60 Students Seek Jobs in Manchester BPW Project
In Manchester the Youth Employment Service a BPW project has up to 60 students filing for work. Over 50 job openings are on file with offices in the Court House open 1 to 4 pm on Tuesday Thursday and Friday. Fifteen employers have contacted the office and about 30 BPW solicitors seek additional employers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Youth Employment Service
BPW
E.H. Henry
Burr and Burton Seminary
Shutin
Mae Winslow
Jean Schramm
Ethel Bennett
Irma Zentz
Betty Kamber
Irene Campbell
Dorset Eighth Graders Fly Rutland Skies
Dorset Grade 8 students toured Rutland by plane thanks to aviator Leon Edgerton who piloted his Cessna 182 from his Dorset hangar. Seventeen of twenty-two pupils experienced flight for the first time, riding in groups to Rutland Airport and returning after about 15 minutes of flying at roughly 130 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorset
Rutland
Leon Edgerton
Edgerton
Charles Boyce
Patricia Riggs
U.S. Navy
Han
Marble City
Forest Fire Burns Pearl Buck Property
A late Thursday forest fire on Pearl S. Buck's Windhall property scorched about 20 acres of sugar bush near her summer home. Windhall Fire Dept with 35 to 40 volunteers, Indian pumps, shovels and rakes contained the blaze within two hours, just short of a large evergreen stand. Fire officials report no wind and will station guards overnight. The cause remains undetermined. Buck and family were away in Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pikes Falls
Paul Brazer
Jamaica
Miss Buck
David Hamilton
Fire Department
Paul Edgerton
Windall
Pennsylvania
Breen
Weary — Charles Hamilton
Pearl Buck
Bondville
Travel rate of rabies cited by state vet in Manchester
Town officials weigh rabies threat as Dr Janowicz warns the infection travels about 90 miles in 45 days. He urges dog control, vaccination, and strict enforcement of licensing with fines and possible seizure of unlicensed animals, warning stray dogs frequent schools and public spaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Clara May Hemenway
Miss Hemenway
Oakley K. Porter
Listers
Here
A. E. Janawicz
Vermont Livestock Division
Dept. of Agriculture
Montpelier
Janawicz
The
Banner
Vermont
Massachusetts
Washington County
Janowicz
Jean Henry
Bennington County Humane Society
Poppy Day Planned by Arlington American Legion Auxiliary
Arlington American Legion Auxiliary designates Saturday as Poppy Day with Girl Scouts aiding Ruth Rice in distributing red paper flowers crafted by disabled veterans. Donations go directly to relief of veterans and their families. The poppy symbolizes life courage and sacrifice, honoring the dead while aiding the living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Arlington
Ruth Rice
Dorset Town Office Sealed Bids Sought
Bids for a four room cement block Dorset town office building are invited by the Board of Selectmen. Bids will be opened at 7 30 p m June 7 in East Dorset at Town Manager James Beebe’s office. Drawings and specs are on file for pickup with a $5 deposit refundable within 10 days after June 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorset
East Dorset
Board of Selectmen
James Beebe
Good Response To Fund Drive For Manchester Firefighters
Manchester Firefighters Association reports a very satisfactory response to its fund drive for a new fire house. A thermometer display will be placed near Potentials Real Estate in Manchester Center, with a donor plaque for those pledging or paying $200 or more, to be installed after the drive ends in a three year pledge period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Manchester Firefighters Association
Douglas Shaw
Shaw
Manchester Center
Association
Joseph Harrington
Lynford Bourn
Joseph Markey
Bernice Wilcox
George J. Heaslip
Christopher Swezey
Howard B. Ambrose
Howard C. Dailey
First Baptist Church elects officers for coming year
Members elected Oakley K. Porter moderator and Oakley K. Porter senior deacon for life. Elected were Mrs Ray C. Hartwell clerk Mrs Earle E Storrs collector Mrs Philip G Squires assistant collector John B Hawkins treasurer James West church school superintendent Mrs Norman Cadoret secretary treasurer of church school Mrs Robert Mattison auditor Ora Converse junior deacon for two year term Mrs Edgar W Johnson deaconess four year term Earle E Storrs and Harold Waters prudential committee three year term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Oakley K. Porter
Ray C. Hartwell
Earle E. Storrs
Philip G. Squires
John B. Hawkins
James West
Norman Cadoret
Robert Mattison
Robert L. Anderson
Ora Converse
Edgar W. Johnson
Harold Waters
Prudential Committee
Grievance Day finds no objectors to 1965 listings in Pownal
The annual Grievance Day in Pownal reported no objectors to the 1965 listings while all affected property owners had been notified by letter. Carl Dickinson of North Pownal, a Mt. Greylock Regional School student, will exhibit an eight piece wrought iron and maple living room set at the Industrial Arts Fair tonight. The set includes a sofa chair hassock coffee table two end tables and two lamps. Byron Barber returns home from Pittsfield General Hospital after major surgery. A daughter was born Thursday morning at North Adams Hospital to the Pownal Postmaster and Mrs. Clifford George. The annual School Safety Patrol Field Day will be held Saturday at the Rutland Fair Grounds under Lt. Richard C. Curtiss with local auxiliary state police on duty and organized by Harold P. Hicks and Marcel A. Langlais. North Pownal Graded School has long participated in the patrol program and awards certificates at June graduation. Field day activities include sports games entertainment and refreshments for students James and Patrick Danforth Gary Church William Pudvar Jerry Bellville David Sarkis Louis Bisson Robert St. Pierre Beverly Pratt Colleen Sweet Nancy Buck with other patrol members Barbara Burdick Linda Jacobsen Sharon Jelley and Leonard Duval. Principal Harold Pratt will lead the group with transportation by Mrs. Earle V. Church Louis Buck and Richard J. Singleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of
Listers
Pownal
Carl Dickinson
North Pownal
Mt. Greylock
Williamstown
Rutland Fair Grounds
Richard C. Curtiss
Harold P. Hicks
Marcel A. Langlais
James
Patrick Danforth
Gary Church
William Pudvar
Jerry Bellville
David Sarkis
Louis Bisson
Robert St. Pierre
Beverly Pratt
Colleen Sweet
Nancy Buck
Barbara Burdick
Linda Jacobsen
Sharon Jelley
Leonard Duval
Harold Pratt
Earle V. Church
Louis Buck
Richard J. Singleton
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Sinclair
MAIN
BEECH
Fred Babson
Dial
Woolworth’s
Bennington, Vermont
Bennington
Co-Op
Dorset Eighth Graders
Rutland Skies
Gar
Vermont Flying Farmers
Edgertons
Niagara Falls
Ottawa
Skinner
A&p
Helene Thompson
Dupont
H. Greenberg & Son, Inc
Main St. Bennington
Jackie Breen
Pownals
Vera Langlais
Byron Barber
East Pownal
Pittsfield General Hospital
North Adams Hospital
Clifford George
Widmer
Lake Niagara
New York State
Widmer Vintners of
Widmer’s Wine Cellars, Inc
Naples
N.Y
Toro
Toros
Nadeau Inc
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