Stanley Works unit buys Wilbur and Williams Co assets
Eagle Square’s parent company Stanley Works expands by acquiring The Wilbur and Williams Co Inc ofBoston Norwood Mass as part of Stanley Chemical division. No price disclosed. Stanley Works, $120 million annual sales, is world leading in hardware tools and metal products. Groundbreaking for a new plant occurred April 18, nine months to completion.
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New Britain, Conn
Stanley Works
Eagle Square Mfg. Co
Shaftsbury, Vt
Stanley Chemical
East Berlin
Wilbur and Williams Co., Inc
Boston
Norwood
Mass
John C. Cairns
Stanley
Canada
England
Germany
Italy
Australia
Manchester Square Dance Club limits new memberships
Manchester Twenty newcomers joined Thursday for square dance lessons and membership in the Manchester Square Dance Club, which has reached capacity for couples. If interest remains, lessons may resume later.
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Manchester Square Dance Club
Leonard Pallotta
Wendy
Ludlow
Pallotta
Walter Bennett
The
Manchester Pta
PTA
Pownall Town Meeting Prep and Local Notices
The Board of Civil Authority met to prepare the voter checklist with further meetings set for Feb 15 and 29. Residents must register by Feb 29 to vote on Town Meeting Day. Absentee ballots must be received by 9 p.m. Feb 28 by the town clerk. The town warning with 22 articles will be posted Feb 12 in the town office Powell's store and Champney's Barber Shop.
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Board of Civil Authority
Powell’s
South Pownal
Champney
North Pownal
Stannard Seeks Dorset Selectman Seat for Three-Year Term
James Stannard announced his candidacy for a three year Dorset selectman term to replace Harlan Cooledge. He cites long town involvement, wartime service, and leadership roles, including church deacon and American Legion commander, as basis for constructive public service. The notice also lists local civic events and meetings in Arlington and Dorset.
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South Dorset
James Stannard
Dorset
Harlan Cooledge
Dorset Hollow
Stannard
John Stannard Sr
Burr and Burton Seminary
Stannard Plumbing and Heating Company, Inc
Middlebury Songsters Release Album
The Dissipat ed Eight, a Middlebury College male choral group, releases Mem r ies of Most Happy Days from Capitol Studios New York City. The album marks their third since 1951 and includes Moon light In Vermont. They perform at Trinity Pawling School and Albany State Teacher's College this month. records are sold by the group at Middlebury College.
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Middlebury
Middlebury College
Vermont
New England
New York
Trinity Pawling School
Albany State Teacher’s College
Marvin Kelley
Hartford, Conn
Silver Wedding Anniversary for Mr and Mrs Floyd Tobin
Congratulations and best wishes were extended to the Tobins on their silver wedding anniversary. Friends and relatives joined at the home of Mrs. Norman Taylor in East Rupert where a three tier cake with 25 silver dollars was served. Their son Wells C. Tobin presented a corsage and boutonniere as gifts, with other presents including a silver purse around $100.
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Floyd Tobin
Norman Taylor
East Rupert
Taylor
Mountain Towns Report Auditors Complete Town Books
Searsburg auditors Alanson Cady and Charlotte Dearcopp finished auditing the town books. The town report is printed. Peggy Morgan could not attend due to the birth of a son. Open offices for March include selectman to serve two years, cemetery commissioner, and road commissioner after resignations and deaths.
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Searsburg
Alanson Cady
Charlotte Dearcopp
Peggy Morgan
Clifford Davis
Allen Briggs
Henry Davis
Vermont housewife named Heart Mother of the Year
Barre resident Velma Ironside honored by the American Heart Association for pioneering patient education and fundraising efforts. She chairs Barre Heart Fund Drive, leads the Washington County Heart Council, and runs a year round program from her home assisting nurses and donating educational materials. Her daughter Cindy inspired continuous volunteer work after a congenital heart defect and Cindy Award honors the service.
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Barre
New England
American Heart Association
Velma Ironside
Vermont Heart Association
Ironside
Barre City
Washington County Heart Council
Beckley Ct
Susan
Steven
Mathewson
Heart Fund
Heart Association
Cindy
First Baptist Church Woman’s Alliance
Barre Area
Council of United Church Women
Kiwanis Club
Hughes Plans Civil Rights Drama For The Stage
Langston Hughes discusses writing a drama on the Negro civil rights movement and the freedom movement. He says the project will require two years or more and emphasizes needing perspective while keeping the headlines in view.
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New York
Langston Hughes
Hughes
North Bennington Church Groups and Civic Notices
The Women's Society meets tonight at 7 30 p m in the church social rooms. A polio clinic at the local school treated 179 children with Sabin Type 1 vaccine. Miss Jennie Stearley led the clinic with nurses Madalyn Green Frances Gibney and Rachel Kinney assisting.
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Arlington Memorial School
St. Columban’s
Fisher School
Arlington Choral Society
Walter Finney
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Rooms
Women’s Society of the Baptist Church
Sabin
Jennie Stearley
Vermont Department of Health
Madalyn Green
Shaftsbury Health Association
Frances Gibney
Bennington
Rachel Kinney
Greater Bennington
Sanford Buxbaum
Leo Keough
Edwin Luce
PTA
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Eagle Square
Manchester
Constance M. Jordan
Ethel Bennett
First Congregational Church
Robert L. Clayton
Cincinnati
Ohio
Francis Glazebrook
St. George’s School
Newport
R.I
Robert Throop
Trinity Church
Rutland
Zion Episcopal Church
Throop
John DeBoer
Burlington
Vermont Congregational Conference
Albert Lawrence
Howard G. Brophy
Brophy
Florida
Balch Radio TV Co
Lynford Bourn
Edward Solari
Mountain View
Beatrice Powers
First Baptist Church
Baptist Church
Legion of Guardsmen and Auxiliary
American Legion Rooms
Manchester Depot
Thanoas
North Bennington Rd
Bennington, V
Vera Langlais
Bulldogs
Richard Worden
Louis Buck
Andrew Lasson Jr
Leonard Duval
Alice Gurley
Earl Tudor
Shaftsbury
Shaftsbury School Association
Arlington
Helene Thompson
Arlington High School
Arlington Lions Club
Green Mt
March of Dimes
Middlebury Songsters
Dorset Marchen
Carlo Walter HO
North Bennington
Elizabeth Dwyer
Miriam Derwacher Missionary Society of the Baptist Church
Stanley Shaw
McCullough
Lincoln
Boy Scout Troop 28
St. John’s Sodality
Tee
Zenith
Sandman
Goral
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E. T. Williams
Hunt Street
Bennington, VT
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