Dorseter Named UVM Trustee Cummings Again Banking Chief
Three from Bennington County were elected to the UVM Board of Trustees by a joint session. William T. Burns of Dorset joined Ed ward R. Eurich of Waitsfield and Leo J. O'Brien of South Burlington as trustees for six years. Eurich won 157 votes, Burns 145, and O'Brien 131 on seven ballots. The trio replaces state senators Samuel Fishman and George R. J. McGregor and a former House member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Bennington County
William T. Burns
Dorset
House
Senate
UVM Board of Trustees
Edward R. Eurich
Waitsfield
Burns
Leo J. O’brien
South Burlington
Eurich
O’brien
Samuel Fishman
Addison County
George R. J. McGregor
Chittenden County
Bev Merrill Perley
Enosburg Falls
Supreme Court
James S. Holden
Bennington
F. Ray Keyser Sr
Chelsea
Percival Shangraw
St. Albans
Albert Barney
St. Johnsbury
Milford Smith
Rutland City
Natt Divoll Jr
Rockingham
Rudolph Daley
Newport
William Hill
Burlington
Dale Brooks
Stowe
Daniel E. O’brien
Harold Sylvester
Hoff
Robert Cummings
State Board of Health
Cummings
Health Board
Daniel J. O’brien
Thomas P. Dunleavy
Barre
Connaway Show Opens Tuesday At Marlboro
Marlboro College announces Jay Connaway native Dorset painter and teacher will open a three week landscape and marine exhibit at the Tyler Art Gallery Marlboro with a Tuesday 7 p.m. reception. The show runs three weeks and is in cooperation with Deeley Gallery Manchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlboro
Tyler
Rice Library
Marlboro College
Dorset
Jay Connaway
N.A
Connaway
Art Student’s League
George Bridgeman
William Chase
National Academy of Design
Julian Academy
Paris
France
Jean Paul Laurens
L’ Ecole Des Beaux Arts
Manchester
Southern Vermont Art Center
Galllery
Robert Deeley
Deeley
North Bennington Heart Sunday and religious seminar items
North Bennington residents join the annual Heart Sunday house to house canvass led by Mrs. Richard H. Dwyer, with volunteers listed and a contact number for contributions. A religious seminar at Holy Cross Novitiate, led by Rev. Walter F. Miller and Sister Ancilla, invites NBHS and BCHS students, meeting at North Bennington School for transport. Also noted are Dunleavy’s reappointment and O'Brien replacing Dorothy Whitford on the Health Board for six year terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heart
Linda Kenyon
Debbie Legacy
Christine Powers
Elizabeth Elwell
Sally Harris
Dale Whitman
Donna Peckham
Nancy Myers
Dale Riley
Pat Riley
Marilyn Dailey
Nancy Mackey
Debi LaVigne
Margot Mackey
Pam Cherbonneau
Laura Pratt
Ruth van Orman
Elaine Cureran
Richard H. Dwyer
Heart Fund
NBHS
BCHS
North Bennington
Castle Building Project Brings Medieval Life to Dorset School
Dorset Elementary Grade 7 students reenact the Middle Ages by constructing a cardboard castle on a sand hill with a siege tower, catapult, shield and weapons. The model includes a adjacent monastery with cloisters and a gothic chapel. Entries credit Richard Pratest and a team of classmates for castle and siege devices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorset
Spain
Richard Pratest
Brian Edgerton
Rex Sheldon
Hiland Clough
Gary Baker
Dicki Erdman
Richard Baird
Ricky Sprague
Tommy Burke
Brian Edgerston
Judy Jonas
Teresa Reed
Ann Towsley
Jimmy Bowen
Eddy Slavin
Dennis Burden
Tom Burke
Stephen Hazelton
Anita Rosencrantz
Marilyn Wells
Vickie Holden
Sharon Smith
Suzanne Stannard
Mary McFall
Syracuse and Cornell students spend weekend with families
Peter Matcovich of Syracuse University visited relatives over the weekend, staying with his parents Mr and Mrs Peter Matcovich. John Hamilton of Cornell University also spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Malcolm Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Matcovich
Syracuse University
Peeter Matcovich
John Hamilton
Cornell University
Malcolm Hamilton
Cambridge Boy, 13 Rescues Elderly Man
A 13 year old Cambridge resident is credited with saving an elderly man from likely death due to exposure. The boy acted decisively in cold conditions to pull the man from danger and ensure he received aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
N.Y
Cambridge Board Okays Ordinance
Cambridge village board asked Atty Everett Updike to draft a no parking rule on the west side of St Luke s Place from Main Street to the American Legion boundary. Trustees discussed washed-out foundations near a stream and said the owner should pursue legal remedies if needed. Robert Crouse and William Perry outlined Blue Cross Blue Shield Metropolitan Major Medical plans for municipal employees as options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
N.Y
Atty
Everett Updike
St. Luke’s Place
Main Street
American Legion
Thomas Dunn
Robert Crouse
William Perry
New York
Mark Lane Talks Monday at UVM Hills Auditorium
Former New York assemblyman Mark Lane, an opponent of the Warren Commission findings, will speak at 8 p.m. Monday Feb 22 at the Hills Auditorium, University of Vermont, on The Warren Commission and a Defense for Oswald. He previously spoke at Bennington College last spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Mark Lane
New York
Hills Auditorium
University of Vermont
Lane
Oswald
Bennington College
Duston post office window rescue ends in custody for break-in
Firemen freed 24-year-old Anthony Law after 90 minutes trapped between window bars at Duston post office in UDSTON England. He was ordered held on a charge of breaking into the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Udston
England
UPI
Duston Post Office
Anthony Law
Mountain town visitors meet in Searsburg do in North Bennington
The Searbys of North Bennington with daughter Lois Gregory visited Mr and Mrs Charles Dearcopp in Searsburg for a first meeting. Both men, retired NYC police, sought a cop to cop discussion while Mrs Higgins of Woodford recovers at home. Wilmington selects Mrs Russell Fitch to fill town clerk and treasurer duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Searby
North Bennington
Lois Gregory
Charles Dearcopp
Searsburg
Searby
Dearcopp
New York City
Raymond Higgins
Woodford
Wilmington
E.W. Bishop
Porter Farwell
Leonard Brown
Russell Fitch
Methodist Ministers Retreat draws 500 in Buck Hill Falls
The Rev. A J MacDonald returned from Pennsylvania where he attended the Annual Methodist Ministers Area Retreat at The Inn Buck Hill Falls with an estimated five to six hundred attendees over three days. He also presided at a Troy Conference Board of Education meeting in Glens Falls New York. In Bennington the 1 40 Club gathers at Mrs Donald Gerows tonight at eight. Hilltop 4 H Club canvasses Shafts bury door to door for Heart Fund envelopes for not at homes. Hi Hopes Daily 4 H Club met in February with new member Larry Babcock and dairy animal quiz. Next meeting March 5 at Wanda Lawrences. Also voters are told the checklist will be posted at Ware Store Parmelee Howe and the town clerk’s office with Feb 27 deadline for adding names. A pair of purple finches and a big brown rabbit appeared in a yard amid thawing ice and snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.J. MacDonald
Pennsylvania
Buck Hill Falls
MacDonald
Glens Falls
N.Y
Troy
Shaftsbury
Heart Fund
Heart
Hi-Hopes Daily
Michael Breen
Larry Babcock
Gail Bishop
Wanda Lawrence
Ware’s
Parmelee and
Howe
Board of Civil Authority
Vocational Director Outlines Vermont State Program to Manchester PTA
Harold F. Graeme Vermont state director of vocational education outlined a plan for regional vocational centers in population hubs, offering homemaking industrial arts and agriculture courses for last two high school years with junior high guidance. Federal and state funds would finance, transport issues noted, Bennington plans assure regional service, and March PTA session set for the 18th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Vermont
Harold F. Graeme
PTA
Graeme
Department of Education
Bennington
New Union High School
Union School Board
Community Club News and Hospital Note Highlights
Mrs Charles LaBatt is a patient at Putnam Memorial Hospital in Bennington. Ornsby Geeney has returned home after nearly three months in the hospital. Bald Mt 4-H Club schedules a food sale Saturday at 1 pm at the Community House. West Arlington Jrs 4-H Club met and planned a March Demonstration Day in Manchester. Kathy Clayton Lee Greenwald and Sandra Corey named to lead food demonstrations. Mark Albee and David Hagelberg to demonstrate firearm use and safety. The three girls demonstrated peanut ape cookies. Next meeting set for Feb 27 at the Community House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Arlington Jrs
Manchester
Kathy Clayton
Lee Greenwold
Sandra Corey
Mark Albee
David Hagelberg
Manchester News Briefs From City and Ski Program Update
Manchester Mrs Thomas Farley spends a few days in New York City and is expected to return Saturday. Bromley ski program notes another lesson with good area conditions. ACCIDENT REPORT: Police say a 1965 Dodge four door, driven by Fred Nickelwhite of the Village, backed from a metered space and hit a 1960 Ford owned by James and Elsie Lyon of Manchester Depot, driven by Elsie Lyon. No injuries reported. A 1963 Chevrolet pickup owned by Howard C Dailey and driven by Faith Dailey of Manchester Depot was stopped in the incident area.
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Thomas Farley
New York City
Bromley
Fred Nickelwhite
Gaudette
James
Elsie Lyon
Manchester Depot
Lyon
Howsard C
Arlington Library Expands Collection With Nine New Titles
Martha Canfield Library adds nine new books per librarian Gerald Raftery, featuring If Morning Ever Comes by Anne Taylor and Murder Cant Wait by Richard Lockridge. Other additions include The Sea Flower by Ruth Moore, Armageddon by Leon Uris, Sixpence in Her Shoe by Phyllis McGinley, and The Trachtenberg Speed Method of Basic Mathematics. Separate items note a 1962 Volkswagen collision on Richeville Road, property sale on Danby Mountain Road, and local students selected for Model U N at Plymouth Teachers College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Martha Canfield Library
Gerald Raftery
Anne Taylor
Columbia Law
Richard Lockridge
Ruth Moore
Toughey
Fanny
Leon Uris
Berlin
Phyllis McGinley
Elizabeth Johnson
Cecil Twyne
Danby Mountain
Louis Grodsky
Croton-on-Hudson
N.Y
Grodskys
Grodsky
Manchester
LeRoy Dupree
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Dorseter
UVM
Hospital Auxiliary
William H. Areeson
Hoosick Falls
Richard Ross
Peter Proud
Doneald Hanks
Salem
A. Allen Hand
Greenwich
Elizabeth Dwyer
Dunleavy
Dorothy Whitford
Rutland
Pset Schoo
Skinner
South Cambridge
Margaret Aiken
Cenmithm
Arlington, VT
Old Hicke
Hickory
America
OLD Hickory Distillers CO
Phila
Cambridge Board
Detroit
Anna C. Miller
Robert
James Dawley
Spring Street
Blythe Graves
Graves
Young Dawley
Ernest Graves
Ruth Bates
Norman Hendrickson
Hendrickson
John Merriman
Edmund Andrew
Mary McClellan Hospital
Edwin Mook
United States
Europe
Germany
Community Choral Society
First United Presbyterian Church
Theoedore Dubois
Christ
Seth C. Craig
Carl Jester
Henry S. Bates
North Park St
Main St
Law Caught
The
Mountain Towns
Carlo Walter — HO
Fran Stacy
Harbingers
Mason Barney
Vermont Congress
Tional Congress of Parents and Teachers
Helene Thompson
Charles LaBatt
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Ornsby Geeney
Bald Mt. 4-H Club
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Jackie Breen
Arlington Library
Richeville
Volkswagen
Linda Wilkins
Kenneth John Wilkins
South Londonderry
Wilkins
Marden Skinner
Cutty
Brattleboro
Useasa
Latchis Hill East
Brattleboro Area
Bennington Garage
Howard Johnson
Howard Johnsons
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