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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1976
Page
7
The Arlington Historical Society changes its December meeting to a Christmas Social from 4 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, December 12 at Hyland Hollow Red Mountain Road off Route 7 Arlington. Wines and cheeses will be served and all members are invited.
A Taconic District sponsored Scout Rally in Manchester will be held Saturday December 11 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Elementary School gym. Bennington County troops including Explorers Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts will demonstrate skills, play games and compete for prizes. Admission is free and the public is invited. The Community Arts Video Project will televise the rally on Channel 12.
The Wesleyan Class will meet Friday at 8 p.m. at Miss Mildred Kemmlein’s home. Rev. David Hubbard will lead the program with Miss Virginia Baldwin assisting with refreshments. An exchange of gifts will be held.
The note states Rebecca in Walter Scott's Ivanhoe was modeled after Rebecca Gratz of Philadelphia. The East Pownal Fire Department holds a 7 30 work night at the firehouse tonight. Choir rehearsal at Pownal United Methodist Church at 7 30 tonight.
The Conservation Society of Southern Vermont warns the West River Greenway between Jamaica and South Londonderry may be broken up and sold due to mounting loan costs and delays by the U.S. Forest Service. CSSV, based in Townshend, has raised funds from members and foundations but may have to sell land if a February loan payment cannot be covered. Tax-exempt gifts are being sought to save the greenway.
More than 14,000 Vermonters filed unemployment benefit claims last week as the jobless rate rose to 6.2 percent of the insured workforce. Regular extended and supplemental benefits totaled over 725000 dollars. Burlington had the lowest rate. Morrisville the highest, with several districts showing increases.
Rensselaer County Health Department approved the reopening of the hand operated water pump at Hoosick Four Corners in Hoosick. Supervisor Raymond Calhoun said the pump had been closed for months due to contamination and was repaired cleaned and disinfected before resuming service. Citizens may now drink ice cold spring water from the pump.
On December 1 the Burr and Burton chapter of the National Honor Society inducted ten new members at the Congregational Church. John McMahon spoke on the flag’s evolution and the Society’s Torch of Knowledge while new members recited meanings of Service Leadership Character and Scholarship. inductees include David Harris Carol Roberts Joey Colon Bambi Fisher Vicki Butler Marc Squires Kathy Carmody Rose Kilburn Andrea Cross Kevin Wyman.
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp faces a state pollution suit over a July spill of 83,000 gallons of radioactive tritium laden water into the Connecticut River from Vernon. A prior 500 gallon cleaner spill is noted. The state seeks up to 40,000 in fines. The judge rejected the motion to dismiss, saying administrative remedies were not exhausted.
At Goddard College a contract dispute prompted a unanimous decision to hold a special meeting to decide if faculty and staff should strike or take limited action or accept the current contract. The issue includes pay raises, overtime rules, retirement age, and seniority rights amid administration denial of a requested 1750 to 1800 annual increase.
East Fairfield Vermont two car train crashes reported by police within 24 hours. Kenneth Salter Jr 37 East Fairfield struck the engine Wednesday with no injuries to him or the engineer Robert Young 53 of Hardwick. Pearley Gabree 40 Fairfax in satisfactory condition after Tuesday collision near Walcott Route 15. Engineer Willard Little 57 Hardwick unharmed. Train damage not reported.
Delmar Dennis Nyamusma, a Rhodesia escapee living in New York, says he may return to Rhodesia in two years to help govern under a black majority rule. He teaches part time at Empire State College and Russell Sage College and travels to Geneva where talks on power transfer are underway, hoping to act as a consultant.
An early morning fire in South Schodack claimed the life of 2 year old Catherine Ann Shiner and left her mother Elaine Shiner 26 and sisters and father Theodore Shiner 34 in serious condition at Albany Medical Center burn unit. The blaze at the mobile home is believed caused by a faulty furnace.
SAVOY Berkshire police arrested three eastern Massachusetts men after they were seen dragging evergreen trees from private property. The Billerica and Framingham residents were charged with larceny under $100 and released on bail pending a court date.
Becket held a special town meeting Tuesday night to outlaw piggeries slaughterhouses junk yards massage parlors and gambling casinos. The bylaws enacted under the Massachusetts Zoning Enabling Act mark Becket as possibly the first in the commonwealth to adopt this new framework.
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