Manchester to Offer Voters Plenty Of Candidates and Issues This Year
Manchester voters face a crowded slate with multiple contests and proposed changes. Certificates show two for school board, one incumbent seeking re election, and a five member board proposal with candidates for the two new seats. Other races include selectmen auditors sisters constables and town officers with numerous incumbents seeking re election and a few new contenders.
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Manchester
Bernice Reynolds
Ralph Fleming Jr
Madeline Harwood
Harold Waters Sr
Douglas Shaw
Board of Selectmen
Ferdinand Bongartz
Nathan Kamber
Don Riker
David J. Hosley
Otto Condermann
Walter Beebe
Walter Clemons
Earle J. Fowler
Theodore Maher
Manchester Bargain Days to Heat Up Local Shops
The Manchester Chamber of Commerce announces Bargain Days on February 22 to 24 with cooperating merchants offering brand merchandise at greatly reduced prices. Residents and visitors are urged to save pennies and shop for real bargains. Also noted are visiting guests Douglas Shaw and Neil Westmoreland from Charlotte and Armonk respectively enjoying a skiing trip amid the cold snap.
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Manchester
Chamber of Commerce
Douglas Shaw
Deep South
Neil Westmoreland
Charlotte, N.C
Westmoreland
Arlington Caucuses Nominate Three-Way Contest for Selectman
Arlington Republicans and Democrats held caucuses naming candidates for town offices at the March 6 annual meeting. A three way race for selectman includes Gordon Hard Hermon Benjamin and independent Gregory Edson. John Moore is the GOP and Democratic choice for school director to succeed James Edgerton. Republicans nominated 15 officers and polling favored talks on a fireproof vault and microfilming town records.
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Arlington
Walter Corey
Gordon Hard
Hermon Benjamin
Gregory Edson
John Moore
James
Bud)Edgerton
Erseer
Charlena Hilliard
Roy Grout
Leo Budro
Donald, Keough
Allan Angney
Maynard Grout
Manfred Ehrich
Prosper Deschenes
John Benedict
Arlington PTA Hears Eskimos and Alaska Ice from Mrs Viereck
Arlington residents attended a PTA program by Mrs. Phillip Viereck who shared Alaska slides including King Island life and Eskimo village scenes. She described two years teaching there and noted a forthcoming book Eskimo Island. The meeting reported $189 raised from supper and honors to organizers and volunteers.
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Arlington Pta
Alaska
Viereck
Arlington
PTA
Phillip Viereck
King Island
Bering Sea
Nome
Evelyn Cole
Mary Hess
Mattison
Battenkill Grange Schedules Six Week First Aid Course
West Arlington Battenkill Grange through its community service committee has scheduled a first aid course starting Tuesday Feb 20 from 7 30 to 9 30 p m and continuing for six weeks. Mrs Mason Barney of Manchester wife of Dr Barney will teach. Enrollment open to non members. Clarence Decker III is chairman contact him after 5 p m at Bennington 6964. No charge except for textbook and bandages.
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West Arlington
Battenkill Grange
Community Service Committee
Mason Barney
Manchester
Barney
Grange
Clarence Decker III
Bennington
Norshaft Sixth Graders Enter Minstrel Ticket Contest
Sixth graders from North Bennington or Shaftsbury vie to sell the most tickets for the Norshaft Lions Minstrel at North Bennington High School on February 23 and 24 at 8 p.m. Proceeds aid their class project while performers tease a surprise act.
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Shaftsbury
Norshaft Lions Minstrel
Norshaft
North Bennington High School
North Bennington
Shaftsbury School
Hoosick Village Board Sets March Election Preparations
Hoosick Falls village trustees meet to set grievance day for Feb 20 and plan notices for the March election. They appoint Robert Shiland to the Youth Commission, reappoint Zoning Appeals members, and seek bids on school status. The board discusses water, street salting, park memorial stone, Niagara Mohawk office move, and fluoridation repairs.
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Hoosick Falls
Robert Shiland
Francis McEvoy
Youth Commission
McEvoy
Leo Albowicz
Board of Zoning Appeals
Kenneth Bulson
John Cuddihy
Joseph Hayden
Church Street
Coordination Commission
Niagara Mohawk Power Company
Arthur Armstrong
Memorial Park
Christine Stevens
Douglas Sprague
Andrew Hulihan
John Hughes
Israel Visitor To Lecture Here
HOOSICK FALLS Paul Fink son of Mr and Mrs Harry Fink of Main Street Hoosick Falls recently returned from a six month stay in Israel on a Jewish Agency and Young Judaea scholarship He has been a supervisor for Young Judaea in western New England and upper New York State and just lectured in Nashua NH He led Tri State Young Judaea and taught at the Bennington Hebrew Congregation He will speak February 15 at 8 30 pm in the vestry of the Bennington Hebrew Congregation on Israel Arab relations immigration and Eichmann followed by Q and A The public is invited
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Hoosick Falls
Paul Fink
Harry Fink
Main Street
Israel
The
Jewish Agency
Young Judaea
New England
New York State
Nashua
H. Fink
Adolf Eichmann
Bennington
Dorset Town Offices Candidates File for March Meeting
A slate of candidates for Dorset town offices was filed with town clerk Mrs. O Donovan ahead of the March 6 town meeting. Names listed include Guy Stone for moderator J Ford Schroder for selectman three years Russ Parks Harold H Boswell and Bob Dressler for selectmen one year Ada R Towslee Judith G Hoffman for treasurer Margaret S Thompson Leroy McWayne Bill Burns for town agent Henry Stone Arthur W Joyce Leland K Palmer for constables Harold K Beebe Richard Lynch and Leland A Hazelton for second constable Harold Beebe and Richard Lynch for tax collector and no grand juror candidates.
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Dorset
Helen E. D O’donovan
Guy Stone
J. Ford Schroder
Russ Parks
Harold H. Boswell
Bob Dressler
O’donovan
Ada R. Towslee
Judith G. Hoffman
Margaret S. Thompson
Leroy McWayne
Bill Burns
Henry Stone
Arthur W. Joyce
Leland K. Palmer
Harold K. Beebe
Richard Lynch
Leland A. Hazelton
Byron Bower
Harold Beebe
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Orrin Beattie
Porter Hulett
John Flood
James Bennett Beattie
Theodore Hastings
Charles Eddy
Roy Bentley
Dana Thompson
Clara May Hemenway
John G. Hutton Jr
James Campbell
Betty Kamber
Sarah Jackson
Moder
Ator
Robert E. West
Harold Wisell
Walter S. Clemons
Wash & Wear
Mary Dillmann
Casper Pike
Clarence Nichols
Richard King
Allen Mattison
Eric Erickson
GOP
Emmet Smith
Gregory Cullinan
Spencer Mattison
Herbert Douglas
Donald Keough
Terrance Riley
John Whelan
Berkshire
Nichols
Union ST
Battenkill
West Mountain Farm
Flanes Inn
Hoosick
Apple Turnovers
Delatres
Stroudlei
Salem’s
Quality Armstrong Tile
Elm St
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
Speedway
Firestone
Ainst
TEL
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