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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1969
Page
8
Community events list a rescheduled North Pownal Youth Group carol sing at 7 pm Saturday at the Congregational Church. Christmas programs at Center School and local churches draw large attendance and feature multiple choirs, cantatas, and pageants led by area pastors and teachers.
HOOLICK FALLS New York village board approves Tri-Plus a high grade phosphate chemical to treat recurring sediment and discoloration in the water supply. Alex Cooper Warren Cook and a company representative tout 99 percent cure with dosage based on analysis and plan a 30 to 60 day noticeable improvement. Officials note cost offsets from reduced use of current chemicals and potential annual usage around 15 000 pounds at 20 cents a pound with payment on freight if results fail within a year.
North Bennington notes the Bennington County Farm Bureau directors held their December meeting at Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Hewitt Jr. home. President Bernard Whitman and Mrs. Whitman attended the National Farm Bureau meeting in Washington D C and relayed messages from Nixon Agnew Hardin Shu man and Fleming. Alvan Lawrence attended the county officer workshop in Manchester NH and counties were asked to appoint public relations staff. Plans for the May spring meeting were set with a large committee. The next meeting is Jan 19 at the Whitmans.
Hoosick Falls Central School music department presents its annual Christmas concert Sunday December 21 at 2 p.m. in the school auditorium sponsored by the Student Council. Senior band under H Luther Everly junior band William Gaillard clarinet choir Gaillard and choruses directed by Eloise Canzeri and Calvin Pedersen. Three organ students Bruce Baertschi Kim Nelson and Robert Reed perform on the Suzanne Davison Memorial organ. Reception in cafeteria after. Donations of canned goods and money go to the King’s Daughters for Christmas boxes.
HOOSICK FALLS N Y Six youths from the Town of Hoosick were arraigned this week by Rensselaer County Judge Lawrence J Bizzarro on arson charges tied to fires last year Five youths aged 17 or 18 faced sealed indictments and will be tried as juveniles Their names are not disclosed The sixth youth Thomas Dooley aged 19 will be tried as an adult The five juveniles were arraigned Tuesday and Dooley's trial date is not yet set The public is invited to a Christmas program by St Marys Academy at the high school auditorium on Sunday December 21 at 7 PM featuring glee clubs a nativity tableau and Christmas Around the World pageant by elementary students
Arlington Industries shows trophies plate holders and custom molded products used by electronics electrical and mechanical industries at the County National Bank in Arlington. The display runs at the bank in Bennington next week. St James Episcopal Church will host a lessons and carols festival Sunday at 4 p.m. The Rev Belcher will read seven lessons from scriptures foretelling the Messiah and Christ Child, interspersed with carols by the Arlington chorale directed by Theodore Cook.
West Arlington Methodist Church will not hold a regular service this Sunday. The candlelight service at 7 p.m. Sunday evening will replace the usual service as the observance.
Shaftsbury selectmen received a petition with 207 signatures from town taxpayers calling for a traffic light at the Church Street and Route 7 corner in South Shaftsbury. The request is sent to the district highway department for action and will go to the State Highway Department traffic committee in Montpelier for consideration, which previously denied a similar petition.
Shaftsbury Eagle Square Co. promotes Richard Joachim to engineering manager effective December 29. He began at Stanley Tools in New Britain Conn as tool die and gauge maker, moved to Eagle Square in 1965 as maintenance foreman, and studied in New Britain at the University of Connecticut. A World War II Navy chief quartermaster, he resides with Joyce on Jewett Drive Bennington with two sons Carl and Richard.
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