Pownal Abates Taxes and Reports Community Activities
Taxes totaling 1597.84 were abated by the Pownal Board of Civil Authority and Board of Assessors after a Saturday session. Delinquent amounts will be announced later. The meeting list includes Henry W. Bassen and Charles Mason among others. Community church bazaars raised funds for repairs and repainting. A two day rummage sale by Wesleyan Class yielded 211 dollars. The Board of Control will meet tonight, and Boy Scout Troop 347 will hold its weekly meeting at 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Rachel Mason
Charles F. Mason
Marcel A. Langlais
David Adler
Carolyn Peckham
Ellen Lillie
Carmelina Roy
Harold P. Hicks
Robert E. Rudd Sr
Charles W. Rounds
Pownal Center
Charles W
Board of Control
Parish and school notices from North Bennington area
St Johns Sodality meets Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the parish hall to work on Christmas baskets for shut ins. Lake Paran Homemakers host Christmas party Thursday at 1 p m at Mrs Edwin Austins Hall Street home with exchange gifts. A North School Grade 5 6 ski program starts. parents meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m in the library to plan. Principal Kellogg urges volunteers for instruction transport and used ski gear. Prospect ski area to provide facilities free if program succeeds. expansion to Grades 3 4 possible. Christmas program set for Dec 15 at 7 p m. children to arrive 6 45 p m. Marine Pvt Rodney D Ellis son of Mr and Mrs Elwin M Ellis of Hillside Street completed infantry training at Camp Lejeune. Mrs Beverly Rosen of North Bennington earned a Master of Education from UMass Amherst for summer graduate work. former Pembroke College alumna and Bennington teacher.
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St. John’s Sodality
Shutins
Lake Paran Homemakers Group
Edwin Austin
Hall Street
North School
Robert Kellogg
Vermont
Kellogg
Prospect
Fleet Home Town News Center
Marine Pvt
Rodney D. Ellis
Elwin M. Ellis
Hillside Street
First Infantry Training Regiment
Marine Corps Base
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Wilmington Man Named Outstanding NCO in Germany
U S Air Force Staff Sgt. Joseph M. Grandonico of Wilmington was named Outstanding Noncommissioned Officer in his Ramstein Air Base unit in Germany. A security police supervisor in U S Air Forces in Europe, he entered the Air Force in 1958 and has served a year in Vietnam. He is a 1958 graduate of Amherst Regional High School and attended Allen Hancock Junior College in California.
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Air Force
Vietnam
Sgt. Grandonico
Ambherst
Mass
Allen Hancock Junior College
Santa Maria
Calif
Hoosick Town Board Re opens bid for bucket loader purchase
Hoosick Falls N Y at a special meeting re advertised for new bids on a bucket loader after attorney George Holbrook questioned legality of charging rental costs on a Michigan loader used by Highway Superintendent Lawrence Murphy. The Ken Smith Machinery bid and the KC Canary bid faced objections leading to a fresh bid process.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosick
George Holbrook
Michigan
Lawrence Murphy
Ken Smith Machinery Company
Albany
Ken Smith Company
Smith
K.C. Canary Company
Waterford
John Deere
Holbrook
Michigan Ma
Thomas G. Restino
Ken Smith
Edward Cottrell
Cottrell
Edward Gorman
Christmas Party and Center Yearend Notes in Hoosick Falls
The Hoosick Falls Health Center Auxiliary holds a Christmas luncheon at St Mark's Statistics in the senior center at Church and Elm. November programs draw 483 seniors with 285 center visitors and 42 events. two new programs art and home sewing start and 11 new members join. Others report Mizpah Class and American Legion Auxiliary events with gifts, decorations, and guests including Mrs Thelma Warren and Mrs Cramer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls Health Center
St. Mark's
Church and
Elm Street
St. Hilda's Guild
United Presbyterian Church
Fiesta
Eagle Bridge
Josephine Beaumont
American Legion Auxiliary
Ranaldo
Thelma Warren
Green Island
Hoosick Falls
Betty Lepew
Angeline Carelli
Santa Claus
Weak Pacific quake felt in Tokyo no damage reported
A weak earthquake occurred off the Pacific Ocean near Tori Island about 375 miles south of Tokyo at 4 36 p m Monday. The Central Meteorological Agency reported no damage from the tremor.
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Tokyo
UPI
Pacific Ocean
Central Meteorological Agency
Tori Island
Probation Work Highlighted for County Magistrates
Joseph Garrett director of probation for Rensselaer County Courts spoke to the Rensselaer County Magistrates Association at the Hoosick Falls Municipal Building. He stressed probation as rehabilitation not punishment and shared court forms. Deputy Commissioner Albert Danzig urged local pressure on state legislators for needed measures. Hosts were Thomas Restino and Victor Slusas, with their wives providing refreshments.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Joseph Garrett
Rensselaer County Courts
Rensselaer County Magistrates Association
Albert Danzig
Thomas Restino
Victor Slusas
Town of Hoosick
Public hearing on town zoning ordinance set for Dec 8
Shaftsbury officials announce a public hearing to discuss the proposed town zoning ordinance. The session will be held in Cole Hall at 7 30 p.m. on Tuesday December 8.
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Cole Hall
State appliers correct Shaftsbury Grand List error
Officials found a bookkeeping error in Shaftsbury Grand List lowering the town valuation from about $18 million to $16.96 million. The state will issue a roughly $17,000 refund to cover school aid reductions and credits on taxes, with discussions on Eagle Square tax listings and a December 29 town meeting vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheilah Miller Shaftsbury
Selectman
Merton Snow
Shaftsbury
Snow
Donald B. Jones
State Tax Department
John Billow
Charles Becker
Richard Bruce
Arthur Faris
Lew Levin
Ralph Prouty
Eagle Square
Planning Commission Shows Interest in Housing and Regional Police Work
The Bennington County Regional Planning Commission reports progress on countywide industrial development and plans for regional law enforcement, low income housing, and a Battenkill River water quality survey. It notes three Act 250 permits with Eagle Square Manufacturing Co and William E. Dailey Inc. in Shaftsbury and JARD Co. in Bennington, each projected to add over 200 southern county jobs.
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Charles Bonenti
Arlington
Bennington County
Eagle Square Manufacturing Co
William E. Dailey Inc
Shaftsbury
Jard Co
Bennington
JARD
Eagle Square
International Association of Police Chiefs
Governor’s Commission On Crime Control
Rutland
VISTA
BROC
William Hunter
The
Commission
HUD
Boston
Hunter
Middlebury College
John Simson
Battenkill River
John Ungar
Eye injury ends trooper’s shift in Route 100 crash
Trooper Robert M. Duhaime, 26, of Jacksonville stationed at Wilmington outpost, lost his right eye after a Route 100 crash near the Wilmington Dover line at 2:45 am. He was treated at Deerfield Valley Medical Center, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, then a Boston specialist to assess eye salvage. Trooper Murray, also of Jacksonville, sustained minor injuries as the cruiser struck a tree while pursuing a suspected drunk driver.
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Brattleboro
Robert M. Duhaime
Jacksonville
Wilmington
Duhaime
Deerfield Valley Medical Center
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
Boston
Robert W. Murray
Wilmington-Dover
Murray Wa
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Pownals
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North Bennington
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Center Brunswick
Babcock
Richard W. Altenreid
Church St
Richard A. Levaninson
R.D. 2
Petersburg
William Doyle
Altenreid
North
Levanison
Heather M. Foster
Delray Beach
Florida
George Delaney
Stanley Works
IST
Main ST. Bennington
Edith Beaumont
Turkeys
Walker
Bruce
Prouty
Selectmen
Altobell
Becker
Billow
Levin
Planning Commission
Ungar
Rupert
Peru
Dorset
Stamford
Manchester
County National Bank
Bennington & Arlington
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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