Manchester Day Care Survives With Fundraising Plans
Manchester Day Care Center, led by David Ahern, faces a budget gap after a town vote rejected a 5700 appropriation. The center serves Manchester and six surrounding towns, operates weekday programs, plans July 5 dances and an August 2 festival to raise funds, and seeks more federal support while expanding a structured preschool curriculum.
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R. Floyd Garland
Manchester
Manchester Child Development Center
David Ahern
Factory Point Square
Ed Sargent
Country Generals
Bromley Mountain
Highland Avenue
Shaftsbury
Manchester Center
Ahern
Charles Skiptunas
Cook
Rutland
Brattleboro
Bennington
Manchester Day Care Center
Arlington
Sunderland
MERGE DIVERGES AS MANCHESTER GROUPS PLAN CARNIVAL
At a Manchester charter meeting MERGE sparks split over aims with Selectman Kardas pushing MERGE to coordinate town groups while Zecher backs a carnival fundraiser for the new recreation area. Officials envision a August carnival to fund pool operations with Lions Rotary and fire department backing, Jaycees previously denied a permit for an Aug 12-16 event.
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Manchester
Selectman
James Kardas
Kardas
Selectmen
Samuel Greenburg
I. Stanford Zecher Jr
MERGE
Oscar Zahner
St. Louis
Zecher
Manchester Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Lions
Rotary
Fire Department
Saxtons River Vermont Academy names new president
Named trustee J Barton Elliott of Morse Hill Road East Dorset has been named president of the Board of Trustees at Vermont Academy in Saxtons River. John G MacKechnie of Summit New Jersey retires after twelve years as president but will remain on the Board. Elliott is a Phillips Academy and Yale graduate who spent his career at Amstar Corporation in corporate development.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Peter J. Smith
Hoosick Falls Central School
New York
New Jersey
Egypt
Smith
Greater Hoosick Association
HFCS
Saxtons River
J. Barton Elliott
Morse Hill Road
East Dorset
Vermont Academy
John G. MacKechnie
Summit
N.J
MacKechnie
Elliott
Phillips Academy
Andover
Mass
Yale University
Amstar Corporation
American Sugar Co
Community efforts rally for Richard Martin Jr. dialysis aid
Richard Martin Jr. seeks a kidney donor while on a Boston Children’s Hospital dialysis machine. Local groups in Grafton NY host a June 7 dinner dance to raise funds, with proceeds supporting the Martin family. Donations can be sent to the Richard Martin Jr. Trust Fund in Albany. Also noted are police officers completing in service training in North Greenbush and VFW Auxiliary officers elected in Hoosick Falls.
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Richard Martin Jr
Children’s Hospital
Boston
Troy
Albany
Kidney Foundation
Boston Children’s Hospital
Kidney Foundation of
New York
Madison Avenue
N.Y
Grafton
Grafton V.F.W
Veterans’ Hall
Richard
Leo T. Bruns
Jane and
Charles Sanford
Hamilton Street
Richard Jr
Richard Martin
North Adams
Mass
Francis Dooley
Hoosick Falls
Eva Schmigel
Hoosick Valley Post
VFW
Doris Kalinowski
Doris Auering
Florence Ogilvie
Rita Danforth
Carol Bisson
Marian Redden
Nancy McCabe
Olive Sluzas
Susan Parker
Regina Schmigel
Lurana Pokines
Tina Kenney
Hazel Bradley
Helen Bakaitis
Margaret Whitter
Hudson- Mohawk County Council
Third District
Ethel Niegoda
Earl Kenney
Manchester School Board Acts On Calendar and Teacher Pay
Manchester School Board held a brief session and adjourned to executive session to discuss teacher contracts. It approved adding Columbus Day and Lincoln's Birthday as holidays and set a June 22 end date with potential five snow days. John Slade, new MTA president, urged cooperative relations.
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Manchester
Manchester Teacher’s Association
MTA
Merchandise stolen from Virgil Gibbs shop and apartment
More than $1,000 worth of goods were stolen from the Virgil Gibbs leather shop and the apartment above it on Saturday night. Items taken include a sewing machine 15 shirts 25 pairs of socks five belts two pocket books a tape deck a tuner tapes and two speakers. Entry was gained by breaking a window on the south side. the break is under investigation.
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Manchester
Virgil Gibbs
Arlington Park Fund Drive to Begin June 1
Arlington residents will see a park fund drive kick off June 1 led by Nancy Kendall with goals to finish park facilities along Routes 7 and 313 and build a maintenance endowment funded by local, state, and federal matches. Construction of lighted tennis and basketball courts is already underway and slated for mid June.
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Arlington
Arlington Recreational and Park Committee
Nancy Kendall
Jean Kendall
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Montpelier
State Department of Water Resources
Vermont
Pavilion
Gordon Walker
Manchester Child Development Board of Directors
Robert T. Stafford
North Bennington
Pownal
Garland
Bennington Recreation Center
Walker
Rensselaer County Law Enforcement Association
North Greenbush
Greenbush State Armory
Royal Howard
Thomas Lewandowski
John Griffin
Albert White
Howard
Lewandowski
Edith Beaumont
Mable Hewitt
River Street
New England Women Congress
Eastern Slopes Inn
North Conway
N.H
National
Green Mountain
New England Women
Hewitt
Siena College
John A. Graney Jr
John A. Garney
Main Street
Judith McGuire
Center Street
John
St. Mary’s Academy
State of New York Court of Claims
Manchester School Board
John Slade
The
Slade
Association
Aires & Kane, Inc
E Cf Savings & Loan Association
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