Dorset House in Shelburne Tells Welcome Allen Iron Story
The Dorset House at Shelburne Museum reflects mid 19th century Vermont style and the iron stove makers story tied to Welcome Allen. Built around 1850 for his family, it housed two households and later became a museum piece, illustrating Dorset’s early iron industry and local enterprise.
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Shelburne
Dorset House
Welcome Allen
Shelburne Museum
Vermont
Dorset
North Dorset
Aubrey N. Shaw
Sidney Whalen
Danby
Dorset Castle
Fairman
Emerald Lake
Zachariah Curtis
U.S
Zachariah
Daniel Curtis
Curtis
Aaron R
George O. Vail
Buffalo
N.Y
Vails
Allen
D. Curtis
Ethan
Ira
Florenz
Flo
Florey
Maria M. Heald
Mary J
Lucia
Welcome
Mary Jane Griffith
Griffith
Samantha King Richards
East
Rutland Herald
Mabel T. Herrick
Paris E. Buffum
Douglas Cain
Manchester
Florenze R. Allen
Allen Stoves
Allen and
Curtis Stoves
Water Co. Notes Final Payment on East Dorset Reservoir
Henry Stone paid the East Dorset Water Co. note of 6500 for the 1950 reservoir built with local effort. The 6000 gallon system serves 40 families including Mt Aeolus Hotel and Blue Ribbon Cabins, funded by a bank loan and volunteer labor over 14 years.
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Dorset
Henry Stone
Helen Read
East Dorset Water Co
East Dorset
Mad Tom Orchard
Will Whalen
Mad Tom Brook
Prudential Committee
Frank Eggleston
Byron Bowen
Ernest McDaniels
Green Mountains
East
Water Company
Mt. Aeolus Hotel
Wilmington-Dover Women’s Group Plans Events and Charity
The Women’s Association of the Congregational Church met with 13 members. Hostesses were Mrs. Carl Howe and Miss Goldie Bickford. A fundraiser supper is planned for Nov 17, and a Christmas box drive for Brattleboro Retreat patients runs through Nov 22. A cleaning bee is set for Nov 6, with next meeting Nov 13. The Windham County Council of Church Women will meet in Wilmington on Nov 19, with the association acting as hostesses. The Tuesday Afternoon Bridge Club at Mrs. Roswell Mace’s home in Jacksonville lists Mrs. Wayne Timmerman as high scorer.
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Women’s Association of the Congregational Church
Carl Howe
Goldie Bickford
Windham County Council of
Church Women
Wilmington
Women’s Association
Ways and Means Committee
Brattleboro
Roswell Mace
Jacksonville
Wayne Timmerman
Snow Delights Searsburg Mountain Town Morning Freeze
Strong winds and the season's first snow hit Searsburg Mountain Tuesday night with low 20s temperatures. The morning brought white patches and daisies peeking through while bird baths froze and ice coated the pond.
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Searsburg Mountain
Water Company Official An East Dorset 57 Years
Henry Stone born 1886 in East Rupert spent 57 years in East Dorset after moving to work for Ed Harwood at 26 dollars a month. He stayed to marry a local, raised four children Guy Stone East Dorset Roberta Fowler Manchester Donald Stone Houston Wally Malmgren Pittsfield. He worked in farming quarrying and later as an insurance agent while serving town offices and church work. He attended Burr and Burton Seminary three years and played halfback on a state championship team.
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Henry Stone
East Rupert
Peru
East Dorset
Ed Harwood
Harwood
the Stones
Guy Stone
Robert Fowler
Manchester
Donald Stone
Houston
Tex
Wally Malmgren
Pittsfield
Mass
Bald Mountain Horse Club Elects New Officers
Arlington Neil Knapp was elected president of the Bald Mountain Horse Club of Bennington County. Pamela Vachon is vice president, Patience Brooks secretary, Verna Kayatta treasurer, and Lynda Beattie and Diane Sherwin news reporters. Orrin Beattie offers to audit the treasurer’s report. Plans for the annual 4H dinner at Fisher Elementary School were completed for tonight.
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Neil Knapp
Bald Mountain +H Horse Club
Bennington County
Keynith Knapp
Pamela Vachon
Patience Brooks
Secre
Tary
Verna Kayatta
Lynda Beattie
Diane Sherwin
Orrin Beattie
Fisher
Poet Nemerov Leaves Bennington for Library of Congress Post
Howard Nemerov, poet and Bennington College professor, serves as a poetry consultant at the Library of Congress in Washington. He lectures, visits schools, and works with educators on educational TV while keeping flexible writing hours. He plans a course on ignorance and wonder upon returning to Bennington after a year in D C.
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Nemerov
Bennington
Washington
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C
Howard Nemerov
Bennington College
Green Mountain
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffalo
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Mary B. Burke
J. Watson Webb
Old North Dorset
Ethan Allen
New Canaan
Conn
North
Sargent
Frog Pond
By Marchen Skinner
Stone
East Dorset Fire Company
Whalen
North Bennington Bank
Arthur Steere
Walter Read
Harry Beebe
Dover
Denise Allen — HO
Enith
Palm Beach
Slim Line
Space Command
Carlo Walter
U.S. No
Fae
Burr and Burton
Lone Pine
Alison
Melanie Otis
Marilyn
Verna Moyer
Sharon
Kathleen O'Leary
Marjory
Nancy Wall
Lisa
Kristin Johnson
Henry G. Stone
Arlington
Helene Thompson
Orson
Drysdale’s
By Caryn Levy
Benning
By Crompton
Nichols
Union St
Frost’s Pharmacy
Becricke Tim
Rogers
North ST
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