Manchester tax rate cut to 6.53 for coming year
Manchester selectmen set a 1973 Grand List based tax rate of 6.53 dollars per hundred, one dollar less than last year. The town budget and appropriations total 325,956.23 with school at 890,216.68, leaving October taxes at 771,064.57 with a 4.14 rate and March taxes at 2.39. Hoosick Falls native Lt. Frost to join Laughlin AFB pilot training after Lackland schooling. he is a 1964 Hoosick Falls High School graduate with a forestry degree from Northern Arizona University. His wife Brends is from Ruidoso, New Mexico.
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Manchester
Hoosick Falls
Dele E. Frost
James Frost
Hoosick
U.S. Air Force
School of Military Sciences
Lackland Avb
Tex
Frost
Laughlin Afb
N.Y
Northern Arizona University
Brends
C.C. Proctor
Ruidoso
N.M
Man of La Mancha Opens at Weston Playhouse Tonight
Weston Playhouse presents the Broadway musical Man of La Mancha directed by Thomas Turgeon with Geoff Keller as Cervantes and Paul Jensen handling musical direction. The production runs two weekends from tonight, with performances Thursday to Sunday at 8 30 and Saturday 3. Flood damage has closed theatre dining areas temporarily. reservations at 802 824 5288.
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Weston Theatre
Weston
Weston Playhouse
Dale Wasserman
New York Drama Critics’ Circle
Thomas Turgeon
Playhouse Company
Father
Cervantes
Don Quixote
Geoff Keller
Fagin
Paul Jensen
Weston Company
Playhouse
Caravan Players stage benefit in Dorset for Dorset Players
The Caravan Players present a benefit performance of Hay Fever by Novel Coward in Dorset on Sunday evening July 15 at 8:30. Proceeds benefit the Dorset Players, with a coffee reception afterward on the Playhouse patio. Tickets available at the box office, from Dorset Players, McWaynes Jewelers in Manchester, and Russell Parks in Dorset.
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Dorset
Caravan Players
Novel Coward
Dorset Players
Playhouse
McWaynes Jewelers
Manchester
Russell Parks
Red Cross bloodmobile seeks club members in Arlington
The Red Cross blood program appeals for people to join informal Club 18 for first time adult donors and Club 65 for donors aged 65 and older who continue giving. Membership requires physician approval within two weeks before donation.
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Arlington
Red Cross
Club 18
Community notices include meetings and blood drive
North Pownal residents are urged to attend a sewer line meeting at the North Pownal firehouse called by Russell Davis. A Rap Session at Oak Hill School runs Friday morning from to 11 30. Club 64 welcomes Red Cross Bloodmobile in Arlington on Wednesday July 25 at St. Margaret Mary's Parish Hall from 1 to p.m. Donors need no appointment and parking is free with a snack bar and staff of doctors and nurses.
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North Pownal
Russell Davis
Oak Hill
Club 64
Red Cross
Arlington
Club 63
St. Margaret Mary's Church
Manchester By LINDA WALTER
The DCC swimming program grows with children learning to doggie paddle and improving each summer. Hank Dufresne is praised for mowing the lawn, a generous contribution noted by the writer.
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Linda Walter
DCC
Hank Dufresne
Day Care Seeks Mimeograph Use and Newsroom Upgrade
Day Care reports receipt of an electric typewriter a desk and a mimeograph machine to aid operations. The old mimeograph remains available though another machine exists and local groups may borrow the extra mimeo or have copies produced if paper is provided. Call Natalie at 362-1395 to express interest and plan for next week’s kiddie swim time.
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Sue Wright
Natalie
Bees Holdup Dive Board Removal At Tel Aviv Pool
A diving board could be removed only by a specially trained expert in Tel Aviv on Wednesday after two workers attempting the task were stung by bees. The insects had nested beneath the board, delaying the operation.
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Tel Aviv
Music camp concert at Big House tonight
The weekly Bat the Pack McCullough House concert features performances by van der Linde music camp students. A varied program includes Beethoven Symphony No.4 for four hands and Tchaikovsky March Slave for eight hands, with works by Bach, Shostakovich and others. Performers include Michael Adelson and the van der Linge children. The camp on Bank Street in North Bennington housed up to 14 youths this summer, offering swimming, biking, picnics, tennis and horseback riding along with trips to Marlboro and Tanglewood for attendees from multiple states.
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Bat the Pack
Ruthanna Hooke
Tamar Witkin
Pam Tate
Qosey Dickey
Tim Gillan
van der Linge
Bank Street
North
Bennington
Marlboro
Tanglewood
New York
Massachusetts
Virginia
Maryland
Washington, D.C
New Jersey
New Hampshire
Vermont
North Bennington
Merck Forest
Rupert
Itl
Sandgate Mothers Group Rummage Sale At Town Hall
The Sandgate Mothers Group plans a rummage sale at Sandgate Town Hall Saturday from 10 to 4 with coffee and refreshments. Proceeds go to Sandgate children. Also noted: Cariel Vaughn of Battenkill Farm is a patient at Putnam Memorial Hospital. The West Arlington Church Bible Class closed for season. children to receive Bibles when available.
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Sandgate
Sandgate Town Hall
Cariel Vaughn
Battenkill Farm
West Arlington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
West Arlington Methodist Church
Manchester selectmen split on sewer ties for condos
Manchester selectmen voted two to one over sewer ties for 24 condominiums behind the Jelly Mill amid a housing boom. They sparred over allocating limited capacity, pressed by repairs and a proposed 242000 gallon daily plant limit, with talks set for July 30 with Jennison engineers.
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Charles Bonenti
Manchester
Selectmen
Clyde Bryant Jr
Emil Zoufaly
Jay Saunders
Jelly Mill
Selectman
John T. Carmody Jr
Jennison Corp.s
Burlington
Jennison
Saunder
Zoutaly
Zoufaly
Barnumville
Highland Avenue
Lincoln Avenue
Richville Road
Selectmen set public hearing on dump site
MANCHESTER selectmen schedule a July 30 8 p.m. public hearing to weigh an alternate North Road dump site and consider using town lands south of the sewage plant near Bourne Brook for three years plus a future park. Access would be from Lincoln Avenue with a possible new road across tracks.
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Manchester
Oakley K. Porter
North Road
Bourne Brook
Porter
Battenhill
Bowne
Lincoln Avenue
Marth Road
Carrie Squires
Squires
Tiniest horse born in Florida
Newberry Florida rancher Joel Bridges who breeds miniature horses for backyard pets says he produced the world smallest perfect horse a 14 pound foal named Gumba born June 3 weighing 11% pounds Bridges expects the miniature to reach about 20 pounds in 18 months as part of his five year program at the 4 acre Komoko ranch with 14 miniature horses and a herd of miniature Sardinian donkeys Briges notes demand from various buyers seeking compact pets.
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Newberry
Fla
UPI
Joel Bridges
Gumba
Bridges
Campout at Ondawa for area homemakers
Sunderland Vermont details a camping weekend for area homemakers from August 2 to August at 411 Camp Ondawa Sunderland. The event offers craft projects initiation and an auction with meals included for four dollars per person. Contact Mrs Charles Paddock or Mrs Iris Dunbar for reservations by July 20.
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Sunderland
Bennington County
Camp Ondawa
Charles Paddock
Iris Dunbar
Saxtons River
Arlington boy or girl urged to apply as paper carrier
In East Arlington a notice invites any boy or girl nine or older to become a Banner paper carrier. Interested applicants should call 44240300 immediately for details and enrollment.
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East Arlington
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William Gaillard
Wood Memorial Park
Hucsick Falls
Red Cross Bloodmobile
the Pownals
Pamela Blakeman
Anthony
St. Bennington
McCullough House
Kay Weeks
Manchester Selectmen
Spruce Street
James Sparlanan
Philip Kelleher
Bonnet Street
Murray Hill
Saunders
Kelleher
Jennican
New Valley Players
Fantasticks
Hoosick Falls Central
Tom Jones
Harvey Schmidt
New York City
Calvin Pedersen
Walker
Florida
Ondawa
Helene Thompson
Aeretage House
Maine
Ala Carle
Northside Drive
Dick & Bally
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