Pownal Nominates Candidates at Brief But Lively Town Caucus
More than 90 residents filled the Pownal town hall for a lively caucus nominating candidates for Town Meeting Day on March 6. Key races included selectman with A Coleman Mason 47 votes and Robert E Rudd Jr 35. Joseph Tornadone won the moderator post with 58 votes. Walter E Towslee named for one year as the second officeholder. Charles Mason and Mrs Rachel Mason were renominated as moderator and town clerk treasurer. The town discussed road commissioner terms and possible changes. Nominations closed Feb 13 for ballot placement. eight certified voters minimum.
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Pownal
Pownals
Selectman
A. Coleman Mason
Robert E. Rudd Jr
Warren W. Mason
Joseph Tornadone
David Adler
Walter E. Towslee
Charles F. Mason
Rachel Mason
Citizens
Harold P. Hicks
Robert T. Pratt
A. Daniel Mason
Leonard Duval
Robert Wilcox
Florence Towslee
Charles Kokoras
Margaret E. Lillie
Vera E. Langlais
Lillie
Lions Club Minstrel Show Rehearsals Scheduled
Arlington residents learn there will be rehearsal for the Lions Club minstrel show tonight at 8 and another at 2 30 p m Sunday at the Community House. Members should bring scissors to help make props.
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Lions Club
Lions
Donkey Basketball Event Promises Laughs At Wilmington High
A photo caption mix up corrected identifies Hattie Davis of Readsboro as the woman in an O O Ware Store image. A donkey basketball game arrives Thursday in the gym with four Wilmington faculty members and four local Lions, tickets on sale Feb 8 to fund athletic letter awards while the February vacation begins Feb 16.
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O. O. Ware
Minnie Corbett
Miss Corbett
Hattie Davis
Readsboro
Wilmington High School
North Bennington Community Happenings Highlight Local Life
A busy Thursday in North Bennington saw many residents at minstrel rehearsals party caucuses and a basketball game in Manchester where NBHS lost a close contest to Proctor. Weekend events include a PTA film Tales of Robin Hood and church meetings February 11 12 with a third Medley of local notices and a fund raiser for National Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation at the Country Club on February 13.
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Bennington
Manchester
NBHS
Proctor
Our Boys
PTA
Robin Hood
England
Friar Tuck
Maid Marion
Meth-Con
North Bennington Congregational Church
The
Congregational Church
St. John the Baptist Parish
Dover Home Burns In Midnight Blaze
A fire of unknown origin last night destroyed the home of James Buckley a West Dover real estate agent and damaged the adjacent West Dover Inn The blaze broke out shortly after midnight in the two story Buckley house and the Wilmington Brattleboro Wordsboro and Dover fire departments fought the flames until 6 am The West Dover Inn ski lodge main lodge building attached to the barn was not damaged but the barn and recreation room were destroyed Buckleys century old home previously owned by Miss Mary Bartlett who died years ago saved two antique cars Buckleys home burned down and the inn suffered losses.
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West Dover
James Buckley
Buckley
Wilmington
Brattleboro
Wordsboro
Dover
West Dover Inn
Chet Hagedorn
Hagedorn
Mary Bartlett
Youth Group In Hoosick Falls Expands Summer Plans
Hoosick Falls Coordinating Commission met with 25 delegates at Hoosick Falls Central School cafeteria. Superintendent James H. Beaverson led the session in Mrs. George Scott Jr. absence. Discussion broadened beyond youth behavior to include using the old athletic field for a summer program and potential swimming activities.
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Hoosick Falls
Coordinating Commission
Hoosick Falls Central School
James H. Beaverson
George Scott Jr
Youth Commission
Hoosick Falls Town Board Faces $10,000 Highway Deficit
Hoosick Falls town board grapples with unpaid 1961 highway bills totaling about ten thousand dollars. Highway budget is committed with only 3500 dollars from last year in surplus funds. The board may seek county approval to borrow the balance while considering efficiency measures and bids for equipment, plus a petition press for Niagara Mohawk to open a village branch.
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Hoosick Falls
William H. Ivimey
John A. Murphy
County Board of Supervisors
Ivimey
James Green
Leon P. McGinnis
Democratic Town Committee
Public Service Commission
Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation
McGinnis
Polymeadows Cows Earn Jersey Test Rating
Two Polymeadows Farm Jersey cows in Shaftsbury have been rated tested dams by the American Jersey Cattle Club in Columbus. Each cow has three or more progeny qualifying on official testing programs. Sparkling Fire Jewel yields 10,480 pounds milk and 587 fat pounds. Polymeadows Mavis Sparkle produces 11,438 pounds milk and 597 fat pounds.
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Polymeadows Farm
Shaftsbury
American Jersey Cattle Club
Columbus
Ohio
Village meeting discusses pool and parking plan
Rev Lawrence Plumley and Robert Stetson argued over a community chest proposal. Philip Leonard reported on the new skating rink usage. Beaverson pool costs and a summer program were to be investigated by Mrs Milford Cook and Thomas Beaumont. Parking duties assigned to Mrs Wilma Kasavicha and Beaumont for the next village meeting. All committees to report March 7.
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Ming Pool
Church Street
Lawrence Plumley
Robert Stetson
Philip Leonard
Milford Cook
Thomas Beaumont
Beaverson
Wilma Kasavicha
Beaumont
Manchester Votes On Enlarging School Board And Taxes
Manchester plans a March 6 town meeting vote on expanding the School Board from three to five members after a 100-signature petition. The measure could raise town expenditures by about 800 with two new seats and also proposes boosting the school tax rate to 6.75, up 74 cents.
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Manchester
Board of Selectmen
Earle F. Pine
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Richard Pudvar
Vermont
Daniel F. Lillie
Arlington
Ann Marsh
Carlo Walter Tel
North Bennington
Elizabeth Dwyer
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Robert J. Thomson
Alex Thomson
Bank Street Extension
U. S. Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
Lawrence Powers
Boston
Larry
Henry Gratton
Polygraphic Lane
Tracy Kenyon Sr
Leonard Powers
Jean
McCullough Library
Lincoln
Pinocchio
PLAID
Spamps
Sealy
Dunham’s
ELM Street
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W. Dover
Hoosick Board
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