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Bennington Banner in Bennington, Vermont

22 Jan 1972

Page 5

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Bennington Banner

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Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

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Jan 22, 1972

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5

Manchester Probate Court handles vast Vermont estates

In Manchester Vermont Judge Margaret Dougherty runs a busy probate court shaping estate settlements and guardianships for eight towns. The court processes yearly inheritances totaling about $500,000 plus $50,000 in fees while presiding over name changes births and adoptions. Dougherty, not a lawyer, has led the court since 1957 and oversees cases from a small booklined office to the large courtroom for formal hearings.

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Manchester Vermont Bennington County Margaret Dougherty North Arlington Margaret Lillie Bennington Dorset North Shire Dougherty Equinox House New York City Paris Register Weeks School Vergennes Probate Judge Dougherty Manchester Court
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Burgess: Vermont’s Lieutenant Governor a People Person

Lt. Gov. John Stuart Burgess recalls a global youth in Algiers and a Vermont life heavy with public service. He rose from Windham County district attorney to state speaker, then lieutenant governor, balancing law work, military service, and active civic involvement.

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Montpelier John Stuart Burgess Algiers North Africa Jack Burgess Vermont Burgesses McCulloughs Bennington New York Europe Olive Moore Burgess South Carolina Burgess Burlington Statehouse Gov Hiland Hall Frederick E. Burgess Howard Bank St. Paul’s School Concord N.H University of Vermont Field Artillery Air Corps Pi Beta Phi Rhonda Prouty Connecticut Northeastern University School of Law Brattleboro Burgess and Pope U.S. Air Force Korea Windham County John S. Burgess Brattleboro Union Vermont Highway Board Judiciary Committee House Senate Friends Air Force Reserve Gov. Burgess
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North Shire Probate Court By Charles Bonenti Ira Allen Remember Baker Desiree American Civil Liberties Union Community Action Brattleboro Frederick UVM Helen Brattleboro Union High School Vermont Council For the Arts United States Legislative Council
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