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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1970
Page
8
About 80 members attended the Elks Auxiliary Christmas gathering in Hoosick Falls New York. The event began with a reception and roast beef dinner prepared by lodge members. A short meeting followed and comedy skits entertained attendees before a grab bag gift distribution.
Tuesday lunch featured sloppy joe on bun buttered corn raisin square fruited jello orange juice toasted cheese sandwich green beans purple Santa Claus. Clubrooms were decorated for the occasion as committees organized reservations cocktails table arrangements favors and entertainment. Mrs Josephine Beaumont was guest Santa. Members voted a $50 donation to the Town of Hoosick Community Center and were asked to contribute food for the annual New Year’s Eve party.
Alfred and Elizabeth Scaia retire after four decades running Readsboro Cash Market on Main Street. Mario Cristofolini expands across street, creating Mario’s Store in the former Steve's Variety, with the Readsboro Cash Market sign to come down. Winter parking rules forbid overnight parking 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. through April 1, 1971.
Floyd J. Marita Forest Supervisor of Green Mountain National Forest announced the 1971 Golden Eagle Passport Federal Recreation Area Entrance Permit is on sale. The $10 calendar year pass covers entry for the purchaser and all vehicle occupants to federal recreation areas nationwide, including areas run by the Forest Service National Park Service Bureau of Land Management and Fish and Wildlife Service, with Green Mountain access to Greendale Campground Moosalamoo Campground Chittenden Brook Campground and Hapgood Pond Recreation Area.
Arlington residents note that Helene Thompson will host an event last Wednesday but it will be held tonight at 8 p.m. in the Grange Hall West Arlington City. The team travels to Wallingford on Tuesday for a 6 p.m. game.
In Arlington, John H. Andrus and John C. Hughes of Pawlet apply for a permit to create 16 single residence lots in a rural residential area known as Nottingham Park adjoining Barnumville Road about 2.5 miles from Manchester Depot. Ten lots in the original subdivision sold before Act 250 took effect in July 1970. Roads on the property may become town roads and likely be paved with a grade not exceeding 10 percent, as Manchester’s selectmen expect to eventually assume them and enforce strict highway ordinances to avoid future issues.
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