Memorial Planned For Rev. Johnson
A fund to acquire an electronic system for First Baptist Church in memory of Rev. Edgar W. Johnson, who served 17 years until 1963, will install a sanctuary public address system with pulpit and organ microphones and belfry amplifiers. Estimated cost about $1,000. Service Club sponsors contributions to Mrs. Howard G. Marsden or Mrs. Philip Squires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
First Baptist Church
Edgar W. Johnson
Johnson
Service Club
Howard G. Marsden
Philip Squires
Dorset Manchester to fix joint dispatcher cost formula
Manchester and Dorset town managers will negotiate a new formula for charges on the shared fire emergency dispatching system. 1965 and 1966 charges rose due to added payroll costs, with Dorset officials weighing continued cooperation amid budget surplus concerns.
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Dorset
Manchester
Manchester Selectmen
James L. Woodard
James H. Beebe
Dorset Fire Department and
Civil Defense Committee
Expiring Town Officer Terms Listed in Manchester Notice
Town Clerk Clara May Hemenway lists officers with terms expiring this year including Selectman Ferdinand Bongartz three year term, School Director C B Harwood three year term, Auditor Paul Todtschinder three year term, Lister Walter Clemens, Trustee Edwin Storlow three year term, Cemetery Commissioner Eleanor Thompson five year term, Moderator James Campbell, Town Treasurer Harold Wissel one year, Collectors andConstables all one year, Grand Jurors Kamber, Kamber, Town Agent John Hutton Jr., Town Clerk Clara May Hemenway one year. Nominations papers are due February 1 through February 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Todtschinder
Lister
Walter S. Clemens
Edwin E. Storlow
Eleanor Thompson
James B. Campbell
Harold Wisell
Sarah Jackson
Dana _ L. Thompson
Louis Nicolson
Betty Kamber
Nathan Kamber
John G. Hutton Jr
Clara May Hemenway
Ecumenical service planned in Manchester area week of unity
Manchester area churches plan a week of prayer for Christian unity with a 7:30 p.m. Sunday service at Manchester Elementary School gymnasium. The event, open to all, features liturgies, scripture, prayers, and hymns led by a seven clergy and nine lay committee. Music by Joseph Stannard of Manchester Depot. The service ends around 8:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Manchester-Dorset
National Council of Churches
World Council of Churches
Bishops’ Commission For Ecumenical Affairs
Commission of the
Roman Catholic Bishops of the
United States
Joseph Stannard
Manchester Depot
J. Frank Burke
Robert L. Clayton
Joseph F. Connolly
Robert G. Dana
Jerome J. Hevey Jr
Kenneth F. Hill
Carleton Howe
James B. Murray
William Nawrath
Paul O’leary
Godfrey Parker
Warren Snyder
James West
Manchester Congregationalists Add Six Deaconesses to Officers' Roster
Manchester church revised by laws at annual meeting to allow election of six deaconesses and three extra members to the Committee on Religious Education. Edwin L. Bigelow presided as moderator. Multiple officers and committee members were elected for one year, including Miss Effie Miles as clerk and Mrs. Gladys Childs as assistant treasurer. Three-year deacon terms went to Howard Wilcox and William Day, with two-year deaconess terms for Mrs Harrison Hoyt and Mrs Roscoe Wilcox.extras report community show rehearsals and hospital visit notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
First Congregational Church
Edwin L. Bigelow
Bigelow
Effie Miles
Robert Treat
Edwin Treat
Kaetsch
George Jarvis
G. Frederick Lawrence
Stanley Hinkley
Francis Smalley
Milton Rockwell
Laura Meredith
Clara May Hemenway
Walter Hayes
Alton Hicks
Francis Coburn
Howard Wilcox
William Day
Arrison Hoyt
Roscoe Wilcox
Dawson Penn
Harold Harwood
Interest Up In Development Stock Offering
Richard C. Bartholomae, president of the Manchester Area Development Corp., reports considerable interest in the purchase of the corporation’s stock offering. The plan aims to raise $10,000 by selling non-interest bearing stock at $10 per share, with one vote per shareholder regardless of shares.
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Manchester
Richard C. Bartholomae
Manchester Area Development Corp
Smith returns from Hawaii with ideal warm spell
Robert Miller Smith arrived back from a Hawaii trip noting perfect weather. He reports daytime temperatures from 65 to 80 degrees and says he swam daily during the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Miller Smith
Hawaii
Benefactress Surprises Rescue Squad at Hoosick Falls Meeting
Hoosick Falls news note reports a surprise visit during the rescue squad’s annual meeting. Mentions Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Thompson owners of the pink chalet near Bromley. they recently stayed in Hoosick Falls before returning to Montrose New York. Also lists social and wedding notices including Evelyn Farnum marrying Ronald Rosenthal in Peru with reception at Bromley House.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosick
Kenneth Thompson
Vt. 11
Bromley
Montrose
S. R. Ogden Jr
Landgrove
Buffalo
William More
Mary Ogden
Margaret Taylor
Londonderry
Eagle Nest
Magic Mountain
Raymond Williams
Rollin Rowley
Peru
Evelyn Farnum
Raymond Farnum
Peru Congregational Church
Bromley House
Miss Farnum
Ronald Rosenthal
Albany, N.Y
Reynolds gifts aid ambulance squad in Kiackett Farm area
Windall Pacquette and family hosted visitors from Chicopee Falls as Richard Sibourg stayed with friends near Kendall Farm Road. Rev Edith Reynolds presented a 5075 dollar check to settle the 1965 Cadillac ambulance balance. The squad thanked her, named her an honorary board member, and named Arthur Armstrong honorary president. Richard Severson presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Pacquette
Chicopee Falls
Mass
Richard Sibourg
Niantic, Conn
Kendall Farm Road
Edith Craig Reynolds
Arthur Armstrong
Armstrong
Richard Severson
Blood drive short of quota at Manchester event
The Red Cross Blood Bank collected 64 pints at the Dorset Manchester drawing at First Congregational Church in Manchester. The area quota was 100 pints, with two pints donated by salaried Red Cross nurses at the scene. The Dorset and Manchester Blood Bank Committees rotate management of the drawing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Red Cross Blood Bank
First Congregational Church
Joseph E. Fowler
Red Cross
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Rev
Manchester Bank
Factory Point National Bank
Christian W. Schafer
Earle E. Storrs
Storrs
Arthur M. Kelton
Carleton G. Howe
I. Norton Bartlett
Douglas P. Shaw
Chet Ringheiser
Terry Tyler
James P. Stannard
Dorset Civil Defense Committee
Beebe
Tyler
Stannard
Guy S. Stone
Robert C. Dressler
Calvin Skinner
Harlan Coolidge
Ernest Edgerton
Walter B. Read
Hill-Martin Corp
Barre
Hubbel Lathrop
U.S. 7
Wilcox Flats
Lathrop Road
Clyde Bryant Sr
Bennington County
Christian Schafer
East Arlington
Homer B. Ellis Jr
Ringheiser
Ski Rentals
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OF & Kins Fons Ts
Ferdinand Bongartz
C. B. Harwood
Wanchester
Peter Carleton
Main Street
Julian W. van Riper
Ridgewood, N.J
Donald R. Shanks
Shanks
Rata
Winslow
Manchester Center
Virgin
Garrow’s
Main St
Ben Franklin
Clergy Plan
Ecumenical Service
County National Bank of
Bennington
Vermont
U.S
Eeee
Frank Hogel
K.R. Clayton van Vechten B
Graves Arthur F, Cronin
Eer
Manchester Congregationalists
Kenneth Hill
L.J. Dulac
J. Gilmore Fletcher
Roy Barstow
Rudolph Helland
Arlington
Helene Thompson
Dick Pelsue
Larry Brush
Arlington Lions
Pelsue
Brush
Edith Beaumont
Louis Trembley
Second Street
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Donald Riker
Arlene Heiland
Don Otis
Ray Brown
Sherman Hitchcock
Joseph Fowler
Norman Thompson
In Development
West Arlington
Sandgate
Betty Trachte
I Furniture Co
Owen
Bennington Banner
Rescue
Alice Dibble
Windall
John O. Slade
Blood Bank
Charles S. Smith
Sirloin
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