Cigarette Blamed For Dorset Fire
A fire on West Road in Dorset damaged an upstairs bedroom at the home of Mrs Stokes Godfrey, rented to skiers. Fire officials from Dorset East Dorset and Manchester responded after a caretaker detected smoke and found a burning mattress. The blaze, likely started by a cigarette left on the mattress, was extinguished around noon with the scene secured by Dorset firefighters.
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Dorset
West Road
East Dorset
Manchester
Carl Jones
William Gilbert
Jones
Gilbert
Dore Set Department
Pownal Budget Seeks Small Tax Rate Increase
Selectmen propose 1965 general expenses of 35800 and highway funds of 38068, an overall rise offset by a 41300 year-end surplus to yield only a two cent increase in the 1965 tax rate to 1.48 on the grand list. The plan funds new street lights, increased county taxes, and highway needs including calcium chloride program, winter maintenance, culverts, and resurfacing projects. Articles for voting March 1-2 cover recreation planning, school gym use study, new vacation and hospital plans for highway workers, a sinking fund for a recreation area, Knowles Index reappraisal plan costs, and a livestock tax exemption option.
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Pownal
Taconic Racing and Breeding Association
Maurice Callahan, Inc
Pittsfield
Carpenter Hill
South Stream
East Pownal
Pownal Center
Town Hall
Bennington County Humane Society
State
Arthur Bradshaw
Tax Department
Two Vie for Manchester Three-Year Selectman Post
Manchester race for a three year selectman opened as Clyde Bryant Jr. and incumbent Orrin H. Beattie filed for the post. Reginald Reed seeks cemetery commissioner five years and William J. Mallin also filed. Town Clerk Clara May Hemenway notes Tuesday is last filing day for town offices. To run, a person must be 21, a legal voter and have paid poll tax before 1965. Nomination certificates require 14 voter signatures and the candidate’s assent.
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Manchester
Selectman
Clyde Bryant Jr
Orrin H. Beattie
Missionary Peace Corps Students To Visit Local Church
Four Barrington College students from the Missionary Peace Corps will present a public program at North Bennington Baptist Church at 4 p.m. next Sunday. They will share experiences from South American work, including jungle treks, tarantula encounters, and cross cultural teaching efforts with slides. Dorothy Crum, Phyllis Gamley, and Mr and Mrs Donald Morey will participate, reflecting missions trips to British Honduras Mexico and Venezuela.
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North Bennington
North Bennington Baptist
Barrington College
Barrington
R.I
Missionary Peace Corps
Barrington Missionary
Peace Corps
College Missions Fellowship
South America
The
Baptist Church
Dorothy Crum
British Honduras
Gospel Missionary Union
Phyllis Gamley
Mexico
Mexican Indian Union
Doneald Morey
Venezuela
Orinoco River
Hoosick Falls Plant Plans Reopening
Hoosick Falls plant manager Harry Fink says the Barclay Home Products sleeping bag plant will reopen in March after a year’s closure. The firm has won two government contracts to be produced at Cohoes and Hoosick Falls, with former workers given employment preference. A year’s work is projected, with potential future contracts to follow.
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Hoosick Falls
N. Y
Harry Fink
Barclay Home Products, Inc
Cohoes
Fink
Pownal Sets Up Federal Surplus Food Program
Pownal selectmen announce certification for participation in the Federal Surplus Foods Program. Applications for eligibility will be taken February 9 to 17, excluding February 11, in the town office with Arthur E. George, chairman, present 4 to 6 p.m. Those eligible include households meeting income limits for up to ten persons, with liquid asset caps and automatic eligibility for old age assistance. Distribution, once monthly per person, includes flour, corn meal, dry milk, rice, lard, butter, rolled wheat, pea beans, canned meat, peanut butter, and cheese, with March start and a three month trial period.
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Pownal
Commodities Division
Vermont Dept. of Administration
Montpelier
Arthur E. George
Arlington Community Events and Illness Notice
George E. Mattison, 94, of Arlington, is seriously ill at Crescent Manor Nursing Home in Bennington. The week features meetings and events: Monday 8 p.m. Arlington PTA at Fisher Elementary. WWI Veterans at American Legion rooms. Tuesday AMHS vs St. Mary's at Hoosick Falls. Arlington Choral Group at West Arlington Community rooms. American Legion Auxiliary at Legion rooms. Republican and Democratic caucuses at AMHS. Wednesday 8 p.m. Red Mountain Chapter CBS initiations at Masonic Temple. Thursday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Women of St. James sewing bee at Mrs. Harold Bottum's home. Friday AMHS vs Whitingham at home.
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George E. Mattison
Arlington
Crescent Manor
Bennington
Fisher Elementary
Veterans of
Manchester
American Legion Rooms
AMHS
St. Mary’s
Hoosick Falls
Arlington Choral Group
West Arlington
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Women of
St. James
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Aniversary
Adams
WM. Rogers & Son
Main St
Montoe Park
Nursing Home of
Vermont
Campbells
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Bennington, Vermont
R.N
Practical Nurses
Mrs. A. Centerbar
Selectman Post
Reginald Reed
William J. Mallin
Clara May Hemenway
Tues
Arlington, VT
Bennington, Vt
Helene Thompson
Red Mountain
Cbs
Masonic Temple
Whitingham
Haynes & Kane, Inc
Dial
Main St. Bennington
Grand Union
Grand Way Meats
Pearl Brand
Grand Union Produce
Sananas
Florida
California
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