Manchester Names Mrs Fowler as Kindergarten Aide
Manchester Depot resident Mrs Robert Fowler has been named assistant to Manchester Elementary School’s kindergarten teacher for the 1965 66 school year Superintendent Neil E Cross announced the choice noting strong qualifications and a difficult selection among candidates Fowler previously ran a private home kindergarten and nursery school Manchester Depot’s Mrs Gordon McClure begins her first year as the kindergarten teacher due to a large prospective enrollment requiring help
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Manchester
Robert Fowler
Neil E. Cross
Gordon McClure
Manchester Depot
Manchester School Board
Pigeons Ejected as Old North Bennington Water Tower is Torn Down
The old water tower in North Bennington railroad yards was lifted by a Burgess Bros. crane and collapsed, killing dozens of pigeons that inhabited the structure. A fire sparked by a cutting torch briefly flared in the dry lumber before departments extinguished it. Residents report lingering pigeon incursions as nearby homes absorb the fallout from the demolition.
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North Bennington
Burgess Bros
NBHS Alumni Salute Gold Star Class of 15
North Bennington High School alumni honored the class of 1915 as a Gold Star Class at a Saturday dinner. About 150 attendees heard Gordon Thomas applaud the 1965 yearbook gift to James Wadsworth Carpenter while NBHS principal Catherine Corcoran was saluted for years of service. The event closed with square dancing by Green Mountain Wheelers under Raleigh Fleetwood.
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North Bennington
North Bennington High School Alumni Association
Merle Ross
Marion White Riemann
Marjorie White Friederich
Clarice White Thomas
Rosalind White Farley
Marilla Howard Grout
Mildred Smith
Bennington
The
Association
Carpenter
Constance White
NBHS
Catherine Corcoran
Edwin Beagle
Ida Shaw Babson
Edith Harris Benn
Bessie Mattison James
Green Mountain Wheelers
Raleigh Fleetwood
Helen Howard
Lynda Riley
Barbara Lawless
Duncan
Darryl Pierce
Gordon Thomas
Jeff Clawson
Arlington Chorus Concert Showcases Americana and Classics
Arlington’s Arling ton Chorus performs its annual spring concert Saturday at 8 15 p m at Arlington Memorial High School conducted by Theodore Cook with Kay Pelham at the piano. Selections include Americana pieces by Berlin Howe Ringwald and Carmichael plus Debussy Bach Nikolsky Faure and standard songs. Members listed include Elizabeth Johnston Mathilda Kenny Margery Macksey Marian Mayer Lorraine Moody Joan Osgood Ellen Wilcox Ann Brush Florence Burggraf Betsy Finney Dorothy Grout Evelyn Holden Lawrence Brush Jesse Harrington George Zimmer Dean Osgood Lester Brush Jack Case Fred Grout Harold Grover Gordon Hard Humphrey Wrin.
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Arlington
Arlington Chorus
Arlington Memorial High School
Theodore Cook
Kay Pelham
Irving Berlin
Julia Ward Howe
Ringwald
America
No Man Is An Island
Israel
Nikolsky
Gabriel Faure
Elizabeth Johnston
Mathilda Kenny
Margery Macksey
Marian Mayer
Lorraine Moody
Joan Osgood
Ellen Wilcox
Ann Brush
Florence Burggraf
Betsy Finney
Anitea Graves
Dorothy Grout
Evelyn Holden
Lawrence Brush
Jesse Harrington
George Zimmer
Dean Osgood
Lester Brush
Jack Case
Fred Grout
Harold Grover
Gordon Hard
Humphrey Wrin
Vermont union school bond approved in Londonderry
Londonderry Landgrove and Weston voters backed a 275000 bond to fund the first union elementary school in Vermont. They also accepted a 125000 gift plus 27 acres from Willard Kiggins. Total project cost tops 565000 with September 1966 opening planned and possible future enrollment boosts from Andover and Peru.
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Londonderry
Vermont
Landgrove
Weston
Willard Kiggins
Union Board
Andover
Peru
North Village Fire Squelched at Bank Street property
Fire of undetermined origin was quickly extinguished by the North Bennington Fire Dept on Bank Street near the former car barn owned by Karl Harrington. Damage estimated at several hundred dollars as Harrington remodels for a restaurant. Hoosick Falls report: Flomatic Corp says the U S Court of Appeals upheld its dispute with Machinists Lodge 1588, allowing a new employee election for union representation.
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North Bennington
Bank Street
Karl Harrington
Bennington
Harrington
Fire Department
Martin W. Percey
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Flomatic Corporation
International Association of Machinists
U.S. Court of Appeals
Lodge 1588
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Debussy
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Bource
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Raspberries
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del Monte
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