Dorset Taxpayers Assoc Wins Few Polls In Town Meeting Vote
The Dorset Taxpayers Association scored limited gains as several warning articles passed by margins, while others failed. Reappraisal was defeated for the second year, a road improvement proposal failed amid traffic concerns, and a shift to a calendar fiscal year was rejected. Some measures, including adopting a future year budget via Australian ballot and a state Senate investigation into the Public Service Board, met approval. Several town officials were elected unopposed and multiple revenue sharing allocations were approved for local agencies and funds.
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Kelleher Road
Town Highway
Manchester
Manchester Selectmen
Dorset Fire Departments
Vermont
Senate
State Public Service Board
Taxpayers Association
Helen E. O’donovan
Karen Bovey
Nathaniel Tyler III
Harold R. Beebe
Thomas Beebe
Harold Beebe
Civil Defense Fund
Bennington County
East Dorset
Dorset Fire District
Dorset Village Public Library Inc
Glabach and Guttroff Triumph in Winhall Town Election
David Glabach beat Byington Jr and Worthington with 40 votes to 21 and 27, winning a three year selectmen term. Raymond Guttroff won a three year lister seat 68 to 34. Barbara DeWolfe unseated Tax Collector Costello 62 to 46. Ina Coleman elected treasurer and Claire Plank auditor. Uncontested wins for Jenks constable and Salkin town agent. Budgets for town and school approved with 111 of 245 voters voting.
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Winhall
David Glabach
Russell I. Byington Jr
Ross R. Worthington
Board of
Glabach
Byington
Worthington
Stanley Blow
Raymond J. Guttroff
Lister
Theodore Cetron
Adelle R. Costello
Barbara R. DeWolfe
Ina L. Coleman
Claire M. Plank
Lawrence C. Jenks
Gerald B. Salkin
Sixth grade darkroom project at Fisher Elementary Arlington
Sixth graders at Fisher Elementary School in Arlington operate a photography darkroom using learned metric measurements to mix chemicals. A student records temperature and solution amounts while the group seals the darkroom seams. The project, part of career education, motivates reading, following directions, responsibility in shared equipment, and teamwork. photos credit Mike O'Dea and Dean Brown.
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Fisher Elementary School
Arlington
Mike O’dea
Dean Brown
Birdie Wyman Elected to Arlington School Board
Birdie Wyman defeated incumbent George Walsh 318 to 213 to win a two year term on the Arlington school board. Incumbent Arnold Wilcox won a three year seat 370 to 167 over Lee Owen. Other races included sister Winfield Bentley’s 456 to 60 victory for a three year term. Budget approved at 643 314 with 459 556 to be raised by taxes.
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Arlington
Joyce
Birdie
Wyman
George Walsh
Arnold Wilcox
Lee Owen
Winfield Bentley
Philip Sallisky
Leo Budro
Dennis Galusha
Joseph Kreel
Valerie Knapp
Tom Whalen
T.J. Riley
George Novotny
Helene Thompson
Charles Farrell
Carter wins big in Readsboro
Readsboro voters elected Franklin Lowerre selectman 164 to 116 over Irene Prate and David Army tax collector 140 to 130 over Lavenia Mowe. Democrat Jimmy Carter topped the primary with 73 votes, Sargent Shriver second with 19. Ford led Republicans with 83 votes. Reagan received 15 write ins.
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Readsboro
Selectman
Franklin Lowerre
Irene Prate
David Army
Lavenia Mowe
Jimmy Carter
Sargent Shriver
President Ford
Ronald Reagan
Manpower Council to Meet in Manchester Center
The Southwest Regional Manpower Planning and Services Council will hold its regular monthly meeting on March 10 at 7 p.m. at Zion Episcopal Church Parish Hall Manchester Center. The Shaftsbury Garden Club meets March 4 at 7 30 p.m. at United Methodist Church Shaftsbury.
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Manchester
Southwest Regional Manpower Planning and Services Council
Zion Episcopal Church Parish Hall
Manchester Center
Shaftsbury Garden Club
United Methodist Church
Shaftsbury
Ski judge Ellis dies in Torrington funeral planned
J Franklyn Ellis, 71, president of Ellis Ski Information Center, died Monday at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital Torrington birthplace. A ski coach and pro judge, he co authored Twenty Years Along the Ski Trails. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm First United Methodist Church. Burial Hillside Cemetery. Survived by Marguerite Purdy Ellis, two daughters, stepdaughters, four brothers, three sisters, four grandchildren.
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Torrington, Conn
UPI
J. Franklyn Ellis
Ellis Ski Information Center, Inc
United States
Ellis
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital
Torrington
Southern New England Telephone Co
Information Center
Gertrud Hansen Ellis
United States Eastern Amateur Ski Association
National Ski Patrol
Marguerite Purdy Ellis
First United Methodist Church
Hillside Cemetery
Shaftsbury votes against tax stabilization plan
Shaftsbury voters reject the tax stabilization program while electing Bill Hardy over Sheilah Miller 381 to 277. Incumbent Bob Kline defeats John Billow for grand juror 452 to 198. Bernard Whitman wins over Kelton Miller 423 to 219 for trustee of public funds. George Delaney defeats Pauline Knapp 382 to 264 for the office. Voters approve multiple money items including continuing firemen poll tax exemptions 593 to 83, sinking fund for Maxim fire truck 582 to 85, operation costs for the fire company 597 to 16, funding for fire hall and insurance 561 to 108, rental of three fire phones 472 to 186, and $10,000 revenue sharing for fire truck sinking fund 410 to 254. Additional revenue sharing items pass for history publication 410 to 254, RSVP funding 475 to 184, highway maintenance 553 to 113, and equipment 488 to 167. The town on hand $40,560 in revenue sharing funds. high priority items funded first. Several items fail including $100 for Sage City Symphony 230 to 408, $2,000 for Bennington Opportunity Council 232 to 414, and $8,000 for town recreation 321 to 340. Hale Mountain Fish and Game Club tax exemption passes 391 to 266. The farmer tax stabilization program is terminated 332 to 305. A $7,000 revenue sharing item to pay last year contracts fails eventual, forcing tax-rate funding for four-year obligations. The five-year stabilization contracts favored preserve open lands, costing about $6,000 in tax revenue.
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Bill Hardy
Sheilah Miller
Bob Kline
John Billow
Bernard Whitman
Kelton B. Miller
Office of Trustee of Public Funds
George Delaney
Pauline Knapp
Maxim
Shaftsbury
Sage City Symphony
Bennington Opportunity Council
ROC
Hale Mountain Fish and Game Club
Margaret Farmer Loses School Director Race in Sunderland
In Sunderland votes fell below half the electorate. Greta T Mason defeats Margaret Farmer for a three year school director seat by 79 to 71. Other local contests include Howard E Moberg beating Paul F Ennis for selectman 85 to 59 and several one year terms. Voter turnout was 150 of 383.
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Sunderland
Margaret Farmer
Greta T. Mason
Board of Selectmen
Howard E. Moberg
Paul F. Ennis
Carl D. Benjamin
Mildred K. Fersh
Benjamin
Fersh
Lee A. Gould
Herbert J. Bowen
Donald L. Ennis
Daly City Bans Soothsaying and Palmistry
Daly City council by a 32 vote approved a ban on soothsayers within 90 days. The ordinance outlaws augury cartomancy clairvoyance crystal gazing divination fortune telling palmistry and related practices while permitting theatrical magic and hypnotism by medical practitioners.
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Daly City
Calif
UPI
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