Vermont 4-H Foundation names new president and advisers
PAWLET Henry Steel, former Fillmore Farms manager in Bennington, is named president of the Vermont 4-H Foundation. Mrs. Margaret Chapman of Williston becomes secretary. Two new adult advisers join the Teen Day Board: Mrs. Lynwood Burbank of Morrisville and Bernard Crosser of North Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawlet
Henry Steel
Vermont State 4-H Foundation
Steel
Fillmore Farms
Bennington
Margaret Chapman
Williston
Lynwood Burbank
Morrisville
Bernard Crosser
North Springfield
North Bennington Fire Dept Auxiliary Meeting Notice
The Women’s Auxiliary of the North Bennington Fire Department will meet Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the firehouse. Members should bring knitting for the pillow project. Mrs. Margaret Flanders has returned home from a winter in Clearwater Florida. Mrs. Mary Meagher, Mrs. Lillian VanSurdam and Miss Karen Lane of the North Bennington school faculty attended a North Adams State College alumnae reunion banquet at the Fire Side Inn in Cheshire Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington Fire Department
Margaret Flanders
Houghton Street
Clearwater
Fla
Mary Meagher
Lillian VanSurdam
Karen Lane
North Bennington School
Fireside Inn
Cheshire
Mass
North Adams State College
Hermon Benjamin and Wife Honored at 40th Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Hermon Benjamin of East Arlington were honored on their 40th wedding anniversary. More than 50 relatives and friends attended a dinner at Leroy Lawrences ski lodge in Stamford with guests from Pittsfield North Adams Hawthorne N Y and Stamford Conn. The couple received flowers and money as gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Hermon Benjamin
East Arlington
Leroy Lawrence
Stamford
Carl Benjamin Sr
Carl Benjamin Jr
Clyde Dunlap
Freeman McManus
Ellery Lawrence
Benjamin
North Adams
Stanley Lawrence
Richard Noyes
Alfred Mullett
David Finney
Benjamins
John Keane
Pittsfield
Mass
Lawrence Benjamin
Leo Benjamin
SOS Program Opens This Week For Arlington Students
Arlington groups launch the SOS Summer Opportunities for Students program to connect qualified Arlington youths with local summer work. The Arlington Parent Teachers sponsor coordinates with businesses and residents. interview desk opens May 3 at Memorial School staffed by volunteers to collect applications. Students seek yardwork babysitting and light housework and may work part or full time after school and weekends. The Vermont Department of Employment Security supports the statewide program now in its second year locally. Local organizers include coordinator Nellie Keene and APT representatives, church and volunteer leaders.
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Arlington
Ers
Dents
Memorial School
Vermont
Fishing season opens in Battenkill and Green River valleys
West Arlington Sandgate reports opening day of fishing season with anglers testing waters and donning colorful attire. Mr and Mrs Eugene Witten of American Legion Auxiliary announce a ham supper for members and guests at Legion rooms with adult and child donations. Timothy and Matthew Witten, former residents now in New York, sailed for France to study for a year, while their father pursues painting and makes handmade picture frames.
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Battenkill
Green River
Eugene Witten
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Rooms
Timothy
Matthew
West Arlington
New York
France
Witten
Mountain Towns Books Added to Martha Canfield Library
April additions to the Martha Canfield Library include adult titles such as Encounter in Key West and The Last Battle among others by Robichaud Ryan Cleary and Nader, plus juvenile books like Bolts a Robot Dog and Aesop's Fables. Community notes cover residents recovering from surgery, visits from relatives, Lions Club foreign exchange plans, youth band performances, dances, Girl Scout hikes, and a local hiking route from Haystack Mountain bus stop.
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Martha Canfield
Key West
Paul Bunyan
Kumin
Ostrom
Jonathan
Vance
Hellman
Hoban
Wilmington Lions Club
Wilmington
South
Central America
Putney
Civils
John Rice
Searsburg
Danny Locke
Larry Boaupart
Linda Goodwin
West Dover
Rocky Radash
Wilmington High School
Red House
Robert Porter
Linda Maynard
Haystack Mountain
Cold Brook
Wanchester Motel Sold in Manchester
Chalet Motel Inc formed by George R. Seibert and Vincent Cassel buys the 13 unit Wanchester Chalet Motel from Mr and Mrs Lewis Tuttle who owned it since 1955. The Tuttles plan to move from Manchester Center to Dorset while the Seiberts, from Woodstock NY and Oradell NJ, will run the Vermont property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Lewis Tuttle
Chalet Motel, Inc
George R. Seibert
Woodstock, N.Y
Vincent Cassel
Oradell, N.J
Mrs. Seibert
Woodstock
N.Y
Williamsville
Tuttle
Tuttles
Manchester Center
Dorset
Golf course plan eyed for Manchester site meeting
A public meeting at 8 15 PM Wednesday in Manchester Elementary School cafeteria invites northern Bennington County residents and business owners to discuss a proposed Manchester golf course. The Senecal farm property on US 7 is a potential site, with Geoffrey Cornish of Amherst drafting the design. Financing would mix public and private subscriptions tied to membership, with the remaining 400 000 dollars from federal funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Bennington County
Manchester Golf Committee
Manchester Area Development Corp
Senecal Farm
U.S. 7
Geoffrey Cornish
Amherst
Mass
Chief Praises Alert Employes At Mack Molding Fire
Sparks from a chimney are blamed for a morning fire at Mack Molding Company in Arlington at 7 55. Fire chief C Lee Marsh said the roof burned off the ventilator shaft above the boiler room but damage was held to a minimum due to alert employees arriving for the 8 am shift. An employee had two hose lines ready when units arrived as seventeen firemen battled the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Mack Molding Company
C. Lee Marsh
Marsh
East Arlington 4-H rummage sale set for May 21
East Arlington Sunderland 4-H Clubs plan a rummage sale at the East Arlington firehouse on May 21. Donations may be left with Mrs. Don Brown or calls accepted to Mrs. Earl Howard for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Arlington
Don Brown
Earl Howard
Winhall Democrat Named to Vermont House Seat
Gov. Philip H. Hoff appointed Norman G. Fair 56 to the lone vacancy in Vermonts House of Representatives District 25. Fair, a Democrat and real estate developer in the Stratton Mountain area, replaces Rep. Daulton Mann Jr. who resigned to join the Vermont Educational Buildings Financing Agency after losing to Mann in November.
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Montpelier
Philip H. Hoff
Winhall
House of Representatives
Norman G. Fair
Daulton Mann Jr
Peru
Vermont
Agency
Fair
Mann
Stratton Mountain
Big Bromley
Magic Mountain
Kindergarten registration opens at Manchester Elementary
Registration for kindergarten at Manchester Elementary began Monday night and continues until June 1. After June 1, registrations will not include transportation as bus contracts are to be negotiated by the deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
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Pawlet Vman
Heads 4-H Foundation
North Bennington
Elizabeth Dwyer
Masonic
Masonic Hall
Adoniram
F&am
Donald D. Dorr
Walter Hayes
Robert S. McFall
Roger Hayes
Floyd Eastman
G. Frederick Lawrence
William Day
Carroll Knight
Oakley K. Porter
Austin R. Rumney
Harold Waters
Ringheiser
Hermon Benjamins
Florida
Hawthorne
Lewis M
Allen
Lewis L. Allen
U.S. Army
Fort Dix
N.J
NBHS
Department of Employment Security
Nellie Keene
Marjorie Macksey
APT
Agnes Belcher
Walter Crofut
Granville Greenwold
June Laskey
Helen Wood
Elise Phillips
Georgiana Leake
West
Sandgate
Betty Trachte
Helene Thompson
The
Mountain Towns
Carlo Walter
Melinda Pelham
Boston
E. T. Pelham
Larry Glass
Guy Kagey
Baltimore
John Read
Oak Ridge, N.J
William Young
Greenwich, N.Y
Sandgate Road
Wanchester Motel
Seiberts
Robert
William
Richard
Edward Coleman
Stone Hill
Belleair Beach
Alert
East
Sunderland
Amelia Lawrence
Fienberg
Main ST
Bennington, VT
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
Finast
AAUW
South Street
Winhall Democrat
Daulton Mann
Kendallville, Indiana, U.S.A
Pri Ee Ieee
J.H
Winslow
Chet Ringheiser
P.O. Box
Carroll
Walter Whitney
General Electric
Corning
Armour Star
Porterhouse
Maxwell House Coffee
Maine
PEPSI
Safford
Gage Sts
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