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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1977
Page
7
Wilmington voters face a March 1 Town Meeting ballot on buying the Crafts Inn for 105000 with 29 percent down and balance financed. If approved the plan funds Phase 1 demolition and parking plus Phase 2 parking installs and Phase 3 study of park use, with an estimated tax impact of about 12 cents per dollar.
Hoosick N Y Youth Committee chaired by Mrs Allen Cornell presented a program built around readings such as Thankful Little Things Simple Things Little Things and A Package of Seeds Readings were given by Mrs Cornell Mr Cor nell Mabie Hewitt and Mrs Carleton Philpott Mamie Hewitt and others A pennies in a jar guessing game winner was Mable Hewitt A donation was approved for the American Cancer Society The Grange opposed opening an off track betting parlor in Hoosick Falls The next meeting set for Feb 23 with a covered dish supper and a program by The Three Graces led by Mrs Omer Brenenstuhl.
Timothy J. Smith of 12 Barton Ave will enter an associate degree program in mortuary science at Hudson Valley Community College. Carl Cipperly of Pine Valley Road will study agricultural engineering technology at SUNY Cobleskill. Laurel Gendron of Hoosick Falls will join a child pediatric program at St. Margaret’s Hospital Albany. O’Brien and Baker also listed with plans at Siena College and Albany College of Pharmacy respectively.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Wade returned from a two week Florida visit noting a Virginia blizzard and snow reaching South Carolina. They met friends in St Lucy Fort Pierce and Fort Myers while describing frozen flowers and brown palm leaves from the cold spell.
Pownal natives Marine Cpl. David L. Grusendorf and Marine Cpl. LeRoy E. Thomas III train with the 2nd Marine Regiment at Camp Lejeune as part of the 12th Marine Amphibious Brigade for Alpine Warrior 77 at Fort Drum New York. The six week exercise stresses cold weather operations with skiing, shelter building, land navigation, live firing and helicopter and mechanized operations during severe wind chill. Grusendorf enlisted in 1973 and Thomas in 1974 both from Pownal.
Arlington Meals serve senior citizens at Bailey Hall noon on Wednesday and Friday. School Board meets at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the high school. Battenkill Grange regular meeting Wednesday at 8 p.m. at Grange Hall. Arlington Chorale rehearsal 7 30 p.m. Wednesday at the Music Box. Fire Company sponsors Bingo Thursday 7 30 p.m. at the firehouse. Leo Club meets Thursday 7 30 p.m. at the Community House. Rescue Squad regular meeting Thursday 8 p.m. at the squad rooms. Bingo at Grange Hall Saturday 7 30 p.m. St. Margaret Mary Hall hosts Alcoholics Anonymous Sunday 8 p.m.
Goddard College officials warn as many as 30 faculty could be cut this year unless finances improve. A Farmers Home Administration loan requires the school to stay in the black or risk foreclosure. Deficit projected at 350000 to 450000 by year end due to high enrollment and many part time, low income students. Administrators cite revenue structure and program shift as underlying issues.
A one year old program in Burlington collected about 72 000 gallons of used crankcase oil from 80 suppliers in Chittenden County since January 1976. The oil was recycled into commercial product in New Jersey. Backed by the Vermont Water Resources Department the effort aims to prevent oil dumping into rivers and streams. A similar program is planned for Washington County this spring.
Former deputy treasurer Leo Hickey, though officially retired, returns to state payroll as a $100 daily consultant to State Treasurer Emory Hebard. The 36 day arrangement covers learning the department operations, with Hickey to earn $3,600 for the stint after a $19,600 full-time deputy pay last year.
Washington Electric Cooperative plans to ask the Vermont Public Service Board for a 15 percent rate hike to bail it out of financial trouble. Manager Sailey Ennis said the temporary boost, effective March 1, would help cover about 7 million dollars in loan payments and keep the co op financially sound until a permanent rise is sought later this year. The cooperative serves several thousand residents in central Vermont.
In Albany a 74 year old Latvian émigré Vilis Hazners fights deportation on war crimes charges linked to Latvia. He admits joining the Latvian SS Legion but says charges are Soviet fabrications while New York witnesses may be called. In a separate note, NY PSC orders 60 day comment on home made telephone equipment rule with potential challenges.
In Savoy a mobile home belonging to Mr and Mrs Edgar Miner is completely consumed by a weekend fire. Stephen B Krutiak, 18, who had stayed overnight after his car froze in a snowbank, died in the blaze. Miner escaped after waking to a noise and smoke. Mrs Miner was at North Adams Regional Hospital.
Mildred McGlynn, 62, reported missing from Adams on Feb 4, returned home Sunday after being found the previous day in the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City. A terminal employee alerted police after recognizing her from Adams police missing person description. Relatives note her pocketbook was missing but she was in relatively good condition after more than a week with no food, medicine, or shelter. She has a history of memory lapses.
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