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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1969
Page
6
Manchester officials set the 1969 town tax rate at 5.76 to fund town government and school operations for July 1969 to December 1969 and January 1970 to July 1970. The town tax portion will drop 5 cents to 2.06 due to a surplus, with March 1970 taxes covering school costs for January to July 1970.
Manchester officials will ask the U S Post Office Department to place aCenter post office in the Manchester Shopping Center among four sites. They caution they may discuss other options when the real estate officer visits. Parking concerns arise due to a state project and changes to the Center site. The board also approved municipal parking funds for the town office lot and rejected a request for a street light on Lathrop Lane. The Murray Hill name will not be used. dispatchers will refer to it as Murray Hill. Residents are split on the naming.
Woodford Jennifer Rea of Camp Springs and Cheryl and Michael Campbell of Suitland visit grandparents Mr and Mrs David Lockwood for the summer. Merle and Patricia Becker vacation at the Bible Conference in Rumney New Hampshire.
Hoosick Falls N Y at a special meeting of the Hoosick Falls Fire Department final plans were completed for the fireworks display at the Country Club on July 4th. Members were assigned to install set pieces fire mortar patrol duties with Indian pumps to control small fires and clean up after the display. All members meet at the Town of Hoosick athletic field at 7 p.m. Fireworks begin at darkness.
Manchester James Fisk and the St Croix Voyageurs, 26 boys aged 14 to 16 with five advisors, depart Greenville Maine for a canoe trek up the Allagash with plans to return August 10 via Fort Kent. Meanwhile local families and clubs report summer activities and events across Manchester.
Manchester selectmen inform Dorset that the Manchester dump facilities will not be available to Dorset after January 1. The town plans a new sanitary landfill site north of the current dump on land owned by Orrin H. Beattie with tentative leasing at $100 a month starting October 1. The move aims to meet state requirements and extend life for about ten years, while Dorset’s use would reduce Manchester's revenue by about $3,000, though officials deem it negligible.
The Pownals Children’s Day program at Pownal Center Community Church featured recitations and music. Attendance awards were given to pupils by Mrs. Charles W. Rounds, with names and ages listed from 10 to 1 year. Jonathan Rounds will spend a three week vacation in Severance Kansas as a guest of the Rounds family. Urgent appeal issued for North Bennington families to host a city child for a two week vacation beginning July 23, with July 10 as the invitation deadline. Local chairman reachable at 442.4558.
Hoosick Falls NY 312 alumni joined the 96th annual banquet at the Town House in Cambridge. Despite warm 96 degree weather, attendees celebrated eras of Hoosick Falls High School with honored graduates from 1903 to 1969 and new officers were elected including co presidents June Johnson Pine and Gayle Brownell Magisane.
A fire department turkey shoot at Ray Farnum's gravel pit kicks off Sunday July 6 at 11 am with refreshments. Peru Fire Department tests hydrants and equipment at Bromley Village. Shaftsbury Garden Club plants town office boxes with thanks to volunteers. New Landgrove residents Ogden family moved from Proctor. Richardson's barn hosts Thursday children’s dances starting July 10 from 7 to 9 pm. Peru Fire Department holds field day July 4 at Adams Field with kiddie rides a Little League game Bar-B-Que and fireworks. rain date July 5. proceeds benefit the department.
Shaftsbury Volunteer Fire Department plans 815 dollars of fireworks on July 4 with activities starting at 1 p.m. on Shaftsbury school grounds. Rides games hobby-art show and all American food available. Fireworks display to begin about 9 p.m. and admission is 75 cents.
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