New Hampshire Volunteers Prepare Stark Expedition Reenactment
About 600 volunteers from New Hampshire form three 200 man regiments to reenact General John Stark’s 1777 Bennington expedition. Planned routes include St Johnsbury Barre Montpelier Burlington Middlebury Springfield White River Rutland and Bellows Falls. Participants deck out in authentic militia attire with officers Sam Hall Eliot Clemons Ted Clukay and Nels Tyring directing. Arrangements led by Stark Expedition Historical Society New Hampshire Bicentennial Commission and Fort No 4 Associates.
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N.H
America
New Hampshire
John Stark
Bennington
Walloomsac
N.Y
Fort No. 4
Stark
Vermont
St. Johnsbury
Barre-Montpelier
Burlington
Middlebury
Springfield
White River
Rutland
Bellows Falls
Brattleboro
Wilmington
Londonderry
Peru Mountain
Bennington Fire Companies
Farce
New York
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Manchester
General Stark
Sam Hall
Plymouth
Eliot Clemons
Concord
Thomas Stickney
Ted Clukay
Jefferson
David Hobart
Nels Tyring
Hampton Falls
Moses Nichols
Stark Expedition Historical Society
Excelsior Lodge to Resume Regular Fridays in Manchester
Manchester notice states the Excelsior Lodge of the International Order of Oddfellows will resume monthly meetings on the first and third Fridays at 8 p.m. in the American Legion Hall. Tonight starts the new year with a special program. if stormy, the meeting will be postponed.
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Manchester
Excelsior Lodge of the
International Order of Oddfellows
American Legion Hall
Pownal and Arlington School Boards Schedule Key Meetings
The Pownal School Board will meet Tuesday March 8 at 7 p.m. for reorganization. The Arlington School Board meets Monday March 7 at 7 p.m. in executive session with open session at 7 30. Principal William Towne reports on lost property procedures. Ira Manross discusses special education transport. Supt. Sleeman on Fisher School administrative structure.
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Pownal
Arlington School Board
William Towne
Ira Manross
George Sleeman
Fisher School
New Hampshire House weighs decriminalizing possession of an ounce
The House Judiciary Committee backed a bill to decriminalize possessing an ounce or less of marijuana, voting 8-6 to send it to the full House next week. Rep. Daniel Healy plans a minority report opposing the measure amid a split committee signal.
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Concord
N.H
Upi
House
Judiciary Committee
Daniel Healy
Manchester
New Hampshire Women’s Commission hit as degrading to women
The New Hampshire Commission on the Status of Women faced sharp criticism at a House Appropriations hearing. Sandra Smith of NOW urged ending its funding, calling its actions in public school prayer and ERA repeal a disservice while backing broader women’s issues like day care and employment discrimination.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
New Hampshire
Commission On the
Sandra Smith
National Organization For Women
House Appropriations Committee
Smith
Meldrim Thomson
Hoosick Falls girl chosen for Bauder College program
Mary Margaret Kennedy of Hoosick Falls has won admission to Bauder Fashion College Atlanta two year interior design program starting September 1971. She has been elected acting president of the American Society of Interior Designers for one month.
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John J. Kennedy
Ball St
Hoosick Falls
Mary Margaret
Bauder Fashion College
Atlanta
American Society of Interior Designers
Manchester School Board Schedules Special Meeting
A special meeting of the Manchester School Board is set for Monday March 7 at 8 p.m. in Manchester Elementary School. The report also notes social visits and family events including Mrs. Francis Hughes entertaining Joe Hughes who is recuperating at Putnam Memorial Hospital, and other local social updates.
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Manchester School Board
Manchester
Francis Hughes
Shaftsbury Town Meeting thanks message from Alvan Lawrence
Shaftsbury residents are thanked for voting at the town meeting and for support shown to candidate Alvan Lawrence in a brief appreciation note. The message expresses sincere thanks to all who participated.
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Shaftsbury
Alvan Lawrence
ADV
UCS Advisory Meeting Plans 1978 Fiscal Year
The Advisory Council of the United Counseling Service will meet at the Dewey Street offices on Tuesday March 8. A report will cover planning for the 1978 fiscal year and updates to the ombudsman program.
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Advisory Council of the
United Counseling Service
Dewey Street
Mt Equinox Grange Meeting Sparks Valentine Touches
Mt Equinox Grange met February 7 with a skit by Viola Wilcox Blancheard Stone Ada Romney and Charlene Harrington followed by Rep Jane Gardner discussing energy health insurance taxes food policy and blue laws. Officers were reelected. Valentine decor and refreshments noted. An agriculture program is planned March 7 and a can dlesticks judging by Home Economics on March 21.
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Mt. Equinox
Home Economics Committee
Federal grant requests review by regional commission
Arlington Bennington County Regional Commission has received grant summaries and invites comments. HUD draft environmental impact statement on interstate land sales regulations seeks comments by March 21. New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution requests $12,000 for a Mobile Energy Educational Project. State Justice Commission seeks $100,000.
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Arlington
Bennington County
New England Coalition On Nuclear Pollution, Inc
Brattleboro
The
State Justice Commission
Fisher School principal Manross to depart March 18
Arlington The Arlington School Board learned Wednesday night that Fisher School Principal Ira Manross will leave his job March 18 to start a new post in West Virginia March 21. He will consult with superintendents and teachers across eight eastern panhandle counties and work with student teachers from local colleges. A temporary replacement for Manross is expected to be advertised after Monday's board meeting, with no permanent hire planned until after the current school year. The board also elected Richard Keough, Mary Pratt and Arnold Wilcox as voting members of the Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union, with Wilcox named chairman and Pratt as clerk.
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Arlington
Arlington School Board
Fisher School
Ira Manross
West Virginia
Manross
Panhandle
Arnold Wilcox
The
Banner
Supt
George Sleeman
Sleeman
Richard Keough
Mary Pratt
Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union
Wilcox
Major oil firms move to seize NH service stations
Sen. Robert Fennelly and two lawmakers proposed a bill to bar suppliers from operating retail outlets and to require uniform dealer treatment. They warned major oil companies aim to take over service stations open self service shops and later fix repair prices, threatening small garages and jobbers. Critics argue the bill would curb bulk purchasing and raise prices.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
Robert Fennelly
D-Dover
Fennelly
William Kidder
New London
Shell Oil Company
Shell
Wilfred Hall
Independent Oil Men’s Association
Independent Gasoline Dealers Association
McDonald
Massachusetts pushes long range energy conservation plan
Massachusetts filed a federal energy conservation plan promising to cut 1980 energy use by 5 percent and reduce imported fuel expenditures by 250 million dollars annually. Gov. Dukakis said the plan could bring up to 1 million a year in federal aid and features building code changes public education carpooling lighting standards tax incentives and conservation teams.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts
Michael S. Dukakis
Federal Energy Administration
Dukakis
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