Wood Is My Medium Says Artist in Manchester Shop
Mary Dillmann profiles Tom Fitz-Simons, a nationally known wood artist opening a Village Green shop in Manchester. His hand painted woodenware, including birch plates with rooster motifs, trade widely through Vermont and New Jersey stores. He works in native bass and pine, paints and gilds, and currently sculpts St Fiacre and a Madonna and child for local and religious clients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Tom Fitz-Simons
Fitz-Simons
Chicago
U.S. 7
Wallingford
Middletown
N.J
Vermont
Vermont North Country
New England
Eugene MacLean
St. Fiacre
Weston
Manchester Scouts Earn Eagle Rank First Since 1955
In Manchester two scouts Michael Nawrath and David Edson were awarded Eagle Scout badges at a candlelight ceremony at the Grange Hall. They also earned merit badges in citizenship, safety, reading, hiking and more. District leaders praised the growth of Explorer Post 33 as the boys receive their Eagle awards.
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Manchester
David Edson
East Manchester
Michael Nawrath
Manchester Center
Mt. Equinox Grange Hall
Fred Miller
Robert F. Edson
Edson
William Nawrath
William C. Nawrath
Ferdinand Bongartz
Edmunds
Robert Edson
Grange Hall
Robert E. West
West
Arlington Eagle
John W. Secorfff
Daniel Zimmer
Explorer Post 34
Nawrath
Bert
Don Hinkley
Order of the Arrow
Explorer Post
Camp Sunrise
Burr and Burton Seminary
Glee Club
New Jersey
Burr and Burton
Raymond Lovely
Bart Hilliard
Ferdinand Bon‘gartz
Peter Riker
Roger Fowler
Donald Hinkley
Robert Cook
Norman Cook
Rudy van
Mark Greenberg
Donald
Bert Hinkley
Burt Hinkley
Orrin Beattie
Manchester Rotary Club
Scout Executive
Lovely
Robert Brewster
Stanley Hinkley
Donald Riker
Robert West
Robert Fowler
Community notices and DAR meeting reports and layoffs
Manchester Nancy Gus reports Rep George J Heaslip confined by illness and recent Montpelier trip. Twenty United Counseling Service board members met at Zion parish house while 8th graders enjoyed a party hosted by Lynford and Mrs Bourn as Lynford moved to high school. Various residents travel visits and DAR officers elected at Woodstock Inn and Manchester Center. Hamilton ordained in Weston and to sing Mass in Rutland with local families planning attendance. Dessert served after DAR meeting. hospital stays noted including David McCooey at Rutland Hospital.
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United Counseling Service of
Bennington County
Zion Parish House
Winhall Hollow
Lynford Bourn
Lynford
Clarence Comar
State Dar
Woodstock Inn
Woodstock
LN. Bartlett
G. Murray Campbell
Frank Pearson
Louis Soderberg
William A. Scott
William J. Hamilton
E. E. Wilcox
Stannard Wilcox
Weston
Mass
Cardinal Cushing
William Hamilton
Hamilton
Sandgate
David McCooey
Manchester
Rutland Hospital
Christ the King Church
Rutland
E. Roger Wilcox
Howard E. Wilcox
Rosecoe Wilcox
Walter H. Beebe
Manchester Center
Ormsby
Dar
Cambridge
N.Y
H. M. Swift
Earley. Storrs
Edwin Wheeler
Peru
Albert Reed
Warwick Todd
Arlington
Diocesan Summer Conference and Local Community Notices
Miss Kathy Crow joins the 33rd Diocesan Summer Conference Program at Rock Point Burlington. Fire District No 1 holds its annual meeting Monday at 8 p m at the elementary school. A 12 article warning is posted by clerk Helen Bigelow and the annual financial report mailed to five residents. Vacation Bible School June 24 July 5 welcomes all denominations. transportation arranged through Rev. Godfrey H Parker. Teachers listed for the school include Mrs Ralph Gleason, Miss Ellen Gleason, and others with Rev. Godfrey Parker in junior high. arts crafts led by Mrs Richard Hayes, refreshments by Mrs Edmund Goodell. Tom Fitz-Simons profile describes a Brooklyn born artist with shows, Broadway work, and Vermont craft studio history ending near the Equinox House in Weston and a workshop near the town clerk.
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Helen Bigelow
First Baptist Church
Godfrey H. Parker
Ralph Gleason
Ellen Gleason
Maurice Thompson
Bonnie van Veghten
Oakley Porter
Godfrey Parker
Richard Hayes
Edmund Goodell
St. Peter’s Royan Catholic
Rutland
Tom FitzSimons
Brooklyn
New York
Art Students’ League
Grand Central Art School
Columbia University
Bagdanove
Monhegan Island
Maine
Lee-Lash Scenic Studio
Vermont
Londonderry
Weston
Wallingford
Manchester
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Johnny Appleseed
Italy
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Nancy Gus
George J. Heaslip
Montpelier
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Village
Joseph Gagnon
Rochester
Richard Paquette
Maple Hill
Tom Fitz-Simmons
Kathy Crow
Zion Parish
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Burlington
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Springfield
Davey Oil CO
No. Benn. Rd
Alps
Burt Bros
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Vermont Bank and Trust CO
Adil Federal
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Reed& Barton
Wallace
Noveck- Shhultz, Inc
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Bennington, Vt
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Irs Family
Lewis
Dick Bogarde
Harte Theatre
Mirisch Company
Elvis Presley
Kid Galahad
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Kenna Ms Ul
Morse Grounds
Jaycees
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Coldbrook Road
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