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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1962
Page
9
Manchester held one of its shortest town meetings as voters rejected the zoning ordinance and ousted the school board chairman by large margins. Voters also defeated a $40,000 firehouse bond and several other articles while approving minor budget items and personnel changes.
Shaftsbury residents approved the beer and wine question 360 107 and the hard liquor vote 255 204 amid a turnout of 469 of about 900 eligible. A new budget committee was named to aid selectmen, with Republicans winning most town offices and a 3.89 tax rate.
Dorset town meeting approves a 9.36 tax total down from 10.07 and lowers school and general levies. Voters study building a new post office and reject hiring a state auditor. Three contested town offices result in Harold Beebe winning town constable and tax collector, Ada Towslee elected town treasurer, with other officials chosen for moderator, clerk, selectmen, auditors, and agents.
Peru's town meeting ends with Mabel E Whitney stepping down after 51 years in the clerk post at age 82. Daulton E Mann Jr. elected to succeed her as town representative, moderator, and treasurer. The town approves a 25 cent tax increase to 6 dollars and votes wet on liquor and wine. Selectmen authorize a zoning ordinance committee.
Dover voters kept the $6.50 tax rate with $1.80 for schools $4.03 for town expenses and 67 cents for highways. Herbert Long won a three year selectman term 56 to 47 over Clyde Jones. They adopted an ordinance regulating highway sign size and appointed enforcers.
Stratton residents narrowly approved keeping the town wet by a 7 to 6 vote at a meeting with 13 of 27 eligible voters. The decision allows the newly completed Stratton Mountain base lodge bar to remain open and set the stage for a future tax rate once the new grand list is prepared.
Landgrove set the 7.95 tax rate at last night’s town meeting, a 25 cent reduction from last year. The vote approved no state audit this year and saw few contests for town offices. Two road commissioners were named. officials elected included Samuel R. Ogden as moderator and Mary C. Ogden as school director.
Stamford voters approved the business session date for town meeting day, kept town officers except three, and authorized a $200 increase for state aid road maintenance. State law requires a ten year reevaluation, causing loss of aid for two roads and increasing the appropriation to $1,200. The town voted dry again.
Arlington voters turnout was about one eighth for the annual town meeting. Gordon Hard won selectman over Gregory Edson 335 to 73. The town rejected a $4,500 vault/records building and a $1,000 building fund but approved increasing the school board to five and other appropriations including a fire detection system. Beer and wine sales passed. hard liquor also passed. Officials were elected to moderator road commissioner constable and other posts.
Woodford voters raised town clerk and treasurer Ne dra Hager salary from 300 to 500 for both offices while preserving the 5.50 tax rate 1.80 town 3.00 schools and 0.70 highways. More than 100 eligible. 31 attended. Officers elected without contest include Charles Dewey moderator Nedra Hager Richard France Ralph Knapp Helen Cleary Olin C Smith Jesse Bugbee. Beer wine and hard liquor sales approved 26 to 0. Rural fire departmentReception $200 voted.
Wilmington voters rejected the town village merger by 15 votes and raised the tax rate by 98 cents. They authorized a loan from the U S Housing and Home Finance Agency for detailed plans of a sewage plant after debate. Earl Streeter was named selectman and Mrs Betty Wolf was elected school director, succeeding Streeter who did not run again.
Winhall voters approve town tax of 5.04 dollars up 27 cents from last year. School tax remains 5.65 dollars. Voters authorize a zoning study committee to work with the selectmen. Beer and spirituous liquor measures pass. Officers elected include town clerk Ruth Lightfoot and road commissioner Ralph Norse.
Rupert residents approved a 40 cent tax hike to 5.75 for 1962 with all funds earmarked for higher school operating expenses. About 83 of 340 eligible voters cast ballots in a meeting called by Town Clerk J. G. Beebe. Several officials were re elected and school directors were named. The town again rejected beverage sales and defeated a plan to expand the three member school board to five.
Voters approved a zoning commission by 246 to 142 and elected A Coleman Mason as selectman, defeating Robert Rudd Jr. 205 to 192. Road commissioner race favored incumbent Richard Pudvar 331 to 64, with a 23 to 19 vote against a three year term. Tax rate set at 3.30. Several town officers and salaries kept. Audit approved 207 to 169 amid zoning discussion about future development and potential racetrack impact. Delinquent taxes totaling 4955.53 collected since January 1.
Sunderland residents rejected a proposal to have selectmen draft a sign ordinance amid debate on state land use laws. Harriet R. Stone was reelected town clerk 90 votes to 74, and tax rates rose: total to 11.80, school to 6.45, town to 5.35. Multiple offices saw contests, with Garneau and others elected. beer and liquor sales approved. state auditor hiring declined. 4-H Camp Ondawa exempt from taxes. party caucuses to choose candidates.
In Searsburg 34 of 49 eligible voters turned out to reelect George Briggs for his 50th year as town treasurer and 49th as town clerk. Gordon Rice remains moderator. Ralph McDermott and Henry Davis named selectmen. other posts filled including school director Bessie Becker and cemetery commissioner Walter Johnson. Tax rate stays at 11 dollars. liquor licenses rejected. no decision on Brattleboro school tax proposal.
In Sandgate the annual town meeting approved a 1.05 decrease in the tax rate, cutting total taxes from 5.75 to 4.70 with 3.20 for the town and 1.50 for schools. Four town offices faced contests, with Fred W. Lemberg, Millard Smith, John Kenny, and others elected to posts. beer and wine sales passed 20 to 9, hard liquor 19 to 9.
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