North Bennington Voters Approve Tax Plan At Meeting
About 60 villagers met at the school gym and quickly approved all articles on the warning. They kept the general tax rate at 1.28 and highways at .92, authorized five cents for a sinking fund to buy a new fire truck, and allowed trustees to purchase a truck with a five cent levy for five years. The total village and highway rate will be 2.30 next year. The assembly approved $500 for McCullough Library, set salaries at 200 for village clerk and 20 for auditors. Board incumbents re-elected include Edgar Matteson John Lowre Sanford Buxbaum. Other officers re-elected: Richard H. Dwyer moderator, and Kendall Rich terms run to 1965.
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North Bennington
McCullough Library
Edgar Matteson
John Lowre
Sanford Buxbaum
Fred Welling
Kendall Rich
Richard H. Dwyer
Nelson L
Shaftsbury Midshipman Visits Pensacola Naval Base
Midshipman Ronald F. Gratz from Shaftsbury Vermont toured the Pensacola Naval Air Station as part of a three day introduction to naval aviation. He and fellow NROTC cadets from RPI viewed the Aviation Medicine School survival exhibits and underwater emergency exit training and flew a T34 trainer aircraft.
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Pensacola, Fla
Ronald F. Gratz
Ernest C. Gratz
Shaftsbury
Naval Air Basic Training Command
Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Fla
Rensseelaer Polytechnic Institute
Pensacola Naval Air Complex
School of Aviation Medicine
School Board Reorganizes In Town Meeting After Vote
Leon Edgerton was named chairman of the School Board at the first meeting since Town Meeting. The board approved chest x rays for all teachers every two years and agreed to a yearly liaison with the PTA. The meeting also covered zoning plans for North Bennington and the new fire house project with site and use discussions. Adjournment led to re election of Welling as chairman.
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Leon Edgerton
Margaret Thompson
PTA
Byron Bowen
Terry Tyler
Judith Huffman
Helen Mack
Robert B. Vail
Fred Welling
North Bennington
Welling
Prospect Street
Selectmen
Manchester
Chamber of Commerce
Israel Congregation
Rec Center
Fred Miller
North Bennington Community Notes Event Roundup
North Bennington reports a Parents Music Guild gathering at the high school on Thursday night. Tucker Chapter 38 CBS sponsors a March 21 food and rummage sale at the Masonic Temple on Bank Street. Meth-Con youth plan a 5:30 p.m. chicken pie supper to fund a trip to the New York World's Fair in June. Catherine R Elwell, Wooster senior and chamber choir member, leaves Friday for a singing tour of Indiana Michigan and Ohio.
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Parents Music Guild
North Bennington High School
Tucker
CBS
Masonic Temple
Bank Street
Congregational Church
Catherine R. Elwell
George H. Elwell
Prospect Street
College of Wooster
Wooster
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Pownal Scouters Attend Recognition Dinner in Rutland
Scoutmaster and Mrs Roy Assis tant Scoutmaster Pudvar and Lawrence Chaffee chaired the local executive committee. Roy received a 1963 Camp Sunrise attendance award for Troop 47. The troop tied for second with Rutland Troop 3 at 81.25 percent, won a Snowflake participation plaque, and town events include a school meeting and Palm Sunday service.
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Church of the Good Shepherd
Rutland
Rolland Roy
Robert Pudvar
Lawrence Chaffee
Boy Scout Troop
Roy
Camp Sunrise
Pownal
Rutland Troop 3
Rescue Squad to Learn Oxygen Administration Instruction
Hoosick Falls New York Dr Aaron Stevens anesthesiologist at Mary McClellan Hospital Cambridge conducts an oxygen administration instruction for the Town of Hoosick Rescue Squad tonight at 7 30 in squad rooms on Second Street The session ends at 8 15 then the regular monthly meeting begins Royal Howard program chairman Richard Severson presides Nurses or area residents may attend.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Aaron Stevens
Mary McClellan
Cambridge
Town of Hoosick Rescue Squad, Inc
Second Street
Stevens
Williamstown Airman Reassigned to Philippines
Airman Second Class James M. Casey of Williamstown Massachusetts is reassigned to the Philippines after completing U S Air Force radio operator training at Keesler AFB Mississippi. He was promoted to his present rank and trained on radio receivers typewriters and frequency meters. Casey is a Williamstown High School graduate who attended St Vincent College Latrobe and Berkshire Community College Pittsfield.
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Keesler Afb
Miss
James M. Casey
James J. Casey
Cole Ave
Williamstown
Mass
Philippines
United States Air Force
Casey
Williamstown High School
St. Vincent College
Latrobe
Berkshire Community College
Pittsfield
Toy Train Causes Two-Hour Delay For Trains In Florida
In Hollywood Florida a ticking toy train in a suitcase on a Seaboard Air Line train bound for Miami prompted a two hour delay. Police and firemen kept a northbound train stopped fearing a bomb as Lt. Clarence T. Smith from Fort Lauderdale opened the valise of Alice Goodman of Knoxville Tennessee and found a ticking toy.
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Hollywood
Fla
Miami
Clarence T. Smith
Naval Ordnance
Fort Lauderdale
Smith
Alice Goodman
Knoxville
Huessy urges more than TLC for child emotional health
Burlington psychiatrist Dr. Hans Huessy told Manchester Monday that emotional issues in children stem from stimulation and school programs, not just tender loving care. He cited the need for pre school programs, community visits by volunteers, and group living options for teens to build motivation and direction. Attendees included public health and school staff from Rutland, Brattleboro, Dorset, and Arlington.
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Manchester
T.L.C
Hans Huessy
Vermont
Huessy
Hussy
Peace Corps
Dr. Huessy
Mary Rogers Warren
Bolshoi Dancers Cite Pressure Behind Injuries
Bolshoi Ballet stars allege in Medical Workers that intense training and pressure to improve routines cause frequent accidents. Dancers say illness is ignored and some performances are forced despite illness.
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Moscow
Bolshoi Ballet
Bolshoi
Town Clerk Office Closed For Educational Conference
The town clerk's office will close tomorrow so Miss Clara May Hemenway can attend the Vermont Town Officers Educational Conference at the Elementary School. The conference is a school for all town officers. The Burns welcome Kimberly Ann born March 13 to Mrs. Burns, formerly Melissa Swezey, and Mr. William T. Burns Jr. Harned Fowler Post No 6471 becomes the first VFW post in the state with a perpetual charter after 25 members paid up for life.
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Clara May Hemenway
Vermont Town Officers
William T. Burns Jr
Kimberly Ann
Harned Fowler
VFW
Battenkill Belles Meet in West Arlington Craft Roundup
Knitting dominated the March 11 Battenkill Belles meeting at West Arlington Community House as four members completed yearly projects. Sheree Vaughn provided refreshments and plans were made for members to work with leader Mrs. Robert Stroffoleno on sewing projects.
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Battenkill Belles
West Arlington
Robert Stroffoleno
Sheree Vaughn
Middlebury Players Invited Again To Yale Drama Festival
Middlebury College Players, ranked among the top 12 groups in the nation, earned a second straight invitation to the Yale Festival of Undergraduate Drama in New Haven on March 24 to 26. Their one act Rustic Scenes from A Midsummer Night's Dream was selected after a competitive entry process with 12 schools performing half hour plays. Directed by Roger H Simon, a Scarsdale New York senior and president of the Middlebury Players, the group marks an unusual consecutive-year honor following last year's Zoo Story selection.
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Middlebury
Middlebury College
New Haven
Conn
Roger H. Simon
Scarsdale, N.Y
The
Middlebury Players
Edward Albee
Explorer Scouts at Arlington Over Basketball Game Post 39
Arlington Explorer Scout Post 39 will play the Arlington Fire Department on March 21 at 7 30 p m at Arlington Memorial High School. Three Explorer Scouts have passed the board of review for life rank. Kenneth Clayton Jr Frank Hall and James Stone are active in Post 34 with several badges remaining to reach Eagle. An Arlington Alumni Association meeting is set for March 24 at 8 p m at the Community House to plan a banquet.
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Arlington
Arlington Fire Department
Arlington Memorial High School
Board of Review
Kenneth Clayton Jr
Order of the Arrow
Camp Sunrise
Frank Hall
James Stone
Pownal
Arlington Alumni Association
Rotary Traffic Try-Out Planned for Manchester
Manchester Board of Selectmen will consult the state Highway Department on a rotary traffic system for Depot Street Center Hill and Main Street with a trial run slated for April and May. The plan aims to ease bottlenecks improve parking and allow business expansion.
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Manchester
Manchester Center
Board of Selectmen
State Highway Department
Depot Street
Center Hill
Main Street
Selectmen
Oakley K. Porter
Orrin Beattie
Ferdinand Bongartz
I. Stanford Zecher
Five Choirs Present Lenten Service in Music at Manchester
Five choirs join Palm Sunday service at First Baptist Church Manchester on March 22 at 8 p.m. Joseph Stanenard will play prelude and postlude on organ, with a program featuring sacred chorals from St Paul Catholic Choir First Congregational Youth Zion Episcopal Belles and other groups, culminating in a combined choirs and congregation finale.
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Manchester
First Baptist Church
Strattner
Jesus
Bainbridge
Monstani
St. Paul’s
First Congregational Youth Choir
Gesangbuck
Bach
Robertson
Zion Episcopal Belles
Tchaikovsky
First Baptist Youth Choir
Elijah
Mendelssohn
Burr and Burton Seminary
Haydn
Videlin
Shaw
God Be In
Roberteson
Thompson
Greiter
Wilson
First Baptist
Schnecker
Neidlinger
Teschner
Mileler and Jackson
Walter Rigney
Eugene Kayatta
Zion Episcopal
Orrin Beattie
First Congregational
W.A. Griffith
J. Burton Powers
Final Berkshire Symphony Concert Set for Friday
The Berkshire Community Symphony Orchestra will close its season Friday at 8 30 p m in Chapin Hall Williams College with guest conductor Dr Edgar Curtis and solo violinist Theo Olof. The program features Arne Overature from Comus Haydn Symphony No 98 Mozart Concerto No 5 and a mix of choirs solo voices and instrumentalists.
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Williamstown
Mass
Berkshire Community Symphony Orchestra
Chapin Hall
Williams College
Arne
Haydn
Kox
Mozart
Edgar Curtis
Union College
Irwin Shaineman
Europe
Williams
Theo Olof
Ter
Residenz Orchestra
The
Hague
Berkshire Community Symphony
Olof
Hans Kox
Holland
Berkshire
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Elizabeth Dwyer
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Center School
Diane Chaffee
John C. Barber
Donald Roy
Charles Palmer
George Rogers
Alfred Chenaille
Department of Agriculture
Royal Howard
Richard A. Severson
Constance M. Jordan
West
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Betty Trachte
Melinda Pelham
Katherine Gibbs
Beth Stroffoleno
UVM
Beth
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Leon Mears
Atlanta
Richard
Daniel Hoffman
Laurie Ann
Charles Lindsey
Donald Trachte
Puerto Rico
Helene Thompson
Nual
Roy Bentley
Lawrence Wilcox
Eber Sessions
Ryland Spaulding Jr
Enver Cook
Ruth Cook
Morris Pierson
Eugene Collette
Louis Nicholson
Thaddeus Nowak
Donald Cherbonneau
Elphege Tetreault
Planning Commission
E. K. Treat
Porter
Board of Adjustment of
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I. S. Zecher
Henry B. Robinson
Charles C. Childs
Henry Cherbonneau
U.S. 7
Joseph Stane Nard
Aloys Claussmann
Berkshire Symphony
Robert B. Jordan
Roy W. Barsetow
Kenneth J. Stacy
James West
Suzanne Kelleher
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Mary Ella Stannard
Blanchard Stone
Joseph Stannard
Sideney Meachem
Carl Parsons
Fotene Lorenz
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