Shaftsbury Tax Protest Highlights 1969 Reappraisal Doubt
Shaftsbury selectmen accuse a 1969 reappraisal of a $7 million bid up town value from about $11 million to $18 million, triggering a state aid cut and higher school taxes. Hoosac School names H Ashton Crosby head master to succeed Donn Wright, effective early 1971. Landgrove gardener Samuel Ogden urges Romano pole beans as New England option in Organic Gardening article.
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Shaftsbury
Merton Snow Sr
Roy Whitman
Anthony Altobell
State Department of Taxes
Selectmen
Landgrove
Samuel R. Ogden
Organic Gardening and Farming Magazine
Ogden
Hemisphere
South America
Mamie
Economy and environment conference at Williams College
Williams College hosts a two day conference on Economic Development and Environmental Problems with ecologists and economists from Cornell Caltech and Washington University. Barry Commoner headlines the fall convocation on Sunday in Chapin Hall. Public panel Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
Barry C. Commoner
Chapin Hall
John E. Sawyer
Williams Center For Environmental Studies
Williams Center For Development Economics
Center For the Biology of Natural Systems
St. Louis University
Commoner
Griffin Hall
John Mellor
Department of Agricultural Economics
Cornell University
Taghi Farvar
Washington University
St. Louis
Thayer Scudder
Division of Social Sciences
California Institute of Technology
John Milton
International Programs
The
Conservation Foundation
Carter L. Marshall
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Michael Todaro
Social Sciences
Rockefeller Foundation
Old Jelly Mill to Relocate in Manchester Village Mall
Clinton Lewis, former Dummerston jelly mill owner, relocates the Old Jelly Mill to Manchester Village Mall after leasing the Munson barn from Combe Properties. Renovation underway with 5000 square feet of selling space, planned October opening, and a Jellicatessin line of jellies, gourmet foods, cheeses, wines, imported gifts, and exotic clothing.
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Mont
Manchester
Clinton Lewis
Dummerston
Munson
Manchester Village Mall
Combe Properties, Inc
Lewis
Muller, Jordan
Herrick
New York
Jean
Howard Dufresne, Inc
Mill Pond
Ivan Combe
Long View Farms
Vermont
Combe
Loveland Munson
Southwick’s Ltd
Turin Interiors
Old World Antiques
Windham County
Richard E. Alexander
Lorraine
Alexander
Mary Elizabeth Combe
Educator Foster Dulles Buried in Dorset
UPI reports Foster Rhea Dulles 70 famed educator on Asia buried today in Dorset after dying Friday at his Jamaica summer home. A Princeton 1921 grad and former Ohio University history professor, he wrote six books on Asia and foreign affairs and lectured at Bennington Smith Swarthmore Salzburg Tokyo. He leaves widow Marion Richardson and four daughters.
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Asia
Englewood
N.J
Dulles
Princeton University
Christian Science Monitor
Peking
China
New York Herald
Columbia University
Bennington
Smith and Swarthmore Colleges
Ohio University History Department
Seminary of American Studies
Salzburg
Austria
State Department
University of Tokyo
Orient
America
Pacific
Dorset
Jamaica
Marion Richardson
Ski Pointers by John Peckham From North Bennington
John Peckham writes Ski Pointers for October Ski magazine offering beginner skiing tips. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Robert Peckham of Hall Street and is stationed on a mobile naval base near Danang in South Vietnam, taking a break from active skiing.
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John Peckham
Robert Peckham
Hall Street
John
Danang
South Vietnam
Manchester board revisits tuition limits and music funding
The Manchester Board of School Directors discussed limiting enrollment of tuition students at Manchester Elementary due to 65 new registrants and near 600 total. They consider aides for large classes and review a Dorset music instruction plan with pro rated fees and Dorset bus transport. The meeting also covered a new quarterly Burr and Burton billing schedule and school dedication planning for late October National Education Week.
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Manchester
Manchester Elementary
Neil Cross
Robert Wood
Stratton
Peru
Martha Pelton
Wood
Dorset
Helen Mack
Ray Brown
Burr and
Burton Seminary
Burr
Burton
Cross
PTA
Hayes
State Department of Education
Hoosick Falls Community News Highlights Local Healthcare and Education
Ruth O Neil of Willow Street is a patient at Putnam Memorial Hospital in Bennington. Mrs. Frank Reynolds Jr of 68 Wilder Avenue underwent surgery at the same hospital. Mrs Josephine Beaumont of 28 Lyman Street is treated for a fractured shoulder from a home fall Monday. Local students head to college including Stempek siblings at Castleton State College and others entering Syracuse University Skidmore Vassar New England College and Bucknell. An open house marks the 25th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Walter Beckstein at 94 Classic Street. Representatives of industries discuss sewer rates with the village board Tuesday. Hoosick Falls Lodge of Elks initiates five candidates Tuesday. Elks dinner and dance September 19. reservations end September 17. Teachers Association picnic at Redden's Grove on River Road.
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Frank Reynolds Jr
Wilder Avenue
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Josephine Beaumont
Lyman Street
John and
Bill Stempek
Cummings Street
Castleton State College
Castleton
Charles Frazier
Syracuse University
Martha Elliott
Main Street
Vassar College
Susan Elliott
Karen Kovage
Skidmore College
Saratoga
Ann Hyland
New England College
Concord
N.H
Walter Beckstein
Classic Street
Beckstein
Gladys Nyberg
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Hoosick Falls
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Hoosac
Hoosick
N.Y
H. Ashton Crosby
Hoosac School
Donn D. Wright
Crosby
Wright
Millbrook School
Stewart B. Clifford
Marine Corps
Episcopal Church
New York City
St. Bernard’s School
Groton School
Massachusetts
New York University
University of Connecticut
Shakespeare Institute
Stratford
Tax Department
Fairfax Ayres
Richard Bruce
Ayres
Montpelier
Donald
William E. Dailey Jr
Trumbull Hill Road
Cole Hall
Snow
Howard C. Miles
Sheilah Miller
Tom Delaney
George Delaney
University of Notre Dame
South Bend
Ind
Cathey Mullins
Angus MacDonald
Ian
Ricker College
Houston
Maine
Deborah Wendell
Penny Boupton
Deborah Pierce
Arlington
Martha Williamson
Weston
1Lth
Weston Playhouse
Weston Community Club
Farrar-Mansur
Cold Spring Brook Memorial Park
Utrecht
Holland
Tae Noland
Monument Plaza Shopping Ctr
Old
Bonenti Jelly Mill
Foster Dulles
North Bennington
Manchester Board
Burr and Burton
William Barry
Bedford
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
Bennington, VT
Edith Beaumont
Ruth O'Neil
Willow Street
Joseph Allen
Fourth Street
Telestore LaBontee
North Adams
Stanley Butkas
Babcock Lake
SUNY
Morrisville
Ithaca
Anthony Butkas
Hudson Valley Community College
William Rasch
Center Street
Michael Searey
Elm Street
Troy
Plattsburgh
Scott Areson
West Hills
Utica College
Edward Moore
N.Y. State University
Oneonta
James McGuire
Richmond Avenue
Bucknell University
Lewisburg
Hoosick Falls Lodge of Elks
Paul LaPorte
Thomas Wysocki
Teachers’ Association of the
Hoosick Falls Central School
Redden’s Grove
River Road
A. Y
North Adams Hoosack Savings Bank
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