East Arlington Naturalist Turns Rabbit Patch into Tree Farm
Miss Julia Shipman, a gardener, naturalist and teacher, retires from Mt. Holyoke College and settles in Arlington Vermont. She transforms a rabbit-infested plot behind her house into a thriving tree farm with 500 trees, while also leading bird walks and collecting dolls and stamps. She taught geography at multiple institutions across 12 states and traveled to 49 states plus abroad.
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East Arlington
Julia Shipman
Mt. Holyoke College
South Hadley
Mass
Shipman
Vermont
Arlington
Miss Shipman
University of
Maine
Arlington Garden Club
Nevada
Australia
Arlington Chickadee
Peru-Landgrove News Briefs Include Flood Pumping and School Paper
The Peru Fire Dept aided by local volunteers Daulton Mann and Thomas Dibble pumped floodwater from Miss Florence Holcomb’s cellar to prevent danger. Peru selectmen held a quiet meeting reviewing bills. The Peru Herald school paper featured student pieces, poems, cartoons, and a farewell editorial by Linda Johnson. VFW Post 6471 elected new officers at an April meeting. installation with the auxiliary set for May 22. Families traveled to Buffalo and New Jersey for business and vacation.
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Peru Fire Dept
Florence Holcomb
Daulton Mann
Thomas Dibble
Mann
S.R. Ogden Jr
Landgrove
Buffalo
N.Y
Mary Ogden
S.R. Ogden Sr
Peru
Raymond Farnum
Farnum
Peru Herald
VFW
Harned-Fowler
Lynn Averill
Irving Jones
Charles Hosley
John West
Albert Kent
Fred Wyman
Conrad Merritt
Clarence Wyman
Eber Sessions
Clem Viault
John
Daffodils, Tulips Backdrop for Julia Shipman Home
Winter fall left Julia Shipman with a broken ankle but she keeps up through neighbor Betty Johnston who brings notes from three meetings she attended before immobilization. A former Arlington School Board member, she values curriculum change and education methods, proudly displays a state Board of Education merit certificate.
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Betty Johnston
Arlington School Board
State Board of Education
Julia Shipman
Also Mentioned on This Page
East Arlington Naturalist
Betty Trachte
Federated Garden Club of Vermont
Keene, N.H
Otis
Basketville Inc
Basket Barn
Manchester, Vt
Alice Dibble
Linda Johnson
Gail Norse
Manchester
Jackie Breen
United Counseling Service
Dewey Street
Bennington
Red Brick School
Alice Miller
Lorraine Eastman
Frank Brownell
New Jersey
Helene Thompson
Hazel Louise Kay
Hazel Miles
Wilfrid Lay
Eapolis
Minn
Gaynell Jepson
Long Meadow
Paul Jones
Turkeys
SWIFT
Prem Swift
DERS
River Valley
de AS
School Street
Drysdale’s
Armory Lot
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