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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1970
Page
8
Shaftsbury hosts a Halloween parade with 200 youngsters in costumes and thanks residents for donations aiding the event. TV and radio listings promote programs on Realities Nader Report ads, Civilisation, Soul and plays, with local officials noting polling open hours and town acknowledgments to volunteers and contributors.
Readsboro residents backed Howe Pond as their water source at a special meeting with 13 voters rejecting a 10000 expenditure for a basic study of alternatives. They approved 13900 to establish a treatment and distribution system at Howe Pond and authorized state aid for four years to reconstruct Tunnel Street drainage project.
The Bald Mountain 4-H Club met Oct 14 at Sally Shaw home to plan its annual banquet set for Nov 7 at 6 30 PM at Manchester Center Grange Hall. A next meeting is Nov 11 at Lisa Johnson’s home. Fifteen riders joined a Oct 25 open trail ride on the Johnson property.
Mr and Mrs Carl Fuller Jr of North Bennington celebrated their twenty fifth wedding anniversary on October 25 with a family party. They wed in Woodstock on October 26, 1945. Children Sandra Kirker Albany NY Carlene Thompson North Kathy Fuller and Richard Fuller North Bennington attended. Guests included relatives from New York New Jersey Vermont and nearby. Silver and money gifts were given and Mrs Fuller received a white rose corsage while Mr Fuller wore a white carnation boutonniere. A three tier cake was prepared by Martha Williamson and a buffet for about 40 guests was served.
The Pownal Board of Civil Authority revised the voter eligibility list and found 1,178 citizens eligible to vote. Polls open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Town Hall with ballot clerks Susan Nutting Dorothy Towslee Dorothy Foster Priscilla Palmer Yvette DuBois Selah Burdick. Officer in charge 2nd Constable Lyman Pratt and checker Rachel Mason town clerk. Board members include Ellen Lillie Florence Towslee Marcel Langlais Selina Roy Margery Hurley David Adler Harold P. Hicks.
Edith Beaumont of Hoosick Falls listed with contact 686-9103 is recorded as a patient at Putnam Memorial Hospital in Bennington with Walter Beckstein of 96 Classic Street noted in the same record.
Ravi Shankar will perform in Spaulding Auditorium Dartmouth College Hanover New Hampshire on Saturday November 14 at 8 30 p m as the second event in the encounters concert series He will be joined by Alla Rakha tabla and Kamala Chakravarty tamboura in a program that highlights Indian classical music and its influence on Western audiences. Reserved seating at the Hopkins Center box office opens November 4 at 9 a m.
Police investigate the theft from a parked car in Manchester of 11 guns worth about $3,000. The owner, Joseph F. Bozek, had left the weapons at Ken Johnson's Shop to sell. A vent window was left open enabling access while Bozek and his wife dined nearby. Police request contact if any listed items are seen. Officer Eugene Gaiti continues the investigation.
The Vermont Department of Employment Security dedicated a new office on Pearl Street in Burlington with about 130 dignitaries in attendance. Commissioner William French, representing Gov. Deane C. Davis, praised the move as an almost new era in meeting people’s needs while U.S. Labor official Malcolm Lovell lauded the agency’s leadership and the state’s work incentive programs. The $900,000 facility, built by Wright & Morrissey and designed by Payson Webber, will be funded by U.S. Labor Department rental payments over 27 years.
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