Plan Z would cut Mt Anthony seniors by executive order
Gov Dave Deanis signs Plan Z sub‑plan 93 to graduate all juniors this June, trimming next year’s enrollment by 300. Reporters react with confusion while Bennington officials weigh budget cuts and temporary facilities. April Fool’s Day joke wraps the piece.
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Dave C. Deanis
Mt. ‘Anthony Union High School
Deanis
Willam McKinley
Fred Hackett
Hackett
North Bennlegion
John G. McCullough
Halkett
Bennington
Harton
J. Duncen
Tin City
Gald
Mia
Kaymey
Mt. Anthony
Green Mountain Park
Wilmington Selectmen name fulltime town appraiser
Wilmington selectmen appointed former Town Manager Charles Trebbe as the town’s first full time appraiser with most of the $9 600 annual salary paid from a federal Emergency Employment Act grant Planski to succeed Jebb e who retired last summer Trebbe to start Monday and an administrative budgetary assistant position to be filled soon with a 6 200 annual salary also grant funded The board also authorized purchasing two dump trucks for 17 000 from Hennington Ford Inc, the lowest bid
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Charles ‘Trebbe
John Plonski
Selectmen
Hennington Ford Inc
Ecumenical Good Friday rites hear Yale dean at Bennington
The three hour Good Friday service at St Peters Bennington featured Rev Dr Colin W Williams dean of Yale Divinity School as guest preacher. He spoke on the meaning of Good Friday, forgiveness, and love overcoming fear, urging attendees to live without guilt and to help the poor and uneducated. Local clergy and organizers included Rev Edward B Geyer Jr, Rev Edward T Patrick, and John Riddle Jr, who led the St Peters service and the Lenten series.
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Bennington Area
Christ
Williams
Edward B. Geyer Jr
Edward T. Patrick
Floyd J. LaBombard
First Baptist Church
Bennington
Arvel M. Steece
First Congregational Church
Old Bennington
Allen Barnes
the Redeemer Lutheran Church
Thomas Steften
Second” Congregations
Angus J. MacDonald
United , Methodist Church
Shaftsbury
Catherine Chiffele
Congregational Church
Rupert
Richard Campbell
First United Methodist Church
Richard Sherlock
North Bennington
John Riddle Jr
Dover Fire Districts Merge Near Sewage Plant Deadline
West Dover residents approve unification of Fire Districts 1 and 2 to meet state order for a sewage treatment plant by December and qualify for funds. The plan phases include annexation, developer-financed costs, and a $2.2 million facility with local tax details and a public April 14 ballot.
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William Poole
West Dover
Vermont
Dover
Deerfield
Uitest Efort
Dufresne-He: Eigineering
Springfield
King Found Guilty in Child Battering Case
In closing arguments, State's Attorney Moss urged the jury to doubt Pamela Searby's testimony while highlighting Rosemary Harrington's account of a violent incident the week before Thanksgiving. Defense lawyer Welch pressed for reasonable doubt, stressing possible misinterpretations of autopsy facts. Aggrieved prosecutor Keefe urged a guilty verdict, labeling the defendant a brutal perpetrator of a fatal beating.
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Pamela Searby
Neil
Moss
Mrs. Searby
Rosemary Harrington
King
Ralph Searby
Beech Court Coud
Ralph Scarby
John Welch
Welch
Lawrence Barris
Joseph Lébowich
Dr. Lebowich
Tebowich
Harris
Dr. Harris
Agalstant
William Keefe
Parels
Keefe
Coramon Sense
Legislative wives mark last Shelburne session luncheon
The Loyal Legislative Women met at the Shelburne Inn for a luncheon signaling the final social event of the 1972 legislative session. Honorees included Mrs. Deane C. Davis and Mrs. Burgess, with remarks thanking members and noting a donation to the Vermont Veterans' Home. A March 30 exhibit at the Statehouse on the group’s work and a Shelburne tour followed.
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Shelburne Inn
General Assembly
Deane C. Davis
John S. Burgess
Harold Whitaker
George Sloan
Joseph Caracciola
Davis
Burgess
Whitaker
Caracciola
Vermont Veterans’ Home
Pennington
Mra
Bennington
Statehouse
Kurt Hatin
Bcation
Carnéetolat
Barbara Boelling
Shaftsbury Dorset school boards meet Monday April 3
Shaftsbury and Dorset boards convene in their communities on Monday April 3. Dorset shifts from Thursday to Monday and will discuss a budget cut impact, transportation contracts, and a drama class proposal, while Shaftsbury reviews building progress, curriculum workshop reports, equalized Grand List hearings, percolation tests, and a transportation item. meetings open to the public at 7:40 and 4 p.m. respectively.
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Dorset
Shaftsbury
Shaftabury
Bard
Barbara Smith
Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union
Burr
Burlon Seminary
BBS
Shattsbury
Bennington VFW roast beer dinner and dance night
A roast beer dinner and dance will be held at the VFW Hall tonight serving from 6 to 8 with dancing 9 to 1 by Moe Harrington and his Country Drifters. Executive boards meet Monday at 1 20 p.m. First United Methodist Church and AARP plan sessions at 1 30 p.m. at 546 Main St.
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VFW Hall
Moe Harrington
Church Women United
First United Methodist Church
AARP
Josie Bacevk
Main St
Whitingham Reappraisal Topic in Yankee Magazine
Yankee magazine features Doris Kirkpatrick examining Whitingham Vermont through a fair market value reappraisal. The piece argues the tax shift favors land developers, squeezes farmers, and threatens Whitingham’s scenic and natural resources while noting the town’s long history since 1770. Kirkpatrick, of Windham County, also wrote The City and the Row Vol I.
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Yankee Magazine
Whitingham
Doris Kirkpatrick
Windham County
Banner
Ling
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