Vermont Freedom Bond Drive opens January in Montpelier
Vermont's 1962 Freedom Bond Drive will launch January 24 with a Montpelier luncheon sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank. Gov Keyser and Levi Smith of Burlington will speak, as Raymond Rowley of Milton is named chairman of the Vermont Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Federal Reserve Bank
Keyser
Levi Smith
Burlington
Milton
Raymond Rowley
Vermont Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Rowley
Howard Foster
Salisbury
Milton Co-op Creamery
National Milk Producers Federation
Westminster-Rockingham I 91 bids set for 7 million
Montpelier project outlines five contracts totaling about seven million dollars for a six percent mile stretch. The Willliams River Bridge over the Rutland Railroad is among major features. Final letting for the Williams River bridge is planned for late summer 1962.
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Montpelier
Westminster-Rockingham
Vermont
Saxton’s River
Vermont 121
Grafton
Bellows Falls
Vermont 103
Ludlow
Willliams River
Rutland Railroad
Stratton Opens Albany Office As Governor Candidate
Rep Samuel S Stratton of Schenectady announces Democratic bid for New York governor and opens Albany headquarters near the state capitol at 90 State Street. He plans further campaigning across New York including New York City Niagara Falls and several counties. Dr Abraham I Milstein of Albany receives the 1962 B nai B rith Covenant Award with James C Hagerty delivering the breakfast remarks. Hagerty, Amer TV network vice president and Eisenhower press secretary, urges power used to defend freedom and deter war.
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Stratton
Albany
Samuel S. Stratton
Schenectady
New York
New York City
Niagara Falls
Broome
Columbia
Sullivan Counties
State Capitol
State Street
Hagerty
Abraham I. Milstein
Gideon Lodge
James C. Hagerty
American Broadcasting Co
Eisenhower
Pittsfield
Clement A. Riley
Massachusetts
Pittsfield Democrats form Young Democratic Committee
The Pittsfield Democratic City Committee voted to form a Young Democratic Committee and asked the national headquarters for guidance. Raymond F. Connor Jr. was named chairman, and a steering group was formed with a top age limit of 30.
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Eye Democratic Youth Committee
Pittsfield
Democratic City Committee
Young Democratic Committee
Raymond F. Connor Jr
Zanzibar Teacher Views U S Education Practices in Bennington
Adhra Mazruiy, a Fulbright observer from Zanzibar, recalls her first teaching at 17 in Pemba and now observes U S methods in Bennington Grad Ed School District. She studies U S history and pedagogy in San Diego before Bennington, noting income gaps and language education differences, and compares schooling in Zanzibar with U S.
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Adhra Mazruiy
Pemba
Zanzibar
Washington, D.C
San Diego
Calif
State College
U.S
Adhra
Public Works Department
Tanganyika
Africa
Vermont
Peter Donovan
Crescent Boulevard
Hagenguth
German Classes Start At Molly Stark Junior High
Deep That Mario Paris and Martin Trapp will lead after school German and Russian basic courses for interested students. Classes meet weekly with progress determined by each student. Exams run January 16 to 19 as mid year tests approach.
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Mario Paris
Molly Stark
Martin Trapp
Trapp
England Switches from Fahrenheit to Centigrade
London reports a nationwide trend toward the centigrade scale as Britain begins converting to the decimal system. Weather broadcasts show both scales during the transition while a government panel maps plans to replace pounds shillings and pence with decimal currency.
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London
Britain
Engagement of Isabella Perrotta and Virgil Erickson
Miss Isabella Perrotta announces the engagement of her daughter Isabella Marion to Virgil William Erickson son of Anton Erickson of Guilford. Isa bella Marion is a Bennington and Teachers College graduate and director of vocal music in Springfield VI schools. Erickson is a Northeastern University graduate and engineer at Bryant Chucking Grinder Co. of Springfield. A spring wedding is planned.
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V. Erickson
Nicholas Perrotta
Putnam St
Isabella Marion
Virgil William Erickson
Anton Erickson
Guilford
Perrotta
Bennington College
Teachers College
Columbia University
Springfield
Mr. Erickson
Northeastern University
Bryant Chucking Grinder Co
School Lunch Menu for Molly Stark School Week
The Molly Stark School offers a weekly lunch menu. Tuesday features meat loaf with mashed potatoes spinach pumpkin pie whole wheat rolls and milk. Wednesday includes baked beans in tomato sauce tossed salad peaches homemake cinnamon rolls and milk. Thursday serves turkey and gravy on biscuit cranberries buttered carrots sliced pineapple and milk. Friday presents fish sticks tartar sauce scalloped potatoes corn stewed prunes rolls and milk.
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Molly Stark
Science Shrinks Piles Without Surgery Uses Bio-Dyne
In New York a new healing substance named Bio-Dyne, from a world famous research institute, shrinks hemorrhoids, relieves itching and pain, with case after case showing reduction even as it eases discomfort. Available as Preparation H suppository or ointment at drug counters.
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New York, N. Y
Thrift Shop Seeks Unwanted Christmas Gifts
The Thrift Shop invites donations of unused or discarded Christmas presents and other household wares and clothing. Coordinators Mrs. Charles Hayward and Mrs. Eugene Burt oversaw the weekend effort assisted by Mrs. William Towart Mrs. C. Dailey and Mrs. Willelmine Hicks. A car seat for a small child and a nice suitcase were highlighted as needed items.
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Thrift Shop
Charles Hayward
Eugene Burt
William Towart
C. Dailey
Willelmine Hicks
Four Fatalities In Bennington County Accidents 1961
Vermont State Police records show 323 accidents on Bennington County highways in 1961 with four deaths. Most crashes occurred in summer, on weekends, and between 3 and 5 p.m. December had the highest toll and March the lowest. Youthful male drivers dominate, with far fewer female participants.
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Vermont
Shaftsbury
Bennington
Bennington Town
Arlington
Pownal
Stamford
Sandgate
Bennington County
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