Checkless Society May Lie Ahead for Vermont Banks
Vermont bankers heard Connecticut Bank and Trust Co. president James F. English Jr. discuss a future checkless society. He described credit cards as the first step toward reduced checks, with banks building automated credit files and interchanging cards, drafts and discounts. The talk followed the Vermont Bankers Association meeting at Equinox House in Manchester, with Gov. Philip H. Hoff and County National Bank’s Kenneth R. Clayton honored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
James F. English Jr
Connecticut Bank and Trust Co
English
Vermont
Connecticut
Vermont Bankers Assn
Equinox House
Philip H. Hoff
Gov. Hoff
Kenneth R. Clayton
County National Bank
Bennington
Association
Sunday New York Times
Vermont bankers push plan to raise interest rate ceiling
Vermont bankers press a bill in the legislature to raise the maximum lending rate from six to seven percent. State Banking Commissioner James H. Hunt cautioned it won’t be easy, urging focus on mortgage money flow as an alternative. Association President Christopher Webber noted the 1967 effort stalled. foreclosures may be shortened in 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Hunt
Vermont Bankers Association
Equinox House
Hunt
Vermont
Association
Christopher A. Webber
Rutland County
Howard National Bank and Trust Company
Stephen B. Richardson
Burlington
St Marys Hoosick Falls Holds 22 Seniors Commencement
At St Marys Academy Hoosick Falls Rev Charles E Bauman awarded diplomas to 22 seniors. Laurel Mitchell gave the valedictory and Mary Galvin the salutatory. The glee club performed No Man Is an Island and I ll Walk with God with Mrs Raleigh Tatro on piano.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Charles E. Bauman
OSA
St. Mary’s Academy
Laurel Mitchell
Mary Galvin
Robert Marion C.S.J
Raleigh Tatro
David W. Allard
Barbara A. Burns
Richard J. Cuddihy
Joseph E
Summer Repairs Planned for Shaftsbury School
A Shaftsbury School Board meeting outlined summer work at the elementary and kindergarten. Plans include exterior refinishing and painting, renewed playground facilities and basketball setup, interior baseboard painting, wall varnish, blinds, glass, and new desk glides, plus electrical checks. The Hawkins Memorial Library will gain extra shelves, and the kindergarten will get a hot water heater and three used rugs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Leon Wagner
Ben Hulett
Hawkins Memorial Library
Student Nurses In Special Red Cross Course
Eight second year students at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Hanover enroll in an outside course to qualify as American Red Cross instructors Gwendolen Montgomery of Shaftsbury and Ellen Gleason of Manchester Center are among those in training at Mary Hitchcock Hospital attendees take the special course
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Hanover
N.H
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
American Red Cross
Gwendolen Montgomery
Shaftsbury
Ellen Gleason
Manchester Center
Mary Hitchcock Hospital
One Contest At Shaftsbury School Meeting
Shaftsbury voters will gather Tuesday at 8 p m at the Shaftsbury School for the annual town school district meeting. Articles include budget approval with a tax rate of 5 04 based on the new grand list. Contest for Mt Anthony Union Board nominee between Dr William Burnham and William Castle Sr. Jesse Strong unopposed for Shaftsbury Town School Board. An explanation of prior study conclusions on additions to the Shaftsbury School will be presented.
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Shaftsbury
Shaftsbury Town
Mt. Anthony
Norshaft Lions Plan Biggest Fair Yet
Shaftsbury residents hear the Norshaft Lions promise the annual fair June 29 and 30 from 6 p.m. at the North Bennington Railroad Depot yard and July 1 from 2 p.m. The event features a ferris wheel merry-go-round roll-a-coaster chair planes kiddie boats and a fire engine plus an evening social. Saturday night the Shadows of Doubt perform for teens and adults. Co chairmen Danny Fager and George Donovan say this will be the biggest fair yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Norshaft Lions
North Bennington
Danny Fager
George Donovan
Petitions to Stop Forest Road to Branch Pond
Conservation-minded residents in Manchester seek to halt the U S Forest Service road to Branch Pond Sunderland. Petitions at the Orvis Company Battenhill Inn and Ken's Sports Shop urge action amid claims of waste with 110000 for the road and similar for camp sites.
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Manchester
U.S. Forest Service
Sunderland
Orvis Company
Battenhill Inn
Ken’s Sports
Lawrence Grant
Grant
Branch Pond
Forest Service
Flemings Mobile
Casey
Esso
North Bennington women plan parish dinner in Williamstown
North Bennington Women of St. John s Parish plan to attend a dinner at Elwal Pines in Williamstown tonight and are asked to meet at the church at 6 p.m. Mrs Cathryn Miles librarian at McCullough Library and Mrs Arthur Wickenden of the library board attended a Rutland Regional Library workshop Friday on the latest in periodicals. This is the first in a series of workshops to explore new ideas in library service.
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St. John’s Parish
Elwal Pines
Williamstown
Cathryn Miles
McCullough Library
Arthur Wickenden
Library Board
Rutland Regional Library
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St. Mary’s
Fr. Bauman
Sisters of St. Joseph
Mary McClellan Hospital
William Bannon
Assny
St. Stanislaw Society
Robert Melesky
Villanova University
John F. Kennedy
Joseph Buckley
Andrick Studio
Bausch-Lomb
Sppcialty Ins. Mfg. Co
Home and School Assn
Stanley
Joseph Brodeski
Jean Jenuskevice
Grandma Moses
Otto Kallir
Cornelius Crowley
John Stempek
Gift of Derby Community Club
Shapiro Memorial Fund
Robert Nowak
VFW
Barbara Powers
Jean Hewson
Betty Crocker
Kathleen Gorman
Kiwanis Club
Richard Cuddihy
American Legion
Margaret Rimkunas
James M. Brahan
David Allard
New York State
Shaftsbury School
Fanatin Me
Noveck - Shultz, Inc
Main St
Robert Tolvo
Spring Street
Lsvesscel
Fishmans
Norshaft Lions Plan
Elizabeth Dwyer
Javery
South
Ernest H. .Javery
Alan H. Page
Mobil Heat
Henry M. Tuttle Co., Inc
Depot ST. Dial
Bennington, VT
London
Chuck
Usda Choice
Gem Frankforts
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