Arlington event calendar features sports and meetings
Arlington hosts girls softball and Jr. High baseball events daily with errands for local groups. The 4th of July parade plans are in motion led by Rick Hawley and Kevin Keough with a June 1 contact deadline. Memorial Day activities and a Bicentennial Museum open house are announced for May 29 and 30. Playhouse Nursery School applications for 1976 are now being accepted.
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Arlington
Leland & Gray
Manchester
Arlington Chamber of Commerce
Arlington Inn
West Rutland
Arlington Chorale
Bailey Hall
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Rooms
St. Margaret Mary Hall
WWI
Veterans of Manchester & Arlington
VFW Rooms
Brattleboro
Arlington Area
Community House
Red Mt
Masonic Temple
Arlington Rescue
FOE
Eagle Rooms
Flood Brook
Fisher School
Arlington Fire Co
VFW
Green Mountain
Proctor
Red Mt. Lodge
Rick Hawley
Kevin Keough
Arlington Rescue Squad
Mane
Playhouse Nursery School
Withey Links Park-McCullough House to Education Theme
Vermont Education Commissioner Robert A. Withey spoke at the Park-McCullough House Association dinner in North Bennington, outlining shifts in educational attitudes and the need for adaptive strategies. He cited Vermont statistics on students, teachers, budgets, and transport, and praised community efforts keeping the Civil War era mansion active as an educational resource.
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Vermont
Robert A. Withey
Withey
Park-McCullough House Association Inc
North Bennington
Association
John G. McCullough
Will Rogers
Africa
Pownal community groups schedule meetings this evening
The Bicentennial Committee meets at 3 30 p m at the Town Office to plan the June 26 celebration. Fire Protection Association, Fire Auxiliary, and Fire Protective Association hold 7 7 7 30 p m meetings at their firehouses. Church groups meet at 7 p m and youth fellowship at 5 30 p m with music lessons to 8 30 p m. Scout troop 347 joins Bennington troop at First Baptist. Senior luncheon reservations due by 24 hours before from Yvette DuBois at 823 7203. In Manchester Sarah Larson Day School reports spring activities and new Head Teacher Diane Bruell from Joslin School. Over 45 students enrolled, average 32 daily, and non working parent enrollment may be accepted. call David Ahern at 362 1395.
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Pownal Center
Pownal
Yvette DuBois
Manchester
Sarah Larson
Diane Bruell
Joslin School
Massachusetts
David Ahern
Inmate Escape From Vermont Correctional Center During AA Meeting
Two inmates Issac Colbeth and Charles Hall fled during a supervised furlough from Vermont Correctional Center in St. Albans City while leaving an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. Colbeth 30 of Woodbury, Hall 23 of Enosburg Falls, had been serving time for attempted rape and burglary related escapes. A third inmate did not flee. Colbeth and an accomplice were later recaptured in Concord within a week. Ward Just criticizes coverage of government versus big business at the League of Vermont Writers meeting in Burlington.
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ST. Albans
UPI
Vermont Correctional Center
Issac Colbeth
Woodbury
Charles Hall
Enosburg Falls
Alcoholics Anonymous
Hall
Colbeth
Vermont
Concord
Burlington
Ward Just
Warren
League of Vermont Writers
Vermont Education Association shifts tone in politics
The Vermont Education Association's 120-member assembly passed a resolution denouncing the B-1 bomber program and approved the formation of VEA Vote to participate in governor and lieutenant governor primary campaigns. The union represents about 4,430 teachers. Waterbury report notes Stolper named executive director of the Vermont Professional Standards Review Organization, succeeding Dr. Aiken on June 21 with a $25,000 salary. AMA staffer will oversee physician quality reviews statewide.
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Mendon
UPI
Vermont Education Association
Representative Assembly
Vea-Vote
VEA
Waterbury
Albert Stolper
Evanston, Ill
Vermont Professional Standards Review Organization
Stolper
American Medical Association
Robert Aiken
Vermont Board Reviews 71 Chancellor Applications Behind Closed Doors
The Vermont State Colleges Board of Trustees met privately to review 71 chancellor applications and recommendations after USC Chancellor William Craig announced his June 1 resignation. He is expected to seek the Republican nomination for governor this week.
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Burlington
UPI
Vermont State Colleges Board of Trustees
USC
William Craig
Teachers oppose 43-job cuts in East Greenbush
In East Greenbush New York teachers distributed leaflets Saturday opposing a proposed 43 person staff cut calling the move devastating. Negotiations for the upcoming year continue with a choice between a one-year package with a wage freeze and attrition reductions or a two-year deal granting 5 to 8 percent raise in year two with further attrition. A negotiating session is set for Thursday.
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East Greenbush
Teachers’ Association
Medical Center to test eye surgery for diabetes blindness
Albany reports the Medical Center will join seven U.S. hospitals in a National Eye Institute trial to treat diabetes related blindness. About 35 to 40 volunteers will undergo procedures that replace blood filled sacs with clear liquid during operations.
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Albany
National Eye Institute
Pittsfield youths foil theft as suspects charged
A 12 year old yardboy helped police arrest two men from Pittsfield who tried to steal silver items on Crofut Street. The men, who gave phony names, claimed to be James Swan of Trenton New Jersey and Ray Strong of New York City. The boy notified his father after the men hung around and asked if anyone was home, prompting a police call. North Adams continues bicentennial cleanup with benches planter boxes and a mini park at Hobart Corner. McCann School and Drury students contribute kiosks and trash receptacles for Main Street decorations.
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Pittsfield
Crofut Street
Franklin LaMountain
Raymond St. Onge
James Swan
Trenton
N.J
Ray Strong
New York City
Daniel Haling
Edgar Buttenheim
North Adams
Main Street
Hobart Corner
McCann
Drury
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Ernest H. Javery
Alan H
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Bennington
Hanson Walbridge
Bennington County
By Tyler Resch
Park-McCullough
G. Bradford Craig
Frances J. Ross
Marie Baldwin
Bennington Garden Club
I. J. Wolfe
Plain Dirt Gardeners
Fred Welling
William R. Scott
McCullough
Jay Zwynenburg
William T. Pullman
Peter V. Holden
Kelton B. Miller
Walter Wescott
Thomas Weakley
Ross and Craig
Ruth Dewey
Charles O’leary
Jane Barrows
Jane Hanks
Virginia Bell
Williams College
Laura Hall Park
Trenor W. Park
Vermont Job Service
State OF Vermont Department OF Employment Security
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ST. Johnsbury
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