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Spring 2002 Volume LVI Number 3
MIDDLEBURY COLLE'GE
V & rm o n tL ife FEB 2 7 ?n0?
LIBRARY
F E A I U f i [ S
Law for the World : Led by its environmental
programs, Vermont Law School flourishes
By John Dillon; photographed by Stefan Hard
Working for Wildlife
A new program designed to help deer and other animals
By Susan Keesc; photographed by S. Michael Bisceglie
Covered Bridge Comeback
Vermonters work to restore these historic spans
By Joe Sherman
page 24
The Other Foliage Season
The splendor of changing leaves doesn’t just happen in autumn
Photographed by Vermont Life contributing photographers
I
The Rowes of Wells River
50 years of community dedication
By Beth Champagne; photographed by Jon Gilbert Fox
A Boat for the Making
Students build a longboat at the
Places in this Issue
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
By Chris Granstrom;
Photographed hy Paul O. Boisvert Montgomery, • .Westfield, p. 59
p.34
• • Johnson, p. 80
Westtord, p. 16
Calais, p, 7* Rye^ate, coirer
Ferrisbnrgh,p.50 wells River, p.
South Royalton. • West Fairlee, p, 12
p.24 .
page 44 Woodstock, p, 44
I Bennington, p. 5
D E P A R T M E N T S • Readsboro, p. 30
2 Inside Vermont Life 44 Vermont Scene : Speakchorus
3 Letters to the Editor 56 Inns and Outings : The CCC’s legacy
4 Green M ountain Post Boy 59 In a Day : Hazen’s Notch
Corner 62 Books of Vermont Interest
bare all
76 Calendar of Spring Events
Hoyt
80 Picture Postscript
13 Vermont Foods : Gerard’s Bread
Cover : Ryegate. Photograph by André Jenny. page 62
N S D E \^ r m o n t L i f c
MAGAZINE
Is published quarter!}/ by the State of Vermont
Howard Dean, Governor
Published at Montpelier, Vermont, by the Agency
of Commerce and Community Development
The
Molly Lambert, Secretary, Agency of Commerce
and Community Development
Sally Cavanagh, Commissioner,
Department of Tourism & Marketing
Vermont Way
Editor: Tom Slayton
Assistant Editor: John Lazenby
Production Manager: David J. Goodman
Art Director: Jan Lowry Hubbard
Editorial Assistants: Judy Powell,
Ann Marie Giroux and Dolores Grassmann
Advertising Traffic Manager: Maude Chater
Director of Operations: Andrew Jackson
Business Manager: Julie George
Vermont has a long history as a place that favors inde­
Publishing Assistant: Marilyn Wood
pendent enterprises and self-starters. That's proba­ Ancillary Products Manager: Ann Callear
bly because for two centuries, Vermont was remote, Products Sales Coordinator: Gordon Durkee
the back-beyond of New England. You had to be independentS ubscriptions Manager: Brenda Greika
Assistant to the Accountant: Tammy Duprey
and innovative to make it here at all.
Shipping Manager: Joe Rossi
Now it's bred in the bone, part of the culture. Vermonters Proofreader: Jim Wallace
respect energy and ingenuity and will often help turn a good Vermont Life Advisory Board:
idea into reality. You could call that community — or Pennie Beach, Paul Bruhn, Laura Carlsmith,
Katheran L. Fisher, Hope Green, James Lawrence,
perhaps enlightened opportunism!
Emerson Lynn, Gerald R. Tarrant, Timothy Volk,
In 1965, Vermont didn't have a college of law. But the fol­ Steven Wood, and J. Duncan Campbell (emeritus)
lowing year, entrepreneur Anthony Doria founded Royalton
Advertising Sales Office
College, which eventually included a fledgling law school. Smart Commimication, Inc.,
P.O. Box 283, Vergennes, VT 05491-0283.
Nearly 40 years later, Vermont Law School is known as one
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lawyers. Or consider Dr. Harry Rowe and his wife, Mary. Advertising Director: Gerianne Smart
Advertising Sales: H. Abby Hummel
More than 50 years ago, Dr. Rowe opened a medical practice
Nancy Lindberg
in Wells River and Mary began working with the local ama­
Southern Vermont Advertising Sales Office:
teur chorus. Today, the North Country Chorus is known Stephanie Elise Staub, Tel. [phone]
E-mail: [email protected]
throughout northern Vermont and Dr. Rowe's practice has
become the highly respected Wells River Clinic, a mainstay Newsstand Coordinator: Howard White
& Associates
of the community.
In this issue we take a look at the Rowes, at Vermont Law
School — and at several other Vermont self-starters: West Single Issue: $3.95
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2 • VERM O NT LIFE
L e t J t e r s The Vermont Country Store*
Coyotes and Wolves
Clearly Ted Levin forfeits his stand­ Purveyors of the Practical & Hard-To-Find
ing as a naturalist when he states that
Vermont would benefit from fewer WeVe Been Part of Vermont Life Since 1946
moose and fewer beaver in his remarks
In 1946 my father, Vrest Orton, along with Earle
concerning wolves ["Call of the Coy­
Newton, Walter Hard Sr., and Arthur Wallace Peach,
ote," Winter 2001].
started work on a new magazine that would capture
I am sad that Ted attempts to push
the beauty and spirit of the state. They named this
Farley Mowat's concept that "wolves venture Vermont Life. For over 50 years now, Vermont
make the herd healthy" into the Ver­ Life has been a splendid success.
mont consciousness, I rely on Vermont
We at The Vermont Country Store are proud of our
Fish and Wildlife's evidence that our
connections with Vermont Life, which for all these
deer herd is in excellent health. Wolves
years has promoted the values of the citizens of our
and coyotes create weak deer, which
state while depicting its incredible natural beauty.
they then slaughter by harassment and
Lynuni Orton
disruption of feeding patterns during
winter snows when deer are most vul­
nerable.
Stewart F. Clark fr.
Worcester
Sure, Ted Levin, we need wolves in
Vermont to control coyotes. We really
need something else to kill our domes­
tic animals and our few whitetails.
A Visit You41 Long Remember
FFow would you propose to control the
wolf population? The Vermont Country Store is known in all 50 states through the Voice
1 guess you never had your favorite of the Mountains mail order catalogue. We have two stores: the original
beautiful cat disappear as I did, as well store in the picturesque village of Weston, and our second store conve­
niently located right off 1-91 in Rockingham. At both you'll find products
as many of my neighbors did. My cat
you thought had long disappeared, such as penny candy, Vermont
was not a "free-ranging cat." He stayed
Common Crackers®, and floursack towels, as well as many other useful
within sight of the house. We have
and practical items. Interspersed among the merchandise are hundreds
seen coyotes in our driveway.
of artifacts from the past—it's like shopping in a museum. A visit you'll
1 think an article romanticizing coy­
remember long after you get home.
otes and wolves is inappropriate and
sick. Let's have some tips on how to
.Where you can find just about anything
exterminate useless killers.
Nancy Eaton
Wcathersfleld Center
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their biology are the results of hun­ Extended Hours : July-Oct., 9-6
dreds of thousands of years of staying Also visit The Bryant House Restaurant
one bound ahead of wolves (and cata­ serving lunch daily at this location.
mounts). In fact, the population of a
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and availability of prey. The deer, so 1-802-463-2224
to speak, control the wolf. Predators 9-5 Mon.-Sat., Sundays 10-5
are not inherently bad. In fact, they Extended Hours : July-Oct., 9-6
are one of the principal reasons ani­
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SPRING 2002
G R N M O i/ N A N
the local dump into one of
Wardsboro's Delightful Dump
the neatest, cleanest transfer
Editor’s Note: Following is a response to our article stations in southern Ver­
"Pownal Recycles the Dump" in the Winter 2001 mont. He began with a back-
issue. In Wardsboro, as in Pownal, extra care is taken hoe and pickup, removing
to assure that dump-goers have a pleasant experi­ tons of embedded junk so he
ence. If your Vermont town does a great job with its could do some landscaping.
dump, let us know, either by letter to Dump Editor,
He has planted flowers, put
Vermont Life, 6 Baldwin Street, Montpelier, VT
up birdhouses, installed
05602, or via e-mail to [email protected]. If we
fences and a gate and provid­
have enough response, we'll start an Honor Roll of
ed signs for the recycling and
Great Vermont Dumps.
trash bins.
The sign read: "Concert his truck while "I hate messes," Davis
This Saturday at 11 his daughter, said. "I couldn't have stayed
a.m." Nothing unusu­ Luanne LaRose here if I didn't clean it up."
al about that except the loca­ of Bernardston, A few old-timers might
tion: the Wardsboro Dump. Massachusetts, regret that there are no bon­
It was part of caretaker sang country fires to cozy up to or rats to
Mort Davis's plan to make music classics as shoot, but most everyone
the town transfer station a trash and recy- appreciates Wardsboro's new
more attractive place for the clables plunked park-like dump — a place
whole family. So on a sunny into designated containers. vice. "It was nice, bein' at where even Santa Claus pays
Saturday not long ago, Mort "It was great," declared the dump," added Charlie a Yuletide visit and where
moved picnic tables into Danny Hescock, who often Ballentine, another Wards­ children (and well-behaved
place for performers and audi­ plays Luanne's demo tape boro resident. adults) receive lollipops from
ence. Lou Barber played the while repairing cars at his In his eight years as care­ Mort year-round.
keyboard out of tbe back of shop, Wardsboro Auto Ser­ taker, Davis has transformed — Amy M. Kleppner
New Dig Sheds Light on Mount Independence
fully grasp the bit over a quarter mile long, flints, iron shot, a hand
scale of the it will permit wheelchair grenade and a magnificent
activity that access from the visitor center blue glass cufflink.
crowded this to the spectacular promonto­ The archaeological discov­
landscape. ry of the South Battery, over­ eries were not limited to the j
Last July, looking Lake Champlain. Revolutionary War period. A
archaeologists Professional archaeolo­ Native American stone-tool
joined forces gists, assisted by students manufacturing site was also
Mount Independence artifacts. with the Ver­ and volunteers, excavated identified, reaffirming that t
mont Divi­ nearly 150 test pits. They this area has been extraordi- ■■
For 16 months, between sion for Historic Preserva­ found a variety of artifacts, narily rich in human activity '
July 1776 and Novem­ tion and Castleton State including musket parts, iron for thousands of years.
ber 1777, more than College to conduct the first and lead shot, and nails — Many questions about i
10,000 American soldiers professional archaeological clear evidence of the mili­ Mount Independence re- ■
populated Mount Indepen­ dig in over a decade at tary bustle that took place main, and archaeologists i
dence, a rocky 350-acre Mount Independence, Amer­ here 225 years ago. Artifacts will continue to coax stories j
peninsula that juts into Lake ica's most pristine Revolu­ recovered from the rem­ out of the 715 artifacts that !
Champlain in Orwell. But tionary War site. nants of an officer's log hut were recovered during the I
without the intellectual The goal was to clear the include wine bottle frag­ 2001 dig.
time-travel offered by way for the Mount's first ments, a fork with an antler — Sheila Charles and !
archaeology, it's difficult to handicap-accessible trail. A handle, two French gun- Chris Slesar, archaeologists !
VERM ONT LIFE
Publisher, Activist
UVM Senior Wins Award For Terry Ehrich Dies
Helping Feed Needy
Terry Ehrich, publisher
the Vermont Higher Educa­ hand," she said. "Who am I of Bennington's Hem-
tion Council and the Ver­ to walk by and pretend that mings Motor News,
mont Campus Compact, I don't notice?" died in January at the age of
will be given annually to a Aborn will receive an 60 after battling cancer for
Vermont student who per­ award of $1,000, which she months.
forms outstanding commu­ plans to donate to the Food Ehrich made Hemmings,
nity service in addition to Salvage Program, the Unit­ which was a tiny publica­
his or her school work. ed Way September 11 Fund, tion when he and his part­
Aborn won the 2001 and to help repay her moth­ ners bought it in 1968, into
award for her work volun­ er for her education. As part a $20 million, 260,000-sub­
Rebecca Aborn at ivork in teering with the Food Sal­ of the award, the Food Sal­ scriber business with 140
the Food Salvage Program. vage Program for the past vage Program will also employees.
three years — ever since receive a $1,000 corporate But he was
Rebecca Aborn, a sen­ she became a student at gift, as will the University known just
ior at the University UVM. The student-run pro­ of Vermont, and Aborn as much for
of Vermont and coor­ gram collects unused food received a special "Gradu­ his activism
dinator of the Food Salvage from area restaurants and ate Bear" from the Vermont on environ­
Program in Burlington, is prepares and serves the Teddy Bear Co., the spon­ mental and
the first winner of the Ver­ only free, hot dinner offered sor of the competition. education
mont Student Citizen in Burlington on Sundays. Eleven Vermont colleges issues and
Award. It regularly feeds 60 to 100 entered student finalists in for innova­
The award, sponsored by homeless persons. the competition. Any grad­ tive pro- rr r, •
‘ Terry tlmch7
the Vermont Teddy Bear "I offer my time and uating student at a Ver­ grams to
Co. in cooperation with effort because someone less mont college or university benefit his employees. His
Vermont Life magazine. fortunate needs an extra is eligible for the award. First Day Foundation [VL,
Autumn 1999] is committed
to involving parents in their
Fifty Years Ago in Vermont Life children's schools and has
Vermont Jjfc spread from its Bennington
roots to hundreds of com­
"The Rowes of Wells Riv­ teer Gilbert & Sul­ Already fa­ munities around the coun­
er," which starts on page 46 livan production on mous for his try. Ehrich gave to many
in this issue, features the our Internet site, poems and causes and served on the
decades of dedication Dr. www.vtlife.com. stories of boards of many institutions,
Harry Rowe and his wife, Also in the Spring India, he including Vermont Law
Mary, have given to their 1952 issue was a would write School, the Institute for Sus­
community. visit to "Rudyard his belov­ tainable Communities, Ver­
It was just that kind of Kipling's House in ed fungle mont Businesses for Social
community spirit that Mary Vermont." The four Books in Responsibility and the state
Rowe wrote about back in years ( 1892-1896) the the state he Environmental Board. Ben­
our Spring 1952 issue in a British writer spent north of came to love. Subsequently, nington put on a parade to
story about Wells River's Brattlehoro at his custom- Vermont would appear in honor him last fall.
production of The Pirates of built home, Naulakha, were many of his writings. Ehrich and his brother
Penzance. Read her tale of important years in his cre­ Read the entire text at Perez put Hemmings Motor
the little town's all-volun­ ative and personal life. www.vtlife.com. News up for sale last October.
V E R M O N T E R S
As wc noted in last sum­ film's signature song. The with renewing interest in Stanton's new book Hob­
mer's Post Boy, former West CMA also voted the movie bluegrass and oldtime bits, Elves and Wizards:
Rutlander Dan Tyminski's soundtrack the best album music, was also nom­ Exploring the Wonders
voice was a big part of the of the year. If that weren't inated for a Grammy. and Worlds of f.R.R.
film O Brother. Where Art enough, Tyminski was nom­ Grammy winners Tolkien’s The Lord of
Thou. Tyminski is still shin­ inated for a Grammy for will be announced in the Rings (published
ing: He won the Country Best Country Collaboration late February. by Palgrave) is in book­
Music Association's Single with Vocals for "Man of Retired Universi­ stores around the coun­
of the Year award for "Man Constant Sorrow." The ty of Vermont Pro­ try and on the Internet.
of Constant Sorrow," the film's soundtrack, credited fessor Michael N The success of Stan-
SPRING 2002 • 5
POST BOY
ton's book is part of the rekindled
interest in Tolkien's trilogy that stems
from release of the first film of the
new cinematic version of The Lord of
the Rings. Stanton, a UVM alumnus
who grew up in Essex and lives in
Colchester, taught Tolkien's book dur­
ing three decades of work at UVM.
Since the book's publication in
November he has been interviewed in
print and on television. Stanton, who
didn't know the movie was planned
when he began work on the book five
years ago, termed the experience
"exhilarating" and said he was delight­
ed to be able to share his knowledge of
Tolkien, much of it, he said, learned
from working with students over
the years.
Clarinetist Morgan Nilsen, 17, of
by Al ex S e p k u s
North Clarendon toured with the pro­
fessionals of the Vermont Symphony
Orchestra for a week last November.
Von B argen’s The Vermont Youth Orchestra selects
Fine Diamonds and Jewelry
a student each year from its ranks to
Stratton Mtn., VT • Church St., Burlington, VT •Springfield, VT 1-800-841-8820
play with the VSO. But Morgan's list
of achievements includes much more
than that: In addition to playing
with the Youth
Orchestra, she
is a member of
the National
Honor Society,
plays with a
church group
and is band
president at
Mill River
Union High
School. She
formed her
own classical
sextet to play
Morgan Nilsen
in a local Unit­
ed Way fundraiser; the group won the
top award and donated the winnings to
the VYO. She has served Christmas
dinner at the local homeless shelter
and gives free music lessons to younger
students. Morgan plans to study music
in college next year.
Corrections
Credits for two photos in our Winter
issue were not clear or were missing.
The photo of the running coyote on
page 66 was taken by Charles H.
Willey. The photo of Bread Loaf in
Ripton on pages 46-47 was taken by
Caleb Kenna.
6 • VER M O N T LIFE
V E R M a N T V i e w
Maple Corners Men Go Global
By Marialisa Calta
The satellite truck parties — was fading fast.
was parked in front But the ladies of Maple Cor­
of the community ner all pleaded a dearth of
center in the pre-dawn dark­ pearls. Our only hope was
ness. Miles of thick black the men.
cable snaked through the ' And so it happened that
doorway of the center, ' Cornelia Emlen, a member
which was awash in televi­ of our school board and all-
sion cameras, sound equip­ around dynamo, and Olivia
ment and boom mikes. Gay, a sixth generation
Upstairs, near the stage, 13 Calais-ite (or Calasian) and
of my neighbors were duti­ Keeper of the Flame, drafted
fully stripping down to their ^ professional photographer
skivvies. It was, in short, I Craig Line to volunteer to
just another day in Maple I take pictures, and then dra-
Corner. I gooned 13 guys to pose. Don
The days in Maple Cor­ ÿ Heise (Mr. April), who runs
ner — the village in which I g a fishing guide service on
live, in the town of Calais, o Curtis Pond, sits in his
near Montpelier — came to canoe, strategically covered
be like mini-media circuses The calendar, and the men, seen round the country. by a mounted northern pike.
this past fall in the after- David Schütz (Mr. July), star
math of the most energetic communi­ gaggle of mostly middle-aged, mostly of many Gilbert & Sullivan produc­
ty effort since the wood-chopping bee naked Vermont men somehow didn't tions at Calais's own Unadilla The­
of 1949: The Men of Maple Corner have the same cachet. But we were atre, posed on stage covered only by a
2002 Calendar, featuring 13 of our desperate. We had written grants, held Union Jack and a Jolly Roger, the
finest (there are two Mr. Novembers) festivals and begged for money. We Major General's hat from Pirates of
in various stages of undress (basically had, indeed, raised thousands of dol­ Penzance perched jauntily on his head.
naked). It was conceived as a way to lars, but we needed more — a lot Tim Wheelock (Mr. September) was
make needed — and in some cases, more. By last year, the state fire mar­ photographed with his tractor and his
state-mandated — repairs to the 100- shal had closed the upstairs dance toolbox. Brothers Matt and J.C. Myers,
and-something-year-old community floor and stage. The lights flickered at our two Novembers, gamboled in front
center. Our wildest dream was to erratic intervals. We needed a new of a woodpile, wielding chain saws.
make $35,000. We've netted at least septic system, a paint job, kitchen And Hummingbird Advertising <St
10 times that so far. appliances, insulation — you name it. Design in Montpelier pulled the pho­
Okay, it wasn't the most original The Maple Corner Community Cen­ tos together into a striking calendar
idea. The Ladies of Rylstone, England ter — the site of so many memorable design.
— wearing pearls, white gloves and pot-luck suppers, contradances, plays, None of the models can quite
little else — did it before us, garnering poetry readings, slide shows, visits by remember why he said yes.
worldwide press and piles of dough. A Santa Claus, quilting bees and kids' "Cornelia has a way of twisting
SPRING 2002
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grandma and her
favorite dishes in
a whole new way
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your arm so gently that you think The Men of Maple Corner,
you've volunteered/' says Stanley
Fitch (Mr. March), who is 78. "I fig­ Frequently Asked Questions
ured at my age, what difference does it
make?"
Stanley is the oldest in the group How much money have you raised? prevented us from marketing the calen­
and posed in his sugarhouse with only We won't know until final orders are dar "outside of the local Calais, VT
a sap bucket and boots. He co-chaired tallied and expenses (shipping, phone, area." We opted to change the name.
the community center when it began etc.) are subtracted. But we estimate How were the models selected?
in 1949 (when the Grange abandoned we'll net about $350,000. Randomly. At the annual community
the building) and was the organizer of Wasn't this calendar originally called Corn Roast in September, Cornelia Emien
that first wood-chopping bee. Stanley The Full VerMontyl asked anyone she happened to see.
knows what it means to give his all. The idea for using naked men in some Is Mr. February single?
And, in the end, we were only going to kind of fund-raising capacity and call­ No. Mr. February is married.
print 500 calendars. What difference ing it The Full VerMonty had been Is Mr. January single?
could it possibly make? kicking around since the 1998 release No. Mr. January is also married.
That was 35,000 calendars ago. In of The Full Monty, a British film chron- Are any of the guys single?
that time, Stanley's image — and that icling the misadventures of unem­ Yes. One is, but he has a girlfriend.
of the other 12 men — has been ployed steel workers who perform a Are the men really naked behind the
beamed by network television around strip-tease act. canoe?
the country. The calendar has been Why did you change the name to The We'll never tell.
featured on NBC's Today, CNN and Men of Maple Corner! How can I order a calendar?
on local and regional television. Sto­ After we launched the calendar, we On-line at www.maplecorner.net or by
ries have run on Japanese radio, in learned that Ben & Jerry's was marketing sending a $1 6 check per calendar (the
papers overseas, as well as in USA an ice cream called The Full Vermonty. price includes shipping) to; Maple
Today. Matt Myers was set to appear We called them and were told they Corner Community Center, P.O. Box
in February on a segment of the game licensed the name from Twentieth Cen­ 39, Calais, VT 05648.
show To Tell The Truth, and the Hong tury Fox, which distributes the British Where can I hear The Men of Maple
Kong bureau of Time magazine has film. The movie executives offered us a Corner theme song?
licensing agreement that would have At www.maplecorner.net.
asked for information for a possible
VER.MONT LIFE