Dorset considers new school unit beside elementary building
Dorset officials outlined three options for a separate one or two room facility behind the elementary school to add kindergarten space and expand the library, with costs from 37 500 to 60 240 dollars and 30 percent state aid. The plan includes architect designs, funding choices, and a possible public vote after a town meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bonenti
Dorset
Dorset School Board
Arthur W. Gilbert
Gilbert
Richard Piviorotto
Terry Tyler
Municipal
Tyler
Scoutmaster recalls West Point camping ordeal and windstorm damage
Scoutmaster Richard A. Severson of Boy Scout Troop 64 recounts a weekend at West Point Military Reservation where 3,500 scouts and scouters faced a severe unseasonal storm. The 6:30 p.m. temp drop, 50 to 80 mph winds, hail and snow wrecked tents and gear, while 1,400 campers salvaged equipment and headed home. One injury occurred when a stove lid struck Edward Griffin. Cadets aided in relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Richard A. Severson
Boy Scout
West Poiint
West Point Military Reservation
West Point
Am Frederick
Central Valley Central Schools
Edward Griffin
Academy
Cadet Scoutmasters’ Council
Selectmen hire engineer for Shaftsbury landfill plan
Shaftsbury selectmen disclosed they hired Bennington engineer Danial Cadiz to draft an overall landfill plan. The plan must be submitted and approved by the state before the landfill operation can commence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Shaftsbury Selectmen
Bennington
Danial Cadiz
Squiers Named Dorset Green Up Day Chairman
Dorset Town Manager Vern Squiers is named Chairman of Green Up Day with a full co chairing team listed for routes and neighborhoods including Dorset Elementary School Children. Bags and town equipment will aid cleanup with safety emphasized for drivers on event day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorset
Harry Sheldon
Ernie Edgerton
Bill Gilbert
West Road
Jack Stannard
Dorset Village
Justus DeVries
Dorset Hollow
Frank Tarbell
Peace Street
Fran Fenn
Danby Mountain Road
Charlie Erdman
Bowen Hill
New trees planted in North Bennington by Lions Club
Five mature trees were planted Monday in North Bennington under Hal Halvorsen of Old Town Nursery and Lucien M. Hanks of North Bennington. The Norshaft Lions, with Bennington Rotarian help, added a willow, a pin oak, and two lindens in village parks to beautify public areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
Norshaft Lions Club
Bennington
Hal Halvorsen
Old Town Nursery
Lucien M. Hanks
Halvorsen
Lions
Hanks
Little Park
Prospect Street
Norshaft
Cole Hall
Shaftsbury
Ralph Prouty
West Arlington and Sandgate social notes from Bayport visit
The Richard Fullers and daughter Bonnie of Bayport New York spent the weekend with his parents on Bernal Road. A week in San Antonio Texas ended for Mrs Richard Whitman and her father Jerome Viault. The West Arlington group was with Jerry Whitman his wife Terry and their new daughter Erika Ann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Fullers
Bonnie
Bayport, L.I
New York
Bernal Road
San Antonio
Tex
Richard Whitman
Jerome Viault
West Arlingtonians
Jerry Whitman
Terry
Erika Ann
Pownals church rummage sale raises funds for fellowship
The Women’s Fellowship of the Pownal Baptist Church held a successful rummage sale on Saturday. Proceeds totaled 334.23 dollars. Miss Thersa Kilburn of Manchester Depot earned Trinity College dean’s list recognition for maintaining a 3.3 GPA with no B grades. Fort Wainwright reports assignation for Army private first class Sterling R. Harrington. Local scouts, baseball signups, and VFW recognitions fill community notices with several figures and speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Fellowship of the
Pownal Baptist Church
Burlington
Thersa Kilburn
Arthur Kilburn
Highland Avenue
Manchester Depot
Trinity College
Trinity
Craig
Johnson State College
Hoosick Falls honors students and staff at college convocation
Hoosick Falls residents Marilyn F. Eldred and Helen C. Hayes will be cited April 28 at Skidmore College honors convocation for cumulative academic achievement through fall term 1970. Eldred, Class of 1974, and Hayes, Class of 1971, are Hoosick Falls Central School graduates. Highest honors require a 3.6+ GPA, honors 3.2+, with straight A equals 4.0.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
Skidmore College
Marilyn F. Eldred
William Eldred
Helen C. Hayes
Frank Hayes
Cummings Street
Hoosick Falls Central School
North Bennington Tax Hike Triggers Unification Clash
North Bennington residents face an 84 cent increase in 1971 taxes after town village and highway costs were unified. Trustee Robert Lerner leads a committee seeking redress, citing unfair burdens from higher town budgets, lacking shared services, and questions about village versus town costs. A special Village Meeting is planned to pressure for relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Dwyer
North
North Bennington
Robert K. Lerner
Lerner
Globe-Union
Royal Street
Bennington
North Village
Shaftsbury
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Sheilah Miller
Shaftsbury Firemen’s Auxiliary
Williamstown
Mass
Dot Lyons
Troop 64
Michael Monahan
William Frazier
Robert Brott
John Nealon
Stephen Downey
Richard Spink
Donald McCabe
Patrick Graney
Brian Rousseau
Timothy Smith
Ovid Downey
Nicholas Mancini
Thomas Scarey
George Brott
Michael Slingerland
Mark Sheffer
Jeffrey Nason
Michael Griffin
Mastercharge
Bankamericard Wecomedy
Mila 4 Furniture Inc
Vermont
ELM Street
Selectmen
Squiers
Dorset Green Up
Mence
Robert Peterson
Peterson
Percy
Mattison
Board of Adjustment
Twitchell
Col. Fairfax Ayers
George Shea
West Arlington
Sandgate
Kay Weeks
The
Pownals
Veralanglais
Dean
Kilburn
Arlington
Alaska
FT. Wainwright
Sterling R. Harrington
Stuart W. Thompson
171St Infantry Brigade
Harrington
15Th Artillery
Susan Bull
Marjorie Rhodes
Lulu Sweet
Etta Harris
Bertha Rhodes
Lillian Bump
Eldora Harris
Arlene Joseph
Barbara Sargent
Save the Children Federation
Pownal
Edward Reynolds
John Bottesi
Pownal Center
Hoosick Valley
Post
VFW
Edith Craig Reynolds
Arthur Armstrong
Neil Kelleher
Troy
Robert Reinfort
Samuel Scaglione
John Gildea
George Driscoll
Harry Holton
School Street
Driscoll
Holton
Athletic Awards
St. Mary’s Alumni Association
St. Mary's Academy
Elks
Dennis McGuire
Peter Sennett
St. Mary's
Richard Fleming
Father Egan
Edith Beaumont
Esther Bogardus
Robert “Moe” Haynes
John J. Gallagher
O.S.A
Unification
Bennington, VT
Einstein
van Gogh
Wright Brothers
Air Force
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