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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1976
Page
7
The Pownal Fire Protective Association and several clubs including the North Pownal Fire Auxiliary and Pownal Center Fire Protective Association announce meetings at 7 30 p.m. at local firehouses or town offices. A Wentworth Institute student from Pownal and a wood crafts artist are noted among locals.
Hoosaick Community Resources Corp hosts a five day Master Conference in North Adams Massachusetts November 11 to 15 at Windsor Mill. Hosted by multiple sponsors the event gathers masters in crafts to discuss goals share presentations and plan rehabilitation of Windsor Mill with public demonstrations and talks by notable figures including Graham Hughes the Stanesby Quartet and Roger Powell. The event aims to showcase local crafts and foster regional collaboration with a public reception schedule and lectures on bookbinding and medieval manuscripts.
Arlington weekly activities list includes Legion Auxiliary and AA meetings. Senior citizen meals at Bailey Hall on Wednesday noon, WWI Veterans meet, rescue squad drills, chorale rehearsals, CES meetings, FOE and VFW gatherings. Thursday marks Veterans Day no school. Lions, Bingo, and a VFW session. Friday covers town meeting voting and rummage sale. Saturday features rummage sale continuation and Grange Bingo. Deer hunters notice urges early license. Mrs John Simson to teach terrarium making after Wednesday meal.
William Angell of Hackett Valine and Mac Donald, Burlington, says Vermont's construction sector is very sick. The assistant vice president, active in surety bonds, expects dim prospects next year and no improvement under a Carter administration. He notes last summer's gains were below expectations.
A Londonderry supermarket is set for trial in Vermont District Court after being accused of opening on May 23, violating the 1976 Blue Law. A jury draw is scheduled for November 16. A Bellows Falls shop owner has separately challenged the law in Windham County Court, with no hearing set.
Pastor Martin Dienst of South Burlington Vermont was elected New England district president of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod at its convention in Holyoke Massachusetts. Dienst will fill the unexpired term after Pastor Robert Riedel resigned October 1 following a prolonged church controversy.
Christopher Patrick 24 of Barre died from injuries suffered Nov. 1 when a hit and run struck him while he walked along a road near his home. Police seek the driver. an anonymous tip helped locate him. Franklin County Medical Society to publish a county health care plan urging hospital merger. In Newport, two unarmed youths robbed Louisa's Grocery, fleeing on foot with an undetermined cash amount.
Fraya Katz, director of the Albany County Rape Center, asked the county legislature to expand duties to operate a home for battered women and children. She cited police data showing three calls per eight hours for dangerous family disputes and proposed a state and federal funded sanctuary housed in a recently acquired back taxes property.
Troy police charged 22 year old Curt D. Sarris after an officer bought pornographic books from the River Street newsstand two weeks ago. Investigation of the month old shop continues.
In Berkshire at 2 p.m. this Thursday the mating of the captive male Atlantic salmon from Holyoke Dam with 20 000 eggs from female salmon will occur as part of a decade long effort to restore the species to the Connecticut River. Biologists note the male is 30 inches and 20 pounds and ready to fertilize the eggs from Maine's Penobscot River.
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