Roads Closed Split Local Opinions In Pownal Hearing
A town hearing on closing two sections of Vermont highways drew mixed views from residents. North Pownal No 14 and Pownal Center No 4 faced opposition from local landowners including Ernest Burdick Jr. and families Huse Todd Bishop Pettit, while summer residents Mr and Mrs Robert Skripak favored North Pownal closure for safety and vandalism concerns. The selectmen will decide within 60 days with rights of way promised if closures proceed.
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Pownal
North Pownal
Pownal Center
Robert Skripak
Smithtown
Long Island
Skripak
Vermont
Net&t
Ernest Burdick Jr
Barber’s Pond Road
Huse
Todd
Bishop
Pettit
Selectmen
Board of Selectmen
Hoosick Falls School Board Awards Several Contracts
The Hoosick Falls Central School Board awarded cafeteria supply bids to Fairfield Farms in Bennington for milk and National Biscuit Co for bread. A transportation sub contract for $1000 was given to Warren Taber to move nine pupils five miles in White Creek. Two new teachers were appointed and several bus routes assigned. The Reynolds District 3 tuition request was denied. The next meeting is Sept 17.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoo- Sick Falls Central School
Pownal Center Volunteers Aid Reservoir Work and Local Events
Volunteers from Pownal Center started at 7 a.m. Sunday on the Patterson Reservoir area to secure water supply for the Center School and seven families. A Baptist Church auction by the Ladies Aid Society raised 260 dollars amid cold winds, with Arthur George providing country auctioneer humor. Also noted are hospital updates for Mrs. Emile Bisson and Jonathan Rounds family, and Vacation Bible School closing with 16 pupils and a Children of Many Lands theme.
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Pownal Center
Patterson Reservoir
Center School
Charles Rounds
John Foster
Floyd Patterson
Fletcher Hall
John Carlson
Emerson Bates
Walter Patterson
Baptist Church
Ladies Aid Society
Arthur George
Emile Bisson
Hillcrest Hospital
Pittsfield
Mass
Jonathan Rounds
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Jonathan
Julie Duncan
Cathleen Narowitz
Vermont Council of Churches
Composers Conference Ends With Strong Chung Setting
NORTH BENNINGTON The final Composers Conference concert at the Carriage Barn wrapped two weeks of contemporary music. The standout was Chou Wen Chung’s seven-poem Tang cycle for soprano Antonia Lavanne with orchestra, merging text and sound into cohesive imagery. Ursula Mamlok’s movement also impressed, though some works conveyed ideas less clearly.
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North Bennington
Carriage Barn
Chou Wen Chung
Mr. Chung
Antonia Lavanne
Ursula Mamlok
W. Howard O Brien
Charles Dodge
Robert Stewart
Maurice Pachmann
Stewart
David Davis
Earl Zindars
Bach
Chamber Music Center Orchestra
Alan Carter
Harvey
Sophie Sollberger
Max Pollikoff
Bennington
Composers Conference
Middlebury
Vermont
Bish ops Fund Drive Exceeds Quota At St John’s Church
North Bennington reports the annual Bish ops Fund Drive for Charities and Development at St John’s Church raised about $2 100, topping the parish quota for the ninth consecutive year. Rev Walter Miller expressed pleasure and thanks to chairmen William E Dailey Jr George E Shea Merton Snow Jr and all contributors.
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St. John’s Church
Walter Miller
William E. Dailey Jr
George E. Shea
Merton Snow Jr
John Powers
Arlington Calendar Includes Fire Dept and School Registrations
The Arlington schedule lists a Monday Fish and Game Club meeting at 8 p.m. at the Firehouse and Tuesday Pony League baseball game against Arlington Firemen at 6 p.m. Registration windows for first graders and new entrants run 2-4 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at Fisher School.
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Arlington Fish and Game Club
Firehouse
Arlington Firemen
Fisher School
Mountain Towns Guests Return Home After Summer
Mrs Dorothy Maclear and sons Allan and Dr James Maclear return to Oak Park Illinois after a month at their Woodford summer home. Theodore Stillwell and son Ted of Forest Hills New York visit John Cleary in Woodford. Rosalie to join next week. Norman Olsen of Newtown Pennsylvania visits Searsburg parents before heading home with Cynthia and Brien. ADV Aug 26
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Dorothy Maclear
Allan
James Maclear
Oak Park, Ill
Woodford
Theodore Stillwell
Ted
Forest Hills
N.Y
John Cleary
Stillwells
Rosalie
Norman Olsen
Newtown
Canada
Anders Olsen
Searsburg
Cynthia
Brien
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Manchester
Robert E. Deeley
Robert G. McIntyre
Macbeth Gallery
New York
Republican Party
Philip J. Houston
Cyrus Spicer
Republican County Committee
Wilmington- Dover
Carlo Walter
O.E.S
Masonic Hall
Margaret Cary
Jacksonville
Alice Whitney
Juliet Adams
Lynde Kimball
Morris Perry
Bradford
Margaret Marston
Manchester Center
Everett Lehmann
Nancy
Dawn
Jeff
Sayville
Alfred Lehmann
Clarence Covey
Brattleboro
The
Pownals
Vera Langlais
Music Review
By Lisa Tate
Elizabeth Dwyer
Robert Young
Buffalo, N.Y
Young
Clarissa Peacock
Cape Cod
East Arlington
Klibos Shoe Store
Mark Damon
William Campbell
Luana Anders
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Maisch DI Aude
United Artists
Drve
Rock Hudson
Eagles
AMC
Hammer Film
Uniersal
Tee Pee
Latham Circle
iBox
Eddie Rich
Joan Caulfield
Peggy Cass In
Elliot Norton
Time Magazine
Bennington Books
Walter Pidgeon
Lord Pengo
Arlington
Eleanor Albee
Sunderland
Lee Marsh
Lehe Theatre
North Hoosick
Walt
Disney
Savage Sam
Jet
Stanley Baker
Mai Zetterling
Carlo Walter Tel
East Arlington, Vt
London
Ann Page
Frankforts
A&p
Plaid
Jane Parker
Caravan
ARS
ST of
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Torkays
NEVN
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Fire Queen
Judy Hazlett
New York City
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