United Church Milton, officiating; bearers: Bernard Mumsn, Ivan Sanderson, Edwin Sibley, Wilson Robinson, Robert Howard and Jed Everest; interment in family lot in Milton Village Cemetery with the Rev, Mr. Nickerson reading 1 1 1 a I prayers.

BIRTHS DeGOESBRIAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BEAN, Eugene and Carol (Lovolette), 8 Bradley a daughter, Feb. 12. BECKLO, Frederick and Margaret (Hanks), 103 Maple a daughter, Feb. 11. KOCHAN, Kenneth and Jean (Greene), 3 Oak a son, Feb.

11. MARY FLETCHER HOSPITAL BERGERON, John L. end Lillian (Pretty), 134 Pearl Essex Junction, a daughter, Feb. 10. BURROUGHS, Roland and Rachel (Thompson), Underhill Center, daughter, Feb.

11. CORNELL, Donald B. and Mary (MacDonald), 22 Proctor South Burlington, a daughter, Feb. 10. HILL, Blaine and Carol (Tillet), Johnson, a daughter, Feb.

11. MACK, Robert and Mary (Poliard), Charlotte, twin daughters, Feb. 11. PORNELOS, Emil Jr. and Bertha (Perrotte), Howard a ion, Feb.

11. RUETZLER, Paul and Noncy (Holden), Warren, a son, Feb. 10. YOUNG, Richard and Cecille (Thlbault), 10 Spruce Court, a daughter, Feb. 10.

DEATHS ALLEN, Clayton T. New York, N.Y., Feb. 8, age 74. BRANON, Bryan J. North Troy, Feb.

12, oge 70. BROWN, Solomon Burlington, Feb. 11, oge 64. BURNS, Raymond J. Burlington, Feb.

12, aae 63. GILL, Mrs. Ethel Middlebury, Feb. 11, age 77. KIBBY, Edward F.

Randolph Center, Feb. 11, age 85. MASHTEARE, Marie Burlington, Feb. 11, age 2 months. MULLER, James Earl Hlnesburg, Feb.

11, age 46. OUELLETT, Charles E. Northtleld, Feb. 12, age 18. STOLLER, Henry, Newington, Feb.

11, age 69. WALCOTT, Clyde H. Burlington, Feb. 12, oge 64. WARD, George D.

Morrisville, Feb. 10, age 68. leaves her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Burton Mashteare and Mr.

and Mrs. Harry Sanderson, HENRY'S DINER 155 Bonk St. TONIGHT'S SUPPER SPECIAL 4 P.M. to 8 P.M. MINUTE TENDERIZED STEAK French Fries, Tossed Salad Rolls and Butter Choice of Pudding, Jello let Cream or Sherbet Coffee, Tea or Milk Only 1.50 Even Check Relaxes Yu Even Check Relaxes Yw all of Burlington.

RAILROAD: Q. When was the first transcontinental railroad finished in the United States? D.K. A. May 10, 1869, two trains, one from the East and one from the West, each loaded with famous sightseers, stopped a few feet apart in Promontory, Utah, to witness Governor Lelarid Stanford of California drive the last spike (made of gold) of the first continental railroad. The line was built westward from Omaha, Nebraska, by the Union Pacific and eastward from San Francisco, California, by the Central Pacific.

ECONOMICS: Q. Please explain the law of diminishing returns. S.W. A. This law in economics says that after a certain point of production is reached, more labor or capital, applied to the cultivation of a piece of land or production of a commodity, yields a decreasing return.

The law of diminishing returns presupposes that other factors in the situation remain constant. TOWER: Q. There, is another leaning tower, besides the one at Pisa, Italy. Where is G. C.

A. There are at least two other leaning towers that are locally notable, although little known outside their own regions. In central Rumania the town of Medias has a leaning Tower of Trumpets. This dates from 1450 and was originally part of the town's defense system. In Switzerland, at St.

Moritz, a tower that was once the bell tower of a now demolished church has been leaning for at least 165 years. It has been standing since 1573. AGES: Q. What centuries are included in the Dark Ages? H. B.

A. Some historians have applied the term to the first six or seven centuries of the Middle Ages from about A.D. 400 to 1,000. Others include in the Dark Ages the whole medieval period of Western European history, approximately the period from the fall of the Roman Empire to the revival of learning in the 1400s. Private funeral services will be held this Monday at the A.

Bouchre and Son Funeral Home, 169 North St. SOLOMON BROWN Solomon Brown, 64, proprietor A 38 year old Jacksonville, Fla. man, Charles Steinmetz, set a record of weight gain in 1963 when he increased his weight from 670 pounds to 740 pounds in two weeks, and died. I I QUESTION: What do you think of the Street Department's performance during of the Wilson Hotel, 189 Church died Saturday afternoon. He was a member of the Elks and Ronald Redfield, insurance adjuster, Burlington: "I don't have any complaint with the Street Department at any time." fit Dear Ann Landers: I am 70 years of age and I'm on the Job every day.

My mind is good, in fact a lot sharper than some of the younger the Knights of Pythias. He was born July 10, 1902, the son of Morris and Esther (Cohen) Brown. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Germaine Brown; a son, Glenn Brown, with the Armed Forces in Germany; four grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Lena Friedman of New Rochelle, N.Y.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, with Rabbi Max B. Wall officiating. Burial will be in Hebrew Holy Society Cemetery, South Burlington. A.

Boucher and Son Funeral Home, 169 North in charge of arrangements. JAMES EARL MULLER men I work with. But something has happened that has made me wonder if maybe I'm getting a little crazy. Is It possible that I am growing a new head of hair? I've been partially a 1 d5 for many years and it has never bothered me. I wouldn't so across the street for the Miss Paula Sanville, clerk-typist, Burlington: "I think they're right on their toes and they really do a speedy job." Wv cootf 7 Dear Ann Landers: Please tell me why is it that no matter where you go these days, no sooner do you get your coat off but someone asks, "What will you have to drink?" When I say, "I don't care for anything, thank you," they look at me as if I was a freak.

Then the nagging starts "Come on, let me fix you a light one." Or "Maybe just a short beer?" When I say, "I really don't care for anything," they let loose with the questions: "On the wagon?" or "Do you have ulcers?" I was taught that anything that makes people uncomfortable is poor manners. In my opinion, pressing people to have a drink after they have refused is boorish. What's a person to do? RESENTFUL Dear Re: The host who offers you a drink the minute you step into the house is trying to be hospitable. Once you have said, "No, thank you," that should settle it. The easiest solution is to ask for ginger ale or tomato juice or a glass of water.

The host will then not feci that he is drinking alone, which I suspect might be part of the problem. HINESBURG James Earl Muller, 46, of RFD 1, died at home Saturday night following a heart attack. He was born in San Francisco, June 2, 1920, the son of Henry and Jessie (Miller) Muller. Mr. Muller was manager of Henri Couture, college student, Winooski: 'The Burlington department is very efficient and performs to its maximum capability, as I observe." best hair-growing remedy in the world.

About six months ago I noticed some new hairs sprouting up in places where I used to be bald. My friends and relatives keep nagging me to share my secret. I don't know what to say anymore. When I tell them I'm not doing anything they get mad and accuse me of fibbing. Have you ever heard of this this before? What's it all about? CON-SHARNED Dear Con: It doesn't happen very often, but occasionally hair that has gone Into the "resting phase" will become active and grow again.

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Don't be afraid of being laughed at for your conservatism, whether that conservatism is economic, political, or religious. To conserve means "to keep in a safe or sound state." But watch lest your conservatism become self-satisfaction and regression. A friend of mine describes himself as a conservative with a troubled conscience. That's a fine formula. Family Prayer Put off.

old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. (Ephesians PRAYER: God, give us strength not to yield to sin's deceptions. Make us true, honest, clean, reverent, and brotherly; through Christ, our Saviour, whom Thou didst send to redeem us from sin. Amen. TMI UPfEK ROOM Most people do not like to be called conservatives.

They are afraid this may mean that they are puritanical or intellectually behind the times. Most people like to stick out their chests and make everybody including themselves think they are up-and-coming, liberal, creative thinkers. Yet in the long run humanity always comes back again to the conservative position. Liberalism is a corrective for the excesses of conservatism. When people get too far to the right, become moribund in their thinking and unwilling to do anything but stay put, then the liberal has to come along with a sharp stick and give the conservative a jab.

Usually conservatives dominate governments. This is one reason why governments are often badly managed, but it is also the reason why governments manage to hold to-Stlhcr at all. Liberals do a fine piece of work so long as correction is necessary, hut when they have lo manage a large enterprise, their theories begin to interfere with the 3lwdintan Flowers! IN Mrs. Harold Bergeron, claims adjuster and housewife, Essex Junction: "They should be commended for the good job they always do. The sidewalks here in the city are taken car of as soon as possible." and ewt Cbdociatioa VERMONT'S LARGEST ANO STRONGEST SAVINGS LOAN ASSOCIATION.