Wrap-Tures Officials Optimistic over Future
Wrap-Tures Gift Wrap Inc officials outlined future prospects at a Bennington Rotary Club luncheon. Craig Smith of Rochester, president of General Packaging Inc and Wrap-Tures, said the firm began operations last March after acquiring Ben-Mont Papers assets and plans to expand with new products and potential acquisitions. Walter Lapham of Bennington, Wrap-Tures president, explained the reasons for locating in Bennington and cited local industrial support as key to future growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrap-Tures Gift Wrap, Inc
Bennington
Craig Smith
Rochester, N.Y
General Packaging, Inc
Wrap-Tures
Ben-Mont Papers Inc
Walter Lapham
Bennington County
Wallace
Officer Gets 15 Years For De Gaulle Plot
Paris security court sentences St. Louis de Conde, 26, a former French army officer, to 15 years for his role in the Aug. 22 1962 De Gaulle assassination plot at Petit Clamart. He was part of a 15 member group. three men were sentenced to death and one executed. The gang fired on De Gaulle and his wife as their car neared an airport. bullets struck the vehicle but no injuries were reported.
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Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
St. Louis de Conde
de Gaulle
Petit Clamart
Nine out of ten forest fires caused by careless people
Careless behavior starts fires and grows them, as the notice urges readers to properly extinguish matches and cigarettes. It highlights that many fires stem from not holding till cold, not drowning all flames, and not crushing ashes. The warning stresses following local fire safety rules.
Wrigley Family Chateau New Lake Landmark at Babcock Lake
Petersburg New York residents Harold and Louise Wrigley unveiled their grand fieldstone chateau at Babcock Lake on Grafton Mountain after a year of construction. More than 150 locals attended a surprise housewarming with tours, a buffet, and a cast iron grill gift. The two story lakefront home features beamed ceilings, three fireplaces, a sauna, and a 600 square foot wood shop. The Wrigleys plan to live year round, with family noting prior summers at the lake and a chimney of future craft projects.
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Petersburg
N.Y
Babcock Lake
Grafton Mountain
Harold Wrigley
Slingerland
Lake
Lakeside
Edward Jennings
Willard Walsh
Wrigley
Hoy Plumbing Supply Company
Albany
Wrigleys
Lumberjack Roundup Promises New Events at Branbury Beach
Reports from the Lumberjack Roundup committee say the August 20 and 21 program at Branbury Beach State Park Lake Dunmore will set records. Exhibitors reach new highs with extra tentage for forest industry exhibits and education. The event blends nostalgia with modern timber harvest demonstrations, including sugar house activities hand hewing timber living shingles and pump log boring. Wayne Allen of Reading will demonstrate ancient logging with oxen while modern equipment showcases explosive industry changes.
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Vermont
Wayne Allen
Reading
Kelly Stanley
Real Estate Appraisers Use Helicopters for Large Tracts
New York Realtors increasingly employ helicopters and light aircraft to assess vast or largely inaccessible parcels, speeding appraisal work and widening reach for property assessments and marketing.
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New York
APS
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Putnam Memorial Hospital
Burgess Bros
Gordon and Sutton
North Adams
Mass
Vermont Free Public Library
Montpelier
Eleonora Harman
Mark W. Dimock
Lillian Schifilliti
N.E. Tel. & Tel. Co
Burlington
New Babcock Lake
Edith Beaumont
L. Kunkle
Grafton
Beaumont
Ed Jennings
Australia
Stanley
Kosmos
Wash
Morgan
King
Donald Balch
University of Vermont
Morgan Horse Farm
A. F. Heitmann
Middle Atlantic
New England
Cosco
Haynes & Kane, Inc
Dial
wSee
Inc
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