Pownal sees fifth public official resignations in weeks
In Pownal, Ernest Haas resigned as lister after a March 5 election for a three year term and Mrs. Florence W. Towslee was appointed to fill the vacancy until March 1969. The town also filled several other posts including Clinton Hutchins as lister for a one year term and appointed duties for road commissioner amid resignations. New leadership includes Arthur E. George as town board chairman and welfare agent, Perley Hibbard as clerk and sign administrator, with A. Coleman Mason as third board member. Charles Betit became fire chief and civil defense coordinator. Marcel Langlais declined that post. Reappointments covered several town officials and inspectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Haas
Lister
Board of Selectmen
Florence W. Towslee
Richard Champney
Clinton Hutchins
Arthur E. George
Perley Hibbard
A. Coleman Mason
Charles Betit
Pownal Center
Pownal
Marcel Langlais
Vincent Pizzano
D. Fred Lillie
Selectmen
Board of Adjustment
Charles Peacock
Carl Fuller
Ernest Gratz
William Castle Sr
Carelli Heads Hoosick Falls Country Club
Hoosick Falls N Y Joseph Carelli was elected president of the Hoosick Falls Country Club at a directors meeting. Other officers named are Richard Sargood vice president George Dougherty Jr treasurer and Daniel Boylan secretary. Charles Cappellino was appointed membership committee chairman. About 30 members met earlier and elected new directors for three year terms Ralph Millington re elected Gabriel Cruccetti Joseph Carelli and George Holbrook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Joseph Carelli
Hoosick Falls Country Club
Richard Sargood
George Dougherty Jr
Daniel Boylan
Charles Cappellino
Ralph Millington
Gabriel Crucetti
George Holbrook
Arlingtonians Object To Kindergarten Vote
Arlington residents crowded the selectmen meeting room Monday night to protest the kindergarten article approved at town meeting by voice vote. They claim the vote was illegal since it involved no funds and should have used a checklist ballot while some protesters consider seeking a special town meeting to rescind and revote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Selectmen’s
Voice
Dorothy Leake
Manfred Ehrich
Esther Wilcox
Wilcox
New York
Tammany Hall
James L. Woodard
Kindergarten Committee
John T. Carmody
Attorney General
Montpelier
Woodard
Philip Linde
Scott Campbell
Postal awards honor 20 years of safe driving for Casey
Roy W. Casey rural mail carrier here received a 20 year safe driving award earned February 15, 1968. He had previously earned an award after 19 years of service. Also noted: Sally Hartmann, daughter of Mr and Mrs Malcolm Cooper, tops Newton Jr College dean’s list in Newton Massachusetts while enrolled in nursing school and has a $100 scholarship. Geoffrey Godfrey Orvis Co plant manager spoke at UMass Amherst Forestry Club on Orvis products for fly fishermen. A caption error in Friday’s Banner misidentified Cpl Dudley Gilbert as a colonel and the paper notes the correction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Postal Department
Roy W. Casey
Casey
Sally Langmaid Hartmann
Malcolm Cooper
Newton Jr. College
Newton
Mass
Hartmann
Geoffrey Godfrey
The
Orvis Co
Forestry Club
University of Massachusetts
Amherst
ShaftsburySet to Call Special Town Meeting on Zoning
Shaftsbury selectmen announced a petition to rescind the affirmative zoning vote and call a special town meeting. Warnings will be posted next week, with polls open nine hours for voter sentiment on zoning, costing about $200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Pudvar
Shaftsbury
BBS Hears Police On Smoking Pot
Manchester police chief Dana L. Thompson and State's Atty. John T. Carmody Jr addressed Burr and Burton Seminary students about marijuana use in Manchester and beer drinking in New York. They urged prosecution of youths with marijuana or alcohol and warned about underage drivers on the Manchester to Granville route. Thompson disclosed reports of marijuana use among a small number of local youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Dana L. Thompson
John T. Carmody Jr
Burr and Burton Seminary
New York State
Thompson
Granville
N.Y
Arlington Student Named to Fisher Dean's List
Arlington Miss Nancy Aaron daughter of Mr and Mrs Foster Aaron of Red Mountain Road has been named to the dean's list at Fisher Junior College Boston for the first semester of her freshman year. She is a graduate of Arlington Memorial High School Class of 1966 and majors in the medical secretarial program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Aaron
Foster Aaron
Red Mountain Road
Fisher Junior College
Boston
Miss Aaron
Arlington Memorial High School
Fisher
Manchester Accidents Reported
Three accidents over Friday Saturday and Sunday caused heavy property damage and minor injuries. William J. Gordon 44 Jamaica suffered a leg injury when his car hit by Edward J. Cross 18 East Arlington at US 7. Cross and passenger Donald F. Longley 24 Manchester had head cuts and Cross’s sedan totaled. Morse 20 Rutland lost control on Barnumville Road US 7 at 1 15 a m striking a highway sign. Sherry Anne McGeough 25 Bellrose N Y skidded into Rutland Railroad crossing warning lights. passenger James McIvor 33 cut hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Putnam Memorial Hospital
William J. Gordon
Jamaica
Edward J. Cross
East Arlington
Barnumville Road
U.S.7
Richard E. Morse
Rutland
Morse
Sherry Anne McGeough
Bellrose
N.Y
James McIvor
Elks Auxiliary Honors Hoosick Rescue Squad
Hoosick Falls Lodge of Elks Ladies Auxiliary hosted an appreciation dinner for the Town of Hoosick Rescue Squad and spouses at the Elks Club. The Rev Edith Craig Reynolds gave invocation and blessing, recognizing her as lead donor, with Arthur Armstrong as business manager among special guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks Auxiliary
Town of Hoosick
Hoosick Falls, N Y
Town of
Hoosick
Reynolds
Arthur Armstrong
Harold
Howard
Edwin Brenenstuhl
Charles Frazier
William Rourke Jr
The
Elks Lodge
Paul Laporte
Royal Howard
Navy Seaman Langlais Reports For Duty At Albacore
Ernest R. Langlais of North Pownal reports for duty on the USS Albacore in Portsmouth New Hampshire after a 15 day leave at his parents home Mr and Mrs Marcel A Langlais Langlais trained at Great Lakes Naval Station Michigan and was graduated as one of the four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest R. Langlais
U.S. Navy
Albacore
Portsmouth
N.H
Marcel A. Langlais
North Pownal
Langlais
Great Lakes Naval Station
Vermont Youth Citizenship Conference attendance at Burr and Burton
Michael Miller lists juniors Cathy Mattison and Roy Johnson as participants in the ninth annual Vermont Youth Citizenship Conference in Burlington with faculty member William Bell and Mrs E H Henry substituting. Parents are Clyde Mattison of Manchester Depot and Roy Johnson of Sunderland. Also notes March 8 submarine studies diploma in New London and 1965 Hoosick Falls Central grad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burr and Burton Seminary
Cathy Mattison
Roy Johnson
Burlington
William Bell
E.H. Henry
Clyde E. Mattison
Manchester Depot
Roy V. Johnson
Sunderland
New London
Entire Gilbert Wilcox Family To Assist at Arlington Blood Bank
Arlington volunteers from the Gilbert Wilcox family will staff the blood bank on Wednesday at Dunbar Hall from 12 to 5. Donna and Susan Wilcox will help in the canteen, their mother nurses, both parents donate, while a large registrar and nurse team coordinates donor flow and acknowledgments. The bloodmobile will provide the drive as the family joins other community volunteers in this day of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Wilcox
Arlington Blood Bank
Arlington
Donna
Susan
Gilbert Wilcoxs
Don Keough
Paul Pike
Paul Bedell
Richard Dorr
John Keough
Joseph Meyer
George E. Zimmer
Sandra Pickering
Wilcox
Thomas Coleman
Herbert Congdon
Fernand Gendron
Harvey Hard
Carl Henning
Donald Kendall
Clement Belcher
Don Brown
Betty Tynam
Timothy Williams
Arthur Wood
George Hughes
Ruth Steinman
James P. O’neill
George Russell
Gerald Raftery
Robert Worner
Phil VerHoeve
Cochairman
James McCabe
Dunbar Hall
Arlington Eyes Car Crusher to Remove Abandoned Autos
Arlington selectmen discussed hiring a car crusher similar to Bennington’s to clear an estimated 250 abandoned vehicles. No contracts yet, but interest is strong with one garage said to hold about 150 cars. Other town appointments were announced, including Mildred Delaney as auditor and Charlene Hilliard as service officer under new welfare terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Bennington
Gordon M. Hard
Mildred Delaney
Mack Molding Co
Charlene Hilliard
Ernest W. Mattison Sr
Roy D. Crofut
James W. Edgerton
John W. Benedict
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Pownal Lister
Carelli Heads
Arlingtonians
Irene Vaughn
Campbell
Mrs. Vaughn
Hulet
Dorset
Marcen Skinner
Club
U.S. Marine Corps
Dudley Gilbert
BBS
Helene Thompson
Lillian S. Hall
Edward Doyle
Grace Cottage Hospital
Townshend
Pownals
Vera Langlais
Michael Miller
P.O. Box
BSA
Rolland Roy
Ladies’ Guild of Our Lady of Lourdes Church
John Bottess
WSCS
Atkins
Jewelers
Main St
Hedstrom
Haynes & Kane, Inc
Dial
Ray Huether
Jefferson Ave
Bennington, VT
Buick
Buick Motor Division
Walter L. Barber Inc
North Bennington Road
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