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Burlington Free Press WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1963 Theodore Kane Dies at 54 In Montpelier MONTPELIER Theodore Frederick Kane, 54, of 34 Liberty a prominent figure in public relations in Vermont for many years, died Monday evening at Heaton Hospital here. He had been a patient there for the past month. For nearly 15 years, Mr. Kane was executive secretary of Associated Industries of Vermont which has its central office on State Street here. Several years ago he opened his own public relations firm, Kane Associates Inc.

of 43 State St. and served as president and treasurer. Born in Yonkers Born May 1, 1908 in Yonkers, N.Y., he was the son of Daniel Higby Kane and Emma Beryl Keith Parker Kane. He spent his early childhood in Newport, R.I. where he attended school.

He was graduated from Harvard University in 1929. His marriage to Catherine Richardson took place Aug. 27, 1937. The couple came to Vermont some 20 years ago and 17 years ago, they moved to Montpelier. He was a member of Christ Episcopal Church and belonged to the Masonic bodies here a and to the Delphic Club at Harvard University.

He leaves his wife; one brother, R. Keith Kane, New York City; one sister, Mrs. Royal Knight Joslin, Newport, R.I; also several nieces, nephews and cousins. A brother Captain John D. H.

Kane, U.S. Navy, is deceased. Funeral Held Funeral services were held Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church, the Rev. Albert W.

Anderson, officiating. Abiel Smith was organist. Entombment took place in the Green Mount Cemetery vault here to await burial in the spring in Evergreen Cemetery, Marion, Mass. Must Walk Dogs COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -Watch dogs no longer may be chained permanently under a Danish law effective Tuesday. Owners will have to exercise their dogs regularly and provide shelter for them, the law specifies.

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Other countries $3.00 a month. To members of Armed Services outside Vermont $2.00 a month. Back Issues, 15c by mail. Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is entitled exclusivety to the use for republication of all the local news printed in The Burlington Free Press as well as all Associated Press news dispatches. Detectives Probe Middlebury Girl's Slaying BOSTON (AP) Detectives seeking the strangler of Miss Patricia Jane Bissette, 23, Tuesday began questioning every available acquaintance of the pretty clerical worker whose partially nude body was found in her Park Drive apartment.

Miss Bissette, a secretary ceptionist at the Engineering System, was the eighth female strangulation victim in Greater Boston in the past six months. None of the cases has been solved. Six Friends Questioned Six friends of the girl, three of them men, have been questioned. Detectives also talked with Jules Rothman, treasurer of the firm where Miss Bissette worked. Police disclosed several clear fingerprints were taken from a liquor bottle found in the girl's apartment.

Among those questioned day was a 23-year-old man told detectives he visited Miss Bissette at least once in her apartment. Mother Unable To Help two stockings tied together. Not Beaten Mrs. Hazel Bissette of Middlebury, came to Boston Tuesday and talked with police but was unable to shed any light on the tragedy. The victim had been dead at least 24 hours before her body was found Monday morning in her first floor apartment, a medical examiner said.

He said too she was strangled with four articles of her clothing. Directly against her neck a blouse was knotted; over that was a nylon stocking, and The medical examiner said she was not beaten and that there was no evidence of rape. The body was found in bed -the and blanket pulled up to her neck. Three buttons from her housecoat were found in the living room. There was no sign of robbery.

Her wrist watch and cash were undisturbed. Two unwashed coffee cups were found. Detectives believe Patricia would not have used two cups for herself. The coffee in one cup was black; the other had been mixed with cream. From these facts, police deduce she was with someone she knew.

An autopsy showed she was one month pregnant. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 at the Methodist Church in Middlebury, Vt. Burial will be in Prospect Cemetery in East Middlebury at a later date. Friends may call at the Waite funeral home, Middlebury, Thursday and Friday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. A ton Deaths and Funerals BURLINGTON MURPHY, Patrick 87, died Monday in a local hospital after a long illness.

He was born in Hinesburg June 28, 1875, the son of John and Ann (Rafferty) Murphy. Mr. Murphy was a member of the Cathedral Parish and of the Holy Name Society. He was a steam fitter for the H. C.

Wheelock Co. for 45 years, retiring in 1943. leaves two sons, Bernard p.He Miamisburg, Ohio, and William F. of Burlington; a daughter, Mrs. Vernon (Mary) Forville of Burlington; five grandchildren; nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 9 in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Interment will be in Resurrection Park Cemetery. Until the hour of services, the body will remain at the Ready Funeral Home, 71 Cherry St. Visiting hours, 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m.

MUNSON, Frank 81, of 221 N. Winooski died in his home Tuesday after a long illness. He was born in Burlington, Oct. 19, 1881, son of the late Albert and Ella (Prentiss) Munson. He was a painting and paperhanging contractor, and was a member of the Methodist Church.

He leaves his wife, Ruth (Huntley) Munson; one daughter, Mrs. Andrew (Ella) Marchioni of Newton, a son, Elmer D. Munson of Chicopee Falls, four stepdaughters, Mrs. John (Ruth) Sharpley of Lyndon Center; Mrs. Norman (Elsie) BisalIon and Mrs.

Stephen (Mary) Shortsleeves, both of Burlington, and Mrs. Raymond (Inez) Tullar of Sutton, several grandchildren and Funeral services will be held at Corbin and Palmer Funeral Home Friday at 3 p.m. Burial will be in the family lot in Mountain View Cemetery, Essex Junction. Friends may call at the Corbin and Palmer Funeral Home Wednesday and Thursday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. SOUTH BURLINGTON GOODRICH, Herbert Charles Sr.

Claire (James) Goodrich. Mr. Goodrich was a member of the Thomas Chittenden Grange of Williston and Champlain Valley Enforcement Association. He leaves his wife, Ethel (Towle): five sons, Herbert C. Jr.

Richard James C. of Williston, Roland P. and Daniel R. of Burlington; three daughters, Mrs. Barbara Donnelly of Fairfield, Mrs.

Margaret Snelling of Northfield, Mrs. Ruby Roberts of Williston: a brother, Tracy Goodrich of Williston; two sisters, Mrs. Reba Goodrich of Huntington, Mrs. Glenna Cross of Burlington; 24 grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. The body will be at the Brown Funeral Home in Richmond where funeral services will be held Friday beat 2 p.m.

Visiting hours will Wednesday and Thursday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Harold P. Brown Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements. CAMBRIDGE Home 60, of 4001 Williston Rd. died at of a Burlington hospital, Tuesday, following a brief illness.

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To say that this city, long known as the Vermont stronghold of the Republican Party, was shaken to its very roots by the Nov. 6 upset, would be putting it mildly. Immediately following the news of Hoff's victory, speculation here ran rampant over which venerable department heads would fall when Hoff took office. Of course, there is a hard core of long time Democrats here, most of whom were so surprised at the election results, that they never got around to crowing to their GOP friends and neighbors. However, the state political scene is only a part of the pulse of the Capital City which made progress in the year of 1962 in a number of fields.

Business Boom is Highlight Highlighting the year, was an unprecedented business boom which saw some $1.5 million in new constructon of homes and commercial and scoool buildings, voter approval of a $1.6 million sewage disposal project, a "Flower City of New England" program promulgated by City Manager Ralph E. Irving in conjunctin with a "clean up, paintup, fix-up" program sponsored by the Montpelier Chamber of Commerce, which resulted in an entirely "new look" for the downtown business section. The November general elections VITAL STATISTICS BIRTHS DeGOESBRIAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL LECLAIR, Paul J. Sr. and Jacqueline (Gay), 107 Russell Winooski, a daughter, Jan.

1. RAYMOND, R. and Alice (Norpel), 158 Dale Rood, a son, Jan. 1. MARY FLETCHER HOSPITAL FELT, Jeremy P.

and Kaye (Williams), Star Route, Essex Junction, a son, Dec. 31. FLOOD, John W. and Marjorie (Goodwin), Johnson, a son, Jan. 1.

MORRIS, Raymond V. and Carol (Brill), 164 Maple Vergennes, a son, Jan. 1. GABAREE, Jean and Nadine (Sweeney), Underhill, a daughter, Jan. 1.

DEATHS DEVINS, Farle Georgia, Jan. 1, age 63. DOE, Mrs. Hattie South Richford, Dec. 31, age 88.

GOODRICH, Herbert C. South Burlington, Jan. 1, age 60. KANE, Theodore Montpelier, Dec. 31, age 54.

LAROCHELLE, Homer, Georgia, Jan. 1, age 41. MCGOWAN, Olcott Bakersfield, Jan. age 80. MUNSON, Frank Burlington, Jan.

1, age 81. MURPHY, Patrick Burlington, Dec. 31, age 87. RUSHFORD, Mrs. Mary Burgess, Johnson, Dec.

31, age 89. STRINGER, Carl Worcester, age 60. THAYER, Gerald Cambridge, Jan. 1, age 52. WHITCOMB, Fred Burlington, Jan.

1, age 89. 4 Williamstown Dairy Farmers Are Snowed-In WILLIAMSTOWN Four dairy farmers who make daily bulk deliveries by truck are all bottled up here by mountainous snow drifts. Selectman George T. McCar. thy reported Tuesday the drifts have "packed like cement" and will not budge for the town's rubbertired equipment.

Compounding the difficulty, the town's newest plow broke down Monday afternoon. McCarthy said replacement parts will not be available for several days. He said hopes of being rescued by Barre Town were shattered when officials in the neighboring community had to turn down the request for spare equipment on grounds their own plows would not be up to the rigors of the local situation. "I don't blame them," McCarthy admitted. Consideration may have to be given to attaching a plow to a tractor which rolls on metal, according to selectman.

which saw some 75 per cent of the city's voters turn out to help elect four Montpelier residents to Washington County county offices and continued lively proceedings at the City Hall where the battle waged by Mayor Elbert B. Colburn against City Manager Irving finally subsided with the mayor's announcement he would not again seek office, gave Montpelier an active political picture throughout the year. On the cultural side, there was a large graduating class from Montpelier High and a small one from St. Michael's High and both a record number of June graduates and September enrollments at Vermont College as well as ambitious programs by the MHS band, the Vermont Philharmonic and the Montpelier Theater Guild. New homes, ranging in price from $10,000 to $25,000 were built at a rate of four or live a month during the year with the city expanding in the Terrace Street section, the upper Berlin area and towards Barre and North- F.W.

Whitcomb, Retired Banker, Dies Here at 89 A former director of Burling. ton Federal Savings and Loan Association died here Tuesday night. He was Fred W. Whitcomb, 89, formerly of- South Willard Street. He died in Pleasant View Nursing Home.

Mr. Whitcomb was born in South Burlington, Jan. 2, 1873. He was educated in Burlington and Montpelier schools and started working at Howard tional Bank when he was 18. He was employed there until 1944 and was cashier at the time of his retirement.

He later became a director of Burlington Federal Savings and Loan and resigned after 31 years of service. He was elected director emeritus and continued to serve as adviser and consultant to the board. He was active in the work of all Masonic bodies and was a past president of the Ethan Allen Club. Among other lodge responsibilities he served worshipful master of Washington. Masonic Lodge, in chief of the Vermont Consistories and was a member Mount Sinai i Temple of the Shrine.

He was married to the late Adelaide Teachout of Essex June. tion. He leaves one daughter, Mrs. Lois W. Kieffer of Fort McPherson, and three grandchildren, Roxane Elaine Kieffer of Alexandria, Lt.

Pierre V. Kieffer III. Fort Bragg. N.C., and Adelaide Whitcomb Kieffer. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 3 from Corbin and Palmer Funeral Chapel, Burial will be in the family lot in Lake View Cemetery.

Friends may call at Corbin and Palmer Funeral Home, 71 S. Union Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. Once-Free Press Printer Dies In Massachusetts A former Burlington Free Press Linotype operator died at his Worcester, home Monday of a heart attack. Carl J. Stringer, 60, was born in Burlington, Dec.

26, 1902. He learned his trade at the Free Press and moved to Worcester in 1923 where he spent most of his life working with the Worcester Telegram. Mr. Stringer was a member of the International Typographical Union and was secretary-treasurer of the Worcester Union. He leaves his wife, Blanche, and a daughter, Paula, both of Worcester; a son, Lt.

Comm. Carl Stringer of the Navy, stationed at Norwalk, a sister, Mrs. Jack (Charlotte) Harrigan of Burlington; and two brothers, William H. Stringer of Burlington and Arthur W. Stringer of Shelburne.

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224 St. Pavi St. UN 4-6867 field. Dormitory Completed A new $200,000 dormitory at Vermont College which houses more than 100 students was completed and a $460,000 science building at the college is nearing completion. Commercial construction included a new service center for the Green Mountain Power Co.

located off Winooski Avenue and built at a cost of about $380,000, and a new $200,000 Elk's Club home on Country Club Drive which opened early in December. Sale of the E. W. Bailey Mill property on Main Street here, to a Burlington realtor who will locate a shopping center there in the coming year, added to the brightness of the business picture in Montpelier. Post Office Contract Awarded However, the real spark to the building business was lit by the awarding of the contract last month for the construction of a new $1.6 million Post Office and federal court building here on State Street.

The old Post Office will be demolished as soon as weather permits. Churches Renovated Reconstruction work on churches was unusually heavy last year. The entire front and two sides of St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church on Barre Street was reconstructed when it was found the granite facing was dangerous because the mortar had powdered. At the same time, St.

Augustine's parish under the guidance of a St. Michael's advisory committee, made major renovations at two of their three schools, the high school and the junior high on East State Street. A major renovation job was accomplished in the vestry of the Unitarian Church and cost an estimated $20,000 and members of the First Baptist Church finished a reconstruction and renovation program which gave the structure a new foundation, a new vestry, Sunday School rooms and a nursery. Plans were made for reconstruction of the steeple of the Christ Episcopal Church here and the work will get under way this year. This is the second major project which the church has had to undertake in several years.

Fire Damage Down From 1961 Montpelier had a banner year as far as serious fires were concerned and it is believed total fire damage paid by insurance companies will amount to only several thousand dollars in comparison to 1961 when the total reached nearly $90,000. An education program carried on by Fire Chief Sidney F. Lawson and his department, as well as an inspection and enforcement program by his department is at- BUILD THIS ATTIC PLAYROOM PAY AS LITTLE AS 10. Per Mo. LOW PACKAGE PRICE Moving's expensive.

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One elderly woman was killed as she walked down the center of Main Street in the early morning hours last winter and a Burlington woman died of injuries in December as she crossed Berlin Street at the Berlin, Northfield and Winooski Avenue intersection. Crime has been held at a low level by the Montpelier Department headed by Police Chief George J. Connor. Several breaks were investigated and solved and the culprits arraigned in Montpelier Municipal Court. Montpelier people who have distinguished themselves by election to office include Mrs.

Nora E. Olich, who won both a primary contest in the GOP party and a general election victory to be elected probate judge for the Washington district; Gen. Alexander J. Smith and Daniel B. Ruggles III, both elected senators; Washington County Sheriff Harold S.

Potter, re elected; Mayor Elbert B. Colburn, reelected to his fourth successive term last March; and of course, the three A's, Treasurer George H. Amidon, State Auditor State David V. Anderson and Secretary of State Howard E. Armstrong, all re-elected by large majorities.

In fact, Anderson had no opposition this year. Prominent Citizens Die A number of prominent and well-known residents who died during the year. Included were insurance executives, Russell G. Merriman and Carroll Bowman, Angelo DeVittori, 43, a state highway employe; Mrs. Morris F.

Atkins, widow of the publisher of the old Evening Argus here: Miss Marjorie Jones, daughter of the founder of Jones Brothers granite plant in Barre; Paul C. Harrington, long time merchant and Alexander LaRose and Frank Somers, former merchants; Mrs. Charles Hale, widow of a prominent merchant; Mrs. Irene Baldwin, former operator of an auto sales agency; Charles D. Har-.

pan, a state highway engineer; George Bedell, grocery store own. er; Mrs. Caroline Maunsell, 89, and Mrs. Harrison Woodruff, 91, long time neighbors and both prominent in community and civic work for many years; Mrs. V.

CEMENT Ready to Pour SAND-Washed and bank run TOP SOIL FILLINGGRAVEL Bank run and crushed -WASHED STONE Trucks Shovels Tractors Scrapers Bulldozers Trench Hoe Dragline Owner, Madeline Kirby W. C. KIRBY-4-7469 Contractor W. Grant, 59, former president of the Montpelier Woman's Club and the Bethany Woman's Association; Mrs. Mabel E.

Wiggins, active in church work; Theodore F. Kane, public relations man here for many years; Wells Brock, a native and summer resident who was librarian and teacher in a boy's school; John Comolli, who operated a restaurant here for years and Robert A. Kelley, many, of Jefferson, N.H., son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Kelley of the BarreMontpelier road.

The medical outlook in this small city was heightened by the addition of two young doctors to the capable staff at Heaton Hospital here. Dr. William Allard, a general practitioner, and Dr. Arthur Wright, a surgeon, both moved to the city last year and already have large practices. Nursing School Discontinued A sad note was sounded at Heaton Hospital in the summer when the last graduating class of the Heaton Hospital School of Nursing received their diplomas in ceremonies attended by a large audience including hospital administrator, Mrs.

Robert Chastney. After more than 60 years of continued service to the community, the nursing school was discontinued due to the fact that a nursing education curriculum was added to Vermont College. Both Dr. Ralph E. Noble, college president, and Mrs.

Chasteney, expressed confidence that the new nursing program would continue to give the same fine training at the hospital here. Adding much to community service during the year was the initiation to a Grey Ladies program directed by Mrs. Philip H. Mathewson, wife of Supt. of Schools Mathewson, and herself a long time teacher.

The women are helping in local and area nursing homes and hospitals. ford where friends may call. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 at the Methodist Church, Montgomery with Rev. Merle G. Stone officiating.

Interment will be in the family lot in Montgomery Village Cemetery next spring. Spears Funeral Home Enosburg Falls in charge of arrangements. JOHNSON RUSHFORD, Mrs. Mary Burgess, 89, widow of Charles Rushford, died Monday. She had lived in Montgomery and Lowell as well as Johnson, and was a member of the Church of the Nazarene in Johnson.

Mrs. Rushford leaves two daughters, Mrs. Ralph (Elgie) Preston of Lowell, Mrs. Ransom (Alice) Dunning of Nanuet, N.Y.; two sons, Earl Warner of Holyoke, Orrell Warner of Laconia, N.H.; seven, grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the Nazarene Church at 2 p.m., Thursday.

Visiting hours will be 2 to 5, Wednesday at the Howard P. Hill Memorial Home. THAYER, Gerald 52, died unexpectedly New Year's Day in a Burlington hospital after a brief illness. He was born March 30, 1910, in Cambridge, the son of Mrs. Minnie (Tallman) Thayer and the late William Thayer.

Mr. Thayer was a retired electrician and plumber. He leaves four sons, Marvin and Philip of Cambridge, William and Dean of Bristol, two daughters, Mrs. Geraldine Frost of Jacksonville, and Mrs. Velma Veno of Portsmouth, N.H.: 16 grandchildren; his mother, Mrs.

Minnie Thayer of Jeffersonville: two sisters, Mrs. Robert Hubbard and Mrs. Arthur Burnor of Jeffersonville; one brother, Ralph Thayer of Burlington; also several nieces and nephews. The body will remain at the home of his son, Philip, where friends may call. A funeral service will be held Friday at 1 p.m.

in the Jeffersonville Congregational Church. The Rev. Robert Boutwell will officiate. Interment will follow in the family, lot in Jeffersonville Cemetery. A.

W. Rich Funeral Home of Fairfax is in charge of arrangements. BAKERSFIELD (Story Page 1) McGOWAN, Olcott 80. died Tuesday morning in a St. Albans hospital of shock.

He was taken out a window of his burning home. Mr. McGowan was born in Sheldon Oct. 10, 1882, the son of the late Charles and Mary (Tracy) McGowan. He is survived by his wife, Violet (Croft) McGowan: one son, Carl McGowan; two daughters, Mrs.

Bernard (Ruth) Machia; Mrs. Albert (Mildred) Brigham, all of Bakersfield; 11 grandchildren: 10 great-grandchildren. The body will remain at the home of his son Carl McGowan, Bakersfield, where friends may call. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 at the Congregational Church. Burial will be in the family lot in Jeffersonville Cemetery.

Spears Funeral Home Enosburg Falls in charge of ments. SOUTH RICHFORD DOE, Mrs. Hattie 88, widow of Ernest S. Doe, died Monday evening at a St. Albans nursing home following a long period of failing health.

Mrs. Doe was born in Fulford. April 27, 1874, the daughter of the late Charles and Margaret (Wright) Demague. She was a member of the Montgomery Methodist Church and the Richford Center Home Demonstration group. She is survived by four sons, Stuart Doe of North Troy; Aubrey and Arthur Doe, both of Richford; Mrs.

Douglas (Darlend) Wallace of Greenfield, Mrs. Arthur (Muriel) Thibault of St. Albans; 24 grandand children; three 37 great dren. The body will remain at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George Paxman of South Rich- DEVINS, Earle Payne, 63, a lifelong resident of Georgia, died early Tuesday evening following a long illness.

He was a retired garage mechanic and a machine operator for the town of Georgia. He was born May 5, 1899, the son of Alvah and Lucy (Cleveland) Devins. Besides his wife, Ruth, he leaves two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Wanda) Dudley of Albuquerque, N.M., Mrs. Russell (Norma) Hand of Gaithersburg, two brothers, Kenneth of Meriden, Wayne of St.

Albans; two sisters, Mrs. Raymond (Grace) Newton of Mrs. Leo (Olive) Berthiaume of Fairfax; eight grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements at the Heald Funeral Home are incomplete at this time. LaROCHELLE, Homer, 41, died Tuesday morning in a fire which leveled the farm on which he worked.

He was born in Milton, July 12, 1921, son of Arthur and Georgina (Cote) LaRochelle. He is survived by his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur LaRochelle of St. Albans; three sisters, Mrs.

Thelma Limoges of Milton, Mrs. Grace White of St. Albans. Mrs. Blanche Bushey of Stafford Springs, three brothers, Joseph LaRochelle of Windsor Locks, Maurice LaRochelle of Milton, Wesley LaRochelle of Fairfield; several nieces and nephews.

Until the hour of the funeral, Thursday at 11, in Holy Angels Church, St. Albans, friends may call at the Driscoll and Moran Memorial, St. Albans. Interment will be in the family lot in 1 St. Anne's Cemetery in Milton.

T. J. Moran is funeral director. Funerals Arranged GEORGIA BURLINGTON POWERS, Mrs. Gertrude formerly of 89 Buell services will be held at Corbin and Palmer Funeral Chapel Friday at 2 p.m.

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