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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1976
Page
7
Pownal Center Community Church hosts the Pownal Country Market opening Saturday July 3 inviting gardeners and craftspeople to contribute items for July through September sales. Market offerings include fresh produce plants herbs baked goods preserves and crafts with tables for produce and craft sales and a 10 percent church donation on daily sales.
Pownal Baptist Church choir rehearsal at 6 30 tonight and prayer meeting at 7 30. Board of Selectmen meets 7 p m Thursday at Town Office. Produce and crafts sign up for Saturday’s country market at the flea market table at Pownal town offices as part of the bicentennial. July 3 market may feature peas lettuce spinach. Call Rev Mary Burton-Beinecke at 42 9103. Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award goes to Jean Merrill for The Toothpaste Millionaire at Rutland Free Library June 11. The Vermont Department of Libraries and Vermont PTA co sponsor. Vermont children vote in schools.
Bennington County Kennel Club presents Pure Breds in Parade at 2 p.m. Saturday July 3 under a tent in Williamstown festival. The event features champions and offspring, with breed Q&A and literature. breeds named include Alaskan malamute Siberian husky and more.
Jermain Community Hall in White Creek hosts a benefit auction this Saturday June 26 with a 9 30 a m preview and 10 a m start. Donations are tax deductible and pickup can be arranged by Harriet Byars or Roy Whitman. A food sale and a Washington County bicentennial history book will also be offered.
In Hoosick Falls New York a capacity crowd attended the St Marys Academy Alumni Banquet at the Town House restaurant in Cambridge. Richard Wirmusky presided as master of ceremonies and John Galvin Jr announced the class roll call. Special honors went to the oldest attendees and to the 50 year class of 1926 25 year class of 1951 10 year class of 1966 and class of 1976. Larry Torpey from class 1913 received a gift and a standing ovation as oldest class representative. Mrs Loretta O Hearn Murphy from class of 1920 was recognized as oldest female representative. 50 year class members Mary Morin Joseph Millett Morgan Burke Ann Weir William Cronin and Frank O Neil were honored with token gifts. Millett spoke about school spirit and pride. Alumni from California Margaret Wirmusky Diane Wilkie and Mike Conway were noted for longest travel. Burdick listed year end activities and treasurer reports. Officers elected for the coming year include co presidents Terry Burdick and Ellen Scott co vice presidents Robert Melesky and Linda Delarey McGuire secretary Elizabeth Medvetz treasurer Patricia Kennedy Hayes publicity chair Nancy Martello Patti Crucetti and activities chair Mike Brandi.
After nearly ten years of debate, work starts on a whey processing plant in Franklin County Vermont. Gov. Thomas Salmon helped inaugurate the project at a groundbreaking ceremony as the Whey Pollution Abatement Authority sells a 20 year bond to fund the plant. The facility will employ about 20 people and convert whey, a cheese by product, into additives for animal and human foods.
The National Labor Relations Board certified that University of Vermont faculty rejected union representation. The vote against affiliation with any of three unions was a setback for the American Federation of Teachers, which had appealed the outcome earlier in the year.
MONTPELIER UPI Charles Ochmanski executive secretary of the Vermont Education Association foresees widespread labor problems this summer for Vermont school districts. He cites contract disputes in at least a dozen communities including Burlington and Rutland, but expects negotiations to proceed more smoothly than in 1975 when 22 disputes occurred.
Senator Patrick Leahy has withdrawn his challenge to Middlesex property taxes on a family camp after years of legal disputes. He informed Middlesex authorities the camp can be appraised at any amount and he will not appeal, noting his earlier appeal once raised the bill.
Vermont Transportation Secretary Arthur Ristau told a St Johnsbury service club that highway airport and rail improvements should boost the economy but not replace an energetic population. He said public investments help but are not a substitute for initiative and progress.
The Environmental Conservation Department won approval from the EPA to exempt New York waters of Lake Champlain from Coast Guard discharge rules. Fifteen pumpout stations serve up to 1,350 vessels daily, connected to municipal treatment or approved disposal systems. Commissioner Berle calls it a victory for cleaner water and fish life.
In Berkshire County Court, Richard J. O'Brien and his wife were awarded 410000 for injuries from a head on collision near Lanesboro April 16, 1972, against Thomas A. Burnham of Williamstown. The payout, though about 65000 less than sought, is among western Massachusetts’ largest family settlements. O'Brien served eight years on the North Adams city council and twice as president. In Williamstown, the school committee voted to join a 500 annual data cooperative to aid teacher negotiations, with Jane LePage the sole oppose(r).
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