Shaftsbury Heart Drive Progress Report
Shaftsbury fund drive has raised 112.00 of a 599.00 quota over about two weeks. Chair man Rudolph Elwell notes 60.00 by mail and 52.00 from nearly half the village, with neighborhood workers still collecting. Volunteers include fire department captain John Wood and residents on Daniels Road White Creek Road Cold Spring Road Myers Road Town Line Road Maple Hill Hollow Road West Mountain Road East Road Route 7 Arlington to Terrace Restaurant Shaftsbury Depot Road Trumbull Hill Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Elwell
Elwell
The
Fire Department
John Wood
Donald Brown
Daniels Road
Wilbur Fiske
White Creek Road
Bernard Miller
Cold Spring Road
Charles Cole
Myers Road
William Center Jr
Town Line Road
Alvin Metcalfe
Maple Hill
Hollow Roa
Andrew Castle
West Mountain Road
David Elwell
East Road
Carl Bouplon
Geraldine Hulett
Rte. 7
Arlington
Terrace Restaurant
Pat Ryan
Shaftsbury Depot Road
Trumbull Hill Road
Local Weekend Visits Tie Back to School Board Seats
Shaftsbury residents report weekend visits by two Long Island couples to their parents, as Miles and Tuthill seek three year and one year terms respectively. Fire Chief Becker notes the repaired truck after a Sandgate fire killed teacher-painter John Lundquist. a 20 pound extinguisher was lost earlier. Herbert Thom returns from New York exhibit of Grandma Moses paintings at Two Columbus Circle, seeking a local bus to shuttle residents. Firemen’s women auxiliary meets Wednesday to renew memberships and fund flowers. Calendar lists Boy Scouts, Webelos, Brownies, Cub Scouts, WSCS, Cub Scout dens, choir, and Girl Scouts activities through Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island
Lynbrook
Joseph Miller
Howard C. Miles
West Islip
Reaves W. Tuthill
Miles
Tuthill
Charles O. Becker
Becker
Greenfield
Mass
Sandgate
John Lundquist
Sunderland
Herbert Thom
Bennington Museum
New York City
Grandma Moses
Columbus Circle
Moses
Thom
Firemen’s Women Auxiliary
Ronald Lindsey
West View Place
Town Sisters Seek Shaftsbury Lister Seats in Local Election
Four candidates bid for three-year and one-year lister posts in Shaftsbury. Howard Miles, Republican for three-year, 60, from Valley Stream NY, Fire Dept retiree. Herbert Thom, Democrat for three-year, 29, assistant curator at Bennington Museum. Robert Fletcher, Democrat for one-year, 42, Eagle Square Co. employee. Reaves Tuthill, Republican for one-year, 61, ex Nassau County police captain. All emphasize town service and tax system basics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Lister
Valley Stream
Long Island
N.Y
New York Telephone Co
Fish and Game Club
Miles
Herbert Thom
Bennington Museum
Washington D.C
Maryland
Thom
Volunteer Fire Dept
Robert Fletcher
Eagle Square Co
Fletcher
Sharon Brown
Taconic District
Reaves Tuthill
Nassau County
Tuthill
Arlington social and club notices plus Austrian visitors
Mr and Mrs Eric Sankari of Ashburnham visit Arlington relatives signaling spring. Weekly events include Sugar ing-off Tops at Community House Monday at 7, Arlington Burr and Burton game Tuesday at 6 30, Arlington Fire Co. meets at 7, Batten Kill Grange social Saturday at 8, Lions Club rehearsal Sunday at 2. Four Arlington residents Mrs C Lee Marsh Mrs Don Trachte and Mr and Mrs Lyle Salter spend the week in Austria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community House
Arlington
Burr and Burton
Arlington Fire Co
Battenkill Grange
Grange Hall
West Arlington
Arlington Lions Club
Austria
C. Lee Marsh
Don Trachte
Lyle Salter
Dollars for Scholars Sets $1500 Local Goal in Arlington
Arlington Dollars for Scholars lays plans for its annual April fund drive to aid B and C students with scholastic potential who lack sufficient financial aid. A $1500 goal is set. last year $1340.99 funded four applicants. Guidance counselor Herb Eddy reports all four maintain average or better grades. President Kenneth Clayton led a 10-member board meeting with committees named and the next meeting set for March 3 at 7 30 p.m. at Arlington Memorial High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Herb Eddy
Arlington Memorial High School
Kenneth Clayton
Susan Jannicky
Helene Thompson
Sara Jones
Fred Hoyt
George Walsh
Shirley Hess
Jeanne Walsh
Pownal Lieutenant Awarded Bronze Star for Valor in Vietnam
Lt. Brian V. Pizzano, son of Mr and Mrs Vincent Pizzano of Pownal, received the Bronze Star with V for heroism during a 1968 Vietnam rescue mission with the 82nd Airborne. He led a platoon, exposed to heavy fire, enabling wounded to be recovered and the mission completed, earning high Army commendation. He enlisted in 1966, became a second lieutenant in 1967, and served in Ft. Benning and Ft. Dix before going to Vietnam in 1968. he is married to Lee Law and has a 17 month old son Jeffrey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Brian V. Pizzano
Vincent Pizzano
Vietnam
Pizzano
505Th Infantry
82Nd Airborne Division
Hs Platoon
United States Army
Ft. Benning
Ft. Dix
N.J
Lee Law
Bennington
Jeffrey
Woodford Hosts Checille Family for Weekend
Springfield visitors Mr and Mrs Joseph Checille and children stayed with Mr and Mrs William Louzon over the weekend. Meanwhile Mount Anthony High School sent 75 students including Helen Cleary Lorraine Louzon Elaine Erb and Jerry Smith on a winter vacation flight to Innsbruck Austria. Twenty two Woodford Hollow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Checille
Springfield
Mass
William Louzon
Helen Cleary
Lorraine Louzon
Elaine Erb
Jerry Smith
Mount Anthony High School
Innesbruck
Austria
Woodford Hollow
Wounded Son Speaks From Army Hospital in Japan
North Bennington residents Mr and Mrs Richard Corcoran of Mechanic Street received a call from their son Sgt Michael Corcoran who said he was wounded in South Vietnam in both legs an arm and his jaw yet recovering well and expected to be returned to a U S hospital. The article also notes a dental program at Woodford School and upcoming town events including youth meetings prayer services and extended town clerk absentee voting hours for March 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
Richard Corcoran
Mechanic Street
Michael Corcoran
Japan
Corcorans
South Vietnam
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
Norshaft
Norshaft Lions
Marilyn Mahar
Susan Moore
Betty Riley
Bobby Haynes
Sheilah Miller
Webelos
Carl Easter
Jill Levin
Mary Moriarty
WSCS
Church
Den
Shirley Sanders
Ompson
Girl Scouts of Troops
Arlington Firehouse
Joyce Smith
Susan Ploof
Susan Blair
Princess Crawford
Judy Smith
Sandra Woodard
Sheila Moffitt
Donella Holton
Anne Towne
Sharon Bolster
Susan Wilcox
Karen Perrott
Donna Wilcox
Susan Woodard
Town Sisters
By Sheilah Miller
Howard Miles
Eric Sankari
Ashburnham
Bulova
Fienberg
Main ST
Bennington, VT
Jeep
Glenn Motor CO
North Bennington Rd
Pleasant St
Wickes Is
Woodford
Toni Button
Woodford School Board
L. Adler
Faith Bible Baptist Church
Reservoir Dam
Woodford Town Hall
Campbell
Walker
Seemnanaen
United Federated Church
East Arlington
Libby Levine
Rose Rothstein
Elks Club
North Bennington First Baptist Church
Church St
No. Bennington
Weight Watchers of Adirondacks, Inc
Broadway
Saratoga Springs
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