Arlington school board defends bond issues at info meeting
Four residents attended a public information session on two Arlington school expansion bonds to be voted next Tuesday. Board members and principals urged approval, arguing both expansions are needed for Fisher and AMHS, with related effects on accreditation, classroom space, and potential rental or mobile classroom alternatives if defeated.
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Arlington
Citizens Committee
Lyle Salter
Ira Manross
William Towne
Jean Kendall
Arnold Wilcox
Charles Canfield
Towne
Arlingtonians
Kendall
Fisher School
Canfield
AMHS
Prosper Deschenes
Community events and school bond debate in Arlington
North Bennington Mrs. Milton Mackey chairs a Tuesday flower show at the Congregational Church social rooms inviting women from Congregational Baptist and Catholic churches to participate. Waterbury Hospital gift drive deadlines and refugee aid items are noted. Arlington school bond plans face state aid scrutiny, cost estimates, and possible tax impact with a 20 year repayment outlook. Local residents report veterans, vacation, and Grievance Day turnout amid town debate on funding and education.
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Milton Mackey
Congregational Church
Congregational
Waterbury Hospital
Church, Jr
Peter Castle
Cambridge
Mass
Winhall Hollow Road
Bart Jacobs
Peter Cornell
Virgin Islands
James Johnson
Fairfield
Conn
Sulo Salo
War Department
Spec
Salo Maynard Salo
Vietnam
Salo
France
Peter S. Clark
Frank H. Burns
Laurin Capen
Arlington Garden Club Outlines Aims and Projects
Arlington Garden Club met in Bailey Hall with president Mrs. C Robert Given outlining membership rules from the club constitution and listing year projects. Initiatives include care of Fisher School plants, growing Marvel of Peru, donations to Veterans Hospital, essay contest, pine tree restoration, Arlington Fair flower table, new flower boxes at East Arlington Post Office, and churchyard wall maintenance. Two Audubon films were shown and refreshments served after.
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Arlington
Arlington Garden Club
Bailey Hall
C. Robert Given
Given
Vermont
Fisher School
Peru
Veterans’ Hospital
White River Junction
East Arlington Post Office
St. James’ Churchyard
National Audubon Society
Alvin Metcalfe
Annual Awards Banquet Planned for Monday
Adams Memorial Theatre will host its fourth annual Theatre Awards banquet on May 22 at 6 p.m. at the Williams Inn. Guest speaker is Harlan Kleiman of Long Wharf Theatre New Haven Conn. He will discuss producing professional theatre outside New York. Reservations available at the A M T box office.
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Williamstown
Mass
Adams Memorial Theatre
Williams Inn
Harlan Kleiman
Long Wharf Theatre
New Haven
Conn
Kleiman
New Haven Jaycees
Hunter College
New York University
New York
Virginia
Michigan
A.M.T
Williams
Hospital Lists Area Patients Cambridge May 14
Admissions and discharges for the week ending May 14 released by Mary McClellan Hospital list Bennington area patients including Mrs. Mary L Albowicz Mrs. Mary Lou Gilchrist George Slocum Mrs. Mary L Russell John E VanDerKar Hoosick Falls Mrs. Jean P Ames Mrs. Janet M Harrington Eagle Bridge Lester E Brock Jr Petersburg Mrs. Patricia J Hunt John A Jancek Mrs. Jane W Portwine Edward P Walker Cambridge Discharges include Lester E Brock Jr Petersburg Mrs. Patricia J Hunt Alexander E Kepler Mrs. Jane W Portwine Edward F Wali er Cambridge Mrs. Alice M Koehler Mrs Ruth J LaMagdeleine Hoosick Falls
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Cambridge
N.Y
Mary McClellan
Bennington Area
Mary L. Albowicz
Mary Lou Gilchrist
George Slocum
Mary L. Russell
John E. VanDerKar
Hoosick Falls
Jean P. Ames
Janet M. Harrington
Eagle Bridge
Lester E, Brock Jr
Petersburg
Patricia J. Hunt
John A. Jancek
Jane W. Portwine
Edward P. Walker
Alexander E. Kepler
Edward F. Walier
Alice M. Koehler
Ruth J. LaMagdeleine
Dorset student elected to second Burr and Burton council term
William D. Fritts, son of Mrs. William Fritts of Dorset, has been elected to a second term as Vermont Regional Student Council member by Burr and Burton Seminary students. The Burr and Burton junior will tour area schools and attend state meetings as a cabinet member on the state Student Council.
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Manchester
William D. Fritts
William Fritts
Dorset
Burr and Burton Seminary
Vermont
Fritts
BBS
Paran Would Offer Swim Lessons Despite Red Cross Shortage
Paran Recreations Inc plans summer swimming lessons at Lake Paran if a qualified instructor can be secured after the Bennington Red Cross chapter said it cannot provide one due to funds. Members urged underwriting the program to teach children to swim for safety and provide evening life saving instruction for those over 16, with a committee tasked to find a qualified instructor.
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North Bennington
Lake Paran
Paran Recreations, Inc
Bennington
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Paran
Paran Corporation
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James Myers
Robert McWaters
Craig Cherbonneau
Alan McWaters
Terry Dailey
Harold Shepard
Wilcox
Kenneth Clayton
Mack Molding Co
Clayton
Knowles
Winhall
John O. Slade
Allan B. Angney
Astrn
Williams College
Lee Hirsche
Cluett Hill
Hirsche
Frost’s Pharmacy
North St. Bennington, Vt
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Decton
Adams
FTHEY
N. Bennington Rd
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