Manchester Selectmen Detail Plans At Public Meeting
Manchester selectmen presented the proposal to build a town office at a public meeting in the elementary school's auditorium drawing 35 attendees. They outlined costs, vault features, and space gains for town clerk, manager, and records. A special town meeting on December 7 will vote on borrowing 30,000 dollars for construction and related costs.
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Manchester Selectmen
Manchester
Ferdinand Bonegartz
Bongartz
Manchester Center
Hanley
Thomas Hanley
Bonegartz
Henry B. van Loon
Mason B. Barney
Selectman Zecher
Zecher
Reid Lefevre
Lefevre
Luksus
Benington
Selectman I
Stanford Zecher
Selectman
Ferdinand Bongartz
Operation Friendship Plans Open For Holiday Hosts
Dorset invites local families to host graduate students from around the world during the holidays under the Operation Friendship program. Applications are due by December 9, with bus space limited. Hosts in Dorset Manchester area can contact Mrs. John Hawkes or Mrs. Edith Snare for details.
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New York City
United States
Dorset
Dorset-Manchester
John Hawkes
Edith Snare
Dorset Historical Society Meets In Dorset
Dorset Historical Society's annual meeting drew about 50 attendees. Eugene Bond announced the acquisition of a portrait of Dr. William Jackson, given by his great great grandchildren Arthur Washburn and his sister. Prof. Alfred Gilbert recalled Dr. Jackson as minister of Dorset Church from 1796 to 1842.
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Dorset
Dorset Historical Society
Eugene Bond
William Jackson
Arthur Washburn
New Hope
Alfred Gilbert
Jackson
Doreset
Santa's Back at Hoosick Falls Christmas Eve
Hoosick Falls Santa Walter Wir musky will greet townsfolk from 5 to 7 this evening in front of the Municipal Building and give candy to children. Sponsored by the Blessed Virgin Mary Sodality the event also sells Christmas ornaments to fund a future members trip.
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Hoosick Falls
N. Y
Walter Wirmusky
Blessed Virgin Mary Sodality
Rabbit Flopsy Delights Manchester Family and Neighbors
In Manchester Center Mr and Mrs Sammy Greenberg and daughter Freda host Flopsy the five year old female rabbit. The omnivorous pet chews wallpaper plants and even gum while posing for photos. Freda explains Flopsy’s antics and the family recalls multiple crises from plaster to carpet damage.
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Manchester
Sammy Greenberg
Manchester Center
Freda
Flopsy
Froda
Sammy
Greenberg
Edith Greenberg
Rabbit
Ringhesier
Thanksgiving Gatherings Across Baldwin Family
Billy and Betty Ann Baldwin visited grandmother Mrs Hazel Baldwin assistant registrar from New England Baptist Hospital Boston. Mr and Mrs Harry Griswold Sr Averill Park shared holiday dinner with daughter Mrs Robert Baldwin. Mrs Hazel Baldwin of Boston attended the funeral of her uncle William Colvin in North Bennington.
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Billy
Betty Ann Baldwin
Hazel Baldwin
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston
Harry Griswold Sr
Averill Park
Robert Baldwin
North Bennington
William Colvin
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Ing
Howard Ducfresne
Earl Russell
Milt Rockwell
Selectmen
Ade
Edith Beaumont
Guy
Ida L.) Phillips
Elm St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Jackson Matthews
Peru, Vt
International House
Vermont
Springfield
Pawlet
Peru
Society
Santa
Windall
John O. Slade
Vernet Slason
Elsie Crowninshield
Hubert Crowe Winshield
Jamaica
California
Felix J. Sieg
Winhall
Palomar Hospital
Esecandido
Harvey
Fienberg’s
Main ST
Walloomsac
Bertha Hoag
First National Stores
North
Bennington Road
Bennington, Yt
Richmond
Dial
Main Street
Hayne
Woolworths
Ares
Sworth’s
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