Bennington Water Projects Costly 1967 Budget Details
The 1967 Bennington budget outlines major water improvements, including Bolles Brook and a new airport plan, financed by HUD grants and town bonds. Total 1967 spend was 259,762.12 after credits, with 310,000 bond approval and HUD grants of 188,500. Major contractors include Petricca Construction, Preload Construction, and W.H. Morse, plus engineering and legal fees. The Flats line cost 29,984.79 net to the town after Village water board contribution.
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Bennington
State of
Vermont
Bolles Brook
HUD
Woodford
Petricca Construction Co
W.H. Morse Construction Co
William & Witten
Town of
Bennington Village
The
Water Board
Selectmen
Benmont Avenue
Flats
Globe Union
Water Department
Village Water Board
Bennington Town Faces Rising Poor Relief Costs
Bennington spent 79,674.30 on poor relief last year with 23,746.06 paid to Putnam Memorial Hospital and 10,843.75 in doctors’ bills tied to a Vermont Supreme Court ruling on county responsibility. The town also paid 21,096.67 for state social welfare services and 7,594.15 for drug supplies plus 2,949.47 in food orders and 969.05 for surplus food. Selectmen budget 25,000 for 1968, including 2,500 toward attorney Henry Black’s county suit bill to be pro rated. The state will assume most welfare costs after Oct 1, 1968.
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Bennington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Vermont
Atty
Henry Black
Bennington County
Black
Abe Lincoln look-alike wins at Ameri cana Hotel
Eugene Ryland a 40 year old social worker six foot four wore a fake beard and stovepipe hat to win the unanimous jury choice in an Abe Lincoln look-alike contest at the Ameri cana Hotel. Scout notes praise a successful turkey supper at Second Congregational Church by Bennington Boy Scout Troop 353, netting about 300 dollars. Scouts served as waiters, kitchen crew excelled, and Eagle Scout George Kerbs sold 14 boxes of safety flares. District scout executive Mike Shanahan and scouts David Peterson and James Harrington will speak at a Rotary Club luncheon March 8. Scoutmaster Kendall F Adams praised the results and upcoming Camp Woodford camporee this week.
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New York
UPI
Eugene Ryland
Abe Lincoln
Americana Hotel
Ryland
Second Congregational Church
Bennington
Isles
George Kerbs
Mike Shanahan
Rotary Club
David Peterson
James Harrington
Kendall F. Adams
Camp Woodford
Area Student To Perform At UVM Winter Carnival
Richard Frantz from Bennington and Bruce Nelson from Ryegate will represent Alpha Gamma Rho as walkers in the University of Vermont 71st annual Kake Walk at Patrick Gym February 16 and 17. Sixteen two-man teams compete for trophies and cakes in a sub two minute routine judged on teamwork and timing with ice sculptures and skits. The show repeats Friday and Saturday nights to large crowds.
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Burlington
Richard Frantz
Bennington
Bruce Nelson
Ryegate
Alpha Gamma Rho
U.S
University of Vermont
Frantz
Franklin D. Frantz
Burgess Road
Patrick Gymnasium
Sutton Named Superintendent of Gas Turbines at CVPS
Raymond Sutton of Rutland, formerly Bennington, is appointed superintendent of Gas Turbines at Central Vermont Public Service Corp. He will oversee operation and maintenance of gas turbine plants in Rutland and Ascutney. Sutton joined CVPS in 1949 and has focused on turbine maintenance and operation. a Bennington native, he moved to Rutland in 1951 and is active in the Rutland Lodge of Masons.
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Rutland
Raymond Sutton
Bennington
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
CVPS
Ascutney
Sutton
Rutland Lodge of Masons
National Guard Notes Drill Details February Training
The local National Guard Company C Second Tank Battalion 86th Armored Brigade 50th Armored Division held its monthly drill on February 3 and 4. Saturday covered armor communications with a battalion instruction team, while Sunday focused on disassembly and assembly of 30 and 50 caliber machineguns, headspace and timing checks. Lt. Col. William F. Savage delivered a briefing on battalion policies. Capt. Howard Abrahamson and Capt. Gerald Roundy spoke on armor history and role. On-the-job training occurred in the communications operations mess and maintenance sections. Next drill is scheduled for March 2 and 3.
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National Guard
86Th Armored Brigade
50Th Armored Division
William F. Savage
Howard Abrahamson
Gerald Roundy
Tax Subsidy Proposed For Private Institutions
In Montpelier Governor Hoff proposed a state tax subsidy for lands owned by private institutions amid a House plan to restore tax rolls to local lists. He directed the tax commissioner to study costs and suggested funding towns in lieu of private land taxes, with church lands taxed but deemed negligible. Hoff said a subsidy of private school land could be about 100000 annually, while state land would return to local grand lists with roughly 300000 in taxes due.
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Montpelier
UPI
Philip H. Hoff
Gerald S. Witherspoon
Hoff
House
Ways and Means Committee
Representative Horst resigns over counterfeit bill scare
Denver UPI reports Representative Donald J. Horst resigns as unofficial collection chairman for the Colorado House of Representatives citing occupational hazards after a collector was slipped a counterfeit $20 bill during a flowers fundraiser.
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Denver
UPI
Donald J. Horst
Colorado House of Representatives
Horst
St Joseph College honors list shows dean's list students
Bennington area students are named on St. Joseph College dean's list for the first semester 1967 68. Vermont residents include seniors and freshmen from Bennington North Bennington Brattleboro Brookfield Dorset Pownal Rutland Wallingford Windsor and Williamstown with several names. Other named students come from Massachusetts Adams North Adams New Bedford Williams town and Connecticut Milford and New York Hoosick Falls Buskirk Mechanicville and Schaghticoke. Also noted is a Vermont Heart Association fundraiser drive led by Heart Fund chairpersons with Chief Charles Sawyer distributing literature February 21 at 7 p m and inviting contributions.
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St. Joseph College
Old Bennington
Vermont Bennington
Lawrence Bett
Mark Cardinal
Richard Gray
Robert Jordan
Daniel Kane
Peter Kane
Frank Kovacs
James Pleasant
Mark Rawson
Lynn Baker
Philip Walker
North Bennington
Richard Crawford
Susan Wolfe
Brattleboro
Robert Mellish
Brookfield
Ronald Therrien
Dorset
John Towsley
Pownal
Barbara Roy
Rutland
John Champine
Frank McKearin
Ronald Roucoulet
Wallingford
Jessica Csizmesia
Margaret Raiche
Windsor
Michael Gaynor
Massachusetts
North Adams
Wayne Ferris
Charles Parsons
Pamela Bolus
Judith Counter
Mary Segula
Adams
Donald LeSage
New Bedford
Louise Seguin
Williamstown
Paula Hamilton
Connecticut
Francis Herrick
Bennington Area
Charles Sawyer
Bennington Village
Vermont Heart Association
Industrial Management Club Plant Tour Registration
All members are urged to register for the next Globe Union plant tour at 3 p.m. on February 28. Gratitude is extended to H. T. Cushman Company for extending their display in the YMCA fund drive headquarters on Main Street for two more weeks and for setting up a new product display this week.
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Industrial Management Club
Globe Union
H. T. Cushman Company
Ymca Fund Drive
Main Street
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London
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Hotel Putnam
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Mass
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CVPSC
National Guard Notes
Sylvania
Star Electric Inc
Phonos
Monument Plaza
St. Joseph College Honor
Susan Ranzona
Christine Strzsak
Essex Junction
Phyllis Dehetre
Manchester
Carol Bresko
Susan Pratt
Timothy Bliss
Mary E. Connors
Mary Maroney
Center Rutland
Charles Popovitch
West Rutland
Richard Lloyd
Vergennes
Richard Chamberlain
Jean Gee
Barbara Gumbleton
Kathleen Hayer
Susan le
Heart Assn
Metropolitan
Winston W. Luther
Safford St
Bennington, Vt
Metropolitan Life
IMC
Stanley
Millers Falls
Dee PY Eee
Greenberg
S & Inc
Candle Mill
Arlington
Sherbert
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