Dorset Voters Face 18 Month Fiscal Year Change
The Dorset School plans to shift its fiscal year from January to December to July 1 through June 30. The proposed 18 month span would cost an estimated 382193 dollars, with two tax installments in October and March to ease the transition. Voters must decide this year or next to implement the change by July 1 1972, after which budgets would run on a standard 12 month cycle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marchan Skinner
Dorset
Vermont
Manchester
Sydney Meachem
Terry Tyler
Hoosick Grange theme blends patriotism and romance
Hoosick Falls Grange meeting centered on Love and Patriotism with a program arranged by Master Ralph Philpott. It opened with America and featured tableaux, poetry, and songs including a Romeo and Juliet love piece, a George Washington poem, and a Let There Be Peace on Earth duet. A Valentine observance included Allen Cornell and Edna Durkee, with Jane and Rob Kipp also in tableaux. Next meeting to be organized by Mrs Ernest Haas and Mrs Wilfred Knapp on Brotherhood. Refreshments by Junior Grange. Leonard Benson hospitalized in Cambridge after Hoosick Rescue Squad transfer.
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Hoosick Grange
Ralph Philpott
America
Ralph D. Griswold
Abraham Lincoln
Romeo and Juliet
William Brown Jr
Allen Cornell
Edna Durkee
George Washington
Kendal Baker
Cathy Griswold
Earth
Robert Kipp
Jane Kipp
Ernest Haas
Wilfred Knapp
Prosecution rests as nurse testifies in Putnam drug case
In Manchester Mrs. Virginia R. Babcock former Putnam Hospital nurse faced a narcotics charge as prosecution rested. She testified she had a prior license suspension in New York for narcotics theft and was reinstated before Putnam employment. Prosecution described slurred speech and disorganized conduct December 16 17 1969 with unaccounted narcotic injections. defense argued nausea and illness.
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Manchester
Virginia R. Babcock
Putnam Hospital
Albany
Neil Moss
Babcock
The
Banner
Holden
Whitingham Tuition Increase Tops Two Years
Whitingham School to raise out of town student tuition from 900 to 1200 dollars for 1971-72, covering 75 students from Halifax Readsboro Marlboro and Dover. Board cites state funds shortfall and aims to align costs with Wilmington, expecting 70 to 80 nonresident students in grades 7-12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitingham
Halifax
Readsboro
Marlboro
Dover
Whitingham School
Whitingham School Board
Earle Holland Jr
Holland
Wilmington
Clarence Truesdell
Truesdell
Water quality study and highway plan face vote
The Bennington County Regional Planning Commission voted to fund a water supply quality survey in 13 towns at $5,000 and to study three potential corridors for a northern New England east west development highway. Debates centered on public responsibility and national defense use. A town by town stance was urged with a April deadline for state input. The commission’s first annual report will be mailed February 25, funded by local contributions totaling $900.
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Charles Bonenti
Arlington
Bennington County
BCRPC
Commission
Shaftsbury
Thomas W. Hall Jr
John M. Moore
John Simson
Rutland
Burlington-Montpelier
Hall
Fairfax Ayres
Sandgate
Lothar Wuerslin
State Commission
Marti Paustian
Planning Commission
Wexford Opera Festival Brings World Talent to Irish Town
Wexford in Ireland hosts a ten day yearly festival attracting top young singers and directors. The compact theater and 72 pubs create a vibrant backdrop for rarely staged operas such as Il Re Pastore Les Pecheurs de Perles and La Rondine. Tickets—3.25 dollars, rising on weekends—support a community effort with local sets and chorus.
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Ireland
Wexford
Dublin
Kennedy
Festival Council
Guinness
Irish Television
Irish Tourist Board
Theater Royal
Rossini
Haydn
Europe
Brian Dickie
Glyndebourne
Henry Pleasants
Paris Herald-Tribune
Bizet
Puccini
Johnson Thompson family enjoys eight day Sparks Georgia visit
The Johnson Thompson family of Route 313 spent eight days visiting relatives in Sparks Georgia. They encountered all kinds of weather and narrowly avoided a tornado during the trip.
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Johnson Thompson
Route 313
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