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Newspaper

Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Aug 29, 1977

Page

6

Millionaire Toyota dealer George Brown Eyes Red Sox Ball Club

MARBLEHEAD Mass UPI George Brown the New England Toyota distributor lives in a cliffside 20 room French castle with a pool and jet helicopter. He built wealth from car sales and dealerships totaling about 70 million last year and hints at Boston Red Sox interest while buying prized items in London.

Donald A. Davis Marblehead Mass UPI George Brown Lebanon America Brown New England Toyota Caroline C. Gove Salem Normandy Muhammad Ali Sinatra

Accidents Prompted Police Probe in Petersburg NY

State police from Brunswick barracks investigated two weekend automobile accidents in North Petersburg and one in Eagle Bridge on Route 22. Peter Bink of Petersburg faced charges for driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene after a two car crash near Route 346. Michael DeCarlo, 26, of Petersburg, and passenger Brenda Bressett were treated after a solo crash near the same route. A tractor trailer collision near Eagle Bridge involved Lorrie Watson of Shaftsbury and farm equipment owned by the Wolfrums. no injuries reported.

Petersburg N.Y North Petersburg Brunswick Barracks Peter Bink Nicholas Houghton North Adams Mass Bink Michael DeCarlo DeCarlo Brenda J. Bressett Putnam Memorial Hospital Bennington Eagle Bridge Lorrie A. Watson Shaftsbury William Wolfrum Richard Wolfrum Michael Thompson

Grange Notes Hoosick Grange opens with program by officers

The Hoosick Grange meeting featured songs poems quizzes and readings organized by Mrs. Allen Cornell and included readings by Allen Cornell Ralph J Griswold Mable Hewitt and others. The program concluded with closing thoughts and a Father Lead Me hymn and announces next meeting on Sept 14 with annual officer reports and an officers installation by Rensselaer County Deputy Mrs Gordon J Sherman on school days theme.

Hoosick Grange Allen Cornell James Buchanan Allen’ Cornell Ralph J. Griswold N. Clifford Cottrell Sister Cornell God Mable Hewitt Carleton Philpott Lucy Williams David Cornell Taylor B. Light Donald S. Hewitt Cornell Grangers Rensselaer County Gordon J. Sherman

Readsboro Wins EPA Sewer Project Grant

Readsboro receives 1,283,567 from the U S Environmental Protection Agency for sewer system upgrades including 12 500 feet of laterals and collectors 2 000 feet of force main four pump stations and a secondary wastewater treatment plant to replace existing combined sewers discharging to the Deerfield River. The project cost 1,795,207 with 75 percent funded by the federal grant and 25 percent by state and local funds.

Readsboro US Environmental Protection Agency Deerfield EPA

Three Landgrove residents arrested for growing marijuana

State police report three Landgrove residents Gary David Kankenkamp 28 Craig Hensen 2A and Valerie Constantine were arrested after a search Thursday yielded over 140 pounds of cultivated marijuana and a small amount of manicured marijuana. The Vermont Fish and Game Dept and Winhall Police assisted in the investigation.

Landgrove Gary David Kankenkamp Craig Hensen Valerie Constantine Vermont Fish and Game Dept Winhall Police

Arlington group to meet at St Margaret Mary Hall

Alcoholics Anonymous will gather at 8 p m at St Margaret Mary Hall in Arlington on Tuesday and Sunday with Thompson listed as contact Helene Thompson at 375 2325 for details.

Helene Thompson Alcoholics Anonymous St. Margaret Mary Hall

Arlington Starts 1977 78 School Year Bus Routes Planned

Arlington public schools reopen Tuesday September 6 with grades 1 12 at 8 15am and kindergarten September 7. Lunch 40 cents daily. Bus routes include West Arlington and two south and north runs with times around 7 20 to 8 00am and 2 40 to 3 15pm.

Arlington Arlington Public Schools West Arlington Red Mountain Road Lost Lake Road Crow Hill Road Death Valley Hill Animal Shelter Warm Brook Road Maple Hill Ryan’s Dairy Crow Hill East Arlington Young’s Riebens Red Mountain

Falls man arrested for causing 2 accidents

Hoosick Falls police charged James S. Cottrell after a 1 a.m. hit and run on Wilder Avenue damaged two Wilkie vehicles and led to a related two week old one car crash case. He faces charges of speed unreasonable leaving the scene and will appear before Justice William Fitzpatrick. A separate theft report noted a 1975 Honda motorcycle recovered after being taken from Wilder Avenue.

Hoosick Falls N.Y Wilder Avenue James S. Cottrell George Wilkie Wilder Ave Alan Zelenka Cottrell Honda A. Curtis Kaukas Kaukas

Woodford State Park needs more local use says ranger

Ranger Gene F. Giard at Woodford State Park urges more regional families to use picnicking areas overlooking a recreated pond at Adams Pond site. The park opened mid May to mid October with 103 campsites and 75 cent per person fees. maintenance handled by state services and Bernie's Trucking. Despite 60 percent daily site occupancy in summer and 20 percent in fall last year, sewage facilities require expansion and planning board approval is needed before upgrades. Giard noted improved turnout at the second annual Woodford State Park Day clambake as a hopeful sign for future attendance.

Giard Bennington State Highway Dept Bernie Woodford State Park Woodford

Woodsmen demonstrate farming tools at Vermont State Fair Farm Museum

Vermont woodmen Oren and Harry Bates will display broad ax and crosscut saw skills at the Farm Museum during the September 4 and 5 events. Raised in Sherburne, they prize a 13 inch log crosscut record of 57 seconds and tour fairs with shingle making and log drilling. The museum sits among cattle barns at the fairgrounds and showcases horse and ox powered machines plus early workhorse engines. It is run as a joint project by local farmers, Rutland Historical Society, and the Vermont State Fair Association.

Rutland Vermont Oren Harry Bates Sherburne Gaysville The Rutland Historical Society Vermont State Fair Association

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