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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1977
Page
7
Shaftsbury Selectmen will replace the tired grader with a Clark Austin Western Super 301 all wheel drive unit costing 69000 after trade in of the old machine. The purchase hinges on revenue sharing funds and includes a school for operators before April.
Jailean Pleasant Valley Grange met December 9 with Worthy Master William English presiding. The program featured Christmas carols, readings, a Bethlehem acrostic, and a candle lighting service. gifts were exchanged and decorations arranged by residents. Also noted are hospital discharges, a senior luncheon, and a church youth fellowship planning for Christmas Eve.
The Arlington Inn on Route 7 hosts a Christmas party this Friday from 1 to 5 p.m. for children in kindergarten through Grade 4 from Arlington and Sunderland schools. Activities include magic, juggling, caroling, and seasonal goodies.
The Williamstown Promenaders cancel the December 23 dance. The next dance is set for Friday January 13 from 8 to 11 p.m. at Mt Greylock High School.
The Shaftsbury Zoning Board of Adjustment granted three applications at a Monday night meeting. Brent Peacock can convert the old Red Barn Restaurant into a small retail hardware and plumbing business with a showroom for his northern homes venture, rent the second floor apartment, and install a front split-rail fence with no front-in-front parking. Pallazi Co. of New Hampshire may place a second construction trailer on East Road, to be removed by January 1980. Stanley Brostoski gets a two-year extension for the Long Horn Photographic Studio nonconforming use. Ed Corey submits an Act 250 parcel plan on Sycamore Lane near Route 67. no town vote required.
Governor Richard A. Snelling signed a proclamation naming Sunday February 12 1978 Vermont Ski Marathon Day in connection with the USSA 60 kilometer Hennessey Cognac American Ski Marathon. The race runs through Green Mountain National Forest from South Lincoln to Brandon with medals awarded at 20 40 and 60 kilometers by USSA Eastern.
Vermont reports November heating oil at 49.8 cents a gallon up 0.4 from October and 5.5 cents higher year over year while gasoline slips a bit yet remains about three cents above last year. Also notes on juvenile housing moves, farm subsidies, unemployment tax surge, and rising construction costs per Environmental Board data.
Burlington Vermont. United States District Court suit filed by Vermont Legal Aid challenges a state welfare regulation that denies Medicaid recipients funding for eyeglasses. The action seeks to invalidate the rule and protect beneficiary access to vision care.
In Clifton Park the Shenendehowa district warns about excluding students without immunization, citing a New York state law allowing suspension until vaccines are received. About 100 are not properly vaccinated. religious belief is the sole permissible exemption. In Albany a federal judge gave 19 year old Wendy Westfall two years probation for embezzlement from Colonie’s First National Bank of Scotia, with a $61 monthly payment plan for 48 months and noted the bank had loaned her the funds to repay.
A Berkshire Medical Center patient James Escchelser, 42, died from Legionnaires' disease after tests at the CDC confirmed the diagnosis. Dr Jeffrey Ross, hospital pathologist, said it was the county's first Legionnaires' death and that X rays showed a rapidly advancing pneumonia.
Samuel Duore, 46, of Caldwell Road, suffered minor injuries when his Cadillac rear ended Kenneth Lussier’s AMC Hornet on West Housatonic Street. Lussier, aged 33, died from head injuries after his car burst into flames. two civilians and Officer Therrien aided in CPR until an ambulance arrived.
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