Garage Site Search Continues In SHAFTSBURY Town Meeting
Selectmen briefed on ongoing search for a new town garage site after objections to Cole Hall vicinity. Budgeting for a single annual insurance bill discussed. zoning commission appointment deferred pending 1968 act clarifications. Wind storm reported minor damage and Sycamore Lane water main leak under repair.
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Shaftsbury
Selectmen
Merton Snow
Roy Whitman
Snow
Cole Hall
Town Planning Board
Floyd Holliday
Merritt “Russ’’ Mars
The
National Grange
Prudential Committee
Paul Harris
Lorenzo ‘Sam’ Sanborn
Guy Mattison
Joseph Crossman
Holliday
Selectman Sanborn
Sycamore Lane
Cancer Crusaders Announce Shaftsbury Drive Workers
Shafts bury Town Cancer Crusade chair men list volunteers aiding the American Cancer Society April 1969 drive. Vermont division aims $150000 with 60 percent for state programs and 40 percent for the national office. Burlington County goal $13680 and Shaftsbury $960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Eugene R. Kosche
Shaftsbury Town
Cancer Crusade
American Cancer Society
Paul Becker
Gale Burke
Bonnie Leamy
Francis Kenyon
Warren Clemons
Philip Viereck
Viola Myers
Carl Bouplon
Lois Bunk
Anson Hawkins
Walter LaGrange
Ira Manross
Ralph Prouty
Andrew Mattison
Carl Farnham
Lew Levin
Albert Ordway
James King
Abel Harrington Sr
George Daniels
Abel Harrington Jr
William Croster
Janet Mattison
Ernest Leonard Sr
James Newell
Alvin Metcalfe
Eleanor Welch
Donald Greene
John
Francis Cooke
Philip Harrington
Vermont
Bennington County
Wildlife Sighting Turns Village Into Makeshift Refuge
The village reports unusual wildlife activity with a muskrat seen twice on Main Street and a large doe spotted near Prospect Street gardens. Rescues of the muskrat were performed to protect it from a concrete sidewalk, and experts suggest flooding may have pushed wildlife from Shaftsbury Flats toward Paran Creek and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Paran Creek
Shaftsbury
Fred Welling
Prospect Street
Bennington College
Birthday dinner for American Legion Auxiliary set for April 10
The Hoosick Post American Legion Auxiliary plans its annual birthday dinner April 10 at Elwell Pines Williams town Mass with 7 p.m. service and 6 p.m. car departures from Hoosick Falls. Reservations urged through Mrs. Thomas Restino and Mrs. Victor Barrier, presidents in charge of transportation. Also notes Rev Edith Craig Reynolds returned Saturday from Putnam Memorial Hospital after a month as patient. Mabel Nelson of 42 River Street celebrated her 90th birthday with open house revealing long nursing career and ties to Potter Hill and local churches. nearly 200 attended.
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Hoosick Post American Legion Auxiliary
Elwell Pines
Williamstown
Mass
Hoosick Falls
Thomas Restino
Victor Barrier
Edith Craig Reynolds
Putnam Memorial Hospital
N.Y
Mabel Nelson
River Street
John Y. el
Potter Hill
Sap to Syrup in North Village
In North Bennington Vermont Grade 5 students under Mrs Ruth Mattison learned by doing by tapping six maple trees and turning sap into syrup They carried the project from gathering sap to boiling the syrup and produced several small jars The participants Mildred Riley Steven Carriere Linda Foster Nicky Mayer William Russ John Cadabay Barry Becker Karen Hernandez Kathy Pierce and Debbie Griggs gained hands on experience and respect for Vermonts maple syrup industry
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North Bennington
Vermont
Ruth Mattison
Mildred Riley
Steven Carriere
Linda Foster
Nicky Mayer
William Russ
John Cadabay
Barry Becker
Karen Hernandez
Kathy Pierce
Debbie Griggs
Village voters to discuss street lighting at court house
Manchester Donald Kervan, former Village police chief and Vietnam veteran, has retired from the Army in Bennington. There will be a Manchester Village meeting tonight at 8 p.m. at the Court House to discuss street lighting. A committee formed at last summer’s Village meeting will study the issue and make recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Kervan
Bennington
Manchester Village
Court House
Pownal Scout Troop 347 Meets Tonight at 7
Pownal Boy Scout Troop 347 will hold its weekly meeting tonight at 7 in the Scout Hut. The Pownal Lions Club met Sunday evening at Ladd Brook Restaurant where four new members were inducted: Francis Buck Joseph Morse Richard Champney and James Quinn. David Adler was named to the post of bulletin editor. The next meeting is set for April 13 at Peaceful Valley Restaurant. Mrs Irving Tanzman Pownal’s Red Cross drive chair reminds residents the campaign is underway and contributions may be mailed to the Bennington County Chapter American Red Cross 550 Main St Bennington. The county chapter covers blood bank costs water safety programs first aid training disaster relief and aid to military families. The county also supports services to personnel in South Vietnam and Thailand where 396 paid Red Cross workers and canteens and clubmobiles operate in 69 locations. The Pownal Fire Department Auxiliary will hold its April meeting at 8 p.m. tonight in the fire house to discuss plans for the annual dinner.
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Pownal Lions Club
Ladd Brook
Francis Buck
Joseph Morse
Richard Champney
James Quinn
David Adler
Bulletin
Peaceful Valley
Irving Tanzman
Pownas
Bennington Coun
American Red Cross
Main St
Bennington
South Vietnam
Thailand
Red Cross
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Sanborn
Cancer Crusaders
Trip
KODAK
Oldsmobile
Olds
Cutlass S
Eloise Curtis
Youngmobile
Tucker Chapter Ces
Nelson
Mabel Brown
Babcock Lake Road
Christian Nelson
Hoosick Falls Health Center
Ida van Vert
Miss van Vert
Ralph van Vert
Monters
Olos
Manchester
Michael Miller
Artery Arcade
North Adams
OLY
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Brattleboro
Bellows Falls
Chester
Jamaica
Ludlow Newfane
Proctorsville
Springfield
Wilmington
Wingsor
Member
Federal Reserve System
Pownal
North Bennington Road
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