State High Court Sets Hearing On Pownal Track Tax Appeal
Vermont Supreme Court will hear a Taconic Racing and Breeding Association petition seeking a writ of certiorari to review a county appeal board decision on Green Mountain Park racetrack property tax. The case targets a 1964 assessment of 5.6 million dollars listed at 700000, with proceedings likely to clarify Supreme Court review scope.
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High Court
Rachel Mason
Pownal
Atty. A. Pearley Feen
Burlington
Atty
Albert Pingree
State Attorney General’s Office
Supreme Court
Feen
The
Racing Association
County Appeal Board
Banner
Association
Listers
Girl Injured In Auto Crash On Burgess Road
A 17 year old girl was injured in a one car crash on Burgess Road Sunday night. She was treated at Putnam Memorial Hospital for injuries to the nose and knee and described as in good condition. The 1964 Oldsmobile was driven by Joseph W. Pineau 18 of 312 Grove Street Bennington. passenger Carol Boutin of Bennington sustained injuries. The car veered off the left side into a ditch and struck a power pole. damage was extensive.
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Burgess Road
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Carol Boutin
Bennington
Joseph W. Pineau
Grove St
Branch Street
Bennington Village
Ronald S. Dominke
Union St
Dominice
Eighmey and Hoffman Obituaries Highlight Hoosick Falls Losses
Douglas J. Eighmey, 56, longtime Hoosick Falls athletic director and coach, died after a long illness at 62 Wilder Ave. Born July 9, 1908 in Schenectady, he served in the 27th Division and retired in 1944 as a captain. Arthur J. Hoffman, 57, a Hoosick Falls dentist, was found dead at home. He practiced 30 years in St. Albans and was affiliated with multiple medical and fraternal groups. services planned at Van Rensselaer Lodge F&AM and local churches. Also noted are memorials for Mrs. Frieda Latif, 68, of Bennington, and Arlington resident Harold Jennings, 65, with services and burial details. Margaret Connarn, 77, mother of state Atty. Gen. John Connarn, to be memorialized in Northfield.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Douglas J. Eighmey
Hoosick Falls High School
Wilder Ave
Schenectady
Boston
Mass
Saratoga Springs High School
Cortland State Teachers College
Eighmey
27Th Division
New York National Guard
Pacific
105Th Infantry
Teresa McGuire
Don
Douglas J. Jr
Cortland Teachers College
James
Ellen) Carrolan
Salem
Frances Lewis
Mesa, Aziz
Hoffman
St. Albans
L.L
University of Pennsylvania Dental School
Third District Dental Society
van Rensselaer
OBS
Brooklyn
Middlebury College
Vermont
Long Island Academy of Odontology
International College of Dentists
Michael P. Williams
Rose M. Williams
Williams Iga
East Main Street
Nasseif Latif
Joseph F. Latif
Francis J. Latif
Genevieve (Latif) Woodard
Bennington
IGA
Charles Ferris
Irvington
Lebanon
St. Francis de Sales Church
St. Michael's Cemetery
Springfield
Gibney, Haynes & Kane Funeral
Arlington
Harold Jennings
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Farmington
Maine
Fred
Elizabeth
Holly) Jennings
Hale Co
Mack Molding Co
Irene Belcher
Kenneth
Shushan
Elizabeth Minasi
Valhalla
Helen Mills
Middlebury
Clifford
Earl
Arlo
Florence Blyther
Gardner
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Northfield
UPI
St. John’s Catholic Church
Margaret Connarn
John P. Connarn
Connarn
Margaret Holland Inn
GBA
Leonard
D. Ed Moore II
Barton L. Jenks
Shaftsbury
Bennington Area
Andre H. Betit
Park St
Betit
Manchester
A Falls
Armand A, Lamperon
Dorothy Marechal
Norton Barber
M. J. Dailey
Dean F. Hanson
Joseph Latif
Lamperon
Barber
Hanson
Joseph A. McDonough
Legislature debates pay, redistricting, and budgets this week
The legislature considers a $90 daily legal fee for committee work, raises for legislative draftsmen, and a move to reduce the House size from 246 to about 180 220. Gov Hoff to review a $94 million general fund budget with the Ways and Means Committee while a redistricting bill similar to the federal order reshapes Senate seats.
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Ate
House
Senate
Ways and Means
Hoff
Frederick J. Fayette
South Burlington
State Highway Board
Fayette
Carl E. Kelton
White River Junction
Kelton
State Senate
Daniel B. Ruggles
Washington County
Gov. Hoff
Blue Ribbon Commission
Chittenden
Rutland
Orleans
Essex
Franklin
Grand Isle
Friendship Dinner at Old First Church Barn Rescheduled
Bennington briefs note a covered dish Friendship Dinner moving to Thursday February 25 at the Old First Church Barn, with Mrs. Paul Bohne Sr. as chairwoman. Police Officer James A. Delong returns to duty at a restricted pace after surgery.
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Old First Church
Paul Bohne Sr
Bennington Village
James A. Delong
Leonard urges broader GBA base and higher dues
Herbert H. Leonard urged expanding the Greater Bennington Association membership to broaden resources and improve member participation. He proposed a dues study to secure funds for current needs and programs, recalling a past financial crisis and the choice to raise funds by subscription. The remarks followed a sixth annual awards dinner at the Paradise Restaurant attended by about 120.
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Greater Bennington Association
Herbert H. Leonard
GBA
Leonard
Paradise
Bennington Area
Bennington
Petitions Seek Vote On Water Connections In Bennington Flats
Residents with gasoline contaminated wells seek village approval to connect homes to the water main from Hicks Corners to the Globe Union plant on Vermont 67A. A village vote petition requires 5 percent of eligible voters by Feb 16. prior requests for home connections were denied as the line was built for the factory only. The item links to contamination coverage and local events notes with Queen citations and remarks from Vermont officials.
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Bennington Flats
Bennington Village
Hicks Coroners
North Bennington Road
Globe Union
Vermont
Willliam R. Rogers
Houghton Promoted to Pittsfield National Bank Cashier
Frederick E. Houghton, native of Bennington, was promoted from assistant cashier to cashier at the Pittsfield National Bank during the annual stockholders meeting. He joined the bank in 1929, became assistant cashier in 1952, and resides at 28 Belvidere Ave. in Pittsfield with his wife Theda Towsley of Bennington.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Frederick E. Houghton
Bennington
Pittsfield National Bank
Houghton
Bank
Berkshire Business College
Belvidere Ave
Theda Towsley
Globe-Union Explains How Storage Batteries Are Made
Globe-Union Inc of Milwaukee spoke to about 120 at the Greater Bennington Association dinner. Calvin Moser outlined battery basics from lead grids to cell stacking and sealing, describing paste applications, assembly, initial charging to sponge lead and lead peroxide, final washing, testing and customer decorations.
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Globe-Union Inc
Milwaukee
Wis
Greater Bennington Association
Globe - Union
Calvin Moser
Hospital Notes Discharges and Patients List
Master Michael Meaney Miss Susan Elliott Miss Teresa Hubbard Master Francis Slingerland Master Donald Wilwol Mrs Marion Gorman Hoosick Falls Mrs Ethel Rice Mrs Helen Hattat Bennington Discharges Master Anthony Pike Wilmington Miss Maureen Murphy Johnsonville NY
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Michael Meaney
Susan Elliott
Teresa Hubbard
Francis Slingerland
Donald Wilwol
Marion Gorman
Hoosick Falls
Ethel Rice
Helen Hattat
Bennington
Anthony Pike
Wilmington
Maureen Murphy
Johnsonville
N, Y
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Bennington Banner
State High Court
Pownal Track
U.S. 7
A. Daniel Mason
Claude M. Hoard
North Bennington
Mason
First National Store
Hoard
Janice Hoard
Rupert
Karl H. Beattie
Beattie
Theodore Barden
Morris
Sterling McKeighan
Peter Bubinski
Housatonic
William
Harry
Alexander
Stella
Eastern Airlines
First Congregational Church
Williamstown Boys Club
New York Herald-Tribune Fresh Air Fund
Arthur J. Hoffman
Abbott St
A den
Frieda F. Latif
Frieda (Ferris) Latif
East Main St
Ammatour
United States
Dover
N.H
William Jabara Williams
Mrs
New York Stock Exchange
Globe Battery
Central Radio Laboratory
Centralab
Wico
Bennington Briefs
Richard Mattison
Oakes St
Hoosick
Burton W. Potter
Vermont Bank & Trust Co
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
New York City
Mrs. Potter
Joseph Y. Shaffe
Paradise Restaurant
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Elizabeth Rich
Circle Ili
First Methodist Church
John Mason
South St
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Joan Gavoorian
Lillian Garabedian
New York
Marcia Childress
Richmond
Short Beach
New Jersey
Page
Jo Ann Marcoux
Diane Whitney
Alexander B. R. Drysdale
Vermont Development Board
Bennington Town
Philip H. Hoff
Cary Grant
Leslie Caton Falter Goose
Technicolor
Corman Company
Panavision
United Artists
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Globe-Union
U.S
Jen Quick O
Alem
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