Pownal Votes No On Sunday Racing In Local Ballot
Pownal voters rejected the Sunday racing measure 261 to 222 at Town Meeting and split a three year selectman race almost evenly with Bassen edging George 176 to 175. Other results include approval of a five acre school site for 5000, purchase of an ambulance for 8000, and malt beverages and liquor measures passing by large margins. Voter turnout was 494 of 1117 eligible.
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Pownal
House
Ways and Means
Harvey Carter
Arthur E. George
Henry W. Bassen
Selectman
Bassen
George
Pownal Board of Civil Authority
John G. Munro
Selectman’s Post
John S. Patterson
Harry Andrews
Frank Myers
Mercy
Greenberg
Pownal Center
Carter
Red Cross
Charles F. Mason
Rachel Mason
William Cameron
Lyman Pratt
Everett W. Smith
Lister
Harold P. Hicks
Bernard Nichols
Burton Peckham
Robert Wilcox
Margaret Lillie
A. Daniel Mason
Charles F., Mason
John L. Mason
Bruce Burrington
Carolyn C. Peckham
Vincent Pizzano
Charles W. Rounds
Ralph Mattison
Faxon Bowen
Harvey Burdick Sr
Ned Towslee
Marie Welch
Ruth Mason
Board of Civil Authority
Ellen Lillie
Carolyn Peckham
Florence Towslee
Marcel A. Langlais
Bennington County
Sister
Harvey Burdick Jr
Robert Pudvar
First Constable
Marcel Langlais
Mt. Anthony Union High
Boy Scout Troop 347
National Council
Boy’s Life Magazine
Vernon Squiers
Russell Parks
Byron Bowen
Charles R. Erdman
George A. Thuren Jr
Joseph E. Owen
W. B. Read Jr
C. R. Erdman
C. W. Frost
C. Herbert Simmons Jr
Louis Grodsky
Margaret Hitchcock
H. E. O’donovan
M. J. Harrington
Harold R. Beebe
Malcolm E. Cooper
Charles Nichols
West Side
East Side
Arthur W. Gilbert
Leon B. Edgerton
James F. Riggs
G. Beebe
Walter Ceglowski
Joseph Burke
Rupert
Frank Bryan
St. Michael’s College
Vermont
Peter Hooper
Boston
Mass
Barry Driscoll
Waterbury
Conn
Jack Keyes
New Haven
Brian Rituicci
Jay Beebe
West Rupert
Frank Hatch
Merck Foundation
Donald Laurie
Mettawee Valley Fire Co
Pawlet
Dorset Squiers Elected Selectman In Close Race
Dorset moderator Guy Stone returned from hospital in Burlington to win re election as selectman for another year. He gained 253 of 268 votes cast in a tight three way race for a one year term.
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Dorset
Guy Stone
Burlington
Selectman
Pownal Town Affairs and Local Elections Highlight March Notes
Pownal residents reported community updates from visits in Swanton to Arlington library additions and a packed town meeting. Key items include town fiscal votes totaling 177 007 and a three year selectman outcome, plus Boy Scout deadlines and local law firm expansion with Harvey D. Carter Jr joining Williams Witten and Carter.
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Harvey D. Carter Jr
South Pownal
Williams and Witten
Elm St
Bennington
Williams, Witten and Carter
Carter
Montpelier
Norton Barber
Vermont Legal Aid
Town Honors George Markey
At Town Meeting in Manchester a resolution praised the late George Markey for 22 years of service as town treasurer. Other resolutions commended Bromley ski area for locating 20 lost hikers, the road crew for snow operations, and Police Chief Dana L. Thompson for work with teenagers. Town Manager James L. Woodard received applause for prudent budget handling.
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Manchester
George Markey
James B. Campbell
Madeline Harwood
Bromley
National Forest
Dana L. Thompson
James L. Woodard
Clara May Hemenway
World Day of Prayer at Jermain Church Friday
The W S C S of the Jermain Church will host a World Day of Prayer Service at Jermain Church Friday at 7 30 PM. The Cen ter White Creek Church Missionary Group joins in the service open to the public. The regular March W S C S meeting is canceled. next meeting set for April 3 at Mrs. Dewey McCart home.
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W.S.C.S
Jermain Church
Center White Creek
Dewey McCart
James Brown
Vietnam
James Harrington
Myra Sisson
Albany Medical Center
Helen Knapp
Las Vegas
New
Jane Tudor
Robin Snyder
Eagle Bridge
Jeanne Mahar
Hoosick Falls
Maureen Hulihan
Searsburg Re Elects Incumbents At Town Meeting
Searsburg held its first Town Meeting opening with a prayer as 29 voters listened to moderator Gordon Rice. Re-elections included Gordon Rice as moderator and Karma Putnam as selectman, with several other officials returned to posts or altered like the first constable swap. measures passed on road upkeep, school tuition, and taxes, while licensing for alcohol was defeated.
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Searsburg
Gordon Rice
Julia Franz
Karma Putnam
State Welfare Department
Doris Rice
Alan
Rupert Town Meeting Rejects Grade Crossing
Rupert voters rejected a proposal to pledge road construction money to remove an old overhead bridge on Route 153 and replace it with a grade crossing. They also approved a special poll tax for schools, kept the town dry, and elected town officials.
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Rupert
Webelos Pack 328 Blue and Gold Dinner Honors Scouts
The North Bennington Webelos Den 328 held its Blue and Gold Dinner with 70 attendees. Leaders and guests, including Principal Kellogg and Michael Shanahan, praised the boys for their leathercraft, scholar badge work, and awarded Traveler, Engineer, and Athletic badges. Alan McWaters shared slides from the Philmont jamboree.
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North Bennington
Webelos den
Bob Gratton
Webelos
Steve Churchill
Robert Kellogg
Kellogg
David Hyonest
Michael Shanahan
Ethan Allen Council
Joseph Curran
Hyonest
Churchill
Sandgate Tax Rate Jumps to 7.60 at Town Meeting
The 1969 Sandgate tax rate rose to 7.60, up 1.83 from last year, with town tax at 3.35 and school tax 4.25. Directors cited bus purchases and tuition rising above 900 per student. Earl Conlin won a one year selectman race 31 to 11. cemetery commissioner Fred Lemberg Jr. elected. Luther Wuerslin named moderator after John Lundquist’s death in a house fire. Multiple incumbents re-elected. liquor and beer wine sales approved 21-7.
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Walter Ceglowski
Jay G
Beebe
Jay E. Wilson
William Laurie
Raymond McKeighan
Theodore Bentley
Lola S. Roberts
Kenneth McKeighan
Jay
Sandgate
Arlington
Earl Conlin
Roselma Kefover
Fred W. Lemberg Jr
Luther Wuerslin
John Lundquist
John Bushee
Lothar Wuerslin
Irma E. Renner
Marie Briggs
Harry Skidmore Sr
Charles Bentley Jr
Ann Wuerslin
Mathilda Kenny
Dorset Society Hears Lecture on Early Vermont Transport
Despite bad weather over 40 members and guests attended the Dorset Historical Society meeting at Dorset United Church vestry on Feb 26. William Newton and Terry Tyler led a program while G Murray Campbell traced early 1800s transport from the Erie Canal to Vermont rail lines. Arthur Gilbert read a paper on The Iron Industry of North and East Dorset. Remains of furnaces and burial sites of mining families were noted. A large bell from the old Dorset school was shown and rung for the audience.
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Dorset
Dorset Historical Society
Dorset United Church
William Newton
Terry Tyler
G. Murray Campbell
Vermont
New England
Rutland
Arthur Gilbert
Alfred Gilbert
North
East
Route
Old
Dorset School
Dorset School Board
World Day of Prayer Observed in Dorset and East Rupert
The World Day of Prayer service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday March 7 at the United Church of Dorset and East Rupert, with the Women’s Fellowship inviting congregations from East Rupert Manchester East Dorset and Arlington. The theme Growing together in Christ reflects women from seven African countries and includes Kum Ba Ya sung by Dorset Elementary School and Burr and Burton students. Thyra Stannard and Blanchard Stone will perform The Lord’s Prayer. Tea will follow in the vestry hosted by Edward Slanetz assisted by Helen Manley and Edith Harwood as a shared effort to promote unity, justice and peace.
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Dorset
United Church of
Burr and Burton Seminary
Thyra Stannard
Blanchard Stone
Edward Slanetz
Helen Manley
Edith Harwood
Searsburg Dog License Deadline Approaches in April
Searsburg dog owners face a April 1 deadline to register license and collar all dogs four months and older. Fees vary by sex and status with $2 for male and spayed females, $6 for females, plus a rabies vaccination certificate from a vet dated since Oct 1, 1966. Late fees can raise the price by 50 percent.
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Julia Franz
Searsburg
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Canfield Library
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Harry Sherman
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Robert Rupprecht
State Department of Taxes
Albert Noel
Vergile Marchegiani
Windham County
Wilmington
Bennington County Humane Society
Rupert Town Meeting
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Philmont
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