Woodford Rejects Zoning Plan as Hurley Wins in Woodford
Woodford residents voted 82 to 6 percent against a permanent zoning ordinance. Mrs Avis Hurley won the school director race 91 to 54 over Fred Smith Jr. Richard France defeated Rosalie Wright for first constable and Mrs Wright won the tax collector race. Helen P Cleary beat Evelyn M Smith for cemetery commissioner.
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Woodford
Lawrence E. Harrington
Bennington
Avis Hurley
Fred Smith Jr
First Constable
Rosalie Wright
Richard France
France
Winhall Rejects Town Manager Proposal In Ballot
Winhall voters reject the town manager form 78 to 33 after debates sparked by last year’s meeting. In contests, Peter Cornell defeats incumbent Charles Ney 64 to 41 for selectman and Barbara DeWolf tops Adele R. Costello 50 to 48 for tax collector. write-in resignations elect John Slade as moderator and others to offices. A three year clerk term is approved. budgets total 163775 and 96450 for town and schools.
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Winhall
Peter Cornell
Charles Ney
Barbara DeWolf
Adele R. Costello
John Slade
Norman Strobridge
Lne
Carolyn Peckhony
Vincent Pizzano
Joel Burrington
Maurice Hight
Charles Palmer
Williams wins approval for Williams College library site
Alumni referendum approves college’s plan to use Van Rensselaer site for a new library connected to Stetson Library by tunnel and walkway. Groundbreaking hoped this summer as library growth demands space for 1,600 undergraduates. Sigma Phi will be honored with a named room and alumni access during homecomings.
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Williamstown
Maas
Sigma Phi
Williams College
Stetson Library
van Rensselaer
Center For Environmental Studies
Harry Weese Associates
Chicago
The
College
Sigma Phi Society
van Rensselaer House
Peru Town Meeting renames officers
Peru residents met in Town Meeting and renamed town officers in a car vote. Re-elected for three years were Angus Black as moderator, Mrs. Eileen Seymour as town clerk and treasurer, William Parrish as selectman, Francis Daley as sister, John Cyeman as auditor, Robert Wright as school director, Walter Williams road commissioner, Lewis de Sch weinitiz constable and tax commissioner, John Shuell town grand juror, Leonard Wood ward town agent and trustee of public funds, Nancy Shuell library trustee, and Charles Hagen cemetery commissioner for five years.
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Enyoiie Elselle
Joanna Dillmann Jones
Lauren Capen
Iaa Coleman
Ross Worthington
Lawrence Jenks
Irene Benson
Charles Sonnenfeld
Peru
Angus Black
Eileen Seymour
William Parrish
Francis Daley
John Cyeman
Robert
Charles Mason
Rachel Mason
Frances Lampman
Karen Towslee
Robert Rudd Sr
Henry Brown
Harold Campbell
Beatrice Burlington
Asters
Robert Pudgar
Arthur George
Harold Marshall
Ida Cameron
A. Daniel Mason Jr
Harold Hicks
Falls Elks honor veteran members at Old Timers Night
Hoosick Falls Elks lodge marked Old Timers Night with 25 to 60 year membership pins and life memberships for 65 and 30 years. Past District Deputy Walter Berkstein emceed while William O Meara noted for 59 years. four Graney brothers totaling 204 years were honored alongside Elk of the Year award recipient Franklin Tate for long service.
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Hoosick Falls Lodge of Elks
Graney Brothers
Fron
John A. Graney
William J. Graney
Frank P. Graney
Edteard W. Granay
F Hoosick Falls Elks
Alt Hoosick Pails
Frank
New London
Conn
William
Troy
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Lodge of Elks
Walter Berkstein
Ping
Thomas Wysocki
William O’meara
Saul Milberg
Los Angeles
Russell G. Eddy
Rotterdam
Frank Graney
William Holsapple
P.J. Houston
Leo J. Fairbanks
Clayton LeBarron
Saul A. Milberg
Simon J. Milberg
Arnold Kuebler
Francis Cume
Francis Downing
Thomas W. Hyland
Earl F. Kenney
John J. Stermpek
Walter 5. Wirmusky
Franklin Tate
Richard Fairbanks
Tate
Club
Flea Infestation Halts Record Searches in Rome Courts
In Rome, court clerks refused to locate records of old cases due to pervasive flea infestation in archives. Lawyers said officials failed to disinfect the premises despite a request dating from October, disrupting access to historical files and legal work.
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Rome
APT
Landgrove elects officers and authorizes fund move
Landgrove voters elected a moderator Sam Ogden Jr town clerk treasurer Kathy Snyder selectman John Reckhardt and Asters John Garvan and William R Butler auditor Charles Waybright library trustees Patricia Garvan and Betty Bader cemetery trustee Lois MacArthur and cemetery commissioner Norman Richardson. The town also authorized the selectmen to deposit revenue sharing money in a social equipment savings fund and passed a resolution to strongly and vehemently support something not fully stated.
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Landgrove
Sam Ogden Jr
Kathy Snyder
John Reckhardt
John Garvan
William R. Butler
Charles Waybright
Patricia Garvan
Betty Bader
Lois MacArthur
Norman Richardson
Pownal voters approve highway funds and town budget measures
More than 1,000 of Pownal’s voters stayed away as 224 ballots decided two money articles. The town approved 428,000 in revenue sharing for highways, raising projected road spending to over 74,000. Other actions included Bennington County Regional Commission support and several unopposed town officer races.
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Pownal
Vatera
Bennington County
Opposition to Town Highway 3 extension and council assent
The record notes opposition to paving and extending Town Highway 3 as a through route between Weston and Peru and records verbal assent to continued participation in the Mountain Valley Health Council.
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Weston
Peru
Mountain Valley Health Council
NTE registration deadline at North Adams State College
North Adams State College warns prospective teachers that registrations for the National Teacher Examinations must reach Educational Testing Service in Princeton by March 16 for the April 7 test date. Candidates may take common exams plus one teaching area test. timing and locations to be advised on admission tickets.
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North Adams
Mass
North Adams State College
Educational Testing Service
Princeton
N.J
James Salzman
Sulaman
National
Sulzman
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