Clergy Conference for Embury and Jermain Churches
Rev John Rhinesmith presided at a March 21 annual conference at Embury Church with the combined W S C S serving a covered dish supper. Jermain Church 1971 officers listed including James Lake and Maurice Perry. In Woodford a final hearing on a permanent zoning ordinance is set for April 22 ahead of May 11 voting by Australian ballot. The map and ordinance are on display at the town clerk’s office and officials credit the Bennington County Regional Planning Commission for cost savings and expertise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rhinesmith
Bennington-Troy
Embury
Jermain
W.S.C.S
Gordon Byars
James Lake
Maurice Perry
Council On Ministries
Dewy McCart
Howard Robinson
Maurice Andrew
Dewey McCart
Linore Marsh
Donald George
Woodford
Russell
Commission
Bennington County Regional Planning Commission
BCRPC
Sarah Allen
Fremont Meerworth
Robert Niles
Health and Welfare Ministries
Florence Allen
Amy Barnewall
John Barnewall
Natalie Marsh
Robert Marsh
Nora Meerwarth
Mildred McCart
Elizabeth McCart
Ella Perry
Verett Perry
Anne Kyer
Edward Kyer
John Parent
Marjorie Parent
Marcia Meerworth
Julia Rea
Myra Sission
Alice Taber
Maurice Taber
Mary Taber
Dorothy Taber
Clifton Tracy
Eleanor Tracy
Lilah Whitman
Roy
Roy Whitman
Margaret Perry
Ethel Lake
Ruth McCart
Marilyn Robinson
Laurie George
Marjorie George
Florence Souness
The
Thelma Harrington
George Lobdell
Marica Meerworth
Harriet Byars
Mabel Niles
Dawbury Council
Jermain Church
From tap to table in record time at Jermain Church
SUNDERLAND Earle Hill set a possible record by tapping sap one day gathering it the next and boiling that night. A neighbor bought a gallon of syrup the following morning for breakfast, suggesting sap to table in under 24 hours, amid a lengthy listing of church committees and officers for 1971 including trustees, commissions, and council members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunderland
Earle Hill
Hill
Vermont Academy expands day student access and admits girls
Vermont Academy headmaster Michael Choukas Jr. announces two major policy changes: day student applications will no longer be geographically restricted, and girls may be admitted as day students. He notes road improvements have shrunk distances, and faculty studies support minimal impact on the school’s boys’ boarding mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saxtons River
Michael Choukas Jr
Vermont Academy
Choukas
Rockingham
Westminster
Grafton
Chester
Vermont
Bellows Falls
Hoosick Falls residents in local incidents and milestones
Hoosick Falls 686-9103 William Cronin of 18 Lyman Street is a patient at Putnam Memorial Hospital under observation. Richard Ogilvie of Eagle Bridge, injured weeks ago in an accident at Columbia Corp. in Walloomsac, was taken to Mary McClellan Hospital in Cambridge for further treatment. Willard A. Yount, 53, escaped injury when his state highway truck collided with a small car driven by Gerald Rakoff of Flushing, New York on Route 7 Hoosick. Rakoff was cited for operating at a speed not reasonable and prudent. all four occupants were treated and released. Carole Redden, daughter of Mrs. Caroline Redden, was capped at a candlelight ceremony at Phelps Hall, Binghamton General Hospital School of Nursing. Redden, a 1970 Hoosick Falls Central graduate, is pursuing an A.N. degree. Vermont Academy, an independent school for grades 9-12, reports 172 boarding and 15 day students with a broadening admissions policy to address declines in day enrollment. Boarding students come from across the United States and several foreign countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Ogilvie
Eagle Bridge
Columbia Corp
Walloomsac
Mary McClellan Hospital
Cambridge
Willard A. Yount
R.D
Hoosick Falls
Hoosick
Gerald Rakoff
Flushing
N.Y
Center Brunswick
Rakoff
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Carole Redden
Caroline Redden
River Road
Phelps Hall
Binghamton General Hospital School of Nursing
Binghamton, N.Y
Redden
Hoosick Falls Central School
James Redden
Vermont Academy
United States
Annual meeting of New England trail group in Northampton
The New England Trail Conference holds its 54th annual meeting on Saturday April 3 at McConnel Hall Smith College Northampton. Open to the public with advance dinner reservations by March 27. Registration starts 9 am, meeting 9 45 am. Seminars on nature trail standards safety and trips followed by a 730 pm lecture A Respect for Life by Les Campbell Belchertown photographer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northampton
Mass
McConnel Hall
Clark Science Center
Smith College
Northhampton
Kathryn E. Burnett
Florence Road
New England
New York State
Harrol W. Baker Jr
Ed Garvey
Lester Holmes
Appalachian Trail Conference
Les Campbell
Campbell
Belchertown
Libraries Department offers drug program
Vermont's Libraries Department hosts an all day public meeting on March 26 at the Rutland Regional Library. Miss Kathryn Nelson will lead discussions with speakers including Dr. James Todd and Attorney General James Jeffords on medical, legal, and state program aspects of drug use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Vermont
Department of Libraries
Kathryn Nelson
Rutland
Pierpoint Avenue
James Todd
James Jeffords
Departments of Health
Dorothy Griffith
Robert Aiken
Edward Scully
Governor’s Committee On Children and Youth
Richard Powell II
Hugh Wallace
Paul Huntley
DART
University of Vermont
Rutland Mental Health Service
Rober Smolenski
Rutland High School
William Butynski
Drug Rehabilitation Commission
Loggers' congress to discuss industry survival theme
The Northeastern Loggers Congress in Burlington May 11 will focus on Survival of the Wood Industry and feature sessions on timber management logging wood processing and marketing. An exhibit opens May 9 at the Ramada Inn. Gov. Deane Davis greets attendees and Rev. Bren Whittaker delivers the keynote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Northeastern Loggers’ Congress
Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Ramada Inn
Williston Road
Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Congress
Deane Davis
Bren Whittaker
William Gove
Vermont Department of Forests and Parks
Pierre Lorrain
International Paper Co
Glens Falls
N.Y
Bob Potter
Potter Lumber Co
Allegany
Skip Malmquist
Vermont Weatherboard Co
Wolcott
North Bennington Public Roast Beef Supper and Loggers’ Congress
A roast beef supper will be served Saturday at 5 30 p.m. at the North Bennington Baptist Church with a complete dinner and homemade pies. The Loggers Association business meeting follows Monday evening. The two day congress features equipment displays by Hawkensen Industries and other suppliers with talks, prizes, and a ladies program including trips to Stowe Shelburne Museum and Essex New York organized by Bill Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington Baptist Church
Logers’ Association
Lyle Moody
Hawkensen Industries
Plymouth
N.H
Stowe
Shelburne Museum
Essex
N.Y
Bill Hall
Vermont Department of Forests and Parks
Bongartz retains post in unorganized towns
Ferdinand A. Bongartz of Manchester is reappointed by Gov. Davis as supervisor of unorganized towns and gores for Bennington County. He acts as town manager for Glastonbury, population zero, primarily collecting taxes, with a separate board of listers for private property. Somerset, Glastenbury’s neighbor, is overseen by George C. Ware in Windham County. both towns were declared unorganized in 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Listers
Glastenbury
Somerset
George C. Ware
Windham County
Essex County
Lewis, Averill
Ferdinand
Vermont High School Debate Championship at UVM
Debaters from at least eight Vermont high schools compete in two divisions novice and varsity at the University of Vermont. The two day tournament features registrations, rounds, and awards including three $200 scholarships and rotating trophies. Public welcome with information available at Billings Center and Memorial Lounge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Vermont
University of Vermont
UVM Department of Speech and Drama
Chelsea
Montpelier
Otter Valley Union of
Brandon
Sacred Heart of Newport
South
Billings Center
Edwin W. Lawrence
Wilmond Parker
Burlington Free Press
Robert B. Huber
UVM
Gaynes Department Store
South Burlington
Cronin
Betty Fletcher
Brattleboro
Marsh
Vermont Students Compete in 14th Math Prize Test
Hundreds of Vermont high school students will take a two hour test on March 30 in their own schools for a total prize pool of 450 dollars. The University of Vermont mathematics department conducts the event with National Life Insurance Company sponsorship and endorsement by the Ormont Headmasters Association. First prize is 150 dollars, second 100 dollars, plus four regional prizes of 50 dollars. Top 20 percent receive certificates of merit and the top student from each school earns a scroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Vermont
University of Vermont
National Life In Co
Ormont
Joanne C. Brown
UVM
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Edith Beaumont
William Cronin
Lyman Street
New England Trail Group
Libraries Department
Calvin Bastian
U.S. Virgin Islands
North Bennington
By Essley
Bongartz
Gaiter
North Street
Main ST
Bennington
North Adams, Mass
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