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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1973
Page
13
Community notices include Bertha Hoag and Cotrell family mentions, travel and hospital references, and local shop inventories. Oakdale shop items feature RCA Radiola, 1928 Atwater Kent, a Stromberg Carson stand, and winter apparel. Several readers plan visits, surgeries, or enrollments at Cobleskill and Putnam Memorial Hospital contexts.
Jeb Stuart Magruder, former deputy director of Nixon's re election campaign, who pleaded guilty in the Watergate scandal, will address a University of Hartford student gathering on September 12 under the Speaker's Bureau of the student association. He is expected to discuss major aspects of political campaigning.
Hoosick Falls The Original Senior Citizens joined the Retired Eagles Activity Club Sunday Aug 26. Ted Hurwitz presented the REAC Charter with help from Arthur Gonyea and Charles Straub. Refreshments followed. Hoosick Falls Central School announced a free lunch policy for area children unable to pay full price.
Arlington Public Schools begin the 1973 74 year for grades 1 12 on September 6 with early dismissal times. Elementary finish at 2 40 p m junior senior high at 2 30 p m and Kindergarten starts September 6 while lunch program starts September 10. Bus routes and times are listed with approximate arrivals and afternoon dismissals.
Arlington Recreation and Park Commission heard Forrest Orr urge action on park plans and to submit priorities. He warned of reduced federal funding from BOR and stressed identifying community needs including seniors. An executive committee was formed, maintenance praised, skating rink study launched with a donor fund, next meeting set for September 15 to compile priorities for Montpelier.
Seventeen youth groups will exhibit at Visatharama in Youtharama near the Big E main gate from Sept 14 to 24. Twenty four booths and hourly stages showcase 4 H Club and Girl Scout activities, Red Cross Youth, Boy Scouts, YMCA Indians, Pioneer Girls, 4-H nutrition and crafts, bicycle safety, gymnastics and more. Admission is free with daily hours 10 am to 9 pm except Sundays noon to 9 pm.
Jonathan Edwards will perform at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center on a Saturday night in September, sharing the stage with Linda Ronstadt. The show highlights Edwards’s tenor voice known for Sunshine and Honky Tonk Stardust Cowboy and tickets are sold at the main box office and Ticketron outlets.
In Burlington zoning officials recommended prosecuting Barbara Forman if she continues to run the boarding house for former Waterbury State Hospital patients. The move followed a petition by 30 residents questioning compliance with zoning rules and Forman’s qualifications.
Public Service Board requests federal assistance to cover repairs on two state owned railroads Vermont Railway Inc and Green Mountain Railroad after damage from the swimmer lands totaling 220,000, a spokesman said.
The Rensselaer County Sewer District attorney plans a Philadelphia visit to press a settlement over a dispute with Penn Central on tracks along an abandoned railroad bed. Officials hope to lay a sewer line along the North Greenbush roadbed, with court action to secure the easement along the Hudson River bank for Troy and Rensselaer cities and nearby towns.
Ren sselaer County is expected to take control of Dyken Pond by early September, the county legislature was told. The Manning Paper Co plans to sell the pen real estate for about $12,000, with a small portion in Poestenkill. A special committee will soon draft plans for use and maintenance of the area.
Pittsfield City Council President John F. Fraser moved Councilwoman Mary L. Murphy into the chair for the last 18 minutes of a meeting. He said the action aimed to show her how a chair enforces rules and to teach respect for procedures.
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