Letters to the Editor
Letter
to the Editor:
At
the last Council Meeting, April 5, two items on the
agenda, Extending the Manager's Contract, and sending
zone changes to the Planning Board, were controversial
and rightly so. Extending the Manager's Contract more
than a year before it ends, is cause to question why.
Also, since this new extension, which begins in July,
raises the question of whether there is a contract
at all.
Zone changes can affect nearly everyone in Town, and
it would appear to me that sending a document that
is, essentially, incomplete, to the Planning Board
is dead wring, regardless of the length of time the
Council has worked on it. How many of you out there
would buy a product knowing it is flawed, with the
promise that the manufacturer would correct it some
time down the road?
Clifton
E. Foster, Gray
To the Editor:
We,
years ago, moved here
Near Russell school with chime
No longer for announcing class,
But just to tell folks time.
The trouble is, back then,
The clock itself was stilled.
At last required fix was made;
Its purpose seemed fulfilled.
The trouble is (I've said)
Clocks do require care.
To change time timely fall and spring
Demands attention there.
And right now someone should
Go up that blasted tower.
What earthy good is clock that chimes
At six past every hour?
Peter
Goodridge, Gray
"For
almost a hundred years the clock in the Institute's
tower measured the days; and the bell there sounded
the hours, summoned students to school, warned the
village of danger, and heralded the celebrations.
During many of those years of accurate service, the
clock was cared for and the bell was rung by John
(Mero) Amero, (1849-1935) a foreign sailor who wandered
to Gray, where he remained for the rest of his life."
"Much
of the success of Pennell can be attributed to its
permanent board of trustees. It was a signal of honor
to be chosen for membership in this group, which discharged
its duties conscientiously and efficiently."
From:
History, Records, and Recollections of Gray, Maine,
Vol 1, by George T. Hill
