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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1976
Page
6
Hoosick Falls village trustees approved a larger bandstand for the Community Band in Wood Memorial Park with conditions. The band must raise about 7000 by April and obtain final design and location approval. no work until funds are raised and plans approved.
Arlington leaders discussed six dead trees requiring removal with an Elm in front of St James Episcopal Church parsonage causing concern over power lines. The board postponed work until road projects finish and an expert estimate is obtained, noting removal could cost 200 dollars per tree or more, insurance driving prices.
Shaftsbury Town Selectmen rejected a private request to rent the town oil tanker to haul detergent waste to a landfill citing precedent concerns. They also debated dog nuisance fines and planned meetings with listers about property tax grievances and a potential listers expansion to five members amid a reappraisal drive.
HOOSICK FALLS N Y A Fourth of July bell concert organized by musician conductor and local president Gunnar I Schonbeck will feature up to 30 townspeople this weekend The program follows the July 4 parade with groups including Hoosick Falls junior and senior high bands Petersburg Pipe Band Community Band Pickle Pipers West Hoosick Baptist Brass Ensemble handbell ringers chime players and 80 Girl Scouts on glockenspiels Schonbeck notes that the groups will perform short selections then combine under his direction The conductor a longtime music professor and community organizer has sewn together a varied local music scene and envisions a broader bicentennial community singing effort The handbell ringers age eight to 13 learn and compose music under Schonbecks guidance and he has crafted all 80 glockenspiels 50 chimes and the handbells.
Rehearsal at Pownal Baptist Church at 6 30 p m Wednesday followed by the weekly prayer meeting. Senior Citizens Club lunch at noon Wednesday at their center in Pownal Center. Reservations a week in advance by calling Rose Mattison at 823 7282. Donations thanked from numerous local residents and businesses. Free tennis clinic July 6 7 8 for teens 13 to 19 at Arlington Park courts 6 8 p m with Stan Gibson directing. For details call Nancy Worsoe at 375 6418. Golden Sheaf awarded to Mrs Mable W Hewitt for 50 years membership in Hoosick Grange. Bicentennial program planned with future meetings and July Fourth concert noted. List of donors and sponsors for Community Care Home and many local businesses listed.
Sheila A. Begin of 3 Jackson & was hospitalized after an automobile collision on Abbott Street in Hoosick Falls New York. She complained of head pains and was kept overnight at Mary McClellan Hospital before release. Police say Begin’s car struck a parked vehicle owned by William J. Powers of 41 Abbott Street and she was ticketed for driving an inspected vehicle.
Edward F Houlihan reports the Vermont Department of Education has approved a continuation of the Vermont Facilitator Program run from Manchester Center. Federal funds totaling $33,150 are planned for the next fiscal year under Director Joseph M. O'Brien. Over two years, 25 Vermont schools adopted an innovative program, including two BRSA schools, chosen as outstanding by the U.S. Office of Education.
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