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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Mar 05, 1962

Page

5

Voters Prepare for 1962 Pownal Town Meeting

Voters will meet at 10 a.m. in the Pownal Town Hall to consider 30 articles tied to the 1962 warning. Key issues include terms for the road commissioner, zoning commission authority, and moving annual town meetings to the night before Town Meeting Day. The selectman race features A Coleman Mason versus Robert E. Rudd Jr. with road commissioner candidates Richard Pudvar and Charles Kokoras.

Pownal Selectman Citizens’ Caucus A. Coleman Mason Robert E. Rudd Jr Richard Pudvar Charles Kokoras Charles F. Mason Joseph Tornadone Rachel Mason Robert Wilcox Leonard Duval Walter Towslee Florence Towslee

Pownal Voting List Adjustments and Community Updates

The Board of Civil Authority revised the official voter list, with 73 residents eligible, 58 found ineligible, and 21 absentee ballots approved. Local officials and volunteers prepared for polling, with visits planned to those ill and multiple clerks assigned. Community notes include fire department fundraisers, birthdays, church meetings, Mardi Gras travel, and maple syrup operations in Pownal Center.

Board of Civil Authority Pownal Justices of the Peace Ellen Lillie Harold Hicks Burton Peckham Charles Mason Otis Dorman Lauriston Wilcox Fannie Brimmer Daniel Pettibone Andrew Corsier Harold Andrews Norman Strobridge Board of Selectman Robert Wilcox Edwin White Helen Johnson Stuart Fla White Florida Harry Niles Andrew Hoolbek Walter Atwood Pownal Center Peaceful Valley California Vermont, Maple Sugar Makers Association Vermont Development Department White Place

Bromley Girls Lead Mid Vermont Junior Ski Race Standings

Bromley Junior Ski Team girls take the top three places in the Mid Vermont Junior Ski Council meets at Okemo and Woodstock. Missy Rice leads, with Lisa and Kathe Dillmann second and third. Bromley earns six of nine all star spots with a team triumph at Okemo ending the season.

Manchester Bromley Mid-Vermont Okemo Woodstock Middlebury Randy Zoesch

First Aid Course Ready in Arlington

Arlington Fire Department will sponsor a Red Cross First Aid course led by Robert Holt of Pownal. It totals 10 hours, two per night, starting Wednesday March 14 at the East Arlington firehouse. Public enrollment seeks contact with Fire Chief C Lee Marsh or Fred Grout, fire company president.

Arlington Arlington Fire Department Robert Holt Pownal East Arlington Arlington Fire C. Lee Marsh Fred Grout

Women's Association Meeting Postponed to March 7

The Women's Association of the Congregational Church has postponed its meeting from February 28 to Wednesday March 7 at 1:30 in the vestry. Mount Snow reports the season's snow at 147 inches with 65 inches in the last two weeks.

Women’s Association of the Congregational Church

North Bennington Town Meeting Day Voting Reminder

North Bennington residents are urged to use two voting machines at the fire house on Town Meeting Day. Polls run from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. The issue prompts civic participation and votes to be cast in a single day.

North Bennington

Arlington Water Co Urges End to Water Wastage

Arlington Water Co announces a rule against leakage and unnecessary waste of water. It forbids running water to prevent freezing and warns violations have depleted the supply, creating a shortage until the spring thaw. The company asks residents to stop waste and share water fairly.

Arlington Arlington Water Co

Arlington Girl Scout Leaders Plan Regional Meeting

Marie Gaston of the Girl Scout National Staff will meet with Arlington Shaftsbury and Manchester leaders and volunteers on Friday March 9 at 7 30 p.m. at the Arlington Community House to discuss forming a state wide area council and its benefits for lone troops. Uniforms are in demand and the front windows of the Girl Scout hut were broken in a snowball incident.

Marie Gaston Girl Scout National Staff Arlington Shaftsbury Manchester Dorothy Canfield Fisher Girl Scouts of

Prospect Mountain Ski School Hosts High School Slalom

John Burnham of Williamstown and Bennington Catholic won the boys race while Ellen Gilman of Bennington Junior High led the girls in the Prospect Mountain ski event. The race drew about 700 skiers with a mile long Seth Warner trail and a granular surface aided by slope crews.

Woodford Prospect Mountain John Burnham Williamstown Bennington Catholic Ellen Gilman Bennington William H. Morse Seth Warner Toshiko Phipps Burnham Duncan Campbell Douglas Mattison Jim Merunowicz Ruth Harding Ginger Lloyd Purple Hearts Fred Torrisi Walter Knight Phil Randall Jane Handy Amy Handy Jinky Handy Jean Cleary Cathy Torrisi Edie Greer Jack Handy Mark Donavan Bill Marsh Scott Davis David Leake John Millard Arky Warren Tom King Robin Thurber Pete Landmire David Buckley John Hammerslough Bob Fowler Mitch Lansky Charlie McDougal John Conner Steve Schultz Eric Schifflen Lloyd Lambert WGY

Hoosick Falls Legion Auxiliary Holds Busy Monthly Meeting

The Hoosick Falls American Legion Auxiliary met at Mrs. M Bruce Roys home. President Mrs Ben Bakaitis led the session with reports from secretary Mrs Jessie Waddington and treasurer Mrs Roy Draper. Donations were approved for the Red Cross and Chapel of Four Chaplains.

American Legion Auxiliary M. Bruce Roys Ben Bakaitis Ethel Barker Jessie Waddington Roy Draper Red Cross Roys Veterans At Veterans Hospital Albany Thomas Restino Salvation Army Cambridge Bakaitis Restino Judy Boys Blanche Carver

Arlington Calendar Highlights Weekly Parish and Civic Events

Arlington calendar lists events from March 5 to 10 including a pre town meeting at the high school gym and a sodality supper. town meeting at 2 p.m. and chorus at Finney's Studio. library board and Enterprise Society luncheon with Lent talk by Rev. Charles Grande. Grange meeting. Lions gathering. Girl Scout meetings and a mother and daughter banquet at Fisher School with leaders and regional participants.

Sodality Parish Arlington Chorus Finney Martha Canfield Library Board Enterprise Society Bailey Hall Charles Grande Battenhill West Arlington West Mountain Farm Community House Arlington Shaftsbury Manchester National Council Girl Scout Mother and Daughter Fisher School

Shaftsbury ham supper canceled indefinitely

Shaftsbury Fran Stacy Tel 6524 announces the ham supper at Shaftsbury Methodist Church scheduled for Thursday March 8 is cancelled indefinitely.

Fran Stacy Shaftsbury Methodist Church

Pownal Restaurant Wins SBA Direct Loan

The Small Business Administration New England regional director Edward J. Stewart reports February loan approvals. A $15000 direct loan goes to Leonard W. and Elizabeth H. Johnson dba The Best Restaurant in Pownal Vermont, employing five people.

Boston U.S. Small Business Administration New England Edward J. Stewart Vermont Leonard W Elizabeth H. Johnson Pownal

L S Lumber Hoosick Falls Sold to Mitchell Peereboom

Hoosick Falls L S Lumber Company on River Road sold to Mitchell Mitch Peereboom of Hoosick Falls. Peereboom, longtime Falls Hardware employee and former Falls Hardware owner Jerald Greenberg associate, will run lumber and plumbing heating and electrical divisions with two partners.

L&s Lumber Hoosick Falls Mitchell Peereboom L & S Lumber Company Leo LaRoche Leo Surdam Mitchell ‘Mitch Peereboom Falls Hardware Company H. Greenberg and Company of Bennington Walter Wood Hoosick Falls Implement Company Jerald Greenberg Alfred Whitter Wilbert J. Allard James Redden Hoosick American Red Cross

Wesleyan Alumnus Narrates Iowa University Film Yours to Keep

West Dover part time resident and Wesleyan alumnus Don McLaughlin narrates the film Yours to Keep about Iowa Wesleyan University in Mt. Pleasant Iowa. A 30 year radio and television veteran McLaughlin spent 25 years in One Man's Family and acted in As the World Turns The Road of Life and Counterspy.

Don McLaughlin West Dover Iowa Wesleyan University Mt. Pleasant Iowa McLaughlin Wesleyan New York

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