Ginseng Root Debate in Search for Richard Bent
Local inquiries into ginseng reveal its varied reputation from cure all to useless. Records show prices near twenty dollars a pound, buyers in West Rupert and Granville, N Y, and most American roots sold to Hong Kong. A 1936 pamphlet touts cures, while a chemist later calls ginseng completely useless. roots grow wild in New England and are cultivated mainly in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
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West Rupert
Dave Hicks
Granville
N.Y
Hicks
New York
Hong Kong
New England
Minnesota
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Ohio
S. B. Penick Co
China
Flowers Still Bloom In Poor Rena's Memory
A Dorset reminiscence recalls Rena Chapman known for wild lupin and lilacs blooming at Hollow Road. She lived alone, refused electricity, and was found dead in her rocking chair as her house was razed and the land cleared.
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Rena
Dorset
Rena Chapman
Board Member Withdrawal Termed Legal
Hoosick Falls Central School board member Dr. Harry Harrison withdrew a resignation to take effect June 15 causing controversy. Attorneys from the State Board of Education advised the withdrawal legal since no objection was raised, making petitions to fill the vacancy null and void.
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Harry Harrison
Hoosick Falls Central School
Phillip Martinez
Harry F. Highfield
Miss Eastman
John Jehu
Legal Department of the State Board of Education
Albany
Harrison
James Beaverson
Huletts Return Home From Garden Grove Winter
Mr and Mrs Herbert A Hulett have come back to Meadow Hill residence after spending the winter months in Garden Grove California.
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Herbert A. Hulett
Meadow Hill
Garden Grove
Calif
Worker Leaps From Truck Before Crash at Pownal Track
Archie Mattone a 55 year old Springfield Vermont foreman for a subcontractor leaped from his pickup to safety as a freight train crashed into the vehicle at the Pownal race track area around 315 pm Monday. The Boston and Maine train struck the truck twice after spinning it, but Mattone was not injured.
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Pownal
Archie Mattone
Springfield
U.S
Boston
Arlington honors Stephen Congdon with advanced chemistry degree
Stephen Congdon son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Wheaton Congdon earned a master of arts in teaching chemistry from Boston University. He also holds an MS from the University of New Hampshire and a BA from Amherst College. He works as a research chemist for Dewey and Almy in Cambridge Massachusetts. The Bald Mountain 4-H horse show is set for June 16 at Bald Mountain Farm Arlington at 1 pm with refreshments and a planning committee listed. The Brownie Scout patrol on Red Mountain finished a cookout at Emerald Lake leaving pollywogs in local brooks and fish bowls. Troop leader is Mrs Caroline Kreel with Mrs Charmion Rodies assisting with transportation. The Brownies include Catherine Kreel Erika Rodies Elaine Kreel Jacqueline Hoth and Joann Buck.
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Stephen Congdon
Herbert Wheaton Congdon
Boston University
University of New Hampshire
Amherst College
Stephen
Dewey and Almy
Canbridge
Mass
Bald Mt
Red Mountain
Emerald Lake
Caroline Kreel
Charmion Rodies
Brondies
Catherine Kreel
Erika Rodies
Elaine Kreel
Jacqueline Hoth
Joann Buck
Ellen Centerbar Named Sweetheart of Sigma Chi at Miami
Miss Ellen Centerbar daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Centerbar Prospect Street was named Sweetheart of Sigma Chi at the Miami University chapter banquet held last month at the Key Biscayne Hotel in Miami Bunny Centerbar who has just finished her freshman year at Florida University was chosen by vote from 20 nominees for the honor and has won several beauty titles in New England and Florida
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North Bennington
Ellen Centerbar
Carl Centerbar
Prospect St
Sigma Chi
Miami University
National Fraternity
Key Biscayne
Miami
Bunny” Centerbar
Florida University
New England
Florida
Manchester’s New College Grads Eye Their Futures
Seven Burr and Burton class of 1958 members now in the class of 1962 have graduated from colleges. Katy Leary will teach vocal music in New York state. Nora Scotti will study and teach Spanish after Madrid’s program. Pete Johnson heads to Army Signal Corps after Middlebury ties. Others secure jobs at IBM, California highway work, Walden Milton, GE training, and local pharmacy work as Manchester’s graduates plan early careers.
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Manchester
Burr and Burton
Middlebury
Katherine
Katy
Kury
New York State
Chateaugay
Scotti
Spain
Middlebury Graduate School of
University of Madrid
Pete
Army Signal Corps
Ft. Benning
Dla
Margit Thomas
Ferdinand Thoma
Wellesley
Kenneth Weber
Wilbur Weber
East Dorset
Champlain College
Stanley Wilbur
Ray Wilbur
Worcester Polytech
Keith Wilcox
E. Roger Wilcox
Norwich University
Margit
Keith
Norwich
General Electric
Philadelphia
Schenectady
Army
Ronald Wilcox
Howard Wilcox
Albany College of Pharmacy
Eugene Kayatta
Whipple’s Pharmacy
Ronald
UVM
Meyer Demands Debate of Issues Vital to Nation
Former U S Senate candidate William H Meyer urged broad public debate on urgent national issues at a Putney meeting. He criticized labeling opponents as appeasers for resisting Kennedy administration proposals on area re development housing medical care social welfare and UN bonds while endorsing the rest.
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Putney
U.S
William H. Meyer
U. S Senate
Meyer
Congress
United Nations
Cambridge Doctor Heads New Urology Department
Dr. Paul J. Soley will head the new department of urology at McClellan Hospital in Cambridge. He and Mrs. Soley have moved into the hospital residence. A Dartmouth graduate, he earned his medical degree from Cornell. He previously practiced in Hempstead Long Island for 16 years as attending surgeon in urology at Meadowbrook Mercy and Nassau Hospitals.
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Paul J. Soley
McClellan Hospital
Cambridge
New Math Concepts To Be Explored by Area Teachers
Elementary teachers from Manchester and surrounding towns will attend a three day workshop in modern mathematics at Dorset Elementary School June 18 19 and 20. Chesley will direct with consultants from New York Illinois New Hampshire and New England assisting. Parents may attend any session from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Manchester
Danby Dorset
Pawlet
Mt. Tabor
Rupert
Sunderland
Dorset
Weekend visitors gather in Sandgate and surrounding towns
Caroline M. Haas and family of Old Greenwich, Conn spent the weekend at their home. John Miller and wife returned to Milford after a camp stay on Baldwin Corner. Bernard Heinen Brewster and W G Loomis Danbury with spouses visited, as did William Lapsley of New Jersey and Albert Miller of New Milford. Haas visited Arthur Peck in Rupert Monday. E M Shedd of New York City enjoyed the weekend at Shedd Cottage on Lincoln Corner.
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John Miller
Milford
Conn
Baldwin Corner
Bernard Heinen
Brewster, N.Y
W. G. Loomis
Danbury
E. M. Shedd
New York City
Shedd
Lincoln Corner
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USS
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Donald Knapp
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IBM
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Essex Junction
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Eureka
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State Education Department
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Ron Peterson & Co
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