Voters gather to hear GOP candidates in Manchester
About 150 area Republicans Democrats and independents crowded the Equinox Hotel to meet Republican contenders including Gov Deane Davis and Sen Winston Prouty. Prouty highlighted his amendments aiding special education and the disabled and noted over 2 million new Social Security beneficiaries. Davis spoke on tax and heritage concerns as lawmakers push tax cuts and deficit relief. Others listed included Speaker John Burgess Secretary of State Mrs Richard Thomas and several state legislators.
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Manchester
Equinox Hotel
Deane Davis
House
John S
Jack” Burgess
Burgess
Richard C. Thomas
Alexander Acebo
To Sell or Not to Sell at Manchester Rod and Gun Club
Manchester Rod and Gun Club debates selling 75 acres of fairgrounds to the town for a public recreation area at an estimated 100000 dollars. Trustees recommended sale rather than lease, pending full club member vote and state approval. Appraisal by Thomas Candon due by Nov 1 to confirm fair market value and enable potential funding with 88 percent from federal and state sources.
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Charles Bonenti
Manchester
Rod and Gun Club of
Roland Beers
Manchester Recreation Association
Beers
Club
Christopher Swezey
Swezey
Manchester Journal
Recreation Association
Dr. _ Beers
Dana Thompson
Harold Benson
Donald Mattison
Clyde Bryant Jr
Mattison
Raymond Carrano
Carrano
Bryant
Selectmen
Thomas Candon
Rutland
Candon
Daileys secure permit for gravel bed on Trumbull Hill Road
Shaftsbury selectmen approved William E. Dailey Corp plan to use property on Trumbull Hill Road as a gravel bed with conditions. The company must provide fill for a highway curve, build an entrance, stockpile topsoil, seed, plant, and fertilize per the county forester plan. Officials said the bed would not unduly affect neighbors. A town meeting was set for Oct 15 with Tax Department reps to discuss the latest school district reappraisal rising from 11 million in 1968 to 18 million this year.
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Shaftsbury
William E. Dailey Corp
Trumbull Hill Road
District Environmental Commission
Tony Altobell
Bruce
Ayres
Pownal Lions Club, Boy Scout Meetings, and Fall Food Sale
The Pownal Lions Club will meet tonight at the Ladd Brook Restaurant with happy hour at 6 and dinner at 6 30. Boy Scout Troop 347 holds a weekly meeting at 7 in the Scout Hut led by Scoutmaster Edward Reynolds. A fall food sale by the Pownal Parent-Teacher Group occurs Saturday Oct 17 from 10 am to 2 pm at Center School, featuring pies breads and new home canned goods. Proceeds support school supplies and equipment. chairwoman Mrs Charles W Rounds assisted by several members. W Mr and Mrs Charles W Rounds plan to attend the Vermont Real Estate Commissions 8th Annual Educational Seminar Wednesday at the Ramada Inn in Burlington. Rounds is a licensed broker with Rounds Agency in Pownal Center.
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Pownal Lions Club
Ladd Brook
Boy Scout
Edward Reynolds
Pownal
Parent-Teacher Group
Center School
Charles W. Rounds
Ernest Roberts
Edward Dufresne
Charles Elder
Vermont Real Estate Commissions
Ramada Inn
Burlington
Rounds
Rounds Agency
Pownal Center
Abernethys Lead Six Week Carolina Friends Project
The Rev and Mrs Abernethy led a six week living experiment at Carolina Friends School near Duke, guiding sixteen diverse high school students in a mixed white and black group. They faced cultural clashes, authority tensions, and mixed success, concluding the structure needed tightening and recommending no repeat project next summer. Their family adapted well, and a local youth pointed to broader lessons about honesty and peace.
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Erwin Road
Duke University
Durham
Carolina Friends School
Ann
Bill Abernethy
North Bennington
Carolina Friends
North Carolina
Piedmont
Abernethys
Union Theological Seminary
Abernethy
Vermont
Ann Abernethy
Louisville
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Mrs
Winston Prouty
GOP
Clifford B. Harwood
Prouty
Washington
Harwood
United States
Davis
Selectman
Richard Hayes
Richard Finley
al Johnson
Fred Heinel
Ladies & Children's
Chef Boy-Ar-Dee
Walker
The
Pownals
Vera Langlais
Mrs. Abernethy
Whitey
William Abernethy
Mark
Sarah
Jonathan
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