Septic Tank Ordinance Enacted in Pownal
Pownal selectmen signed a state recommended septic tank ordinance into law to regulate private sewage in all new dwellings. Private systems require health officer permits after inspection with a $5 fee, overseen by engineers for percolation tests, and nonconformance carries state penalties. The full ordinance is available at the town clerk’s office for prospective builders and developers.
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Pownal
State Department of Health
Searsburg special meeting votes against backhoe purchase
About 30 residents attended a Searsburg selectmen meeting at River Valley Schoolhouse June 27 to decide on buying a backhoe and front end loader for about $11,000. Voters chose to rent instead, with 21 against and 9 for. A second item on plowing private driveways by town under contract was rescinded, with 19 for and 11 against, while the final tallies were 15 against and 13 for. The new order will take effect this winter.
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Searsburg
River Valley
Harrison Condition Improving After Baseball Injury
HOOSICK FALLS New York Mark Harrison son of Dr and Mrs Harry Harrison of Richmond Avenue is improving at Albany Medical Center after being struck on the face by a baseball in Bennington two weeks ago. He was out of bed briefly Monday and received a jacket labeled 1969 State Champs from American Legion coach Ted Ripley and Mrs Ripley. He also got a signed 1970 season roster and the team has dedicated its 1970 games to him. His parents say no discharge timeline is available.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Mark Harrison
Harry Harrison
Richmond Avenue
Albany Medical Center
Bennington
Mark
American Legion
Ted Ripley
Marlboro Hosts The Hostage Opens Third Season Tonight
Marlboro Theatre Company starts its third season with The Hostage by Brendan Behan. The Irish farce features hostage plots in a Dublin boarding house with music, audience participation, and a double decker set. Nonprofit venture seeks Windham County patrons as performances run Tuesday to Saturday at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are 2 to 3.25 dollars. box office 802 254 2120.
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Marlboro
The
Marlboro Theatre Company
Brendan Behan
Dublin
Behan
Route 9
Robert McDonald
Wendy Nute
Michael Field
Brown
Manchester Officials Post Independence Declaration And Holiday
The Manchester town clerk's office declares its own Independence and will be closed Friday July 3. Food stamp applications due July 3 will be honored July 2. Marine Sgt. Burton H. Campney Jr. of Manchester Depot is promoted while with the Third Force Service Regiment at Okinawa. William Doyle will play an informal organ recital July 10 at 8 p.m. in Montreal. The Senior High Baptist Youth Fellowship hosts a salad and food sale July 3 in the Grand Union parking lot.
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Burton H. Campney Jr
Burton H. Campney Sr
Manchester Depot
Third Force Service Regiment
Okinawa
William Doyle
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Montreal
First Congregational Church
Senior High Baptist Youth Fellowship
Grand Union
Vermont Writers To Meet July 17
The annual Summer Institute of the League of Vermont Writers will be July 17 and 18 in the Waterman Building at the University of Vermont Burlington. Registration is 5 for two days, free for students in UVM summer sessions. Speakers include Stuart Ludlum editor Airondack Life and L. Sam Miller on brochure writing. Gerald Raftery of Sunderland will banquet at Hi Hat Restaurant Friday night. Talks cover copyright laws and writer taxes. Roundtables will discuss jobs for free lance writers writing for brochures and house organs. A tea for authors is Friday afternoon at Harriet Riggs home. The workshop and judging of short stories, led by William B. Testerman, closes Saturday afternoon.
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Burlington
League of Vermont Writers
Waterman
University of Vermont
UVM
Stuart Ludlum
Airondack Life
L. Sam Miller
Waterbury Center
Gerald Raftery
Sunderland
Hi Hat
IRS
Free Lance
Harriet Riggs
William B. Testerman
Castleton State College
Local social and academic notes from Arlington and Boston area
Mr and Mrs Alfred Marino spent a few days in Montreal last week. Marino returned from Fort Knox Ky June 20 where he has been with the National Guard for four months. Wednesday 10 am Special meeting of the Enterprise Society to finish articles for bazaar at Bailey Hall. 10 am Garden Club workshop on arrangements for a dinner table at Mrs Thomas Coleman’s home. Mrs A J Hastings will instruct. 8 pm Battenhill Grange meeting Grangehall W Ar. Thursday 6 pm Interstate League Arlington at CYO in Bennington 8 pm American Legion meeting at Legion rooms. Saturday 8 pm Battenkill Grange weekly social Grange hall W Art. John E Bearden of RD 2 Arlington earned a BS in engineering Northeastern University at commencement in Boston Garden. He was among 3 974 degrees. Dr O’Neil’s office will be closed July 2 through July 12. ADV
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosick Grange
Cathy Prebble
Eleanor Stevens
Tracy Prebble
Vickie Davock
Clark Brenenstuhl
Kathy McNeilly
Carleton Philpott
Friends of the Grange
Shield’s Pavilion
Wesley Hall
Royal Howard
Donald S. Hewitt Sr
Alfred Marino
Montreal
Marino
Fort Knox
National Guard
The
Enterprise Society
Bailey Hall
Garden Club
Thomas Coleman
A.J. Hastings
Battenhill Grange
Grangehall
W. Ar
Interstate League
Arlington
CYO
Bennington
American Legion
Legion Rooms
Battenkill Grange
Grange Hall
W. Art
John E. Bearden
R.D
College of Engineering
Northeastern University
Boston Garden
Shaftsbury School Budget Up as State Aid Falls $68,000
Shaftsbury voters pack the 8 p.m. meeting at the Elementary School to consider a budget up about 42 000 with a new mobile classroom and a second Grade 2. State aid drops by 68 000 under the Miller Formula, boosting potential tax rates. Board chair Joseph Crossman notes the change will raise taxes after Grand List figures are set. board seats see contested and unopposed races with floor nominations possible.
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Shaftsbury
Joseph Crossman
Crossman
Garnet Spence
Wilbur Fiske
Jesse Strong
Olive Williamson
Palmer and Pruyn Elected Village Association Trustees
Manchester residents Palmer Robert C. and Pruyn Frederic were elected as new trustees of the Manchester Village Association at the annual meeting held at Mark Skinner Library. The group also discussed forming a planning committee to update the village zoning ordinance and strengthen environmental protections while reporting on recreation and community activities.
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Manchester
Mark Skinner
Robert C. Palmer
Frederic Pruyn
John B. Townsend
Townsend
Roland Beers
Manchester Recreation Association
Earth Theatre
South Cambridge notes and local honors in July church change
Mrs Gore Donisthorpe, a McClellan hospital patient last week, has returned home. Tracy and Kelley Conway of Plattsburgh visited grandparents Mr. and Mrs Eugene Conway. Mrs Gertrude Aiken received callers Estelle Nessle Marion Dick Irving Dick Lois Virtue and son Paul. Cambridge Central School honor lists include Joseph Darfler Anthony Turi, Janette Austin, Clifford Darfler, David Donisthorpe, Walter McNall. The circuit churches will hold combined service at Eagle Bridge United Methodist on Sunday July 5 at 9 30 a.m. Rev Oswald A Muller will lead. July and August time changes announced. service locations remain in rotation.
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Gore Donisthorpe
McClellan Hospital
Tracy
Kelley Conway
Plattsburgh
Eugene Conway
Gertrude Aiken
Estelle Nessle
Willow Glen
Marion Dick
Irving Dick
West Hoosick
Lois A. Virtue
Paul
Coila
Cambridge Central School
Joseph Darfler
Anthony Turi
Janette Austin
Clifford Darfler
David Donisthorpe
Walter McNall
Eagle Bridge United Methodist Church
Oswald A. Muller
Lake Paran dedication and smorgasbord in North Bennington
The Lake Paran event Sunday will feature a 3 p.m. dedication and a 4 p.m. smorgasbord to benefit the mortgage. Tickets cost 1 for adults and 50 cents for children under 10. John Hamilton spent Sunday at Ken Gibson farm in Hartford. Engaged Janice Arlene Sprague Wilbur and Clifford Charles Wilbur plan a July wedding after graduating Greenwich Central School this June.
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Lake Paran
John Hamilton
Ken Gibson
Hartford
Sgt Carelli Receives Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
SGT John J. Carelli son of Mr and Mrs John W Carelli of Hoosick Falls NY serves in the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing at Da Nang Air Base. The unit earned the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with V device for meritorious service April 1968 to July 1969 in Southeast Asia. Carelli an administrative specialist wears the ribbon marking his unit. The 366th is part of Pacific Air Forces. he graduated St Marys Academy in 1965 and earned an associate degree in business management from St Joseph College in Old Bennington in 1967. Shaftsbury hobby show planes and crafts set for July 4 at Shaftsbury Elementary School. The event, in conjunction with the Firemen’s celebration, includes needlework, handiwork, caning, three kids movies, and sales by Valerie Sweets and home made fudge.
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Vietnam
John J. Carelli
John W. Carelli
Center St
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
U.S. Air Force
366Th Tactical Fighter Wing
da Nang Air Base
Southeast Asia
366Th
Carelli
Pacific Air Forces
Far East
Pacific Area
St. Mary’s Academy
St. Joseph College
Old Bennington
Shaftsbury
First United Methodist Church
Valerie
Final Troop 347 season meeting and camp fee notices
The final meeting of Boy Scout Troop 347 occurs tonight at 7 p.m. in the Scout Hut. Assistant Scoutmaster John Bottesi says summer camp balances in Orwell must be paid at this meeting. Also tonight the WSCS group of Pownal United Methodist Church meets at 8 at W Bassen's home with devotions led by Mrs. Anson Mason assisting. Rhoda Mason remains hospitalized at Putnam Memorial after major surgery last week and shows improvement. Reno Police Inspector Rudy Lak sought 774 hours of pay since 1966, but the city council credited four hours overtime and adjusted his lunch breaks.
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John Bottesi
Orwell
WSCS
Pownal
Putnam Memorial
Reno
Hoosick Falls to Impose 5 Percent Property Penalty
Hoosick Falls Village Clerk Judith Leonard reports a five percent penalty on village property will take effect July 1. The notice states the levy applies to eligible town property, with residents urged to review assessments and settle accounts before the deadline.
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Hoosick Falls
Judith Leonard
Hoosick Falls Observes Village Holiday July 6
Hoosick Falls observes a village holiday Monday July 6 with village clerk office closed and landfill reopening after July 4 closure. Regular Friday refuse pickup continues July 3 and July 10 marks bulky item collection by the Highway Department. The village seeks a tractor with side mower for street grass work and asks interested helpers to contact Douglas Sprague.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Highway Department
Douglas Sprague
Caron Fined On Two Counts
Joseph Caron twenty five of White Creek operated a car that hit two pedestrians in front of Robson's Furniture Store Saturday morning. He was arraigned before Village Justice Harold Crowley and fined seventy dollars for reckless driving and unlicensed driving. He pleaded guilty to both charges.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Joseph Caron
White Creek
Robson
Harold Crowley
Nature walk opens at McCullough Park grounds next Sunday
The McCullough Park Foundation announces a nature walk with marked trails through the grounds and an outdoor sculpture exhibit opening next Sunday. The exhibit by Isaac Witkin, Ben Karp, and Aron Tager runs through September at the gardens.
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McCullough Park Foundation
McCullough Grounds
Isaac Witkin
Bennington College
Ben Karp
State University of New
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Charles W. Nichols, Jr
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