Great grandmother serves as Statehouse postmistress
CORA CHENEY reports from Montpelier on Beatrice Martel of South Hero who runs the Statehouse Post Office during the legislative session. Since 1953 she has been reappointed each session, oversees mail in the cloak room post office, greets school visitors, and has become a local landmark. She has five children, twenty grandchildren, and three great grandchildren, living in a 22 room South Hero farmhouse she renovated. The piece notes her potential claim as the only great grandmother Statehouse postmistress in the United States, possibly the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Cheney Montpelier
Statehouse
Beatrice Martel
South Hern
Legislative Council
Lémonthold
Vermont
Funeral services for Mrs Madeline A Noyes and Fred C Willard
The funeral for Mrs Madeline A Noyes of 210 Grove St widow of Arthur Noyes was held Wednesday at Hanson Walbridge with Rev Henry Bourgeois C.S.C. officiating. A Wake prayer preceded the service. Burial will be in Park Lawn Cemetery. A family service for Fred C Willard of East Arlington followed at Hanson Walbridge with Rev John Geer officiating. Committal prayers were given and burial set for a later date in Fairview Cemetery North Stratford NH. Willard, a resident of East Arlington since 1955, died at Fairview Nursing Home Monday after residing in North Stratford prior to 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Noyes
Madeline A. Noyes
Grove St
Hanson, Walbridge Funeral Home
Henry Bourgeois
Park Lawn Cemetery
Fred C. Willard
East Arlington
Hanson-Walbridge
Bennington
John Geer
Federated Church
Pownal
Arlington
Geer
Mr. Geer
Fairview Cemetery
North Stratford
Willard
Fairview Nursing Home
Elks Club St Patrick's Day Dinner Tomorrow
The Elks Club annual corned beef and cabbage dinner is tomorrow from noon until ?. The Women’s Auxiliary to the Bennington County Medical Society will meet Tuesday for a luncheon at the Rainbarrel in North Bennington. Members not contacted who wish to attend may call Mrs. Donald Humphreys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks Club
Bennington County Medical Society
Rainbarrel
North Bennington
Donald Humphreys
Vermont crafts on display at Statehouse exhibit
The Arts and Crafts Service of the Vermont Department of Education and its advisory council sponsor a Vermont crafts show at the Statehouse in Montpelier. The exhibit highlights weaving, pottery, woodwork, metal work, jewelry, toys, quilting, and more with demonstrations on March 2, 22, and 23 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Vermont
Statehouse
Montpelier
Arts and Crafts Service
Vermont Department of Education
Vermont Statehouse
March Dynand
Mary Radé
Peter Wendland
Jean Paul Patnode
D'Ann Fage
Friday concert by Mt Anthony orchestra and wind ensemble
The Mr Anthony Union High School Orchestra and Wind Ensemble rehearse for a Friday evening concert at 7 30 in the Walker Morgan Memorial Auditorium. The program includes Bach Little Fugue in G minor Haydn Third Symphony in G major and Wash turns Synthesis for Orchestra. The Wind Ensemble performs Menotti Overture Cacela from The Last Savage Mannin Veen Canzona and selections from Fancy Free plus Fitzwilliam Virginal Book transcriptions. A schematic program aids listening and outlines inviting parents to informal gatherings to learn about their children’s music work.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
Mr. Anthony Union High School
Walker-Morgan Memorial Auditorium
Bach
Haydn
Robert Washturns
Gian Carlo Menotti
Overture
Cacela
Haydn Wood
Peter Mennin
Leonard Bernstein
Music Department
Mt. Anthony
Phenobarbital removed from state shelters in Vermont
Richard C Holmes announced that Vermont state civil defense staff finished removing phenobarbital from all public shelters started in late summer after a U S Office of Civil Defense report of limited drug theft nationwide. Over 280 shelters were checked and remaining stock disposed or turned to medical authorities.
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Wadef
Dorsey Holsinger
Teat
New England Dietetic Association to Host March Program
Dietitians from New England unite in Boston for a two day program March 2 27 at the Sheraton Boston Hotel featuring consumer education nutrition topics and exhibits. Speakers include Faith Prior University of Vermont Joseph Mailloux Medical Center Hospital of Vermont D Mark Hegsted Harvard Frances Ware Rhode Island Hospital.
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Boston
Mass
The
New England Dietetic Association
New England Hospital Assembly
Sheraton- Boston
Nated
Faith Prior
University of Vermont
Joseph Mailloux
M.P.H
Medical Center ‘Hospital of
Vermont
D. Mark Hegsted
Harvard
Frances Ware
R.D
Rhode Island Hospital
Maple Sugarhouses Open to Visitors brochure in Vermont
The viz edition listing Vermont sugarmakers welcoming visitors is now available. Arranged by county the pamphlet shows sugarhouse locations visitor capacity and maple products. Published annually by the Vermont Development Agency with the Sugarmakers Association, free copies via postcard to Montpelier address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Tony Egan
Vermont
Agency of Development and Community Affairs
Vermont Development Agency
Vermont Sugarmakers' Association
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Javery
Mase Exrarat
Jewery
Mea Alon HL
South Suez
Tonttington
Verment
Sugarhouse
Vermont Department of Agriculture
Sugar
Elm Street
Bingo
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Pacos
Sylvia
Iikest
Bepuington Banner
Banner Publishing Corp
United Press Catarnational Anc
New York Times
National
Matthews
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