Snowmobilers turn pond skim into Vermont summer sport
About 45 snowmobilers used machines to hydroplane across a 200 foot pond in Vermont drawing a 5000 spectator crowd. The event, first water ride in the state, featured 60 mph launches, a 15 foot jump, and required riders to shut engines if dry land seemed unreachable. Organizers from two central Vermont clubs sponsored the spectacle with entrants buying insurance before trials.
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Washington
UPI
Vermont
Snowmobile Clubs
Wilcoxes celebrate 25th wedding anniversary in Arlington
Gilbert and Ruth Wilcox marked their silver anniversary on Aug 9 with a surprise party at the East Arlington firehouse. Attendants included daughters Susan Wilcox and Donna McCray, friend Irene Bentley, Gloria Moffitt, Agnes Brewer, and relatives from nearby states. Guests from Connecticut, New York, and Vermont joined the celebration, with many cards, gifts, and a money tree.
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Arlington
Gilbert
Ruth Wilcox
East Arlington
Susan Wilcox
Donna McCray
Irene Bentley
Gloria Moffitt
Agnes Brewer
Wilcox
Richard Gillette
Gilbert Wilcox
Vera Gillette
Wilcoxes
Gramma Jewell Celebrates 100th Birthday in Vermont
Helen Lillian Jewell known as Gramma Jewell turned 100 with a small Shaftsbury gathering on July 21. Mrs. Bradford Smith hosted as three grandchildren from New York Massachusetts and California joined the celebration. Messages of congratulations came from the President and Mrs Carter and from Governor and Mrs Snelling.
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Shaftsbury
New Jersey
Vermont
Helen Lillian Jewell
Gramma Jewell
Bradford Smith
South Cambridge Pleasant Valley Grange Meeting Notes
Pleasant Valley Grange met August 19 with Master Ernest Trinkle presiding. Upcoming: Washington County Pomona September 17 at Argyle, next meeting September 2 at 8:30 p.m., officer elections September 16. Grange-sponsored public card party September 6 at 8 p.m. Awards were given at the last party for various events, with Blanche Royal and Patricia Hamilton in charge.
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Pleasant Valley Grange
Ernest Trinkle
Washington County
Pomona
Argyle
Grange Hall
Irene Ford
Amy Montgomery
George Rogers
Ed Mead
Alex Bell
Ada Cronk
Blanche Royal
Patricia Hamilton
Shaftsbury Selectmen Hear Drainage Fix and Finance Talk
Shaftsbury town officials agreed to have road foreman inspect and potentially repair a drainage problem at Lawrence Miller's Longton Road property. The board also authorized American National Finance Service to present its deferred income program to town employees, promising tax‑free investments with 7 percent return and flexible withdrawal.
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Shaftsbury
Shaftsbury Selectmen
Lawrence Miller
Longton Road
Miller
Kenneth Harrington
American National Finance Service
Henry Holmes
Holmes
North
Bennington Graduate Receives Education Master at JMU
Bennington James H. Gratton earned a master of education degree from James Madison University in Harrisonburg Virginia at recent commencement. The article notes the university was called Madison College prior to July 1.
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James H. Gratton
Polygraphic Lane
James Madison University
Harrisonburg
Madison College
Barre Housing Authority to add 22 federally subsidized units
Barre Aldermen unanimously authorize the Housing Authority to apply for 22 additional federally subsidized housing units to protect $70,000 in development funding. City officials oppose a plan to place 15 units in Highgate Apartments, arguing it benefits an out of state owner and concentrates families in one ward.
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Highgate
Vermonters Mostly Oppose Panama Canal Treaty
Woodstock official Harry Ames reports about 70 percent of 70 responses oppose the proposed Panama Canal Treaty with 20 percent in favor and 10 percent undecided. He criticizes Senator Stafford for voting patterns while Stafford says he may support ratification if the U.S. retains defense rights to the canal. In Burlington, Judge Coffrin declines to reduce three-year federal bankruptcy fraud sentences for former Alburg cheesemakers Falcone and Curreri. they remain jailed with parole eligibility in 1978.
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Woodstock
UPI
Stafford
United States
Burlington
U.S. District Court
Albert Coffrin
Alburg
Joseph Falcone
Joseph Curreri
Brooklyn
N.Y
Albury
Danbury
Conn
Rensselaer Republicans face inquiry over independent ballot line
In New York, five Republican candidates for the Rensselaer County Legislature say their names appeared on designating petitions for an independent Citizens Action Party without consent, while independents call the claim defamatory and request a grand jury probe into the release of damaging information. Albany, five to 15 years for John M. Kirk in first degree attempted rape of a 65-year-old Menands woman after June arrest. judge cites revulsion and upholds guilty plea.
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Troy
Rensselaer County
Citizens Action Party
Independent Party
Albany
John M. Kirk
Menands
Kirk
John J. Clyne
Montgomery Ward
Clyne
Berkshire Events Include Book Signing and School Auction
Entertainment editor Milton Bass will sign copies of Not Quite a Hero in England's book department on Saturday Aug. 27 from 3 to 5 pm. The 350 page novel retells the rise of a 31 year old unpolitical man who becomes Stockton mayor. Also, Stockbridge School and 275 acres off Route 183 are up for auction by City Savings Bank after a 250000 mortgage foreclosure filed Aug. 16. Auction set for Sept. 26.
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Pittsfield
Milton Bass
the Eagle
England
Bass
G.P. Putnam’s & Sons of
New York
William Sean Costain
Stockton
Massachusetts
Richmond
Stockbridge
Route 183
City Savings Bank
CSB
Berkshire County Superior Court
Hans K. Maeder
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