Salmon Receives Honorary Degree at Windham College
Governor Salmon joined five others as honorary degree recipients during Windham College commencement. He urged environmental action, cautioning that growth alone harms Vermont and endorsing a development plan and land use standards to minimize community impact. Valedictorian Mary Kay Barry urged classmates to find jobs, and several area graduates earned honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bur Ney
Thomas
Salmon
Windham College
Brattleboro
Theresa Brungardt
Windham
Nancy W. Milford
Zelda
Frances Fitz
Vermont
Mary Kay Barry
Bellows Falls
Cara Beecher Robinson
Saxons River
Marilyn J. Winters
Athens
Sunderland residents urged to vote on zoning plan
Sunderland Planning Commission calls for high turnout on Tuesday June 5 for a vote on a revised local zoning ordinance by Australian ballot at the elementary school. Polls run noon to 7 pm. Absentee ballots available at Town Clerk William Buchan's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunderland
William Buchan
Franning Commission
Alice of Town
William Bahan
Pennock
Martha Canfield
Arlington
Mt Equinox Grange Leads Regional Training and Notices
Mt Equinox Grange 494 members attended leadership training at Bomoseen Grange Castleton May 10 and guests visited Pawlet May 15 for Pomona fifth degree work. Delegates and members discussed future work at Mt Anthony June 7 and sent Melinda Mason to Youth Camp Camp Ondawa. Reports noted sewing contest results with Evelyn Snow and Shane Crawford placing highly, Mt Equinox Cook Book planning, and a recent Neighbors Night attended by several granges despite rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Equinox Grange
Bomoseen Grange
Castleton
Pawlet
Gussett’s Grange
Mt. Equinox
Mt. Anthony Grange
Melinda Mason
Camp Ondawa
Burr Cadoret
Burlington Hospital
Pauline Hill
State Grange
Evelyn Snow
Shane Crawford
Montpelier
Middletown Springs
Mt. Anthony
Taconic
Battersill
Vermont
Norman Arseneault
U.S. Forest Service
Taconic Grange
Belle' Eaton
Belle ‘Decker
Home Ee
Mt. Laurel School
Manchester
West Arlington and East Arlington Social Updates
Mrs. Ernest Doehrer of Riverside West Arlington is recuperating after surgery at Puttnam Memorial Hospital. Jan presented a sermon on Faith at Federated Church. Bertha Stearns and Jennie Skidmore visited Fulton near Syracuse over the holiday. The Charles Wilsons of Columbus Ohio visit East Arlington to see the J. C. Popes of Tory Lane after attending the Pope family grandson’s wedding in Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Ernest Doehrer
Riverside
West Arlington
Puttnam Memorial Hospital
Jan
Federated Church
East Arlington
Bertha Stearns
Jennie Skidmore
Sandgate
Fulton
N.Y
Syracuse
Charles Wilsons
Columbus
Ohio
East
J. C. Popes
Tory Lane
Popes
Maine
Pownal Church Holds Choir Rehearsal and Strawberry Supper
Pamela Blakeman lists contact details for the Pownal United Methodist Church events. Choir rehearsal occurs Thursday at 7 p.m. A strawberry supper follows on Thursday at the church hall with serving from 5:30 until finished. Mrs. Otis Dorman chairs the dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal United Methodist Church
Pownal Methodist Church
Otis Dorman
Gail Parker to Speak at BBS Commencement
Gail T. Parker, named president of Bennington College, will speak at the Byer and Burton commencement ceremony on June 17 in Manchester. Parker previously served as an assistant professor of history and literature at Harvard University and earned her Ph.D. in 1989.
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Manchester
Byer
Burton
Bennington College
Gail T. Parker
Bennington
Airs
Parker
Harvard University
Harvard
Shaftsbury Fire Auxiliary Car Wash Saturday
Shaftsbury Fire Department Auxiliary hosts a car wash on Saturday June 2 from 10 am at the Shaftsbury school yard beside the fire station to support the department. All firemen and auxiliary members are urged to attend.
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Shaftsbury Fire Department
Shaftsbury School Yard
Fire Department
Manchester zoners approve store renovation to arcade
The Manchester Zoning Board of Adjustment approved turning Horton's Hardware into an arcade of four shops and four offices. The board set 11 parking spaces for new use, revised plans relocate an entrance, move an adjacent apartment building, and convert Wyman Lane into a one way street with signs at Route 11/20 to ease traffic.
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Manchester
Charles Bonenti
Robert Roughgarden
James Domis
Fairfield
N.J
William A. Coombs
Horton's
Damnis
Roughgarden
Wyman Lane
Horton
Melissa Burns
Uortin
Harditcure
First Hoosick Falls canoe race faces rough start, ends in success
The first annual Hoosick Falls canoe race, organized by the Youth Advisory Council, opened with weather delays and starting-line issues but drew 11 canoes and strong crowds. Winners in professional class were Stanley Butkas and Butch Thurber. amateur winners Floyd Hatlee and Dick Peacock, with other teams noted for sturdy finishes and safety checks by the town rescue squad. Plans for a bigger Memorial Day race aim to include up to 100 canoes next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Beaumont
Hoosick Falls
New York-Vermont
American Game Association
Thie
Steven Brookman
Thomas Crowe
Bennington
Peter McGure
Michael Mahar
Mahar
Noble & Wood
Stanley Butkas
Babcock Lake
Babcock Lake and “Butch” Thurber
Lac Waters
Gary
Marsha
Shaftsbury
Jack Norlan
Hay Marchand
Floyd Hatlee
Mechanicville
Dick Peacock
Schenectady
Jeff Hutlee
Bill Smith
Rexford
John Tompkins
Austin Richardson
Schaghticake
Tim Guiden
Jack Carelli
Brockman
Crowe
Ron Greenwood
Dennis Shaw
Walt Webster
Thomas Webster
Averill Park
McGuire and Verer
Brian Rousseau
Doug Greenwood
Gerald Nason
Patti Crucetti
Stephen Wirmusky
Michael Graney
Barbara Reppel
Debbie Manoogian
Kathy Delurey
Danny Delurey
Severson
John Thompkins
Troy
Town of Hoosick
River Street
Oldest resident honored at Hoosick annual parade
Hoosick New York MOnday parade honors Mrs Maude Langworthy the town's oldest resident. Walter Ladd age 92 as oldest native returning for parade. The event drew sunny skies and featured Sunday school foals and remarks from Ashton Crosby Hoosac School headmaster.
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Hoosick
N.Y
Maude Langworthy
Lyman Redd
Hoosick Memorial Day
Langworthy
Seth
Walter Ladd
Ladd
St. Petersburg
Fla
Lake Lauderdale
John Mcl Cas
Hoosick Falls
All Saint's Episcopal
A. Dugald Maclachlan
Ashton Crosby
Hoosac School
Opera auditions for Northeast Theatre in Randolph
The Northeast Opera Theatre auditions led by Opera Company of Boston, June 23 at Chandler Music Hall Randolph, seek singers and theatre technicians. Women 38 45 and men 20 45 must sing four arias in two languages. Finalists go to Boston for further auditions with training and touring salary. Contact Janet Reod or Peggy Worthington for applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph
Northeast Opera Theatre
The
Opera Company of Boston
Vermont
Opera Company
Methodist Women Meet in June at Mrs Everett Percy Home
The United Methodist Women will gather June 14 at the home of Mrs Everett Percy with Mrs James McCart as program leader. A note mentions a date change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Methodist
Everett Percy
James McCart
Jolly Jones +H
Greenwich
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Milton Mayer
Arthur H. Westing
Finast
North Bennington
Rnad
Bennington, Vermont
Mt. Anthony Jr. High School
Main
Kay Weeks
Pownals
Pamela Blakeman
Gail Parker
BBS
Lott Tomer
Heaumant
Canoonicos
Neosick Falls
Pratecil
Hoosick River
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Greenberg
Fawn
Breenberg
Impaco
Opera
Sarah Caldwell
Boston
New England
Eleanor Niles
Jermain United Methodist Church
Green Mountain Junior College
Poultney
Jane
Joseph Hulihan
Kelli
Cobleskill
Michael Hulihan
Armenia
Frank Hulihan
Charles Herrington
Walter Hulihan
Francis McMulleny
Pittsfield
Mr. and
Mrs. Everett Perry
Joseph Armstrong
O— Lewis Hunt Jr
Mary McClellan Hospital
Donna George
S.U.N.Y
Plattsburg
Laurie George
Cortland
Italy
Main ST. Bennington, YT
Javery
Mere
Ernest II
Alan Il. Page
South Street
Burt Bros
Bradford House
UCU
Monument Plaza
Bennington, YT
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