North Bennington CCD offerings aid overseas children
North Bennington children in CCD classes at St John’s parish are reminded to bring their annual Bishops Relief Fund offerings to regular class sessions Monday. The Norshaft Lions meet Tuesday at 7 p m at the Methodist Church in Shaftsbury. Operation Springboard Troop 328 will hold a two day camping trip to Camp Tyson Plymouth this weekend. Twenty scouts and Scoutmaster Harold Shepard will participate with transportation by David Moriarty and Harold Henning.
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CCD
St. John’s
Bishops’ Relief Fund
Norshaft Lions
Shaftsbury
Operation
Springboard
Boy Scout Troop
Tyson
Plymouth
Harold Shepard
David Moriarty
Harold Henning
Shaftsbury Scouts Plan Pack Racks
At the monthly Boy Scout Troop 331 meeting a pack rack project was launched with Edwin Colvin in charge and 30 boys expressing interest. Aluminum donated by Pfister Aluminum Co. of North Adams will be used. racks to be taken to the Windsor Council Jamboree May 20.
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Henry Freely
Robert Fletcher
Charles Gabrus
Paper Shack
William Stufflebeam
Treasury
Allan Sands
Order of Arrow
Zoning Advice Discussed At Shaftsbury Meeting
Shaftsbury attorney John Williams urged the local zoning commission to follow statutes and craft a comprehensive plan. He stressed that decision making should not be left to a board of adjustment and noted the group is procuring aerial maps for study. Bruce Mangan of Eatontown, N. J., a zoning commission and city council member, attended as a guest. he is son in law of Selectman L D Sanborn.
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Shaftsbury
John Williams
Williams
Board of Adjustment
Bruce Mangan
Eatontown
N.J
Selectman
L.D. Sanborn
Spring Brings Beauty Problems in Manchester Waste Site
Manchester town workers clean up a shared sanitary landfill as melting snow reveals the area’s condition. Nearby, a pile of dead deer lies in a pit at the Dufresne Dam fishing access area used by the state Fish and Game Department to dispose of animals killed by cars or other means.
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Manchester
Dorset
Dufresne Dam
State Fish and Game Department
Ringheiser
Fish and Game Department
Dufresne Pond Road
Williams
Sugaring and Scholars Highlight Peru News
At the post office Doug Farnum comments no more sugaring for them as Raymond Farnum sends maple wood to a lumber company. A University of Massachusetts Amherst zoology student Charles Wood arrives to study chipmunk ecology for a third season near Peru. Local youths Danes, Black, Dibble and Johnson take part in bonnet slalom and derby races at Bromley Easter weekend.
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Doug Farnum
Doug
Raymond
Dale Norse
Chuck Black
Timothy Hart
James Daley
Tommy Dibble
Charles Wood
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Bromley
Sandy Black
Roberta Baker
Linda Johnson
Wesley Johnson
Lorri Black
Waste at Manchester Dor set dump spurs cleanup and deer disposal issue
Receding snow exposes debris from the Manchester Dorset sanitary landfill on Dufresne Pond Road. Town crews work to cover and compress refuse, while spring plans aim to restore dump fill. violations by closed-dump dumping persist. Deer carcasses are incineration or buried, with 65+ killed since Jan. Public officials warn that proper waste handling costs money.
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Manchester
U.S
Manchester-Dorset
Dufresne Pond Road
State Fish and Game Department
Jim Williams
Dorset-Rupert
Williams
Manchester Petition Urges Removal of Main Street Meters
A spontaneous merchants petition in Manchester seeks removal of parking meters on Main Street. With 89 signatures led by Charles Loyzelle, the effort cites Expo 67 traffic as a factor, while town officials note meter income seldom exceeds 300 dollars monthly and fines for overtime parking have risen since a new officer joined.
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Manchester
Main Street
Oakley K. Porter
James L. Woodard
Chamber of Commerce
Porter
Arlington Education Team to Visit for Accreditation Evaluation
An Arlington Memorial High School team will host educators from Vermont and Massachusetts April 3 4 and 5 to evaluate the school for continued accreditation by the New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools Principal William E Towne said The visit aims to assess all aspects of the program and its alignment with student needs and ongoing improvement The evaluating team is led by Kenneth Severson with Dean Houghton as assistant chairman Other members include educators from Hardwick Academy Harwood Union High School Duxbury North Adams Chester Northfield Newport Springfield Woodstock Otter Valley Bradford Proctor High Schools and the Vermont Department of Education The association will notify results at its Boston meeting in December
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Arlington
Vermont
Massachusetts
Arlington Memorial High School
New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
William E. Towne
Towne
New England Association
Arlington School
AMHS
Association
Boston
Kenneth Severson
Middlebury Union High School
Dean Houghton
Poultney High School
James Schillinger
Hardwick Academy
F. John Stuart
Harwood Union High School
Duxbury
Edmund Trudeau
Drury High School
North Adams
Mass
Ellen Manley
Chester High School
Mary Whitney
Northfield
Shaftsbury Officials Announce Town Manager and Equipment Committees
At a March 7 town meeting Moderator Thomas Hall Jr announced two study committees. The Town Manager Committee includes Kenneth Thomson and others. the Town Equipment Committee lists John Clawson and associates. Both groups will prepare reports for the 1967 town report and possible future votes.
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Shaftsbury
Thomas Hall Jr
Moderator Hall
Kenneth Thomson
Floyd Holliday
Walter LaGrange
Arthur Jones
John Hamlin
John Clawson
George Shea
Ralph Prouty
Gerald Nelson
Philip V. Roach
Roach
Inadvertent omission in birthday tribute and town notices
Mrs Gordon Woodard of Arlington daughter of William Burt celebrated her 93rd birthday. dogs must be licensed by Saturday with inoculation proof since Oct 1 1964. Town Clerk Clara May Hemenway outlines fees from April 1 and renewals, inoculation requirements, etc. Poll tax and personal property forms due by April 20 with possible fines.
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Gordon Woodard
Arlington
William Burt
Woodard
Burt
James L. and
Francis
Clara May Hemenway
Manchester
Miss Hemenway
Barnumville Road
Hemenway
Vermont
Listers
Lister
Dorset and Dorset Area Graduation and Study News
Dorset Marden Skinner reports Robert Dern has made the dean’s list at Bentley College in Boston. Tom Parsons travels to Bermuda for a week’s vacation. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Demarest enjoy Tours France with a French course in progress. Robert Finlay receives notification of acceptance to Castleton State College. Jean Gleason, Burr and Burton Seminary student, is accepted at Albany Business College.
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Claude Dern
Bentley College of Accounting and Finance
Boston
Mass
Robert
Tom Parsons
Carl Parsons
Bermuda
Kenneth Demarest
Tours
France
Demarest
Robert Finlay
Ick Finlay
Castleton State College
Jean Gleason
Ralph Gleason
South Dorset
Albany Business College
Burr and Burton Seminary
Visit of nuns to Ball Street relatives in town leads to church sale
Hoosick Falls Sister Regina Marie of St John the Baptist Convent in Syracuse and Sister Mary Ernesta of St Pius X Convent in Loudenville visited their sisters Mrs Stanley Lewandowski and Miss Katherine Flynn of Ball Street and other relatives here Tuesday. St Mary's Auxiliary will conduct a food sale in the basement of the Church of the Immaculate Conception following all Masses Sunday morning.
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Regina Marie
St. John the Baptist
Syracuse
Mary Ernesta
St. Pius X Convent
Loudonville
Stanley Lewandowski
Katherine Flynn
Ball Street
St. Mary’s Auxiliary
Church of the Immaculate Conception
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North Bennington
Elizabeth Dwyer
Shaftsbury Scouts
Edward Paquin
Merritt Hewitt and
Shepard
Marion Lyman
Blairstown
Blair Academy
Helen Worthington
Prospect Street
Barry Griffith
Peter Holden
Dartmouth
Peru
Alice Dibble
Donald Bolognese
New York City
Landgrove
Bolognese
Ludwik Kowalski
Columbia University
T. R. Dibble
Anna
Hartford
Conn
UVM
Weston Inn
Union District 20
Londonderry
Robbin
H. Greenberg
Main St
Bennington
Tommy
Mayflower
Everthing
Grove Street
Adams
Hamburger
Main ST. Bennington
Reginald Alexander
Newport High School
Jean Stearns
Springfield
Philip Bouchard
Woodstock Union High School
Charles Menroe
Otter Valley Union High School
Brandon
Elizabeth Miller
Bradford High School
Robert Bell
Proctor High School
Lester Jipp
State Department of Education
Gerald J. Gallant
Center
Richard G. Mason
Eagle Square Mfg. Co
Francis O. LaRoche
Gallant
Helene Thompson
The
Enterprise Society of
East Arlington
Knapp
Harry Hayden
Clyde Dunlap
Board of Selectmen
P.O. Box
Chet Ringheiser
Marden Skinner
Haynes & Kane, Inc
Hoosick Falls
Edith Beaumont
Cran Moll
SWIFT
North Street
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