Shaftsbury Budget Set At 95996 By Town Selectmen
Shaftsbury officials approve a 1972 budget of 95996 with credits 24273 leaving about 72000 to be raised by taxes. Items on March 6 include road commissioner 15000 elementary commissioners 1400 sinking fund 7000 and budget approval. Ballot items 3000 sinking fund for 1959 Maxim fire truck 1000 for fire department operations 350 for fuel and insurance and 1000 to pay town constables. Tax rate projected at 1.17 for general and 0.21 for highway, echoing last year’s rate of 1.13 after the town meeting. Radios for town equipment excluded as unaffordable. Anticipated rise in winter road maintenance by 4000 due to salt and sand costs.
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Shaftsbury — Selectmen G
Maxim
Shaftsbury
Selectmen
Four Injured In Two Car Collision In Eagle Bridge
Four persons were injured in a two car accident Monday at 8 a.m. on White Creek road in Eagle Bridge. Ethel F Brown and her children Gregory 18 and Wendy 16 were in one vehicle, while Jack Altarac of Cambridge led the other. Altarac was passing a stopped vehicle when his car struck the Browns head on. The injured were taken to the hospital by Hoosick Rescue Squad. Both vehicles were towed from the scene.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
White Creek
Eagle Bridge
Salem
Ethel F. Brown
R.D. 1
Gregory Brown
Wendy Brown
Jack Altarac
Cambridge
Altarac
Town of
Brazilian visitor finds American school life in Arlington
Ricardo Nuzzi Cambraia, 16, from Sao Paulo, Brazil, has spent a month in West Arlington attending Arlington Memorial High School. He praises the friendly student teacher relations and English fluency aided by prior study. He notes differences in addressing teachers, Sen Brazilian slang, and four seasons in Sao Paulo. He recalls seeing snow, aspires to ski, and enjoys boating. He met Silvio Santos in New York, learned his sister passed college exams, and speaks about American briskness and Brazilian happiness. His family includes an 18 year old sister and a 27 year old foster sister with newborn twins. Sponsored by the Arlington Memorial High School Honor Society through International Fellowship, Inc., Rick calls his American stay rich and rewarding. His American guardians are Helen and Dick Whitman, with the Whitman family as his American family and Grandpa Viault.
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Arlington
West Arlington
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Ricardo Nuzzi Cambraia
Rick
Arlington Memorial High School
New York City
Albany
New York
Washington
Silvio Santos
Santos
America
Psychologists’ Association
International Fellowship, Inc
Helen and
Dick Whitman
Shaftsbury Caucus selects Snow for selectman and other posts
The Shaftsbury Republican Caucus chose incumbent Merton R. Snow for selectman at March 7 Town Meeting. Snow already chairs the board and seeks a fourth term. Other caucus picks include Thomas W. Hall Jr. moderator Cathleen Harwood town clerk Clinton G. McDonald treasurer Wesley Bump constables Leo Harrington road commissioner Paul Jepson grand juror Robert C. Kline town agent Bernard Whitman trustee Maurice A. Douglas and Merton Snow Jr for Auditor. The committee will seek candidates to fill the expired term of Barth Van derEls and may appoint a cemetery commissioner candidate while Earl Cross will not seek reelection.
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Shaftsbury
Republican Caucus
Merton R. Snow
Snow
Thomas W. Hall Jr
Cathleen Harwood
Clinton G. McDonald
Wesley Bump
Winston Beebe
Leo Harrington
Paul Jepson
Dorset School Board to Meet February Meeting
Dorset School Board will hold its regular monthly meeting on Thursday February 3 at Dorset Elementary School. Peter Brooks and wife were honored with a surprise silver wedding anniversary party Saturday attended by 24 friends and relatives from Norwalk Pittsfield Troy Arlington Manchester Dorset and South Dorset.
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Dorset School Board
Dorset
Peter Brooks
South Dorset
Norwalk
Weekend in New York City with Parents
South Cambridge resident Joseph Kearney spent the weekend in New York City with his parents. Roy Smith returned home from McClellan Hospital Friday. Mrs. Kenneth Aiken was confined at home with the flu last week. Maia Olff of Schenectady visited grandparents Peter and Mrs. Matcovich and stopped with grandmother at Rexleigh on Wednesday. WSCS meets Feb 3 at 8 p.m. at Mrs. George Cronk’s Cambridge home. Crystal Clover 4-H meets Saturday at 8 p.m. at town hall. Mrs. Christopher Fountaine of Cambridge, former resident, is confined with back injuries from a recent fall.
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Joseph Kearney
New York City
Kenneth Aiken
Maia Olff
Schenectady
Peter Matcovich
Dale T. MacNeil
Rexleigh
WSCS
The
United Methodist Church
George Cronk
Cambridge
Christopher Fountaine
Hit and Run Defendant Arraigned in Hoosick Falls
Gerald VanDer Kar twenty eight of 69 Wilder Ave was arraigned by Town of Hoosick Justice John J. Mahar on charges from a Sunday hit run that killed William Cone twenty three of Pownal. Bond set at 1050. A second accident five miles away led to a failure to keep right charge.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Gerald VanDer Kar
Wilder Ave
Town of Hoosick
John J. Mahar
William A. Cone
Pownal
VanDer Kar
Justice Mahar
Hoosick Court
Cone
Top Hat
Eagle Bridge
Howard Pittenger
Arlington
Pittenger
Andrea
Mary McClellan Hospital
Xrugs
Iowa University honors 945 grads with M F A master’s
Arlington Richard Miles of Buck Hill Road Arlington was among 945 students at the University of Iowa Iowa City who completed work for degrees this month. He received his master’s degree in fine arts M F A and was among 300 awarded master’s degrees. January graduates as well as those who graduated in August will be invited to participate in spring commencement exercises May 26.
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Richard Miles
Buck Hill Road
Arlington
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Hoosick Falls House Hit By Chimney Fire
Firefighters battled a stubborn chimney fire at 133 Church St in Hoosick Falls causing smoke damage to a three story home. NYSP initially spotted smoke as they passed, and crews carried hose up ladders through a skylight to clean the chimney. Former owner Dr. Jasper Robertson. current owner Layton James. No occupants were home.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Church St
New York
Jasper Robertson
Layton James
Fifth Street
Pownals Hold Midweek Church and Scout Activities
The Pownal Baptist Church schedules choir rehearsal at 6 30 p.m. Women’s Fellowship at 7 p.m. and a prayer service at 8 p.m. Wednesday. The North Pownal Congregational Church Bible class meets at 7 30 p.m. Wednesday at the parsonage. Pownal Cadette Scouts meet Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m. at Pownal Center School.
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Pownal Baptist Church
Women’s Fellowship
North Pownal Congregational Church
O— Pownal
Pownal Center
Arlington Dorset and Manchester face sparse March Town Meeting contests
In Arlington Douglas Democrats and Republicans staged caucuses with only one contest for a two year term school director. George Walsh is the Democratic candidate against Valerie Oakland for the post. No contests for three year school board or Selectmen seats. Incumbent Richard Hagelberg not seeking re election. Dorset Manchester and North Shire see few races with petitions due by Feb 7.
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Arlington
George Walsh
Valerie Oakland
Mary Pratt
Board of Selectmen
Richard Hagelberg
West Arlington
Harry Pickering
Orange Baker
Don Kendall
Charles Canfield
Francis Owen
Doris Eddy
North Shire
March
Dorset
Terry Tyler
Arthur Gilbert
Tyler
Gilbert
James Lee
John P. Stannard
Byron Bowen
Barbara Smith
Elisabeth Gilbert
Manchester
Ralph Fleming Jr
Paul Todtschinder
Richard Hayes
Clara May Hemenway
Harold Wisell
National Classroom selections announced for 1972 participants
The Presidential Classroom for Young Americans named 1,700 high school students for six Washington D C sessions in February and March. Heidi Alice Pennock of Arlington, Burr and Burton Seminary student, attends Class 3 February 26 to March 4.
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Congress
Department of Defense
Capitol Hill
State Department
Department of Justice
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