Haystack Mt Blaze Burns Eight Acres at Ski Area
Approximately eight acres on the east side of Haystack Mountain burned Saturday afternoon as 75 firefighters fought the blaze for about four hours. The fire was reported at 1 15 by Philip Pratt Mt Olga fire warden and none of the nearby ski structures were damaged. Twenty four Wilmington and twenty West Dover firefighters, plus Haystack Corp workers, assisted. Four men stayed on duty overnight as a precaution. The cause is undetermined.
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Wilmington
Haystack Mountain
Philip Pratt
Mt. Olga
All Hands But the Fish Revel In G W Johnson Derby
NORTH BENNINGTON Eighty eight youngsters under 12 joined the George W. Johnson Memorial Derby to fish for prizes. Linda Briggs won in six minutes with first reported limit. Joanne Johnson claimed longest fish at 10 and a quarter inches. Prizes went to runners up, youngest registrants Laurie Williams and Luke Moffitt. fish from Bennington Hatchery aided by Vermont Fish and Game.
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North Bennington
George W. Johnson
Linda Briggs
Scott Tinney
Brian Toomey
Teresa Loomis
Steve Peckham
Joanne Johnson
John Pappas
John Carriere
Laurie Williams
Luke Mof
Paran Creek
Mrs Fowler 90 Honored in Pownal Birthday Celebration
More than 200 guests gathered Sunday in Carpenter Hill to honor Mrs Jennie May Fowler on her 90th birthday in Pownal born 1875 East Pownal taught at Rock Seminary and later married Loren I Fowler in 1904. The event featured music by the Andrews sisters Tina and Joey Hoy and a program led by Miss Doris Mason with tributes from grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Pownal
Carpenter Hill
Jennie May Fowler
Fowler
East Pownal
Erons and
Mary (Greenslet) Hicks
Rock Seminary
Pownal Center
Loren I. Fowler
Mary Hoy
Holland
Doris Mason
Alice Hunt
Jane Couch
Andrews
Tina
Joey Hoy
Mrs. Fowler
Arthur Murphy
Bennington
Rummage Sale Continues at North Pownal Church
Grade 8 at North Pownal Graded School sponsors a rummage sale this afternoon at 6 at the North Pownal Congregational Church. Proceeds aid annual class trip expenses. Nine graduates assisted by teacher Harold Pratt and several parents include Gary Church William Pudvar James Danforth Patrick Danforth Sharon Jelley Bruce Hurley Linda Jacobsen Barbara Burdick.
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North Pownal
North Pownal Congregational Church
Harold Pratt
Gary Church
William Pudvar
James
Patrick Danforth
Sharon Jelley
Bruce Hurley
Linda Jacobsen
Barbara Burdick
Pownal Board Denies Junkyard License for Weeks
Arthur E. George announced the unanimous denial of Robert Weeks of Hosick New York's request to operate a junkyard in North Pownal. Residents opposed the site citing smoke from a town dump tannery and nuisances from burning and noise. Weeks proposed solving past nuisances and would move to Pownal if licensed.
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Pownal
Arthur E. George
Board of Selectmen
Robert Weeks
Hoosick
N.Y
North Pownal
North
Women Fellowship Meet Discuss Regional Planning Talk
The Women's Fellowship of the Baptist Church in North Bennington will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m at Mrs Carl Jolivettes home with a guest speaker on the United Counseling Service. Garden Club programs over Station WSYB in Rutland begin today at 1 30 p m featuring Mrs Fred Welling whose June 17 talk is The Importance of Regional Planning to Your Town.
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Women’s Fellowship of the Baptist Church
Carl Jolivette
United Counseling Service
WSYB
Rutland
Fred Welling
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