Gallant the VISTA volunteer reshaping Miami streets
Irene Gallant from Shaftsbury Vermont serves as a VISTA volunteer in Miami’s Larchmont Gardens and Little River Developments. She helps elders with medicine clothing and food, runs sewing and English classes, and fostered high school diploma equivalents while extending her term despite aging.
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Miami
Fla
Gallant
Miami Housing Authority
VISTA
Irene Gallant
Shaftsbury
America
Social Security
PTA
Larchmont Gardens
Little River
Larchmont
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Lounsbury Again Seeks House Seat
James W. Lounsbury of North Pownal announced his bid for the Republican nomination to represent District 32 in the September 13 primary. He has served in the Vermont House in 1959 1963 and 1965, on Ways and Means including 1965 ranking member, and led the 1960 highway tax study. Lounsbury sponsored the 1959 pari mutuel bill legalizing a race track in Vermont. He lives in Pownal runs Jim's Country Store and has worked in Bennington. he is with Television Facilities Corp. of Philadelphia and married to Frances Janiszewski with one son. He previously lost the District 32 special election last November.
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Pownal
James W. Lounsbury
North Pownal
Lounsbury
Knowles
State Tax Department
Vermont
Bennington
The
Television Facilities Corp
Philadelphia
Frances Janiszewski
Rutland
African wildlife slide show raises funds at art center
Officials said final tabulations show Alouise Boken of Dorset presented wildlife slides last Tuesday for the Bartlett and Louise Arkell Endowment Fund, raising 1291.24. A Zion Episcopal Church sale on the parish lawn follows Wednesday at 10 a.m. with baked goods and plants. In Sterling Colorado a man trapped in a phone booth due to high winds was freed after calling for help.
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Southern Vermont Art Center
Alouise Boken
Dorset
Bartlett
Louise Arkell
Zion Episcopal Church
Church Women of Zion
Marshall Peters
Robert Fisk
Glider Perks Up Heads in Manchester
Tom Martin of Manchester piloted a 40-foot aluminum glider from Equinox Airport using a tow plane. The sail plane stayed aloft about 45 minutes over Mt Equinox, with Martin noting favorable atmospheric “wave” conditions in October and November for powerless flight and promoting Equinox as a sail plane takeoff site.
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Tom Martin
Manchester Center
Equinox
Mt. Equinox
Martin
Ringheiser
Manchester
Fire Sweeps State Line Hay Barn
WILLIAMSTOWN Mass A large barn housing 1 400 bales of hay on Robert Palmers property burned early today near the Vermont line Pownal Fire Department and other crews responded A glider pilot claims records with oxygen for high altitude flight and notes the need to stay within gliding distance of an airport He cites distance and altitude records and compares glider handling to planes with emphasis on judgment and experience
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Williamstown
Mass
Robert Palmer
Vermont
Pownal
Martin
Sugoe
Ruth Cole Runs for House District 49 in Sunderland
Ruth Cole, longtime Republican activist and former legislator, announces candidacy for the Vermont House from District 49 which includes Arlington Sunderland and Sandgate. She served in 1955 and 1957, chaired Conservation and Development and Ways and Means committees, and has been active with Red Cross and Vermont Association for the Crippled.
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Sunderland
Ruth Cole
House of Representatives
Marjorie Doyle
Bennington County
American Red Cross
Vermont Association For the Crippled
Arlington Garden Club
Cole
Five Day Forecast for New England Temperatures Dip
UPI reports a five day outlook in New England showing temperatures about five degrees below normal overall with Massachusetts and Rhode Island near normal. Warm start Tuesday and Wednesday, cooler Thursday and Friday, then warmer Saturday. Normal highs vary by location from 62 to 84 degrees. rainfall up to .6 inch, with possible thunderstorms in extreme northern New England Tuesday.
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Boston
UPI
New England
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
U.S. Weather Bureau
Worcester
Nantucket
Providence
R.I
Concord
N.H
Burlington
Maine
Portland
Eastport
Greenville
Caribou
Arlington Notes on Local Leaders and Events
Arlington Cub Scouts leader George H Hess Sr recovers at Putnam Memorial Hospital after surgery. Intercity League team in Arlington gains American Legion Post sponsorship. Trans Caribbean Airways highlights diverse former airline staff roles among jet crew. Arlington Memorial Field hosts weekly Monday and Wednesday games at 6 30. Cape Cod trip seniors Mr and Mrs Robert Blair. American Legion Auxiliary members elected at June 28 meeting: president Mrs Margaret Hoyt and officers Marion Tudor Mary Thomas Virginia Mattison Virginia Ferris Ethel Bowen Lillian Hall Mary Griffin. Tonight's meeting is a business session.
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George H. Hess Sr
West Arlington
Arlington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Ger
Arlington Memorial Field
Robert Blair
Cape Cod
Mass
Margaret Hoyt
American Legion Auxiliary
Auxiliary
Marion Tudor
Mary Thomas
Virginia Mattison
Virginia Ferris
Ethel Bowen
Lillian Hall
Mary Griffin
Arlington Doctor Marks 87th Birthday and 60 Years Practice
Arlington biographical note highlights Dr. George Russell who celebrates his 87th birthday as the Arlington Blood Bank opens on a Wednesday. He has practiced medicine for 60 years since September and will have served the community 55 years by November while remaining present at local blood drawings.
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Arlington
Arlington Blood Bank
George Russell
Russell
Indiscriminate Use of Water Sparks North Pownal Cutoff
North Pownal Village restores water after a weekend outage caused by a dry main and a 4 inch Hoosic River pipe hole. The reservoir, recently filled, dropped due to unusual cause and was fixed Monday. Pressure reaches 70 pounds. A warning to curb waste issued by maintenance foreman Charles Kokoras amid ongoing drought.
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Pownal
Pownal Tanning Company
Hoosic
Charles Kokoras
Manchester Lighting Aid Denied After Board Meeting
Manchester School Directors met with Dr. Rupert Spencer to review state aid for a lighting renovation at Manchester Elementary School. A $12,267 Griffin Electric Co. contract was approved with $10,000 town funds and an anticipated $3,000 state aid, but a Spencer letter denied the aid. Superintendent Neil E. Cross was away on vacation.
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Manchester
Rupert Spencer
State Department of Education
Neil E. Cross
Griffin Electric Co
Bennington
Spencer
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Doris Day
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Arthur Godfrey
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Joseph E. Levine
Paramount Pictures
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Steve McQueen
Henry Hathaway
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