Manchester Petition Seeks Five-Man School Board
Manchester residents circulate a petition to expand the school board from three to five members. Chairman Ralph Fleming Jr. signals he may resist a one year term. At a Monday meeting, directors voted $100 raises for 1967-68 budget and discussed a 60 passenger bus bid. Superintendent Cross notes enrollment will require additional teachers and a possible $300,000 MES addition bond and $810 per pupil for Burr and Burton Seminary students.
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Manchester
Ralph F. Fleming Jr
Fleming
Clifford B. Harwood
Eugene V. Kayatta
Neil E. Cross
Cross
Manchester Elementary
Kayatta
MES
Burr and Burton Seminary
Arlington Fire and Light District annual meeting set
The Arlington Fire and Light District will hold its annual meeting on January 15 at 8 p.m. in Arlington Memorial High School. The Arlington Parent-Teacher group discusses starting a Dollars for Scholars program at Fisher Elementary School next Monday at 8 p.m., with a nominating committee proposing officers. The article also notes Carl T. Ramsey and his wife staying with Mrs. Cecilia Von Sitas, a Vermont Life photo puzzle misprint, and Ted Day’s return to Heidelberg College after a two week home visit.
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Arlington Fire and Light District
Arlington Memorial High School
Arlington
APT
Fisher Elementary School
Clement Belcher
Ways and Means
Geroge Hughes
Edward Doyle
Hughes
Ellsworth Jannicky
National Organization of Dollars
Carl T. Ramsey
Swampacres
Ramsey
Cecilia von Sitas
Mill Brook
Camp Ondawa
Sunderland Farm
Vermont Life
Everett Randall
Depot Road
Ted Day
William T. Day
Heidelberg College
Tiffin
Ohio
Buck
John G. Barber
John C. Barber
Pownal Center
Hickham Afb
Hawaii
Carl A. Dickinson
Travis Afb
Calif
Barber
Lackland Afb
Texas
Chanute Afb
Ill
Dover
Del
Sandra Patterson
Pownal
Center School
Charles W. Rounds
Vermont Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
Montpelier
Rounds
Bennington
Dorset Teachers Get Higher Base Pay Next Fall
Dorset Elementary School Board raised starting pay for new B S graduates from 5000 to 5600 dollars with a 5 percent yearly experience increment. The schedule tops at 9525 dollars for a master’s holder with 15 additional credits and 10 years experience. Raises for further study may be capped at six years for B S teachers and eight years for B S plus 15 credits.
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Dorset
Leon Edgerton
John Jay Film Head for the Hills in Williamsown
Mrs S Whitney Dickey of Bennington says tickets remain for John Jays newest ski adventure Head for the Hills to be shown at Chapin Hall Williams town January 16 at 8 PM. Proceeds aid Pine Cobble School scholarship fund. Unreserved tickets at Salvatore s Shultz Jewelers and the Sno Shoppe Bennington. Reserved by calling Mrs Dickey.
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Williamstown
Mass
S. Whitney Dickey
Bennington
John Jay
Dorset Dorsetites Make Cold Night and Winter Moves
The town endured a brutal cold snap with a reading of 23 below on December 7, the coldest in memory. Departures included the J. Ford Shroders heading to Naples, Florida for a winter vacation. Susan Szirbik left for Woodstock Country School. The Ramsays left for Sunderland to spend winter with Mrs. Cecilia Von Sitas. The Earle family sold their home to William Ittmann of Indian Hill Ohio. David Hyde and a New York buyer purchased a home in East Dorset from the Hurst family of Chappaqua New York. Sydney Meachem began renovations on his new Dorset home.
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J. Ford Shroders
Naples
Fla
Susan Szirbik
William Szirbik
South Woodstock
Woodstock Country School
Theodore Earle
William Ittmann
Indian Hill, Ohio
David Hyde
New York
East
Dorset
Arthur Hurst
Chappaqua
N.Y
Sydney Meachem
Dor
Buck celebrates 10th birthday at home gathering
Joseph Jay Buck, son of Mr and Mrs Robert J Buck, was guest of honor at a birthday celebration held Sunday afternoon at their home. He turned 10 on New Year’s Day. Ten of his friends and classmates attended.
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Joseph Jay Buck
Robert J. Buck
Hoosick All Saints Parish Club Meeting Notice
Hoosick All Saints Parish Club will meet Monday night January 15 with Mr and Mrs John Winegard to discuss club activities and plans for upcoming events.
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All Saints Parish Club
John Winegard
Hoosick Falls Socials Planned by Aerie of Eagles
The Hoosick Falls Aerie of Eagles completes preparations for Friday night social events at 8 p.m. in the Eagles rooms on First Street with refreshments and $200 in prizes for charity. Also notes parish, church and civic meetings, and local moves in Dorset and Pownal areas.
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Hoosick Falls Aerie of Eagles
Harold Thomas
Eagles
First Street
Chinese Painting Lectures Set At Williams College
Sherman E. Lee director of the Cleveland Museum of Art will give two public lectures at Williams College during the January winter study period. On Jan 11 he speaks on Water and the Moon in Chinese and Modern Painting and on Jan 18 Mind and Brush The Forest and the Trees in Chinese Painting. Lectures begin at 430 PM in Lawrence Hall. Lee is the Robert Sterling Clark Professor of Art at Williams and has directed the Cleveland Museum of Art since 1958. He has held posts at the Detroit Institute of Art and the Seattle Museum of Art and served on Tokyo’s Arts and Monuments Commission after World War II. He is an authority on oriental art and author of The History of Far Eastern Art and other works. He has lectured at Western Reserve University since 1962.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
Sherman E. Lee
Cleveland Museum of Art
Dr. Lee
Robert Sterling Clark
Williams
Cleveland Museum
Detroit Institute of Art
Seattle Museum of Art
Arts and Monuments Commission
Tokyo
Western Reserve University
Cleveland
West Arlington-Sandgate Holiday Birds and Visitors
West Arlington residents report cardinals and other common birds at feeders as holidays wind down. Local families shared tales of hosting relatives from Maine, New York, and Virginia, while Vermonters endured a cold snap and a Cuba visit by a daughter in Guantanamo Bay. A New Orleans trip and mild weather remarks contrasted with family gatherings and Christmas cookies adapted for heat.
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Maine
E.E. Jannicky
Manfred Ehrichs
Peter Ehrichs
New York
Ehrich
Terry Ehrich
Clay
New York City
Andy Livingston
Alexandria
Livingston
Eugene T. Pelham
New Orleans
Lawrie Hess
Pat Zimmerman
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
LOUGHBOROUGH Fines Rise For Street Crossbow Use
Loughborough Council tightens penalties raising fines for breaking by laws to 48 dollars from 12. A Greece letter from Nick Theodossiades notes his army training in Sparta. Local students and families appear in ski race and engagement notices with travel plans and college details.
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Loughborough, England
UPI
Loughborough Council
Eight-Year-Olds Locked In Brixton Toy Store Overnight
London youths Danny Curmi and Billy McCauley hid in Brixton's Aladdin's Cave toy shop after a game of hide and seek. They ended up locked inside overnight, exploring bikes and toy weapons while Billy reportedly ate five chocolate soldiers and fell ill.
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London
UPI
Danny Curmi
Billy McCauley
Brixton
Billy
North Bennington Cub Scouts Explore Four Ways to Communicate
North Village Cubs Pack 328 expands communication study with four field trips to WBTN radio, Polygraphic Co of America, New England Telephone, and the U S Post Office. Thirty seven scouts, led by den mothers, visit these sites this month. The pack seeks renewal of its charter, the oldest in Vermont, renewed over 25 years.
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North Bennington
Den
Gordon Sweet
Harold Henningsen
Carl Hess
Paul Becker
WBTN
Polygraphic Co. of America, Inc
New England Telephone Company
United States Post Office
Vermont
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Gerald Raftery
Ringheiser
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Guy
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Marcen Skinner
Rufus Gilbert
Carl T. Ramsay
The
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Hoosick
Ada M. Breer
Hoosick Falls
Edith Beaumont
All Saints Parish Church
Crusaders Class of the Baptist Church
Ethel Harrington
Lillian Spendiff
Marion Smith
Barbara Pierce
Korners Klub
Randall James
Abbott St
Michael Miller
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Skier Magazine
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Dwight Dickson
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New York Housing and Development Administration
Callender
Set Hollow Road
Edith Dulles
Mildred Hulsberg
Peter Fontana
Morse Hill Road
Waltenberg
Katonah
Ruth Pocock
Nichols Hill
William Stockhausen
Garden City
da Nang
South Vietnam
Ft. Benning
Howard O’donovan
Naval Auxiliary Landing
Monterey
Cornelius O’donovan
East Dorset
Chester Baldwin
Carl
Dorset Village Public Library Assn
Lawrence Hall
West
Sandgate
Betty Trachte
Greece
Nick Theodossiades
MIT
Sparta
John Bruder
Don Trachte Jr
Western State College
Gunnison
Colo
Trachte
Louise Orvis
Bromley
Rod Taylor
Waterville Valley
N.H
Innsbruk
Austria
Bruder
Robert Weeks
Greenwich
Judith Anne
Michael Fisher
Judy
Centenary College
Hackettstown
N.J
Denison University
Granville
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
Edward
Maharee Son
Bennington, Vt
Patties
Danny Sunday
North Village
Carters
Candle Mill
PS Automatic
PS Automatic Loan Service
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Brattleboro
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Chester
Jamaica
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Newfane
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Woodstock
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