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Newspaper

Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Apr 04, 1967

Page

16

Pool sewer removal plan debated by village and town boards

A joint meeting of Vil lage and Town Boards and pool committee members discussed a storm sewer through the pool area. Removal costs estimated at 2000 dollars for three catch basins and a manhole. The highway crews will proceed with the work with the Village paying half and the Town to decide at its next meeting. Poetry contest winners were named at Court St Mary No 30 CDA meeting. Patr icia Kennedy Stephanie Bromirski Jean Hew son and James Gorman won prizes. Entries advance to the national competition. Mount Anthony Country Club will host the annual spring banquet on April 27 with reservations due by April 20. The court also voted a donation to the American Red Cross drive. The next meeting is April 11 with a social chaired by Mrs Ben Baki ts and Mrs William Benkoski. Hoosick Falls Fire Department fought a grassfire on Snow Street Tuesday afternoon, ending before arrival. A Hoosick Falls Council K of C meeting is scheduled for Thursday at 8 pm at Immaculate Conception Church parish hall. All officers and members are urged to attend.

Pool Committee Highway Department Court Ben Bakaitis William Benkoski Hoosick Falls Leonard Martin Snow Street

Richard Ryan Promoted to Marine Sergeant at Camp LeJeune

Shaftsbury Richard Ryan, son of Mr and Mrs Francis Ryan, has been promoted to sergeant in the Marine Corps. Sgt Ryan recently returned from Vietnam after two years there and is now stationed at Camp LeJeune NC. A meeting to reorganize the local Fish and Game Club will be held next Monday at 7 PM in the 140 Club Rooms the old firehouse. All interested persons are invited to attend.

Richard Ryan Francis Ryan Marine Corps Sgt. Ryan Vietnam Camp LeJeune N.C

Small turnout, big district action at Shaftsbury meeting

In Shaftsbury Fire District only 26 of about 350 residents attended the annual meeting yet officials reported active business. Re-elected are Guy Mattison as Prudential Committee for three years, Jesse Strong as treasurer and tax collector, Edwin Colvin as auditor, and Charles Becker as fire chief. The Prudential Committee will serve as water commissioners and set a tax rate to raise roughly $5,000, with salaries kept unchanged. The water rent was raised, sidewalks funded on Cleveland Avenue and Main Street, and a sidewalk project on Church Street discussed. Also decided: bid requirements for future expenditures over $500, funds for snow removal, possible water shutoffs for unpaid taxes, and insurance rate study. Additional items covered included pillar replacement near Holliday Drive, six-inch minimum water main, outside bells on three homes, 6 percent interest on unpaid taxes, a ban on garbage burning, and separate savings for sinking funds.

Shaftsbury Guy Mattison Prudential Committee Jesse Strong Edwin Colvin Charles Becker Paul Harris Cleveland Avenue Main Street Church Street Post Office U.S. 7 Guy Levin David Mattison Kenneth Thomson Harris Becker New England Insurance Rating Association

Hoosick Falls Village Board appoints annual officials

Hoosick Falls NY Hoosick Falls Village Board held its annual organizational meeting naming village officials for the year. New trustees Frank Davock and Leo Mulvihill joined the board replacing Richard Severson and James ONeal. Mayor Leo Albowicz announced assignments for deputy mayor and committees.

Hoosick Falls N.Y Joel Miller St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Frank Davock Jane People’s Party Leo Mulvihill Richard Severson People’s Party James O’neil Independent Party Leo J. Albowicz Howard Wright Donald St. Hilaire William LeRoy) Baker Edwin Schneider

Manchester Sisters Scraps Over Listers Pay Dispute

Clyde H Bryant Sr defends his handling of listers pay and 1966 overpayment claims involving former Sister William G Mallin. Mallin, elected March 1966 and resigning Oct 24, contends Bryant owed a partial refund. Bryant says Mallin was not a full time sister until April 29 and that pay timing followed Grand List practices. Lister pay delayed until September 1966 due to tax collections.

Manchester Clyde H. Bryant Sr William G. Mallin Mallin Bryant Knowles Selectmen

Manchester Marine Wounded in Vietnam Action

Pfc. Burton H. Campney, son of Mr and Mrs Franklin Campney of Manchester Depot, was wounded in action against Communist forces in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam, March 30. Telegram from the DoD signed by Gen. Wallace M Green says he was hit in the right thigh and right arm and is being treated by the First Medical Platoon. Campney enlisted Feb. 9, 1966 and has been in Vietnam since August of that year.

Manchester Burton H. Campney Franklin Campney Manchester Depot Quang Ngai South Vietnam U.S. Department of Defense Wallace M., Green U.S Campney Marines Vietnam

Sandgate town hall fire noted in Dallas Times Herald

West Arlington and Sandgate residents report reading about the Sandgate Town Meeting Day fire from the Dallas Times Herald dated March 23. A new Easter time house is being started on Sandgate Road near Battenhill for Mr and Mrs Alan Hess. Mr and Mrs Robert Weeks and daughter Judy traveled to Old Greenwich Conn for their first grandson Billy s christening, with Judy returning to Centenary to finish her freshman year.

Elbert Davis Sandgate Road E. Duane Davis Dallas Tex Dallas Times Herald Sandgate Battenhill Alan Hess West Arlington Robert Weeks Judy Old Greenwich Conn Billy Centenary

Arlington withdraws from regional junior high study

Arlington school directors decided not to participate in discussions on forming a union junior high district for grades 7 to 9. A four-town committee will re-vote in the fall after gathering enrollment data and planning curriculum committees ahead of the May 1 meeting.

Manchester Arlington Jean Kendall Arnold Wilcox Neil E. Cross Burr and Burton Seminary Cross

Manchester Board Rejects Meter Petition

Manchester selectmen Tuesday night rejected a 121 name petition to remove Main Street parking meters. Letters from Police Chief Dana L. Thompson and Main Street Atty. James B. Campbell favored meters. They warned a two hour limit would be hard to enforce and noted Expo 67 tourism had no bearing on the issue. Town Manager James L. Woodard said about 30 percent of tickets went to Main Street merchants or workers.

Manchester Dana L. Thompson Main Street Atty James B. Campbell Montreal James L. Woodard Main Street

Pownals Dance Delegation Performs at Pioneers Talent Show

A delegation from Cecelia Greene School of Dance Bennington traveled to Bennington to join the Pow nal Pioneers 4-H Club talent show. Performers included Bennington Senior Rockettes Henrietta Roy Kim Barden Nancy Wisher Kathy Maloney Patty Carmody Charlene Kittel Christine Rice Donna Hawley Patricia Hawley and the Pixies. East Lington baton twirl champion Princ Marta due Cherons performed two strobe light numbers. Emcee John Foster presented his wife with a dozen red roses for her birthday as the audience sang.

Cecelia Greene Princ Marta Due Cherons Eastlington John Foster

Arlington Residents Return After Five Day Visit

Mrs. Gerald Monroe and her children of Greenfield Center New York have returned home after spending five days with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Labadie Jr. in Arlington. Helene Thompson of Arlington also connected in the visit.

Gerald Monroe Greenfield Center N.Y Frank Labadie Jr

Exchange of pulpits at Methodist Church Sunday

John Hamilton returns to Cornell after spring visit with his parents. The Rev. Elwood Case of Schaghticoke will preach at 11 30 a.m. with Sunday school at 10 30. A daughter born March 27 at Putnam Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs John P Fillmore of Cambridge. Pleasant Valley Grange to sponsor a public card party Tuesday at 8 p.m.

John Hamilton Cornell Malcolm Hamilton Elwood Case Schaghticoke Putnam Memorial Hospital John P. Fillmore Cambridge Fillmore Patricia Cronk George Cronk Edwin Fillmore Pleasant Valley Grange

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Edith Beaumont CDA Fran Stacy Shaftsbury Fire District Floyd Holliday Holliday Drive Holliday Junior Harwood Forestry Department Albowicz Wright Dorset Burr and Burton Drama Workshop Everyman Dorset Players Dorset Playhouse BBS Peter Schoffstall Russell Taylor Philip Jordan David Ingraham Anne Kollender Margaret Skinner Grace Parker Susan Szirbik Mildred Clough Tom Fontana Baker Mulvihill Schneider St. Hilaire Davock Bernice Norton Ronald Wielt Matilda Dwyer Wielt Buskirk George Dougherty Jr Sam Scaglione William Hennessey Douglas Sprague John Mahar George Cuddihy Thomas G. Restino Robert K. Shiland Frank Dimick Frank Mulvihill William Greenwood Sr Joseph Smith Carl Shaw Walter Hoffman John Brazell Joseph Hayes Ronald Harrison Thomas Nugent Samuel Scaglione Elmer LaPorte Royal Howard Clarence Mathers Gordon Jones William Wallace Harold Parker Raymond Guber Richard Ciuk Wayne Houghton Harry Shiland Edward Desacia Severson Edward Gorman Manchester Sisters Betty Trachte Arlington School Board Arlington Memorial High School William Towne Peru Sunderland This Week Parade THE NEW York Times Gladstone Suburbia Manchester Board Thompson Pownals Vera Langlais Helene Thompson South Cambridge Margaret Aiken Atkins and Gould Jewelers Main St Bennington Five Brothers Mr. Wrangler North Street
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