PAGE EIGHTEEN - MANCHESTER EVENING HERALD. Manchester, Conn.. Tues., Nov. 2, 1976 Obituaries Puerto Rican The weather Inside today campaign marred Variable cloudiness today, high 48-54. Area news ... 14-15 Kitchen............ 22 Mrs. H. Lillian Burgess Tonight, mostly cloudy, lows 34-50. Classified ... .16-18 Obituaries....... 10 Mrs. Alice Shorette by violence Tbunday chance of occasional rain, Comics , ............19 People ' .'.T........ 21 Mrs. H. Lillian Burgess, 86, of 333 Mrs. Alice Shorette, 81, of 279A N. SAN JUAN, Puerto R ico-U P I - high near SO. National weather forecast **The Bright One** f Dear Abby.......19 Second Thought 22 Bidwell St. died this morning at Main St. died this morning at Hart­ map on Page 17. Editorial ........... 4 Sports...........11-13 A town mayor was shot and wounded THIRTV PAGES^ MANCHESTKB^CONN., WEIDNBSDAY, NOVEMBESR 8.1878 Manchester Memorial Hospital. She ford Hospital after being stricken and a young man beaten to death in THREE SECTIONS if?RiCEi inim EN CEW8 was the widow of Charles L. Burgess. Monday night at her home. She was the last stretch of campaigning for VOL XCVI. No. $9 Mrs. Burgess was born July 25, the widow of Joseph Shorette. today’s state and municipal elec­ 1888 in New Haven and had lived in Mrs. Shorette was born Nov. 29, tions. Bolton for about 25 years before com­ 1894 In Midway, Maine, and lived in Police said the mayor of Humacao, ing to Manchester a year ago. She Island Falls, Maine, and Meriden Juan M. Higgins, stopped his cam­ was a member of the United before coming to Manchester 10 paign truck near his home Monday Methodist Church of Bolton, and the years ago. She was a member of the night to help a man changing a tire. Order of Eastern Star. Sunset Club, the American Associa­ 'The man opened fire without warning She is survived by a son, Lee tion of Retired Person's and the and wounded Higgins in the left leg, Parker Burgess of Foxboro, Mass.; 3 Manchester Senior Citizens. She was Carter narrowly wins presidency police said. daughters, Mrs. Jack R. Hunter of a former of the VFW Auxiliary in In Carolina, a suburb of San Juan, a Manchester, Mrs. Beverly B. Krut of Island Falls, where she at one time carload of youths of the Popular Rockville and Mrs. G.S. Miles of owned and operated a grocery store. Democratic party brawled with a Nutmeggers Atlanta, Ga.; a brother, Harry John­ Survivors are a son, William gang in another car, beating one of son of East Haven; 10 grandchildren Shorette of Wallingford; 2 sisters, them to death and injuring two and 7 great-grandchildren. Patterns shattered Mrs. Rose Coro of Manchester and others, police said. The party affilia­ like Ford A memorial service will be Mrs. Dora Caron of Tolland; 10 Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the United tion of the dead youth, Oscar Luis grandchildren and several great­ Hernandez, was not immediately HARTFORD (UPI) —Connecticut, Methodist Church of Bolton. The grandchildren. known as The Land of Steady Habits, in heavy balloting Rev. David Campbell, pastor, will of­ known. The Holmes Funeral Home, 400 Higgins, running for re-election as stayed with the known quantity ficiate. Burial will be at the con­ Main St., is in charge of an independent, was the second can­ Tuesday, re-electing Sen. Lowell P. WASHINGTON (UPI) - Democrat crack Carter’s hold on the South and venience of the family. arrangements, which are in­ didate for mayor to escape an Welcker, all six incumbent con­ Jimmy Carter, marching out of the Democratic party’s strongholds The Holmes Funeral Home, 400 complete. attempt on his life in last-minute gressmen and giving President Ford Georgia with a pledge to restore the in the Industrial East and Midwest. Main St., is in charge of Friends may call at the funeral campaigning. eight electoral votes. nation’s founding principles, narrow­ Ford carried New Jersey, Illinois, arrangements. home Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to Weicker, his 229,000 vote plurality ly ousted Gerald Ford from the California and his own Michigan, but There are no calling hours. 9 p.m. the largest Republican Senate win presidency today in a pattern- even with a near sweep in the moun­ The family suggests that any ever in Connecticut, told well- shattering election. tain and Pacific Coast states, these memorial gifts may be made to the wishers they were in for six more Carter will take office Jan. 20 as were not enough to offset Carter’s Memorial Fund of the United Mrs. Raymond A. Rivers years of his "laying it on the table the nation’s 39th president and the southern and eastern strength. Methodist Church of Bolton. ELLINGTON-Mrs. Dorothea Many issues and telling It like it is.” first of its third century. To win, he Carter, the first Georgia native Young Rivers, 58, of 19 Stein Rd. died The final unoffical count gave put the Solid South and just enough of ever and the first, candidate of the Mrs. Rose L. Davison Monday at Rockville General overplayed Weicker 787,568 votes and 559,109 for the industrial North into the Deep South since 1848 to capture the Mrs. Rose L. Davison, 71, of 476 Hospital. She was the wife of Ray­ Voting at Buckland this morning Democrat Gloria Schaffer, her par­ Democratic column to give him and presidency, won by rebuilding some in campaign running-mate Walter Mondale a Woodbridge St. died early this mor­ mond A. Rivers. Workers at Buckland School, the polling place for voting district one, check off the name of ty’s top vote getter in the state in key elements of the political coali­ ning at Manchester Memorial Mrs. Rivers was born in 1974. narrow but conclusive popular and tion which Franklin Roosevelt put Hospital. She was the widow of Springfield, Mass., and lived in the LEWISTON, Maine (UPI) - a pre-8 a.m. arrival. The polls open^ at 6 a.m. and will remain open until 8 tonight. Ford edged Jimmy Carter 717,604 electoral vote victory. together in the 1930s. Calvin P. Davison. Ellington area for the past 28 years. Michael Ford, the President’s oldest (Herald photo by Pinto) to 647,110 in the final unofficial count He will have a solidly Democratic He swept the entire South except Mrs. Davison was born April 10, She formerly was employed at the son, said Monday some matters had of the state’s 169 cities and towns. Congress to work with in attempting for Virginia, captured New York and 1905 in Manchester and had lived Travelers Insurance Co., Hartford. received more attention than they The Democrats retained a 4-2 to redeem his campaign promises of Pennsylvania, Texas and Florida and here all her life. She was a member She was a member of the Union deserved during the campaign. Town to seek transit service grant margin in the House delegation tax reform, government reorganiza­ several key farm states. He got of Emanuel Lutheran Church, Scan- Congregational Church of Rockville. In a brief interview between cam­ returning veterans William J. Cotter tion, and federal intervention on the heavy backing from labor, black, dia Lodge, Vasa Order of America, Other survivors are her mother, paign stops, he said too much had side of the poor and disadvantaged. hispanic and urban voters. The Town of Manchester will apply The grant has been sent to the provided on a matching basis for and Robert N. Giaimo and freshmen and the Manchester Senior Citizens. Mrs. Pauline K. Young of Rockville; been made of events like the Playboy In one of the closest electoral vote Carter clinched the election when for a federal grant that could help the Hartford Transit District, which wilt operational expenses. Mason s^id. Christopher J. Dodd and Anthony' She is survived by a brother, and a brother, Gordon Young of interview and the resignation of decisions in a century, California he carried Mississippi and reached town provide transportation service send similar grant requests from Manchester presently spends $16,- Moffett to Washington. Republicans Lawrence Anderson of Alstead, Rockville. Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz. went narrowly for Ford and Carter 272 electoral votes at 2:57 a.m. EST. for elderly and handicapped other area town together with the 000 per year for providing transporta­ Ronald A. Sarasin and Stewart B. N.H.; a sister, Mrs. Gertrude The funeral is Wednesday at 11 “Crucial issues like tax breaks for apparently took Ohio by fewer than Carter, 52, had little recognition residents. Manchester request. Mason said. The tion for the elderly. This would be McKinney easily won winning return Weaver of Manchester; and several a.m. at Ladd Funeral Home, 19 the workingman, defense and per­ trips to (Congress. 700' votes of the four million cast as and less national support when he sonal integrity haven’t been given the Alan Mason, director of social ser­ Transit District is waiting for matched by the federal grant, and nieces and nephews. Ellington Ave., Rockville. The Rev. 'hie Democrats also kept control of results trickled in after dawn. decided to seek the presidency four attention they deserve,” he said. vices. said that Manchester is applications from a couple of other any future expenses for transporta­ The funeral is Thursday at 1 p.m. Paul J. Bowman, pastor of Union Carter appeared before a cheering years ago. He stormed the heights "Much of the campaign has been a seeking two buses, one each for communities before sending the en­ tion would be split between the both houses of the state legislature, at Emanuel Lutheran Church.