Benson Wins Tight Manchester Selectman Race
In a razor-thin vote 308 to 307 Harold Benson was elected to a three year selectman term. In the school director race Martha Pelton defeated two opponents 404 votes to 213 for a three year post. Other results include uncontested posts and adjusted budget figures for town projects and committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchestr
Harold Benso
Martha Pelta
Emil Zoully
Benson
Austin Keough
Alberta Harrington
Selectmen
Stanford Zecher
Clifford Harwood
Ferdinand Bongartz
Harwood
Fred Stone
Bongartz
Martha Pelton
Sunderland Keough Violette Win Three Way Selectman Race
John Keough and Donald Violette captured one year terms in Sunderland Town Meeting. Ralph Morse lost in the three way race for two posts while Paul Ennis won a three year term unopposed. Other contests saw Ralph Bentley top Donald Ennis for first constable and tax collector, with write ins favoring Albert Lawrence for school director. Several incumbents were elected without opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keough
Violette
Sunderland
John Keough
Donald Violette
Ralph Morse
Paul Ennis
Ralph Bentley
Donald Ennis
Ice Fish Test Water To Close In Vermont 1970
Vermont announces March 15 as the final day of the 1970 test water ice fishing season approved by the Fish and Game Board. The program, begun January 17, liberalizes winter fishing on ponds and lakes with trout and salmon, with Champlain remaining open year round. Walleyed pike are reported near Champlain bridge. Sunderland voters approve a 39,150 town budget and 111,000 for schools, with 138 of 297 eligible casting ballots.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Vermont Fish & Game Board
Fish & Game Department
Lake Champlain
Champlain
Champlain Bridge
Sunderland
Handel Choral Society To Present Second Concert
The Williams Choral Society will present a 4 gies of English choral music on Sunday March 15 in Chapin Hall on the Williams College campus. Tickets are available at Hart’s Drug Store Williamstown from members of the chorus or by mail to the music department with check and self addressed envelope. Assisting artists include soprano Mary Betty Peil and tenor Charles Hessler. Williams College choir will join with Williams men and chamber orchestra from Albany Symphony conducted by Kenneth Roberts. Featured works include Handel’s Ode to Saint Cecilia and The King Shall Rejoice with original scoring. Tallis Sixteenth Century Lamentations will be sung a cappella. The program is the second of two annual Williams Choral Society home concerts.
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William N
Mass
WilliamsChoral Society
Chapin Hall
Witlam College
Harts’ Drug
Williamstown
Mary Bety Peil
Metropolitan Opera Natonal Company
Charles Hessler
New York
Wellesley College
Uder
Wiliam Herrmann
Williams
Albany Symphony
Kenneth Roberts
Williams Choral Society
G. F. Handel
Hande
George II
Robers and
Herrmann
Tury
Jeremiah
Virginia Bushee Elected Sandgate School Director
In Sandgate the town elected Virginia Bushee to a three year term as school director by 29 to 17 over Lucille Knight. About half of 95 eligible voters cast ballots and approved a total tax rate of 8.90 dollars with 3.70 town tax and 5.20 school tax. Special planning articles cost 30 dollars and a sinking fund for a new school bus at 500 dollars this year. Raymond Agostini won a one year selectman seat. Others were re elected to terms including Lothar Wuerslin moderator and town officers.
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Factory Point
Manchester
Harry Barber
Clara May Hemenway
Harold A. Wisell
Paul Todtschinder
Dana L. Thompson
Sandgate
Virginia Bushee
Lucille Knight
Arlington
Raymond Agostini
Lothar Wuerslin
Irma E. Renner
Margaret J. Harrington
Judith Huffman
Leon Edgerton
Richard Piverotto
Charles Erdman
Donald G. Johnson
Harold R. Beebe
Nathaniel Tyler
Beebe
Malcolm Cooper
Byron Bowen
Charles Nichols
Dorset
Dorset Nursing Association
Stamford approves permanent zoning amid town vote
Stamford voters approve permanent zoning 176 to 65 after weeks of debate on forest zoning and new development control. The town also funds Bennington Regional Planning Commission at 210 dollars while adopting a town budget of 154980 and a school budget of 119942, with several town officers reappointed. Officials question whether proper posting voided the interim zoning and the permanent ordinance may be challenged in court.
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Eugene N. Gaiotti
Betty Kamber
Ramon Carrano
Bennington County
Stamford
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Wilmington
Dover
Bennington Regional Planning Commission
Leroy E. Lawrence
Roberta Ruebesam
Carl A. Taylor
Leon Beverly
Stephen A. Boisvert
George Quinn
Dewey Tanner
David Howe
Fred Whitham
Burr Vail quits Bromley post after Vermont roles
Burr D. Vail a longtime figure in New England skiing and Vermont tourism resigns as assistant to Big Bromley president Fred Pabst Jr. since 1966 he led marketing and village development and helped Stowe grow as a four season resort. He also leaves Vermont Development Commission advisory role and several ski and tourism organizations. The Niles announce the birth of Robert Mac Grey Niles IV.
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Peru
Burr D. Vail
New England
Vermont
Fred Pabst Jr
Big Bromley
Vail
Bromley
Bromley Village
Stowe
Yonkers
New York
General Electric Co
Schenectady
N.Y
Saratoga County
Vermont Development Commission
Vermont Ski Area Operator’s Association
The
Ski Specialists Guild
Dorset Races for Selectmen Won By Parks Squiers Stone
Dorset voters elected Russell Parks and Vernon Squiers to one year posts on the board of selectmen at Town Meeting yesterday. Parks 204 Squiers 244 Jack Stannard 176. Henry Stone defeated George Connors 174 to 139 for a three year term. Mrs William Gilbert and Walter Read Jr. were chosen for one year posts as sisters. Gilbert 156 Read 175. Weston 147 Allen 132. Other officers elected included Sydney Meachem moderator and Helen E Donavan.
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Dorset
Russell Parks
Vernon Squiers
Board of Selectmen
Parks
Squiers
Jack Stannard
Henry Stone
George Connors
William Gilbert
Walter Read Jr
Rupert Approves Funds for Railroad Crossing Upgrade
Rupert voters approved 90 to 57 a three year pledge of road money to remove an old overhead railroad bridge on Route 153 and replace it with a grade crossing. The town also elected officials, passed tax exemptions for the Volunteer Fire Co, and debated state aid to education with the 1970 school budget up $17,000 yet expected Miller Formula aid down.
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Rupert
Robert Matteson
Theodore Bentley
Bentley
Rupert Volunteer Fire Co
Bennington County
Lister
Arnold Beebe
Hascall Carver
Raymond McKeighan
Charles Griswold
Guy Campbell
Kenneth McKeighan
Jay G. Beebe
Walter Ceglowski
Beebes
Hoosick Falls Senior Citizens plan trips and events
Hoosick Falls Senior Citizens discussed attending Hello Dolly at Hellmans Theatre Albany and Ice Capades at RPI Fieldhouse Troy on April 5. Edith Gigel to gather bus details. 56 members attending, 45 by chartered bus, rest by private autos.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hellmans Theatre
Albany
Edith Gigel
RPI Fieldhouse
Troy
Thornes Restaurant
Madeleine Schemick
Rensselaer County
OEO
Office of Economic Opportunity
Fifth Avenue
Elsie Enright
New
Senior Citizen Coordinating Project
Lena Cramer
Mary O’malley
Katherine Kamm
Jennie Hewitt
Irene Harrington
Agnes O’hearn
Alice Stemp
Charles Ball
van Day
al Rabideau
Mary Unavich
Buxton Play To Appear At Hoosac
Buxton School Touring Co will present The Insect Comedy at Hoosac School in Hoosick Falls on Sunday March 8. Matinee starts at 3 p.m. in the dining hall under Miss Virginia Hall Smith. Public invited free of charge.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Buxton School Touring Co
Hoosac School
Virginia Hall Smith
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Manchester Selectman
Waite Creek
Eleanor Niles
St. Lue’s Church
Cambridge
Church Women United
WSCS
Dewey McCat
Edward Kyer
Frederick F
Delmar
Adams
White Creek Methodist Church
Wales Taber
Maurice Andrew
Jermain United Methodist Church
Fannie Pierce
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Albert Gulley
St. Croix
Virgin Islands
William Gulle
Howard Kipp
Harold Austin
Burlington
George Fatteson
Maureen Hullihan
Jeanne Mahar
Hoosick
Billy Luke
Hisousins
Jane
Tim Luke
White Creek School
Jolly Janes
Ralph Griswold
Ohn Hoag
Post Corners
Harold Benson
Albert Lawrence
Lawrence
Earle Hill
William Bahan
George Carroll
Roy Johnson
Clyde Dunlap
Thomas Tallis
Harry Skidmore Sr
Harry Skidmore Jr
Bernard Squires
Earl Conlin
Anne Kresser
Henry Kulmane
Frank T. Opie
Ayer
Lincoln Haynes
Forest
Frank Bushika
Robert B. Costine
Russell Costine
Margaret Costine
Warren Clough
Burr Vail
Vermont Travel Council
Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives of Vermont
Vermont Attractions Association
National Ski Study Group
National Safety Council
Eastern Ski Writers Association
South
Shaftsbury Philip V
Robert M. Niles III
Shaftsbury
Robert Mac Grey Niles IV
Robert M. Niles Jr
B.L. Ferrell
Suffolk
R.M. Niles Sr
White Creek
C.E. Kastenbein
Cmdr. Kastenbein
USN
Parks, Squiers, Stone
Sydney Meachem
Helen E. O’donavan
Tom Bell
Wilmington, VT
Buxton
Hoosac
Vogue
David Crystal
David
Dacron
Bennington, Vt
Williamstown, Mass
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