Ice Storm Knocks Out Power in Manchester Area
Icy limbs felled utility lines in Dorset and Green Peak Saturday night causing hour long outages and dimmed lights in parts of Manchester. CVPS crews and aid from Rutland and Bennington responded as branches arced between wires and sometimes melted, while other times the system shorted. Police logged six weekend accidents involving nine out of town drivers, all minor, amid freezing conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Dorset
Green Peak
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
CVPS
John Lowre
Vass Man Killed In Wilmington Crash
Frederick N Coperthwait III age 25 of Hingham Mass died from injuries after a head on collision on Route 100 near Fat City restaurant just north of Wilmington Village early Saturday. A 1968 convertible and a 1968 sedan collided as they neared Medbury's Corner, driver Michael Taylor 22 of Philadelphia Pa, along with seven others treated for bumps at Deerfield Valley Clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Frederick N. Coperthwait III
Steamboat Lane
Hingham
Mass
Wilmington Village
Fat City
Coperthwait
Michael Taylor
Philadelphia
Medbury’s Corner
Deerfield Valley Clinic
Shaftsbury Visitors and Obituaries in Vermont Notes
Shaftsbury hosts Mr and Mrs Heil Reed as Dr John L Petelle and former Roberta Reed, now Mrs Petelle, with her husband chairing UNL speech and drama. Ira Manross returns from Oakhurst to visit relatives. Coperthwait dies after scene treatment by Dr H Kingsley Dumont. Vermont reports 130 highway fatalities in 1968 and a holiday visit by Angus Macdonald’s family. Mrs LeRoy Becker hospitalized with extended stay anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heil T. Reed
John L. Petelle
Hoosick Falls Resident Treated After Local Attack
Edith Beaumont and Edward Hackett of Oakley Avenue report a local incident in Hoosick Falls. Hackett returned home Tuesday from Putnam Memorial Hospital with a broken jaw sustained Saturday night during an attack by an instructor at a local facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Hackett
Eokley Avenue
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Lions Sponsor Ski Lessons in Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls Lions Club will sponsor four ski sessions for local youths starting this Saturday at 10 a.m. at the west end of the country club golf course. Sessions run 10 to noon each Saturday weather and ski conditions permitting with Petersburg Pass instructors. The top improving boy and girl will win season tickets to Petersburg Pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
Hoosick
Country Club
Petersburg Pass
Sugaring-off TOPS Meeting In Arlington Tonight
Arlington notes a regular weekly Sugaring-off TOPS meeting set for 7 p.m. at the Community House. The Arlington Garden Club announced prize winners for Christmas decorations in West Arlington and at the local church. Peru Fire Co thanks contributors for the Hunters' Supper. Peru School recesses for Christmas to Jan 2 as inns fill with visitors and skiers. Mrs A M Pitcher flew to Albany to spend Christmas with her son’s family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington Garden Club
Charles Farrell Jr
West Arlington
Rt. 313
Arthur Moody
School Street
West Arlington Church
Peru Volunteer Fire Co
Peru
A. M. Pitcher
Albany
Sunderland Controversy Flares Over School Revote
Sunderland School Board denounces false revote claims by petitioners led by John Lake and criticizes Leon Cole for misrepresenting facts. They cite Arlington Union limits and Fisher school expansion as obstacles, noting Arlington demands K-6 elementary schools in each town with shared services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunderland
John Lake
Leon Cole
Arlington
Eleanor Raftery
Fisher School
Arlington Board
Lawrence
Stewart Hall
Cole
Village Gallery Announces Two One Man Exhibitions
The Village Gallery of the Southern Vermont Artists in Manchester will open two solo shows on January 10 and run through February 1. Adele Godchaux from Marshfield presents newly completed small abstractions in mixed media.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Village
Vermont
Adele Godchaux
Marshfield
Union Street
Dan Noble Named Man of the Year for 1968
Dan Noble of Manchester Depot was chosen as Man of the Year 1968 by The Paul Revere Life Insurance Co Rutland agency for outstanding sales and service. He received a citation at a Rutland agency meeting after joining Worcester, Massachusetts based firm a year ago. Noble is active in church and civic affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Dan Noble
Manchester Depot
Rutland
Paul Revere Life Insurance Co
Marshall W. Coxsee
Rutland Agency
Noble
Worcester, Mass
Pueblo Sailor Reaches Mother After Release From Korea
Williamstown Massachusetts Mrs Lina Shepard mother of U S Navy PO J C James A Shepard one of 82 Pueblo crewmen in San Diego after North Korea release received a late Saturday phone call from her son He said the crewmen are not left alone and he was feeling pretty good He could not reveal details and noted he might be home in three weeks or more
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Mass
Lina Shepard
U.S. Navy
Masons Elect Wahler Worshipful Master
Hoosick Falls Van Rensselaer Lodge F AM elected T James Wahler as Worshipful Master at its meeting last week Wahler a teacher at HFCS succeeds J Arba Brenenstuhl Other officers include Harold W Haner Albert J Wright and Glen S Rowlands Guy H Philips was reelected treasurer for his 32nd term Retiring master Brenenstuhl became a three year trustee An nual reports were heard A roast beef supper preceded the election Installation is set for January 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis
Nina) Downing
van Rensselaer
OES
Raymond Calhoun
Irving Stevens
Harold Haner
Clyde Smith
Downing
Sarah Whitman
Calhoun
Helen Cantelo
Hazel Hill
Hoosick Falls
van Rensselaer Lodge F&am
T. James Wahler
Wahhler
HFCS
J. Arba Brenenstuhl
Harold W. Haner
Buskirk
Albert J. Wright
North Hoosick
Glen S. Rowlands
Guy H. Philips
Hoosick
Brenenstuhl
Arlden Olson
Temple Association
George Chatfield
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kelton Miller
Thurston
Mattison
Bennington
Lowre
Brattleboro
Vass
Shaftsbury
Sheilah Miller
Ira Manross
Oakhurst
N.J
H. Kingsley Dumont
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
Angus Macdonald
Ian
LeRoy Becker
Edith Beaumont
Lions
Santa
Carl Easter
Holiday Drive
Murry
Helene Thompson
Alice Dibble
Igger Ennington
Adams
Clothes
Wilmington Selectmen
Village Gallery
Gadchaux
Tulane University
New School
New York
Hartman and
Kunyoski
Art Center
New York Public Library
New England
Northfield University
United States
Lewis Deane
Poultney
Art Students’ League of New York
Robert Laurent
Harry Sternberg
Rico LeBrun
Atkins
Jewelers
Main St
Pueblo
Masons
Wahler
Healthtex
Drysdale’s
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!