World Day of Prayer Observances and Local Events
United Methodist Women of Jermain Church join Center White Creek Baptist Church Women for World Day of Prayer on Friday at 7 30. Armand La Count to speak on consumer fraud for seniors March 11 after lunch at Eagles building. Embury and Jermain church meetings March 9 and 13 18 include suppers and a business session. A public dance at Jermain Community Hall Saturday 8 30 for Hall Association. Anniversary dinner for Mr. and Mrs. Dewey McCart celebrated. Hospitalization notes and visitors reported in the Cambridge area.
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United Methodist Women of the
Jermain Church
White Creek Baptist Church
Manchester
Eagles
Armand la Count
Attorney General’s
Montpelier
Madeline
Den 3
Cub Scout Troop 333
Jermain Community Hall
Cottrell
Sonny’”’ Olsen
Hall Association
Mrs
Dewey McCart
Pawlet Votes Against Secession as BRSU Shrinks Budgets
The Bennington Rutland Supervisory Union faces cuts as Pawlet voters reject secession from Rutland Southwest and nix a proposed kindergarten. Union District 23 and Manchester School District budgets were reduced, with a March 27 meeting to consider further cuts. Superintendent Houlihan notes multiple drastic options under review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Bennington- Rutland Supervisory Union
BRSU
Pawlet
Rutland Southwest Supervisory Union
Clarendon
New Union District 40
Wallingford
Shrewsbury
Manchester and Union
Mount Tabor
Danby
Union District 23
Currier Memorial School
Edward F. Houlihan
Union District Board
Sunderland voters choose new town officials in one year terms
Sunderland voters in balloting Tuesday elected Carl D. Benjamin 129 votes and Mildred Fersh 130 to two one year terms on the board of selectmen. Leroy Moore had 49 votes. Kenneth Mason Jr. beat Donald Ennis 135 to 49 for second constable and George Carroll won cemetery commissioner 146 to 43. Other officers elected include Earl Hill moderator William Bahan town clerk selectman Howard Hill sister Edgar Lawrence auditor Martin Cummings first constable George Carroll tax collector Herbert Bowen cemetery commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Lawrence
Martin Cummings
George Carroll
Herbert Bowen
Geraniums and local fundraising drive in Cambridge
The Mary McClellan Hospital Women's Auxiliary in Cambridge seeks orders for its fourth annual geranium sale to fund hospital equipment and beautification projects. Geraniums come in red and pink, with pickup on May 16 and 17. no deliveries.
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Cambridge
N.Y
Mary McClellan Hospital
Margaret Swanson
Arlington
Judy Petersen
Hoosick Falls
Ann Rafferty
Eugenie Rapp
Easton
Dorothy Mesick
Greenwich
Nina Watkins
Shushan
Mary Tarantino
Salem
Eleanor Pouliot
Schuylerville
Dorset Church Chicken Pie Supper Planned
A chicken pie supper will be held at the Dorset Church vestry on Wednesday March 12 with two seatings at 5 30 and 7 pm Tickets cost 2 50 for adults and 1 00 for children under 11 Tickets are available at McWayne Jewelers in Manchester Russell Parks or Gilbert's Hardware in Dorset Sponsored by the Women's Fellowship and the Deacons All are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorset
McWayne Jewelers
Manchester
Russell Parks
Gilbert’s Hardware
Women’s Fellowship
Deacons
Arlington Bicentennial drawing on Town Meeting Day
Arlington area residents won three prizes from the Bicentennial Committee drawing on Town Meeting Day. Lyle Salter of Sunderland took the admiral's chair from Hale Company, Mary Houghton of Arlington won the bicentennial flag, and Janice Rice of Arlington received the turquoise hairpin lace store. A high school food sale accompanied the event, with organizers seeking matching funds for a federal grant. Gertrude Bell song books are sold at The Mortar and Pestle Pharmacy and Martha Canfield Library, and bicentennial medallions are available at The Chittenden Trust Company office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Arlington Area Bicentennial Committee
Hale Company
Lyle Salter
Sunderland
Mary Houghton
Janice Rice
Gertrude Bell
Mortar and Pestle Pharmacy
Martha Canfield Library
Chittenden Trust Company
Fisher Elementary welcomes new Grade 1 teacher Leslie
Mrs. Janice Leslie begins Grade 1 duties at Fisher Elementary School after graduating from Rhode Island College in Providence in June 1974 with an elementary education major and a focus on learning disabilities. Airman Eugene J. Stone, son of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Stone of East Arlington, completed basic training at Lackland AFB Texas and will train 10 weeks at Ft. Leonard Wood Missouri in heavy equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice Leslie
Fisher Elementary School
Eugene J. Stone
James E. Stone
East Arlington
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Stone
Ft. Leonard Wood
Scouts Begin Bennington Battle Flag Orders This Saturday
Members of Boy Scout Troop 64 will take orders for the Bennington Battle Flag of 76 starting Saturday at 10 a.m. in the second ward with delivery promised within seven days. Each Saturday the Scouts will visit different areas and announce the week’s area in advance. David Downey and Robert Reinfort of Troop 64 were elected to the Order of the Arrow, with the election conducted by fellow Arrow members from local troops.
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Boy Scout Troop 64
Bennington
Second Ward
Scout
Order of the Arrow
National Honor Society
Boy Scouts of America
Christopher Philpott
Troop
John Eberle
Troop 63
Robert Frazier
The
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Eleanor Niles
Kenneth Beatty
Stump Church
Embury Church
Embury
Jermain
George Lobdell
Cheryl Lewis
Tennessee
Thomas Wilson
Mount Anthony Union High School
Nington School
H. Luther Everly
HFCS
William A. Foss
Warren Robinson
MAUHS
Rutland
Poultney
Ira
Middletown Springs
Tinmouth
Wells
Houlihan
Manchester Board
Tri-Point Industries
Oak Materials Group
Commack
Long Island
River Road Plant No. 3
Robert Sargood
Tri-Point
Joseph DeBuke
Carl D. Ben
Beattie
Selectman
Peru
Robert Beattie
John Cueman
Earl Hill
Mary Beckwith
Shaftsbury
Gulf Station
Church Streets
State Highway Department
Eddie A. Colvin
Homestead’s End
William
Bill” Redmond
Redmond Street
Redmond
William Greenwood
Dougherty’s
John Street
Joan Colgan
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
Peroneae
Mastercharge and Bankamericard
Inhwes Furniture Inc
Helene Thompson
Eugene Stone
Walker
David Downey and
Robert Reinfort
Boy
Edith Beaumont
Arthur
Mee
Javery
Ernest H. Javery
Alan H
South Street
Vermont
Evans News
Evans’ News, Inc
Main Street
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