Vermont tax chief voices qualified support for sales tax
Vermont State Tax Commissioner Charles T. Shea urged cautious support for a sales tax if income tax is simplified into an ability to pay system, with food and fuel exempt. He warned revenue must come from broad, not narrow, sources and predicted action by 1965 with possible study commissions and lease land taxation proposals.
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Manchester
Charles T. Shea
Vermont
Shea
General Assembly
Robert W. Gillespie
State State Department of Public Safety
Gillespie
Gov. Keyser
Bromley Junior Team Wins Banquet After Tough Season
The Bromley Junior team closed its racing season with a banquet at the Dog Team Tavern near Middlebury. Eben and Mrs. Joy host for 56 racers from the Mid-Vermont Council, honoring top finishers including Middlebury, Bromley, and Pico. Gifts and trophies followed speeches as the graduates head toward age 14 by year end.
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Bromley
Dog Team
Middlebury
Eben Joy
Mid-Vermont
Pico
Missy Rice
Lisa
Katy Dillmann
Jane Rollins
Neil Mackey
Butch Sheehan
Tommy Acker
Randy Zoesch
Curt Benjamin
Tom Rondeau
Killington
George Merrill
Okemo
Garden Club studies native orchids and plans March talk
Manchester Garden Club study group in Vermont reviewed six native orchids including magenta and white showy orchid and the butterfly and eyelash varieties. Carl Ramsey of Dorset will address the March 29 meeting at 2 p.m. at the Congregational Church to present orchid slides.
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Manchester Garden Club
Vermont
Habenaria
Garden Club
Carl Ramsey
Dorset
Congregational Church
Wilmington-Dover Girl Scouts Celebrate Golden Anniversary
Girl Scout Troop 544 Wilmington met with leader Mrs. Peter Barton at WHS cafeteria for badge review and a tea party honoring former leaders as about 40 scouts, leaders and parents attended. Former leaders listed. Rowan and others attended. birthday cake by Mrs. Wayne Rowell. flag ceremony opened the program followed by songs dances and speeches and a moving film shown by Mrs. John Poor.
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Wilmington
Peter Barton
WHS
Barton
Robert Greene
Wayne Rowell
John Mumford II
Hazel Haughey
Earl Rufus Jr
Jean Canedy
Kendrick Green
Lincoln Haynes
Nicholas Harvey
Philip Ware
Tucker David
Theodore Johnson
Deborah Brown
Marie Pike
Kathy Boyd
John Poor
North Bennington Notes Brighten Spring with Local Happenings
Fire crews battled a grass fire at the ball diamond marking spring in North Bennington. Red Cross canvassers names are listed, a Hunger film is to be shown at the Congregational Church, Ralph A. Jones celebrated his 87th birthday, and his health recovery allows a return to routines with a village drive and bank visits.
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North Bennington
Congregational Church
Hong Kong
Korea
Church World Service
Ralph A. Jones
First National Bank
Myron Jones
Mary Powell
Marion Taylor
Jones
Bennington
Woodford
Pittsfielders Buy Bennington Home
Dr LeRoy E Pierce of Manchester sells his 215 Union Street Bennington residence to Mr and Mrs William G Lamson of 32 Congress Street Pittsfield Mass The Lamsons plan to relocate to Bennington soon with Herbert Douglas of Arlington as broker
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Arlington
LeRoy E. Pierce
Manchester
Union St
Bennington
William G. Lamson
Congress St
Pittsfield
Mass
Lamsons
Herbert Douglas
Hoosick Falls Community Notes And Meetings
Hoosick Falls churches and clubs announce events from March 26. Altar-Rosary Society meets with 7 30 devotion followed by slides. members attend 8 30 Mass Sunday. School board reviews health insurance with teachers association input and notes salary schedule adjustments and trips for students. Also reports Philathea Society activity at First Baptist and St Hilda’s Guild breakfast. Elks hosts volunteers for roast beef dinner. Eagles dinner and dancing planned for Saturday.
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Hoosick Falls
Aerie of Eagles
Maple sap runs slow as Searsburg rests for sugar season
The article notes barns and sugar houses busy with sugaring prep but Searsburg will have no sap this year. Only William Carpenter briefly sugared and John Clement of South Road made syrup previously, now both gone. Maples, like locals, are taking a rest.
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Searsburg
William Carpenter
John Clement
South Road
Arlington Legion Dance Planned for March Twenty Fourth
Arlington American Legion rooms host a dance on Saturday March 24 with Beat Green's orchestra. All Legion and auxiliary members and guests are welcome.
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Arlington American Legion Rooms
Beat Green
Legion
Minuteman Boosts Test Flight Toward Operational Readiness
A Minuteman intercontinental missile launched from an underground pit in Cape Canaveral completed a successful 4,000 mile test flight. It marked the seventh straight success, advancing toward an operational goal set for late this year. The program plans to base hundreds of solid fuel missiles in protected silos for instant retaliation if needed.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Minuteman
All County Music Festival in Hoosick Falls Saturday
Hoosick Falls Central School hosts the annual All County Music Festival. About 300 students from nine districts perform in Elementary Band Junior Chorus and Senior Band with 36 from Hoosick Falls participating. The concert is at 7 30 p m, public invited.
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Hoosick Falls
Eloise Canzeri
Central School
County Music Teachers Association
Luther Everly
Martin Sonnerdin
Berlin
Jane Peerless
East Geenbush
Ann Stusman
East Greenbush
Cynthia Schumansky
Watervliet
Alan Gillispie
University of Connecticut
Storrs
Spring Skiing Reminder at Killington Basin Ski Area
Sherburne Killington Basin Ski Area warns skiers not to store skis for spring. Killington stayed open until May 8 last year with lifts to a 4 200 foot peak and high altitude glade skiing above 3 500 feet. Special spring ski week rates offered.
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Sherburne
Killington Basin
Killington
Vermont
Mansfield
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