Manchester Lions Club Names Winners of Hicks Scholarships
Oscar V. Johnson Jr announces four Hicks Scholarship winners from Burr and Burton Seminary seniors Alison Cherbonneau Manchester Depot Hugh Alan Capen Bennington area Winhall Linda Pennock Sunderland and John Towsley Danby. Two $250 awards go to Cherbonneau and Capen with two $100 awards to Pennock and Towsley. awards honor Aston Hicks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Oscar V. Johnson Jr
Lions Club
Alison Cherbonneau
Manchester Depot
Hugh Alan Capen
Winhall
Linda Pennock
Sunderland
John Towsley
Danby
Burr and Burton Seminary
Aston Hicks
Manchester Lions Club
Cherbonneau
Capen
Pennock
Owsley
Johnson
LIONS
Alton M. Hicks
Burr and
Burton Seminary
Ringheiser
Manchester School Band In Concert
Manchester The Manchester School Band and Junior School Band will give their annual concert Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at Manchester Elementary School gym. Soloists include Alison Cherbonneau baritone horn Carol Stone tenor saxophone Kelly Nawrath Alison Otis and Lucy Kent with a trio Lambs for Flutes. The concert features majorettes in Invincing all March. Thirty Junior Band members will perform. director is George H Wheeler Sr of Poultney. Wheeler will also direct his father Howard Wheeler's Poultney School Band after retiring this Friday night following 40 years of teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Alison Cherbonneau
Carol Stone
Kelly Nawrath
Alison Otis
Lucy Kent
Lambs
George H. Wheeler Sr
Poultney
Wheeler
Napoleon Ianni
Howard Wheeler
Wheelers
Town Clerk Announces Memorial Day Office Closure
Shaftsbury town clerk Elizabeth King says the office will be closed all day on Memorial Day. She also reminds dog owners that dogs not licensed by June 1 will be turned over to the constable.
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Elizabeth King
School Superintendent Office Moves in Manchester
Superintendent Neil E. Cross announced the Bennington Rutland Supervisory District will relocate from Vt 11-30 to the former town manager’s office on Main Street Manchester. The larger space will house Cross, his secretary J Nelson Carman, curriculum coordinator Helen Mach of Pawlet, and a district wide speech therapist not yet hired. Approval came at the March 30 annual meeting.
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Manchester
Neil E. Cross
Bennington-Rutland Supervisory District
Main Street
Cross
J. Nelson Carman
Helen Mach
Pawlet
Supervisory District
New Town
Henry B. Robinson
Clyde H. Bryant
Manchester Center
William J. Mallin
Firecracker incidents prompt police action in Manchester
Police were summoned Tuesday night to break up youths detonating fire crackers on Manchester School grounds. Police Chief Dana Thompson said investigators found a few stores selling fire crackers and warned owners it is unlawful. items were removed from shelves. No charges were filed against those celebrating before the 4th of July.
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Manchester
Dana Thompson
Thompson
Manchester reads school lunch changes and town updates
The article notes lunches ending at Manchester Elementary with Mt. Laurel offering fruit and soup only, while students bring sandwiches. It also covers U.S. 7 concrete work approval, a new 1966 police cruiser, a vehicle accident on Vt. 30, golf committee site talks, top math test standings at Manchester Elementary, Rotary meeting speaker John Eckhardt, Mt. Laurel field day plans, a garden club plant sale, VFW notes, and town clerk office relocation with grievance procedures.
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Manchester
Mt. Laurel
Berry A. Wall
James L. Woodard
U.S. 7
Barnumville Road
Woodard
Dana Thompson
Ford
Manchester Motors
Donald Henry Clough
Malcolm Clough
Dorset
The
Manchester Golf Committee
Greater Manchester Area Chamber of Commerce
Richard C. Bartholomae
Princial
Donald R. Shanks
Shanks
Manchester Rotary Club
John Eckhardt
Burr and Burton Seminary
U.S. Army
Middlebury
Laurel
Lionel Dulac
Elizabeth Heinz
Henry van Loon
Berry Wall
Manchester Garden Club
Colburn House
Manchester Center
Philip Burnham
L.J. Dulac
Burnham
Nulae
VFW
Memorial Day Exercises Set For North Bennington School
The annual memorial day exercises will be held Friday at 1 15 on the east lawn of the North Bennington School with the entire student body. In case of rain, the gym will be used and the public is invited. Sgt and Mrs Gerald Elwell visited from Newfoundland for a brief leave with their families. Eugene Grant Nichols was born to Mr and Mrs Eugene Nichols of East Hampton Conn. Mrs Nichols is Janet Crawford, daughter of Peter and the Crawford family, former North Bennington residents.
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North Bennington
Gerald Elwell
Newfoundland
U.S. Marine Corps
H. Lee Hull
Eugene Grant Nichols
Eugene Nichols
East Hampton
Conn
Nichols
Janet Crawford
Peter Crawford
Weekend guests visit several local residents
Miss Kathy Howe of South Londonderry was weekend guest of Miss Patty Roberts. Mrs. Ethel Waite of East Arlington and Peter Piper were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sage. Mrs. Alice Croft of Rutland spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shattuck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathy Howe
South Londonderry
Patty Roberts
Ethel Waite
East Arlington
Peter Piper
Charles Sage
Alice Croft
Rutland
Robert Shattuck
Dorset Players Elect New Officers at Playhouse
Dorset Players elected Col Alfred Yates as president and James Lee as vice president at a Wednesday night meeting in the Playhouse. John E. Hartigan and Earle E. Storrs of Manchester won top posts, with Mrs. R F Burgoyne and Miss Malloy Donovan also taking treasurer and secretary roles. A Burr and Burton Seminary Girls Choir program, directed by Mrs Doris E Rigney, preceded the votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorset
Alfred Yates
James Lee
John E. Hartigan
Manchester
R.F. Burgoyne
Malloy Donovan
Earle E. Storrs
R.P. Crowell
Burr and Burton Seminary
Doris E. Rigney
Warrant Orders Police Chief to Kill Undocked Dogs
Manchester selectmen issued a warrant directing Police Chief Dana L. Thompson to kill or have killed any dog found without a current license. The order requires filing a complaint against owners if locateable and reporting actions taken to selectmen within 60 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Selectmen
Dana L. Thompson
Thompson
Dorset Historical Society Meeting on East Dorset History
The Dorset Historical Society will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. in East Dorset Congregational Church chapel. Donald Johnson will speak on East Dorset history. New acquisitions will be on display. Guests from Wallingford, forming a historical society there, are invited.
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The
Dorset Historical Society
East Dorset Congregational Church
Donald Johnson
East Dorset
Wallingford
Father Powers to Leave Wilmington Church
The Rev. Robert J. Powers, pastor of Our Lady of Fatima Church in Wilmington for eight years, is assigned to Burlington by Bishop Robert F. Joyce. The farewell dinner at Long Jim Inn is tonight for the public. Father Francis Gately, former St. Francis de Sales assistant, is transferred to Our Lady of Fatima Church.
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Wilmington
Robert J. Powers
Our Lady of Fatima
Burlington
Robert F. Joyce
Father Powers
Long Jim Inn
Father Francis Gately
South Hero
St. Francis de Sales
Bennington
Our Lady of Fatima Church
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King Lion Harry Barber Sr
E. H. Henry
Kenneth Hill
Burr and Burton
Donald Cherbonneau
Castleton State College
Burr and Burton Glee Club
School of Agriculture
UVM
Laurin Capen
Miss Pennock
Malcolm Pennock
St. Joseph College
Stanely Towsley
St. Joseph
Towsley
Harry Barber Sr
Equinox House
Manchester Firefighters Association, Inc
Thomas Farley
Clifford Hagberg
Rudy Mussington
Joseph Bullock
Quillie Jenkins
Marion Handy
Prince Young
Thelma Atherton
Farley
John West
Kay Walsh
Marguerite Reid
Peter Morrow
Eleanor Grothjohn
Paul Clausson
Hagberg
David Menzoine
Helen Bazil
Arthur Bornstein
Archie Gardner
William Gates
Shaftsbury
Fran Stacy
NEW England Homes, Inc
Custom Homes
New England
P.O. Box
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Geneva
City Tel
Mass. Turnpike
the Friendly Hotel
Billy Sullivan
Walter J. Carney
Vermont
Pamela Beattie
Timothy Hall
Clarence Wyman
E. Warren Johnson
Harned - Fowler
Hancock
Sabin Morris
Winooski
Morris
Peru
Elizabeth Dwyer
John O. Slade
Benrus
Bulova
Croton
Main ST
Bennington, VT
Col. Yates
Heads Dorset
Marden Skinner
Xt VO
Dunham Furniture Incorporated
Elm Street
Thurs
Grand Union
Triple
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