Manchester Selectmen discuss 1978 revenue sharing funds
The Manchester Board of Selectmen reviewed how to allocate $106,300 in federal revenue sharing funds. Proposed spending includes public works items such as a chloride spreader and a sander truck, an audit, and a tax map, plus social services allocations to RSVP, a day care center, United Counseling Service, and the Senior Center.
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Manchester
Manchester Board of Selectmen
Sander
United Counseling Service
Rhode Island group forms to oppose Carter Panama Canal treaties
A Rhode Island Ad Hoc Committee to Save the Panama Canal claims majority oppose the Carter treaties. Senator John C. DAmico says constituents favor the other side and will campaign to persuade Sen. Chafee and Sen. Pell, while outlining plans for a signature drive and public outreach. In Concord, Gov. Thomson talks of federal funds for restoring the Franklin Pierce home after private restoration runs.
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Providence
R.I
UPI
Rhode Island
Rhode Islanders
U.S. Senate
John C. D’amico
D-Cranston
D’amico
America
D’amio
Raymond M. Durfee
R-Cranston
Guido J. Canulla
Dliverton
John H. Chafee
R-R.i
Claiborne Pell
D-R.i
Carter
Concord
N.H
Meldrim Thomson
Franklin Pierce
U.S
New Hampshire
Pierce Brigade
Gasoline truck crash injures none in Manchester spill
A gasoline truck from Merrill Transport failed to stop in heavy traffic near Sirloin Saloon on Routes 11 and 30. It struck a car driven by Jean Murphy, pushing it into a second car driven by Warren McIntyre. The truck toppled into a ditch, no fuel leak occurred, and three hours were spent transferring fuel. The Murphy family and McIntyres were treated. an 11 month old remained uninjured. truck driver John Arther was unhurt. $1,000 damage reported.
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Manchester
Merrill Transport
Bennington
Jean R. Murphy
Murphy
Warren J. McIntyre
Dorset
Warren
Beth McIntyre
Mason Barney
Steel I beams spill after stop on Route 7 in Manchester
New York City man Herbert B. Woodman, 73, allegedly attempted a left turn into a shop called Enchanted Doll House on Route 7 in Manchester, causing a truck owned by Albany Steel and Iron Co to panic stop. The 1,000 pound I-beams broke retaining chains and dropped eight beams. a cherry picker from Tate's Welding Shop was needed to reload. Truck operator Neil S. Duncan, 20, of Troy, was uninjured and the truck sustained no damage.
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Manchester
New York
Herbert B. Woodman
New York City
Albany Steel and Iron Co
Tate’s
Neil S. Duncan
Troy
N.Y
Freshmen Teaching Program Aids Orono Education Students
Debbie Carville a freshman education major at the University of Maine Orono says a new program placing freshmen in classrooms and social agencies helps them learn about teaching and reduces fear of supervising young children The initiative aims to recruit and prepare future teachers by exposing students early to real classroom and social work experiences but some in the education faculty warn that not all participants find the fit rewarding.
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Orono, Maine
UPI
Debbie Carville
University of Maine At
The
University
College of Education
North Orrington
David Nichols
Arlington sisters seek poll tax hike to meet state rules
Arlington Selectmen on Tuesday proposed a voter vote at the March Town Meeting to raise the poll tax rate from 1.5 to 3.0 while offsetting with higher property values, to align with House Resolution 16 requiring 100 percent fair market value. Ernest Mattison and Winfield Bentley led the request as listers outline how the 1978 poll tax would be calculated under a halved tax rate but doubled list value.
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Arlington — Selectmen
March
Ernest Mattison
Winfield Bentley
Arlington Listers
Listers
Arlington
Mattison
Vermont Assembly
Washington County Opens Free Snowmobile Trails
Washington County New York welcomes snowmobilers with 50 miles of free public trails along Lake George from Fort Ann to Dresden. Trail markers guide riders through Sleeping Beauty Erebus and Black Mountain peaks at 2,665 feet with lean-tos and picnic shelters and multiple entrances. Snowmobile maps and travel info are available from the County Information Tourism and Historic Preservation office in Fort Edward.
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Fort Edward
N.Y
Washington County
Lake George
Fort Ann
Dresden
Sleeping Beauty
Erebus Mountains
Black Mountain
Washington County Department of Information, Tourism and Historic Preservation
Marilyn Robinson Honored at White Creek Christmas Party
Marilyn Robinson was named the one who has done the most for the community and church at a Jermain Community Hall Christmas party in White Creek New York. The event featured a pantomime by children and tributes to Robinson with speeches and a scrapbook.
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Marilyn Robinson
White Creek Community Notes Jan Public Dance and New Year Fellowship
A public dance will be held at Jermain Community Hall on Saturday Jan 7 from 8 30 to 11 30 p m with Cottrells Orchestra and Sonny Olsen as caller A New Year s Eve fellowship and watch night service will be held at Jermain Church on Dec 31 beginning at 8 p m with singing games supper at 10 30 and watch night service at 11 30 two half hour segments see the old year greet the new at midnight and end at 12 30 a m No worship service on New Year s Sunday. Bethany Okermann celebrated her 16th birthday entertaining 15 friends. Several local residents hosted Christmas visits and dinners. a birth announced for Mr and Mrs Hugh Harrington s daughter born Christmas Day at Putnam Memorial Hospital, plus multiple visits and gatherings across White Creek and nearby towns. Forrest W Barker, 74, of Ocean Park Maine, died after a long illness in a Portland hospital May 25. He was born in White Creek Sept 22 1902, son of Jesse and Nettie Barker. Bentley College graduate.
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Jermain Community Hall
Cottrell
Sonny Olsen
Jermain Hall Association
Jermain Church
Forrest W. Barker
Ocean Park
Maine
Barker
Portland
White Creek
Jesse and
Nettie Wentworth Barker
Bentley College
Christmas party at Pownal seniors celebrates with roast beef
Pownal Senior Citizens held their annual Christmas party at the center Friday with a roast beef dinner and gift exchange. Thirty five members and a guest attended, and interment for a local former employee was noted in nearby Saco. Marlboro College launches a January lecture series on survival featuring Clarence Kramer and David Littlefield with free public talks and additional events as part of Winterim 78.
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Pownal
Marlboro
Marlboro College
Clarence Kramer
Kramer
David Littlefield
Middlebury College
Arlington Family Visits Over Holiday
Arlington Sgt. and Mrs. Stanley Grover with sons Kenneth and Stas from Fort Carson Colorado Springs visit Grover grandparents in East Arlington and Mrs Gere DeVito in Bennington. They plan to return home Thursday by car.
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Stanley Grover
Kenneth and
Stas
Fort Carson
Colorado Springs
Colo
Grover
Medric Grover
East Arlington
Gere DeVito
Bennington
Dorset hearing on Act 250 for pool business conversion
The District 8 Environmental Commission will meet this Thursday to discuss Valeo Enterprises and Arthur D. Shapiro's plan to convert part of an existing Route 7 building in East Dorset to a 30 by 60 foot equipment barn for a pool business. The hearing starts at 1 30 p m at the Dorset Town Office Building.
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Dorset
District 8 Environmental Commission
East Dorset
Robert H
Marilyn S. Valeo
Pittsford
Valeo Enterprises
Arthur D. Shapiro
Lafayette Hill
Hoags and Herringtons Share Christmas Dinner
Walloomsac Mr. and Mrs. Terry Hoag and sons Mike and Mark ate Christmas dinner with Mrs. Hoag's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Herrington of Schaghticoke.
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Terry Hoag
Mike
Mark
Hoag
Robert Herrington
Schaghticoke
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Thomson
State Preservation Review Board
Robert Cobb
Cobb
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Elizabeth Benedict
Orlando Cullinan
Henry Breunich
George Novotny
State of
Vermont
Richard Mellerup
Mrs. Robinson
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Michelle Lake
Brother
Lilah Whitman
Margorie George
Margaret Perry
Phyllis Bugbee
George
Robinson
Bliss
First
Greenland
Milman
Lapland
Fishbrook
Black Mountain Ponds
Black Mountain Point
Commission Point
Webb
Arlington’s Park
Santa Claus
Eleanor Niles
Bethany Okermann
Susan Cook
Michael Yeager
Johnsonville
Henry Brace
Bonnie
Wack
Hugh Harrington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Michael King
Mrs. King
Gordon Nesbitt
Thomas Nesbitts
East Waterbury, Vt
Richard Bugbee
Fort Meade, Md
Mr. and
Mrs. Perry Bugbee
William Stearns
Newport,Vt
Maurice Andrew
William Harrington
Albert Messena
Cambridge
Maurice Taber
Quaker Hill
Charles Niles
Here
Harold Flynn
Hoosick Falls
David Niles
Chatham
Gregory Taber
Chicago
Ill
the Maurice Tabers
Boston
Mass
Troy Business College
A. Belanger and Son Inc
Louise Harris Barker
Jane B. Caldwell
Arlington, Mass
Douglas Caldwell
Saco, Maine
Jackson Caldwell
Mary Gilbert
Schenectady
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Saco
E.g. Mahar & Son, Inc. Funeral Home
Main
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Walloomsac
Record Store
Spring St
Williamstown
Hema Dries Outlet
Manchester Certter
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