One Vote Defeats Arlington Sewage Plan Referendum
Arlington voters narrowly rejected a referendum to allow selectmen to negotiate buying a seven acre site for a future sewage treatment plant adjacent to Water Street and the Battenkill River. The 391 to 390 defeat ends three years of planning tied to a $57,000 state grant, with engineers’ recommendation guiding site choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Charles E. Canfield
Water Street
Battenkill River
Alonzo B. Reed
Hoosick Falls praise for youth and town food sale aid
Hoosick Falls Mayor Richard A Severson commends youth for Halloween behavior led by St Marys Academy seventh graders cleaning up in the business district. The Hoosick Falls Health Center Auxiliary holds its annual food sale on Friday at Ruditis Home Appliance to fund center operations and patient comforts. Community members may donate and join Thursday sewing sessions at the center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
Richard A. Severson
St. Mary’s Academy
Thomas Hulse
Hoosick Falls Health Center
Ruditis Home Applicance
John Street
Ellen Winn
Anna O’brien
Springfield
Mass
John Thompson
James Sennett
Main Street
Thompson
Elks visitation draws 200 plus to Hoosick Falls lodge
More than 200 Elks from Northeast New York lodges attended the district deputy visitation at Hoosick Falls Lodge. Notables included Earl Rooney and George D Ambrose. New members named include Henry Volkheimer and George Daniel Scott Jr among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
New York
William Stevens
Henry Volkheimer
George Daniel Scott Jr
Ernest J. Katsky
Gary Albowicz
William E. Erwin Jr
John Matte
Anthony Davendanis Jr
Joseph J. Dugan Jr
Dennis M. McGurn
Charles J. Hamill
Babcock Lake
Elks’ Auxiliary
Falls voters split evenly among tickets in local election
Town of Hoosick voters split their votes between Republican and Democratic tickets, with five Republican and five Democratic candidates leading. Governor Rockefeller defeated Arthur Goldberg, while incumbent DA Don Cholakis led over William Doyle. County clerk race went to Democrat Bernice Wade, and a low income housing funding measure failed 674 to 333.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosick
Ned Pattison
Carleton J. King
King
Pattison
Rockefeller
Arthur Goldberg
Don Cholakis
William Doyle
Bernice Wade
Edward Wielkind
Regan
Lefkowitz
Goodell
Larkin
Hudson
Corbett
Cholakis
Vielkind
Goldberg
Levitt
Walinsky
Ottinger
Fogarty
Fleishman
Schmidt
Doyle
Wade
Pownal Book Fair Seeks Support From Local PTA
The Pownal Parent-Teacher Group sponsors a book fair at Center School this week with fiction and non fiction in three age categories. Special feature includes United States documents such as the Bill of Rights and the Constitution. Open house is Thursday evening to take orders for gifts. Proceeds aid school supplies and equipment. Lions Club adds three new members. A committee will discuss a winter project with neighboring clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Center School
United States
Alan Taylor
Henry W. Bassen
Donald Roy
Anson Pratt
James Quinn
Gordon Dyndor
Richard Singleton
General Fund
Pownal Lions Club
Walter Bullis
Eugene Wilson
Joseph Kasios
John S. Patterson
Charles Kokoras
Charles Elder
Richard Champney
Norshaft
Bennington
Norman R. Stockbridge
Arthur E
District 32 elects Mason and Collins to Vermont legislature
A. Daniel Mason Sr. of Pownal and Kenalene Collins of Readsboro, both Republicans, won District 32 seats, defeating independent Ellen Ruth Reiss and Democrat Robert LaMercier. Collins led with 1,180 votes, Mason 1,128, Reiss 987, LaMercier 519, while Carter received two write-ins. Mason, 65, a retired farmer, begins his first elective term. Collins returns for a third term under the GOP administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Daniel Mason Sr
Pownal
Kenalene Collins
Readsboro
Ellen Ruth Reiss
Robert LaMercier
Mason
Reiss
LaMorder
Harvey D. Carter
Carter
Harold Flincker
Heartwellville
Banner
Collins
Philip H. Hoff
Rupert Meyer Narrowly Trails Hoff In Vermont Senate Race
In Rupert Vermont supporters back William H Meyer who polled 18 votes in Rupert and 88 statewide in unofficial returns as U S Senator Winston Prouty won reelection. The results also show Hoff defeated and Republicans Heaslip and Beattie leading in District 25 with Burns eliminated in the primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert
William H. Meyer
Liberty Union
U.S. Senate
Bennington County
Meyer
Philip H. Hoff
U.S
Winston L. Prouty
Congress
Robert T. Stafford
William T. Burns
South Dorset
Heaslip
Beattie
County Says No to Liberty Union in Bennington Votes
Bennington County voters rejected Liberty Union candidates in yesterday's election. Dennis Morrisseau led with 188 votes for Congress, followed by Peter Diamondstone 143 for attorney general, Hugh Dollard 121 for auditor, H. Meyer 80 for U.S. Senate, and Gerald Jones 73 for secretary of state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Canfield
Emmet Smith
Arlington
Bennington County
Liberty Union
Dennis Morrisseau
Congress
Peter Diamondstone
Hugh Dollard
Auditor
H. Meyer
U.S. Senate
Gerald Jones
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Charles Bonenti
Boston
Robert V. Jones
Selectmen
Edith Beaumont
Lawrence A. Wheaton
Hazel M. Hill
Leo Mahar Sr
Joseph Carelli
Helen W. Hogan
John Bakaitis
Michael, Patrick
Jenifer
Peter
East Hoosick, Ball St. Extension
O— John Shaw
River St
Mary McClellan Hospital
Cambridge
Youth Guild
Iavel Putnam Bldg
Bennington, Vt
Colonial Shopping Ctr
Williamstown
The
Pownals
Vera Langlais
George
Ladd Brook
Triple
Grand Union Empire
By Geoffrey Chapman
A. Daniel Mason
Williams
Uege
Winston S. Prouty
Vermont
New York State
Charles Goodell
James Buckley
Massachusetts
Kevin H. White
Francis W. Sargent
George Heaslip
Orrin Beattie
Neck and Neck
Landgrove
Manchester
Dorset
Winhall
Peru
Quinlan
Nex
Shiper PI Naming
America
Depot Street
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!