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Newspaper

Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Jan 12, 1971

Page

6

Manchester Elementary weighs fulltime speech therapist

Manchester Elementary School Board learned eight percent of its students show critical speech problems. Mrs. Donna Boylan proposed hiring a fulltime therapist for 1971 72, noting 45 MES students need more intensive instruction than current 25 minute daily sessions allow. Board plans to evaluate the present part time program before a fulltime decision and invited Boylan to the next meeting amid ongoing heating issues at the school.

Manchester Donna Boylan Richard L. Hayes Wood Hayes Dorset

Brazilian student visits Arlington a friendly exchange tale

Rodolfo Manzano from Sao Paulo spends three months in Arlington via the International Fellowship Inc. AMHS National Honor Society sponsors him. He cites differences in education, aims to study sciences to become a doctor, enjoys the teachers and students, visits ski slopes, and shows slides of his home area. Reading thermostats cost and tuition changes loom as the school board plans budget and nonresident rates for 1971-72.

Arlington Rodolfo Manzano Sao Paulo Brazil New York City Rudy Arlington Memorial High School Joseph Keene International Fellowship Inc United States AMHS

Sunderland One Room Schools Sold Ending Local Era

Sunderland residents voted to sell four one room schoolhouses, closing a chapter of Americana. The move follows children moving to a new elementary school last fall, with sale proceeds split between the school district and town general fund. Agents for the sale are Albert Lawrence and Paul Ennis.

Sunderland Town General Fund Albert Lawrence Paul Ennis Selectmen

Rensselaer Masons Install Officers in Hoosick Falls

Albert J. Wright of North Hoosick was seated as master of the Van Rensselaer Lodge F and AM succeeding Harold H. Haner of Buskirk. Other officers installed include Alfred N. Bingham Edward R. Gibbons Glen C Rowland and several deacons stewards and officers. Haner will serve as trustee and represent the lodge on the Masonic Building Association. The second degree will be conferred Jan 19. A public hearing on the town zoning ordinance is set for Jan 14 at Cole Hall. Betty Richards in Hove England started the Rolls Royce Memorial Fund with 240 to aid Rolls-Royce.

Hoosick Falls N.Y van Rensselaer Lodge F & AM Albert J. Wright North Hoosick Harold H. Haner Buskirk Raymond C. Calhoun Haner Alfred N. Bingham Edward R. Gibbons Eagle Bridge Glen C. Rowland Cole Hall Hove England UPI Betty Richards Rolls- Royce Rolls- Royce Memorial Fund Rolls-Royce

Union annual banquet held in Hoosick Falls

Local 392 United Paper Makers and Paper Workers of Wood Flong Corp held its annual installation banquet Sunday at the VFW hall on School Street with about 125 attendees. Dignitaries from the international and local company leadership spoke or attended, and officers were re-elected except the president. installation was performed by Edward Olszowi.

Hoosick Falls N.Y United Paper Makers and Paper Workers Union Wood Flong Corporation VFW School Street William L. Franks The International Albany International Organization William Thomson Franks John Stratton Cambridge Mass Wood Flong Corp Bolt- Berenek & Newman, Inc Wood Flong Ralph Millington Edgar Humes Arthur Taylor Earl Kenney Stratton Millington William Devine Max Braun Barney Leskowsky Frank Davock Jeffrey Shea Guy Milliman Sr George Laurson Gerry Morin

Hoosick Falls Family Jubilant Over 68th Wedding Anniversary

Hoosick Falls Mr and Mrs Joseph Sarluzzo Sr of 75 First Street celebrate 68 years of marriage with a family gathering at home The couple born in Italy moved to the United States and Hoosick Falls and raised nine children 23 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren with most living locally Other local items note Boy Scout Troop 64 plans Kennedy Games at Lake Placid February 20 21 and a January 17 meeting at the home of Scoutmaster Richard Severson The Hoosick Falls Elks Lodge Ladies Auxiliary holds a regular meeting and health class notes include a field trip to Albany Hope House for narcotics education and various local club re elections and events

Joseph Sarluzzo First Street Italy Hoosick Falls Troy Salluzzo Boy Scout Troop Richard A. Severson Lake Placid Church of the Immaculate Conception Darrel Harrison Hoosick Falls Central School Albany Hope House Peter Magazu

Pownal Club Meetings And Local Hospital Visits

Pownal Scout Troop 347 meets at 7 in the Scout Hut tonight. Pownal Lions Club hosts bi monthly dinner at 6 30 at Ladd Brook Restaurant. January PT A meeting at Center School is set for 7 30. Elizabeth Cummings injured in a fall taken to Leonard Hospital Troy. Eva Altenreid returns from Globe Arizona with daughter Jo-Ann. Frank Demick admitted as patient at Putnam Memorial Hospital.

Pownal Boy Scout Troop Parent-Teacher Club Elizabeth Cummings Potter Hill Leonard Hospital Troy Frank Demick Manton Street Putnam Memorial Hospital

Shaftsbury voters asked to authorize reappraisal

Shaftsbury selectmen reported at the town clerk’s office that a town meeting warning will include an article to authorize funds for a town reappraisal. The amount is not yet set while officials await appraiser bids from the Vermont League of Cities and Towns.

Shaftsbury Merton Snow Tony Altobell Roy Whitman Snow Vermont League of Cities and Towns State Tax Department Hale Mountain Fish and Game Club

Golden Eagle Passport boosts access to federal parks

Lincoln mass report details revival of a ten dollar Golden Eagle Passport. It grants unlimited admission to National Park Service, Forest Service, and other federal recreation areas, with proceeds aiding the Land and Water Conservation Fund. The piece urges pollution cleanup to protect real bald and peregrine eagles, noting wilderness funding and land disposal laws extending funding through 1989.

Lincoln Mass National Park Service Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife Bureau of Land Management Forest Service New England Cape Cod National Seashore White Mountains National Forest Acadia National Park Green Mountains National Forest Parker River National Wildlife Refuge Adams National Historic Site Salem Maritime National Historic Site Land and Water Conservation Fund Congress

Arlington funds request list reveals town-by-town allocations

The Bennington County Regional Planning Commission released its 1971-72 town by town appropriations. At 33 cents per resident, population rise adds 1019 dollars in local funds for Arlington, Pownal, Shaftsbury, and Rupert. State and federal matching remains three to one. Manchester Village may join in 1971. A table of requests follows.

Arlington Bennington County Rupert Manchester Village BCRPC Bennington Dorset Landgrove Manchester Town Manchester Vill Peru Pownal Sandgate Shaftsbury Stamford Sunderland Woodford Manchester

Coleman awarded camper's grant in New York

Stephen Coleman 19 of Bondville Vermont, a student at State University College of Forestry Ranger School, received a $100 educational grant from Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp and Hudson Valley district of the National Campers and Hikers Association. Coleman, a 1970 Leland and Gray Union High School graduate, is a conservationist, guide and canoeist, and serves as vice president of his college class. He has worked as a guide and camp instructor for the Conservation Society of Southern Vermont.

Wanakena N.Y Stephen Coleman Bondville State University College of Forestry Ranger School Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp Hudson Valley National Campers and Hikers Association Coleman Leland and Gray Union High School The Conservation Society of Southern Vermont

Bald Mountain 4-H Club Sets Next Meeting Date

The Bald Mountain 4-H Club met at Karen Kelleher’s home on December 9 and exchanged Christmas gifts. The next gathering is at Gwen Wisell’s home on January 13 at 7 p.m. Members must attend five meetings to qualify for a 4-H card for the horse shows, with five meetings remaining.

Bald Mountain Karen Kelleher Gwen Wisell

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