Altobell Elected Selectman and Clerk Treasurer Plan Rejected
Shaftsbury voters chose Anthony Altobell as selectman and Cathleen Harwood as town clerk while approving 1000 for police highway patrols but rejecting merging clerk and treasurer posts. They also declined 670 for regional planning participation and backed other town offices, with results announced late after long counting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Anthony Altobell
Cathleen Harwood
Bennington
Henry Harrington
Selectman
Mrs Higgins Celebrates 81st Birthday in Woodford
Mrs. Raymond Higgins marked her 81st birthday on February 25 at her Woodford home. She is the town’s oldest resident, who has spent most of her married life there. She enjoys reading, television, and visiting with friends. Tuesday night visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Norman Stratton, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Harrington, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Potter, Miss Laurie Ann Harrington, and Miss Dorothy Harrington, plus a friend from Bennington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodford
Raymond Higgins
Norman Stratton
Raymond Harrington
Earl Potter
Laurie Ann Harrington
Dorothy Harrington
Bennington
Jones Wins Selectman Arlington Voters Say No On More Police
Arlington voters rejected added police protection and several town articles. Robert V. Jones won a 3-year selectman seat 354 to 233. Article 30 for a full-time policeman failed 483 to 106. Article 31 for police protection failed 319 to 279.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Robert V. Jones
Edward
Marjorie) Doyle
Williams Starts Unique Environmental Studies Program
Williams College in WilliamstownMass will launch next fall an interdisciplinary undergraduate program in environmental studies. The co ordinate program combines core environmental courses with electives from ecology art economics political science geology and physical sciences to allow students to explore environmental issues within a liberal arts context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
Williams
Williams Center For Environmental Studies
Vincent M. Barnett
Colgate
Carl H. Reidel
Environmental Center
Reidel
Center For Environmental Studies
Rockefeller Foundation
Andrew J.W. Scheffey
William R. Moomaw
Sierra Club
Pownal Votes Down Bond Issue and Local Races
Pownal voters rejected a $580,000 elementary school bond by 296 to 290 and also declined to fund continued Beninson commission work. Separate returns elected Charles B. Palmer as selectman and Robert Pudvar as road commissioner, with several incumbents reelected or unopposed. Voters defeated a town truck purchase and land purchases while approving $1,500 for fire departments. The day also yielded local notices and a meeting for the American Legion Auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canfield
East Arlington
Bennington County Humane Society
Fire and Light District
Clarence Moon
Pownal
Charles B. Palmer
New Selectman
James McCaffery
Patrick Gray
Robert Pudvar
John S. Patterson
William Cameron
Stanley White
Lyman Pratt
Alfred Lamberton
Vincent Pizzano
Janet B. Wilcox
Barbara I. Burlington
Gordon F. Dyndor
Carolyn Pecksham
David Adler
Mount Anthony Union High School
Charles W. Rounds
Harvey Baker
Leonard Duval
Margaret Lillie
Harold P. Hicks
A. Daniel Mason
Charles F. Mason
Joseph and
Mary Sarkis
Timberlake Nominated For Williams Alumni President
Shelby V Timberlake Jr of Pelham Manor N Y nominated for re election as president of the Society of Alumni of Williams College at the 148th meeting in Williamstown June 13 Timberlake Williams 1942 vice president of Johnson Higgins insurance firm trustee Pelham Manor president Shenorock Shore Club Rye N Y Gordon T Getsinger Pound Ridge N Y class of 1943 nominated for a second term as vice president executive vice president fabrics division Chatham Manufacturing Co New York Edward M Warren 62 Rochester director of student activities Irondequoit High School and James B Blumer 63 New York City vice president Faulkner Dawkins Sullivan investment counselors nominated for five year terms on the executive committee of the society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Mass
Shelby V. Timberlake Jr
Pelham Manor
N.Y
Society of Alumni of
Williams College
Society
Timberlake
Williams
Johnson & Higgins
New York
Shenorock Shore Club
Rye
Gordon T. Getsinger
Pound Ridge
Chatham Manufacturing Co
Edward M. Warren
Rochester
Irondequoit High School
James B. Blumer
New York City
Faulkner, Dawkins & Sullivan
Quartet for Six to Debut in Williamstown Concert
The quartet by Robert Barrow will premiere at Music in the Round’s chamber program on Friday March 6 at 8:30 PM in Thompson Memorial Chapel Williamstown. Composed in 1969 for MITA, the six instruments include flute piccolo clarinet bass clarinet violin and cello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Mass
Robert Barrow
Music In the
Thompson Memorial Chapel
MITA
Julius Heggi
Barrow
Williams College
Yale University
Harry Jepson
Richard Donovan
Ditson
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Paul Hindemith
Christ
Emmanuel
Christus
Saint-Saens
Webern
Beethoven
Harrington Defeats Frantz In Town Meeting Balloting
In a Tuesday Town Meeting, Harrington defeated Frantz by 56 to 43 as 100 of 135 eligible voters cast ballots. Rosalie Wright was elected constable and tax collector. other officers were elected unopposed. Funding for the Bennington County Regional Planning Commission was not on the ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline H. Knapp
George J. Delaney
Kelton B. Miller
Leo Harrington
David A. Rees
Paul M. Jepson
William A. Castle
Shaftsbury Health Service
Shaftsbury Fire Company
Fire Department
Shaftsbury
Bennington
Arlington
Commission
John M. Moore
Winfield Bentley
Thomas Curran
Allan Mattison
Martin Cummings
Louise Coulman
Kathleen Elwell
Bruce Caler
Roland Cormier
Charles Canfield
Orin Griffith
Atty
Thomas Whalen
Leo Budro
D. S. Kendal Jr
Arnold Wilcox
Woodford
Lawrence
Moe” Harrington
Franklin Frantz
Rosalie Wright
Fred Wright
Eileen O'Neil
Lawrence E. Harrington
John Cleary
Olin Smith
Charles Oakes
Bennington County Regional Planning Commission
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Altobell
Job
Harwood
Elizabeth King
Mary Lou Cross
Bennington County
Cole Hall
Victor K. Harwood
Thomas W. Hall Jr
Bernard A. McCarthy
Robert E. Lebert
Howard B
Marion McCarthy
Bernard Whitman
Mrs. Higgins
Jones
Sunderland
Rachel Mason
Francis Lampman
Robert Rudd
Hoosick Falls
American Legion Auxiliary
John Cramer
First Street
Benjamin Bakaitis
Mary Walsh
Isabel Sarli
Haven International Pictures
Racquel Welch
Twiggy
Fedie
America
U. S
U.S
Williams Alumni
Griffin Electric Co., Inc
Vermont
Harrington
Frantz
Peru
S. Bruce Smart
Eileen Seymour
Francis Daley
Lewis DeSchweintz
Raymond Farnum
Ahail Crandall
Herbert Catlin
Arthur Tilton
Smart
Robert Wright
Spirit
Milford
Drysdale’s Free Parking
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