Manchester Selectmen Outline Town Budget Figures
Manchester's 1966 budget plan shows a tax rise of 17,399 but total spending up 56,451 due to higher non tax income and larger general government costs. The plan reflects 84,693 more income, largely from state road aid, plus 30,000 borrowed for a town office building offsetting increases, with a $10,808 projected deficit and a year end cash balance above 10,000 after short term borrowing.
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Manchester
Knowles
Tri-Valley
Dorset
Selectmen
Barbara Riley Nominated for State Betty Crocker Honor
Barbara Riley of North Bennington High School earned the 1966 Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow nomination due to her high December exam score. The Vermont winner advances toward a $1500 scholarship with a Washington DC Williams burg tour, among 14,000 high schools nationwide in the General Mills sponsored program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
Barbara Riley
Betty Crocker
North Beneington High School
Riley
Vermont
Washington, D.C
Williamsburg
General Mills
E.A. Riley
Idaho
NBHS
Millicent Cross
East Arlington Sunderland Election Contests and Meetings
The Enterprise Society schedules a Wednesday 10 a.m. meeting at Bailey Hall. Petitions disclose contests for Town Meeting posts in Sunderland with Ralph Morse Jr., Carl Benjamin Sr., and Clyde Dunlap running for two selectmen seats and one three year term. Incumbent William Johnson faces Don Ennis for Road Commissioner. Also names for moderator Town Clerk school director cemetery commissioner auditors tax collectors constables and grand juror appear among filing incumbents and challengers. A pre town meeting is set for Thursday Feb 24 at 7 30 at the Town House.
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Sunderland
William Johnson
Don Ennis
Ralph Morse Jr
Carl Benjamin Sr
Clyde Dunlap
Roger D. Secoy
Earle H. Hill
John Guidera
Earle Hill
William Bahan
Stuart Hill
Paul Ennis
Antoinette Mattison
Barbara Goddard
Ralph Bentley
Norman J. Mattison
North Bennington Snowbound Tales Reach Central New York
Mrs. William Nolan returns after being snowed in during the blizzard of 66 in Chenango Falls near Binghamton. She reports days of blocked roads and isolation and shares snow photos comparing central New York to Vermont. Loretta Oakes resumes life between Vermont and Albany after a West Palm Beach visit. Catherine Corcoran attends a Cleveland principals conference and may be back at North Bennington High. Dr. Oliver Durand and Mrs. Edwin Austin are expected home soon from a Caribbean cruise.
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William Nolan
Chenango Falls
N.Y
Binghamton
New York
Vermont
Florida
Loretta Oakes
Prospect Street
Albany
West Palm Beach
Catherine Corcoran
North Bennington High School
Cleveland
Caribbean
Oliver Durand
Edwin Austin
Sodality Holds Meeting in North Bennington Library
St Johns Sodality in North Bennington reports 23 attendees at their library meeting. Prefect Mrs Lew Levin seeks volunteers for coffee hours for the Women’s League at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Plans announced for Liturgy Weekend at Bennington Catholic High School March 11 to 13 and Jubilee Mass by Bishop Joyce on March 13. Refreshments served by several members after hymn singing led by Mrs Philip Roach.
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North Bennington
St. John’s Sodality
Lew Levin
Women’s League
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Catholic Daughters of America
Bennington Catholic High School
Sodality
Joyce
Philip Roach
Verder Elwell
Murray McGuire
Mary Meagher
Arlington Fire Co Seeks Pre 1940 History Photos
The Arlington Fire Co seeks information and photos predating 1940 to build a history. Contact Chief C Lee Marsh as most pre 1940 records are lost. The Women of St James host Coffee Time for Putnam Memorial Hospital Women's Auxiliary at the rectory from 10 a.m. to noon on Thursday.
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Arlington Fire Co
C. Lee Marsh
St. James
Put‘nam Memorial Hospital
Benjamin
Petersburg Factory Fire Damages Taconic Plastics Plant
Fire of undetermined origin struck the Taconic Plastics factory on Route 22 near Petersburg, destroying the south end frame section that housed equipment. Petersburg, Berlin, and mutual aid crews fought the blaze with five hose lines and brook water while Chief Willard Weeden and Chief Ivan Wager directed operations. damage estimate unavailable.
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Petersburg
N.Y
Taconic Plastics
Peterseburg
Berlin
Willard Weeden
Ivan Wager
Dorset dancer to open Svetlova Dance Center Camp
Mme. Marina Svetlova of Dallas Civic Opera plans a Dorset summer camp at her Church Street home. The Svetlova Dance Center will offer Ballet Modern Folk Spanish and Jazz with healthful activities. A free measles clinic for Dorset children ages 1 to 15 is set for Friday Feb 18 at Dorset Elementary School with vaccine by the Vermont Dept of Health and Dr Elizabeth Byrnes. In a Dorset East Dorset United Church cabinet meeting Miss Miriam Tifft was named Church Clerk replacing the late Miss Katherine Child.
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Mme
Marina Svetlova
Dallas Civic Opera
Dorset
Robert Leonard
Church Street
Egidio Moresi
Dorset Hollow
Mme. Svetlova
Svetlova
Church Cabinet
United Church of
Winter Carnival Scheduled at Burr and Burton Seminary
Students at Burr and Burton Seminary plan a two day winter carnival with toboggan relays snowshoe races and a class snow sculpture judging. The event ends with crowning a carnival king queen and jester and awarding the Paul W Fowler Memorial Bowl to the class with the most points. The ceremony is led by Student Council President Steven Rosencrantz and Vice President Vera Kayatta with advisors William Bell and John Eckhardt.
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Manchester
Burr and Burton Seminary
Paul W. Fowler
BBS
Joseph E. Fowler
Burr and
Burton
Steven Rosencrantz
Vera Kayatta
William Bell
John Eckhardt
Burr
Chester
Bromley
Burr and Burton
Manchester High School
Steve
Vera
Ringheiser
Legislators To Discuss Highway Bill In Manchester
Representatives Reid Lefevre and Daulton Mann will address U S 7 highway concerns at Manchester Elementary Friday at 8 p m. The meeting, sponsored by the Manchester Republican Town Committee, invites the public and includes a Q A period.
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Manchester
Reid Lefevre
Daulton Mann
U.S. 7
Vermont
Mann
Lefevre
Manchester Republican Town Committee
Winter Carnival Tops Wilmington High School Weekend
Mountain Towns hosted a Saturday night dance closing the Wilmington High School Winter Carnival with Susan Wolf crowned queen by Lucy Walkonen and Richard Poor named king. Sprites of Brattleboro provided music while ski boot decor and ski and snowshoe wall art created a festive gym.
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Wilmington High School
Susan Wolf
Lucy Walkonen
Richard Poor
Sprites
Brattleboro
Porter Farwell
Mary Senet
Forest Murdock
Flintstones
Wilmington Congregational Church
Women’s Association of the Congregational Church
Wilmington
Searsburg
Board of Civil Authority
John Clement
Harry Rice
Gordon Rice
Albert France
Julia France
Charles Dearcopp
Pownal youth record hop draws large turnout at firehouse
Ninety area youths enjoyed a record hop at the Pownal Firehouse sponsored by the department Auxiliary. Prizes were awarded in dance contests for Waltz Twist and Limbo with many partner pairings named. The Wesleyan Class of the Pownal Methodist Church plans a rummage sale Saturday in the church annex and the Pownal Parent-Teacher Group will hold a special meeting tonight to discuss regional planning with officials from Vermont Central Planning and the Bennington County Planning Committee. Proceeds from a Washington's Birthday Judge sale help fund the summer camping program. North Pownal girls met for a crafts session and baked a Valentine cake. Final plans for Operation Snowflake at Camp Woodford will be made tonight by Pownal Scout Troop 347 with travel Friday evening and return Sunday. Troop 53 of Bennington will assist with multiple contests and a five-mile hike. Outdoors plans include equipment checks and a camp outdoors policy for all scouts.
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Pownal
Department Auxiliary
Debra Chenaille
Gary Niles
Jennifer Rounds
Peter Roy
Cheryl Andrews
Richard Foucher
Twist
Susan Casey
John Pollett
Patti Moore
Jeffrey Rounds
Kathy Messina
Jonathan Rounds
Michael Pratt
Pownal Methodist Church
Otis Dorman
Center Firehouse
Bernard Johnson
Vermont Central Planning Office
John C. Page
James A. Edgerton
Bennington County
Harry Andrews
Mrs. Andrews
North Pownal
Betty Buck
Laura Langlais
Pownal Center
Charles W. Rounds
Camp Woodford
Scouts of
Rolland
Roy
Murray Lewis
Nicholas Kokoras
Robert Pudvar
Donald Rogers
Marcel Langlais
Kokoras
Dean Dixon
Thomas Langlais
Bennington
Kendall Adams
Quaker Vigil for Viet Peace at White House
About 400 Quakers from 20 states stood in a heavy rainstorm outside the White House for a two hour vigil for peace in Viet Nam to urge both sides to stop fighting. For the first 30 minutes the rain soaked most participants but none left their positions in Lafayette Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
White House
Viet Nam
Lafayette Square
Executive Mansion
Shanks To Speak On Value Of Kindergarten In Pawlet
Manchester Elementary School principal Donald R. Shanks will speak at Grange Hall on February 17 at 8 pm about the value of a kindergarten in a town school system and why teachers should have only one class per room. Pawlet School Board sponsors the meeting and will address financial implications of Shanks suggestions as board members consider separating grades 1-3 and 4-6 into two elementary schools. Each Pawlet school now houses grades 1-6 with six teachers teaching two classes in one room.
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Pawlet
Donald R. Shanks
Manchester
Grange Hall
Pawlet School Board
Shanks
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Arlingon Board of School Directors
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