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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1976
Page
2
The UCS Hot Meals program announces noon dinners at Brookside Apartment House and at the Senior Center with revised days next week. Meals require reservations via Paddy's Restaurant, and homebound meals continue via Putnam Memorial Hospital referrals.
The Bennington Vermont AARP chapter gathered 75 members and guests as club president John Powell urged participation in meetings and voting. The session featured discussion of Australian ballot warnings, tax- associated legal questions, and town governance costs sparked by the Taxpayers Association. Local officials noted legal questions, while town roads and bypass timing remained debated priorities.
The EPA will provide 504,900 in six New England states to help establish and run state drinking water programs under the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974. Massachusetts receives 113,200. Connecticut 94,700. Maine Rhode Island New Hampshire Vermont get 75,000 each. If a state enforces the law federal enforcement may be used. Vermont’s decision is pending. Allocation uses population land area and number of public water systems in a 30 10 60 formula.
Mt Anthony Union District voters will decide on a 3.6 million dollar budget for 1976 77 with the district floor meeting Feb 23 and budget voting on Feb 24. The meeting starts 7 30 p m at the school auditorium and the high school board session precedes it from 7 to 7 05 p m. Absentee ballots total about 40 with nine more applications, polling places include Bennington North Bennington Pownal Shaftsbury and Woodford with Australian ballot voting 10 a m to 7 p m.
Idaho Fish and Game may cancel next season's antelope hunt in a southern Idaho area after a train killed 132 animals as the herd rested on a railroad track near Wapi. The loss nearly halves the local herd and prompts review of hunting plans.
The funeral for Corliss L. Senecal of 110 LaFayette Street Bennington was held at Mahar & Son Funeral Home with Rev Joseph Quinn officiating. Wake Service was led Thursday evening by Fr Quinn. Entombment will be at Park Lawn Chapel and burial in White Chapel Cemetery in the spring. Senecal died unexpectedly Tuesday evening at Putnam Memorial Hospital.
A reception for all Democratic candidates for town office is scheduled for today February 21 from 5 to 7 pm at Heritage House restaurant. Brief speeches will be followed by light refreshments.
Bennington Briefs note Bennington Lanes will be open daily at 1 pm during vacation with special rates. The Woodford School Board meets Monday Feb 23 at 11 30 am in Supt George A Sleeman's office. Bennington Banner 447-332.
The Dow Jones rose 12.04 to 987.80 in the NYSE’s heaviest trading ever with a record 44.51 million shares. Analysts cite improved economy and easing inflation after a CPI rise of 0.4 percent in January. Trading momentum fueled by AT&T dividend rise and upbeat profit forecasts.
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