Legislator foresees Vermont bookmobiles phased out unless funds kept
West Dover Republican Senator Stovan Christowe warns the state Department of Libraries may replace the Vermont bookmobile program with a mail order system. He plans legislation to require continued bookmobile service until lawmakers decide otherwise, citing rural libraries and towns that rely on mobile access to books. The program began in 1922 and serves 213 municipal libraries with five regional centers, delivering up to 1,000 books per visit."}
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West Dover
Vermont
Stovan Christowe
State Department of Libraries
Barre
Christone
State Library Department
State Library Board
Vermont Federation of Women’s Clubs
Local church notices and community events in South Cambridge area
Gerald Aiken trained with the National Guard in Hoosick Falls. United Methodist Church trustees meet Wednesday December 15 at 8 p.m. Visitors to Mrs. Gertrude Aiken include several Cambridge residents. Martin and Dora Gibbons to host a 50th wedding anniversary open house December 12 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Eagle Bridge United Methodist annex. Gibbons sister of Ralph Galloway. Sunday church service at South Cambridge United Methodist Church at 10:30 a.m. led by Rev. Oswald A. Muller, with Sunday school at 9 a.m. Unpaid 1971 pledges due December 31. 1972 pledges handled at church with envelopes and return. New pledges due by December 26. Christmas services and events planned. time to be announced next week. Master Ernest Trinkle presided at Pleasant Valley Grange December 4 meeting. Reports on Whitehall model meeting. State Grange awards for junior members Billy English David English Duane Robinson Mary Beth Robinson. Program theme Does History repeat itself include Pilgrim and history readings. History quiz and active game. December 21 card party omitted due to Christmas week. Next meeting December 18 with covered dish at 7 p.m. Christmas program and party. Thought for the day There is something wrong with the person who is always right.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Trinkle
Pleasant Valley Grange
Brownell
Trinkle
Whitehall
Grange
State Grange
Billy
David English
Duane
Mary Beth Robinson
Kingsley Associates
Albany
Richard A. Severson
Thomas G. Restino
Restino
James van Derbrott
State Planning Commission
Here
Brunswick
James Keegan
Nagara Mohawk Power Company
John A. Murphy
Pownal Churches Schedule Choir Rehearsal and Classes
The Pownal Baptist Church schedules choir rehearsal at 6 30 Wednesday night and a prayer service at 7 30. First Congregational Church of North Pownal hosts six Bible classes Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the parsonage. Cadette Scouts plan a Thursday meeting 7 to 9 p m at Pownal Center School. Miss Jennifer Jo Rounds spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Charles W Rounds.
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Pownal Baptist Church
First Congregational Church of
North Pownal
Jennifer Jo Rounds
Charles W. Rounds
Pownal Center
North Bennington Parish Sodality Meets December 8
St John’s Sodality in North Bennington will gather Wednesday evening at 7 30 in the parish hall. All women of the parish are invited. Postmaster Fred Driscoll says money orders will be sold Saturdays 8 am to noon at the local post office.
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St. John’s Sodality
North Bennington
Fred Driscoll
Shaftsbury to vote on new sidewalk
Shaftsbury prudential committee plans April vote on a sidewalk from Marty Harringtons store on Route 7 to Cole Hall on East Street. Harrington opposes, citing reduced parking, while supporters argue for safer pedestrian access and potential traffic flow solutions. Committeemen note snow removal and mailbox relocation by residents to aid plowing.
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Shaftsbury
Prudential Committee
David Mattison
Martin Harrington
Harrington
Mattison
East Street
Shaftsbury Directors name new teachers for Shaftsbury elementary
Shaftsbury directors accepted resignations of Robin Whitaker and Jane Howe and appointed Jennifer Rounds of Pownal and Wanda Harwood of Shaftsbury to succeed them effective Jan. 1. They reaffirmed bus policy denying a one mile exception for Suzie Meiklejohn and arranged after school care with the principal. A bond vote is planned for Jan. 29.
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Shaftsbury
Robin Whitaker
Jane Howe
Jennifer Rounds
Pownal
Wanda Harwood
Jane Meiklejohn
Joseph Crossman
Meiklejohn
Arlington
Carrara
Suzie
Uncertainty Over Joint Hoosick Falls Study Plan
Hoosick Falls officials at a joint town village meeting show uncertainty about hiring a management consultant to study savings from combined operations. State aid deadline is December 15 with work likely starting next March or later, amid questions over a $25,000 cost quoted by Douglas.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Douglas
UVM student nurse on health care in Africa
Burlington resident Martha E. Stone a third year nursing student at the University of Vermont recalls the harsh realities of healthcare in Sierra Leone. She says the hardest part was seeing people who could have been saved if treated in the United States. The experience shapes her future plan to work overseas after graduation, potentially in an underdeveloped country or on the hospital ship SS Hope.
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UVM
Africa
Burlington
Martha E. ‘‘Marti’’ Stone
University of Vermont
Sierra
Leone
West Africa
Hope
Marti
Edward Stone
Orono
Maine
Deane Hutchins
Freetown
Sierra Leone
Europe
the Catholic Relief “Service
Mombasa
Hoosick Falls Community Notes From Winter Local News
Hoosick Falls reports Christmas party at VFW Hall hosted by American Legion Auxiliary with guest Thelma Warren and gifts from a grab bag. Also staff party for Prudential Insurance staff. a science fair honors several St. Mary’s Academy students. local hospital patients and traffic incidents noted. international service trip reflections. town officials discuss road conditions and state aid. Arlington School Board agenda for December and January meetings.
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The
Hoosick Post, American Legion Auxiliary
VFW
School Street
Thelma Warren
Green Island
Betty Lepew
the Legion Auxiliary
Roberta Cramer
Candlemaking Demonstration by North Bennington Craftsman
John Bischof, a North Bennington craftsman skilled in wood and iron, will host a free candle making demonstration and workshop at 8 PM Wednesday at the Governor McCullough Mansion. He explains dipping and molding as basic methods and covers wax choices heat, colorings, scents, and decorations. Audience members, including children, may participate as tapers are produced and finished. The McCullough Park Foundation programs committee invites all community members to attend at no charge.
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John Bischof
North Bennington
Governor McCullough
The
McCullough Park Foundation
Arlington Chorale Christmas Concert at Arlington Memorial School
Arlington Chorale brings Christmas music to Arlington Memorial School this Sunday at p.m. Admission is free. Directed by Theodore Cook with Nyoka Little on piano, the program features “Meaning of Christmas” and other carols. Members include Mary deBrun Elizabeth Johnston Mathilda Kenny Marjorie Macksey Marian Meyer Lorraine Moody Nancy Simson Olive Wood Kathy Ward Florence Burggraf Betsy Finney Jane Gardner Dorothy Grout Evelyn Holden Eleanor Klare Lois McCullough Mary Ann Mento and more.
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Chorale
Theodore Cook
Nyoka Little
Mary deBrun
Elizabeth Johnston
Mathilda Kenny
Marjorie Macksey
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Legislator
By Stewart Hancock
South Cambridge
Margaret Aiken
Gerald Aiken
National Guard
United Methodist Church
Gertrude Aiken
Marion Dick
Irving Dick
West Hoosick
Leon Foster Sr
Bennington
George E. Brewer
Claude Austin
Claudia Durant
Cambridge
Martin Gibbons
Eagle Bridge
Gibbons
Dora Galloway
Ralph Galloway
South Cambridge United Methodist Church
Oswald A. Muller
Pownals
Pamela Blakeman
Née Hour Ant. AS
Benmont Avenue
Bennington, Vermont
Wickes
Frigidaire
North Street
Robert Whitaker
Sycamore Lane
South
J. Hall
R. Dewey
Eleanor B.smith
Miss Smith
Guy Mattison
James Thompson
Shaftsbury Elementary
Mary Moriarty
Julian Goodrich
George Sleeman
State Board of Education
Sleeman
Edith Beaumont
Prudential Insurance Company
Schuylerville
St. Mary’s Academy
William Graney
James Hyde
Mark Sheffer
Julie Butkas
Patrick Graney
Laura Mancini
Jeannie Salluzzo
Jo Ann Brahan
Linda Scarey
Arthur Hyde
William Reiman
Elizabeth Holmes
Hulse
Troy Cambridge Central School
Thurman Hulse
Vincent Conway
Congress Street
St. Peters Hospital
Conway
Grand Union
Adah van Wickel
Main Street
Mary McClellan Hospital
Town of
Classic Street
Eileen A. Bogardus
Classic St
Main
John Streets
Barbara Putnam
Shelborne Falls
Mass
John Street
Glen Laporte
North Hoosick
Ralph Quackenbush
Cobble Hill Road
Jo Ann M. LeBlanc
Ben Mont Ave
Putnam
Dee’s
Rver
Frank Demicks
Arlington School Board
Arlington High School
Arlington Chorale
Helene Thompson
Arlington Memorial School
Co-op
B.B.P
Bennington, VT
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