Falls board pushes for universal revenue sharing and tax sale notes
HOOSICK FALLS NY at a Tuesday village board meeting Mayor Richard Severson read a letter from Seneca Falls Mayor Burtress urging a federal revenue sharing act that would let all local governments share revenues regardless of population. Officials discussed water testing, landfill conditions, delinquent taxes to be sold, a new property proposal, tree removal on railroad land, and updated tax assessments. The board also named election inspectors and set absentee ballot rules ahead of the March 16 village election.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Richard A. Severson
Howard L. Burtress
Seneca Falls
Gov
Rockefeller
Burtress
State of New York
Severson
Edwin Schneider
William Johnston
Robert Hardy
Cambridge
Railroad Avenue
Debating Vermont deer herd size at Brattleboro meeting
In Brattleboro a packed Southern Vermont Federation of Sportsmen meeting heated over deer herd size with invited officials including Robert B. Williams Rep George H Paine and Edward Kehoe. Tensions rose as J Earl Capron clashed with Paine over committee leadership and northern county influence amid accusations of mismanagement by the Fish and Game Department.
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Brattleboro
Southern Vermont Federation of Sportsmen
Brooks Memorial Library
Robert B. Williams
State
Agency of Environmental Conservation
George H. Paine
Morrisville
House Fish and Game Committee
Edward Kehoe
State Fish and Game
Kehoe
J. Earl Capron
Vermont Federation of Sportsmen Clubs, Inc
Paine
Capron
Fish and Game Department
Charles R. Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
Springfield
Johnson
House Committee
Benjamin W. Day Jr
Vermont
Fish and Game Committee
Chub Earle
Day
Fish and Game
Earle
White Creek community events and deer herd debate summary
About 50 people from neighboring congregations and White Creek W S C S members heard Miss Ruberta Galusha recount her three years as a missionary in Bolivia. A collection supports Montero Rural School. future W S C S meetings are planned for March 4, while Rev. Guy E. Kagey is slated as Jermain Church speaker on February 14. The Jermain Church choir will meet weekly from Feb 10, and Kitchen Conference No. 2 meets Feb 11. Separately, a dispute over deer herd size sees figures from 70,000 to 150,000 debated, with scientists urged to supervise field studies to guide hunting policy and preserve wildlife. A baked ham supper by the First United Methodist Church is planned for Feb 13 with two seatings.
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White Creek W.S.C.S
Methodist Church
A. Ranney Galusha
Shaftsbury
Montero Rural School
Bolivia
Johnson
Capron
Brattleboro
Gerald G. Scanlan
Scanlan
Day
Earle
United States
First United Methodist
Ernest Gratz
Bennington youth accepted to Culinary Institute of America
David Buxbaum, son of Mr and Mrs Sanford Buxbaum of North Bennington, has been accepted at The Culinary Institute of America in New Haven Connecticut for the fall term. He is a senior at Mount Anthony Union High School. The Institute, a private nonprofit post high school school, will relocate in fall 1972 73 to Hyde Park New York by the Hudson near the Franklin D Roosevelt National Monument.
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David Buxbaum
Sanford Buxbaum
North Bennington
Culinary Institute of America
New Haven
Land and the Local Environment course at Williams College
An adult education course at Williams College titled Land and the Local Environment runs ten weeks from March 9, 8 to 9:30 p.m. in Griffin Hall Room 4. Prof. Carl H. Reidel leads, with guest speakers and films. The fee is $30, and registration requires writing or calling the provost’s office.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
Carl H. Reidel
Berkshire
Stuart Udall
William H. Whyte
Griffin Hall
Williams
Hoosick Falls Youth Meeting Plans and Community Events
Hoosick Falls OEO director Kathy Greenwood calls a February 17 meeting at 7 p.m. for youths aged 12 to 18 at 4 Third Street to discuss activities including a coffee house and a winter carnival. Fire Department and Rescue Squad plan a June field day with an auction for donated items. An Order of Eastern Star card party and wig style show occurs February 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the Masonic Temple with a $1.25 admission. The village observes Friday February 12 as a holiday with all departments closed.
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Kathy Greenwood
OEO
Third Street
Hoosick Falls
Faye Eldred
Greenwood
Miss Eldred
Royal Howard
Dennis Callahan
Walter Cavendanis
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Main Street
George’s
Bennington
Marilynn Hill
Cre-Mar
Agnes Smith
Allison Reed
Learn by doing at Hertford grammar school
Learn by doing at Hertford Simon Valley grammar school where domestic science for girls ages 13 to 15 now includes practicing on real babies borrowed from town mothers. Headmaster Sydney Felts said pupils will bathe feed and dress infants aged six to nine months to show what motherhood entails.
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Hertford
England
UPI
Simon Valley Grammar School
Sydney Felts
Bank stockholders hear of record 1970 earnings
Bank stockholders in the Factory Point National Bank of Manchester Center heard that deposits, earnings and expenses for 1970 reached record levels. Deposits topped $14 million, with earning and dividend figures noted, and the bank instituted time deposit accounting changes and became a licensed agent for Vermont Bank Americard.
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Manchester
Factory Point National Bank of Manchester Center
Masonic Hall of
Christian W. Schafer
Schafer
Vermont Bank Americard
Richard C. Bartholomae
Robert C. Brewster
James C. Campbell
Carleton G. Howe
Arthur M. Kelton
John S. McCormick Jr
West Arlington Sandgate hosts 21st Methodist Ministers Retreat
The 21st annual Methodist Retreat for New York area ministers and wives met Feb 3 5 at Grossingers New York with attendees including Rev and Mrs John Geer Speakers came from Connecticut Arkansas Washington D C New York and Vermont. The event featured ecumenical leader Mrs Theodore C Wedel the Chi Rho Players entertainment and a bishop led luncheon closing the retreat. The Sandgate and West Arlington churches held their charge conferences with Rev Rhinesmith and Rev Geer in attendance and Richard Geer entertaining the youth during the business session.
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New York
Grossingers
N.Y
John Geer
Connecticut
Arkansas
Washington
D.C
Vermont
Theodore C. Wedel
U.S.A
Wedel
Sandgate
West Arlington Methodist Church
Rhinesmiths
Geers
Rhinesmith
Richard Geer
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Lyman Street
Boston & Maine Railroad
New York State Board of Equalization
Niagara Mohawk Power and Light
New York Telephone Company
Witl
People’s Party
Ann Marie Bornt
Margaret Rice
Shirley Scarey
Regina Schmigel
Ann Perreault
Joseph LaMagdeleine
Jane Behan
Ruth Clark
Independent Party
Kay Shiland
Carol Bissonette
Judy Norton
Vincent Hayden
Norma O’brien
Doris St. Hilaire
Jackie Kipp
Mary MacDonald
White Street
Eleanor Niles
W.S.C.S
Robert M. Niles Sr
Dewey McCart
Society
Guy E. Kagey
Jermain Church
Harry Andrews
Culinary Institute
Arlington
Ellis
William H. Gregory
Donald G. Johnson
Phyllis Binkley
David E. Jannicky
West Arlington
Kay Weeks
Lloyd C. Wicke
House of Walsh
Master Charge Bank Americard
Walsh
Spring Street
Swifts
Walker
Grants
Grants Bradford House
Bradford House
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
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