One-Stop Shopping Centers Spread for Builders
Wickes Corp. expands its national network of lumber and building supply centers to serve urban suburban and rural markets with a supermarket like setup. Centers offer about 3000 items from lumber plumbing heating and electrical to building hardware with rail siding direct showroom access and expert advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumber and Building Supply Division
Wickes Corp
Saginaw, Mich
Poretage
Mich
Wickes
Othe
Selkirk
N.Y
Albany
Schenectady
Troy
Romeo, Mich
Pontiac
Port Hueron
Detroit
California
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Alta Mobile Park opens at junction of US 7 and VT 346
Pownal opens Alta Mobile Park in Green Mountain Park area at the US 7 VT 346 junction adjacent to Montpelier. The 47-site facility offers 50 by 65 foot lots with underground utilities, picnic area, playground, landscaping, and option for resident or tourist occupancy under managers Mr and Mrs Robert Wilcox and Mr and Mrs Harvey Baker. Residents may plant flower beds and apply at the on-site office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Park
Alta Mobile Park
Pownal
Green Mountain Park
Alta
U.S. 7
Vermont
Buckler
Vermont 346
Robert Wilcox
Harvey Baker
Alta Niles Baker
Real Estate Transfers Reported in Bennington Clerk Office
Bennington Town Clerk Mary Hodeck lists transfers recorded from June 29 to July 8. Names include Perry Hughes Williams, Francis C. Williams, Dollard, Harwood, Laurson, Gardner, Damour, Greenberg, the Turner family, Sibley Development Corp, and Morrissey, with parcels along Main Street, Butter Road, Oakes and East Main Streets, Pleasant Valley Road, Morgan Street Extension and nearby routes, spanning Bennington Shaftsbury and North Bennington areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Mary Hodeck
Perry Hughes Williams
Caldwell
N.J
Pownal
Francis C. Williams
Charles and
Elizabeth Dollard
Henry Bridge
Breakenridge
Hugh and
Margaret S. McCabe
Frederick W
Mary Janet Harwood
Fillmore Street
Ivo
Jane T. Laurson
William J
Althea M. Horst
Pleasant Valley Road
Richard V
Joan H. Damour
First National Bank of
North Bennington
Morgan Street
Norman H. Greenberg
Cambridge Store Modernizes And Expands In Bennington
Cambridge’s Kinnin’s Drug Store on West Main Street unveils a enlarged modern shop with an ice cream counter in black and white marble. Walter D. Kinnin of Greenwich owns the business and plans to move to Cambridge this summer after purchasing Le Grys Drugs in 1964 and Cambridge Books recently. The renovation adds a new floor ceiling lighting and extra shelves while expanding the prescription area and cosmetic selection. The store employs four people. Property transfers list several July 8 9 deeds in Bennington and surrounding towns involving residents of Albany Schenectady Burling-ton Camden and Hauppauge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
N.Y
Kinnin
West Main Street
Cambridge Books
LeGrys Drugs
Walter D. Kinnin
Greenwich
Cam
le Grys Drugs
Peter Proud
Union Street
Bennington
Carol D
Carlton Webb
Albany
Teresa M. McQuire
Factory Lane
North Bennington
Frederick
Kimiko S. Foster
Alma K
Kenneth N. Corey
Shaftsbury
Beech Street
Leon H
Martha E. Barrett
Camden
Maine
Howard X. LaFlamme
Schenectady
Bates
New England May Contracts Rise 24 Percent
Boston reports May contracts for future construction in New England reached 284.976 million dollars, up 24 percent from May 1964. Nonresidential and non building work drove the gain, while residential contracts fell overall though one and two family housing rose. Commercial buildings led total non-residential activity with 87.889 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
New England
F .W. Dodge
New England Tree Farms Near 3 Million Acre Mark
New England added 158,596 acres via 56 newly certified tree farms in the first half of 1965, boosting totals to 1,744 farms and 2,939,654 acres. International Paper Co. owns a 33,000-acre Holbrook Memorial Tree Farm in northeastern Vermont. Rawson notes plans to pass 3 million acres by year end as private tree farms expand timber crops and wildlife habitat while reducing government land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
New England
Lovell C. Rawson
American Forest Products Industries, Inc
Rawson
Vermont
International Paper Co
Stewart H. Holbrook
Holbrook
Portland
Ore
American Tree Farm System
State of
Washington
Washington, D. C
New Census Report Details Vermont Retail Sales in 1963
A Census of Retail Trade report shows Vermont stores in 1963 had 28 percent of sales from women’s and girls’ clothing, 5 percent from cigars and tobacco, and 25 percent from lumber and building materials. The release outlines regional data for New England, state districts, SMSAs, and over 100 store types with 25 merchandise lines. The report costs $2.25 per issue and $24.60 for the full set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Vermont
U.S. Department of Commerce
S Bureau of the Census
New England
United States
Government Printing Office
Real estate group dinner highlights Vermont speaker
Harold Benson of Burlington, president of the Vermont State Realtors, spoke at the Bennington County Board of Realtors annual dinner at Mt Anthony Country Club. Twenty three members attended. Benson urged attendance at the National Real Estate Boards convention in Chicago in November. Re elected officers were Mrs Ethel Wells president Herbert Douglas vice president August Schramm secretary treasurer. A vote of thanks greeted retiring secretary treasurer Thomas Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Benson
Burlington
Vermont
Thomas Hall
Also Mentioned on This Page
New York
UPID
LeRoy
Romeo
Farmer City
Forest Junction
Wis
Obile Park
Department of Education
Clara L. Trombley
East Main and
Oakes Streets
Richard C
Shirley B. Gardner
Kathryn H
John R. Turner
St. Cloud
Fla
Harry Wilson
Edward A
Dorothea Rice
Sibley Development Corp
Nelson H. DeGrenier
Salvatore Santrarcangelo
Edward L. Sibley Mfg. Co. Inc
Annette B
John P. Morrissey
Gladys L. Colburn
Green Acres
Howard B
Doris A. Waine
Everett P
Ida A. LeBlanc
Moneument Avenue
Old Bennington
John D
Gene A. Masters
Hauppauge
N. Y
Frank S
Anna E. Moses
Robert J
Eleanor P. Gilroy
H. Greenberg & 50K, Inc
Ennington
Dial
Stavens & Frost, Inc
Bondville, Vt
No-Frost
Griffin Electric Co., Inc
Main ST
Isr
A. J. Dewey & Sons
McKinley St
Bennington, Vt
Owlkill Farm, Inc
Fagle Bridge Egg Distributor
Benson
Gerald E. Morrissey
General Contractors
Beech St
Morse C&b Block, Inc
Shaftsbury Rd
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