Pownal Adopts 1969 Tax Rate Increases
The Pownal board of selectmen set the 1969 tax rate at 4.24 dollars per 100 with a 0.24 rise over 1968. Sixty seven cents per 100 funds town expenses and 3.57 funds school expenses, reflecting over 42 thousand dollars more in needed taxes chiefly for education and Mt Anthony Union High School. appeals were heard by real estate owners and Civil Authority members, whose findings will be published after notices.
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Pownal
Board of Selectmen
Mt. Anthony Union
Board of Civil Authority
Henry W. Bassen
Charles F. Mason
Marcel A. Langlais
Canaan Tour Highlights Historic Homes and Churches
The Canaan Historical Society sponsors a July 12 house and church tour from 1 to 5 p.m. featuring mainly late 18th and early 19th century buildings plus one recent home. Mrs. William Macfarlane chairs, Mrs. Lawrence Dunton leads the society, with brochures and route maps issued to tour ticket holders at the meeting house off Route 5.
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Canaan
N.Y
Canaan Historical Society
William Macfarlane
Lawrence Dunton
the Historical Society
Columbia County
Canaan Presbyterian Church
Lloyd Returns to Weston Stage in Cactus Flower
Weston actor Lloyd reappears as dentist Julian Winston in Abe Burrows Broadway hit Cactus Flower at Weston Playhouse July 3. He has 150 plus roles, leads at Cleveland and off Broadway, with a theatre family. Curtain 8:30 pm. matinee 3 pm Saturday. July 7 show is a Rockingham Hospital Auxiliary benefit. Box office 824-5288.
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Weston
Sam Lloyd
Weston Playhouse
Julian Winston
Abe Burrow
Lloyd
Weston Bowl Mill Corp
Cleveland Playhouse
Julie Harris
Mr. General
Allenbury Playhouse
Antioch Shakespeare Festival
Bos
Summer Institute in Chemistry At Williams College Opens
Fifteen students who will be college freshmen this fall are enrolled in a seven week Summer Institute in Chemistry opening Monday at Williams College. The program, a new addition to Williams summer activities, is led by Assistant Professor James F. Skinner.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
Williams
James F. Skinner
Manchester offers food stamps sale and pool classes
The Social Welfare Department allows the Town Clerk to sell food stamps starting July 3 for redemption July 4 and after, with buyer details due by 3 p.m. A notice seeks Anna S Hughes who lived in Manchester Center 40 years ago and is among 50,000 missing stockholders entitled to over 25 million dollars. Red Cross swimming lessons begin July 5 at Rotary Pool with sessions for outside Manchester and Manchester children. The program supports minority science candidates through the Ernest and Mary Weir Foundation, featuring Dartmouth and other universities, with tutors Randall P. Dygert and John P. Kurlinski assisting.
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Social Welfare Department
Anna S. Hughes
Manchester Center
Clara May Hemenway
Anna Hughes
United States
C-O Lugens Shoe
Red Cross
Rotary
Manchester
Barbara Bardin
Lars Turin
Bud Brooks
Williams
Amherst
Dartmouth
Skinner
Ernest and Mary Weir Foundation
New York City
ABC
Independent
Chemistry Institute
Los Angeles
Randall P. Dygert
Mount Kisco
N.Y
John P. Kurlinski
Kingsville
Dygert
Mount Hermon
Kurlinski
Arlington Calendar Notes Weekly Meetings and July Clinic
Arlington residents are advised of weekly events at Community House and local venues including TOPS Monday at 7 p.m., American Legion Post 69 Thursday at 8 p.m., and Batten Kill Grange Saturday at 8 p.m. in West Arlington. There will be no Well Baby Clinic in July.
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Sugaringoff
Community House
American Legion Post 69
Legion Rooms
Battenkill Grange
Grange Hall
West Arlington
Turkey shoot sponsored by Peru Volunteer Fire Dept
A turkey shoot will be held July 6 starting at 10 a.m. and continuing until dark at Ray Farnum's gravel pit. Attendees are asked to watch for arrows tacked up as directional aids.
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The
Peru
Credit Crunch Banker Defends Banks In Inflation Fight
Wil lis W. Alexander president of the American Bankers Association told Vermont bankers that banks are not to blame for the credit crunch and rising money costs. He argued the economy is in a battle against inflation and that higher loan rates are a necessary, difficult step toward solving the problem.
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Manchester
Willis W. Alexander
American Bankers Association
Vermont Bankers Association Inc
Alexander
Nixon
Students Speak the Language At Middlebury Summer School
Approximately 1,050 graduate students from across the United States and abroad will flock to Middlebury College for seven weeks of study at the five summer language schools French Spanish German Italian Russian. Total participants reach about 1,300 with 217 at Bread Loaf English and 51 at the Mandarin Chinese program, guided by Dr. Stephen A. Freeman.
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Middlebury
United States
Middlebury College
Middlebury Bread Loaf School
Middlebury School
Stephen A. Freeman
Europe
Pearsons
Gifford
Starr Hall
Stewart Hall
Forest West
Forest East
Painter
Battells
Allen Hall
Hillcrest
Phone Service Expansion Could Boost Local Rates
New York Telephone Co conducts a customer survey in Hoosick Falls Cambridge Salem Greenwich and Schuylerville to gauge demand for expanded calling areas that would raise monthly charges if approved by a majority and the state Public Service Commission.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
New York Telephone Co
Cambridge
Salem
Greenwich
Schuylerville
Robert A. Stokes
State Public Service Commission
Dial a Youth For Summer Work in Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls launches Youth Employment Service with daily morning calls for work requests. Ger ard McInerney at the village pumping station handles inquiries, listing 14 boys and three girls already available. Expanded calling area could reach 80 000 phones if Columbia and Rensselaer Telephone Co joins, with monthly rate increases for residents and businesses ranging from about 2 to 16 dollars.
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Hoolick Falls
N.Y
Gerard McInerney
McInerney
North Bennington Nurse Relocates To North Bennington Blairstown
Miss Marion Lyman retired this spring as Blair Academy school nurse in Blairstown New Jersey and has moved to North Bennington to live with her friend Miss Helen Worthington of Prospect Street. A farewell party honored Miss Mary Jane Corcoran who moved with her parents to a new home outside Washington after inviting all Grade 6 girls for games refreshments and a cake inscribed with good wishes. St John’s Sodality held a year end dinner at Williams Inn Williamstown MA reviewing activities including UNICEF Halloween program Well Child clinic and sock bandage projects plus Christmas baskets for shut ins. They contributed to several charities and supported Putnam Memorial Hospital puppet projects and church events. Officers for the coming year include Rev Michael Demasi moderator Mrs Edwin Luce prefect Mrs Murray McGuire vice prefect Miss Margaret Thayer secretary and Mrs Yvonne Lampron treasurer.
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Marion Lyman
Blair Academy
Blairstown
N.J
North Bennington
Helen Worthington
Prospect Street
Mary Jane Corcoran
Dorothy Buxbaum
Col
Edward W. Corcoran
Washington
Sodality
St. John’s Sodality
Williams Inn
Williamstown
Mass
Unicef
Catholic Medical Mission
The
Michael Demasi
Edwin Luce
Murray McGuire
Margaret Thayer
Yvonne Lampron
Fire crews respond to tower fire behind Mountain View Diner
Manchester Fire Department answered a 6:15 a.m. Monday call. Towers behind the Mountain View diner caught fire but were mostly smoke and no damage was reported, according to Fire Chief Lynford Bourn.
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Manchester
Jacob's Pillow Lecture On Art of Pantomime
Lotte Goslar will present a public lecture on the art of pantomime at Jacob's Pillow in Lee Massachusetts on Sunday July 6 at 8 30 p m in the Ted Shawn Theatre. The talk introduces a three week pantomime course at the University of the Dance and Goslar will perform during the festival’s third week with Carlin Westergard and Zeldis.
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Ted Shawn
Lotte Goslar
Jacob’s Pillow
Whittet Named to Dean’s List at Oswego College
Robert Whittet son of Mr and Mrs Alfred Whittet of 2 Saratoga St has earned a place on the Dean’s List at New York State University College in Oswego after completing his sophomore year He serves as a resident assistant at Funnelle Hall and will continue in that role this fall Also mentioned Miss Susan Johnson of Speigeltown NY will marry Larry Frier on July 12 and was guest of honor at a neighborhood bridal shower with nearly 50 attendees at the Frier home with gifts and hostesses led by Mrs Eve Wrubleski and Mrs Helen Benkoski.
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Robert Whittet
Alfred Whittet
Saratoga St
New York State University College
Oswego
Whittet
Funnelle Hall
Susan Johnson
Speigeltown
N.Y
Larry Frier
John Frier
California Ave
Frier
Eve Wrubleski
Helen Benkoski
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