Dickens Encyclopedia Tops Reference Corner Additions
Mt Anthony library adds The Charles Dickens Encyclopedia to its Reference Corner with entries on Characters Works and Places. Also reviewed are Reptiles of North America by Raymond L Ditmars abridged Toynbee s A Study of History and Vocational Guidance Manuals additions to the Vocational Resource Center. A welcome gift subs include Blair and Ketcham s Country Journal and The Skeptic. Bicentennial Day observance March 19 features a history display.
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Mt. Anthony
Charles Dickens
Dickens
Blair and Ketcham
Country Journal
Skeptic
Bennington County
Vermont
Bennington and Arlington Community Notes in Troy and Bennington
Looking Back recalls Francis Quinn and Mrs. Fred Mattison in Arlington and Bennington on Saturday. Bennington Village voters reject a 500 dollar band grant. John Halsey Cushman elected village president, defeating Francis Morrissey 1032 to 937. Arlington 4 H Club meets, pattern pinning demonstrated by Shirley Decker. Police report highlights 357 unlocked doors and 104 ajar windows in Bennington. FBI probes theft of a rare Vermont coin collection from Bennington Museum. Putnam Memorial Hospital Institute gains an electron microscope. Senators youth group formed in North Bennington Shaftsbury area. Historic ads note 1906 Hotel Traymore baths. Supreme Court upholds Adamson Act eight hour rails. Versailles Treaty rejection by US Senate in 1920. 1942 draft registration ordered for men 45 to 64.
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Bennington
Arlington 4-H
Arlene Hess
Shirley Decker
Brattleboro Tales and Vermont’s Underground Lore
A satirical look at Brattleboro and Vermont, lampooning a faux FBI arrest and a web of local places. It riffs on weather, media frenzy, and quirky town lore from Guilford to Packers Corners, Sugaring Season, and underground businesses.
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Brattleboro
FBI
Main Street
State
Neigemont
Mount Snow
State Development Department
Green Mountain
UVM
Vermont
Brattle Street
Cambridge
Rudyard Kipling
Guilford
Algiers
Packers Corners
Idle Knot
Vermont Legislators Back H.356 to Streamline Agencies
A group of lawmakers led by Rep. Stewart Rouse of Hartford have introduced H.356. The bill would require that any state agency department board or commission improve efficiency and citizen access by standardizing practices and reducing redundant procedures.
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Stewart Rouse
Hartford
Rouse
House
Bennington Area
Charles Sauer
Environmental rule proposal requires economic impact statement
A government draft mandates an economic impact statement for any new environmental controls. It must estimate effects on employment and construction, outlining how proposed actions could influence jobs, industry activity, and related economic factors. Agencies would assess costs, benefits, and regional consequences.
Sage City Symphony receives Bennington Guild funds
Bennington Music Guild disbands and allocates 140 to Sage City Symphony to promote music in the community. The group plans a 50 gift to underwrite a high school trip to Philadelphia while continuing a fund campaign and notes April 6 concert at North Bennington School.
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Bennington Music Guild
Sage City Symphony
Philadelphia
Sage City
Music Guild
North Bennington
Christine Graham
Peggy Worthington
Government study weighs restructuring public service jobs for lasting dividends
A Times editorial notes a Capitol Hill panel examining how to reform emergency public service programs to deliver permanent community benefits. It considers a quasi government corporation or public private ventures, subsidies to private employers, work sharing, profit reserves, and incentives to spur employment while drawing on European models to avoid inflation.
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Capitol Hill
Also Mentioned on This Page
David Wohlsen
Raymond L. Ditmars
Reptiles
North America
Arnold Toynbee
Toynbee
Francis Quinn
Fred Mattison
Louise Mattison
Arlington
Troy
Bennington Village
John Halsey Cushman
Francis E. Morrissey
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bennington Museum
Putnam Memorial Hospital Institute For Medical Research
Helene W. Toolan
Clarence Decker III
The
Senators
North
Bennington- Shaftsbury Area
Traymore
Atlantic City
N.J
United States Supreme Court
League of Nations
United States Senate
United States
By Gretchen Becker
Marlboro
Brattleboro Chamber of Commerce
Ayah
New York City
Shaftsbury
John McClaughry
Kirby
A.H. Raskin
N.Y
Ford
Congress
National Commission For
Nixon
White House
Prof
Eli Ginzberg
Columbia University
Midwest
New England
Sweden
West Germany
France
the Times
Mohawk
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!