Shaftsbury Fire District picks leaders at annual meeting
At the Shaftsbury Fire District Number One annual meeting, John Wood was elected fire chief, Jesse Strong as treasurer and tax collector, Edward Armstrong as auditor, and David Mattison plus James Thompson named prudential committee members for three and one year respectively. Guy Mattison serves as third committee member. Salaries remain unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury Fire District
John Wood
Jesse Strong
Edward Armstrong
Prudential Committee
David Mattison
James Thompson
Guy Mattison
Firemen Save Wilmington Box Factory Fire
Rapid response from Wilmington Whitingham and Marlboro firefighters controlled a late Friday night blaze at the old Wilmington Box Factory. Damages under $5,000, origin in a sawdust pit under construction, likely sparks from a welding machine. New owner Lincoln Haynes plans simulated barn wood production by summer and approved budget items and permits noted for town officials and residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Whitingham and
Marlboro
Lincoln Haynes
Haynes
Pownal Little League plans meet for third season
An organizational meeting for the third annual Pownal Little League was held at Maurice Hight’s home with an advisory committee. Registration forms are available at local outlets and must be returned April 27. A 7:30 p.m. committee meeting will set teams and coaches, with adults urged to assist. Also noted were Scout Troop 347 meeting and church class activities. Easter Seal funds total $479.50 locally, down from 1970. Fire alarm system tests begin May 7. Ogden Nash remains in critical condition at Johns Hopkins Hospital after abdominal surgery and kidney treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Maurice Hight
Alfred Chenaille
Paul Tifft
Paul Clark
Edward Reynolds
James McLenahan
Gardner’s
Pownal Center
Dave’s Market
South Pownal
Hight
Charles W. Rounds
Baltimore
UPI
Ogden Nash
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Nash
Hopkins
Shaftsbury Selectmen Hit With Possible Open Dump Suit
Shaftsbury selectmen faced a looming state lawsuit over maintaining an open dump. They sought an immediate landfill readied waiver, discussed Cole Hall beautification with Lions Club and Garden Club, considered a 50 50 purchase of a Partner K 12 saw for fire crews, and announced town actions including extra road funds a new liquor license and an auditor appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Selectmen
State Health Department
Agency For Environmental Conservation
Merton Snow
Cole Hall
NorShafts Lions Club
Lucien Hanks
Henry Harrington
The
Lions
Shaftsbury Garden Club
David Mattison
James Thompson
John Wood
Eagle Square
Iron Kettle
Eric Adler
David A. Rees
Snow
Arlington Library Book Sale and Cancer Crusade Volunteers
Arlington hosts a paper back sale during school hours at Arlington Memorial High and Fisher School libraries this week. Town chairman John B. deBrun lists volunteers aiding the American Cancer Society April 1971 Crusade. Arlington aims to raise $800 with 60 percent staying in Vermont to aid local Vermonters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington Memorial High School
Fisher School
John B. deBrun
Arlington Town
American Cancer Society
Arthur Moody
Thomas Weakley
Anthony Mento
Wayne King
William Sheldon
Edwin W. Elmore
Edward Doyle
Browner Bacon
Alden Lane
Walter Corey
Herbert Scott-Smith
John Simson
John Brehm
Nancy McGuire
Thurston Hulet
Herbert Stratton
Elaine Kreel
Lawrence Pratt
Roger Mears
Lillian Immen
Raymond Carrol
Nelson Berry
Larry Davis
Calvin Andrews
Orlando Cullinan
Roland Cormier
Arlington
Vermont
Smith College Quartet Recital At Thompson Memorial Chapel
The Smith College Quartet with Kenneth Fearn at the piano performs a program including Haydn and Bartok string quartets plus Franck piano quintet at Williams College Thompson Memorial Chapel. Members Naegele Sessions Wallfisch Sessions and principal details. admission charged, Williams students free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Mass
Smith College
Kenneth Fearn
Thompson Memorial Chapel
Williams College
Haydn
Bartok
Franck Piano Quintet
Philipp Naegele
Giovina Sessions
Ernst Wallfisch
John Sessions
Williams College Department of Music
Williams
Williams senior wins Marshall Scholarship to Cambridge
Williams College senior John D. Finnerty has won a Marshall Scholarship, selecting Queen's College, Cambridge, to pursue two years of graduate study in economics after a Williams major in mathematics. The award supports tuition, living and travel expenses for study in Britain. Finnerty, a Benedict Prize winner and dean's list student, is the fifth Williams recipient since 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Mass
John D. Finnerty
Williams College
John J. Finnerty
McKinley Ave
West Caldwell
N.J
Marshall
England
Queen’s College
Cambridge University
Williams
Finnerty
Moody
Oxford University
James Caldwell High School
Williams Record
Arlington Couple Celebrates Golden Anniversary at Arlington Firehouse
Mr. and Mrs. Leland Rudd of Arlington marked 50 years of marriage with a buffet supper for about 200 guests at the No. Bennington firehouse Saturday. They wed April 16, 1921 in East Arlington. Attendants were Mrs. Rudd’s sister Mrs. Emery White. They have four children: Helen Bearden, F. John Hawley, James, and Nelson. Guests traveled from Massachusetts New York Vermont and California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Leland Rudd
No. Bennington
East Arlington
Mable Winch
Rudd
Emery White
Helen Bearden
F. John
Anna) Hawley
James
Farm
Dorset Hosts 25th Anniversary Open House for Coolidges
An open house honoring Mr and Mrs John Coolidge marks their 25th anniversary this Saturday from 7 to 10 pm in the United Church vestry. A money tree will be presented. The Dorset Church Women’s Fellowship holds a spring rummage sale the following Thursday May 6 in the church vestry from 10 am to 8 pm offering household wares and clothing for all ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownie Troop
Whimsey Farm
Maple Sugar House
Leland Rudd
Brownies
Rock R. Rogers
Mary Stroffoleno
Pam Hayes
Kim Wyman
Nancy Brown
Susan Pike
Brenda Hoyt
Jean Macksey
Ginny Legacy
Kelly Mattison
Walter Crawford
John Coolidge
United Church of Dorset
Women’s Fellowship
The
Dorset
North Bennington Residents Named to Dean's List and Cancer Crusade Notes
Arthur B. Coxsee of North Bennington is named to Wentworth Institute’s dean’s list for the first semester. Mrs. Sanford Buxbaum leads North Bennington’s American Cancer Society April Crusade with urging house-to-house canvassing and emphasis on early detection and Pap Smear testing for uterine cancer. Local auxiliaries include many named volunteers. donations accepted by phone or mail. Also, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Watson return from Florida visit with Deborah Wilkinson. Tucker Lodge 48 F and AM holds annual meeting at Masonic Temple. Baptist Church Women sponsor a food sale at McCullough Library on Saturday from 11 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur B. Coxsee
North Bennington
Wentworth Institute
Boston
Wentworth
Sanford Buxbaum
American Cancer Society
North Bennington Crusaders
Buxbaum
Stuart Preston
John Thomson
Larry Robinson
David Hapgood
Edward Brubaker
Albert White
Patty Elwell
Carlton Willis
Henry Gratton
Edward Barber
Dorothy Buxbaum
Patricia Corcoran
Mary Kenyon
Jay Goodrich
Nina Flanders
Barbara Russ
Susan Sorensen
Pamela Burke
Margaret Hurley
Kimberley Lasher
Leonard Rowe
Bennington College
Tucker Lodge 48 F&am
Masonic Temple
Bank Street
Women’s Fellowship of the Baptist Church
McCullough Library
South Cambridge residents help cancer crusade drive
Margaret Aiken and Kenneth L. Aiken return home for summer from Western Michigan University and McClellan Hospital. Dozens of area residents including Mrs. Anthony Turi and Miss Janette Austin plan canvassing for the annual cancer crusade fund. The combined church service will be held Sunday at 10 30 am at South Cambridge United Methodist Church with Rev Oswald A Muller in charge. Sunday school is at 9 am. Scrap paper can be left at the church shed or called in for collection. Francis Wade and Lloyd Knowlton Sr spent Wednesday in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cancer Crusade Fund
Anthony Turi
South Cambridge
Donald Herrington
Lee and
Durfee Roads
Malcolm Hamilton
Whiteside
Tollison
Janette Austin
Morris
Yanke
South Roads
George Em Dickinson
Belbe
South Cambridge United
O— Francis Wade
Lloyd Knowlton Sr
New York City
Fourth grader wins 4 H sewing event in Arlington
Shane Crawford, nine, of East Arlington, displays a blue ribbon for excellence in sewing at the Bennington County 4 H Clothing Review held at Fisher School. He modeled a striped denim two piece vest and bell bottoms, was the sole boy among 77 entrants, and has sewn about a year. His excellent score earned state day in Barre on May 15 was blocked by age, as entrants must be 12. County youth agent William C. Snow presented the award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Shane Crawford
East Arlington
Bennington County
Fisher School
Shane
Barre
William C. Snow
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Sheilah Miller
Fire Department
K-12
Wesley Bump
Ralph Percy
Wallace Jones
Raymond Goffin
Sam Batonik
Almon Wetherell
Christian Ambruster
Steven Goodrich
Frederick Mehlaen
Ernest Costa
Pownals
Vera Langlais
Ed Reynolds
General Cable Corp
William Casey
Bennington
Main ST. Bennington
Roosters
Pe. Fisrman
Main St
Cafe Diable
Rome
New Ashford
Pittsfield
AST
Helene Thompson
United States
David C. Rikert
Matthew H. Wikander
Cambridge
U.S
George C. Marshall
Britain
Ingdale
L.L
Nelson
Sunland
Calif
Rose Hulett
Alice Davis
Buzzards Bay
Long Island
Troy
Granville
N.Y
Rutland, Essex Junction
Rupert
Mrs
Javery
Ernest H. Javery
Alan H. Page
South Street
Leroy Watson
Prospect Street
Florida
Richard Wilkinsons
Mrs. Wilkinson
Deborah
Margaret Aiken
Mary Aiken
McClellan Hospital
Kenneth L. Aiken
Western Michigan University
Dale MacNeil
David, Mark and
Carol
Bexleigh
Kenneth E. Aiken
Lane
Kane Inc
Bennington, Va
Dial
Chaombight Family
Fienberg
Main Street
Mount Anthony Union High School
Mildred D. Spargo
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