Manchester Poll Supports U S 7 Bypass Plan
A Manchester Chamber survey of 850 residents returned 60 percent participation with a strong majority favoring a U S 7 bypass around town. The location remains undecided with hearings planned after the new year to discuss east versus west routes and river flood concerns near the Battenkill River. Construction is targeted for 1966 or 1967.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Manchester Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
State Highway Department
R. Gordon Hurley
Highway Department
Hoosick Falls Theater Group Plans Recorders and Shows
The Little Theater of Hoosick Falls met at Mrs. Harry Fink's Main Street home to discuss buying a tape recorder for rehearsals and for sound effects. They reported progress on The Two Mrs. Carrolls, set to show January 18 and 19, and refreshments were served by the hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falls
Harry Fink
Main Street
Taylor Stepping Down as Head of Hoosick Kiwanis
Arthur Taylor presided at his last Hoosick Falls Kiwanis meeting and thanked directors and officers. He will relinquish his post to president elect Walter Hartman next week as new officers and board are installed January 8. Rev Lawrence L Plumley spoke, noting his move to Albion New York and discussing commercialization of Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Arthur Taylor
Kasmer Stempek
Henry Cramer
Plumley
Kiwanis
Christmas visits and lodge rentals fill Wilmington area
A string of visits and stays across the region includes Mr and Mrs Alfred Rehnberg of Somers Conn visiting Mrs Leo Berry in Wilmington at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Kenneth Berry of Coventry Conn visited, and David and May Gillis of Magog Quebec have rented the Peppermint Stick Lodge from George Veillard and family in Fairport and Wilmington. The Gillises run the lodge in the Veillards pattern with children John and Anne. Tom Bowman and Tom Kreiden of Lebanon Pa are guests of the Herbert Long family at Chalet Waldwinkel. Philip Long, home from Brattleboro for holiday recess, and Mrs Ethel Jones of Grandville NY spent Christmas weekend with Clinton Hall family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Rehnberg
Somers
Conn
Leo Berry
Wilmington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Kenneth Berry
Coventry
John
Anne
Tom Bowman
Tom Kreiden
Lebanon
Herbert Long
Chalet Waldwinkel
Longs
Philip Long
Brattleboro
Ethel Jones
Grandville
N.Y
Clinton Hall
11 Room House Moved Along US 7 To West Farm
An 11 room house, 26 by 36 feet, was moved from near Emerald Lake to the Lewis West farm north of Manchester after being auctioned by the Highway Department. Desautels House Movers guided the two day journey with state police escort then city police escort, navigating wires and limbs. The Wests plan to add two fireplaces and restore a porch, hoping to move in by spring.
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Manchester
U.S. 7
East Dorset
Emerald Lake
US. 7
Lewis West Farm
Route 30
Bradford West
James O’brien
Highway Department
O’brien
Desautels House Movers of
Middlebury
North Road
Dana Thompson
West Barn
Wests
Pownals Holiday Guests From Colleges and Military Leaves
Several local college students are home for the holidays from Miss Norma Fowler University of Missouri in Columbia and others from Vermont Technical College Cortland State Teachers College Columbia Bible College University of Vermont and University of New Hampshire. Two local boys on leave are Airman Lyle Jelley from North Pownal and Pvt. Stuart Pratt from Fort Knox. Reverend Bagley announces his sermon topic for Sunday and a church choir rehearsal is set for January 3. A note on unused ski skates tells of Alan Langlais waiting to use his new skates during holiday weather and a week-long virus confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Pownals
Norma Fowler
University of Missouri
Columbia
Byron Towslee
Vermont Technical College
Randolph
Doris Mason
Cortland State Teachers College
Cortland
N.Y
Elizabeth Hatch
Paul Hatch
Columbia Bible College
Columbia, S.C
Joyce Carlson
University of Vermont
Jane Gardner
University of New Hampshire
Lyle Jelley
North Pownal
U.S. Navy
Key West
Florida
Pvt
Stuart Pratt
South Pownal
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Santa
Langlais
Alan
Christmas Newsboard from North Bennington and Nearby
Community notes include no choir rehearsal at Congregational Church tonight and a Christmas film showing on Sunday December 30 at 4 30 pm with free admission. Local families welcome new baby Michael Lewis Serre grandson of Edna White and Barbara Kipp visits from Washington for holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Serre
North Adams
Mass
Michael Lewis
Serre
Beatrice White
Edna White
School Street
Barbara Kipp
Department of Defense
McNamara
Washington
Charles Kipp
Fred Welling
Mattapoisett
Leo Keoughs
Bob
Edward Nash
Frank
New Jersey
Religious Education Committee of
The
Congregational Church
Hong Kong
Holiday Visitors Gather at local households for weekend
East Arlington and surrounding towns host a string of visitors over the holiday weekend. Names include Ethel Bennett and the Poore family from Springfield Massachusetts, Henry Wellspeak hosts in Mt. Pleasant, and others visiting from Baltimore Nutley Passaic Burlington Long Island and Great Lakes naval bases. Church services at Federated Church feature a 10 am morning service and a 11 am Sunday School with a sermon titled Should Such a Man As I Flee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Bennett
Charles Poore
Springfield
Mass
Henry Wellspeak
Mt. Pleasant
B. R. Fisher
Baltimore
George Albee
S.M. Bytrnes
Long Island
N.Y
Donald Davis
Richard
Great Barrington
Charles Davis
Thomas Lawrence
Great Lakes Naval Base
Albert Lawrence
Raymond Carangio
Great Lakes Base
Frederick Quinn
Bill Hayden
Mary Beth
UVM
Harry Hayden
Raymond Clark
Spofford
N.H
Lyle Salter
Warrick
R.I
Miner Clark
Federated Church
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Battenkill River
Rutland Railroad
Batten Kill
Vermont Bank & Trust Co
Vermont Bank
Bennington
FLUC
Edith Beaumont
Little Theater of
Hoosick
Ronald Badgeley
Pittstown
James F. Nelson
Louise
Nancy
Nelson
Mountain City
Tenn
Robert Bosworth
Slingerlands
James Smith
Diane
Syracuse
Noveck-Shultz, Inc
Bennington, VI
Dial
Taylor
Hoosick Kiwanis
Dover
Carlo Walter Tel
Mays
Ates
Macy
OTOL
CMG
Deva
Swift
Giesha Brand
NBC
Bao
U.S
Maine
Rec
Vera Langlais
James H. Bagley
North Bennington
Elizabeth Dwyer
Larry Herrington
Clifford Herrington
Puddin’ Hill
Fred Ester
Finast
Ester
Pownals Me
O'X
East Arlington
Sunderland
Robert Shuffleton
Lawrence Benjamin
Stamford
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