Pownal Center Fire Department Fund Drives Gift TV
The Pownal Center Fire Department donated a portable television set as a fund raising prize. Russell Towers of Cheshire Mass received the set at Go Kart races Friday night. Proceeds support the Pownal Center Rescue Squad. Church activities include Sunday School preparations, Youth Group and Nursery services, Youth Fellowship, and a WSCS meeting with local leaders hosting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal Center
Russell Towers
Cheshire
Mass
The
Baptist Church
William Hunsicker
Congregational
North Pownal
Susan Pudvar
WSCS
Methodist Church
Charles F. Mason
Warren Mason
Anson Mason
Manchester Town Clerk Office Closed Labor Day Weekend
The office of Town Clerk Clara May Hemenway will close September 4 and remain closed through Labor Day weekend due to a state statute change. Residents must buy fish and game licenses in their own town. prior rules requiring six months residency or $70 in real estate taxes still apply alongside the new requirement. Also noted is Radioman 3, C. James Nowak of the US Navy aboard USS Brush, helping stem enemy supply flow in South Vietnam as Sea Dragon operations continue off North Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara May Henenway
Miss Hemenway
Vermont
Radioman 3
C. James Nowak
USN
Thaddeus J. Nowak
South Vietnam
North
USS
Brush
Long Beach
Calif
Gulf of Tonkin
North Vietnam
Faces Assault Charge Today At Hoosick Falls
William A. Senecal 23 of Adams will appear in district court Hoosick Falls to face third degree assault from a Five Flys nightclub fracas Friday night. He was arraigned by Justice Restino and released on 100 bail. Dennis M. Bromirski 21 of Hoosick Falls was treated at Mary McClellan Hospital after a bottle hit him during the same incident and released Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
William A. Senecal
Gilead St
Adams
Five Flys
New York State
Senecal
Hoosick Justice of the Peace
Thomas G. Restino
Dennis M. Bromirski
Mary McClellan Hospital
Cambridge
Dorset Votes State Appraisal and Board Expansion
A 12 vote majority approves an $8,000 1968 town budget item for a state appraisal of Dorset’s 759 properties to standardize assessments. Voters also approve expanding the three member Board of Listers to five. The meeting, with 140 legal voters, debated assessment fairness and methods, centering on equal bases and recent sales. Rep. Burns explains assessment law and market value as listers justify figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorset
Robert Nation
Eugene Bond
Arlington Fire Dept reps at Vermont Fire Academy Norwich Univ
Arlington chief C Lee Marsh and firefighters George Zimmer and Danny Zimmer attended the Vermont Fire Academy sponsored by the state Firefighters Association at Norwich University in Northfield over the weekend. Cadette Troop 295 members spent days at Expo 67 with chaperones Mrs. Harry Hayden Mrs. Walter Crawford Princess Crawford and Debbie Rice. Arlington American Association of Retired Persons chapter plans a Sept 12 meeting at 7:30 p.m. in St James Episcopal Church basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Lee Marsh
George
Danny Zimmer
Donald Keough
Arlington Fire Department
Vermont Fire Academy
State Firefighters Association
Norwich University
Northfield
Kendy Brown
Erika Rodics
Elaine Kreel
Joanne Buck
Jackie Hoth
Cadette
Harry Hayden
Walter Crawford
Princess Crawford
Debbie Rice
Arlington
American Association of Retired People
St. James Episcopal Church
Dunbar
Manchester Church Expansion Drive Reaches One Third Goal
More than $60,000 of the $175,000 target has been pledged as First Congregational Church of Manchester begins its Expansion Fund for Christian Service. Sydney N. Stokes announced progress during a dinner at Equinox House with over 120 parishioners. Plans include classrooms office and meeting rooms, with reinforced walls and modernized facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
First Congregational Church
Sydney N. Stokes
Christian Service
Dorset Families and Visitors Share Summer News in Vermont
Dorset residents report summer comings and goings including Deborah Sheldon visiting New York grandparents, the Nichols family moving to Urbana Illinois, and Roy Casey hosting a Junior Home Demonstration Group picnic at Tinmouth Pond. Others return from camps and jobs in Danby Pond Old Lyme and Orange Conn. Marina Svetlova closes her summer camp season with 80 enrollees and Stravinsky’s work performed at the Southern Vermont Art Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deborah Sheldon
Harry Sheldon
South Dorset
Arthur Bannerman
New York
John Nichols
Dorset Hollow
Urbana
Ill
Nichols
University of Illinois
Roy Casey
Tinmouth Pond
Arthur Jones
William Harney
Fredonia
N.Y
Richard Ketcham
Bronxville
Mme
Marina Svetlova
Stravinsky
Igor Bucketoff
Southern Vermont Art Center
Road Work This Week in Montpelier Bennington Area
State Highway Department schedules surface retreatment on Vt. 30 in Dorset and Vt. 30 between Jamaica and Rawsonville and Vt. 100 near West Worcester with flagmen. Traffic will be maintained. The picnic merged with a baby shower for Mrs. William Cairns, formerly of Dorset. Mrs. Joseph King notes the shower cake decorated with babies, made by Mrs. John Coolidge, was beautiful. New officers for the coming season include Mrs. Leon Edgerton, president, plus vice presidents Mrs. Malcolm Clough and Mrs. David Carr, secretary Mrs. Joseph King, and treasurer Mrs. Roger Leach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Bennington County
State Highway Department
William Cairns
Dorset
Manchester
Joseph King
John Coolidge
Leon Edgerton
Malcolm Clough
David Carr
Roger Leach
East Rupert
Community Center Cleans Up as Fall Season Nears
Hoosick Falls Community Center boosts fall prep with exterior painting and a new inviting entry. Open since 1953, the center runs youth programs, a fall schedule for basketball for boys and activities for girls, a ping pong room, dance classes, and a summer playground director oversees activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Town of
Hoosick
American Legion
Hoosick Falls Central School
St. Mary’s Academy
Robert R. Hayden
Francis McEvoy
Morgan Burke
Frank Buswell
William O’rourke Jr
Hoosick St
Hoosick Falls Lions Plan Fund Raising Next Thursday
At the Hoosick Falls Lions Club dinner meeting plans for a Jane Areson Fund raising were suggested. A directors meeting will be held next Thursday at 7 30 p m in the National Commercial Bank Building to finalize arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls Lions Club
National Commercial Bank
Dorset Playhouse Ends Season With Any Wednesday
The Dorset Playhouse closes its season with Muriel Resnick’s Any Wednesday a zany romantic comedy. Lynette Mettey leads as Ellen with Tony Aylward returning as Cass in the Broadway hit’s local run directed by Patricia Carmichael. Costume by Ulla New York lighting by Blanchard Neufeld opening night coffee hour on the patio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorset
Dorset Playhouse
Muriel Resnick
Sandy Dennis
Patricia Carmichael
Lynnette Mettey
Ellen
New York
Tony Aylward
Fred Carmichael
Aylward
Happy
Cass
Betsy Henn
John Cleves
Dorothy
Judith Page Murray
Miss Mettey
Ulla
New York City
George Blanchard
Jane Neufeld
Shaftsbury Fire Auxiliary to Hold Regular Meeting
Shaftsbury The Fire Company Auxiliary will hold its regular meeting Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the firehouse. P Chris Jesperson has returned home after weeks in hospital convalescing satisfactorily and welcomes visits. Booster Night at Taconic Grange Hall saw 32 members and friends with a covered dish supper and program. A Mary Ellen Rogalski fund donation was voted, with Sept 26 supper committee listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Company
Chris Jesperson
Eagle Street
Taconic Grange Hall
the Grange
Chester Platt
Mary Ellen Rogalski
List Glenn Concert Ends Art Center Music Series
Eugene List and Carroll Glenn, a pianist and violinist duo, will close the Southern Vermont Art Center music series in Manchester next Sunday at 8 30 p m. Their fourth joint recital here since 1956 features Vivaldi and Strauss works with solo violin pieces. Tickets may be reserved at the art center box office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Southern Vermont Art Center
Lea Ehrich
Arlington
SVA
Richard Carter Barret
Bennington Museum
Richard M. Jensen
Castleton State College
Norman Rice
Albany Institute of History and Art
SVAC
Eugene List
Carroll Glenn
Vermont State Symphony Orchestra
The
Art Center
Glenn
List
Vivaldi
Richard Strauss
Miss Glenn
Schumann
Chopin
White House
Roosevelt
Truman
Kennedy
Moscow
Prague
Warsaw
America
Mr. List
Eastman School of Music
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pownals
Vera Langlais
Michael Miller
Atkins
Jewelers
Main ST. Bennington
By Marchen Skinner
William Burns
Helene Thompson
Hugh Perkins
Ada M. Breer
Joseph Foster
Edward
Ann
Bennington
Elizabeth S. Brown
Kirby-Smith Associates
Carlton B. Overton
Jerome J. Hevey Jr
Hevey
Joseph E. Fowler
Mildred Palmer
Lexington
Mass. Baptist Convention
Congregationalists
Dorr Sproat
Walter Rigney
Chairman Overton
Fowler
Overton
J. Gilmore Fletcher
Marcen Skinner
Bennington Banner
Main St
Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
UPI
U.S
Areson
Armory
Jane Areson
Manchester Resi
Shaftsbury
Fran Stacy
Taconic Grange
Roger Wood
John Alexonis
Pendleton
Adams Clothes Shop
U. S
Freedom Shares
Freedom
A. No. E
A. No
New Freedom
Treasury Department
Advertising Counci
Bennington, VT
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!