Manchester Board Boosts Salaries for Teachers
Manchester School Board approved a new salary schedule raising starting bachelor’s degree teachers to 5,000 with potential to reach 8,525 after 15 credits and a master’s, exceeding the state minimum of 4,800. The plan mirrors Dorset’s schedule and includes eight proposals reviewed with Taconic Teachers Association options rejected.
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Manchester
Taconic Teachers Association
Dorset
Edna T. Wright
Burton Brown
Patricia Graham
Edward Thompson
Neil E. Cross
New Manchester weighs teacher minimum pay again
Manchester school board debated a $5,000 starting salary as several schedules were proposed and rejected. Superintendent Cross said hiring is easier at $5,000 than $4,800 and noted many towns pay $5,000 or more, with a dean urging new teachers to start at $4,800 or higher.
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Vermont
Harwood
Eugene V. Kayatta
Tyes
Ralph F. Fleming
Supt
Cross
Manchester
Manchester School Board Reviews Bus Delays and Safety
At the regular meeting the Manchester School Board discussed bus lateness for Granville High School and six recent incidents of vehicles passing stopped buses. They authorized a safety letter to the fire department and noted no complaints on the three quarters mile walk rule. Other items included staff attendance at a science teachers convention, budget timing, a TV set gift, and high participation in parent-teacher conferences.
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Manchester
Manchester School Board
Granville
N.Y
School Street
Memorial Avenue
Donald R. Shanks
Burton Brown
New York City
James Woodard
Justin J. Mueller
Manchester TV Corp
Manchester Booking Service Goes Full Blast on Winter Schedule
Manchester Booking Service of the Grinchester Area Chamber of Commerce announces a winter schedule. The office in the chamber building at Manchester Center opens daily 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. except Sunday and 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Sunday. Evening hours are added on Thursday and Friday.
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Manchester
King
Grinschester Area
Chamber of Merce
Ai ‘He Chamber
Manchester Center
Garden Club Hosts Mt Laurel Pupils In Christmas Party
Manchester Garden Club entertained Mt Laurel School pupils at a Christmas party. Younger children made balls decorations while older ones gathered greens for pressed cards. The event included a film, refreshments and take home candy.
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Garden Club
Mt. Laurel
Manchester
Pownals Christmas Worship Service at Center Church
A Christmas worship service will be held Sunday at 11 at Pownal Center Church withHoward Van Horn leading as reader and Mrs Fletcher Hall on organ. The service includes Silent Night, Night of Nights by Eleanor Rickert, The Christ responsive reading, Hark The Herald Angels Sing, Gospel reading Luke, O Come All Ye Faithful, Awake Awake, Christ The Savior Is Born sermon and Joy To The World.
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Pownal Center Commune
Howard van Horn
Fletcher Hall
Eleanor Rickert
Luke
Christ the Savior
Vermont Delegation Attends National Education Conference
Burton Brown of Manchester Elementary School chaired a 14 member Vermont delegation at a National Commission for Teacher Education and Professional Standards conference in Boston. The event at The Sheraton focused on Remaking the World of the Career Teacher as a standing NEA committee discussed policy and standards.
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Burton Brown
Manchester
Vermont
National Commission, Teacher Education and Professional Standards
Boston
Sheraton
National Education Association
Bartholomae Named President Of Manchester Development Group
MANCHESTER The Manchester Area Development Corporation board named Richard C Bartholomae president at its meeting. Ferdinand Bongartz became vice president Oakley K Porter treasurer and John G Hutton clerk. Committees were formed with Bongartz Winslow Campbell and Porter heading labor education press relations and facilities respectively. Initial capitalization was set at 10000 with shares at 10 each and stock may be offered for public sale.
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Manchester
Manchester Area Development Corporation
Richard C. Bartholomae
Ferdinand Bongartz
Oakley K. Porter
John G. Hutton
Bongartz
Carlton Winslow
G. Murray Campbell
Porter
Hoosick Falls Tables Bulldozer Building Bids
Hoosick Falls Village Board tabled three bids for a bulldozer building at the proposed sanitary landfill site for further study. Martin Rogers Cambridge bid 2325 for a wood frame structure with galvanized roof and sides. A second Rogers bid offered a $1950 steel frame building. Harold Hewitt & Sons bid 1990 for a wooden frame building per specs. Both contractors attended the meeting.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Martin Rogers
Cambridge
Harold Hewitt & Sons
Local social notes from Walloomsac and area events
Mrs Charles Drake returns from Cambridge hospital. William Capones family from Schenectady visit. John Lutz Sr. moves back to Willow Road Bennington. William Luke and son Billy visit Glens Falls. Gregory Luke comes home from Putnam Memorial Hospital. Joyce Hoag attends 4 H council in Troy. Ralph Phillips of Rock City Falls visits. Carolyn Moore undergoes hip surgery at St Josephs Ann Arbor. Caroline Loman heads to Florida. Jeffery Bartholomew and family visit Glens Falls. Bridal shower for Mrs David Mello in Schenectady with guests Mrs Carl Stevens Norma Stevens Jeanne Hoag.
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Charles Drake
Mary MccClellan Hospital
Cambridge
William Capones
Schenectady
John Lutz Sr
Glenhead
L.I
Willow Road
Bennington
William Luke
Billy
Eugene Slavin
Glens Falls
Gregory Luke
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Joyce Hoag
Troy
Ralph Phillips
Rock City Falls
Charles Telford
Carolyn Moore
Caroline Loman
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Ann Arbor
Mich
Florida
David Mello
Sherwood Road
Hoosick
Carl Stevens
Norma
Jeanne Hoag
Third Lane In Death Valley To Be Discussed
Arlington officials and state highway staff will meet Thursday at 10 a.m. to review plans for a third lane in the Death Valley section of U.S. 7. Preliminary cost estimates are around 65 000 with later increases and sidewalk repair responsibilities discussed for village property owners.
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ARLINGTON — _ Selectmen
Arlington Planning Commission
Ernest W. Mattison Sr
Marjorie Doyle
Allan B. Angney Jr
Ivor (Tink) Pelsue
State Highway Department
Death Valley
U.S. 7
George E. Dougherty
John Cuddihy
Street Committee
James O’neil
Wood Fong Corporation
Wood Flong
Water Department
O’neil
Dougherty
Turstee Howard Wright
Sanitary Landfill
HFCS Concert Tonight Hoosick Falls Christmas Program
Hoosick Falls Central School Music Department presents two Christmas concerts in the school auditorium. Tonight at 7:30 the Elementary Junior High band and curuses perform, with the third grade choir directed by Eloise Canzeri, a clarinet ensemble led by William Gaillard, and the junior high chorus under Calvin Pederson with Geraldine Cornell at piano. PTA collects canned goods for Kings Daughters Ministering Circle for baskets. Monday features the senior band and senior chorus.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosick Falls Central School
Eloise Canzeri
William Gaillard
Calvin Pederson
Gerladine Cornell
PTA
of the Kings Daughters
Christmas Events And Visits In White Creek Area
White Creek 4 H Club holds Christmas Mary at White Creek Schoolhouse starting 1 30 p m Airman Michael McCoubrey on leave from Chanute Field Ill visits parents and will report to Alaska next. White Creek Grange 1390 hosts Christmas party at Edward Eyer home with covered dish supper at 7 30 followed by program and grab bag for all. Jer mains Methodist Church Christmas program on Dec 22 Sunday School teachers lead and parents urged to attend Santa will visit after refreshments.
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Jolly Jones 4-H Club
White Creek
Michael McCoubrey
Chanute Field, Ill
Albert McCoubrey
Mike
Alaska
White Creek Grange No. 1390
Edward Eyer
Jermain Methodist Church
North Bennington Boys Choir Debuts at Christmas Mass
A 20 member boys choir ages 11 to 15 will debut at 9:30 a.m. Christmas Day Mass at St. John's Church North Bennington. Directed by Deacon Robert Baffa the group will sing traditional carols with soloists Eddie Riley and John Billow. Liturgy by J. Gerald Phillips. Midnight Mass features senior choir with Mrs. Flood Dailey Richard Borden and Oakley Frost Jr as soloists and Louise Harris directing.
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North Bennington
St. John’s Church
Robert Baffa
Eddie Riley
John Billow
St. John’s
Walter F. Miller
Louise Harris
J. Gerald Phillips
William Flood
Donald Dailey
Richard Borden
Oakley Frost Jr
Daniel Fager
First Cattle Show Held Under Elm Trees in 1807
In Pittsfield Massachusetts Elkanah Watson organized what is believed to be the first cattle show in the United States, staged under elm trees in a park in 1807.
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Pittsfield
Mass
UPS
Elkanah Watson
United States
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Walloomsac
Bertha Hoag
Jeffery Bartholomew
Joseph Carelli
Bennington County
Jolly Green
Front Row
Paul Bohne III
Arlington
Peter Donavan III
Richard Hayes
Robert Treat
Martin Cummings
David J. Allen
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HFCS
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Walter Hulehare
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