Manchester Zoning Rejected But Kindergarten Wins
In Manchester the zoning ordinance failed 609 to 391 while a public school kindergarten proposal won 532 to 472. In school director race Eugene V. Kayatta beat Howard Ambrose 382-346. Rutherford Van Veghten had 268. I Stanford Zecher Jr won selectman 359 to 324 and others won varied town offices. Several appropriations passed including 2100 for Welfare, 5000 for road work, 2500 cemetery upkeep, plus a Vermont Constitution amendment 757-193.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Eugene V. Kayatta
Howard B. Ambrose
Rutherford van Veghten
I. Stanford Zecher Jr
Selectman
Clyde H. Bryant Sr
Charles A. Hosley
Factory Point
Vermont
Woodford Holds Town Meeting Night Vote for Officials
More than one third of Woodford’s eligible voters turned out to elect town offices. Earl Potter becomes selectman three years, Raymond Granger Jr. is named sister, Nedra Hager is clerk and treasurer, and there are several re-elected or newly elected officials. The town approved the tax rate and backed the constitutional amendment article. The town remains wet with malt and vinous beverage and spirituous liquor sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodford
Nedra Hager
Earl Potter
Raymond Higgins
Higgins
Raymond Granger Jr
Charles E. Dewey
Daisy L. Myers
Sybil Pfleger
Olin C. Smith
Marguerite L. Cleminson
Amos Bishop Sr
Franklin D. Frantz Jr
Mt. Anthony
Dover Votes 97 to 9 For Amendment
In Dover, an overwhelming 97 to 9 vote approved the constitutional amendment. Voters set the tax rate at 6.50 and exempted the new fire department from taxation. The town stayed wet with malt beverage yes 67 no 25 and spirituous liquor yes 63 no 40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Selectman
Arlington Votes No on Vault and Approves Local Measures
Arlington voters rejected building a fireproof town records vault and again voted down a bond for the Arlington Rail station. They approved a 14.60 combined town and school tax rate, liquor and wine sales, Australian ballot use for large expenditures, and several local offices and appropriations. They elected Roger Mears and Jesse Harrington to multiple term posts, and approved modest funding for health nursing, Memorial Day observance, cemeteries, and libraries while denying aid to outside groups and a union school district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Roger Mears
Eleanor Albee
Elizabeth Trachte
Arnold Wilcox
Jesse
Gerald James
Gordon Knapp
Alan Knapp
Allan E. Angney
Gregory Cullinan
John L. Whalen
Arlington Community Health Nursing Service
Martha Canfield
East Arlington
Arlingtonians
Bennington Friends of Retarded Children, Inc
United Counseling Service
Bennington-Rutland Union
Beverly Is Winner In Stamford Race
Beverly won a three candidate town meeting election in Stamford with 102 votes, defeating H. Brewster Barry and Alfred Muller. The meeting elected officers including moderator Robert Costine and town clerk Roberta Ruebesam. The selectboard set the 87,696 tax levy, up from 71,475, with boosts for winter and cemetery maintenance and school expansion plans. Voters approved a constitutional amendment and rejected beer wine and liquor sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Leon Beverly
Beverly
H. Brewster Barry
Alfred Muller
Robert A. Costine
Roberta Ruebesam
Lloyd Shippee
Frederick H. Whitman
Dewey S
Joseph C. Wood
Frank Bushika
Albert Jangrow
C. H. van Steenburg Jr
John P. Campbell
Phyllis E. Blood
Aime Forgette
Warren E. Clough
Vermont
Rupert Votes $8 Poll Tax To Bail Out Schools
Rupert voters approve an $8 poll tax at town meeting to aid the troubled school system. A tax increase from 5.75 to 6.20 is also approved to fund school needs as Salem High School tuition has doubled this year. Vernon Beebe elected selectman with 108 votes. Harold Higgins chosen road commissioner with 89 votes. Constitutional amendment passes 153-28. beer and wine sales defeated 120-72. hard liquor sales 122-63.
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Rupert
Salem
N.Y
Vernon Beebe
Horace Moore
George Towslee
Harold Higgins
Orla Tifft
Thomas Ayers
Walter Ceglowski
Jay G., Bebee
Arnold Bebee
Lola S. Roberts
Raymond McKeighan
Mount Tabor Votes Down Zoning Law at Town Meeting
Mount Tabor defeated zoning changes 45 to 10 while constitutional amendment passed 42 to 13. The 6 dollar tax rate remains, and alcohol measures passed 42 to 10 for malt and vinous beverages and 39 to 14 for spirituous liquor. Officials renamed with no contests include Arthur White moderator and Alice Dugan school director three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Tabor
Stratton Town Meeting Sets NineHour Marathon
Stratton Vermont held its longest town meeting yet a 9 hour session over tax lists road costs and town governance. Voters rejected articles on tax contracts and state appraiser support while approving expenses and a wage increase for the road commissioner. Clark won a hard fought road commissioner ballot amid a disputed challenge to the checklist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratton
Vermost
Listers
Strattonski Corporation
M. Lee Bills
William Clark
Malvine Cole
Clark
Pawlet Voters Approve Sending Grades 7 8 to Granville
Pawlet residents decide to send seventh and eighth graders to Granville NY schools next year by 271 to 133. Voters also keep grades 7 and 8 in Pawlet and West Pawlet schools by 201 to 155, and retain the Citizens' Committee to study the school situation. Eight town race contests produced multiple victors for selectman road commissioner and town offices. Constitutional amendment approved 334 to 60. Liquor and malt beverage measures approved with taxes raised. tax rate set at 10.40 including school and general funds. road tax included. Officers elected included moderator John Holmes Andrus and clerk Helen K. Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawlet
Granville
West Pawlet
Citizens’ Committee
Selectman
T. Barden Nelson
Charles D. Peeue
E. Robbe Mason
Sister
Robert D. Roberts
Camillus H. Nelson
Claude E. Rogers
Paul Baker
Fred N. Mason
Gilbert Mach
Percy B. Waite Jr
John Holmes Andrus
Helen K. Moore
Landgrove
Bennington County
Wilmington Town Village merger defeated by four votes
The Town Meeting rejected the proposed Town and Village merger 60 to 56. Voters approved the selectmen's ordinance on trailer parks but did not exempt the old New England Box mill property from taxation. A $7.79 tax rate was set, up 12 cents. The town went wet with beer and wine 151 to 67 and liquor 146 to 71. A constitutional amendment passed 186 to 32. In contests for town offices, Dorian Robinson beat Walter Nelson 94 to 55 for sister and Dr. Lynde Kimball defeated Frank Childs Jr. 130 to 33.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Dorian Robinson
Walter Nelson
Sister
Lynde Kimball
Frank Childs Jr
Peckham Wins Pownal Town Meeting Over Strobridge
In Pownal Vermont Peckham toppled incumbent Norman Strobridge to become selectman with 229 votes to 203. John Patterson Jr. was the lawman with 99 votes. Peckham, 28, a North Pownal farmer, vowed to serve all residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Burton Peckham
Norman R. Strobridge
Peckham
Robert E. Rudd Sr
Harvey Burdick Jr
Robert Pudvar
Sunderland Wins Prize For Getting Out the Vote
Sunderland tops the turnout at Town Meeting with 221 of 290 eligible voters voting. Donald Ennis wins road commissioner race, Paul F. Ennis leads selectmen race, and various town offices see decisive margins. Voters set school and town tax rates, approve Vermont Constitution amendment, beer and wine sales, and liquor measures. a study group led by Mrs. William Day to assess schools is formed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunderland
Donald Ennis
William Johnson
Johnson
Paul F. Ennis
Albert Hastings
Colbert Mullener
Ennis
Norman J. Mattison
Horton Bahan
Philip A. Mattison
William H. Bahan
Albert W. Bowen
Harriet R. Stone
Lois Hill
Leona Sheldon
Julius Hill
Ondawa
Vermont
William Day
Day
Sunderland School Association
Shaftsbury voters approve all items as Cross and Overlock win
Shaftsbury voters cast about 681 ballots with 335-329 victory for Ezekiel S. Cross Jr. over Clarence Decker for selectman and 467-206 for William Overlock over Mary H. Hall for town clerk. Other officials were chosen in contested and uncontested races as beer and wine measures passed and appropriation articles were approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Ezekiel S. Cross Jr
Clarence Decker
Selectman
William Overlock
Mary H. Hall
William A. Myers
Pauline Knapp
Sandgate Dry Vote Triggers Liquor Ban in Town Hall
In Sandgate, 34 of 73 voters gathered at the Town Hall for an all-voice meeting and left with a 12-12 tie on the liquor issue, making the town dry after years of rain. The tax rate rose to 6.65 dollars, split 4.55 for town and 2.10 for school, reflecting added cost for Arlington schooling. Local officials were elected, including moderator Fred W. Lemberg Jr and clerk Irma Renner, with Harry Skidmore Jr as road commissioner and others filling selectman and school director roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandgate
Irma Renner
Arlington
Vermont
Tyes
Fred W. Lemberg Jr
Harry Skidmore Jr
Ralph Tudor
Selectman
Willard Smith
Edward W. Renner
Lynn Woodard
John Kenny
Landgrove News: Tax Cut After Snow Plow Paid
Landgrove voters cut the town tax rate to 6.95 dollars from 7.95 as the snow plow was paid for. The town supported constitutional amendment 18 0 and beer wine sales 15 3 and hard liquor 14 3. All town officers were re elected including moderator Samuel Ogden Sr clerk Helen Cody road commissioner Lester Cody selectman Lester Cody auditor Jeanne Hatch town agent John Myers first constable August Schorch tax collector Edith Bauer overseer Raymond Harris sister Elizabeth Bigelow grand juror August Schorch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde W. Jones
Helen G. Upton
Charles Frederick
Selectman
Elva Turner
Raymond Johnson
Frederick
Thomas Meade
Neil Preissman
Clinton Bond
Ronald Johnson
Ernest Fehsenfeld
Shirley Meade
Frances Bond
Andrew W. King
Ing
Clark
Ralph E. Pike
Vivian Tuttle
Irene French
Ruth Sampson
S.C. Sampson
Elmer Tuttle
Fred Holton
M. Lee Bills
Malvine Cole
Arthur Carman
William Stufflebeam
Walter Ready
Earl Cross
Kenneth Olney
J. Edward White
George Shea
Wesley Green
Spencer Haynes
Herbert Ware
Rudolph Elwell Jr
Winston Beebe
Leo Harrington
East Side
West Side
Paul Jepson
Henrietta Billow
John Wood
Dewey Bronson
Shaftsbury
Shaftsbury Health Service
Shaftsbury Playground
Shaftsbury Fire Department
Shaftsbury Fire District
Landgrove
Samuel R. Ogden Sr
Helen Cody
Lester A. Cody
Jeanne Hatch
John A. Myers
August Schorch
Edith Bauer
Raymond Harris
Elizabeth Bigelow
Danby Voters Pick Town Manager By Narrow Margin
In Danby population 891 voters approved a town manager by 71 to 67 after debate. They funded the salary with a $1 tax increase and named a five member commission to hire the manager. Incumbent selectman Myron Greene lost 84 to 69 to Harry Bromley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danby
Myron Greene
Harry Bromley
Peru voters reject zoning commission plan in town meeting
Peru residents vote 32 to 21 against a selectmen proposed seven member zoning commission. A year earlier a study committee was appointed. Other results include electing Lyle C. Holton as selectman, Charlotte Norse as school director, keeping the town tax at 2.25, and approving beer wine sale along with a constitutional amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Selectmen
Selectman
Lyle C. Holton
Raymond Farnum
S. Bruce Smart
Charlotte Norse
Seward Woodard
Ruprecht Named New Selectman For Searsburg
SEARSBURG voters chose Robert Ruprecht to fill the unexpired term of the late Clifford Davis as selectman for two years. Albert France was elected selectman for three years, Earl Crawford road commissioner, and other town posts were filled by Ward Becker, Julia France, and Marjorie Rice. Beer and wine sale passed 19 18 while liquor sale failed 14 15. The state constitution was approved unanimously and road winter upkeep remains with the selectmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Searsburg
Albert France
Robert Ruprecht
Clifford Davis
Earl Crawford
Henry Davis
Charles Dearcopp
Gordon Rice
Marjorie Rice
Ward Becker
Julia France
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Sarah Jackson
Eugene Collette
Lloyd Casey
Roy Bentley
James B. Campbell
Clara May Hemenway
Harold A. Wisell
Henry B. Robinson
Robert C. Brewster
John G. Hutton
Betty Kamber
Nathan Campbell
Dana L. Thompson
Manchester Welfare and Nursing Association
Frantz
Union
Bey
Arthur H. White
Florence M. Risdon
Robert Young
K. J. Dugan
Richard Allen
David McLellan
Alice Dugan
Merle Spangler
Wayne Harrington
Charles J. Bauer
John Scott
Martin Waite Jr
Thomas S. Nelson
Kenneth Mason Jr
Roger Combs
Carol McNealus
Joyce Baker
Richard Gleason
Wilmington Town Village
Philip O. Ware
Russell Fitch
Leonard H. Brown
Robert E. Waters
Fred E. Look Sr
Samuel Thompson
Edward Woods Jr
Rufus Horton
Arthur Robinson
Arnold L
Jim) Waite
Raymond F. Scribner
Gilbert F. Mach
Elsie D. Rogers
Strobridge
Pownal Center
Charles F. Mason
Rachel Mason
Robert Wilcox
Marcel A. Langlais
Edwin S. White
Margaret Lillie
Charles B. Palmer
David Adler
Harold P. Hicks
Daniel Mason
Albert Lawrence
Bradford Smith
Bernard McCarthy
Frances Stacy
Jean Henry
Lew (Wishbone) Levin
Wesley Bump
David Moriarty
Homer Shaver
Lorraine Mattison
Lister
Charles Scarey
Howard Colcord
Jason Daniels
Alfred Wade
Sandgate Dry
Harry Skidmore Sr
Viola Tudor
Bernard Squires
Fred Woodcock Sr
Gerald Jones
Hugh Bromley
Cecil Harrington
Douglas Bartholomew
Jerome Breton
Maurice Belden
Bessie Taylor
Burton Nichols
George Keeler
Tor
Marion Taylor
L. G. Corey
Joyce Stewart
Francis Gould
Ernest Winship
Goodwin Crosby
Oakley Taylor
Daulton Mann Jr
Shirley Holton
Walter Williams
Jean Tannich
Elizabeth Hulett
Joseph Farnum
Robert Miller
Hallie Williams
Francis Daley
Pearl D. Lakin
Ruprecht
New Selectman
John Clement
Walter Johnson
Harry Rice
Merton Rice
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