Loveless Proposes Council of Governments in Vermont
Development Secretary Roland G. Loveless outlines a draft bill to replace appointed regional planning commissions with elected councils of governments formed by two or more towns. The plan would authorize funding and authority for regional forums to discuss shared problems, while sparking opposition from the Bennington County Regional Planning Commission over jurisdiction and funding concerns.
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Arlington
Vermont
Roland G. Loveless
Council of Governments
Loveless
Bennington
Boards of Selectmen
Bennington County
BCRPC
Planning Commission
Hoosick Falls Rescue Squad Seeks Third Ambulance
Hoosick Falls residents may gain a third ambulance after the 1971 annual report shows 537 calls answered by two vehicles. The squad logged 15,897 miles and 2,165 man-hours with 351 daytime and 186 nighttime calls, prompting calls to expand for 24 hour service.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Shirley M. Howard
Town of
Hoosick
Hit and run crash injures Hoosick Falls man in 12:30 a.m. crash
Gary R. Albowicz, 24, of 9 Mechanic St., suffered a broken neck and multiple injuries in a hit and run on Route 22 near Johnson Hill Road. He was taken to Puntam Memorial Hospital in fair condition. State Police investigated as others escaped injury in separate late night incidents.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Gary R. Albowicz
Mechanic St
Puntam Memorial Hospital
Hoosick
Center Brunswick
Albowicz
North Hoosick Road
Ooon
Edmund Wells
Fox Hollow Road
Wayside
Potter Hill
Dee
Jon P. Pappas
Elm St
Bennington
Gardner
County real estate board splits Bennington units vote record
The Bennington County Board of Realtors votes to form two units one for Bennington Shaftsbury and Arlington and a separate Manchester area unit. The plan endorsed by 50 members at L Auberge Restaurant meeting January 13 seeks NACARB approval. Hal Benson urged professionalism through education and noted a GRI seminar in Concord February 7 to 11.
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Manchester
Bennington County Board of Realtors
L’ Auberge
Vermont Board of Realtors
Robert Waite
Trask and Waite Realtors
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Bennington
Shaftsbury
Arlington
Mountain
Windham County
Hal Benson
NIREB
The
National Association
Graduate Realtors’ Institute
Concord
N.H
Falls dentist joins Caribbean medical cruise seminar
Dr. Harry P. Harrison and Mrs. Harrison return from an 11 day Medical Seminary Cruise aboard the Kungsholm with 30 Albany Medical Center physicians and faculty. The seminar covered internal medicine psychiatry and surgery with Harrison presenting a patient centered paper. The Harrisons' son Mark, a prior patient, is noted. Harrison plans to resume practice in February.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Harry P. Harrison
Harrison
Carribean Islands
Albany Medical Center
Albany Medical College
Kungsholm
Antigua
St. Martin
St. Croix
Puerto Rico
Harrisons
Frank Woolsey Jr
The
Medical College
Veterans Administration Hospital
Albany
Medical Hospital
Mark
Bennington
Hoosick to raise funds for federal rink grant
Hoosick must raise sixty thousand dollars to match a sixty thousand dollar federal grant from the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation for a multi purpose building that includes a natural ice rink. The Reynolds Recreation and Community Development Foundation proposed the plan with delays tied to the death of William Gilchrest last January. Philip Leonard, Reynolds Foundation executive, said he awaits word on federal approval.
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Reynolds Recreation and Community Development Foundation
William Gilchrest
Philip Leonard
Reynolds Foundation
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Elks Club hosts Super Bowl Sunday social
About 65 Elks members gathered at the South Cambridge clubhouse to watch the game on four color TVs with beverages and hors d oeuvres including clam casions and fried chicken. A steak dinner followed, with Thomas Wysocki as chef and Walter Wirmusky and Gerald Schwartz co chairing arrangements assisted by Mrs Schwarz, Mrs Wysocki, and Mrs Sophie Rourke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Elks Club
Thomas Wysocki
Walter Wirmusky
Gerald Schwartz
Schwartz
Wysocki
Sophie Rourke
Sculptor Wins Audubon Medal in New York Show
Manchester sculptor Jane B. Armstrong will receive the Audubon Artists Medal of Honor and a $100 prize at the 30th Audubon Artists Exhibition at the National Academy Gallery in New York City. The open juried show runs January 20 to February 6, with Armstrong noted for her Tennessee marble sculpture Swimming Otter.
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Manchester
Audubon Artists
Jane B. Armstrong
National Academy Gallery
New York City
Shaftsbury town records over 1 million in value this year
Selectmen learned the town has grown beyond 1 million dollars in fair market value in the last 10 months based on building permits totaling 811,815 for 1971. Land value accounts for the gap with Eagle Square Mfg. Co. expansion of 2.25 million not fully on the Grand List until 1975. The board also discussed placing a ballot question on billboard removal compensation along state highways and reported state costs above 740,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Edwin A. Colvin
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Eagle Square Mfg
1 40 Club meets Tonight in Shaftsbury
The 1 40 Club, now in its 24th year of community service, gathers at Bertha Denio's home on the third Tuesday of each month to support local causes. It has given gifts to Caverly Center children and sent fruit baskets or flowers to nursing homes, plus Thanksgiving or Christmas baskets to those in need. Officers include Mabel Mattison as president and Marge Newton as vice president with Bertha Denio as secretary.
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Shaftsbury
Bertha Denio
Caverly Center
Camp Y Woods
Mabel Mattison
Marge Newton
Earlene Ware
Isabel Peacock
Dorothy Gaye
Ethel Gerow
Ceil Roy
Community Meetings In Pownal Churches And Troop
The North Pownal Congregational Church Bible class meets Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the parsonage. Pownal Baptist Church holds choir rehearsal at 6 30 p m, a Women's Fellowship at 7, and a prayer service at 7 30. The Pownal Center school hosts the Cadette Troop meeting from 7 to 9 p m Wednesday.
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North Pownal
Pownal Baptist Church
Pownal Center
Pownal
Waterfowl group sets nest tour in Salem and Arlington
The Waterfowl Improvement Association will hold a nest tour Sunday Jan 23 at 11 30 a m starting at Carter s Lake to inspect nesting houses with Donald Foley state DEC biologist. A cookout follows after nesting box installation on Cossaguna Lake. The next meeting is Jan 25 at 8 p m at the American Legion Home Arlington Vermont with Bruce Parker USFWS speaker.
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Salem
N.Y
Waterfowl Improvement Association
Carter’s Lake
Donald Foley
State Department of Environmental Conservation
Cossaguna Lake
American Legion
Arlington
Bruce Parker
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Phil Dustin
Cambridge
Carol Hogel
Shaftsbury student makes Pfeiffer honor list
Richard C. Gratz of Shaftsbury was named to Pfeiffer College’s fall 1971-72 dean’s academic honor list. A Pfeiffer freshman majoring in religion and a North Bennington High School graduate, Gratz is among 160 students on the honor list.
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Misenheimer
N.C
Richard C. Gratz
Shaftsbury
Pfeiffer College
Ernest C. Gratz
Pfeiffer
North Bennington High School
Gratz
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