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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1973
Page
9
Laurel Faraci reports a successful pot luck and joint meeting at Manchester Day Care Center. Staff, board, and parents discussed behavior, family situations, and center issues while planning monthly meetings, fundraising, and a Christmas gift drive for 53 children.
Pamela Blakeman invites turnout for choir rehearsal at Pownal United Methodist Church at 7. The Rap Group meets 7 to 9 at Oak Hill School. Youth 13 to 19 welcome. Pownal Center Fire Department work night at 7:30. Lions Club Christmas party Friday at Taconic Park Restaurant with social hour at 6 and dinner at 7.
North Adams Mass NASC panel on Christmas meaning with clergy and college philosophers. Topics include religious secular and humanistic aspects. Free public discussion at Bowman Hall Amphitheater 102 tonight at 8 with refreshments. panelists Rev J Thomas Leamon Rev Anthony Testasecca and Dr James R Roach.
A Christmas Happening is set for Sunday December 23 at 4 p.m. in Manchester First Congregational Church. Six to sixty year olds will perform Christmas music with fifteen county singers, church children, bell ringers, dancers, and instrumentalists. Jane Davis and Ellen Wilcox produce, seeking a large listening audience to share in a warm festive spirit.
Hoosick Falls village board meetings reveal no roof specs yet for the Municipal Building. miscommunication over hip roof design delays Feibes and Schmitt Architects. Dec 18 special meeting to decide bid rejection or extension. demolition bids rejected and deposits returned. Senator Javits letters note possible July funds for municipal projects and related facilities.
New acquisitions at McCullough Library include a mix of adult and juvenile titles such as Will Rogers His Life & Times, The Eye of the Peacock, A Walk in the Dark, The Unbegotten, Tenant For The Tomb, At One Fell Swoop, Death & the Dutch Uncle, The Best Man To Die, The Concrete Boot, The Haunted Monastery, From This Death Forward, Necklace & Calabash, Breakfast of Champions, Stories To Be Read With The Lights On, The Midnight Dancers, They've Shot The President's Daughter, In One Era & Out The Other, Dover Strikes Again, Dr. Moore's Legacy, The King's Grey Mare, Strawberries in the Sea, Wing and Shot, The Making of a Psychiatrist, The Trapp Family Book of Christmas Songs, This Is Communist China, This Fabulous Century 1940 1950, The Upstart, Ling Ling & Hsing Hsing Year of the Panda, The Making of the President 1972, The American Heritage Book Great Historic Places & Guide, Masks, After The Ball, Abe Lincoln Log Cabin To White House, Byways in Hand weaving, New Key To Weaving, Autobiography of a Yogi, Snipp Snapp Snurf & the Big Farm, Flicka Ricka Dicka & the New Dotted Dresses, The Way Home, My Mama Says There Aren't Any Zombies Ghosts Vampires Creatures Demons etc, The Coat Hanger Christmas Tree, Witches Pumpkins and Grinning Ghosts, Spooky Tales, Morris Brookside A Dog, Favorite Poems Old & New, The Color of Life, A Happy Nursery Book Night, A Lion in the Meadow, Trick or Treat.
Paul Guare, executive secretary for the Vermont Highway Board, was chosen by Gov. Salmon as legislative coordinator for the 1974 session. He will represent the administration's programs to lawmakers and committees, not lobby for the governor. Leo O'Brien previously held the post in 1973 before moving to agriculture duties.
Jonathan Brownell, chairman of the Vermont Natural Resources Council, will be honored at the EPA New England Citizens Briefing at Harvard Law School in Cambridge. EPA regional administrator John A. S. McGlennon will present an award of appreciation for his land use work. Brownell also sits on the National Audubon Society board and the National Academy of Sciences Environmental Studies Board.
In Vermont the Bristol Bus Line was permitted to shut down amid gasoline shortages and rising interest in public transit. The Public Service Board noted a taxi firm serves Bristol and another carrier would handle freight. In central Vermont the Ledgewood Transit Co gained PSB permission to run buses between Montpelier Barre and Berlin medical facilities.
Gov. Salmon dismissed a Republican bid to ban out-of-state contributions to gubernatorial campaigns as unrealistic while noting the GOP has already pledged $25,000 to the race. He joked about friends near his home in New Hampshire and warned the idea lacks practicality. In Washington, Vermont Highway Commissioner Gray warned a Senate panel that fuel shortages could cut $4 million in tax revenues, jeopardizing bond debt retirement. He urged higher federal highway aid and a push for mass transit and car pooling.
Cohoes releases five year plan to revitalize the downtown with Harmony Plaza as a centerpiece financed largely by private investment. City funds will cover demolition costs and the project aims to maximize efficiency, productivity, and the area’s historic charm. Troy operates a new minibus shuttle to move shoppers downtown, carrying 745 riders in six days.
Fire Chief Albert Denelli commended Thomas O Neil and Raymond Fitzgerald for breaking down a burning door and carrying the 280 pound neighbor through smoke to safety. O Neil, recovering from heart treatment, woke to fire caused by smoking in bed and was hospitalized after oxygen treatment. A separate Pittsfield incident saw 20 students walk out at Wahconah Regional High School protesting smoking policy. two week suspensions were issued for those involved.
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