News Items DEADLINE “PRSRT STD” nd The 22 By 6 pm Each Month Current Postal Patron U.S. Postage PAID Box Holder/Rural Route Permit No. 8 Mt. Holly, VT 05758 44/6 August 2018 Church Listings, back page “Who’s Got It Locally?” Mt. Holly Community Asso – Contact Penny Coldwell at 259-2760 Okemo Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce – Marji Graf 228-5830 Town Library: Sat 9-1 Sun 2-4 Mon 10am-6pm Tue 9an-1pm Wed 2-6, P.O. Box 93, Belmont, VT 05730 Call 259-3707 Town Office Hours: Mon. to Thurs. 8:30 am – 4:00 pm Closed Fri. & Holidays Phone & Fax 259-2391 Town Treasurer’s Office Hours: Mon 8:30 am –12:00 pm Wed 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm and by Appointment 802-259-2391 Town Lister’s Hours: Tues 10:00 am – 2:00 pm or by appointment 802-259-2391 Town Garage: 259-3179 Burn Permits: Call Fire Warden ~ Jim Seward 786-3408 or 259-2211 TRANSFER SITE: Wed. 4 pm – 7 pm & Sat. 8 am – 2 pm 1st Moby Dick Author Herman Melville 1819 ~ Star Spangled Banner Author Francis Scott Key 1779 LMHUUSD Ludlow-Mt. Holly Unified Union School District Meeting BRHS Library 6:00 pm 2nd Fire Dept. Business Meeting, Belmont Fire Station 7:00 pm 3rd Christopher Columbus Set Sail w/Nina, Pinta & Santa Maria 1492 Sat 4th Louis Armstrong 1901 ~ US Coast Guard Est. 1790 6th 1st Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima 1945 ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson 1809 7th Selectmen’s Meeting, Town Office 7:30 pm Mt. Holly Community Association Meeting, Library Purple Heart Medal Est. 1782 7:00 pm US Satellite Explorer VI Transmits First Pictures of Earth from Space 1959 8th Fire Dept. Ladies Auxiliary Meeting, Belmont Fire Station 7:00 pm ODD Fellows Meeting, IOOF Hall, Belmont 7:00 pm 9th Fire Dept. Drill, Fire Station 7:00 pm Sat 11th Roast Pork Supper, Benefit Colfax Lodge, Odd Fellows Hall 5:00 pm 13th Rescue Squad Meeting, Rescue Squad Building Annie Oakley born 1860 7:00 pm Alfred Hitchcock born 1899 ~ The Berlin Wall Built 1961 14th Community Guild Meeting, IOOF Hall, Belmont Social Security Act Est. 1935 9:00 am VOTE Primary, Mt. Holly Town Office Polls Open 10:00 am - 7:00 pm 15th Mt. Holly Town Library Meeting, Library, Belmont Woodstock Began 1969 6:30 pm 16th Fire Dept. work night, Fire Stations Great Klondike Gold Rush 1896 7:00 pm 20th Mount Holly Planning Commission, Town Office 7:00 pm Sun 19th Orville Wright Aviation Pioneer Born 1871 21st Mason Meeting, Mt. Moriah Lodge, E. Wallingford Hawaii Becomes 50th State 1959 8:00 pm 22nd ODD Fellows Meeting, IOOF Hall, Belmont 7:00 pm 23rd Fire Dept. 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