Manchester School Board shifts into high gear at budget meeting
Manchester budget debate stretched into the early hours as Dr Clifford B Harwood answered health questions and Ralph Fleming Jr outlined in service training. Principal Donald R Shanks presented kindergarten and 1964 65 budgets with per pupil costs of 146 dollars. Superintendent Neil Cross discussed renovating Manchester Elementary School for a practical vocational program to avoid new classrooms, possible federal aid, and a future where seventh and eighth graders may leave the current building. The board planned further sessions with Shanks and Cross to prepare a taxpayer report and debated a community based cooperative program with local artisans and Granville High School tuition. The plan includes on the job training for non college preparatory students and potential transportation funding to Granville.
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Manchester
Clifford B. Harwood
Eugene V. Kayatta
Ralph F. Fleming Jr
Mount Laurel
Shanks
Neil Cross
Cross
Fmost
Burr and Burton Seminary of
Helen Mach
Dorset and
County Humane Society Deals With Still Another Kind of Bird
A Manchester area hawk case sees a red tailed hawk with a sprained wing brought to the Bennington County Humane Society by a local Arlington bird lover. Game Warden George Thuren arranged private hospitalization in a Manchester home where a unnamed hostess tends the bird. Care focuses on feeding and wing splinting while keeping the patient undisturbed to aid recovery.
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County Humane Society
Manchester
Arlington
Bennington County Humane Society
George Thuren
Tess
Annual Dorset Library meeting to elect trustees and vote on amendment
Dorset village Public Library Association will hold its annual meeting at the library on January 19 at 8 p.m. Trustees will be elected and a proposed constitutional amendment voted on. Visitors can see updates to the Young Dorset Room and the Memorial Reading Room, plus new books added in the past year. New fiction includes The Explorer by Frances Parkinson Keyes and The Horse Knows the Way by John O'Hara alongside other titles. non fiction lists Treasure of Our Tongue and Farewell to Foggy Bottom. mysteries include Murder Can't Wait and Call After Midnight. The meeting of the United Church of Dorset and East Rupert follows Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
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Dorset
Dorset Village
Frances Parkinson Keyes
Rose
Jane Duncan
John O'Hara
Dick Darling
Merle Miller
Rebecca West
Foggy Bottom
Ellis Briggs
Lincoln Barnett
Lockridge
Manning Coles
Mignon Eberhart
Marric
Burr and Burton PTA to hold meeting. tuition up at BBS
The Burr and Burton Seminary PTA plans a Wednesday 8 p.m. meeting ahead of a general PTA gathering on January 20. Town officials will hear a Knowles tax assessment demonstration with a state Tax Department rep tonight. Eighth graders’ Montpelier trip is postponed. The Burr and Burton Board of Trustees set tuition at 510 dollars for the coming year, 35 dollars higher than last year, due to higher secondary education costs.
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Burr and Burton Seminary Pta
PTA
State Tax Department
Oscar Johnson Jr
Burr and Burton Seminary
G.S. Bennett
Manchester School Board
BBS
Neil Cross
Memorial Trophy for Cribbage Club in Manchester
A memorial Har ry L. Adams Cribbage Trophy is donated to the Cribbage League run by Adoniram Chapter No 42 F&AM. Winners names will be inscribed. trophy stays in the lodge hall. The league re elected S amemy Greenberg president Ira Hartwell treasurer Don Otis clerk and Frank Eggleston scorer.
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Manchester
Harry L. Adams
Cribbage League
Adoniram Chapter
F&am
Cribbage
Samemy Greenberg
Ira Hartwell
Don Otis
Frank Eggleston
Bobcat Killed Near Searsburg by Clarksburg Man
An estimated 22 pound bobcat was killed in Searsburg by Millard Jones of Clarksburg Massachusetts. The animal carried a litter of kittens and deer meat in its stomach per Game War den Wayne Rowell who reported it. A new Wilmington sewage disposal plant began permanent operation January 1 with Fred Nutting in charge of maintenance of the fully automatic plant.
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Searsburg
Millard Jones
Clarksburg
Mass
Wayne Rowell
New Wilmington Sewage Disposal
Fred Nutting
Concord Coach legacy fuels New England coin tribute
Manchester scene recalls Abbot and Downing makers of the famed Concord coach. Lewis Downing Jr. rose from Burr and Burton Seminary to lead the firm, which built coaches shipped worldwide, including the Overland line. The piece highlights the coach’s storied history and Downing family ties to Manchester and Vermont.
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Manchester
New England
Concord
N.H
Burr and Burton Seminary
Lewis Downing Jr
Vermont
Downing
New Hampshire
Lewis Sr
United States
Lewis
Lewis Downing
Abbot and Downing
Yankee Magazine
Margaret and
Walter Hard
Bennington
Molly Stark
Searsburg
Boston
Troy
B&mrr
Abbot & Downing
Carrigae
South Africa
South America
Overland
Chicago
San Francisco
Pacific Railways
White Mountains
Primrose
California
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Black Hill
South Dakota
Union Pacific
Young Lewis Downing Jr
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E. H. Henry
Henry
Stuents
Granville
N.Y
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Burr and Bureton
New York School
Burr and Burton
Marden Skinner
The
United Church of
Dorset and East Rupert
Janet van Loon
Cribbage Club
Helene Thompson
Arlington Choral Group
West Arlington
Robert W. Macksey
Brattleboro
Charles Ellingwood
West Arlington Jr. 4-H Club
Carlo Walter HO
Qwes
Glens Falls-Lake George
Maj
Ma Hchester Merchants
Zenith Television
Kctronysave
Mountain View
Manchester Center
Vienna
Rnteermont
Gibson
Admiral Otv
Admiral Color Fidelity Control
Admiral
Balch Television
Gaudette’ S Children Shop
Manchester Center Y Vermon
Garrows
Wler Insurance Agency, Inc
Fischer
Isportcaster Ski Parkas
Hauser
Henke
Curon
Cortina Ski
Gant
Kneissl
Four Seasons Sport Shop
Purdy
MNC
John and Mary Hawkins
Grand Union Shopping Center
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