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...becoming a lifestyle. I had to decide whether that was what I wanted for the rest of my life and for my children's lives, and I made my decision." CHET MORRISON, "2, moved to Mexico City not long after graduating from Vermont's Windham College earlier this year. He is already doing well as a professional photographer. "They classified me 1Y, so I escaped the draft," he says. "But I definitely would have left the States to avoid it-if not here in Mexico, then somewhere else. I think the war in Viet Nam is immoral...
Right now, Whitingham Farms is merely a 2,096-acre tract of hilly countryside in Windham County in the extreme southeastern corner of Vermont. There is little to be amazed about-except the beauty of the area. The air is clean and fresh; the lakes and streams are full of trout and bass. A sharp-eyed visitor might glimpse deer flashing through the woods, or a fox, raccoon, bobcat or woodchuck. Man's hand has not yet transformed the landscape. Just three of a projected 1,735 houses have been built, and most of the promised amenities are visible...
Costly Dump. Many Vermonters would not mind seeing him-and about 100 other developers in Windham County-leave tomorrow. True, the real estate men have helped to create a broadened tax base and a lot of construction activity that will doubtless benefit the state's economy. But they have also trapped the county's towns of Stratton, Wilmington, Dover, Winhall and Guilford in a vicious cycle that might make a hardened Yankee farmer weep...
...cycle began with the increase in leisure time. Many of the vacationers, hunters and skiers who motored up new highways to Windham County decided to buy second homes. They, in turn, attracted developers, who quickly snapped up big parcels of land. So far, subdividers have built 4,216 vacation houses; by 1974 they plan to construct another 5,000. Naturally, land prices and property taxes have soared. In 1967, the owner of a 55-acre wood lot in Guilford paid $24 in annual taxes; today he pays $585. As a result, some residents can no longer afford to live...
Those who will have to appear in Washington include: Stephen Cherkos, Jerry Rubin, George Ewart, Stephen Hamilton, Prof. Stephen Smale, John Windham, Anatole Ben Anton, and an unidentified girl. Last Friday an additional subpoena was issued to Harold Supriano, a member of the DuBois Culb who once made a trip to North Vietnam--he will appear in Washington...