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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1970
Page
6
The Religious Education Committee of the Manchester First Congregational Church met at the home of Mrs. Joseph Meyer in Arlington. Douglas Schnerr was elected chairman for 1970 with Mrs. Meyer as vice chair and Mrs. John B. Townsend as secretary.
Hoosick Baptist Church will sponsor a chicken and biscuit supper in the church hall on Thursday night March 12. Open to the public, the first serving begins at 6 30 p.m.
Shaftsbury selectmen led by Merton Snow and Roy Whitman with Anthony Alto outlined new dump hours for next Tuesday March 17 to include 8 am to 12 noon on Tuesdays and Thursdays and 8 am to 9 pm on Saturdays and Sundays. The town will issue keys only to Eagle Square Co. Marcotte was named to train two town constables in law enforcement with duties as deputy sheriff. Snow seeks $1,300 in federal aid for the program. Appointments to the town planning board include William Cross Dr Arthur Faris and Charles Peacock to work on a zoning ordinance due by next March meeting. Herbert Ware becomes tree warden and Alfred Wade Heil Reed and Peacock are named fence viewers. A Westview Place pavement petition and a street sign issue are noted for May consideration.
Manchester school board elected Richard D. Hayes as chairman at an organizational meeting. Martha Pelton became clerk and Oakley Porter will represent Manchester on the Bennington Rutland Supervisory Union District executive committee. The board approved a $5000 fire detection system upgrade and discussed tuition for Peru students, a Montpelier trip, ski club scheduling, and a new sick leave policy for bus drivers.
Charles H. Grant of Manchester will recall his first flight on Aug 15, 1910, during Vermont Educational Television's Cracker Barrel broadcast on March 10. The program also features VISTA talks with Kaplain and Strickland, skiing sisters Marilyn and Barbara Cochran, and a Manchester Elementary School book exhibit March 23 26 with 600 books from 55 publishers.
Roy Windus of Ascutney presents a one man show at the Village Gallery of the Southern Vermont Art Center on Union Street in Manchester from March 16 through April 3. Windus, an art and mechanical drawing teacher at Windsor High School, paints summers in Nova Scotia Maine and Vermont and studied watercolor with Edgar Whitney. He moved from Ohio to Vermont in 1964 after visiting the state for years and previously worked as an advertising artist in Cleveland. Windus belongs to the Southern Vermont Artists Chester Art Guild Chaffee Art Gallery and West River Artists. The Village Gallery hours are 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday or by appointment at 362-1455.
Severson assailed subversive groups and attacked predecessors in the Independent Party during the pre election dinner at the Elks club in Hoolick Falls. He cited a $33,000 overspend, $41,867 in unpaid bills, $43,000 in interest on a sewer project, and lack of state aid. He urged cost cutting to balance next year’s budget and warned leaders to act. Charles Searey James Nealon Charles Crowley attended at head table.
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