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McHENRY PLAINDEALER SectionA Friday,August 16,1985 Hagell Nation Town basks in its old-time coziness By Ken Franckling UPI feature writer There's a little town In Milne Where the folks do m ake It plain It you want to settle, They won't ever meddle But condominiums, please abstain. LIMERICK, Maine - In the rolling foothills midway between the Maine seacoast and the White Mountains of Nep Hampshire sits a hamlet that superhigh* ways, urban bustle and the condo crate have missed. And that's just fine, thank you, to the 1,300 residents of Limerick, home of a few dairy farms, a smattering of retail businesses, and a strong dose of New En­ gland white clapboard architecture down Main Street. "It's a Brigadoon town. It really has es­ caped, thus far, de­ structive change. It has to do with it not being on a direct line to any­ where," says Jane Bry­ ant, former profession­ al photographer who returned to her home­ town after a career in New York City. Limerick, 25 miles due west and a 45-min- ute drive from down­ town Portland, was part of the ^territory the Newichewannock Indi­ ans sold in 1668 to trad- er-landowner Francis Small for 2 blankets, 2 gallons of rum, 2 pounds of powder, 4 pounds of musket balls, 20 strings of beads and "several other articles." Merle Day, town clerk and part-time postal clerk, often gets inquiries from people asking how Limerick came by its name. The answer does not involve doggerel verse. James Sullivan, a prominent New En­ gland lawyer who be­ came governor of Mas­ sachusetts in 1807, was one of 14 original set­ tlers in the town when it was founded in 1772. Be­ cause of his work for the town, the other set­ tlers honored Sullivan by selecting the name of Limerick, his fa­ ther's birthplace in Ireland. Limerick grew steadi­ ly as an agricultural and industrial commu­ nity. In 1820, the year Maine became a state, Limerick had 1,377 peo­ ple. In 1890, the popula­ tion peaked at 1,508. It dropped to a low of 761 in 1920, following steady losses from the opening of the West, the Civfl War and World War I. In 1970, the population Public Ivy schools' offer smarts for less 'By Patricia McCormack " UPI education editor v NEW YORK - Par­ ents and students may gulp over a new College -Board report showing |ills for the 1985-86 Jehool year up 7 per­ cent. The most expen­ sive school, Bennington College in Vermont, will fcost $17,210, including tuition, room and board, books and transportation. The cheapest pensive private schools Dartmouth, at 116,120. ! 2 But there are educa­ tional bargains at pub- lac universities serving 4> programs equivalent to those at the more cbstly private colleges. The total cost is less than half at eight public iversities selected by Richard Moll,admis­ sions dean at the Uni­ versity of California, Santa Cruz. Moll names them in a book, "The Public Ivys," (Viking, $18.95) due out next month. Among his public uni­ versity picks are two other branches of the University of Califor­ nia, Berkeley, $7,290 and Irvine, $7,236. Also among Moll's picks: Miami University, Ox- mi Altoi- f Worth Caroli­ na, Chapel Hill, $4,300; the University of Michi- 'gari, Ann Arbor, $7,100. Schools in-between in price include the Uni­ versity of Vermont at Burlington; the College of William & Mary, Wil­ liamsburg, Va.; the University of Texas, Austin and the Univer­ sity of Virginia, Charlottesville. The extras a student may get at the 10 most expensive private schools depends on the school. Generally, the ratio of faculty to stu­ dents 14 low. That means small classes in­ stead of crowds in lec­ ture halls. Many of the privates also pride themselves on getting students in­ volved in research or project* wife faculty, from till Mftman year on. They als% toast about super lrararies, laboratories and re­ nowned scholars. "The ratio of students to faculty here is 9 to l," said Charles Yoder, spokesman for Benning­ ton, a liberal arts school emphasising fine and performing arts. Yoder said the ratio is exceptional, even among private liberal arts schools. "A ratio of 12-to-14-to*l6 is consid­ ered pretty good," he said. At Yale University and other schools among the top 10 with annual fees of $16,120 and more, the price of the liberal arts degree was defended with simi­ lar arguments. The record cost at the privates is not keeping students away, by the way. Applications, to fact, are running way ahead of slots for students. At Yale, for example, 11,732 applied for 1,300 openings. " At Stanford Universi­ ty in Stanford, Calif., costs of $16,923 this school year had no ef­ fect on applications. Some 17,600 applied for 1,600 openings. tending signals to parents Speechless child? Could be dyslexia By Mildred Hamilton San Francisco Examiner SAN FRANCISCO - Ah alert 3-year-old who seems to understand what goes on around him but doesn't talk, is sending a strong signal to his parents. Learning disabilities can lie ahead, Respite normal vision and hearing and often-high intelligence. "The child may have dyslexia," said Alice WhitaeU, director of the University of Califor­ nia-San Francisco read- devel-ing and language opment clinic. 'Nelson Rockefeller had it, and had to >go through college with a reader. Einstein also had it. He was thought to be stupid and was excluded from school for a long time. If Rockefeller's parents hadti't had money to pay for assistance, and if Einstein's parents hadn't persisted, look at the loss." Alice WhitseU is an­ other persistent parent. She remembers how it affected her son. She re­ acted by starting a pio­ neering program that has identified and helped thousands of San Francisco Bay Area children. Early inter­ vention is one of the keys. "Alert parents should take notice if language develops slowly," she said. "By age 2, a child should be talking in phrases and sentences. Certainly by age 3, he should be understood by people outside the fam­ ily. Children who are abnormally clumsy should be noted. They should be walking by 11 to 15 months, and they also should be feeding themselves. There should be concern if these developments come slowly. "At kindergarten or pre-school level, the child who cannot cut and paste and color with his peers should be looked at. Another sig­ nal is the loner, the child who doesn't have friends. "We are tired of hear­ ing teachers or pediatri­ cians say, 'Don't worry. Wait unUl he is 8 or 9.' We. could prevent a lot of problems by early recognition. That's why we started our pre­ school language pro­ gram where we take children at age 3." The clinic, originally established for dyslec- tics, now also accepts children with other learning disabilities. Dyslexia, still its major concern, was described by Mrs. Whitsell as a neurological problem in children of normal in­ telligence and appropri­ ate schooling who can't seem to learn to read or spell. The cause is unknown. "Among school-age children, they are al­ most always boys. The ratio is nine to one. Neurologists say the male nervous system is more vulnerable. Once they reach age 6 with­ out expert help, there is a r ea l l ea rn ing problem." Dyslexia, often un­ identified or disguised, is believed to exist to 10 to 15 percent of the pop­ ulation to some degree. "And we know it runs in families. My husband and I have three sons, and only one had it. But my father had it, al- it was not then though it IHmHfirrl When George Whit- sell's learning disabil­ ities became a real problem at age 9, the schools didn't know how to deal with them. "There were no facul­ ties to the Bay Area. The schools said these children either were dumb or had psycholog­ ical problems the schools couldn't handle. My husband, a neurolo­ gist, said the problem was dyslexia and the schools just hadn't caught up with it." Alice WhitseU found her background in teaching the deaf, "the slow, phonetic ap­ proach, using multi-sen- sory reinforcement, is exactly what works with these chUdren." At UCSF she began to gather a multi-disciplin- DUTCH CREEK WOODLANDS Spacious Tri lmi On large double lot with mature trees. 8 rooms, baths, with 4 bedrooms. Perfect for the (rowini family. Exclusive area. Johnsburg Schools! $139,900 EACH RIGHTS Deck off the dininf room makes entertaining a breeze from this well cared for 3 bedroom, bath home. Central air and fireplace are just some of the extras $59,900 VACANT LOT Suburban living at its best yet only minutes from town. 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Since a mUl closed in 1948, eliminat­ ing several hundred jobs, the biggest em­ ployer is F.R. Caroll Inc., a ready-mix con­ crete supplier with a payroll of about 40. Bryant, an active member of the Limer­ ick Historical Society, owns the building her grandfather erected in 1900 as a dry goods store. He lived upstairs, over an engineering of­ fice, and so does she. From her upstairs windows, Bryant can see Main Street, the town hall, and a clap­ board bandstand on the common. Out back there is a tranquil view of the 115 acres of farm­ land she owns, a sanctu­ ary of sorts with a barn, three grazing horses, hayfields, pastures, and two ponds. She had right of first refusal on the farm, and bought it one day before a condominium devel­ oper from New Jersey was set to strike a deal. "This is lovely farm country," Bryant said. "In a way, I'm pleased that retired people are coming here and buying old farms as their re­ tirement homes -- so the land isn't broken up for condominiums. "It's beautiful, we're right at the foothills of the White Mountains, yet the town doesn't lend itself to any fur­ ther growth because of its geography." Main Street is entered on the National Regis­ ter of Historic Places because the vUlage has maintained its charac­ ter over the past 100 years. "Limerick is at­ tracting people who want to escape the cit­ ies, who want to enjoy a rural, quiet kind of life," said real estate agent Aggie Michaud. "They are accepted easily Coke still not 'the real thing9 By Charles S.Taylor United Press International ATLANTA - The Coca-Cola Company, stung by criticism that it's Classic Coke is stUl not "the real thing," ac­ cused the Sugar Associ­ ation Wednesday of try­ ing to involve it in a marketing war with corn syrup. The Wash ing ton- based Sugar Associa­ tion ran full-page news­ paper ads Wednesday that asked: "Why did the 'Old Cola drinkers of America' turn up their noses at Classic Coke?" The ad charged Coke is using a cheaper sweetener -- corn syrup -- to sweeten its Classic Coke instead of sugar, departing from the company's 94 years of using "real sugar -- an unvarying taste stan­ dard known and trusted the world over.' The Sugar Associa­ tion said Coke "quietly began to change its for­ mula" five years ago and in 1984 switched en­ tirely to corn syrup. Classic Coke is the soft drink giant's name for old formula Coca- Cola, which it stopped making last spring in favor of a sweeter prod­ uct until a public outcry prompted it to resume production. Carlton Curtis, Coke's assistant vice presi­ dent, accused the Sugar Association of attempt­ ing to deceive the public with the advertisement and said, "sugar is sug­ ar is sugar." "In this ad, they at­ tempt to deceive the public into believing that sugar made from corn produces bever­ ages which are inferior to those sweetened with cane or beet sugar. Officials at Stanford and other high-priced private schools, say ap­ plicants are screened for ability to do the work and not for abUity to pay. Many students at­ tending high*priced pri­ vate schools receive fi- nanc ia l a id . At S tanford , i t ' s 70 percent. CoUege costs are ex­ pected to continue on their upward spiral at an average annual in­ crease of 6 to 7 percent. Stanford president Donald Kennedy says college, at whatever the cost, is stiU a bargain. Speaking at a recent Rotary Club luncheon at Canada Community CoUege, Canada, Calif., Kennedy said,"... the price of higher educa­ tion is invariably lower than the real cost. ary team to examine chUdren referred by schools or pediatri­ cians. Each chUd had an extended neurologi­ cal examination, as weU as a study of his strengths, weaknesses, intelligence, language comprehension, vision and hearing. After evaluation, the chUdren were put in smaU classes to work with speech and lan­ guage exper t s and learning specialists. 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