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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1973
Page
7
Hoosick Falls School Superintendent Philip Leonard reports a broken Johnson Hill translator for channel 17 public television. He notes a temporary fix using the UHF loop may yield a picture and weighs options between a $2500 new translator or $300 to $400 repair, with repairs taking two to three weeks and about 120 solicitors involved.
Arlington cancels Grange social for Saturday as residents plan a vigil at Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home in memory of Jesse Harrington. Mrs. Helen Delaney undergoes eye surgery at North Adams Regional Hospital. Susan M. Wadsworth of Arlington joins Colby College amid 390 freshmen. Colby’s 1,580 students study liberal arts since 1813. Miss Wadsworth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Augustus B. Wadsworth, previously attended Westover School. Hoosick town to host coin card drive Monday night with boxes at Wilcox Store Hoosick Falls firehouse and Grand Union, plus ambulance drop in via Main Street Friday afternoon. All Saints Guild to hold turkey supper and bazaar Saturday at 5 p.m. at Hoosick Grange Hall. adults 3.50 and children 1.75. Eagles Auxiliary meets Wednesday Oct 10 in Eagles rooms. John L. Delurey of Delurey Sales and Service, Inc. earns second International Harvester award in two months for service and sales.
A compact look at food labeling and health trends with notes on lean beef percentages new to packaging dining halls offering health foods for students and popular vegetarian dinners. Carob flavoring offers chocolatey taste with lower fat while avocado is praised for digestibility minerals vitamins and unsaturated fat. A Vermont Steak House dinner is praised for taste beyond the menu.
Monday October 15 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Park-McCullough House in North Bennington. Robert Haas will officiate a tasting of eight imported wines from France with cheese and crackers supplied by Powers Market and Alain Midiere. Members invited. details via 442-2747.
HFCS board and faculty review guidance program with William Folgett and Michael Brewster and approve an experimental bus route on Lester Pine Road. The board rejects licensing school nurses for student immunizations. The Hoosick Falls ladies auxiliary VFW sets 7 30 p m meeting times. Girls junior unit meets Saturday at 2 p.m. in post rooms.
McCullough Library adds multiple adult and juvenile titles across genres including craft guides racing history automobile guides birding and mystery series. Notable adult works include The Peking Incident The Guns of Mac Cameron and The Immplosion Conspiracy among others. Juvenile selections feature the Happy Hollisters series and related mysteries.
The Lake Paran Homemakers Group will meet Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Edith Legacy. McCullough Library will be closed Monday in observance of the Columbus Day holiday.
Dorset A Well Baby Clinic will be held Wednesday October 10 from 9 to 10 30 a m at Dorset Church with Dr Elizabeth Byrnes in attendance Those needing transportation may call 362 2072 Tuesday afternoon All are reminded to bring immunization records
The Rutland Hospital was cleared of guilt in a fire that killed Green Mountain College Professor Storer Parsons. Fire marshal officials found cigarette ashes in Parsons room and noted he slept in synthetic pajamas rather than a hospital night shirt. Suggestions to require fireproof sleepwear in hospitals were discussed, with only youths currently required to wear such garb.
After nine days of public hearings into police corruption the State Investigation Commission said Mayor Corning’s praise of Albany police was hollow and quoted as saying the cover-up is over. The SIC charged Albany officers with robbing businesses taking cash from meters taking payoffs from pimps and drug dealers and neglecting gambling enforcement. Corning’s view was that the hearings exonerated the police.
In Nassau an unidentified object described as rocket shaped red and green was seen by Mrs. Margaret Edell and family for about two minutes at 8 pm. A second green and white object was observed by three Watervliet plant workers during lunch. In Troy the Board of Education rescinded a June action renaming the new high school in honor of retired Superintendent Dudley P. VanArnam, opting to keep Troy High School. The area around the high school and the planned Doyle Middle School will be called the Dudley P. VanArnam Educational Campus.
The body of 15 year old Robert P. Dargie was recovered from the Hoosac River at about 7 PM by town and state police. The West Main Street resident was reported missing by parents last Saturday and died by an apparent accidental drowning. He leaves parents, three brothers, five sisters, and paternal grandparents.
NA official Sincluico said HUD asked for a one year extension for the 32 acre Main Street renewal project which dates back a decade and remains unfinished as staff cuts loom after Jan. 1. In Williamstown a cease and desist order halted bulldozer work on Pine Cobble condominiums over wetlands rules with only a water pond plan on file.
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