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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1975
Page
7
A playful item notes Rockoko the Clown touring Manchester with a smiling face and bells on his crown. Performer R Roggiero is billed for light frolics and whimsy in a town event ambiance.
Burr and Burton Seminary invites interested persons in Manchester to join a new substitute teacher list for all areas for 1975 76. Contact headmaster Houghton D Pearl at 362 1775. Experience preferred but not required. The Manchester Rescue Squad held its annual meeting last night electing new officers led by president Thomas McGibney and other officers including Michael Colgan Ramon Carrano Preston Talcott Hamilton Hayes Helm Caffee and Benjamin Beers.
Dorset hosts a Wednesday fair at United Church with rides games and vendor sales indoors and on the lawn from 1 30 to 5 30 p m. East Dorset Fire Dept auxiliary meets at 7 30 p m with guest fire chief Walter Read Jr and Mrs Virginia Croft assisting.
Berlin New York postpones a tribute to vanished harpist Van Venchten Rogers. Organizer William T. Cameron of Washington remains hospitalized but hopes to attend later. Taconic Valley Historical Society planned the event as part of bicentennial observances.
In a brief meeting the Shaftsbury selectmen considered estimates for a second hand tractor backhoe to replace a 22 year old Ford tractor. They would finance from $10,000 revenue sharing funds and review road repairs on North Bank Street Extension. Also discussed were chimney and roof repairs on Cole Hall, pig trespass and compensation, drainage questions, and a gunshot on Cleveland Avenue. The board will reconvene next Monday at 8 p.m.
Nearly 200 attended the annual clam bake at Goovers Tavern held Sunday at the Village Waterworks Recreation Area. The Hill Road Band played during the picnic hours as residents returned to their homes from local hospitals and a planned Eagles activity club meeting was rescheduled for Monday night to plan the second anniversary celebration set for August 30.
A Thursday afternoon card party at the home of Mr and Mrs Dugald Maclachlan in Hoosick benefited the Hoosick Township Historical Society and provided a delightful summer afternoon for patrons. The evening session indoors drew the largest crowd.
Hoosick Falls Kiwanis Club appoints delegates to the New York District Kiwanis International Convention in Buffalo from August 21 to 24. President-Elect Howard Haynes Past Lt. Gov. David Berlant and Past President Mason Harrison lead the slate with three alternates. A musical fundraiser for the Bicentennial, produced by William Johnston, netted over $700.
Gov. Carey signed a bill enabling a contract with the University of Vermont for limited New York medical students to study there beginning 1976-77, with NY covering costs and grads required to work three years in doctor-poor NY areas. Vermont to start a Champlain Valley hospital residency and Plattsburgh health programs. Vermonters report exports to Communist nations about 10-11 percent of 130 million, far above the U.S. average as precision tool firms note similar trade with Soviet bloc.
Vermont and New York scientists and environmentalists plan a two-state agency to handle Lake Champlain concerns. The recommendation was agreed at a New York meeting, said Shelburne co-chairman William Cowles. He expects governors and lawmakers to receive it soon.
Robert Polworth Jr. of Burlington, 32, an administrative associate at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, has been chosen as Chittenden County Clerk for $19,500 annually. He succeeds Edward Cashman, who joined the State Public Service Board earlier this year. Polworth is the first county clerk in recent years not to be an attorney.
Troy city manager John P Buckley heads a bid to have Troy join three New York cities in a federal urban reinvestment program. If chosen, Troy will form a Neighborhood Housing Services with strong civic backing, local government housing inspections, upgraded services, bank loan support, and a skilled staff to run the effort. Separately Robert M Delaney sues the school board over 1976 budget cuts, alleging $885,000 yearly wasteful bus costs for transporting nearby students while cutting 10 reading teachers and other teaching positions. He expects no victory but aims to press the board and inform the public.
Berkshire Community College would receive about $2.38 million as part of a $44.7 million request from the state's Board of Regional Community Colleges. Board president William G. Dwyer says the allocation aims to avoid layoffs and fund enrollment growth of up to 2,500 students across 15 campuses for the coming fiscal year.
Special Probate Justice Rudolph A. Sacco dismissed Brodie Mountain ski area’s challenge to the state’s plan to remove seven signs along Route 7. The order ends the fight by reinstating an earlier dismissal and sets the sign removal date, with two signs on state property, under a prior May agreement.
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