Nellie Hayden Honored as 1977 Community Citizen
Nellie Hayden of Manchester Mount Equinox Grange was named Good Community Citizen of 1977 at a dinner for about 75 friends. The Vermont Grange project has become a national effort, with Red Cross, Girl Scouts, 4-H and DAR members praising her decades of service and leadership roles in church, libraries, nursing and senior programs. Attendees included last year’s recipient Dr. Mason Barney. sisters, brothers, husband and children witnessed a songful reception and gifts, with future banquet invites noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Mt. Equinox
Mason Barney
Walthrude Pierce
Bennington
Mrs. Hayden
Mrs. Pierce
Red Cross
Marion Crawford
Girl Scouts
Wanda Salter
Ethel Benjamin
Irene Bentley
Charlotte Dunlap
Francis Bayon
Eastern Star
Anna Vaughn
The
DAR
Sandy Wright
Nursing Service
Blood Bank
Virginia Andrews
Senior Citizens Meals
Marella Grout
Sue Snow
Barbara Hill
Home Demonstration
Archie
Harry
Dorothy Squiers
Daisy Schwarzkoph
State Grange
Belle Decker
Nellie
Pomona Grange Notes and Camp Highlights Read Aloud
Rose Gleason and Connie Mason from Bennington Grange discussed The Land That Became Vermont and His Version of Pownal, with Mason recounting Grange Youth Camp. Mason’s cabin group won, Mason named Pomona agriculture queen, and plans for a July food sale in Bennington, July 17 state church service in West Dumerston, July 19 exchange program to Washington Pomona, August 9 meeting in Taconic Grange Hall, and a card shower for George Cooledge who turns 83.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Rose Gleason
Bennington Grange
Nathan Perkins
Pownal
Connie Mason
Grange
Miss Mason
Pomona
Belle Decker
Price Chopper
Bennington
West Dumerston
Home Economics Committee
State Home Economics
Washington
Middletown Springs
Taconic Grange Hall
Raymond Bolton
George Cooledge
Cooledge
Ethan Allen Pomona Grange
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Eldred Family Reunion Planned at Potter Hill Squaw Valley
The 17th George W. Eldred family reunion will be July 17 at Clarence Eldred's Squaw Valley in Potter Hill. Jeanne Esposito chairs a covered dish dinner with help from Jeanne Yager and others. dinner at 1 p.m. Officers include Catherine Bierwirth as president Barbara Eddy as vice president Corrine Eldred as secretary Ruth Hewitt as treasurer Jessie Hewitt as historian John Kulas as entertainment chairman and Jeanne Esposito as food chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick
N.Y
George W. Eldred
Clarence Eldred
Squaw Valley
Potter Hill
Jeanne Esposito
Jeanne Yager
Catherine Bierwirth
Petersburg
Barbara Eddy
Hoosi
Vermonters receive property tax rebate checks in record numbers
The Vermont Tax Department mails about 22 thousand rebates to under 65s averaging 197.55 dollars totaling 4.3 million, with seniors receiving 3.3 million already mailed. The program began in 1973 under Gov. Salmon to ease elderly and low income tax burdens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Salmon
Five Albany cleaning firms struck by union window washers
In Albany five local cleaning firms were picketed after salary talks collapsed with SEIU Local 200. The workers, earning about 176 weekly, seek a three year pact with a top pay of 246 weekly, while employers want a 20 dollar weekly cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Henry Sprague
Service Employes International Union
SEIU
Peter Verhagen Sr
All Brite Window Cleaning & Maintenance Service
Verhagen
New York City
Warning issued over dumping in Berkshire waterways
A stern warning from Berkshire officials cites the Wetlands Protection Act and warns of prosecution for offenders after ongoing dumping in areas cleared by CETA workers. Highway superintendent Robert M. Degen reports continued dumping. three individuals have already received warnings and faces penalties up to $1,000 a day and potential jail terms under federal law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
Robert M. Degen
The
Conservation Commission
Degen
CETA
Good Buddy Award for two CB clubs aid fire victims
North Adams report says Sunnysiders CB Club of Clarksburg and Mt. Greylock Breakers CB Club of Adams earned Midland International Corp.’s Good Buddy Award for a week of collecting furniture money clothing and food for four displaced families after an April South Street fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Adams
Citizens Band
Missouri
South Street
Sunnysiders
Clarksburg
Mt. Greylock
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Also Mentioned on This Page
Nellie Hayden
Ledia Stone
Ed Nurge
Mrs. Crawford
Mt. Equinox Grange
Leonna Snow
Florence Bull
James Bates
St. Mary’s Park
Classic Street
Hoosick Falls
Bill Fox
Pomona Grange
Hollywood Red
Salem
Hollywood
Furniture CO
Main Street
Eldred
Montpelier
UPI
Brand New Health Systems Agency
HSA
Morning Star
Masi
Highgate
New York
Lynch
Coxsackie
Mel Patrick Lynch
Samuel Bronfman
Albany Medical Center
Benedectine Hospital
Kingston
Down In
Berkshire
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