Gravel pit clash over Stowe geology site stirs locals
Stowe residents battle to keep 125 acres near Ricker Mountain from becoming a gravel pit. The Nebraska Valley Preservation Association formed to oppose sale to Dale Percy, who says local gravel needs justify the project. University of Vermont geologist Philip Wagner calls the area an irreplaceable, world significance outdoor museum with records of Ice Age glaciation.
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STOWE
UPS
Nebraska Valley Preservation Association
Dale Percy
Percy
University of Vermont
Philip Wagner
Nebraska Valley
Green Mountains
Wagner
Jill Swaidner
Obituary of William Tiny Marthason of Spenchek Ark
William Tiny Marthason, 77, of Spendick Ark formerly of Bennington, died Wednesday at Kings County Hospital Brooklyn after a short illness. Funeral is Saturday at MacGuiness Funeral Home Spenchek with burial in Valley View Cemetery. Born March 16 1900 in Spenchek he moved to Bennington in 1938 married Janet Clark. He returned to Spenchek in 1963 ran a fishing store until 1969 retirement. Survived by two sons in Arkansas a Brooklyn brother Patrick four grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
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William “Tiny’’ Marthason
Spendick
Ark
Bennington
Kings County Hospital
Brooklyn
N.Y
MacGuiness
Spenchek
Valley View Cemetery
Anthony Matthason
Janet Clark
East Rupert
Arkansas
Patrick
Mounted Posse to Meet and Plan Trail Ride
The Bennington County Mounted Posse will meet Tuesday May 3 at 8 p.m. at Bradford Hook & Ladder Co in Bennington to discuss the annual spring trail ride. The 20 mile ride is set for Saturday May 21 beginning at Pownal Elementary School at 9 a.m. with return by noon or 1 p.m. Four divisions offer pony, lightweight, middleweight, and heavyweight classes, each with a championship and a grand reserve from the division winners. Entry is $5 per horse. free parking, coffee, donuts, lunch for sale, and Coggins tests required. Write trail ride chairman Anne Brown for info.
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Bennington County Mounted Posse
Bradford Hook & Ladder Co
Bennington
Pownal Elementary
Trail Ride
Anne Brown
Northwest Hill
Pownal
Recreation Commission Meeting May 2 in Bennington
The Bennington Recreation Commission schedules a meeting Monday May 2 with participants meeting at the center at 6 45 pm and then proceeding to the Y woods for a 7 pm gathering. Also included are notices of local groups and business services.
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Recreation Commission
Y Woods
Arlington and Bennington Winners at Hudson Valley Cake Contest
In Poughkeepsie on April 23 the Hudson Valley Cake Decorating Competition crowned winners from Arlington and Bennington. Mary Lou Maxon won three professional divisions including wedding cake and Mexican sugar art, with top finishes in best of show and other categories. Edith Prandini swept beginner and non professional divisions, Rebecca Parks took a second in open doll cake, and Laurel Mattison placed third in the teen division. Judges hailed from Philadelphia Westfield and more, with contestants from Vermont New Hampshire New York New Jersey Pennsylvania and Maryland.
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Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Hudson Valley
Arlington
Bennington
Mary Lou Maxon
Edith Prandini
Art
Rebecca Parks
Laurel Mattison
Golden Anniversary for Mr and Mrs Arthur Phillips
Mr and Mrs Arthur Phillips of 107 Holden Street celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with an April 2 open house. More than 150 relatives and friends attended, including a group from Thomson Manufacturing where Mrs Phillips worked 20 years. Their six children and grandson Murray Phillips, from North Adams, gave a surprise cake. James Phillips’s band provided music. gifts and flowers were abundant. The couple were married in Hoosick Falls New York on April 1 1927 and have 13 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Arthur Phillips
Holden St
Thomson Manufacturing Co
Phillips
Murray Phillips
Murray
North Adams
James
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Ex Benningtonian elected to national Common Cause board
Susan Paris Lewis of New York City formerly of Bennington was chosen this month as one of two vice chairmen on the 60 member Common Cause National Governing Board. She helped form Vermont Common Cause, co chaired its 1974 75 group, and now serves on boards for the National Women's Education Fund and the National Women's Political Caucus. She is VP of Bennington Potters North Inc and worked with Vermont Governor's Justice Commission from 1973 to 1975.
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Susan Paris Lewis
New York City
Bennington
Common Cause
Ms. Lewis
Vermont
Bennington Potters North Inc
National Women’s Education Fund
National Women’s Political Caucus
Paris
France
Kansas City
Massachusetts
Concord (Mass.) Academy
Bennington College
John L. Lewis
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
John Gardner
David Cohen
Nan Waterman
Muscatine
Iowa
First Europeans Smoke Aboard Explorer Ship In 1492
United Press International notes Rodrigo de Jerez as the first European to smoke after learning from West Indies natives during Columbus’s 1492 voyage. He returned tobacco to Spain where friends were amazed until his wife denounced him to the Inquisition. Her later career included health reform efforts and a Vermont law curriculum project.
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Rodrigo de Jerez
West Indies
Columbus
Spain
Senate votes to end barroom ban on women in Connecticut
Hartford Connecticut. The state Senate gave final approval to a bill repealing an archaic law that barred women from loitering in saloons. The unanimous vote follows House passage and moves to Gov Ella Grasso for signature. The rule, aimed at deterring “ladies of the evening” from soliciting men, has been repeatedly killed in past sessions.
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Hartford, Conn
UPI
Senate
House
Ella T. Grasso
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Chamber of Commerce
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Pat Bull
Mounted Posse
Bennington Briefs
Pete Roberto
Boston
AARB
Bennington Free Library
Green Mountain Homemakers
Clara Ordway
Shaftsbury
J.C. Cleaning Service
ADV
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Shea Agency Inc
Southern Vermont Insurance Center
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Atau
Main ST
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Telford
Doris Williams
Westfield
Mass
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New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Benningtonian
National Common Cause Board
Governor’s Justice Commission
United Press International
Vermont Project For Law and Public Policy
Vermont Bar Association
Vermont Health Systems Inc
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