Spirit of Ethan Allen steams across Vermont Bicentennial
From Montpelier to Burlington the Spirit of Ethan Allen excursion train drew crowds in rain and cold as Vermonters cheered, waved, and sang. Officials praised a renewed community spirit despite past traumas, while towns like Stannard paid for the voyage with little more than faith in national healing.
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Montpelier
UPI
Long Island
America
Vietnam
Vermont
Ethan Allen
Burlington
Charlotte
Brandon
the Beautiful
Green Mountains
Andy Barbera
James Hormel
Stannard
Thomas Salmon
Gael Steffens
State jobless rate holds steady in Vermont
Vermont's unemployment rate stayed at 5.3 per cent of the insured workforce last week, with about 14,000 people filing regular, extended and supplemental benefits claims totaling roughly $700,000. Burlington posted the lowest job loss rate and Morrisville the highest, though unemployment fell notably in Morrisville. Bennington’s rate dropped to 4.6 per cent from 4.6.
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DES
Burlington
Morrisville
Marion Smith Named Taconic Grange Good Citizen
Taconic Grange awards its second annual Good Community Citizen Award to Marion Smith of Shaftsbury a former Mt Anthony Union High School board member and longtime Shaftsbury resident involved in local clubs and historical work. The obituary-like profile notes her Swarthmore College background Columbia MAUHS service and community leadership including Quaker ties Red Cross and League of Women Voters. The ceremony featured praise from MAUHS board chair Joseph Hall and others. a plaque was presented by Lillian Wood at a July meeting preceded by a covered dish supper for about 50 attendees.
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Shaftsbury
Taconic Grange
Marion Smith
Mt. Anthony
Society of Friends
Quakers
Bennington Society
Bennington
Red Cross
Mauhs Board
Joseph Hall
Grange
Harold
Betty Cross
Left
Lillian Wood
The
Vetter Bates wedding plans spark Hoosick Falls to Bennington
Kathleen Bates of Hoosick Falls marries William Ralph Vetter of Bennington at St. Mark's Episcopal Church Hoosick Falls. Officiant Rev Joel B. Miller Bruce Bareche provided music. They reside at Applegate Apartments Bennington. Both 1975 HFCS grads. she a secretary at Mammoth Martin Bennington he a Bennington College cook.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Kathleen Bates
William Ralph Vetter
Bennington
Wedding at DORSET East Dorset Church for Ella Baird and Richard Jarvis
Ella L Baird and Richard C Jarvis were married June 2 at the East Dorset Congregational Church. The Rev Lester Tufts officiated with Inez Beebe on organ. Gail Mille was maid of honor and Bruce Towslee was best man. Ushers were Richard G Baird and Mike Doane. The bride wore a lace gown with a camelot headpiece and carried yellow roses and white daisies. A reception followed at the chapel. The bride is a 1976 Accelerated Junior at Burr and Burton Seminary. the groom is stationed at Marsh Air Force Base in California, where they will live.
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Dorset
East Dorset
Ella L. Baird
Richard N. Baird
Richard C. Jarvis
George Jarvis
Manchester Depot
Lester Tufts
Danby
Inez Beebe
Gail Mille
Peru
Bruce Towslee
Richard G. Baird
Mike Doane
Burr and Burton Seminary
Manchester
Marsh Air Force Base
Sunnymead
Calif
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Rod Clarke
Hazel MacDonald
Vetter-Bates
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Joel B. Miller
Bruce
Bareche
Arnold Bates
Rebecca Powers
Leonard Austin
Bennington College Commons
Hampton Beach
N.H
Applegate Apartments
Mammoth Martin Bennington
Hoosick Falls Central School
HFCS
Bennington College
Kathleen and
William Vetter
Ella and
Richard
Jarvis Baird
Crestline
Me. Treasurg Chestivision
J. F. Collins Co
Roberts Drive
DIAL
North
ADAM
Benny Ne
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