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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1967
Page
6
Shaftsbury The Shaftsbury School Board approved an estimated budget of 123,983 dollars for the elementary school for the year 1967 68. The action was taken at a special board meeting Thursday afternoon.
An open in dictment against Michael J. Riggins 22 of Latham for first degree burglary and first degree assault was returned by the Rensselaer County Grand Jury. He was arrested March 17 at the Brimmer home on Albert Street where he allegedly struck Mrs. Brimmer with an electric iron and is jailed in Rensselaer County Jail. Mrs. Brimmer is the former Sandra Dean of Hoosick Falls.
Rutland teachers lead a large turnout at a Manchester hearing on Vermont teacher certification reform. The Rutland Teachers Assn called for a bi partisan advisory board and broader teacher input, while opposing emergency certificates now common for 500-plus educators.
ARLINGTON-Bennington County will be represented at Expo 67 in Montreal on Vermont Day, May 31. The Yankee Doodlers Drum Bugle and Baton Corps were invited by the Vermont Development Department to perform. Marta-Sue Crawford, 9, Vermont's junior baton twirling champion, will exhibit. Her brother Shane Crawford, 5, is the drum mascot for the corps. Their father Walter Crawford directs the group.
The piece recalls Mt Anthony Patriots and BCHS Sabers clash and spotlights North Pownal figures. Bill Church, a Patriots second baseman, has long been an all star since Little League days with Holy Name Williamstown. Brian Pizzano and Ernie Langlais were early Williams College leaguers. North Pownal produced many players who powered Hoosick Falls High School’s nine for over 25 years and hosted crowds from three states at a former riverfront diamond.
Nearly 60 attended the father and son banquet at the First United Church in Hoosick Falls. Walter Beckstein was master of ceremonies. Capt. Lewis Watt, son of Mrs. Alice Haswell, returned from Vietnam after 13 months and 460 missions. He and his wife plan to move to New River, North Carolina, where he will be stationed. Installation of officers for the Hoosick Falls Lodge of Elks Ladies Auxiliary is set for Saturday night with a 6:30 reception, dinner and installation, followed by a dance.
Susan Alexandra Martin of Ormsby Hill will earn a BA in the College of Liberal Arts at Boston University’s 96th commencement. George Joseph Heaslip Jr. of Manchester Center will also receive a BA in the College of Liberal Arts.
Vermont Education Commissioner Dr Richard A Gibboney was elected vice president of a new nonprofit set to streamline federal private grant programs in the Northeast. The New England States Educational Council formed after a meeting of seven northeastern education commissioners at Equinox House in Manchester. New Hampshire Commissioner Dr Paul Farnham was named president and Ray Cooke, Maine's executive director of Instruction, became secretary treasurer. The council expands the former Northeast Tri-state Educational Council, which included Vermont New Hampshire and Maine leaders.
Weir-Reynolds Swimming Pool chair Philip Leonard announced donations to the pool fund. Three plaques at 450 dollars each were paid by Joseph E. Buckley the Hoosick Falls Central School Student Council and the school Teachers Association. Seven Vietnam soldiers sent 60 dollars each with a letter listing their names and hometowns urging a granite plaque as a lasting memorial to seven American soldiers in South Vietnam.
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