Tap Out Time In Dorset Sugar Harvest Begins
Dorset residents begin tapping maple trees as a warm spell prompts a rush of activity. Austin Rumney and colleagues hang 1200 buckets to start sap collection while others like Leon Edgerton, Paul McWayne, Harlan Coolidge, Ray McWayne, and the Warren family prepare equipment and plan extended operations for the season. In East Dorset Harold Beebe uses 1500 taps, but last year orders stretched supply.
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Dorset
Austin Rumney
Mark
Scott Casey
John
Tim Sheldon
Rumney
Roger
Thomas
Leon Edgerton
Paul McWayne
Harlan Coolidge
Ray McWayne
Coolidge
Lawrence Kings
Franklin Warren
West Road
Mrs. Warren
East Dorset
Harold Beebe
U.S
Pownal Scout Weekend and Local Club News
Thirteen Pownal Troop 47 scouts plus Scout master Rolland Roy plan a winter survival weekend at Sucker Pond with a five mile hike and camping if possible. They will use Winn cabin if weather prevents outdoor camping. Also updates include merit badge class on home repairs led by Alfred Chenaille at the Pownal Center Fire House, a teen dance at the fire house, church and youth activities, choir rehearsal for Easter, and North Pownal Parent-Teacher Club activities including milk program and fund-raising card party proceeds.
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Pownal
Rolland Roy
Town Hall
Sucker Pond
Alfred Chenaille
David Niles
Pownal Center
North Pownal
Treasury
Harvey Burdick Sr
Everett Bartlett
Manchester Caretakers Mark 20 Years at Ormsby Hill
Manchester the John Thompsons are longtime caretakers and gardeners at Ormsby Hill also known as Manchester's Showplace. John, formerly with Robert Todd Lincoln, came to work for Edward Isham Jr. The couple raised two sons Norman and Dana and have nine grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
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Thompsons
John Thompson
Ormsby Hill
Edward S. Isham Jr
Norman
Wilcox Brothers
Dana
Manchester
John Thompsons
Otis
Shaftsbury School Association to Meet with UNICEF Film
The Shaftsbury School Association holds its monthly meeting at 8 p.m. Monday at the school. A film Assignment Children by Danny Kaye on UNICEF work in Asia will be shown. Alfred W. Wade thanks Shaftsbury voters for their polling support. POL ADV. Mar 6.
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Shaftsbury School Association
Danny Kaye
Asia
Unicef
Alfred W. Wade
East Road
Shaftsbury
POL Adv
William Overlock
POL
Ormsby Hill era ends as Thompsons recall fifty years
North Village PTA marks its 50th year at Ormsby Hill with memories of the Ishams and the long service of the Thompsons. The feature recounts daily life on the estate, the dollhouse, garden triumphs, and charitable gatherings, ending with a note of Arlington Post 69 services for Harry A. Ward.
Prep Club to introduce career opportunities for area students
At the North Bennington PTA meeting on March 10 at 8 p m parents learn about the new Prep Club program sponsored by the GBA. Students from all area schools including North Bennington participate. NBHS seniors Penny Rich and Barbara Kenyon will share Girls State experiences.
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North Bennington
PTA
GBA
NBHS
Penny Rich
Barbara Kenyon
The
Girls’ State
Smoke at Powers Store Sparks Fire Alarm in North Bennington
At Powers Store on Main Street a trash fire behind the building ignited oil near the oil tank entrance. Smoke and minor charring occurred but no serious damage. Firefighters arrived within minutes, aided by a nearby NBHS teacher who spotted the blaze. The siren caused a crowd to gather as the station proceeded with groceries during the event.
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Bennington
Powers
Main Street
Lawrence Powers
John James
NBHS
Dorset birthday greetings to William Barrows Sr
A cheerful note from Dorset wishes William Barrows Sr a happy 78th birthday. Mr and Mrs Claude Dern spent last weekend in Boston seeing a play described as an improbable musical comedy directed by Noel Coward starring Beatrice Lillie Tammy Grimes and Edward Woodward with Carol Arata in a comedy role.
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Dorset
William Barrows Sr
Claude Dern
Boston
Carol Arata
Caravan Player
Noel Coward
Beatrice Lillie
Tammy Grimes
Edward Woodward
Tucson Boys Chorus to Perform Western and Broadway Selections
The Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus directed by Eduardo Caso will perform at Hoosick Falls Central School Saturday night at 8. The program blends Western songs with roping, square dancing, religious and semi classical numbers and Broadway hits. Kiwanis Club sponsors the stop. tickets will be sold at the door while they last.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus
Eduardo Caso
Hoosick Falls Central School
Kiwanis Club
U.S
Pot Luck Dinner For Troop 64 At Immaculate Conception
Hoosick Falls families attend the fourth annual pot luck dinner of Boy Scout Troop 64 at the parish hall of the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Attendees are asked to have all items on their tables ready for a prompt 5 p.m. invocation.
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Boy Scout Troop 64
Church of the Immaculate Conception
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Pownals
Vera Langlais
Methodist Church
James H. Bagley
Wesleyan
John Maxmillian
Lillian Thompson
Linda
Isham
North Village
Ishams
Susan Hardyman
California
Cringby Hill
Edward Isham
Marie Colonna
Ormsby Hill Trust
William Thompson
Hardymans
Arlington
Arlington Post
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Harry A. Ward
John N. Thompson
Arlene Randall
Duane Muckle
Hamburg
Marden Skinner
Noveck
Shultz, Inc
Harwood
HILL
Route
U.S. 7
Edith Beaumont
Dusthanet Furniture Incorporated
Bennington, Vermont
ELM Street
Sayles I
North Adams, Mass
Finast
National Stores
North Bennington Rd
Bennington, Vt
Fleetwood
W.H
Eddington
Main ST
Drysdale’s Free Parking
Ohnson Oil
DIAL
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