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logging and just walking in the woods. He built his kids the
Taj Mahal of treehouses while sick with cancer. Chip loved
Jesus and knew he was going home to the Lord, our true
home. He is survived by his paternal grandmother, Beatrice
Jacques; maternal grandmother Maxine Davis; father Ronald
Saldi Sr. and his wife, Cindy; sisters Shawn Stape and her
husband, Doug, Julie Henderson and her husband, Kevin, Ann
Lamson and her husband, Clayton; his wife, Jennifer Saldi;
and his six children, Amanda Rancourt and her husband,
Tylor, Nicole Saldi, Erin Saldi, Elizabeth Saldi, Ronald “RJ”
Saldi III and Maria Saldi. He had four grandchildren, Violet
Rancourt, Eli Saldi, Warden Rancourt and Nora Saldi.
PATRICIA LUCIENNE BISSON TERRY,
96, died Nov. 14, 2017, at Stoughton House,
where her five children were born when the
facility was the Windsor Hospital. She was born
on March 17, 1921, in Orange, the daughter of
Wilfrid and Alvina (Morrie) Bisson. She graduated
from Mount St. Mary’s Academy in
Burlington and attended the University of
Vermont. On Nov. 27, 1941, she married Charles A. Terry in
Barre. He died June 12, 2006. Mrs. Terry worked at the
Windsor House, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. and then for
23 years at Cone Blanchard Machine Co. in the accounting
department. She was a member of St. Francis of Assisi Church
in Windsor and volunteered for church-related activities.
Survivors include five children, Stephen Terry, of Middlebury,
John Terry, of Monticello, Florida, Thomas Terry, of White
River Junction, Ellen Balkcom, of Norton, MA, and Margaret
Terry, of Windham, ME; four of her 11 siblings, Robert
Bisson, of Stuyvesant, New York, Wilfred Bisson, of Deland,
Florida, Irene Neddo, of Orange, and Bernard Bisson, of
Montpelier.
LOIS KATHLEEN KING WEBSTER, of
Plymouth, NH, formerly of Montpelier, died
peacefully at home on Nov. 19, 2017, in hospice
care with family present. She was born in Island
Pond on Jan. 8, 1929, to James Alexander King
and Kathleen Dale Foster King. She graduated
from Brighton High School in Island Pond and
Vermont College in Montpelier. She worked as
a secretary at Vermont College, the Vermont State Department
of Education and U-32 High School until she retired to Lake
60th Anniversary of the Disappearance of Orville Gibson
By Steve Martin
The author of “Orville’s Revenge, the Anatomy of a
Suicide,” is at it again. I am still trying to convince you that
on December 30, 1957, Gibson committed suicide by tying
himself up on the Newbury-Haverhill Bridge and rolling into
the Connecticut River. My first attempt was long, convoluted,
and full of legalese. Most who attempted to read my book
didn’t get past Chapter XIV. But this time, my anniversary
synopsis is quick and to the point. I has connected all the
dots.
I maintains that Freeman Placey, the main culprit advocating
the vigilante theory, had reason to do so, if for no better
reason than to protect his high school sweetheart from the
stigma that often attaches to suicide. He certainly convinced
the Town of Newbury. According to a recent poll taken in the
Town, the vote was 71 to 3 for a vigilante killing.
The fly in the ointment was the mysterious appearance of
the southern racist, William Bradford Huie. Shortly after
• • •
Carmi in Franklin. Lois married Robert Norman Webster, of
Montpelier, on Aug. 6, 1949. While raising five children, she
was active in numerous school, church and community organizations,
including the Montpelier Mothers Club and the East
Montpelier PTA. She was active in the revitalization of the Old
Meeting House in East Montpelier Center, and later collaborated
with Ellen Hill in researching and publishing “Cemeteries
of East Montpelier.” She was an avid reader, knitter, perennial
gardener and genealogist, but was most affectionately known
for her cheerful sense of humor, love of toys, exceptional organizational
skills and creative culinary genius. She is survived by
her five children, Cameron Webster and Janice Gohm Webster,
of Venice, FL, Lee Webster and William R. Crangle, of
Plymouth, NH, Kathleen Webster and Serdar Basegmez, of
Alexandria, VA, Douglas Webster and Heather Morris, of
Charlotte, VT, and Lynn Webster, of El Cerrito, CA; 10 grandchildren
and seven great-grandchildren; a sister-in-law,
Charlene Gauthier Allard, of North Montpelier; and three
siblings, Sherry Pinard, of Littleton, NH, Gayle Currier, of
Media, PA, and Brian King, of Barton, VT.
CLARA ELIZABETH (WHITE) WELLS
died at her home, right where she wanted to be,
and where she and her husband of 69 years,
Mervin Ralph (1921-2014), had lived for 45
years on Nov. 27, 2017. Clara, the daughter of
Alton and Bertha (Young) White, was born in
Greensboro on April 4, 1923. She grew up on
the Rocking Rock Farm, with her siblings
Dorothy, Irwin, Josephine and Lawrence. After graduating
from Greensboro High School, she went to UVM, graduating
with a degree as a dietitian. She met Mervin when he played
for a dance. They married Sept. 2, 1945, and lived in
Marshfield their entire lives. Clara worked as a dietitian at
Dartmouth Hospital and Goddard College. Later, she worked
at the Marshfield phone company (she knew everyone’s number!)
and also Goddard College in the accounting office, retiring
in the mid-’80s. Clara & Mervin enjoyed their Artic Cat
snow machines, old car gatherings, Marshfield United Church
activities and especially, their large family. Clara is the
mother of eight children and their spouses Elizabeth and
William Larsen, Richard and Darla Wells, Ronald and
MaryLou Wells, Russell and Linda Wells, Raegan Wells,
Elaine and Dennis Clisham, Randall and Stacy Wells, Rodney
Wells; 19 grandchildren, and her brother, Lawrence White,
and sister-in-law Eleanor Orr.
• • •
Judge Natt Divoll threw out the first degree murder charge
against Ozzie Welch (October 15, 1959), Huie arrived on the
scene to obtain a confession from Ozzie. The murder trial
against Frank Carpenter was set to begin on April 18, 1960,
and the prosecutors were frantic for a break in the case. On
December 4, 1959, Huie wrote a letter to Walter Renfrew,
(who had become famous with his widely reported remark
that Gibson should be “tarred and feathered,”) in which he
agreed to pay Ozzie $5,000 if Renfrew could obtain a confession
from him. Both the Attorney General and the State’s
Attorney were in on the plan! Nothing came of this because
Ozzie was not about to admit to a crime that was not committed!
One of the mysteries in this case is who called Huie to
come to Vermont to expose northern hypocrisy. Perhaps a few
folks in Newbury know and will tell us. Many years ago, the
State of Vermont, and the Burlington Free Press offered
rewards leading to the solution of the Gibson case. Perhaps
now they will pay.
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