Vermont feud over grand list state aid rule sparks urban rural clash
In Montpelier a House Education Committee fight over using last year’s grand list for state aid to education prompted urban and rural lawmakers to clash. Rep. Thurber opposed the change citing a 38 percent land value rise. Debate continues with calls for a statewide property tax and new welfare oversight, while federal funding for special education draws Senate support with caution.
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Montpelier
Mary Thurber
Charlotte
House Education Committee
Concensus
Oreste Valsangiacomo
D-Barre
Valsangiacomo
Kenneth Parker
White River
Senate
Congress
George Morse
Caledonia County
UCS dinner dance adds sponsors from several towns
The eighth annual United Counseling Service of Bennington County dinner dance at Mt Anthony Country Club on February 12 lists new sponsors from Bennington North Bennington Pownal Arlington Shaftsbury New York City and nearby areas. Also noted is a UPI report: in Eastleigh England Mary Welchs cat Dinky emerged from a spin dryer after about 15 minutes of tumbling, veterinary estimates suggest 800 spins.
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United Counseling Service
Bennington County
Mt. Anthony Country Qub
Bennington
Frederick Joppich
William F. Lally
James P. Henry Jr
Mary S. Hopkins
Russell W. Gerleman
Val Clifford
F. McGuinness
Bruce Mack
W. Averell Brown
Charles E. Dewey III
Neil S. Moss
Paul W. Bohne III
John H. Williams II
Charles E. Capriola Jr
Patrick C. Chaloux
L. John Isselhardt
Kenneth Tupacz
Charles G. Harte
George Jones
Theodore W. Bird
Dennis Joy
Alfred Hertz
Peter L. Kapetan
John Kornitzer
John M. Mook
Charles G. Salem
Kenneth Cestone
Stephen H. Gilman
John A. Vallotti
Norton Barber
Joseph Parks
Kathryn Geer
M.D. Cockrell
Francis Englehart
Anne B. Williams
Elizabeth Burke
Dion Finnegan
F.E. Stultz
Douglas Krause
John Cahill
John Ficaciello
A. Santillo
David Hoefer
George Shepek
Dale Johnson
J.C. Jerome
Ferdinand L. Mayer
Julius H. Manes
North Bennington
Stell Andersen
Lucien M. Hanks
Thomas P. Whalen
George R. Clay
Lois Ehrich
John B. deBrun
David E. Jannicky
Shaftsbury
David C. Bidwell
Raymond Fay
Herbert B. Douglas
Donald J. Dailey
New York City
Kathryn Oswald
Raymond Aja
Leon Eldred
William J. Hogan Jr
Robert T. Holden
Edward Holden
Charles Gould
Martin Brown
Eastleigh
England
UPI
Mary Welch
Dinky
Bennington to confer with Woodford on snowmobile use
Bennington and Woodford selectmen plan talks on allowing snowmobiles on a half mile Burgess Road stretch to ease parking at Sucker Pond. Residents fear collisions and road safety remains the priority while state law and a Senate bill shape possible access before spring.
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Bennington
Woodford
Burgess Road
The
Southern Vermont Snow Goers
Sucker Pond
J.C. Jerome
Jerome
Senate
Ripton center offers teacher training workshops this summer
The Vermont Environmental Center in Ripton will host teacher training workshops this summer in coordination with the Department of Education and Department of Forests and Parks. Dr. Andrew Nelson, center director, says the program expands last year’s model with integrated ecological principles and land use case studies. Teachers of all subjects and grade levels can apply via schools or the center.
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Ripton Center
Ripton
Vermont Evironmental Center
Vermont Environmental Center
Department of Education
Department of Forests and Parks
Andrew Nelson
Stowe
Nelson
Vermont
Miss Catherine Cahoon Observes 91st Birthday in Bennington
Miss Catherine Cahoon known as Katie Cahoon marks her 91st birthday at Monroe Park Nursing Home East Main Street Fitchburg native. She served in France during World War I with the Army Nursing Corps drilled by Maj. Gen Wild Bill Donovan. Recalled for World War II service in France she earned commendations from the British War Relief Society and American Red Cross. She has resided in Bennington for many years.
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Catherine
Katie Cahoon
Monroe Park
East Main Street
Fitchburg
Mass
Cahoon
France
Army Nursing Corps
Bennington talk weighs Baum and Warner roles in battle
Col. Frederick Baum, the Hessian leader, and Col. Seth Warner, whose reinforcements aided the second engagement, are reassessed by historian Peter C. Maunsell at a Mc Cullough Mansion lecture. Warner emerges as a complex figure while Baum is depicted as indecisive and ill-prepared for the campaign. The talk also notes Warner's contested presence at the first engagement and outlines related local lore and the ongoing study for a new Bennington battle book.
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Bennington
Vermont
Peter C. Maunsell
McCullough
Maunsell
Frederick Baum
Seth Warner
Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences
Canada
Albany
Walloomsac
Baum
Col. Baum
Shaftsbury
Warner
Bennington Battle Monument
Jekyll and Hyde
John Stark
Ethan Allen
Roxbury
Conn
Congress
Gen. Stark
June Barrows
Hiland Hill
Manchester
Kidney Danger Signals Warn of Functional Disorders
An old time drugstore ad warns of night awakenings burning urination and leg pains as danger signs of kidney trouble. It prescribes a detox routine with three tablets daily to flush and regulate passage, claiming rapid relief within hours and promising near-immediate relief from back ache.
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Quinlan
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