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26 <br /> Report of the Veterans' Services <br /> iI <br /> District Board <br /> Carl Hiler, Sandwich, Chairman <br /> George Cross, Barnstable Kevin O'Connell, Mashpee <br /> IT <br /> H. Raymond Darling, Yarmouth Kirkwood Brown, Dennis <br /> Board of Selectmen, Town of Mashpee: <br /> Gentlemen: <br /> This is my Eleventh Report as Veterans' Agent .and Di- <br /> rector for our District Department of Veterans' Services. <br /> There have been many veterans of the Vietnam era who <br /> have availed themselves of the services of this office. It has <br /> j' been gratifying to see how many of these veterans returning <br /> j to our community are taking advantage of the GI bill on <br /> �i educational benefits. Also, many are availing themselves of <br /> the other benefits of the so-called GI bill, such as compensa- <br /> tion and the GI loan for homes. By the way, the interest rate <br /> on the VA loan has just been increased from 71/2% to 8%2% <br /> We are also giving an expanded amount of services to <br /> our World War I veterans, namely in helping them with their <br /> VA questionnaires and also assisting them in being admitted <br /> to VA facilities when needed. <br /> We are still fortunate in having the Veterans Adminis- <br /> tration Regional Office representatives from Providence, <br /> Rhode Island, visit our office once a month on the 2nd Thurs- <br /> day between 9:30 and 1:30. <br /> Following is a composite report of the towns in our Dis- <br /> trict: <br /> Permanent Temporary <br /> Total <br /> Barnstable 63 40 103 <br /> I Dennis 8 9 17 <br /> Mashpee 12 8 20 <br /> Sandwich 8 4 12 <br /> Yarmouth 26 11 37 <br /> r <br /> Total 117 72 189 <br />