North Bennington School Budget Boosts Salaries and Space
North Bennington School Board approved a 186 793 dollar budget for next year boosted by about 30 000 dollars from the current year. The increase funds instructional salaries including social security taxes and new staff, expands a librarian program and grades 7–12 staffing, and adds space in the Bleau house for a new classroom. Tax rate proposed is 8 61 dollars per thousand after state aid and tuition deductions, with special tax items to be voted separately.
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North Bennington
Shaftsbury
Vermont
Southwest
Leon E. Wagner
Bleau House
North Bennington School Board
David C. Bare
Ton
Mt. Anthony Union
George E. Bushee
Bushee
Morse
Butler
Leamy House
Edward R. Sweeney
Parsleys to sail for five years as India missionaries
North Bennington notices report Rev and Mrs Charles J Parsley leaving to serve five years as missionaries in India. They will sail June 18 at 3 30 p m on the SS Sylvania from Cunard Pier 92 New York. Visitors may board 1 30 p m to sailing. They depart Stony Point orientation center June 15 and stay at King’s Crown Hotel near Riverside Church before heading to England for a week then on to India.
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Charles J. Parsley
India
Cunard Steamship Lines
Hudson River
52Nd Street
New York
Parsleys
Parsley
Stony Point
N.Y
King’s Crown Hotel
Riverside Church
England
Queen Orchid Time in Dorset Swampacres Dominates June
Sage describes the Lady's Slipper orchid Cypripedium reginae in New England bogs, noting June bloom, the Dorset Valley presence, and multi-decade cultivation. He details pollination by bees, plant structure, seed production, and historical orchid science progress led by Darwin and Ames, with emphasis on habitat needs and species diversity.
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Dorset
New England
China
Burma
America
Maine
Georgia
Vermont
Dorset Valley
Swampacres
George Chapman
Darwin
Oakes Ames
Blanche Ames
Schlechter
Geremany
Tropics
Folk Singers Win Burl Ives Award at National Folk Festival
Beers and their daughter Martha from Babcock Lake receive the 1964 Burl Ives Award for preserving traditional music and psaltery playing. Jean Ritchie also noted. The Beers tour across 36 states with Americana programs under Columbia Artists and Civic Music Association, planning a Philadelphia Festival appearance and seeking permanent area residence.
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Babcock Lake
N.Y
Eveslyne
Bob Beers
Covington
Beers
Martha
Jean Ritchie
New York
Burl Ives
Frank Proffitt
Reese
N.C
Edna Ritchie
Viper
Tamarac High School
Hoosick Falls
U.S
United States Commission of
Electric Power and Light
Montana
Florida
White Springs
Fla
West Virginia
Glenville
West Va
Mountainview
Ark
Fairhope
Ala
Philadelphia
Columbia Artists
Civic Music Association
U. of Minnesota
U. of Wichita
Arkansas Tech
U. of Massachusetts
U. of Kansas
U. of Florida
Indiana State College
U. of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Folklore Society
Kenneth S. Goldstein
George Sulivan
Goldstein
Evelyne
Dumbarton
Bob and
Evelyne Beers
Kentucky
Falls Property, Cable Plans, and Village Projects Discussed
Hoosick Falls officials discussed property conditions after a health board inspection and considered a Bennington cable service trial. Plans for a Wilson Hill real estate development and water sewer queries were raised. The board funded storm sewer materials, bought a police radio, and explored alarm system changes with a bank. Traffic light requests were made for River Street Second Street and High Street Munsell Street. An executive session reviewed village water supply projects with Morrell Vrooman Engineers.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Charles Kliner
Railroad Avenue
County Health Board
John Davison
Paul Clark
Better TV of
Bennington
John Filkins
West Hoosick
Wilson Hill
River Roads
Harold Cottrell
Filkins
Maple Grove Cemetery
National Commercial Bank and Trust Company
New York State Traffic Commission
River Street
Second Street
High Street
Munsell Street
J. Joseph Hayden
Parsons Street
Main Street
Richard Armstrong
Morrell Vrooman Engineers
Gloversville
Armstrong
Arlington News Summary of Local Visits and Events
The item notes Mrs. and Mr. Blair hosting Cheryl and her senior classmates for a Sunday gathering ending with an outside buffet and baccalaureate services. The Bald Mt. 4H Club plans a 7:30 p.m. meeting Thursday at the Brooks home in Dorset. Miss Mary Alexander is a patient at Putnam Memorial Hospital in Bennington. Jablonski and Adack families and kin visit Knapp family in Arlington. Mrs. Jablonski is Shirley Knapp. The Arlington Fish and Game Club schedules a fishing derby on Saturday June 20 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Warm Brook near the Girl Scout hut. James Marsh accompanies his parents to Mt. Hermon for Peter Marsh’s Mt. Hermon School graduation.
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Edgar Blair
Cheryl
Peter Brooks
Dorset
Mary Alexander
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Ronald Jablonski
Julie
Walter Adack
Kenneth
Schenectady, N.Y
Keynith Knapp
Jablonski
Shirley Knapp
Arlington Fish and Game Club
Warm Brook
C. Lee Marsh
James
Mt. Hermon
Mass
Peter
Paran Season Opens With Fireworks At Lakeside
NORTH BENNINGTON Paran opens the Lake Paran recreation season with a Sunday fireworks disc/play at dusk. Lifeguards will be on duty 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily as Dan Fager and Gunnar Schonbeck coordinate a band concert at 8 p.m. on the bathhouse deck before the display.
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North Bennington
Lake Paran
Paran
Sanford Buxbaum
Stephen Vince
Dan Fager
Paran Program Committee
Gunnar Schonbeck
Graduation ceremonies and town Friendly Town program notes
Graduation ceremonies for 10 Grade 8 students are set for Thursday night at 7 30 in the North Pownal Graded School auditorium with light yellow and white colors and a yellow rosebud as the class flower. Harold B Pratt arranged the program and Theodore Cook directs music.
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North Pownal Graded School
Harold B. Pratt
Grammar Room
Theodore Cook
Southwest
South Pownal
McCann School
North Adenas
Sandra Lee Barber
Morgan Barber
Sally - Jo Colliano
Rocky Colliano
Pownall
Herald Tribune
New York City
Burr and Burton Alumni Banquet at Stratton Mountain Inn
More than 200 attended the Burr and Burton Seminary Alumni Association banquet and senior ball at Stratton Mountain Inn. Robert E. West of Manchester was reelected president with Michael Dooley as vice president and Mary L. Bushee as secretary treasurer. Lorraine Harrington was assistant secretary treasurer. Reunions honored classes 1939 1944 1954 and Miss Helen Barrows represented class 1903.
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Stratton
Burr and Burton Seminary Alumni Association
Stratton Mountain Inn
Robert E. West of
Manchester
Michael Dooley
Mary L. Bushee
Lorraine Harrington
Helen Barrows
Dorset
Rescue Squad Executive Committee Meeting Called
The executive committee of the Town of Hoosick Rescue Squad Inc. will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m in the squad rooms chaired by Richard A Severson president. Discussion will cover operations and proposed items for the regular June 17 meeting. The committee includes all elected officers and five at large members.
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Town of
No Contests For Pownal School Posts
At the deadline Tuesday no contest for the post of school director in Pownal had developed. John Foster seeks re election as chairman of the Pownal Town School District and David Adler seeks the Pownal representative to the Union School Board. both are unopposed. An annual school report will be distributed before the June 23 school meeting. Ballots at Town Hall open 1 to 7 p.m. with a business session at 8 p.m. The Board of Civil Authority meets June 20 at 8 p.m. for final checklist revision. Absentee ballot applications must be received by 9 p.m. June 19.
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Pownal
Pownal Town
John Foster
Union School Board
David Adler
Board of Civil Authority
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Dorset Hollow
Mitchell
Schwarz
Cockerel
Cypripedium Reginae
Edith Beaumont
Beaumont
Arlington
Helene Thompson
the Lake
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Vera Langlais
William Jay Smith
Fameily
Bennington County
New York State
Marcel A. Langlais
BBS
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