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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1967
Page
6
North Pownal educator Marion Fowler topped the 1967 Vermont Poetry Contest, sponsored by the Southern Vermont Branch of the National League of American Pen Women. Fowler earned the first prize for Deer Crossing and will be honored at a October 18 luncheon in Manchester.
Manchester leaders examined options to ease MES crowding after a 525-student burst. Short term plans include renting mobile classrooms, using church space for kindergartens, and adding a cafeteria phase later tied to a voter package. Discussions also touched BBS grade 9 shifts and potential expansion funding with regional school sharing.
Sandgate voters will meet Saturday night October 21 at 8 to decide whether to borrow money to complete the new town hall and whether to authorize a $5,000 loan for the work. They will also vote on trading town land north of the hall for Clifford Ferris land behind the hall to gain parking. The town lost its historic hall to a March fire and later approved rebuilding on the same site with tax rate changes and insurance funds.
Eight Manchester Elementary School pupils and MES science teacher William Barry may miss April 10 and 11 classes for a proposed 10 day trip to Bequia in the Grenadines. Sponsored by Mrs. Berry A. Wall, the $300 cost covers air fare and hotel. If funded, the trip would follow Easter vacation with an on site assembly upon return.
Nine North Hoosick Fire District taxpayers attended a public hearing before the Hoosick Falls town board to question a $2,500 annual funds request for fire department operation. Fire Chief John Gildea and Arthur Harrington outlined the need for a new water pump and a 20 year old truck. district plans include gradual funding over 10 years to buy a $20,000 vehicle, with fire tax rising from about $4.78 to roughly $8.50 per thousand. They noted private pool filling generates donations and serves as water reserves. trucks are run weekly to stay in service, and the town board clarified it merely collects and passes fire tax money back to the district.
Dr George J Riley chief of medicine at Samaritan Hospital Troy and a leader in health groups will address Hoosick Falls Central School PTA and St Mary's Academy Home and School Association on smoking effects Monday at 8 pm in the central school cafeteria. He serves on multiple boards and will attend the 1967 American Heart Association meeting in San Francisco. The talk follows a film titled Point of View and is organized by the Rensselaer County Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health with local health and education groups inviting the public.
The Arlington Fire Department will host a mutual aid meeting at the East Arlington firehouse at 8 p m on Wednesday. Guest speaker George Proper Jr director of the State Fire Safety Division of New York will present slides. Refreshments will be served.
The Adoniram Chapter 22 OES will hold its annual district deputies visitation tonight at 8. Attendees are invited to a 6:30 p.m. pot luck dinner with battered rolls for last names A B salads for C through H and hot dishes for J through Z. Beverages and dessert provided.
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