Manchester eyes town hall expansion despite wage act
Manchester votes 38000 in federal funds to add town hall offices for police sisters and treasurer. Architect Sue Burton Tenner to draft designs with bids expected by end May. Town Manager Parler notes Davis Bacon Act applies to projects with 25 percent federal funding and calls the wage scale unreal. Arlington Postmaster Cullinan promotes Postal Week through May 5 with tours, souvenir envelopes and commemorative stamps.
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Manchester
March
Sue Burton Tenner
Oakley K. Parler
Selectmen
U.S. Department of Labor
Porter
Arlington
Gregory K. Cullinan
Cullinan
Postal Service
Shaftsbury Church Smorgasbord Schedules May 5 Dinner
The Finance Committee of the First United Methodist Church Shaftsbury will host a smorgasbord with two seatings on Saturday May 5. Tickets available in advance or at the door. Ernest Gratz chairs the event assisted by Mrs. Robert Gratz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First United Methodist Church
Shaftsbury
Ernest Gratz
Robert Gratz
Sunderland to Hold Green-Up Day on May 5
Sunderland selectmen have planned an annual roadside cleanup with Green-Up Day set for Saturday May 5. Volunteers meet at 9 a.m. at the Town Garage Depot overpass, receiving road assignments and refreshments at headquarters. Donations of drinks are welcome, contact Barbara Matteson about contributions. A bonus incentive offers a gold-painted stone prize of a six-pack of soda for stone finders.
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Sunderland
Barbara Matteson
Arlington Green Up Day Seeks Volunteers From Memorial High
Arlington residents invited to join local cleanup this Saturday organized by Arlington Memorial High School students. Teams depart Fisher School between 8 3 and 9 a m with bags available then. Also reports a rescue squad meeting, Legion officer elections, and kindergarten clinic for area children.
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Arlington
Arlington Memorial High School
Hoosick Grange hosts April Antics program event
Hoosick Falls affair featured a candlelight service and musical items led by Ernest Haas N Clifford Cottrell and others. The meeting announced a fall chicken barbecue May 17 with two seating times and ticket sales through Grange members.
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Hoosick Grange
Ernest Haas
N. Clifford Cattrell
Wesley Hall
Ralph Philpott
Joseph Carelli
Mable Hewitt
Lucy Williams
Ellsworth Stevens
Lawrence Welk
United Methodist Women Meet May 3 at Coble Hill
The White Creek group will gather Thursday May 3 at Mrs Norman Perry's on Coble Hill Road. Mrs Donald Georges leads the program with slides from Mrs Oswald Mueller and Mrs Hey describing their visit to Switzerland.
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United Methodist
Norman Perry
Coble Hill Road
Donald Georges
the Hey
Oswald Mueller
Johnsonville
Switzerland
Hoosick Falls CDA members honored at banquet
CDA members celebrated the 68th annual banquet at the Icenic Park restaurant in Williamstown with proclamations for long service. Miss Elva Gigel Mrs Elizabeth Kearney and others received honors and were named honored citizens by Mayor Richart A Severson. The United Methodist Youth Fellowship met April 29 at the church with a film discussion and May 13 meeting planned. Duane and Mary Robinson served on the refreshment committee as local residents and families visited relatives during the week.
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Mary
Cda Abe
Mnosick Falls
N.Y
Wiliamstown
Elva Gigel
Elizabeth Kearney
Mary Malley
Helen Burke
Harry Cragan
Mary Doyle
Catherine Millett
United Methodist Youth Fellowship
Janet Marsh
Heaven
Tim
Jane Tudor
Duane
Mary Robinson
May 8 Meetings Clock Bennington County Towns
Bennington County towns schools and groups stagger May 8 meetings starting noon in Manchester and continuing through 8 p.m. Voters weigh selectmen, zoning changes for Equinox Golf Course, housing, tax appropriations, fraternal exemptions, and regional programs. Multiple sites including Arlington St Mary Margaret's Church and Manchester Elementary School host sessions.
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Bennington County
Vetera
Manchester
Five Snan Board of Selectmen
St. Mary Margaret's Church
Arlington
Pat
Manchester Village
Rupert
Bennington
Mt Equinox Grange Notes and Pomona Meeting Update
Mt Equinox Grange 434 members attended the regional Grange meeting at Taconic Grange Shaftsbury on April 30 and the Pomona Grange meeting with Taconic on April 11. Skit Grange on the Moon by Sherrill Siow won first in the skit contest and will enter State Grange competition. Evelyn Snow arranged youth night at Mr Ox. Malin Mason chosen as Agriculture queen contest representative. Sewing entries due May 4 morning to Caroline Ritchie or Florence Bull. Mt Equinox Grange entered a float in the Loyalty Day parade in Manchester. Next meeting May 7 with Pomona Grange to work the fifth degree. Julie Nixon Eisenhower notes about her Disney World trip and remarks on Watergate scandal.
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Mt. Equinox Grange
Taconic Grange
Shaftsbury
Pomona Grange
Taconic
Grange
Sherrill Siow
Evelyn Snow
Mr. Ox
Maureen Fisher
Clarence
Malin Mason
Caroline Ritchie
Florence Bull
Manchester
Julie
Ski Team Diet promises 20 pound loss in two weeks
An advertisement touts a Colorado physician devised diet for the U.S. Women's Alpine Ski Team claiming 20 pounds lost in 14 days while maintaining energy. It urges readers to order Health Aids Institute materials for $2 with optional rush service and warns to not order unless the goal is rapid weight loss.
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U.S
Colorado
O.K
Health Aids Institute
Palo Alto
Pownals Choir Rehearsal and Community Notices
Pownal United Methodist Church hosts a 7 p.m. Thursday choir rehearsal. Appointments named for local officials include William Hayes Jr as Pownal Sire Warden and John Harwood III as key man to Wie warden. A May 5 assembly at Our Lady of Lourdes Church and a North Pownal rummage sale May 18–19 are announced, with pick up services offered by several numbers. The Masonic Temple in Bennington hosts officer installation May 5 with named officers and hosts. 1973–1974 officers listed. Refreshments and organizers named. installing organist and soloist noted.
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Willian Hayes Jr
Fast
Our Lady of Lourdes Church
North Pownal
North Pownal Congregational Church
Masonic Temple
Main St
Bennington
At & Pam
Donald
Henry W. Haskell
James C. Cropper
William Alan Orman
Reward offered for information on Hoosick Falls window damage
Hoosick Falls police seek tips after pellets shattered Gardner’s Garage window on Main Street sometime weekend. Walter Gardner offers 100 reward for info leading to arrest and conviction. Sheriff James Johnson links Friday bicycle automobile collision to Deanna Aldrich who sustained head cuts. driver Thomas Guiden traveled about 20 mph.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Walter Gardner
Gardner
Main Street
Rensselaer County
James Johnson
Deanna Aldrich
Center St
Thomas P. Guiden
Box 29
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Jermison Engineering Corp
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Shkeetmen
District Environmental Commission
Leon Noe
Dorset
Carmody
Wilcox Flats
Noe
North Bennington Road
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Savings Sloan Association
Quinlan’s Drug
Forrest Moses
Feffrey Moses
Engle Bridge
Granda Moses
Hennington Museum
Moses
Dean Pansett
Camera
Grandma
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Raymond Poppleman
Osford
Maryland
Poppleman
Forrest Mises
Ud Mrs. Moses
Relene Taompaon
Fisher School
Jeffery Hard
Edgar Blair
Bob Young
Arlington Rescue Squad
American Legion Post 68
Legion Rooms
Sandgate
Service and Hospitality Committee
Donald S. Hewitt Sr
Irving Stevens
Carleton Philpott
David Cornell
N. Clifford Cottrell
Legislative Committee
Mes. Wesley Hall
Eleanor Nilen
CDA
Bernard Brault
Dannemora
Frank Hulihan
Mark and
Bethany Okerman
Gordon Nesbitt
Bennington, VT
Southwest Vermont Arts Council
Gov. McCullough
North Bennington
Old Bennington
Sutherland
Mt. Equinox
UPI
Julie Nixon
Republican Party
Nixon
Nation
Sumter County
Walt Disney World
GOP
The
Pownals
Pamela Blakeman
Pownal United Methodist Church
Anson A. Mason
Wor
John
Maxmillian
P.M
Philip B. Noyes
Marshall
Crews
Walter L. Barber
John Mammillian
Clarence Mattison
Deanna
Bernice Beals
William Cota
Robert F. Thompson
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Javery
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