Aiken's rise from Putney hills to national stage
This Brattleboro Reformer interview profile recalls Senator George Aiken’s early life in Putney and Putney Mountain, his long climb through Vermont politics, his reform clash with Republicans, and his stance against relocating hill farmers during the New Deal era, highlighting his personal campaign style and devotion to hill country values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putney
George Aiken
Putney Town Hall
Aiken
Brattleboro
Bill Washburn
Washburn
Washington
U.S
Vermont
New York
Alf Landon
Ernest W. Gibson
U. S
Ernest W. Gibson Jr
Ralph Flanders
Flanders
Vermont House
Senate
Gibson
Montpelier
Ernest
Pavilion Hotel
Orleans County
Proctor
Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
New England
Hopkins
Rhode Island
New Deal
Green Mountain Parkway
FDR
Bennington County Care Home Meeting in Shaftsbury
A Bennington County Care Home meeting is scheduled for 7 30 p m Tuesday at the home of Mrs Alfred Rice in Shaftsbury.
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Bennington County
Alfred Rice
Shaftsbury
Lake Paran Homemakers Meeting at Leslie Harrington Home
The Lake Paran Homemakers Extension Group will meet Tuesday at 1 30 p m at Leslie Harrington's home. Extension agent Dianne Hall will conduct the session.
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Lake Paran Homemakers Extension Group
Leslie Harrington
Dianne Hall
West Arlington church turkey dinner shifts Grange event
The West Arlington United Methodist Church hosts its annual turkey dinner this Saturday starting at 5 p.m. at the Grange Hall. The Battenkill Grange weekly social is canceled for this week only due to the dinner.
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West Arlington
Shaftsbury history committee forms for bicentennial edition
Shaftsbury named Marion Smith as chair of a committee to prepare a new edition of the town history. Ruth Levin will be part time editor for the bicentennial project with initial funding of 400 dollars. A 3,000 copy printing is planned, more than the 1954 edition.
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Shaftsbury
Marion Smith
Smith
Ursula Scott
Gerlach
Phillip Viereck
William T. Pullman
Tyler Resch
Bennington Museum
Peter W. Cook
Cook
North Bennington
Topping Tavern
Williamstown forms local Sweet Adelines chorus invites guests
A Berkshire County group forms a local Sweet Adelines Inc chorus in Williamstown Massachusetts with Ev Sando directing. Board members Mary Wieneke Barbara Anderson Nina Chiaretto Suzanne Wise Barbara Billings Judy Grinnell invite women from Berkshire County southern Vermont and eastern New York to Guest Night November 11 at 7 45 p m at the First United Methodist Church and to join weekly rehearsals.
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Williamstown
Mass
Berkshire County
Sweet Adelines, Inc
Sweet Adelines
U.S
Canada
British Isles
Mary Wieneke
Barbara Anderson
Nina Chiaretto
Suzanne Wise
Barbara Billings
Judy Grinnell
First United Methodist
Vermont
New York State
Falls elects Joan Rogers to four year Hoosick council seat
Joan Rogers Democrat is declared winner over Arthur Hyde Jr. for the Town of Hoosick Board seat after a county recanvass and paper ballot evaluation. Final tally shows Rogers 1312 to Hyde 1309 with officials approving the count. The process follows the new law allowing paper ballots when yellow poll cards are missing.
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Edith Beaumont
Rogers
Hyde
Tutunjian
James Ryan
John Mirch
John Perkinson
Town of Hoosick
John A. Murphy
James Nealon
Michael Fern
Willis Larkin
Ryan
Warren Gooding
Luther Rasch
Thomas Monahan
Board of Elections
John Murphy
Thomas Wysocki
County Election Board
Election Board
Battenkill Grange Hears Gardner On Route 7 And Awards
At a Battenkill Grange meeting Rep. Jane Gardner spoke on Montpelier work and Route 7 upgrades. Members discussed the Red Mill Dam and future bicentennial business. Home economics projects include afghans for White River Junction and bandages for a leprosy colony.
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Arlington
Battenkill Grange
Jane Gardner
Montpelier
Red Mill Dam
Veterans’ Hospital
White River Junction
National Grange
Blue Bird House
Roy Crofut
Mildred Kilmartin
Steven Matteson
M & I Report
the Grange
Belle
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National Republican Club
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Maine
Lincoln
Reformer
Vermonter
Bennington
Main Street
Dupont
al Amee ND
Bellaiele
First Vermont Bank
FDIC
Main ST
Monument Plaza Office
Sheilah Miller
Shaftsbury History Advances
Shaftsbury Book
New
Shaftsbury State Park
Hale Mt. Fish & Game Club
Shaftsbury Farmers’ Market
Walker
Sweet Adeline Inc
Ev Sando
Kingston
Ontario
Canton
Bill Haynes
Jim Ross
Joan Rogers
Grand Union
Supermare
Johnson Woolen Mills
Johnson, Vermont
Ben Wheel
North
Adams Streets
Bennington, Vermont
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