Ex-museum aide named to new position at Niagara Falls museum
James F. Mitchell former assistant curator at Bennington Museum for two years resigns as curator of decorative arts at the New Jersey State Museum in Trenton to become chief curator of the Car borundum Museum of Ceramics at Niagara Falls New York He assumed the post February 5 and the museum plans a May 1 public opening Mitchell has five years at New Jersey State Museum and was born in Madison Wisconsin He holds a BA in history from Wisconsin and an MA in the Winterthur program from Delaware His wife Jonanina Giese of Merrill Wisconsin and their three children Fredericka James and Nicholas live at 22 Brophy Drive Trenton and will move to Lewiston New York near Niagara Falls
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Trenton
Madison
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Winterthur
University of Delaware
Jonanina Giese
Merrill, Wis
Mitchell
Fredericka
James Art Nicholas
Brophy Drive
Lewiston
N.Y
Niagara Falls
New Vermont deputy secretary named Bret Powell
Secretary of State Richard C. Thomas has named 25 year old Bret Powell of Essex as deputy secretary of state. Powell, son of Rep. Martin Powell of Essex Center, will succeed James Sanderson who has become executive director of the Republican State Committee. Powell has been a staff attorney for the Vermont.
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Richard C. Thomas
Bret Powell
Essex
Powell
Rep
Martin Powell
ACLU seeks client to challenge Vermont voting residency rule
The Vermont chapter of the ACLU seeks a client to challenge the 180 day residency requirement for local voting. A federal panel struck down the 60 day rule for state and county elections, and officials question the standing of the 186 day limit. The union says anyone blocked from registering on March meeting day could sue.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Art
Civil Liberties Union
Disease-control chief appointed for Health Dept
Geoffrey Smith M D M P H has been named director of communicable disease control for the Vermont Department of Health. A Fitchburg Mass native, he earned an Albion College A B in 1963 a U V M College of Medicine M D in 1967 a Harvard M P H in 1972 and served in the U S Army as chief of preventive medicine at Fort Devens. He begins duties Tuesday.
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Buhlington
Geoffrey Smith
Vermont Department of Health
Fitchburg, Mass
Dr. Smith
Albion College
Mich
University of Vermont College of Medicine
Harvard University
University of Pittsburgh
Medical Center Hospital of Vermont
U.S. Army Hospital
Fort Devens
Mass
American Medical Association
American Federation of Musicians
Aflcio
U.S
Italy
Dauhter
South Burlington
Governor backs Rockingham plan tax study in Vermont
Governor Thomas Salmon reaffirms support for a federally funded tax study tied to the Rockingham Plan despite opposition. The $900,000 grant faces House Appropriations Committee review with possible veto and carries conflicts over legislative control versus federal terms. Salmon notes potential Maine move if blocked and sees value in a comprehensive local property tax revision linked to a Supreme Court Rodriguez case ruling.
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UPI
Thomas Salmon
House Appropriations Committee
Appropriations Committee
Emory Hebard
R-Glover
Ronald Crisman
Salmon
Maine
Salmori
U.S. Supreme Court
Rodriguez
Marie Buck Peck of Winchendon Mass Dies After Illness
Mrs. Marie Buck Peck widow of Wallace Peck died unexpectedly Monday at Massachusetts General Hospital Boston after a brief illness. Born in Arlington she was a Castleton Normal School graduate and longtime Gardner teacher. Survived by a first cousin Mrs. C Mason Amadon of Benn ington. Funeral Mass at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church Winchendon. Burial Holy Angels Cemetery Salem New York.
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Buck) Peck
Winchendon
Mass
Wallace Peck
Arlington
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Boston
Alfred and
Margaret (Grady) Buck
Castleton Normal School
Castleton State College
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Gardner
Winchenvon
C. Mason
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Bennington
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Snow Funeral Home
Winchendgn
Holy Angels
Salem
N.Y
Friday night snacks at the Bennington Club
The Chester Taylors will serve Friday night snacks at the Bennington Club. Members and guests are invited.
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Bennington Club
Chester Taylors
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