Vermont Bank to Open New Manchester Center Building
Vermont Bank and Trust Co plans a permanent full service Quincy style bank in Manchester Center with a tentative July 1 opening. The existing temporary quarters on Bonnet Street will be replaced as the original house is torn down and parking, drive up teller service and a red brick colonial exterior are added. Contracts were awarded to Midwest Homes LeFebvre and Dailey with landscaping by The Allen Organization. The bank already serves 711 local depositors with assets near 1.2 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont Bank and Trust Co
Manchester
Manchester Center
Bonnet Street
Benjamin Gaillard
Midwest Homes, Inc
Carlisle
Brattleboro
State Banking and Insurance Dept
Vermont Bank and Trust
Robert E. Cummings
Memorial Day Food Sale Promises Guild Event at Opera House
Manchester social notes report Mrs. Vincent Devlin visiting her sister and husband Mr and Mrs Henry Cherbonneau for a week. A bridge party honored Mrs Ann Posthauer who leaves for Scotland. Prizes went to Mrs George Heaslip and Mrs Cozac Markey. The Guild of St Margaret sponsors a Memorial Day weekend food sale at the Opera House May 28 at 8 p.m. Mr and Mrs Donald Cherbonneau spent the weekend in New York at the World's Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington Fire Dept
Henry Hall
Mann Terrace
Arlington
Vincent Devlin
Henry Cherbonneau
Ann Posthauer
Scotland
George Heaslip
Cozac Markey
Guild of St. Margaret
Opera House
Donald Cherbonneau
New York
Arlington Advisory Board Named
Arlington forms a nine member advisory board to study formal planning for the town. Appointments include James Edgerton Jr and others from West and East Arlington, chosen to cover town sections and bring planning experience. Also noted: Dr. George A. Russell to assess septic tanks near Battenkill streams and a garbage dumping complaint. Memorial Day funds of 50 dollars for veteran grave flags approved.
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Arlington
James Edgerton Jr
West Arlington
Herbert Douglas
John Whelan
Larry Pratt
Hermon E. Benjamin
Christian E. Schafer
East Arlington
Prosper E. Deschenes
Ernest W. Mattison Sr
Jerome C. Viault
Keynith Knapp
George A. Russell
Knapp
Pownal WSCS sale earns fifty seven dollars and more
The WSCS of Pownal Methodist Church reports a Saturday food sale netting 57 dollars. Scouts from Troop 47 meet at 7 PM, then place flags on veterans’ graves at Oak Hill and North Pownal Cemeteries. Grievance Day and real estate listings objections talks proceed at town offices.
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WSCS
Pownal Methodist Church
Otis Dorman
Oak Hill
North Pownal
Board of
Sisters In Charge
Listers
Richard Champney
Joseph Tornabene
Harvey Burdick Jr
Shaftsbury to seek kindergarten in public schools
Shaftsbury town school district voters at an informational meeting unanimously supported adding a kindergarten article to the annual warning and a $500 request to start a sinking fund for equipment for a school lunch program. The plan includes a kindergarten room in future expansions and possible space in Cole Hall basement or the Methodist Church, with library improvements also discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Shaftsbury Town
Ezekiel Cross Jr
E.B. Miller
Arthur Jones
John Cross
Blanche Rackliffe
Leon E. Wagner
Shaftsbury School Board
Lloyd Spaulding
Jesse Strong
Olive Williamson
Manchester Pre Schoolers Visit Winhall Shepherd
Local shepherd Peter Clark hosted Manchester Zion Church Pre-School visitors at Three Meadows Farm. Children toured the sheep barn, watched wool being shorn, and learned about wool properties. Clark showcased a prize ewe and discussed travel plans with his family for a June showing tour.
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Manchester
Winhall Shepherd
Peter Clark
Hampshire
Three Meadows Farm
Alexander Reed
New York
Manchester Zion Church
Clark
California
Windall Shepherd
Barber's Lake site to open May 31 in Pownal
A town recreation commission announces Barber's Lake will open to the public on May 31 under developer Herbert Lewis. Plans include a 750 foot sandy beach swimming areas boat launching fishing weekly dances picnic tables and camp sites. Local residents will have reduced admission via car stickers and a Red Cross swim instructor is being explored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Board of
Selectmen
Herbert Lewis
Barber’s Lake
Lewis
Marcel Langlais
Bennington County
American Red Cross
Joseph Tornabene
John Blackmer
Donald Roy
David Adler
Burton Peckham
Burr and Burton teacher to attend NSF Summer Institute
Gordon W. McClure of Manchester Lepot and Burr and Burton Seminary will join an eight week National Science Foundation Summer Institute at State University College Oneonta New York. The program trains junior and senior high school science teachers in earth sciences including astronomy geology and oceanography. Forty two participants were chosen from over seven hundred applicants nationwide. The institute runs June 29 to August 20.
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Manchester
Gordon W. McClure
Lepot
Burr and Burton Seminary
National Science Foundation
State University College
Oneonta
N.Y
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Helene Thompson
Architect's
Jackie Breen
Ectrow
U.S
Wonder Boy
Spriggs & Stratton
Anthony Lombardy Locke
Cooper
Batiste
IG Audette’s Children’s Shop
Vermont
TEI. WD
Koro
Chrysler
Illon
Factory Point National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
Arlington Advisory Board
The
Pownals
Vera Langlais
Board of Selectmen
George Pratt
South Pownal
Troop 47
Vermont 346
Peter Roy
Alan Strobridge
Michael Lewis
Paul Foster
Michael Walsh
Thomas Langlais
George Kerbs
Thomas Frost
Michael Pratt
Winhall
Mer
Douglas
Sandy
Staunton
Missouri
Iowa
Illinois
Doug
John Jones
Peru
Alice Dibble
Susan Dibble
Hope Steele
Landgrove
New York City
New York City Ballet
Lincoln Center
High Hollow
Happy Hustlers
Landgrove School
Carl Holcomb
Lynn Holton
Vermont 11
Dorset
Marden Skinner
T. Wylie Kinney
Kinney
Lawrence Kings
Bermuda
Cleveland
Ohio
Leland Hazelton
Harold Tobin
East Rupert
Rupert
Maplewood
United Church of
Ondawa
Randolph
Burt Rockwood
Band
Bennington
Don B. Otis
NSF
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