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Page 10 — Griffin Daily News Thursday, March 10,1977 »Kiwr 9F i HR I > h ’-nit ;JE yf| *U J i*U Mi ' 11 . ■« *-. ■ IV ■ —zTlvffilfwlww Wry ’’* ' j t,. i|^]wAßHKD|B^^F^..gM& u ,. ; • * . w * ■ -»« XglnmlWKMwW t? tefadF 1 m ■w *F * *1 if ■■ Rc ■ .--L-aT ■W SQf |aF ' ; W B Town clerk Ivaloo Patrick, right, watches as residents of North Haven Island, Maine cast their ballots during the annual town meeting. Mrs. Patrick is the fourth Town meeting Direct democracy NORTH HAVEN, Maine (AP) — The townspeople began gathering well before the appointed hour of nine, neighbors all, tied to this town and this island by blood and heritage and to this gathering by a tradition older than the republic. It began when the first Plymouth colonists met to decide among themselves matters of their common concern. Their descendants, literal descendants in some cases on this coastal New England isle, have found no reason to change such a sensible system of direct democracy or any way to improve upon it. Thus none of the island’s 400 citizens needed further encouragement to attend than the notice posted on the bulletin board outside Waterman’s general store at the town dock: Town Meeting. Across New England during the first two weeks in March other towns held similar meetings. Large anonymous cities may have abandoned annual one-day assemblies as too unwieldy, but towns such as North Haven yet exist as reminders that some places in this bureaucratic land have neither outgrown their identities nor yielded the Yankee notion of self-government to professionals or computers. “David, I think lasa had her hand up first, we’ll hear you next if that’s all right...” “I’m going to have to disagree with you, Eliot ...” “Before we go any further I think this town owes a vote of thanks to Jimmy Brown ...” "Ivaloo, count the hands along with me so we get the vote right ...” With dispatch, but more important with civility and mutual trust, North Haven’s citizens last Monday elected their officials, voted taxes for street lights, roads, snow fences, fireplugs, settled disagreements over clamming grounds and ferryboat service, and went home after 5% hours satisfied that no voice was excluded, no opinion suppressed. They know who they are, these islanders, and so they nominated from the floor and found no need for super fluous seconding speeches. They voted simply by drop ping slips of paper in a box, as if electing a class beadle. The new officials were sworn on the spot. Next item. Time and again during the meeting the sliding top of the sturdy wooden ballot box was opened, closed — “Has everybody voted who wants to?” — and its contents dumped on the table of the vote counters: Audrey Lincoln, Annie Calderwood, Ida Haskell. The box, not much larger than a shoe box, is the crafts manship of James Brown, a boatbuilder. He made it in 1905 when he was town clerk. -fas ly y t/c ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL! I '®l it go I S JC?I ■ iWW generation of her family to serve as clerk; her grand father carved the box still being used to collect the ballots. (AP) It now belongs to the present town clerk, Ivaloo Patrick, who is Brown’s granddaughter. The office of town clerk has been in the same family for 73 years. Continuity, loyalty, involvement, these are virtues North Haven islanders respect. art Spring Seasoning M fl! / II t wi 'Ft t fIB t T, II lif. ¥ I J; \ . J. I a jfM l\ u r- \ I' \ /ff ft ill i I \ y I B I i | A . J J «"I \\ DOWN T 0 THE DETAIL VA' //B i | \ \ -** -- i V -1 > c o3 * ll ™ 6 is worthy of attention. The dress-top k. z' has the look of a blouse, with notched collar, I bamboo print, and long sleeves. Buttoned with gold > v . —rimmed mother-of-pearl buttons. The A-line skirt is ' j I neatly stitched in panels. Stitched tucks panel the I , \ front of the cardigan jacket. ;| X j \ i — Fabric: 100 percent polyester WRAPPLIQUE 3 rr on The adaptable, tulip appliqued wrap dress is a real 'fv OU. U U breath of spring. Combination of pin dots and solid i J speak the crisp, cool language needed for the A® season. The styling is flattering and comfortable to ” _ - a versatile range of sizes. . I I W x; “ Perc SX SwUlJblMn)ouA 58.00 THE SHAPED SHIRT t. n« Ymir Triangular goring gives subtle shaping to a shirt- vl I QU I dress that’s a cut beyond classic. Double top stit- i—ching at all points of interest lends emphasis to the |XUOoUk| Charge ii fine tadoring of this versatile day fashion. STS MOIIOW POWELt] Fabric: 100 percent polyester •*** // \\ rrs Testimony ruled out in trial ROME, Ga. (AP) - The tes timony of three key government witnesses was ruled out Wednesday by a U.S. District Court judge presiding over the bank robbery trial of William Edward Alley of Chattanooga, Tenn. With the jurors out of the courtroom, Judge Richard Freeman heard the testimony of the three men, who said they could identify Alley from photo graphs of the March 28, 1975, robbery of the Menlo branch of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Summerville. Four men robbed the bank of more than $15,000, according to testimony. Jackie Robinson of Chat tanooga, who said he knows Al ley personally, testified he could identify the defendant be cause of his posture, even though the robbers in the pic ture wore masks. He also said he had seen thin rubber masks, similar to the ones used in the robbery, at Al ley’s home. Larry Parker, a former po liceman, told Freeman he could identify Alley from the photo graphs because of his personal acquaintance with the defend ant. He said he had seen masks and guns similar to those used in the roboery in Alley’s home. FBI agent Al Mallard, said he could make a similar identi fication. But the judge said their testi mony was vague and in conclusive. >ea* i TL I ' \ 111 Pages Griffin students serving as pages at the General Assembly this session inchided (front, 1-r> Kristie Green, Jane Raunlkar, Carol Glanton, Lori Jackson, Jerry Southerland and Ed Henderson. On the back row are (1-r) Laymon Hattaway, Spalding Junior High prinicpal who coordinated selection of the pages through essay competition, Rep. John Carlisle and Rep. John Mostiler of Spalding County Plead guilty AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Two Augusta men pleaded guilty Wednesday to armed robbery in connection with the May, 1976 slaying of a South Carolina man. Richmond County Superior Court Judge Franklin Pierce sentenced William Evans, 17, and Michael Knotts, 20, each to seven years in prison. A third defendant, Walter Williams, was tried and con victed in January of murder and armed robbery in the shooting death of Ronald Eric Anderson, 27, of Belvedere, S.C. The Fellowship of Christian Women of Griffin will have their next lunchroom March 18 at 12 o’clock at the Griffin Moose Club. Speaker for March will be Enid Bell of Atlanta. Mrs. Bell is a popular Christian Women’s club speaker. She is a wife, mother and grandmother. Tickets for the luncheon are $3 and are available at Christian Book Center in College Hills Shopping Plaza. A free nursery will be available at the Calvary Assembly of God Church located a short distance from the Moose Club. Reservations for the nursery must be made by calling Ann Ponder 227-0577. Women of all denominations are welcome!
