Shaftsbury Democrats Nominate Local Officials
A caucus at Cole Hall drew 37 Democratic attendees. Bernard McCarthy chaired. Ellen Viereck was clerk. Slated for town posts include McCarthy moderator, Elizabeth Harwood King town clerk, Clinton McDonald treasurer, and other officials such as selectman, road commissioner, auditor, cemetery commissioner, grand juror, town agent, and tree warden. The committee was empowered to seek candidates for tax collector and trustee of public funds.
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Shaftsbury
Cole Hall
Bernard McCarthy
Ellen Viereck
McCarthy
Elizabeth Harwood King
Clinton McDonald
Spencer Haynes
Joseph Crossman
Martin Harrington
William A. Myers
Leo Harrington
Henrietta Billow
Arthur S. Jones
William Stufflebeam
George Shea
William Overlock
Rudolph M. Elwell Jr
Relgious Art Talk by Thomas Reilly Dibble at Zion Church
Thomas Reilly Dibble of Peru will speak on Religious Art to Church Women of Zion at the Episcopal church in Manchester. Dibble has exhibited paintings drawings and sculpture nationwide and at the Southern Vermont Art Center. He studied art history in the U.S. and abroad and taught at Cherry Lawn School in Darien Conn from 1949 to 1951. The Currier Gallery of Art has sent slides for tonight.
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Manchester
Thomas Reilly
Dibble
Peru
Church Women of Zion
Episcopal Church
Southern Vermont Art Center
U.S
Cherry Lawn School
Darien
N.H
Mallin and Bryant Clash For Manchester Post
Local voters in Manchester will choose between William J. Mallin and Clyde H. Bryant Sr. for lister in a Manchester Center election. Mallin, Bromley Ski Area comptroller and Manchester Chamber of Commerce president, touts retirement to the area after a NY career and public service. Bryant, a long time resident, has held multiple local roles including selectman and chamber president, seeking the lister post alongside Mallin.
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Manchester
Lister
William J. Mallin
Clyde H. Bryant Sr
Manchester Center
Mallin
Bromley Ski Area
Manchester Chamber of Commerce
Bennington County
Bryant
Local Board of Civil Authority
Bennington County Committee, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Town of Manchester Selectman
Peru Vermont News: Harpsichord Visit and Local Events
Peru-Landgrove residents visited William Dowd in Boston, while Peru School plans Valentine parties on Thursday afternoon. Pre-schoolers received invites to the Primary Grades 1-3 party. Lynn Holton and Steven Farnum represented Peru scouts at Sunday service. The Peru church Pastoral Committee, led by Arthur Kelton, met to plan church matters and coordinate with Londonderry church. High Hollow Happy Hustlers 4H Club, led by Gladys Baker, organized an Abraham Lincoln party at the Community House for week’s end.
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Peru
Lynn Holton
Steven Farnum
Peru Scouts
Arthur Kelton
Kermit Reilly
Bruce Smart
Ted Wheeler
Eleanor Baldwin
Jack McWilliams
Londonderry
High Hollow
Happy Hustlers
Gladys Baker
Last-Minute Race Forms For Manchester Selectman
Manchester voters face a two way race for three year selectman after Clyde H. Bryant Jr. withdrew his candidacy leaving Orrin H. Beattie uncontested while Frederick S. Malone joined late with signatures. Malone, president of Vermont Investment Corp., has four children and lives at East 0 Equinox Farm in Manchester Center. Beattie, a longtime selectman, is a WWII veteran, Morgans expert, and active in Rotary and church service.
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Clyde H. Bryant Jr
Orrin H. Beattie
Beattie
Frederick S. Malone
Clara May Hemenway
Malone
Bennington County
Vermont Investment Corp
Manchester
Weston
Liverpool
N.Y
Syracuse
General Electric
Colgate Uniersity
Board of Selectmen
Vermont
State
No Contests Seen In Dorset Election
Dorset candidates for town offices run for re election with only two new filings Paul W McWayne and Calvin C Skinner seek different terms otherwise incumbents seek continued service. Several posts including moderator town clerk and treasurer remain uncontested with Beebe and others re elected to roles.
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Dorset
Five Contests for Office Assured at Pownal Elections
At deadline last night several contests for town offices in the March election are assured here. Incumbents face opposition: Coleman Mason opposes Anson Pratt II for selectman three-year term. Norman Strobridge seeks auditor against Florence Towslee. Helen A. Mason aims at Ruth Lingner for two-year auditor. John L. Mason runs against Martin G. Lingner for second constable. Also, David Adler opposes Harry W. Beals Jr. Most caucus nominees run unopposed. A tax meeting April 8 at the elementary auditorium will discuss the Knowles property appraisal system. Town officials posted warnings at multiple local stores and offices. Balloting set for March 2 at Town Hall.
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Pownal
A. Coleman Mason
Citizens’ Caucus
Anson Pratt II
Norman
Strobridge
Florence Towslee
Helen A. Mason
Ruth Lingner
John L. Mason
Martin G. Lingner
Knowles
Clara May Hemeneway
Court
St. Rita, Cda
St. Paul’s Church
Pownal Fire School Session and PTO Fundraisers
The second session of the current firefighters' school meets tonight at 7 in the Pownal Center Firehouse sponsored by the Center fire department. Ninteen members of the Pownal Parent-Teacher Group plan a food sale Saturday at the Pownal Center School from 11 to 2 to raise funds for a movie projector.
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Pownal Center Firehouse
Center Fire Department
Ninteen
Pownal
Pownal Center
Banner
Center School
Shaftsbury School Group Hears Scout Delegation
Shaftsbury School Association heard Boy Scout Troop 31 delegates Lynn Bunk Dale Sands and Ronald Stuffle explain their role in the Scout-O-Rama in Bennington. George Peacock read a letter about a Bennington planetarium, and $25 was approved to fund French books for the library. A food sale was planned for Town Meeting Day and a March 27 fashion show was announced with participating stores and models engaged.
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Shaftsbury
Lynn Bunk
Dale Sands
Ronald Stufflebeam
Boy Scout Troop 31
Shaftsbury School Association
Bennington
George Peacock
James Conroy
George Sandquist
Cole Hall
Rolande Bruneau
Shaftsbury Scouts To Face Review Board
Scoutmaster Alan Hess announced the appointment of Robert M. Augeri as quartermaster and James Dan forth as scribe at Boy Scout Troop 31 committee meeting. Fourteen members will start a six week rifle course, snowshoe making, and a Tubbs plant tour. The Science Fair drew praise from Richard Myers and students. attendance banner went to John Smiel.
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Wallingford
Richard Myers
John Smiel
Valentine
Ezekiel Cross Jr
Charles Wade
Canfield tops Arlington nominations in election slate
Arlington Republicans and Democrats caucused separately last night selecting a similar slate of candidates for town offices. Charles E. Canfield was nominated for a one year school director term, joining incumbents except for Mrs. Elizabeth Trachte of West Arlington. The Town Meeting slate includes Ehrich as moderator and a full list of town officials and committees with Canfield among the school directors.
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Arlington
Elizabeth Trachte
West Arlington
Charles E. Canfield
Canfield
Canfield Paper Co
New York
National Paper Trade Association, Inc
Manfred Ehrich
R. Emmett Smith
Gregory Cullinan
Gordon Hard
Clarence Nichols
Charlena Hilliard
Roy Grout
Alan Mattison
Leo Budro
Donald Keough
Alan Angney Jr
Cullinan
John Whalen
Ehrich
Prosper Deschenes
Alan Knapp
John
East Arlington Man Admitted to Mary Hitchcock Hospital
DeForest Jones of East Arlington was admitted last week to Mary Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover New Hampshire for treatment.
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DeForest Jones
East Arlington
Mary Hitchcock Hospital
Hanover
N.H
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