Arlington BCA Hearing on Property Appraisals for Grout and Others
Arlington BCA met in closed session to hear appeals on property assessments for Maynard Grout, Mack Molding Company, and Hale Company Inc. Mack Molding’s appeal was postponed to Saturday and Hale Company’s to next Tuesday night. Grout represented himself. Hale was represented by its president Martin Hirsch, Prosper Deschenes, and counsel Manfred Ehrich. Mack Molding by president Donald S. Kendall Jr., Harry Hayden, and Robert W. Macksey. Thurston Hulet presided as acting chairman. Other BCA members included Town Clerk Emmett Smith and Justices of the Peace Hulet, Riley, Hard, Mattison Sr., Benjamin, and Keough. A brief Selectmen meeting preceded the BCA. Hulet praised junk car cleanup of about 650 vehicles from Sunderland and Arlington. Hard noted a sewage disposal survey sketch needing further study. A state Health Dept approval letter for Fisher Elementary School additions was read. final inspection was May 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack Molding Company
Hale Company, Inc
Mack Molding
Hale Company
Thurston Hulet
BCA
John Whalen
Emmett Smith
Justices of the Peace
Hulet
Terrance Riley
Gordon Hard
Ernest W. Mattison Sr
Hermon Benjamin
William P. Keough
Hard
State Dept. of Health
Fisher
Manchester Officials Eye Shared Garage on School Land
Manchester School Board and Board of Selectmen met to discuss joint use of a seven acre tract behind Manchester Elementary School to build a 10 bay garage for town equipment and district buses. Officials weigh ownership of a town shed portion. a joint project could relocate the present inadequate town garage and improve safety as Little League games begin. A 20,000 dollar estimate for the barn was discussed, with formal decisions to follow. The meeting also addressed Memorial Avenue becoming a town road, FCC power requests for WBTN, a culvert bridge price, and linking Munson Farm with the town sewage plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Manchester School Board
Board of Selectmen
Susie Lakin
Selectman I
James L. Woodard
Woodard
Memorial Avenue
MBS
WBTN
Bennington
FCC
North Shire
Butternut Lane
Munson Farm
Franklin Institute honors Doyle with Dean's Award at graduation
John Doyle of the graduating class of Franklin Institute of Boston received an associate in engineering degree with honors. He posted a 3.9 out of 4, the second highest average in school history, as Arthur Thompson of Boston University gave the commencement address. Family members attended the exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Doyle
Edward J. Doyle
Arlington
Franklin Institute of Boston
John Hancock Hall
John Doyle
Doyle
Arthur Thompson
College of Engineering
Boston University
Edward Doyle
Kathryn
JoAnn Doyle
Diana Keough
Highland Candles Marks Ten Years Of Market Growth
Arlington celebrates a decade of the Candle Mill with a party at West Mountain Farm. The event honored current employees and longtime staff, with guests from Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and New York. The Weakleys documented ten years of milestone moments including early ads and price lists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Candle Mill
West Mountain Farm
Thomas Weakley
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
New York
Weakleys
George Albee
Wrightsville
Harold Grover
Donald Sprague
Brattleboro
Crusher Visit Manchester Cleanup To Cost One Thousand
MANCHESTER The Hodgdon Bros car crusher moved to the municipal dump to begin work on an estimated 300 junks towed there in May. Town funds will cover remaining cleanup costs, with about 40 more junks to collect and up to 50 donated by owners. Total drive cost projected at $1,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Hodgdon Bros
James L. Woodard
Manchester Lions Club
Garden Club of Manchester
Donald Dorr
Victor L. Bacon
Donald H. Cherbonneau
Dorr
Eugene J. Tetreault
Woodard
Lions Club
Manchester police chief vows action over illegal junkyards
Chief Dana L Thompson returns from a vacation to the northern part of the state and warns that, after the Hodgdon Bros. car crusher leaves, residents with junk autos must face court summons for illegal junkyards. He says he will make an example of violators using legal measures to prevent a recurrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dana L. Thompson
Woodard
Hodgdon Bros
Manchester
Hoosick Falls Educator Receives Master’s Degree
Edith Beaumont of Hoosick Falls has earned a master’s degree in education from North Adams State College. The Hoosick Falls Central School athletic banquet will be held in the cafeteria at 6 30 p m Wednesday for senior athletes and parents. A public program follows at 8 in the auditorium with awards and speaker Robert Burlingame, varsity baseball coach at the State University in Albany. High school students from St Mary’s Academy enjoyed annual picnics with freshmen and sophomores at Kayderos Park in Saratoga and juniors and seniors at Sit N Bull Ranch Warrensburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Brannen
Hoosick Falls Central School
North Adams State College
Robert Burlingame
The
State University
Albany
St. Mary’s Academy
Kayderos Park
Saratoga
Accom
Pownal Scout Meeting Tonight and Camp Plans
Pownal Boy Scout Troop 347 will meet tonight at 7 in the Scout Hut. Plans advance for a week of camping at Orwell starting June 30. Fire Department Auxiliary holds last meeting of the season tonight at 8 in the firehouse to outline summer activities. Mr and Mrs Robert J Buck called to Oneonta New York by the death of Mrs Buck’s father Grover Bostwick who visited North Pownal for years. Leroy Bostwick and Mrs Bostwick accompany the Buck family to Oneonta where their father had resided for 31 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Orwell
Robert J. Buck
Oneonta
N.Y
Leroy Bostwick
Bostwick
North Pownal
Buck
Grievance Day Draws 27 In Pownal
Grievance Day in Pownal drew 27 participants including 25 local real estate owners and two local businesses Taconic Racing and Breeding Association Inc and Southern Vermont Orchards. The Board of Listers heard 1968 assessment changes as notices issued in May reached 230. Listers said most listings were satisfied with the adjustments and offered further hearings through the Board of Civil Authority if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Taconic Racing and Breeding Association, Inc
Southern Vermont Orchards
Board of
Listers
Board of Civil Authority
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Arlington Bca
Helene Thompson
Maynard Graut
Lowing
Sunderland
Manchester Selectmen
Selectman
I. Stanford Zecher Jr
Richard D. Hayes
Frederick G. Stone
Ralph F. Fleming Jr
Clyde H. Bryant Jr
Miller
Ata Aoe
Main ST
Bennington, VT
Nichals
Polly Flinders
Juvenile Department
Highland Candles
Arlington Mill
Albees
Flower Barn
Albee
Lena Grover
Sprague
Banner
Brattleboro Reformer
Curt Albee
Boston
Jane Albee Grzenda
Newton
Mass
Yankee Magazine
McCalls
Redbook
Vermont Life
New England Guide
House Beautiful
Crusher
Hoosick Falls
Edith Beaumont
Ann Bryan
Josephine
Warrensburg
George Callaghan
Mary Ann Patrice
Philip Marie
Peter Magazu
Harry Landry
Triple
Grand Union
del Monte
Walker
Pownals
Vera Langlais
Burr and Burton Seminary Chorus
Southern Vermont Art Center
Doris E. Rigney
Vickie Holden
Michelanne Ryan
Carol Burdick
Sharon Krenz
Melanie Otis
Sue Scheider
Linda Day
Linda Hill
Errol Hill
Ruth Johnson
Patricia Trafford
Pam Beattie
Sharon Crossman
Stacy Nute
Susan Scheider
Pamela Torrey
Atkins
Jewelers
Monument Plaza Bank
Vermont
Anonrusiconban
Bank
Frost's Pharmacy
North Street
Bennington, Vermont
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