Manchester Votes Against Planning Commission Bid
Manchester turnout delivers decisive results with 348 voting against joining a regional planning commission while 299 support. Incumbent Walter S. Clemons loses to William J. Mallin in the town officer contest. Other races include Paul Todtschinder defeating Eugene Collette for auditor and Laura Burnham beating Clyde Bryant Sr. for auditor. Re-elected are Harwood, Bongartz, Campbell, and others. Malt and vinous beverage and liquor sales pass, with several appropriations approved, Fire District No. 1 dissolution and sidewalk street light funding authorized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Walter S. Clemons
William J. Mallin
Mallin
Greater Manchester
Eugene Collette
Laura S. Burnham
Clyde H. Bryant Sr
Clifford B. Harwood
Ferdinand Bongartz
James B. Campbell
Clara May Hemeneway
Harold Wisell
Dana
Civil Defense Communications
Factory Point
Arlington Town Meeting Rejects Office Building Proposals
Arlington townsfolk approved the county planning concept by a narrow 228 to 180 vote while two town office building proposals failed. Voters also chose Ernest Mattison Sr. over Hermon Benjamin for a three year town term and elected school and town officials. A 16.30 tax rate was set with beer and wine sales approved and several appropriations and public services funded.
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Arlington
County Planning Commission
Ernest Erickson
Ernest Mattison Sr
Hermon Benjamin
Charles Canfield
Walter J. Corey
Peru Voters Approve Regional Planning and Finances
Peru voters unanimously approved participation in a county-wide regional planning commission and a $90 two-year financial share. The meeting elected Mrs. Evelyn Beattie as library trustee, replacing long-serving Mabel Whitney. Tax votes favored general fund and school budgets with a highway levy unchanged. General talk centered on road salting and school transportation costs.
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Peru
Daulton Mann
Cesar Bertheau
Evelyn Beattie
Mabel Whitney
Shirley Holton
Whitney
Lewis de Schweinitz
Thomas Dibble
Henry Parker
John Shuell
Walter Williams
Robert Miller
Pearl Aiken
J. E. Farnum
Mary Farnum
Holton
Raymond Farnum
Dorset Voters Back Road Drive and School Bus Expansion
Dorset town meeting approved 34 of 32 articles with little debate and adjourned by 2 30. Voters funded regional planning, kindergarten transport to Manchester, and high school transport for Burr, Burton. approved a 2 2 million tax plan, dairy land sales, and town radios. Rev Comfort opposed paving West Road. funds allocated for road improvement with state matching support. Budgeted items include zoni ng, animal shelter, Memorial Day observance, and Manchester dump costs. Balloted results show strong majorities on liquor and beer, with two contested school director seats won by Mrs Huffman and Mrs Thompson.
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Dorset
Carleton G. Howe
Reid Lefevre
Edwin
C. Ransom Comfort
West Road
East
Rupert
Comfort
Southern Vermont Regional Planning Commission
Manchester
Burr and
Burton
Terry Tyler
Granville High School
East Dorset
Robert Dressler
Board of Selectmen
Civil Defense
Shaftsbury
Guy Stone
Commissioner of Taxes
Judith Huffman
Margaret Thompson
Ralph Gleason
Helen E. O’donovan
Adam. Towslee
Paul McWayne
Leon Edgerton
William Burns
August Schramm
Harold Beebe
Bryan Bowen
Charles Nichols
West Side
Byron Bowen
East Side
Carleton Howe
Sandgate Town Meeting Votes to Cut Tax Rate and Elect Officials
In Sandgate with 1960 population 93 voters held their annual meeting Tuesday. Charles D. Bentley Jr. was re elected selectman for three years with 26 votes. Various contests elected two extra selectmen, road commissioner, auditors, and other posts. The town approved a reduced tax rate of 5.80 for 1966 and joined a regional planning commission. Beer wine and spirituous liquor sales were approved by 20 to 1 margins.
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Sandgate
Charles D. Bentley Jr
Roselma Kefover
Theodore Rueggeberg
Millard Smith
Frederick Harvey
Rueggeberg
Fred Woodcock Jr
Milo Tudor
Miss Kefover
Harry Skidmore Jr
William Lemberg
Ralph W. Tudor
Irma E. Renner
Mark Christiansen
Lothar Wuerslin
Skidmore Sr
Mathilda Kenny
Vermont
Mullet Wins Stamford Post As Selectman
Alfred Mullett wins the Stamford town selectman race with 106 votes over incumbent John G. Newton who has 73. The town approved a budget of 97,502, higher than last year, with 180 of 308 eligible voters casting ballots. Stamford remained dry with liquor votes split, and several other local officers were elected including town clerk Roberta Ruebsam and school director Phyllis Blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Alfred Mullett
John G. Newton
Carl A. Taylor
Regional Planning Commission
Robert A. Costine
Roberta Ruebesam
Shaftsbury Planning Vote Just Squeaks By
Shaftsbury residents approved joining a Regional Planning Commission by a 290 to 253 vote. The election produced multiple upsets for town offices including Elizabeth King defeating Ruth W. Lack for town clerk, and Bernard Whitman beating John Billow for town agent. Beer and wine sales were approved, property tax exemptions granted, and audits authorized, with various budget items and public services funded.
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Shaftsbury
Sunderland selects town officers in quiet vote
In Sunderland voters named town officers and approved liquor sales. Carl Benjamin Sr and Clyde Dunlap won one year as selectmen, Ralph Morse Sr. was defeated, Earle H. Hill captured a three year term, William Johnson reigned as road commissioner. Re-elected were Barbara Goddard auditor, Ralph Bentley constables and other town posts. Voters backed hard liquor sale 92 to 38 and beer wine 112 to 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunderland
Carl Benjamin Sr
Clyde Dunlap
Ralph Morse Sr
Earle H. Hill
Roger Secoy
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