Large turnout at Pownal Caucus nominates town officers
More than 100 residents crowded Town Hall for the Pownal Citizens Caucus to nominate candidates for Town Meeting Day on March 3. Incumbent Norman R. Strobridge leads Patterson in a tight three year selectman contest 44 to 41 while multiple other posts see renominations and new names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Selectman
Norman R. Strobridge
John W. Patterson
Strobridge
Patterson
Charles Palmer
Lister
Robert Pudvar
Edwin S. White
Katherine Little
White
Robert Pettit
Vera E. Langlais
David Adler
Harold P. Hicks
Charles Mason
Margaret Lillie
Cleveland Dodge
Bertha Hoag Hosts 10th Birthday Party for Billy Baldwin
Mrs. Robert Baldwin entertained January 27 in honor of Billy Baldwin's 10th birthday. Guests included Steve Wilson Donald Hall and Gregory Luke. Steven Luke returned home Sunday after surgery at Putnam Memorial Hospital in Bennington Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Baldwin
Billy
Steve Wilson
Donald Hall
Gregory Luke
Steven Luke
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Republican caucus set for Arlington High on Monday
West Arlington Sandgate notes a Republican caucus will be held Monday February 10 at 8 p.m. in Arlington High School inviting all voters to attend James Bud Edgerton takes a leave to pursue a master’s degree at UVM and spend weekends with family Barbara Reynolds from Mt. Kisco NY and the Youngs from Huntington SI visit the Sandgate Road camp for skiing Mrs. Kenneth Wilcox recovers from summer surgery with a surprise birthday visit and party Charles D Bentley Jr visits Montpelier to resume duties as town representative of Land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington High School
James
Bud
Edgerton
UVM
Kenneth Wilcox
West Arlington
Frazier Mears
Charles D. Bentley Jr
Montpelier
Community Notes From Manchester and Vicinity
Vacation plans of Mr and Mrs Edwin L Bigelow include a month in St Petersburg Florida and another month elsewhere in the state. W C Nawrath and his daughter Barbara drove the Bigelows to New York City to meet their train. Joseph H Harrington of the Manchester Center Post Office will enter Putnam Memorial Hospital at Bennington for ankle surgery. The Guild of St Margaret of Zion Church organized for the year and will host a Missions and Supply program on Friday February 7 led by Rev Alton Stivers on Urban Church Work in Puerto Rico. A tasting supper is set for February 6 at the First Congregational Church. The Manchester Fire Department re elected Lynford W Bourn as chief and named new officers. Bonnie M Barstow celebrated her fifth birthday with a luncheon for 16 friends hosted by her mother and several committee helpers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin L. Bigelow
Florida
St. Petersburg
William C. Nawrath
Barbara
Bigelows
New York City
Joseph H. Harrington
Manchester Center
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Guild of
St. Margaret of Zion Church
Fred C. Rowe
Department of Missions and Supply
Zion Church
Alton Stivers
Puerto Rico
Stivers
First Congregational Church
Manchester Fire Department
Lynford W. Bourn
G.F. Lawrence
John Eckhardt
Clara Hard
Donald Frost
Bennington Girl Scout Neighborhood Meeting Planned
North Bennington leaders and former board members are invited to a meeting of the Bennington Girl Scout Neighborhood on Thursday at 8 p.m. at Second Congregational Church Hillside Street Bennington Amy Henneberger new exec director of Vermont Girl Scout Council will attend. Tucker Chapter 38 CES also meets Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Masonic Temple with Past Patrons and Past Matrons Night observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Second Congregational Church
Hillside Street
Amy Henneberger
Vermont Girl Scout Council
Tucker Chapter 38
CES
Masonic Temple
Skid Triggers One Car Winhall Crash
State Police investigated a one car accident in Winhall on Vermont 11 30 near Peru mountain. Driver Frank W Palacino 33 of Bondville escaped injury after his 1956 Oldsmobile skid on backing from a driveway and overturned into a snowbank causing about 350 dollars damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winhall
Vermont
Frank W. Palacino
Bondville
Peru Mountain
Williams College offers two bridges and land to Williamstown
Williams College proposes to donate two bridges and adjacent land from the Mount Hope Farm site to the Town of Williamstown at the Lions Gate Entrance. The gift would allow relocation of part of Hopper Road and a picnic area, potentially saving the town from the estimated 50 to 60 thousand dollar cost of rebuilding the current bridge. Boundaries of the few-acre parcel would be set by future agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
Mount Hope Farm
Lions’ Gate
Hopper Road
West River railroad bed hosts second Washington's Birthday ski race
Brattleboro will stage the second annual Washingtons Birthday Cross Country Ski Touring Race along seven miles of the West River Valley Railroad bed from West Dummerston to Three Bridges. Organizers led by Dr E G W Barradale aim to spark intergenerational interest in cross country skiing with this historic terrain course and open entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro
Old West River Valley Railroad
Vermont
West River
West Dummerston
E.G.W. Barradale
Barradale
Marlboro
New England
Guetti Graduates From Burdett College Boston
Bruce A. Guetti of Bennington recently graduated from Burdett College Boston after mid year exercises at the Harvard Club. He is an accounting major in the School of Business Administration and will receive his diploma at the June exercises following an invitation to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Bruce A. Guetti
Joseph Guetti
Woodford Road
Bennington
Burdett College
Harvard Club
Guetti
School of Business Administration
Selectmen prune budget and hold back figures in Manchester
Manchester town officials spent four hours redrafting the budget removing miscellaneous items and minor contingency funds. They pledged to keep capital funds unused for the current operating budget while preparing figures for taxpayers and planning a town meeting next month. A sewer billing complaint was reviewed and a kindergarten article was added to the warning. Present were Christopher Swezey chairman Orrin Beattie Ferdinand Bongartz and Town Manager Oakley K Porter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Selectmen
Christopher Swezey
Orrin Beattie
Ferdinand Bongartz
Oakley K. Porter
Also Mentioned on This Page
Action Mark
Palmer
Dodge
Marcel A. Langlais
Leonard Duval
Charles F.mason
Rachel Mason
Robert L. Wilcox
Richard Pudvar
A. Daniel Mason
Charles F. Mason
Robert T. Pratt
Robert E. Rudd Jr
Citizens Town Committee
Walloomsac
Bertha Hoag
Laigion
L’aiglon
Lam L Gu
Colonial Shopping Ctr
Col
Leonard Robinson
Loren Disque
Shaftsbury
Disque
Ft. Knox
West
Arlington
Sandgate
Betty Trachte
Edgar Reynolds
Mt. Kisco
N.Y
Sandgate Road
Susquehanna College
William Young
Huntington, S.I
Constance M. Jordan
I.N. Bartlett
Manchester Cooperative Creamery
Earle E. Storrs
Factory Point National Bank
North Bennington
Elizabeth Dwyer
Peo E Noth
Cherbourge
E.T. Williams
Bennington, VT
Hunt Street
Williams
Maynard Austin
Board of Selectmen
Charles A. Foehl Jr
Austin
Burdett
Selectmen Prune Manchester
Hoosick
Ada M. Breer
All Saints Guild
Shirley Stevens
Agnes Stevens
Verda Philpott
Philpott
Main St
A & W Root Beer
A.M
A&w Root Beer
Bennington RD
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!