Pownal approves road funds and wage increases
Pownal town meeting allocates 35000 for highways and 35966 recommended by selectmen with 7000 for road maintenance and 2500 for weeds. Salaries rise for town officials and employes while a second constable is elected and a planning commission may be formed.
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Pownal
Selectivan
A. Coleman Mason
Edwin White
Harold Hicks
Norman Strobridge
Pownal Center
North
Pownals
Barber’s Lake Road
Bennington
State Highway Board
Strobridge
Hoosick Falls FOE Eagles Plan Benefit Social
Hoosick Falls FOE Eagles set a March 20 benefit social for the Town of Hoosick Rescue Squad with dinner and dancing at the Hoosick Falls venue. Nicholas Publiese leads as general chairman with Rob ert McGarvin Mary Hagerhorne and Ernest Malo assisting. other events include a bartenders' dinner and an April 7 membership drive chaired by Harold Thomas. The club reported on recent indoor clams team activities and hosted Cottrells orchestra for music despite weather issues and no storage facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Harold Thomas
Lee Surdam
Cottrells Orchestra
National 4 H Week Shows Dorset Youths Engaged
Dorset youths participate in National 4 H Week with 32 members learning skills and working on varied projects. Boys under Malcolm Clough meet monthly on automotive and whittling projects while Thomas Rumney grows gladiola blooms to sell to hotels. Girls under Mrs Paul McWayne practice sewing, hemming a dishtowel, and making aprons and a dress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm Clough
Thomas Rumney
Arnold Lake
Donald Clough
Irving Jones
Richard
Bob Jones
Steven Hazelton
Brian Edgerton
Hiland Clough
Joel Warren
Southern Vermont Goat Association
Paul McWayne
Anita Rosencrantz
Cynthia Tarbell
Theda McWayne
Maplewood 4-H
Ruth Rumney
Bonnie Jones
Margaret Skinner
Mildred Clough
Mary McFall
Robert McFall
Edmunds
Threepenny Opera at Williamstown Delivers Bold Yet Flawed Stage Craft
Williamstown presents Threepenny Opera directed by John von Szeliski with Monte Aubrey leading a six-man pit orchestra. Cast includes Bill Prosser as Mack the Knife and Diana Versenyi as Jenny, delivering a bold English revival that blends Berlin-era cynicism with local amateur talent and lavish period sets. The production runs at Adams Memorial Theatre with performances planned through Thursday to Saturday at 8:30 p.m.
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Kurt Weill
Bertold Bercht
Marc Blunstein
Adams Memorial Theatre
John von Szeliski
Monte Aubrey
Robert Williams
Derek Hunt
Williamstown
Mass
Berkshires
Berlin
Broadway
Bertold Brecht
Szeliski
England
Williams
Bennington
Weill
Judith Meeder
Mrs. Peachum
Dependency
Bill Prosser
Mack the Knife
Mack
Jenny
Diana Versenyi
Tiger Brown
Lee Richmond
Charles Fitch
Richard Berger
Borden Snow
Mr. Peachum
London
Marc Blitzstein
First annual meeting of North Bennington Women’s Auxiliary
The North Bennington Fire Department Women’s Auxiliary holds its first annual meeting at the firehouse with a 7 PM covered dish supper. Members discuss future activities and community safety efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington Fire Department
Arlington Tonight Votes No to Sprayer Purchase
Arlington held an evening town meeting with 7 30 to 9 30 sessions. Voters rejected the $900 sprayer purchase amid focus on civilian defense and emergency planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Manchester Voters Slash Budgets in Town Meeting
Manchester residents at a two and a half hour meeting cut town and school budgets and rejected joining a Vermont constitution defense effort. They urged the selectmen to spell out specific future amounts, adopted detailed budgeting practices, and debated a public committee on reapportioning the Vermont House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Vermont
David Beckwith
Henry B. Robinson
Robert Edward West
West
Factory Point Cemetery
Vermont House of Representatives
John Hutton
Hutton
Mrs Houlton sails on 22 day Europe cruise from Albany
Mrs. Philip Houlton of Carr Street left yesterday on a 22 day cruise of Europe and the Mediterranean accompanied by Miss Elizabeth Ford. They joined a group of retired employees traveling from Albany to pier 84 New York City aboard chartered buses with eight ports on the schedule including Madeira Algieras Gibraltar Palma Genoa Cannes Barcelona and Casablanca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Houlton
Carr Street
Europe
Mediterranean
Houlton
Organization
Elizabeth Ford
Cambridge
Albany
Pier 84
New York City
Madeira
Algieras
Gibraltar
Palma
Genoa
Cannes
Barcelona
Casablanca
Polio Clinic Draws 82 at Dorset Elementary School
Eighty two people, mostly children, received Type I oral polio vaccine at Dorset Elementary School. Nurse Joyce Stickney and Dr Elizabeth Brynes led the clinic with Dorset Corn Exchange Club helpers recording cards. A second Type II clinic is set for April 23 from 2 to 4 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorset
Joyce Stickney
Rutland
Elizabeth Brynes
Dorset Corn Exchange Club
Ernest Mills
Henry Finnegan
Hoosick Falls Kiwanis Show Draws 600 Fans
More than 600 attendees filled the Hoosick Falls Central School auditorium for a Don Cossack Chorus and Dancers performance sponsored by the Kiwanis Club. A 25 member group performed in three costume changes across a three part program. Proceeds support Kiwanis youth activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Don Cossack
Kiwanis Club
Hoosick Falls Central School
Kiwanis
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Eagles Social
Charlotte Brooks
Joyce Dennison
Janice Taft
Theresa Reed
Dorothy Clough
Janet Taft
Zanah Dennison
Lana Hollmann
Christine Rosencrantz
Helen Warren
Anita Parks
Mrs. Brooks
Threepenny Opera
By Lisa Tate
Mr. Peachum Borden Show
Polly Peachum
Betty Aberlin
Macheath
William Prosser Jenny Diana Versenyi
Lucy Judith Hunt
North Bennington
Elizabeth Dwyer
Mrs. Versenyi
Betty Aberli
Polly
Robert Lindsey
Town
Allen Angney
Emmett Smith
Burton Immen
Board of Civil Authority
Robert Walsh
Robert
Alfred Buck
Civil Authority
Margaret Dougheerty
Old
New England Telephone and Telegraph Co
Ferdine and
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Clyde Bryant Sr
Selectman
Clyde Bryant Jr
Clifford B Harwood
Robert E. West
Reginald Reed
Walter S. Clemons
Roy Bentley
Lloyd Casey
Second Cone Stable
Edith Beaumont
Agnes O’brien
Wil
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Mary McClellan Hospital
Elks
Elks Club
Marylynn Hill
Bill Willetts
Andy Hackett
Walt Beckstein
Walt
Glenda Harrington
Ray Wilson
Mary Ann Barber
Patty Kempt
Noreen Hyland
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