General Tax Down 4 Cents Manchester to Vote on School Tax Hike
Manchester voters will decide on increasing both the selectmen and listers from three to five, and raise the school board size. Petitions with 75 signatures were filed. Officials seek higher pay: selectmen $500, three sisters $1600 total, school board members $400. The net tax rate would drop four cents to $4.07, funded partly by sewer projects and state aid changes.
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Manchester
Bernice Reynolds
Oakley Porter
Donkey Basketball Sellout Nears at Wilmington High
The WHS gym hosts a near sellout Student Council Donkey Basketball game this Thursday with proceeds aiding athletic expenses. The week also features upcoming student programs including Marvel of Memory by William Wallace on March 29 and This Atomic World by Oak Ridge Nuclear Studies on April 11.
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WHS
William Wallace
Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies
Kenneth Wheeler
Shaftsbury WSCS Notes
Shaftsbury Woman's Society of Christian Service met at the parsonage with Mrs. Hazel MacDonald presiding in place of the ill president Mrs. Mildred Millington. They announced the World Day of Prayer for March 9 at 2 p.m. at the Bennington Baptist Church and discussed contact with Bolivian missionaries. Co hosts planned Valentine decor and a 1962 Christmas Bazaar prep, with notices of future meetings and study book chapters.
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Shaftsbury
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
MacDonald
Wilbur F. Curtis
Wscs of Troy
Edith Stockwell
Barber
Bolivia
Hazel MacDonald
Roswell Barnes
Muriel Morgan
Mildred Millington
Stella Hawkins
WSCS
Alice Bronson
Mary Stevens
Jesse Peters
Louise MacDonald
Meyer to Leave for Illinois Speaking Engagements
Former Congressman William H. Meyer will travel to Illinois for a series of talks starting in Rutland and continuing to the University of Chicago Illini Wesleyan University Adlai Stevenson home town Elgin and Chicago south side Monmouth College Knox College and Galesburg before returning to Vermont to launch his Senate campaign.
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Rupert
William H. Meyer
Illinois
Meyer
Democratic State Committee
Rutland
Washington
University of Chicago
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington
Adlai Stevenson
Elgin
Chicago
Monmouth College
Knox College
Galesburg
Vermont
U.S. Senate
West Hoosick News Notes Local Visits and Birthdays
The West Hoosick area reports several social updates including Paula Moseley returning to Oneonta from a family visit, Mrs. Perry Pine home from Florida, and Hulda Eddy visiting in Center Cambridge. Brother Robert Higgins Jr. stays with grandparents Lloyd and Minnie Pine as James Timberlin and Russell Eddy visit. Duane Manchester set to celebrate a 90th birthday February 16. The Home Demonstration Unit organized cookie packing for Valentines Day and a weekend visit among residents and families.
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Perry Pine
Florida
Paula Moseley
Oneonta
Paul Moseley
William Pine
Kim
Sharon
Laverne Davis
Lloyd Pine
Robert Higgins Jr
Duane Manchester
Hulda Eddy
Ben English
Center Cambridge
Wells Eddy
Walter Eddy
James Hunt
Frank Gifford
James Timberlin
Latham
Russell Eddy
Johnsonville
Jon Beck
West Hoosick Home
Bromley to Hold Annual Washington's Birthday Festival
Bromley in Manchester plans its eighth annual Washingtons Birthday Festival on February 22 with a torchlight slalom at 8 30 p m led by 40 Bromley Ski School instructors. A fireworks show follows near the base buildings then guests move to the Wild Boar Lounge for cocktails dancing and a twist contest with Bromleys Combo and Bill Hayes at the organ. Initiated in 1952 the festival remains a premier ski season attraction for visitors and locals.
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Manchester
Bromley
Wild Boar
Bill Hayes
Social Studies Teachers Form Chester-A Committee
The Chester area Social Studies Teachers group, named at the Vermont Education Association Convention in October, met at Peter Hoar's home with Lester Jipp presiding. Members included Edward L. Chester Lundburg and Mrs Edna T Wright of Manchester. They approved articles of association for presentation at a Burlington organizational meeting during the Vermont Young Citizenship Conference April 23 and 24.
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Chester
Vermont Education Association
Peter Hoar
Lester Jipp
Vergennes
Edward Lundburg
Edna T. Wright
Manchester
Vermont Young Citizenship
Burlington
Parish group meets at Fellowship Hall discusses crafts
Last Tuesday a meeting led by Mrs. Ralph Griswold included guest Mrs. Frank Reynolds who explained why units are not teaching more crafts. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Duane Burch and Mrs. Squires. A March 6 house plants lesson at the church is announced. Mrs. Paul Moseley will teach Parental Discipline at her home on Thursday.
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Fellowship Hall
Ralph Griswold
Frank Reynolds
Duane Burch
Squires
Paul Moseley
Study Group Named to Probe N Bennington Grade School
North Bennington district forms a joint study committee to survey elementary level problems. John Kennedy Jr. named general chairman with subcommittees on buildings curriculum site and transportation equipment finance publicity and more. A March 1 full committee meeting will review preliminary findings.
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North Bennington
Prudential Committee
J. C. Armstrong
William E. Dailey Jr
David Barton
Phoebe Crosier
Catherine Corcoran
Dailey
John Kennedy Jr
John McCullough
Harold Riemann
Edward Legacy Jr
Lionel Nowak
E. A. Riley
Bernard Whitman
Paul Crane
Raymond Robinson
Carl Jolivette
Stephen Vince
Bernard Knapp
Lucien Hanks
Arthur Wickenden
Law
Schoool
Father Son Dinner Set in North Bennington
Plans are completed for the annual father son banquet of the North Bennington Baptist Church to be held in the church social rooms Monday February 19 at 630 p.m. Mrs Maynard Overlock is general dinner chairman assisted by a committee led by Mrs Edward Worthington with decorations by Mrs Arthur Pierce and kitchen duties led by Mrs Overlock.
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North Bennington
North Bennington Baptist Church
Maynard Overlock
Edward Worthington
Arthur Pierce
Overlock
Maynard Hedding
Ray Crosier
Robert Mackey
Edwin Austin
Stanley Shaw
Frank Millington
Charles Young
Carl Jolivette
Ralph Lindsey
George Whitman
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Burr
Burton Seminary
Wilmington
Dover
Carlo Walter
Tel
Wilmington School
Stamford
Daniel O’connor
Leland and Gray Seminary
Townshend
Deerfield Academy IV
Deerfield
Cubs
Shaftsbury Wscs
EKER
Fassetts Bakery
West Hoosick
Jean Pine
Tors
Merritt S. Hewitt
N. Bennington
Elizabeth Dwyer
Rence Powers
Richard Dwyer
Griswold House
Bleau House
North Bennington Board
Union High School
First National Bank
Chevrolet
Jobmaster
Main Street
W. H. Eddington, Inc
Bennington
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