Zoning Variance Granted By 3-2 Appeal Board Vote
The Bennington Village Zoning Board of Adjustment approved by a 3-2 vote the conversion of a large Congress Street single family dwelling into a multi unit building. Bernard Bellemare presented the appeal. current owner Bellemare’s family plans three or four apartments with off street parking. Some members feared possible spot zoning and future overuse, but the majority held the variance permissible without limiting unit count. Attending: Ulrich, Loomis, Gordon, Hoisington, Clermont. No other speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Village
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Congress Street
Bernard Bellemare
A. Sidney Edson
Board of Adjustment
Bellemare
Bellemares
Charles E. Ulrich
Ulrich
Lucien E. Loomis
Harold Gordon
William E. Hoisington
Paul Clermont
Bennington Village Eyes 20000 Dollar Water Fund Request
Bennington Village officials plan to ask taxpayers at March’s annual meeting to add another 20000 dollars to a sinking fund for water system expansion. Trustees favor the move to protect against uncertain federal planning funds while noting any unneeded money would be returned. The land sale article and Rogers water connection request were rejected as the board focuses on the expansion project and future funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Village
George Ryan
Floyd Harmon
George Hadwen
Chapel Road
Joseph A. Pello Jr
William M. Rogers
North
Bennington Rd
Globe Union
Water Board
Rogers
John H. Williams II
Hillbilly Show Set by Legion For Dimes Fund
Post 13 American Legion schedules a February 7 hillbilly show at the State Armory to aid the March of Dimes. The event honors Bernard J. McNaney and features country and western groups from New York Massachusetts and Vermont. Proceeds fund polio and birth defect programs. Four hours of entertainment. Tickets at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post 13
American Legion
State Armory
Bernard J. McNaney
New York
Massachusetts
Vermont
Hartland Man Named Veterans of WWI Accredited Representative
Hartland resident Hartland E Frederick Woodruff has been named an accredited veterans representative for the Veterans of World War I of the USA. He will assist U S war veterans and dependents in Vermont and western New Hampshire, writing from Hartland Four Corners Box 14. Woodruff, Harvard 1916 graduate, served overseas with a medical unit in France, later studied at the University of Toulouse, and held VA and Red Cross posts in England and White River Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartland
E. Frederick Woodruff
U.S.A
Veterans’ Administration
Vermont
New Hampshire
Justin A. C. Curtis
Newport
N.H
Department of Vermont
Veterans of W. W. I
Woodruff
Hartland Four Corners
Harvard
Massachusetts General Hospital
Paul Dudley White
France
University of Toulouse
England
American Red Cross
Boston
White River Junction
Illness Update on Mrs. Clara Trombley at Putnam Memorial
Mrs. Clara Trombley of Coolidge Avenue has been seriously ill at Putnam Memorial Hospital for a month. Her condition is gradually improving. no visitors are allowed, but cards may be sent to Room 332.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Trombley
Coolidge Avenue
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Stock Averages Noon Report From Dow Jones Markets
The Dow Jones Bache composite shows the industrials at 900.81 up 1.29, rails at 212.40 up .51, utilities at 160.60 up .53. The overall composite stands at 315.68 up .57 with sales totaling 2,850,000.
Students May Compose Own Music If Curriculum Plan Goes Through
Bennington area schools may start a student led music program with a new approach co sponsored by the U S Office of Education and the Ford Foundation. If funded, 18 teachers will be trained to teach Grades 1 3 next fall with students composing performing and even building instruments for a future student led orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Paul E. Kirsch
U.S. Office of Education
Ford Foundation
Ford Project
Kirsch
Vermont
Lionel Nowak
Bennington College
Office of Education
Washington
Satur
New York
Diane Rich Succeeds Hodgman French teacher appointed at Bennington High
Bennington Graded School District voters selected Diane Rich of North Bennington to replace Bruce Hodgman as one of two French teachers at Bennington High School. Hodgman left to take a Weeks School post in Vergennes. Heath noted teacher scarcity midyear and Rich’s plans to assume duties by March 1 after observing Hodgman’s classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Graded School
Diane Rich
North Bennington
Bruce Hodgman
Bennington High School
Hodgman
Weeks School
Vergennes
Allan J. Heath
Miss Rich
Benhi
Kendall Rich
University of Vermont
Heath
Paris
State Department
Washington
Gesell
Richard Sleeman
Bennington Village
Jean T. McCurdy
Dewey St
Volkswagen
Ben-Mont Avenue
Thomson Mfg. Co
Hospital Notes And Births In Vermont 1965 Plan
Hospital notes list admissions and discharges for multiple patients across Hoosick Falls Bennington and nearby towns. Births include Elwood and wife welcoming a son in Berlin New York. General Telephone Co of Vermont budgets hundred thousand dollars in 1965 to improve service in Cheshire Saxtons River Addison Weybridge Panton and Bridport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
UPI
General Telephone Co
Vermont
Chester
Saxtons River
Addison
Weybridge
Panton
Bridport
Bennington Lions Plan Dream of Local Planetarium
Paul W. Bohne outlined a project to build a Bennington planetarium for students and the public, proposing land near Molly Stark School as a site and seeking community support. Bennington Selectmen discussed using Town Farm land for study of residential and recreational development, possibly including a planetarium site. Bohne is a local astronomy instructor and official U S Weather Bureau observer. the club also announced a Dale Carnegie course and discussed Lions International branding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Bennington Selectmen
Bohne
Vermont
United States
Club
Meteorology
U.S. Weather Bureau
U.S
Dale Carnegie
Harold Kramer
Ted Thomas
Lions International
Ed Crealese
Governor Hoff and Phone Co At Odds Over Taxes
A tax specialist for Gov. Philip Hoff said the planned rise in gross receipts taxes on telephone companies should not raise user rates. The budget aide argues federal tax changes in 1964 lowered the tax load and automation may boost company profits while Vermont’s rates remain among the lowest in New England and unchanged since 1947. The Public Service Board's position was noted as generally agreeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoff
Vermont
New England
Marshall
Public Service Board
W. J. French
Burlington
New England Telephone Company
French
Bennington YMCA finance campaign names area division chairs
Division chairmen for the 1965 YMCA finance drive were announced by campaign chairman J. Philip Hall. The effort seeks 20,000 dollars for the Bennington YMCA with captains and workers already chosen and early meetings planned for the Bennington village division and other areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
J. Philip Hall
Bennington Area
Hall
Bennington Village
S. Whitney Dickey
W. Philip Giddings
Waldo Holden
Burton Potter
Lucien E. Loomis
Richard N. Fabricius
North Bennington
Village School Board Rejects Town Farm Residential Use Idea
Bennington selectmen will receive a letter from the Village Graded School Board proposing that Town Farm land on East Road be used for a public purpose rather than housing. Trustee Ronald Knapp says the 80 acre tract could serve as a future school site or other municipal use, such as a community recreation area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Village School Board
Bennington
Knapp
Bennington Briefs On school board and local notices in Bennington
The Mt Anthony Union School Board will meet at 7 tonight at Bennington Elementary to review voter eligibility for the bond issue ballot next Tuesday and to add names to the checklist. A general board meeting will follow. Fri food sale by Bennington High freshmen at Central Vermont Public Service store at 3 pm proceeds go to class treasury. Fire Department meets at 8 pm at Bradford Hook and Ladder for annual reports and officers. Dr Marcel J Lewis offices refurbished after a fire. he returns to regular hours. Residents seek federal surplus commodities must apply by Friday noon to Mrs Alma Langlois. Nurses Association meets Monday at Paradise Restaurant with a talk by Dr William Flood. YMCA Week displays at Vermont Bank and Trust. Rural Fire Department pays last respects to Mrs Glynn Morrissey. Local merger talks seek land for a new school. trustees urge open land use and possible site options. Taxpayers in six districts will vote on the Mt Anthony Union High School building proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Anthony Union
Benenington High School
Central Vermont Public Service Store
Patti Fair
Karen Jolivette
Bennington
Selectmen’s
Alma Langlois
South Street
Bennington Village
Anthony Pello
Richard Sleeman
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Knapp
Mt. Anthony
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Legion For Dimes Fund
Harte Theatre
Charl
Debbie Reynolds
Curtis Tony Roi
Fionee
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
School Board
Sleeman
Consid
Frank A. Reynolds
Hoosick Falls
Benjamin Lauzon
Williamstown
Mass
J. Leona Pierce
Fred Williams
Geraldine Knox
Arlington
Katherine Davendanis
Jill Stempek
Etta Philpott
Katerine Sendra
Manchester Depot
Kenneth Mattison
William Jones
Sandra Eastman
Einer Fabricius
Pawlet
Elwood King
Berlin
N.Y
Tells Lions Club
Paul Bohne
Bennington Planetarium
Hollywood
Las Palmas
Paul W. Bohne
Hall OF Kings
Sir Winston Churchill
Governor, Phone Co
Ymca Finance
Bennington Briefs
Bennington Fire Department
Bradford Hook and Ladder Company
Safford St
Marcel J. Lewis
Dr. Lewis
James P. Hamemond
Bennington County Registered Nurses Association
Paradise
William A. Flood
Vermont Bank and Trust Co
Bennington Rural Fire Department
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Glynn
Hazel) Morrissey
Porterhouse
Safford
Gage
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