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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1967
Page
6
In a three way town meeting contest Perle N. Hibbard won with 147 votes, Abe S. Morgan earned 68 and Paul E. Tifft 62. In another three way race veteran school board member John C. Foster was defeated.
Sunderland residents backed a union junior high with Manchester Dorset and Peru by 100 to 31. Clyde Dunlap and Carl Benjamin won selectman seats, with many other local posts filled. beer and wine news dominated, while turnout was light at 287 of 932 eligible voters in Pownal.
Hoosick Falls Central School hosts Cambridge Central for a charity basketball doubleheader at 7:30 p.m. Proceeds go to the Scholarship Fund. The first game features Hoosier faculty women vs senior girls. the men follow.
LANDGROVE In a brisk town meeting voters passed all warning articles and re elected town officers. The town voted net by 18 to 2. A total tax rate of 91 cents was set with 45 cents general fund 10 cents highway and 86 cents for schools. Officials elected include Samuel R. Ogden moderator Lois MacArthur town clerk treasurer Robert Roessle Jeane Hatch and John Morse auditors Lester Cody and W B LaPrade selectmen and Raymond A Harris re elected to a three year term as school director.
Shaftsbury voters rejected a 500 appropriation for a fallout shelter but approved all other town donations at yesterday's annual meeting. A strong turnout of 440, despite poor weather, saw Republicans win in all but one contest led by Moderator Thomas Hall and other GOP victors including Lorenzo Sanborn and Victor Harwood. The lone Democrat elected was Philip V. Roach for auditor.
Searsburg voters backed liquor sale 16 to 4 while beer and wine failed. Other items passed include $2,000 for summer roads, $3,000 for winter roads, and a $25 grant to the Bennington County Humane Society. Elected officials include Gordon Rice moderator and town officer roles filled by Karma Putnam and others. Merton Rice named town agent. cemetery commissioner Francis Hagar. fence viewers chosen. survey duties assigned to Karma Putnam. year ahead labeled by local governance.
Dorset voters approved the union junior high school proposal by a slim margin of 143 Yes to 136 No at yesterday's town meeting. Arthur Gilbert won 214 votes and James Riggs 209 for two school director seats. Barbara Smith trailed with 120. Margaret Harrington was elected treasurer with 126 votes. Beer and wine sale passed 249 to 32 and liquor sale 214 to 53. Other officers elected include Guy Stone as moderator, Helen O'Donovan town clerk, Stone to three-year selectman term, William Barrows Jr. and Russell Parks to one-year terms, Ed Gunther named sister for three years with 235 votes, and auditors Donald Johnson, August Schramm, C. Herbert Simmons. Beebe named 1st constable and Bowen 2nd constable. Beebe also tax collector. Town agent race decided by write-in, Fred Whittemore with 5 votes amid several single votes.
Manchester approved regional planning by 345 yes to 398 no while plans to join three towns in a union junior high school were rejected. Incumbent I Stanford Zecher won selectman 390 to 379. Eugene Kayatta beat Fred Stone for school director 450 to 323. Other town offices and special appropriations were approved. beer and liquor votes were 671 to 77 and 648 to 80 respectively.
The Bennington YMCA runs Saturday morning physical activity classes for Grades 1-6 at North Bennington School gym. Ronald Reeves leads with four high school assistants Linda Kelley Sandy Myers Bob Montgomery and Gary Martin. Classes cover exercise jump rope rope climbing basketball mini tramp trampoline relay races and tumbling with plans to add balance beams bars rings and more. Membership dues are three dollars yearly for this age group, and YMCA members gain admission at no extra charge.
Residents arrived for the annual meeting to find the 179 year old town hall destroyed by fire. The building, once a church and landmark, had faced threats since 1870. thanks to Mrs Celia Stickle's $100 and community donations, emergency repairs kept it standing. A March 21 meeting will be held in the Sandgate Methodist Church to decide future use.
Recent visitors to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Horton on Circle Drive include their daughters and families from Riverside and Barrington Rhode Island, and guests Mr. and Mrs. Frank Manhart from Nutley New Jersey who spent the weekend at Taylor Hill residence.
Peru voters rejected the union junior high school proposal by 43 to 33 and vetoed the Knowles property appraisal system. They approved but kept listing procedures, set a tax rate of 1.35, and reduced the school tax request to 1.85. An appropriation for cemetery repairs and monuments passed, as did eight cents for the Peru Fire Department, while no library funding or trustees were elected. Officers were chosen unanimously. District Representative Reid Lefevre addressed attendees.
The Pownal Fire Department Auxiliary ran a successful rummage sale Saturday netting $60.02 to fund equipment for a new department truck. Co chairs Mrs. Edgar Senecal and Mrs. Frank L. Haley announced proceeds would help buy helmets boots raincoats and other gear.
A two story frame camp owned by Dr. Stanley Sheft of North Caldwell New Jersey was found burned to the ground in Benedict Hollow Arlington. Fire Chief Lee Marsh said the fire damaged camp was discovered by a passerby feeding deer. The camp was insured for seven thousand dollars.
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