Christmas Day Calls From Tokyo Drive Norman Thompsons
Timothy Thompson, stationed with the armed forces in Tokyo, phoned his Norman H. Thompson family to wish them well on Christmas morning. Town Clerk Clara May Hemenway will issue 1966 hunting licenses after 5 pm tonight. town offices close Friday at 3 pm and reopen January 3. Poll tax payments due by January 1 to avoid license and voting penalties. non residents with operator licenses unaffected. Sarah Jackson, at Raymond Hebert’s Cottage Street home, handles taxes. First Congregational Church Annual Meeting set for January 16 with Don Lee serving dinner after services. church office requests annual reports by January 7.
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Timothy Thompson
Norman H. Thompsons
Tokyo
Japan
Thompson
Clara May Hemenway
Sarah Jackson
Raymond Hebert
Cottage Street
Manchester Center
First Congregational Church
Don Lee
Thank You Note For Flowers And Get Well Cards
A hospital stay prompted a heartfelt thanks from Arlington resident Helene Thompson to friends and relatives for flowers gifts and cards received during her illness.
Manchester Park Owner Plans High Regulated Trailer Community
Manchester center owner William Bischoff pushes a 20-trailer park with 55 strict rules aimed at “credit to the community.” The plan, behind his restaurant, faces protest from the Manchester Garden Club due to proximity to Mt. Laurel School. Rules restrict fuel tank visibility, lawn watering permits, TV antenna use, and even bird feeders to one per trailer.
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Bischoff
William Bischoff
U.S. 7
Manchester Center
Mt. Laurel
Ringheiser
Manchester Garden Club
Zion Church School Hosts Development Center Children
Children from the Manchester Child Development Center visited Zion Church School for a Tuesday evening gathering with church school children and families. The event featured a pot luck supper and two Christmas films, with hospitality led by Barbara Nawrath and a team including Grace Parker and Virginia Ritchie. Two Peruvian mathematics teachers joined as guests, adding an international note, and a movie program followed supper.
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Manchester
Zion
Manchester Welfare and Nursing Association
Barbara Nawrath
Ronald Ritchie
Grace Parker
Doreen Peters
Virginia Ritchie
Kelly Nawrath
Marshall Peters
Robert L. Clayton
Angus Black
William Griffith
Lima
Frank J. Starzel
South Londonderry
Demags’ General Store Hit by Double Christmas Crashes
A holiday crash spree at BONDVILLE General Store left Ella and Luman Demag shaken after a motorist skidded onto the lot, damaging a parked Scout, then another vehicle plowed into the yard, breaking a porch pillar and collapsing the roof and entrance onto Luman’s car.
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Bondville
Ella
Luman Demag
Demag
Luman
Manchester Selectmen Explain Award of Office Building Bid
The Manchester Board explains the $27,922.15 Norman Construction bid for the town office building over Laviana Construction. Laviana protested a higher bid, but officials cited a $30,000 total including land and options. A junk yard issue was discussed and generator plans were shot down due to DoD surplus sales freezes.
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Manchester Selectmen
Manchester
Laviana
Norman
Woodard
Selectmen
Bomosee
Ferdinand Bongartz
Orrin H. Beattie
J. Stanford Zecher
Bongartz
John Hutton
State Department of Administration
Department
Department of Defense
Henry B. van Loon
van Loon
Harassing calls disrupt Manchester Center emergency line
Manchester Town Manager James L. Woodard reported a series of harassing calls to the town office emergency phone. The callers, sounding like kids, claimed a fire and hung up without providing a location. All police and fire reports go through the town dispatcher at Manchester Center firehouse as part of an emergency power supply plan.
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Manchester
James L. Woodard
Woodard
Manchester Center
Dorset Resident Quoted in National Magazine Feature
A Dorset summer resident Gibson Winters is cited in Newsweek’s lead analysis of U S Protestantism titled Time for a Second Reformation Winters, professor of social ethics at the University of Chicago Divinity School, discusses inner city ministry, its church within a church structure, and efforts to engage unemployed and racially segregated communities. His family details and academic works are noted, including Love and Conflict and Amherst College alumnus son Mark and daughters Jackie Sarah and Ann.
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Dorset
Newsweek Magazine
U.S
Gibson Winters
Dorset Hollow
Blair
Winters
Divinity School
University of Chicago
Ber
Mark
Amherst College
Jackie
Northfield School
Sarah
Bryn Mawr
Ann
Minnesota
Jones Named Shaftsbury Postmaster
Shaftsbury Arthur Jones has been appointed acting postmaster, taking over from Anson Hawkins who served nearly 34 years. Hawkins retired officially Tuesday as Jones, recommended by the Town Democratic Committee and approved by federal authorities, begins duties. Jones, his wife, and two children reside on Cleveland Avenue. Mrs Almon Wetherell becomes regular clerk replacing Hawkins. Substitute clerks Mrs Howard Stevens and Mrs Harry Sanders continue.
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Shaftsbury
Arthur
Jones
Anson Hawkins
Hawkins
Town Democratic Committee
Eagle Square Mfg. Co
Almon Wetherell
Howard Stevens
Harry Sanders
Stanley
Melissa
Cleveland Avenue
Manchester school chief explains effect of salary rise on budget
Manchester Superintendent Neil E. Cross outlined that calendar year 1966 teacher salary costs will run about 158,900 dollars, reflecting the new salary schedule approved by directors and assuming no further raises. He noted the cost rise from 1965 to 1966 is about 5,007 dollars and projected 1967 costs at 165,068 dollars, an increase of 8,620.
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Manchester
Neil E. Cross
Cross
Granville
N.Y
Roy Casey
Winhall Holiday Guests Prompt Bus Delays Complaints
Mrs Louise Hughes of North Caldwell New Jersey visited Sky Harbor Vermont with James Ball family over Christmas. Pvt Arthur Magoon stationed at Fort Dix New Jersey spent four day leave with his mother Vera Magoon and brothers. Miss Susie Betsy and Judy Horner of Glen Ridge New Jersey stayed with the Balls. Roland Lackey of Bloomfield Connecticut spent holidays on Win Hall Hollow Road. Casey complained of long bus lines delaying students homeward travel and winter road conditions. Cross questioned Casey about late arrivals in Manchester and Dorset.
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Louise Hughes
North Caldwell
N.J
James Ball
Sky Harbor
el Arthur Magoon
Fort Dix
Vera Magoon
Susie
Betsy
Judy Horner
Glen Ridge
Roland Lackey
Bloomfield
Conn
Winhall Hollow Road
Casey
Manchester
Dorset
Cross
Manchester Bank Names Benningtonian to Staff
Manchester announces Richard Dame will join the full-time staff at the First National Bank of North Bennington office. Dame, a teller and loan officer, comes from North Bennington main office after 3.5 years. He was educated in Cambridge and Albany, married to Judith Tefft, with one child, residing in Clark's Woods Bennington.
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Manchester
First National Bank of North Benington
Richard Dame
Dame
North Bennington
First National Bank
Manufacturers National Bank of Troy
Oakley K. Porter
Harold Cross
Cambridge
N.Y
Albany Business College
Judith Tefft
Bennington
Clark’s Woods
New Year Masses Planned at St John the Baptist Church
North Bennington church schedules New Year Day masses at 8 9 30 and 11 30 a m and 5 30 p m with confessions listed Friday at 4 and 7 30 p m.
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St. John the Baptist Church
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Brother Juniper
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Sheila Bourn
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Tommy Bush
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Melissa Crandall
Scott Dufresne
Michelle Martel
Winifred Sargent
David Shores
Alice Sweeney
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Selecte
Selects
South St. Bennington
National Magazine
Winhall
John O. Slade
Wes
Richville Rd
Battenkill Dodge Sales & Service
Manchester Bank
Benningtonian
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Purdy’s Inc
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