Create-an-Ad contest winners announced in The Banner
The Banner lists 19 area students sharing 355 dollars in prizes for the Create an Ad contest. Grand prize of 100 dollars goes to Liz Vigsnes for a Price Chopper ad. others earn 35 20 or 15 dollars in various grade categories with honorable mentions for Dailey's Monument Motors and Sun n Sno Motel from grades 4 through 9.
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The
Banner
Liz Vigsnes
Birger Vigsnes
Bennington
Timothy Sleeman
Jeannine Gawlik
Whitman’s
Chris Bluto
Jeffrey Chenard
Dailey’s
James Henningsen
Monument Motors
Lisa Hansen
Sun ’N Sno
Liz Allen
Timothy Pulver
Williams and Bugbee
Jeff Congdon
Robert J. Green, Inc
Chris Hoth
Walter L. Barber, Inc
Tim Schner
Ben Gosselin
Price Chopper
Barclay Gall
Bennington Coop Savings
Polly Vander Linde
Bird’s
Joann McKeon
Poppy Gall
Terry Knapp
McDonald’s
Jan Carey
E. L. Nichols
Selectmen Debate Roadside Zoning and Growth in Bennington
Town leaders clash over RC 40 restrictions and Route 7 roadside commercial plans as planners urge tighter rules. Morrissey defends current zones to keep aesthetics and economy steady while Dewey and Newey press for clearer guidance, amid discussions of McDonald’s and a Holiday Inn scenario. The hearing on zoning ordinances is set for early June alongside a district growth debate and prize-winning student notices.
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Dewey
Morrissey
Bennington
Newey
Selectmen
McDonald’s
Carmody
Donavan
Paul Sheridan
Leake
Sheridan
Paul W. Bohne III
Planning Commission
Harwood Hill
Desert
Gore Road
Burgess Road
Shavuoth Observance Planned at Temple Beth El Bennington
Temple president Joseph Y. Shaffe announced Shavuoth observances at Temple Beth El on North Street starting 7 45 Saturday morning with Yizkor prayers for the deceased. Shaffe invited Bennington area Jews and Gentiles to attend as well.
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Joseph Y. Shaffe
Bennington
Temple Beth-El
North Street
Temple
Shaffe
Bennington Area
State water aid options face rising costs for old family firms
Lamson cites tight funding for water system upgrades as most federal money targets sewage. A debated idea of a state water authority to buy and rehabilitate small providers stalled over how to price projects. Vermont stands alone with 35 percent state construction aid while the Safe Drinking Water Act funds monitoring staff rather than construction. Lamson oversees 180 southern Vermont water systems.
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Lamson
Health Department
Public Service Board
Vermont
Indian life disrupted by TransAmazon highway in Brazil
UPI reports that the TransAmazon highway construction has disrupted deep jungle tribes including the Yanoama. New contact with white workers brings three diseases: the common cold tuberculosis and venereal disease. The National Foundation of the Brazilian Indian says steps are taken to limit worker contact with Indians.
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Brasilia
Brazil
UPI
National Foundation of the
Vermont Rail Plan Seeks Statewide Upgrade and 12 Line Study
Merchant leads a Vermont rail plan initiative as the PSP shifts duties to the new Agency of Transportation. He aims to produce a report on each of Vermont’s 12 railroads, with June 20 target for the Vermont Railway between Bennington and Burlington and a Sept 1 preliminary plan compilation. Regional planners, railroads, and shippers will review before public hearings and a final Washington submission in October.
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PSP
State Agency of Transportation
Vermont
Merchant
Vermont Railway
Bennington
Burlington
Washington
Robert Burley Associates
Waitsfield
Green Mountain
BCRC
John G. Simson
Bennington County
Vermont officials seek $120000 boost for 701 funds
Vermont officials told the Bennington County Regional Commission that federal BCRC funds for fiscal 1976 are substantially less than expected. Wally Farnum said Vermont will ask HUD in Boston to add $120,000 to the 701 funds. national 701 totals were $75 million in 1975 and $100 million authorized in 1976, with Vermont originally counting on $320,000 but now seeing only $200,000. He warned federal programs tax planning staff and urged support to maintain a near 1974 level for the state program.
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Arlington
Vermont Department of Community Affairs
Wally Farnum
Bennington County Regional Commission
Vermont
Boston
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Congress
Farnum
Senate
Planning Commission
Nichols obituary and Clifford Hewes Jr memorial services
Mrs. Mary L. Nichols wife of Charles B Nichols of Dorset died April 16 at Putnam Memorial Hospital Bennington. Burial set for 11 a m Saturday at Maple Hill Cemetery Dorset with Rev C Miller officiating. Arrangements by Brewsters Manchester Center. Graveside service for Clifford Hewes Jr died March 12 at his home Manchester at 2 p m Saturday at Factory Point Cemetery with Rev Richard D Olmstead offering committal prayers. Brewster Funeral Home Manchester Center in charge.
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Mary L. Nichols
Charles B. Nichols
Dorset
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Maple Hill
Etery
C. Miller
United Church of
East Rupert
Brewsters of
Manchester Center
Factory Point
Manchester
Clifford Hewes Jr
Richard D. Olmstead
First Baptist Church of
Brewster Funeral Home
Obituaries and memorial notices from Manchester area
Obituary items note Ernest W. Mills 80 of Dunedin Florida died May 14 at Morton Plant Hospital born in Manchester England January 26 1895 retired Reynolds Ltd sales manager and long time Dorset resident survived by son John R. Mills memorial service planned in Manchester and interment in Dorset Maple Hill Cemetery also details for Timothy Stuart Gilbert 18 Manchester death in Manchester funeral set at First Congregational Church with committal prayers at private graveside Gilbert Coast Guard veteran with family and siblings tributes and Green Mountain Club trail hikes scheduled for Bennington area memorial contributions to Tim Gilbert Memorial Fund through Chester Center continue through Manchester Recreational Area care of in charge party
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Ernest W. Mills
Milwaukee Ave
Dunedin
Fla
Dorset
Morton Plant
Clearwater
Fila
Manchester
England
Reynolds Ltd
Florida
United States
John R. Mills
St. Ives
New South Wales
Australia
Brewster Funeral Home
Maple Hill Cemetery
Timothy Stuart Gilbert
First Congregational Church
Jerome J. Hevey
Dellwood
Bennington
Stuart
Muriel
King) Gilbert
Burr and Burton Seminary
Coast Guard
Mt Anthony junior high project goes to general bidding
Supt. George A. Sleeman announced Mt Anthony Union Junior High renovation will open to general bidding for the 1.5 million project. Six contractors had bid earlier for general overseeing work, with the building committee endorsing architect Donald Sumner of Hersey Associates to pursue lower bids and start construction within 30 days.
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Mt. Anthony Union Junior High School
George A. Sleeman
Sleeman
Mt. Anthony
Donald Sumner
Hersey Associates
Durham
N.H
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Robin Randall
Bennington Art Supply
Peggy Shotton
Patchin Place
Guy Lyons
Connie Hawley
Frederick Davis
Patricia Raymond
Eva Lampron
Alma Yarnel
Vicky Bishop
North Bennington
Beverly Davis
Pownal
Ericks Sparks
Hoosick Falls
Scott Virtue
Tara Carlton
Cambridge
Gladys Ennis
Sunderland
Maude McManey
Judith Blake
James Griffin
Linda Jean Baker
North Pownal
Leon Galli
Gregory Palmer
Jerusalem
Palestine
Mt. Sinai
Guy F. Lyons
Bennington Briefs
James Schmidt
Best Western
Albany
N.Y
Marie
Bob Condon
Stephen L’heureux
Safford St
Notre Dame University
Catamount Bank
Pat Jesseman
Molly Stark
Joe Uebelacker
Bennington Moose Lodge
Mickey Surdam
Dan Collette
United Band
ADV
Shea Agency, Inc
Southern Vermont Insurance Center
Mayaguez
Kukrit
America
Thailand
Cambodia
Bangkok
Clifford Hewes Sr
Timothy
Gilbert
Green Mt. Club
Green Mountain Club
Bald Mountain
Harmon Hill
Pleasant
Dave Hapgood
Ralph Colb
Barnum & Bailey Clown School
Colb
American Cancer Society
Giard’s
Up & Downhill
Rec Center
Pennysaver
Juliet Flint
Williamstown
Mass
Boneshaker
Jr. High
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