Manchester Taxpayers Clash Over Tax Appeals and Extensions
Miss Hemenway and several new state residents challenge the tax system at a Board of Civil Authority session. Attendees accuse Sisters of Knowles of blocking extensions and altering assessments to favor some properties, while motel owner Eugene Krenz decries the industry’s heavy burden. Selectmen acknowledge confusion as hearings continue.
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Manchester
Hemenway
Board of Civil Authority
Robinson
Bryant
State
Knowles
Avalanche
Eugene Krenz
Krenz
Lydia Fritz
Lenore Fletcher
Anson Hawkins
Shaftsbury
Murray Alpert
Sammy Greenberg
William Lyman Campbell
Orrin Beattie
Ferdinand Bongartz
Beattie
Board of Sisters
Time Extended For Farm Aid And Local Tax Grievances
Bennington County farmers can apply for emergency ACP cost sharing as extended to Sept 1. Maximum aid is 25 dollars per acre and requests must start before the practice. John J. DeVito at the Bennington ASCS office handles applications. Separately, locals criticize property assessments and tax practices, citing unequal listings and opposition to planned Knowles system implementation in 1967.
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Benington County
E. W. Mattison
Bennington County
ASC
Mattison
John J. DeVito
Bennington
ASCS
Main St
Funeral for Bennington cleaner owner Thomas O Marceau
Funeral services were held for Thomas O Marceau well known Bennington resident and King Co Cleaners proprietor. A Requiem High Mass was offered at Sacred Heart Church with Rev Joseph F Wiseman as celebrant. Bearers included Paul Chouinard and Oliver Lawrence Jr among others. granddaughters Susan Grant and Nanette Marceau attended with classmates from Bennington Catholic High School. Rosaries were recited by Knights of Columbus and Elks members. burial followed at Park Lawn Cemetery with committal prayers by Rev Lawrence McAuliffe. Relatives traveled from Worcester New Bedford and Syracuse to attend.
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Thomas O. Marceau
Bennington
King Co. Cleaners
Main St
Sacred Heart Church
Joseph F. Wiseman
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Paul Chouinard
Herbert Horst
Oliver Lawrence Jr
John Elwell
Gourdius la Croix
Lucien Loomis
Bennington Catholic High School
Marceau
Susan Grant
Nanette Marceau
Bennington Council
Knights of Columbus
Vincent J. Spinelli
Bennington Lodge of Elks
Louis Bellemare
Donald Greenslet
John Ahearn
Dominick Yarnal
Charles Boyle
Clifton Loomis Sr
Albert Jones
Lawrence McAuliffe
Colleges Are Way Behind Times Says Royce Pitkin
Dr Royce S Pitkin president of Goddard College told Plainfield graduates the American college is out of date despite computerised records and TV teaching He urged a shift toward active learning, student factory and community involvement and a cooperative move to raise standards He awarded 60 degrees including 13 Vermont residents one couple from Plainfield and another from Marshfield.
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Plainfield
Royce Pitkin
American College
Royce S. Pitkin
Goddard College
Pitkin
South
Peace Corps
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
Goddard
Vermont
Howard van Ness
Barbara
William P. Bedell
Pamela
Marshfield
Linda J. Towart
North Bennington
Bennington Briefs Highlight Local Club Events and Notices
Last week Dale Carnegie class crowned Patricia Pinsonneault as prepared speech champion with runners up George Haynes Donald Jolivette and Brother Patrick Lynch. Upcoming session Wednesday graduation dinner Saturday Mt Anthony Country Club. Elks Past Exalted Rulers meet tonight at 8 Elks Home. Jerry Finnegan of Pownal Tanning Co. donates prize to Scotch Foursome at Mt Anthony CC to be awarded Wednesday. Golf tee times 4 and 6 30 dinner 8. if rain dinner at 7 with entertainment afterward. Walter Morrissey Bennington Catholic senior and Vermont Student Councils president attended Dr A John Holden Jr retiring ceremony, praised Holden and presented a gift. Walter is son of Mr and Mrs Gerald Morrissey. Bennington Emblem Club meets Wednesday 8 p.m. at Elks rooms. Strawberry Festival postponed one week due to Mrs Roy Whitman death. proceeds benefit 4-H Camp Ondawa. festival set for June 24. Well-Baby Clinic at Elementary School Park Street entrance Saturday 9 10 a.m. free to all pre school children. last clinic until September. Joint meeting Bennington Post 13 American Legion and Auxiliary Wednesday 8 p.m. at Legion Home. VFW Post meets tonight 7 30 at VFW Home North Street. UCS Board of Trustees June meeting Wednesday 8 p.m. in UCS conference room Dewey Street. New hours LeBlancs Auto Wrecking open mornings 8 12 30 phone calls all day. ADV Drs Arthur and Elizabeth Faris away Saturday June 19 through Saturday June 26 ADV.
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Dale Carnegie
Patricia Pinsonneault
George Haynes
Donald Jolivette
Patrick Lynch
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Jerry Finnegan
Pownal Tanning Co
Scotch Foursome
Walter Morrissey
Bennington
Obituary: Beatrice Diette of Woodstock dies at 64
Beatrice McGoff Diette 64 wife of Ovide Diette and mother of Priscilla Salem of Bennington died this morning at her Woodstock home after a brief illness. Born Orleans January 17, 1901, she leaves six sons and daughters including W Bruce Diette Scott Diette Priscilla Salem Carleton Courtney Frederick and Philip. Funeral at North Chapel Universalist Church Thursday at 2 30 p.m. Burial Riverside Cemetery. Friends may call Cabot Funeral Home Wednesday. Memorials may be given to Norman Williams Public Library. Also, Dorothy Whitman 67 of North Bennington died this morning at Hillcrest Hospital Pittsfield Mass. Born Stephentown N Y September 13 1897. Funeral arrangements pending at Hans on Walbridge Funeral Home Bennington with obit to appear in Wednesday Banner.
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Woodstock
Beatrice (McGoff) Diette
Ovide L. Diette
Charles
Priscilla) Salem
Bennington
Orleans
North Chapel Universalist Church
Elian Gault
Riverside Cemetery
North Bennington
Dorothy E. Whitman
Roy Whitman
Hillcrest Hospital
Pittsfield
Mass
Stephentown
N.Y
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Beer Bottle Bill Bottle Brews Again
MONTPELIER Vermont. A bill to have the state manage bottle returns was withdrawn due to time constraints in the session. Rep John Zampieri pledged its return. The plan would have charged wholesalers monthly rates per gallon of beer and wine sold to retailers, funding a litter cleanup by the Vermont Highway Department to reduce discarded bottles nationwide.
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Vermont
Bids Open for Village Police Car Radio Tonight
Bennington Village trustees meet at 7 in the village offices to open bids for a two way police car radio. Minimum 15 to maximum 40 watt mobile sets are sought. Bids are due today as the board reconsiders power needs after veto of a 40 watt Motorola bid. Also on the agenda is traffic progress and water system development talks.
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Bennington
Salvatore Santarcangelo
John H. Williams
Dartmouth graduate M C Quadland earns B A degree
Michael C Quadland son of Mr and Mrs M W Quadland of Hill Shadow Road Bennington and Hampton Beach NH received a bachelor of arts degree from Dartmouth College at Sunday commencement exercises He majored in art and belonged to Sigma Alpha Epsilon and was active in student government glee club the Newman Club and the senior honor society Dragon He is a 1961 graduate of Williamstown High School.
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Michael C. Quadland
Dartmouth
Quadland
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
Newman Club
Dragon
Williamstown High School
Question Session Set For Rural Schools
Taxpayers in the Greater Bennington School District may ask questions at Molly Stark School at 8 p.m. about the two schools, district finances, and issues to be decided at the June 24 annual meeting. The Board of Civil Authority meets at 7 p.m. to add names to the checklist. The main issue is a proposed merger of the elementary schools in Bennington Rural and Village districts, creating Bennington School District Inc. for K6 students. The warning includes a request to authorize a $112,000 planetarium project eligible for aid. The recommended 1965-66 tax rate is 7.67 for operations and 0.85 for Mt. Anthony Union High School District assessment. Stewart E. Allen seeks re election to the school board.
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Greater Bennington
Molly Stark
Board of Civil Authority
Bennington
New
Mt. Anthony Union
Hospital Notes June 14 Admissions and Births
Hospital notes list admissions Mrs Joyce Sweet Miss Freda Richey Bennington Master Claude Rousseau Hoosick Falls Master John A Flood North Bennington Miss Joann Kjelgaard North Hoosick Heli Mercier Manchester Depot Discharges Master Edward Millington Mrs Irene Frechette Bennington Mrs Ethel Kupfer North Bennington Births Mr and Mrs Alfred Lewis of 129 Adams St a daughter June 14
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Joyce Sweet
Freda Richey
Bennington
Claude Rousseau
Hoosick Falls
John A. Flood
North Bennington
Joann Kjelgaard
North Hoosick
Heli Mercier
Manchester Depot
Edward Millington
Irene Frechette
Ethel Kupfer
Alfred Lewis
Adams St
Nothing More To Talk About Merger Talks End at Village District
Bennington Village and Rural school directors who studied merging the elementary schools held their last meeting before annual meetings this month. After 11 months of planning and discussion they had little new to say. Franklin A. Riley, chair of the Village Board, said merging offers everything to gain and nothing to lose. The meeting adjourned shortly after it began.
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Bennington Village
Franklin A. Riley
Old Bennington Hearing On Zoning Plea Scheduled
A public hearing is set for 8 p m June 23 by the Old Bennington Zoning Board of Adjustment to consider Sisters of St Joseph request to buy the Law rence and Mary Becerra home between Monument Avenue and Catamount Lane and convert it into a dormitory for St Joseph College. The plan would require a variance under village zoning. Residents may voice views, with opposition cited over potential loss to property tax rolls from the order’s acquisition.
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Old Bennington
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Sisters of St. Joseph
St. Joseph College
Lawrence and
Mary Becerra
Monument Avenue
Catamount Lane
Board of Adjustment
Governor Hoff Visits Camp Drum Amid Dirty Guardsmen
Gov. Philip H. Hoff and 17 Vermont visitors toured Camp Drum where 1,900 Vermonters trained for two weeks. Guardsmen, muddy from a week of dry conditions and recent rain, greeted the guests with dirt on hands but promised to look cleaner the next day during a parade and the start of a brief period of relaxation.
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Camp Drum
N.Y
Philip H. Hoff
Vermont
1St Armored
St. Albansa
Barre
Rutland
U.S. Stock Averages Slip at Noon
Dow Jones industrials sit at 866.58, down 2.13 points, while rails fall 0.79 to 192.32 and utilities dip to 152.51. Composite index at 298.24, off 0.99 as overall sales reach 4,150,000.
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Bongartz
Ekwanok Country Club
Kren
Park Lawn Cemetery
Father McAuliffe
Worcester
New Bedford
Greenwich
Syracuse
Troy, N.Y
Bennington Briefs
The
BPO Elks
Elks
Bennington Emblem Club
Elks Rooms
Whitman Lawn
Ondawa
Park Street
Bennington Post 13
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Home
Chapel Road
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
VFW
North Street
United Counseling Service
UCS
Dewey Street
LeBlanc
ADV
Drs. Arthur and
Elizabeth Faris
roMe
UTA Panavision
United Artists
Buckler
Valentine
East Main Street
Beatrice Diette
W. Bruce
Scott W
Carleton Courtney
Hyattsville
Frederick
Chatham
N.J
Philip
U.S. Navy
Scotland
Cabot Funeral Home
Norman Williams Public Library
Mrs
Bennington Drive-In
North Bennington Rd
Goldfinger
Sean Connery
Shirley Eaton
Sandra Dee
Robert Goulet
DR. NO
Russia
Department of Housing and Urban Development
House
John F. Kennedy
M.C. Quadland
Dartmo
Stewart E. Allen
Hoff
Dow Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
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