Burr and Burton Seminary Through Time in Manchester Vermont
The Burr and Burton Seminary in Manchester, founded as Vermont’s first privately endowed academy in 1833, later became a coed high school, expanded with new buildings, and modernized its curriculum. Enrollment tops 430, tuition around 1920, and a shift from strict 19th century discipline to contemporary programs includes theater arts, law, economics, and career preparation while preserving long standing traditions.
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Manchester
Burr Seminary
Vermont
Josiah K. Burton
Burr and Burton Seminary
Equinox Mountain Range
The
Seminary
Seminary Avenue
Franklin Avenue
E.M. Henry
BBS
Guidance Department
Johnny
Roll Call Report on House and Senate Votes Oct 27–Nov 2
Area members of Congress are listed for major roll calls from Oct 27 to Nov 2. Key votes include a House Panama Canal amendment on OPIC loan guarantees, a House TV broadcast coverage resolution, and Social Security funding changes. Senate energy tax for oil and gas users and a repeal of inter city bus tax credits are noted, with tabling on general revenues for Social Security.
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Washington
House
Panama Canal
U.S
Panama
Overseas Private Investment Corp
OPIC
National Development Bank
Senate
Philip Crane
R-Ill
Clement Zablocki
Dwis
James Jeffords
R-Vt
House TV
B. F. Sisk
D-Calif
Social Security Trust Fund
Jeffords
Senate Energy
Howard Metzenbaum
Dohio
Russell Long
D-La
Robert Stafford
Patrick Leahy
Greyhound
Trailways
John Heinz
R-Pa
United States
Tabling
Sen
Thomas Eagleton
Dmo
Stafford
Leahy
Bennington Calendar Highlights Local Meetings and Events
The Bennington Free Library hosts film night on Nov 10 at 7 30 with free admission. St Francis de Sales Altar Rosary Society meets tonight at 7 30 in the Parish Center. Community Care Home Association gathers at 8 at Marion Heekin’s Gore Road home. American Legion Post 13 meets Nov 9 at 7 30 at the Vermont Veterans Home. Green Mountain Stamp Society meets Nov 9 at 7 at the Masonic Temple with a program on Bennington County Postal History by Jay Slade. St Johns Sodality meets Nov 9 at 7 30 in the Parish Center with speakers on breaking the communication barrier and related topics. Villagers Homemaker’s Club meets Nov 10 at 7 30 at the Senior Citizens Center. Bennington Moose Lodge offers a baked chicken dinner Nov 12 from 7 to 8 30 with dancing 9 to 12 by the B R B Band. reservations encouraged. Library closed all day Nov 11 for Veterans Day. BPW Club meets Nov 9 at 6 30 at Shirkshire Restaurant with candlelight service and world affairs program. guest speaker Marion Fowler discusses Africa and Egypt. Mt Anthony supervisor Justyna Steuer attended the 13th annual MA Foreign Language Association conference Nov 4–5 in Framingham Mass with keynote Dr Alan Schmieder. attended sessions on teacher evaluation.
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Green Mountain Stamp Society
Masonic Temple
Bennington County
Jay Slade
Bennington Business and Professional Women’s Club
Shirkshire
Ann Thompson
Betty Wilcox
Genevieve Strohmeier
Marion Fowler
Africa
Egypt
Justyna M Steuer
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Massachusetts Foreign Language Association
Framingham
Mass
Alan Schmieder
U.S. Office of Education
Max Griffin
Boston College
Putnam Hospital Names New Respiratory Therapy Chief
Richard G. Wright Jr. is appointed chief of respiratory therapy at Putnam Memorial Hospital. A native of Easton New York he earned a biology degree from Siena College and trained in respiratory therapy at Niagara Falls Memorial Hospital. Wright, who recently married Jane Genski, lives on Jefferson Heights Bennington and says the field offers many opportunities.
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Richard G. Wright Jr
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Wright
Easton
N.Y
Washington County
Siena College
Londonville
New York State Health Department
Niagara Falls Memorial Hospital
New York
Jane Genski
Putnam
Jefferson Heights
Bennington
Funeral Services for Arthur L. Dumas in Manchester
Funeral services for Arthur L. Dumas aged 69 who died at his North Dorset home were held Friday at Brewster Funeral Home Manchester conducted by Rev. Glenn F. Bingham Jr. Interment was in South Village Cemetery East Dorset. Bearers included Harold Beebe Rene Nolet Robert Brock Howard Towsley James O'Brien and Robert Whittaker. Dumas was a longtime Vermont Marble Co. employee in Danby.
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Arthur L. Dumas
North
Dorset
Brewster Funeral Home
Manchester
Glenn F. Bingham Jr
Bomoseen
South Village
East Dorset
Harold Beebe
Rene Nolet
Robert Brock
Howard Towsley
James O'Brien
Mt. Tabor
Robert Whittaker
Rutland
Mr. Dumas
The
Vermont Marble Co
Danby
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Aes Furniture Co
Main ST
Turkeys
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Wanxer
Bennington Briefs
Bennington Free Library
St. Francis de Sales Altar- Rosary Society
Community Care Home Association
Marion Heekin
Gore Road
American Legion
Vermont Veterans Home
St. John’s Sodality
Thomas Crowe
Villagers Homemaker’s Club of
North Bennington
Senior Citizens Center
North Street
Bennington Moose Lodge
Wayne Jones
B.R.B
Bennington Free
Putnam Hospital
Mt. Anthony Country Club
William Campbells
Green Mountain Distribution Corp
Campbell
William Campbell
Boutique
Buxton
Bootique
Nicbale
Main Street
Bennington, Vermont
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