European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 the stars and stripes ors in Skirls editor s note the mayors arc wearing skirts in an increasing num Ber of cities in the United states. More and More women Are getting involved in local politics and Are getting elected. A surve3 of he nation s lady mayors shows they generally Are mar ried with children and about 40-ish. All make a Point of femininity. A by Joy Miller a women s editor sphere is some feeling Here that Al a really Nice woman should t be involved in City politics and so the opposition is always wondering just How Nice i really  woman mayor Yho said that and she s really very Nice was thinking aloud about the extra burdens that being female imposes upon a municipal chief executive. Women mayors of whom there seems to be More these Days and in increasingly larger cities do All the necessary tasks that male mayors do. Says one i have Cut enough ribbon to tie uppity Hall and turned enough Tundra at ground breaking to Bury  often it seems people expect More from a woman because she is supposed to be More sympathetic and she s invite to represent the City at More affairs than a male mayor would , then the mayor is single How does she Cope with social events Antonina p. Uccello a Youthful look ing unmarried 45, and mayor of Hart Ford Conn., population 163,000, says it depends on the occasion. I m some times escorted i la go alone if an escort in t necessary and sometimes i go with  husbands of lady mayors have prob lems too especially the one of How he should be addressed. Blonde Willowy Norma Walker who is married to a lawyer explained what happened when she was mayor of Aurora Colo we received mail addressed to  mrs. Norma Walker. I thought this was a pretty Good idea because it seemed to properly set Forth the importance of things without being too Gaudy and atthe same time admitted my husband s existence. My husband objected handmade a proposal of having mail addressed to Thomas r. Walker and his wife the mayor i ignored this As an affront to the dignity of the office. His friends suggested calling him his hard ship " most husbands though Are their wives biggest boosters and understand the be mayor Patricia. Sheehan. Finds Job  mayor Ann ucello. A first for Hartford Cassity for to dinners and minding the kiddies while Mamma goes off to make local  typical woman mayor according to an informal associated press Surveyor ladies holding office is attractive feminine and in her 40s, give or take decade and has two or three children. She is energetic but Calm outspoken but objective. Opposition she can Cope with but indifference infuriates her. He biggest asset perhaps is a sense of humor without which one mayor says one would cry a  mrs. Eileen Foley 49, mayor of ports Mouth n.h., and a Mother of three Points out i am not Subtle not naive and have a sense of humor like nothing human. It s this last virtue that gets Meby. It s pretty hard to fight with someone who is continually  typical woman mayor usually has been embroiled in Community work Mostof her adult life she is often a teacher and she has moved up to the top office after service on the City Council. She is often the Only one of her sex on the coun like Many other mayors mrs. Sheehan combines official work with that of caring for her family. Mayor Norma Handloff. Her door is always open cil and usually the first woman to run for mayor in her town. Her civic chores May be largely ceremonial snipping ribbons at supermarket openings greeting distinguished visitors presiding at Council meetings. More often than her male counterparts she make herself available to anyone who wants to air a problem. " Tell it to the mayor is bred into our society comments Norma Handloff mayor of Newark Del. Consequently i keep an open door an open ear and an open phone  pretty 33-year-old Patricia Sheehan mayor of new Brunswick n.j., some times called the Den Mother of her four male commissioners admits i did t expect it to be quite As hectic As it turned out to be. The mayor is on Call More than you can  mrs. Sheehan s husband Dan died afew months after his appointment to fill an unexpired term on the City commis Sion. One of his Law partners urged the Young widow to run on the Reform slate last Spring. Whoever finished first in the balloting would become mayor. Surpris ing Winner was mrs. Sheehan who Yorksas a compensation analyst for a pharmaceutical firm and has three Young school age children. Hartford mayor Uccello thinks prevent ing crime on the streets and achieving better integration of White and negro populations Are her biggest problems. Miss Uccello is also having some political squabbles and enjoying it All immensely because she is the first Republican mayor in 20 years in a City that s demo cratic by 3%-to-l.when she served on the Council she Felt. She had to speak louder to be heard other remarks would be passed Over by the men. But the remarks of miss Uccello one of five daughters of a sicilian immigrant who ran a shoe repair Shopin Hartford Are not passed Over now. She s her Honor the  Only proves As one woman mayor admits we Rock the boat a Little bit but it s a whale of a healthy thing As far As the electorate is  mayor Maggy is top cop fire chief too Herrick 111. A the sign on the Blacktop said Herrick pop. 440." it might have added this is Mavor Maggy  you should t Ever come to a town like this Wear ing a White Collar mayor Maggy Conn told a visitor. The people Here Are very suspicious. Last Tim someone dressed like you came through Here was a Federal Man trying to bring in a town water  was the advice of mayor Maggy. It was also the advice of the police chief fire chief water com missioner sanitary Engineer and the dog Catcher because Maggy Conn 72, holds All the title the police chief has no policemen the fire chief has no fire truck and the town has no hydrants twas not until 1966 that the water commissioner got some water to commission and the sanitary Engineer some facilities to Engineer. But the dog Catcher has never wanted for dogs. Mayor Maggy Conn presides Over town Council meetings sports a revolving Light on her station Wagon carries a pistol Doles out the water chases dogs writes a column in the Herrick and wears a wig. A Republican in a town she describes As 95 percent democratic she won election in 1965 for a four year term by a count of 106-6 and her name was ton the ballot. I d have gotten even More votes if some of these by David l Anderson associated press writer old Buzzards could write she  was born Lela Margaret Adams in Herrick in 1895. Her parents moved 28 times before she reached age 20. The hotel her father owned went broke and the family began a succession of moves. My Mother s friends would ask me what i wanted to be when i grew up mayor Maggy said in an interview. I d Tell them i wanted to be an actress and my Mother would Bat me Clear across the room. In those Days being an actress was considered two Levels below a  but she began winning Amateur Talent shows in  at age 17, and her career was begun. I never asked for an agent she said. They Al ways came looking for  from 1922 to 1929, Maggy said she worked nightclubs and Small Heaters in and around new York. But the Long Road trips ruined two marriages. When she Lef theater she lived in Florida and California then re turned to Herrick in 1962 to be with her ailing  thing led to another she said and i m still  mayor Maggy popped Back into the present quickly after talking about the old Days. I Don t know who voted for me or who la Ever vote for me again because i be told every one of them where to go at one time or another mayor Maggy  Maggy says she has made improvements in Herrick. She purchased the town garbage truck for example. She likes to Point out that when she took office Herrick had an annual budget of $400 a  year the budget was $4,000. Of course Maggy s salary has to be deducted from that. It s $1 per month. Mayor Maggy has met opposition. There Are four vacant buildings along main Street she said. Three years ago some Young Fellows came through looking Tor a place to set up a Small factory but you know no one would rent any space Iii Osl old fossils Are afraid someone will come in and make them get off their other ends and move into inn  mayor Maggy in t old at 72, with makeup she passes for 40 without it you d figure in the dus. W age 71, she danced and Sang her old semes at a convention of newsmen. She wore a miniskirt aim Man it s mostly old people Here she added. I figure there Are exactly 50 widows and Only eight widowers. You d think it would be a wild leap year but Naumof them can t walk let alone Chase a Man and. I other half would t know what to do if they