Saint Jerome’s Church and Dorset Irish Heritage Remembered
In Dorset Vermont the once thriving Irish community near East Dorset is recalled through the history of St. Jerome’s Church, the Dorset Hill Cemetery, and local quarries. The piece notes immigrant labor, church growth from 1874, and ongoing parish life amid changing fortunes, ending with a poet’s tribute to ancestral memory.
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St. Patrick’s Day
O’ the Green
Dorset
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Good Ladies of
The
DAR
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
U.S. 7
Carleton Howe
Green Mountains
Freedley
Old Dorset
John Flynn
East Dorset
Roscommon
County Derry
King’s County
County Kil Gare
County Kerry
County Limerick
County Kilkenny
County Tipperary
Kilmor
Bally Donahue
Kilglas
Adhare
Boston
New York
Michael McGuigan
East Dorset Hill
John Daly
Middlebury
Dorset Hill Cemetery
John Stuart
Lyn D. Ames
St. Jerome’s
de Goesbri
Dorset Hill
Norcross-West
5Th Avenue
Erin
Mark Whalen
East
Isle of
Thomas Tuohy
Emerald Isle
Tuohy
Green Peak
Ireland
Otis
Sixth Lifeguard Training Workshop Set at Middlebury
Vermont official Stephen E. Baker announced the sixth annual lifeguard training workshop to begin at 10 a.m. Saturday May 16 1964 at the Arthur M. Brown Indoor Swimming Pool Middlebury College. The program offers refesher courses for beach pool and camp lifeguards and water safety instructors with reviews of artificial respiration first aid emergencies and lifeguard responsibilities. Miss Mary Lick Middlebury director of women's physical education coordinates local arrangements.
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Montpelier
Stephen E. Baker
Vermont
Mary Lick
Middlebury
HVCC Seeks Bids for New Three-Story Classroom Building
Hudson Valley Community College invites bids for a three story classroom building in Troy New York. The project estimated at 800000 to be completed by July 15 1965 will be funded 50 percent by the county and 50 percent by the state. Otto V Guenther HVCC president says the facility is needed to handle rising enrollment and will include 27 classrooms two lecture halls drafting and typing rooms language labs conference rooms faculty offices and a student lounge. Separate bids will be taken for general construction plumbing HVAC and electrical work.
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Troy
N.Y
Hudson Valley Community College
Rensselaer County Board of Supervisors
Otto V. Guenther
HVCC
Presi
Aiken Cites Vermont Electricity Growth and Low Bills
U.S. Sen. George D. Aiken says Vermont has the lowest average monthly electric bills in New England and shows far faster growth in overall power use from 1957 to 1962. He cites Edison Electric Institute data and Federal Power Commission figures, noting striking rises in industrial and residential sales and highlighting early impact of St. Lawrence power and potential Champlain Waterway development. Vermont cities like Burlington and St. Albans report low 1963 residential bills, with Newport and Rutland among higher Vermont figures.
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Washington, D.C
U.S
George D. Aiken
Vermont
New England
Sen
Aiken
Edison Electric Institute
St. Lawerence Seaway
Sen. Aiken
Federal Power Commission
St. Lawrence
New York Power Authority
Champlain Waterway
United States
St. Albans
Burlington
Rutland
Barre
Newport
Vermont Teen Congress Opens in Woodstock This April
The sixth annual Vermont Teen Congress will convene in Woodstock from April 3 to 5. Delegates from across the state, hosted by the Woodstock Community Recreation Center, will join discussions on topics like Teen Centers, recreation service, and resources. Gov. Hoff will speak at lunch, and Sally Pierce will share Peace Corps experiences with a foreign exchange panel.
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Woodstock
Teen Council
State Board of Recreation
Vermont Recreation Society
Woodstock Community Recreation Center
Woodstock Union High School
Philip H. Hoff
Congress
Sally Pierce
Peace Corps
Philippines
Belding Jackson
Woodstock Inn
State Office
Montpelier
VFW Auxiliary Honored Mrs Edna Lloyd On 72nd Birthday
The VFW Post No 1332 and auxiliary celebrated Edna Lloyd's 72nd birthday at the VFW hall with a ham dinner. Helen Hall presented a corsage of dollar bills, a Jerry's Flowers corsage, and a greenback cake topper. Attendants included Esther Greene Betty Stoessell Marion Charest and others. Lloyd's daughter Mrs Harold Hurley attended with her husband from Vergennes.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
VFW Hall
Edna Lloyd
Esther Greene
Betty Stoessell
Marion Charest
Wilma Campney
Lillian Bourassa
Margaret Knights
Helen Hall
Lloyd
Jerry Kelson
Jerry
VFW
Francis Gallett
State
Cdmr
Harold Dean
World War Barracks No. 1
Inez Gregory
Ina Damon
Lila Hier
Doris Knights
Northfield Girls Accepted In Crossroads Africa Program
Two Northfield School students Wendy Peter and Susan Yeager are selected as the only U.S. secondary girls in this year’s Crossroads Africa project. They will spend ten weeks on an unpaid construction effort in Africa.
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Northfield
Mass
U.S
Wendy Peter
Susan Yeager
Peter
Norwalk
Louisville
Rollins College
Africa
Wendy
Anne Forrester
Bennington College
Northfield Crossroads Africa
Mexico
Uruguay
Puerto Rico
Kennedy
Crossroaders
Peace Corps
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Mary Barnett Burke
Mont Ward
Scotland
Crossroads
L.C.C
Liggett-Bosworth Motor Sales, Inc
Bennington, VT
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