Snowstorm Slows Winhall Ski Visitors and Local Work
Winhall guests from Greenfield and Hartford visited Stratton during school vacation as 12 to 14 inches of heavy snow blanketed the area. Highway crews labored through the storm while locals handled daily tasks and winter employment at Colemans Mobil Station and nearby inns. A note recalls the 1790s Whiskey Rebellion tied to federal seven cent excise tax on distilled spirits.
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Robert Vaile
Greenfield
Mass
John Korpi
Taylor Hill
Stratton
America
Winhall Weighs Sale for Community Center at Town Hall
An information meeting at Winhall Elementary discussed selling the old town hall to finance a new community center on school property. Plans call for officer rooms and an auditorium serving students and townspeople. Voters at town meeting will decide on selling the hall and forming a committee to advance preliminary plans.
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Winhall
Winhall Elementary
Selectmen and School Board
Red Cross Drive Begins in Arlington March 20
Arlington announces its Red Cross drive will start March 20. Co chairs Mrs Allan Robertson and Mrs Thomas Coleman will head the effort again. A Kindergarten Mothers table at AMHS gym during voting hours Tuesday will offer coffee to raise funds for the next school year. Mary Jeanne Walsh of Red Mountain Road was a patient at Mary Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover New Hampshire during her vacation.
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Red Cross
Arlington
Allan Robertson
Thomas Coleman
AMHS
Mary Jeanne Walsh
Red Mountain Road
Mary Hitchcock Hospital
Hanover
N.H
Pownal Community Notes Include Hospital Update and Elections
Vera Langlais and Mrs. Harry Andrews released from Putnam Memorial Hospital and convalescing at home after a U S 7 crash near Bennington. Nine tables at the first local card party raised 29.35 for Pownal Center Fire Department, with awards to several residents. A rummage sale and a food sale by church groups raised funds for church needs. Town business and voting plans outlined, with ballot clerks named and 843 eligible voters noted. Calendar lists meetings, vaccinations, and civic programs. In Hoosick Falls, Immaculate Conception Church adds a 7:30 mass during Lent with confessions and a sermon series by Rev. George Callaghan.
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Harry Andrews
Colleen
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Pownal Center
U.S. 7
Bennington
Andrews
Charles Alexander
Pownal
Board of Civil Authority
Arthur E. George
A. Coleman Mason
Rachel Mason
Marcel A. Langlais
Burton Peckham
Henry Brown
Martin Lingner
Ellen Lillie
Harold P. Hicks
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Marlboro College Names New Dean Edward Wendell Jr
Edward E. Wendell Jr. of Milton Massachusetts is appointed dean of students at Marlboro College effective September 1 replacing Richard M. Judd who returns to full time teaching in American civilization. Wendell is a Harvard College AB in mathematics and previously served as assistant dean and admissions chair at Marlboro after teaching fellow duties and a master’s in mathematics at the University of Washington. Judd earned a Williams BA in 1947 and a Harvard PhD in American Civilization in 1960, joining Marlboro in 1950.
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Marlboro
Edward E. Wendell Jr
Milton
Mass
Marlboro College
Thomas B. Ragle
Wendell
Richard M. Judd
Milton Academy
Harvard College
Harvard
University of Washington
Judd
Williams
Vermont
Fashion show and club meeting set in Shaftsbury
The 1 40 Club will meet Tuesday at 8 pm at Mrs Jules Olitsky home on U S 7. Shaftsbury School Association hosts a second annual fashion show March 11 at 7 30 pm in North Bennington High School gym with local talent modeling spring fashions for all ages. Admission, door prizes, and inter mission candy sales by the Playground Association. Fannie Bromley and Owen Burke wed Feb 24 in a double ring ceremony by Justice of the Peace William M Barber at his home. Attendants were Walter Burke and his wife.
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Jules Olitsky
U.S
Shaftsbury School Association
North Bennington High School
Playground Association
Fannie Bromley
Owen Burke
Dorset
William M. Barber
Mr. Burke
Walter Burke
Shaftsbury
Reading program at East Arlington Federated Church
Enterprise Society of East Arlington Federated Church holds a Wednesday 7 30 p m meeting in Bailey Hall. Mrs Roy Grout directs Adventures in Reading with oral reports from members and other church readers. Mrs Grout displays books while Mrs Harry Hayden leads worship. Social hour follows hosted by Mrs Harold Best and committee. Miss Elizabeth Johnston urges all church women to attend.
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East Arlington
Enterprise Society of East Arlington Federated Church
Bailey Hall
Roy Grout
Grout
Elizabeth Johnston
Lions hear Hawkins outline world youth exchange program
International Councilor Charles A. Hawkins addressed 17 Lions at Long Jim's Restaurant in Wilmington on Lions International youth programs and a planned international exchange for qualified youth. May 14 set for Ladies Night with ski merchandise, season tickets, and gift certificates as prizes to benefit the Lyman Maynard Scholarship Fund and Lions Tennis Club Fund. Next meeting scheduled March 23. AREA SKI NEWS Philip Long and Brattleboro entrants excel in Brattleboro Winter Carnival cross country race. Long named to Vermont racing team but will skip to support school team. brother John sidelined by injury.
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International
Charles A. Hawkins
Essex Junction
Lions
Long Jim’s
Wilmington
Hawkins
Lions International
Stratton
Haystack
Mt. Snow
Hogback
Carinthia
Guilford
Brattleboro
Outing Club of
Jeffry Davis
Brownseville
Jon Naaslund
Wilburneham
Mass
Mason Newick
Brownsville
Long
Vermont
Brattleboro Union High
Lyndoneville
New England
Philip
John
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John C. Slade
Frederick Lyons
Kennon Lyons
Debbie
Hartford, Vt
Hazel
Mildred Burbank
Chester
Clifton Burdette
Joseph Parris
John Lyman
David Lyman
Coleman's
Leland and Gray Seminary
Miriam Alexopoulous
Michael Kidd
Red Fox Inn
Winhall Hollow Road
Elton Coleman
Boston
Colemans
Robert Gray
Lexington
Town Hall Sale
Helene Thompson
The
Pownals
Vera Langlais
Center School
Dorothy Hager
Harry W. Beals Jr
Pownal Methodist Church
United Church
Ralph Bishop
James Quinn
Harry W. Beals
First Congregational Church
WSCS
Otis Dorman
Charles F. Mason
Boy Scout
St. Margaret Mary’s Parish
West Mt. Farm
Yankee Doodlers Drum & Bugle Corps
Arlington Chorale
West Arlington
Enterprise Society
Federated Church
American Legion Post No. 69
Legion
Firemen’s
George Callaghan
O.S.A
Fran Stacy
Burke
Bromley
Main Street
Daily Way Interest
ORTH
North Bennington
Manchester
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Harry Hayden
Harold Best
Mountain Towns
Carlo Walter — HO
Philip Long
Herbert Long
Waldwinkel
West Dover
Worthmore
Kybo Coffee
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