Sunderland Town Meeting Debates Tax Exemption and School Funding
Sunderland residents wrapped a calm floor session but grew heated after adjournment over a ballot vote to join a regional junior high district with Manchester Peru and Dorset. The town also debated using National Forest receipts for debt reduction and school costs while considering town officer pay and library and kindergarten appropriations.
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Sunderland
Manchester
Peru
Dorset
National Forest
Selectmen
Heart Fund Nears Goal In Pownal
Mrs. James Quinn Jr. reports mail contributions continue for Pownal Heart Fund after volunteers covered 33 homes. The town goal was 453 dollars and is expected to be reached with gifts from local businesses and residents. Proceeds from a recent card party at the Pownal Center Firehouse were added.
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Pownal
James Quinn Jr
Heart Fund
Pownall
Quinn
Henry Baker
Gardner’s General Store
Pownal View Barn
Pic
Pac
Pownal Center Firehouse
Skidmore Alumnae Meet Thursday in Williams Inn
Skidmore College Alumnae Club of Berkshire Bennington will hold Thursday night cocktails and dinner at the Williams Inn in Williamstown Massachusetts. All area alumnae and spouses are invited as are friends of the college. Guests of honor are Dr and Mrs Joseph Paramountain. Dr Paramountain is college president and former Wesleyan provost with Harvard and Wesleyan teaching history and economics author editor and community figure.
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Williamstown
Mass
Skidmore College
Berkshire - Bennington
Williams Inn
Joseph Paramountain
Paramountain
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Shaftsbury Scouts Build Pack Frames for Gear
Shaftsbury Boy Scout Troop 331 members will receive pack frames crafted with community support. The project aims to equip scouts for upcoming trips, showcasing youth teamwork and local volunteer involvement.
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Shaftsbury
Boy Scout
Hoosick Grange Charts Bills With County Focus
Hoosick Grange discussed several New York Legislature bills led by Malcolm Hewitt. Members backed farmland assessment highway planning and budgeting requirements for bills. They approved welfare work prescriptions for town officers and tax relief for seniors. They favored nonpopulation based legislative apportionment and opposed the lottery. They disapproved repeal of miners age limits for harvest labor. A memorial committee was named for Harry Chase.
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Hoosick
N.Y
New York
Hoosick Grange
Malcolm Hewitt
Grange
Lawrence Corbett
Douglas Hudson
Ralph J. Griswold
Delton Hewitt
Carleton E. Philpott
Harry Chase
Otto Piritz
Carleton Phillott
N. Clifford Cottrell
George Washington
Robert Bentley
Arba Brenenstuhl
Norman Baker
Clyde Baker
Harold Prebble
Ralph D. Griswold
Walter Baker
Charles Cornell
Geraldine
Lorraine Cornell
Susan Williams
America the Beautiful
Brunswick Grange
Service and Hospitality Committee
Wesley Hall
Weekend Socials Roundup From Arlington And Nearby
Arlington residents Mrs Gilbert M Vaughn and son Parker returned from a Bahamas cruise. Westport visitors Misses Barbara Albright and Anna Margaret Vaughn joined. Boston entries Peter Lopes James Donahue enjoyed a ski week with Earl LaBatt. Brighton links Constantine Lopes Richard Connie Jr and Margaret visited with the LaBatts and attended the Lions Club Winter Varieties show where granddaughters Lisa and Mitzi LaBatt performed.
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Gilbert M. Vaughn
Parker
Bahamas
Barbara Albright
Anna Margaret Vaughn
Westport
Mass
LaBatts
Lions Club
Lisa
Mitzi LaBatt
Union School Backers Challenged At Manchester Floor Meeting
At Manchester Town Meeting the heated debate centered on article 14 proposing a union junior high district. Overton warned of deep water and rising taxes if approved, while Rev. Clayton and supporters argued long study justified the measure and that voters would decide any fiscal consequences. The discussion highlighted education and tax concerns for the town’s future.
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Manchester
Carlton B. Overton
Overton
Williams College
Robert L. Clayton
Zion Episcopal Church
Tri-Valley School Study Committee
Valley Group
Father Clayton
Clayton
George R. Clay
Bentley Hill Road
Clay
Neil E. Cross
Tri-Valley
Lois Barney
Douglas G. Shaw
Barney
Brandon
Shaw
Burr and Burton Seminary
Ferdinand Bongartz
Arlington Town Meeting Debates Mayors Size Bond Study
About 140 Arlington residents attended the town meeting and passed the initial articles while Article 11 asking to hire more sisters for a year was turned down. The session included thanks to retiring officials and discussions on a Tri-Valley study and potential union formation, with debates over school standards and future facility plans. Article 14 will be decided by Australian ballot today.
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Fourtown
Leon Cole
Albert Lawrence
Violet Day
Eleanor Raftery
Harry Hayden
Earle Hill
Floyd Mattison
Mattison
Arlington
Manfred Ehrich Jr
Ernest Mattison
Knowles
Marjorie Doyle
R. Emmett Smith
Orange Baker
Jesse Harrington
Smith
John Whalen
Keynith Knapp
Bennington County
Allen Angney
Vermont
New York
Tri-Valley
Bongartz
Cross
Richard Gibboney
State Department of Education
Manchester
Woodford Names Committee For Help in Stream Erosion
About 25 residents gathered at Woodford Hollow School to set next year tax rates totaling 5.62 dollars and approve several appropriations. A committee of Frederick Wright Philip Barbeau and Charles Oakes was named to explore help for riverbank erosion threatening homes as ballots open 10 am to 3 pm today for remaining warning items.
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Woodford Names Committee
Woodford
Woodford Hollow
Bennington
Frederick Wright
Philip Barbeau
Charles Oakes
Woodford Hollow School
Father and Son Banquet at North Bennington Church
The North Bennington Baptist Church invites all fathers and sons to the annual father and son banquet on March 13 at 6 30 p.m. in the church social rooms. Tickets from Miss Bonnie Perkins at First National Bank or at the door. The Norshaft Lions meet tonight at 7 at the Shaftsbury Methodist Church. The North Bennington Fire Department auxiliary reelected Mrs Marie Hauck president with officers Kay Luce Barbara Simoneau and Katie Seifert. Reports show a busy year with new firehouse equipment and a Red Cross first aid course completed by members. The auxiliary dinner is March 8 at Mt Anthony Country Club. A fall fashion show is planned for next September.
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Baptist Church
Bonnie Perkins
First National Bank
Norshaft Lions
Shaftsbury Methodist Church
North
Mt. Anthony Country Club
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Ondawa
Nears
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Skidmore
Asity
Pfister Aluminum Co
North Adams
Edwin Colvin
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Robert Fletcher
William Stufflebeam
Douglas Sweet
N.R.A
Stufflebeam
East Street
Philip Roach
Donald Farrar
Arthur Jones
John Clawson
Richard Mason
East Arlington
Helene Thompson
Union
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Angney
Senate
Montpelier
Cea
Hamburger
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St. Dial
Bennington, Vt
North Bennington
Elizabeth Dwyer
Mats
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J. Greene
Mobil Heat
Robert J
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Benn
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Suki Kotaki Ski School
Prospect Mountain
Robert Dressler
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