Manchester Emergency Squad Elects Chairman
Bernice Wilcox was elected chairman of residents seeking to form an incorporated emergency squad. Ten attended as Selectmen Fer dinand Bongartz and I Stanley Zecher led the meeting. Mrs. Robert B. Jordan was chosen temporary secretary treasurer. The town has a donated ambulance from a Dorset benefactress via Putnam Memorial Hospital, pending radio and equipment installation and incorporation as a non profit. The squad will supplement 38 years of ambulance service by Robert C Brewster with a July 22 meeting set at the Manchester Center Fire House.
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Manchester
Bernice Wilcox
Ferdinand Bongartz
I. Stanley Zecher
Robert B. Jordan
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Dorset
Robert C. Brewster
Manchester Center
Cmeregency Squad
Excelsior Rebekah Lodge No. 25
IOOF
Goldie Green
Jacksonville
Fla
Israel Congregation of
First Congregational Church
Lions Club
Oakley K. Porter
Maine
Edward Duby
Paul and
Carol
Harteford
William M. Weaver
Arthur Douglas
Hicksville
N.Y
Walter Blair
Manchester Board Overrules Sisters on Eighteen Assessments
Manchester Board of Civil Authority lowered 18 property assessments and raised one after reviewing 25 properties. Fair market values were set by board decisions, with the sisters cited as opposing property owners and multiple properties listed by name and valuation. The process involved random committee divisions and full attendance by all 13 board members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Board of Civil Authority
Clyde H. Bryant
Bryant
Thomas Farley
Beriah
Janet Wall
Russell
Marjorie Rode
J. Avery
Marjorie Merwin
Manchester Village Properties Inc
Gunther Lot
McClure
Burnham
Donald
Elsbeth Mattison
Paul and
Jean Markey
Louis and
Evelyn Soderberg
Laura Meredith
John and
Frederick Lyon
William and
Eileen Hayes
Mary A. Porter
Frederick and
Marilyn Malone
Benjamin and
Frances Chase
Edward and
Katherine Jobson
Manchester DAR Chapter Holds Annual Meeting
Manchester Vermont Ormsby Chapter DAR held its annual meeting at Mrs. Roy Horan’s home. Regent Mrs. Walter Beebe presided. A September centennial and flag history were discussed along with plans for gifts and local events including auctions and a state conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
DAR
Ormsby
Vermont Society
Roy Horan
Walter Beebe
Edwin Wheeler
National Dar
House of Representatives
Lyndon B. Johnson
Frank Pearson
Daniel Foley
Final Honor Roll Students Named at North Village
North Bennington High School announces last year’s honor roll with seniors achieving all As and As and Bs, Bs and Cs. The list includes multiple grade levels and indicates several students earned five or more subjects on honor roll, with four four-subject honorees noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Village
North Bennington
North Bennington High School
Rose Elwell
David Disque
Sandra Fuller
Judith Houran
Barbara Kenyon
Penny Rich
Brenda Gilbar
Carol Biddle
Richard Gratz
Charles Harrington
Linda Peters
Jo-Ann Shaw
Carl Stacy
James Durand
Deborah Kittel
Gwen Montgomery
Gordon Thomas
Constance White
Peter Durand
Diane Peters
Lynda Riley
Alison Nowak
Linda Noyes
Lee Bunk
Cheryl Crosier
Sally Hyman
James Prouty
Barbara Riley
Edward Baldwin
Jamie Crighton
Kathleen Farnham
Cheryl Richards
David Barton
Robert Nowak
Philip Rice
Peter Stoothoff
Dale Whitman
Jeffrey Crane
Chris Finckel
David Hazelton
Wayne Hedding
Donna Peckham
Russell Barber
Pamela Coburn
Laura Pratt
Roberta Tobin
Jane Handy
Ruth van Orman
Christine English
Barry Hyman
Janna Malamud
Mark Dwyer
Helen Howard
Larry Ellis
Carlene Fuller
Mark Brundage
Fort Johnson Relative Visits East Arlington Family
Bruce Clark of Fort Johnson New York grandson of Mrs Loretta Clark East Arlington spent a week here. Mr and Mrs Fred Lyons Brenda and Craig were in Hartford this weekend to visit Kennon Lyons and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Bruce Clark
Fort Johnson, N.Y
Loretta Clark
East Arlington
Fred Lyons
Brenda
Craig
Harteford
Kennon Lyons
Pownal Democrats Split Over Lounsbury Censure
Mrs. Ann Thompson, acting chair of the Pownal Town Democratic Committee, denies Rep. James W. Lounsbury’s claim that most of the committee censured him for backing Rep. Roger L. MacBride. Thompson says only a portion attended the meeting and disputes the scope of the rebuke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Ann Thompson
Pownal Town
Democratic Committee
James W. Lounsbury
Lounsbury
Roger L. MacBride
Halifax
Thompson
Pownal Democrats argue committee size and attendance
Mrs. Thompson denies Lounsbury’s claim of 33 Democratic town committee members, stating 22 exist with 20 notified, 16 attending meeting. She notes 11 of 20 refused, including Lounsbury, and asserts mainstream Democratic support in Pownal as acting chairman until Walter Towslee resigns to move to Philadelphia. The Falks visit from Greenville, Mich., and Burling ton relatives are mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Lounsbury
Photography Show Opens Saturday at Art Center
The Southern Vermont Art Center in Manchester opens Photography in the Fine Arts on Saturday through July 31 featuring 76 photographs by 47 photographers. A 3:30 p.m. gallery talk by John W. Doscher will open the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Center
Manchester
Southern Vermont Art Center
Alouise Baker
Dorset
SVA
John W. Doscher
South Woods Stock
Doscher
Country School of Photography
Ivan Dmitri
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Bennington
Fred Stacy
Bennington County
The
Herald Tribune Fresh Air Fund
Clover Sweet Sr
New York
D.L. Mattison
Howard Thompson
Robert McWaters
William Dailey Sr
Buckler
Emergency Squad
OPI
Manchester Water Company
Avalanche Motor Lodge Inc
Albert and
Virginia Webb
David and
Ardie Schantz
Manchester Motor Court
Zlata Weissmann
Four Seasons
Lewis Jr
Cornelia
I. N. Bartlett
Heritage
Philadelphia
National Dar Library
Massachusetts
Elbridge H. Goss
George White
Albert Reed
Burlington
Beebe
Parfait Amour
Fienberg
Forrest J.reed Broxer
River St
Hoosick Falls, N.Y
Dial
Frost’s Pharmacy
North ST
Bennington, VT
East
Arlington
Sunderland
Amelia Lawrence
Constance M. Jordan
Mainstream
Helene Thompson
Richard Falk
Greenville, Mich
James E. Canfield
Charles E. Canfield
Falks
Hollywood
UPD
Mary Chipperfield
Disney Studios
Disney Pictures
London
Frankforts
P & P Loaf
Squire's Bay State
Finast Pickle & Pimento
wBog
Durishing A
Westfield
Blue Heaven
Finast
Finast Tuna
Libby
Ress
Dozz
Pfeiffer
Concord
Betty Crocker
Hoflekin
Coco
Barry
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