Vermont’s First Lady Auctioneer Sees a Treasure Trove
Emma Bailey Brattleboro resident claims to be the nation’s first woman auctioneer. She recalls 12 years ago finding a path into the trade and becoming the first woman member of the National Auctioneers Association. Bailey praises Vermont’s attic stashes and notes the trade expands homes not destroys them. She warned against overbuying to resell and wrote a book in 1962, Sold to the Lady in the Green Hat.
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Vermont
Emma Bailey
Brattleboro
National Auctioneer’s Association
Mrs. Bailey
Eli
Gradatim Group
Buckler
Molly Stark Junior High Notes From the Year
Molly Stark announces boys and girls basketball captains Bruce Cooper David Powell LaVerne Studiel lead the boys team Intramurals show standings and bids. The eighth grade reads The Weird and Mysterious and The Gold Bug as prep for a research paper Miss McDonald Grade 7 social studies notebooks cover six Western Europe countries The 9A class reads six novels across three centuries with reports due Feb 6 March 6 and April 10 Civics mid year exams loom and marking period closes with report cards on Thursday
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Molly Stark
Bruce Cooper
David Powell
LaVerne Studiel
Europe
Spain
France
Portugal
Belgium
Switzerland
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Elsa Chapin
Sabin Oral Polio Vaccine Clinic Sunday
The public clinic for Type I Sabin polio immunization will be Sunday at Bennington Catholic High School gym from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Vermont State Department of Public Health supplies the vaccine and endorses the event co-sponsored by the Infant of Prague Nurses' Guild and BCHS Guild. The clinic serves ages 2 months through 30 years and welcomes surrounding-area residents.
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Bennington Catholic High School
Vermont State Department of Public Health
Infant of Prague Nurses’ Guild
Bchs Guild
William Worthington
William Flood
State Health Department
Myra Galipeau
Virginia Lonergan
Dorothea Haddad
United Church Women Install Miss Marion S Hardy President
Miss Marion S Hardy of Shafts bury was installed as president of the United Church Women at the annual meeting in North Bennington Congregational Church. Others named to officer posts included Mrs Harry Moses first vice president Le Roy Marsden second vice president Gordon Jenkins secretary and Miss Carolyn M Clark treasurer. The group reported migrant worker services a Christmas visit for foreign students and gifts to Waterbury patients.
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Marion S. Hardy
Shaftsbury
United Church Women
Dean Hanson
UCW
North Bennington Congregational Church
Harry Moses
Grandview St
Leroy Marsden
Union St
Gordon Jenkins
Weeks St
Carolyn M. Clark
Grove St
Bennington
Waterbury
United Nations
Unicef
St. Peter’s
Paradise Restaurant
Allan Hackett
Boston
Benjamin Vail
New York News Strike Costs Unions Millions Weekly
Nine unions pay nearly one million weekly in strike benefits to more than 15 000 idle members amid a 45 day shutdown of New York's nine major dailies. Benefits range from 30 to 120 dollars by union, with the Deliverers union opting out. Some income comes from out of town newspaper sales as Cleveland and New York papers face extended strikes.
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NEW York
Deliverers
American Newspaper Guild
Cleveland
Bertram A. Powers
International Typographical Union
Afl-Cio
Fax Forms 1040A Is Simpler for Many
Washington AP explains the 1962 tax return options with 1040 and 1040A. 1040A suits under $10,000 income under specific rules, while 1040 handles itemized deductions and complex cases. The piece outlines deductions, dividend rules, and the required schedules for different income types.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Investiture of St Francis de Sales and Sacred Heart Girl Scouts
St Francis de Sales and Sacred Heart parish Girl Scouts were invested Sunday at Sacred Heart Church with Rev. Joseph F. Wiseman presiding. After services, families gathered at Bennington Catholic High School cafeteria for a social hour, listing numerous named Scouts across Troops 2 10 9 8 26 and 23.
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St. Francis, Sacred Heart Parish
Girl Scouts
St. Francis de Sales
Sacred Heart Parish
Sacred Heart Church
Joseph F. Wiseman
Anhood
Bennington Catholic High School
Troop 2
Ester Berard
Laurie Buchanan
Donna Cranston
Margaret Harrington
Clarissa Harte
Deborah Hyde
Debra Ibey
Sheila Kearns
Susan LaCroix
Theresa Lanoue
Mrs. Hayes Elected By Y Auxiliary President
Mrs. Robert Hayes was elected president of the YMCA Auxiliary at its annual luncheon in the YMCA board room. She succeeds Mrs. Josiah Fuller after two years. Officers include First VP Mrs. Benjamin Vail Second VP Mrs. Leroy Marsden Secretary Mrs. H. S. Moses and Treasurer Mrs. Lillian Kleine. Sixty five members attended.
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YMCA
Robert Hayes
Josiah Fuller
Benjamin Vail
Leroy Marsden
H. S. Moses
Lillian Kleine
Charles Hayward
Dean Hanson
Hugh Vance
John Riddle
Charles Kittner
John Clawson
W. P. Giddings
Fuller
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Sheilah Marlowe
Gossard
Drysdale’s
Molly Stark News
Jacqueline Reynolds
Carol Watkin
Rex Hill
Beverly Bushey
Bulletin Board
Barbara Car
Bruce Cooper LaVerne
Herbert Bowen
Ladie Ann Graves
Janice Vince
Vince
Graves
Dianne Carbonaro
Janis Vince
Karen Bowmaker
Candidace Cross
Linda Noyes
Debbie Pike
Dick Frantz
Ralph Quackenbush
Kay Smith
June Graves
Linda Cross
Pat Walker
Edgar Allen Poe
Civics
Therese Goodermore
Sabin Oral Polio
First National Stores
North Bennington Rd
Marge
Arlington
Miss Hardy
N.Y
By James Marlow
Savings and Loan Association
Mrs. Hayes
Y’ Auxiliary
Bell & Howell
Zoomatic
Bennington Garage Corp
Triple ‘Ss
Grand Union Ee
Liggett Bosworth Sales & Service
Bennington Road
Bennington, Vt
Noveck-Shultz, Inc
Main St
Howard
Panson
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