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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1975
Page
7
The town of Wilmington orders sale of dozens of properties to recover 196124.42 in delinquent taxes. Among the assets are vacation lots houses motels and restaurants with several parcels awaiting auction as part of tax enforcement efforts.
The Whitingham Jacksonville Lions Club will host a musical and stage band concert at 8 p.m. Friday March 21 at Whitingham High School. Forty musicians plus a male chorus from Quabbin Regional High School in Barre Massachusetts will perform under director John Hansen, former Whitingham Musical Director. Parallel tax matters show Wilmington towns facing delinquent tax sales with about 147000 owed on two developments and 25600 in notices for sale. town manager Robert Grinold notes strong pay rates but calls this a tough but financially sound effort driven by last year’s town meeting voter mandate.
The Hoosick Area Senior Citizens held its March 3 gathering with all officers present. Mabel Constantino presided as members approved bylaw changes proposed Feb 3 by the Harold Prebble commission. Upcoming events include a July 4 flea market aligned with bicentennial celebrations, March card parties on the 10th and 24th, and a March 17 blood pressure clinic. Two new members welcomed. March birthday observance on the 18th. pinochle and pitch games each Tuesday. Deadline March 12 for the Washington DC Williamsburg trip with a $20 deposit. Appreciation voiced for Rose Waytkus as acting services director, and notes on February calls by Arlington Rescue Squad. A second Desserts film shows March 26 at 1:30 pm, free from Hudson Valley Community College. Mrs. Donald Noble seeks members for a Businessmen’s Association display at the former Miller’s Store.
North Adams Mass rink manager Zygamond Nash lists unchanged daily skating sessions at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Skating Rink and adds week events: Sunday 10 a.m. to noon Pittsfield Flyers hockey and 5 to 7 30 p.m. Berkshire Youth hockey. Week shows varied club and college hockey, figure skating, and fraternity activities with minor changes from last week.
A Wednesday panel in Montpelier at Vermont Hall behind the Tavern Motor Inn will discuss Vermont taxes. Three state legislators Peter Guiliani Norris Hoyt and Judy Rosenstreich along with Dick Hathaway and moderator Daphne Gratiot will lead the session. The event is the fifth in a series sponsored by the Vermont Council on the Humanities and Public Issues and Goddard College and will be videotaped for late cable broadcast in Bennington Rutland and St Johnsbury.
The Arlington calendar lists events from Monday through Saturday including Lions Club variety show rehearsals and performances at the high school gym, AA and American Legion Auxiliary meetings, WWI Veterans gathering in Manchester, Rescue Squad drills, Arlington School Board session on Fisher School class structure for 75 76, Red Mount Chapter CES at Masonic Temple, Battenkill Grange social, and a dress rehearsal for the show. Tickets at doors.
Local groups schedule gatherings at the Pownal firehouses and schools. The Pownal Fire Protective Association meets tonight at 7, and the North Pownal Fire Auxiliary at 7 30. The Pownal Lions Club, School Board, and Parent Teacher Group also meet this week at local venues with plans for social events, dinner, and a baseball organizational meeting for boys 13 to 15.
Former Interior Secretary Stewart Udall told a Vermont Democratic conference at St. Michael's College that cheap energy days are over and dramatic changes lie ahead. He forecast smaller fuel efficient cars mass transit curb urban sprawl and tighter suburban growth. Udall criticized Ford policies and urged national leadership in environmental management and land use planning. His brother Morris Udall is a Democratic presidential candidate.
VERGENNES UPI Funeral arrangements were pending today for Samuel Fishman of Vergennes a former state legislator municipal judge and current Vermont Human Service Board chairman who died Sunday in Burlington Fishman an active Democrat served Addison County Municipal Judge for 14 years was also a Vergennes alderman a Vermont House member and a two term state senator An attorney he was a past University of Vermont Board of Trustees member and known for local civic and business affairs He was 62.
The Vermont Democratic state Executive Committee voted to shut the Montpelier office and lay off executive secretary Peter Watts amid about $30,000 in debts after November gains. Sen Robert Brandon urged the move to tighten finances and forecast a re opening once funds improve.
Vermont's statewide Roman Catholic diocese announced Saint Anne Elementary School in Swanton will close at the end of the current year. The decision follows a decline in personnel from the religious order that ran the school, which serves about 300 Franklin County students. The closure leaves Vermont with 12 elementary and four secondary parochial schools, many already shuttered for financial reasons.
A coalition in Albany urged free undergraduate tuition for all state university students. Eli A. Schwartz of Hunter College Alumni Association said the cost to taxpayers could be about $84 million annually. Current rates run from 650 to 800 dollars per year by class levels.
Secretary of State Mario Cuomo rejects 280 of 284 lobbyist registration forms for missing details. He demands precise descriptions of targeted legislation and more employer information. The 1906 lobbyist law has long been skirted, with renewed control spurred by ethics concerns and a Common Cause probe.
In Berkshire, Grace & Co. Polyfibron plant union and company negotiators met with federal and state mediators after a Thursday arson threat. Police confirmed the threat to torch barrels behind the plant while plant guards were hired. Twenty Local 841 pickets continued their vigil outside the facility.
In Great Barrington the tiny Church of the Nazarene congregation raised 2046 dollars last month, five times its average, to cover maintenance costs. Rev. Clifford F. Hurst expects a 50000 dollar drive next year to build a new sanctuary, saying the effort revived enthusiasm among under 50 members.
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