Battle over Battenkill pollution classification debated
A Manchester hearing on water quality divided residents over classifying Battenkill pollution limits. Officials urged rapid cleanup from 130 pollution sources and suggested municipal and individual disposal upgrades to reach at least Class B or C status, with timeline milestones and potential public hearings in Montpelier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Battenkill
Water Resources Department
Manchester Center
Manchester Depot
Manchester Village
Arlington
East Arlington
New York State Line
WRB
Sandgate
Sunderland
Shaftsbury
Glastonbury
Rupert
Dorset
Peru
Winhall
Water Resources
Reinhold W. Thieme
the Resources Board
Battenkill Basin
Montpelier
Thieme
Douglas B. Kitchel
Obituary: Marguerite F. McNally 64 Eagle Bridge NY
Miss Marguerite F. McNally 64 of Eagle Bridge died at Mary McClellan Hospital Cambridge after a short illness. A former schoolteacher in Buskirk and Eagle Bridge for 20 years she later worked with McNally & Son insurance. Born Sept 24 1899 in Eagle Bridge she is survived by her mother and a brother. Funeral Saturday at her brother’s home then St Bridget Church Buskirk entombment Woodlands Cemetery Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Bridge
N.Y
Marguerite F. McNally
Buskirk
Mary McClellan
Cambridge
McNally & Son Insurance
Vermont
New York
Mary F. (McNally) Furlong
Charles H. McNally
Hoosick Falls High School
Granville
Charles
Bud) McNally
Elizabeth Pemrick
Mechanicville
John Furlong Sr
Johnsonville
St. Bridget’s Church
Woodlands Cemetery
Noreen H. Peart
Boston
Harold C. Peart
Coulter Street
Stock Averages Hover as Markets Open Mixed
Noon figures from Dow Jones Bache show 30 industriales 20 railroads and 15 utilities with a composite average and sales reading. Industrials decline slightly while utilities and railroads show modest changes, signaling cautious early trading.
Problems of India Explained At Benhi by Bradford Smith
Bradford Smith of Shaftsbury spoke on India to Lester Jipp's geography and Problems of American Democracy classes at Benhi. He described India's dual reality of modern commerce and rural poverty and explained language and caste barriers, literacy gaps, and the role of English as a unifying but rarely spoken language.
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India
Benhi
Bradford Smith
Shaftsbury
Lester Jipp
Mr. Smith
Nehru
Imperial University
Japan
Government of
Smith
Jipp
Asia
Allison Aja
Bennington Briefs Show Local Events and Notices
Community updates include Moose club kitchen ticketed seafood hours Friday from 6 to 10 30 p.m. Reservations for steamers advised. Miss Noreen H Peart vacationing in Winter Park Fla. Wentworth student Lawrence C Smith Jr named to dean's list. Catholic Daughters meet Tuesday 6 30 supper and 8 p.m. session. Aviation Night tonight 8 at Molly Stark School. Beatle dance Saturday at Benhi auditorium for area students. Gold Star Mothers meet Monday 7 30. Senior Girl Scouts attend April conference in Rutland. Accident report from Sunday night. Red Cross Bloodmobile donors total 101. Local ads for ski gear and crabmeat special. Political notices for March 3 1964.
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Rutland
State Planning Board
Barbara Riley
Meridyth Whitman
Ann Kaiser
Miss Whitman
U.S
Robert T. Stafford
John Little
University of Vermont
Eddie Henderson
National Girl Scout Council
Cliffside
Burlington
85 Cubs Honor 54th Year of Scouting
The Blue and Gold dinner at the Second Congregational Church marked the 54th anniversary of scouting with 85 Cubs of Pack 53, led by Cubmaster Gerald Stowell. Den mothers and volunteers highlighted advancement awards and candle ceremonies for Arrow of Light candidates Teddy Camp and Robert Reynolds, as 200 attendees enjoyed a ham dinner and centerpieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Congregational Church
John Wiskoski
Gerald Stowell
Robert Reynolds
Methodist Church
Sue Wiskoski
Louise Jackson
Florence Daugherty
Sally Decker
Stowell
Teddy Camp
Michael Lyons
David Hollister
Billy Harrington
Jeff White
Kevin Cole
Michael Vince
Conrad Parizo
David Pello
John LaCross
Joseph LaCross
Martin Conquest
Kim Clark
Denner
Larry Cole
Greg Hughes
Silver Arrow
Steve Wassick
Brian Decker
Pilgrim Fellowship
Zoning Adopted Unanimously in Old Bennington
A small group of Old Bennington voters at a special village meeting approved a new zoning ordinance by unanimous vote. The ordinance, adopting the same code as last September, reflects changes ordered by the 1963 legislature and replaces a previous code deemed likely invalid by 1962 legal counsel.
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Old Bennington
Firemen Plan Vermont State Convention in Bennington
The Bennington Fire Department met Wednesday to organize the Vermont State Firefighters Convention to be held in Bennington on August 15 and 16. Committees were appointed and a March 11 Bradeford Hook and Ladder Co meeting will finalize plans. All department members are invited to attend at 8 p.m.
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Bennington
Bennington Airport plan faces funding and scope review
Knapp notes the warning article reflected last year’s scope and may be amended at Town Meeting to align with actual expansion work. The project aims for a 3,000 foot runway with limited federal state funding likely delayed. Local support must show interest to secure a federal and state fund allocation.
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Knapp
Bennington
Federal Aviation Authority
New Math Tricks Delight St Francis Parents
First and second graders at St Francis de Sales Academy demonstrated new math terms and concepts at a PTG meeting led by Sisters Mary Jude and Mary Joseph and their teachers. Parents applauded the students grasp of ordinal numerals equivalents subsets and equations.
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St. Francis de Sales Academy
St. Francis Ptg
Mary Jude
Mary Joseph
Accidents In Dorset Arlington And Woodford
A Roslyn New York man George Orlan aged 35 suffered a slight leg injury when his car skidded on Vermont 9 in Woodford struck a snowbank overturned and slid down a 60 foot embankment. Police said damage to the car was about 800 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean P. Dills
Wilton
Warm Brook
Arlington
Han
Local Births and Road Ailments Highlight Bennington News
Births announced from Shaftsbury Yorks and Hoosick Falls include a son for Winston Beebe and a son for Robert Haynes, with others in Manchester Depot and Pownal. Multiple traffic incidents report $300 to $500 damages. Dorset skid accident. Dewey Street collision amid snow and parked cars. two New York girls treated at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a New York 7 crash near East Hoosick Road in Hoosick Falls.
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Winston Beebe
Shaftsbury
Robert Haynes
Fisk St
Hoosick Falls
Neil Tremblay Jr
Depot St
Kenneth Dooley
Manchester Depot
Son
Dewey St
Helen Nutting
Adams
Mass
McCurdy
Dewey Street
New York
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Private funeral for Charles P. Billado in Montpelier
Funeral services held Tuesday at Trinity Methodist Church Montpelier for Charles P Billado 23 year old insurance executive whose body was found Saturday in an Albany New York motel room The Rev Jasper A Steele officiated Frank Chatterton was organist Bearers were Gladyn Utton James Randall Robert Tucker William Armstrong Richard Monroe Lester Davis Interment followed at Green Mount Cemetery with next spring burial planned for Berlin Corner Cemetery Body returned to Montpelier Saturday Fred A Billado father accompanied funeral directors and identified the body in Albany
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Montpelier
Charles P. Billado
Montpelier Insurance
Albany, N.Y
Trinity Methodist Church
Jasper A. Steele
Frank Chatterton
Gladyn Utton
James Randall
Robert Tucker
William Armstrong
Richard Monroe
Lester Davis
Bennington
Green Mount Cemetery
Berlin Corner
Fred A. Billado
Albany
Tax cuts urged to spur private investment and job growth
Taxpayers are urged to apply the theory that increased corporate investment and expansion will boost production and new products and create jobs. If American enterprises respond, the tax cut will bring greater prosperity to Americans and reduce the government’s economy role.
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Manfred Ehrich Jr
Denning Miller
Water Board
A. William Albert
Joseph C. Knox
New England Interstate Pollution Control Commission
George H. Plumb
Interstate Commission
State Fish and Game Board
George W. Davis
Fish and Game
St. Cyprians Episcopal Church
Tremont Street
The
Noveck
Shultz, Inc
Main St
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Bennington Briefs
Moose
Douglas Rickert
Ludlow
Arthur Rickert
Gage Street
Winter Park
Fla
Lawrence C. Smith Jr
Union St
Wentworth Institute
H. Russell Beatty
Wentworth
Catholic Daughters of America
Clara Rizio
Bennington County Aviation Corp
Molly Stark
Edward Knapp
Bill Burke
Atlantic Aviation Co
Joel T. Whittemore
Bennington County
Pamela Zyne
Benhi Auditorium
Gold Star
VFW
Armand Garand
Weeks St
Garand
Dale Carnegie
Francis Owen
Lloyd Pratt
Helene Nolfe
Red Cross
Adams Hardware
Robert B. Condon
Town Sister
POL
ADV
Cubs
Richard W. Mallary
R . Fairlee
Hoff
GOP
John Stone
Stone
Arlington and
Woodford
Florence Morrison
Roberta Bourn
Jeanne McWaters
North Bennington
Mary Anderson
William B. Powers
Dorothy DeCamp
Danny Flanders
Lisa Hansen
Ruth Jolly
Denis Fraher
Florence Beebe and Son
Francis Brown
Pownal
Maurice Kjelgaard
Caroline Nielsen
Pestersburg
Ada Boyd
Wilmington
Harte Thea Theatre
Enington
Sannra
Audrey Robert Philippe John Meadows Morley
Forovet McGiver
Henry Koster
Fase
Nunnally Johnson
Phoebe
Hennry E
Bardlo
Prince
Swift's Premium and Armour
Sirloin & Porterhouse
Gage St
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