Community notices and local events in Manchester area
Police report no progress yet on recovering a car stolen from Thomas Martin of Manchester Center or a CB radio taken from Lawrence Grant of Manchester Depot. Arthur D. Pierce will address Garden Club of Manchester next Thursday at Zion Parish House on Christmas in Williamsburg. Zion Church School collected 88 55 for UNICEF Halloween. Warren of Dorset notes 1965 campaign exceeded prior years. Land transfers include James Mix selling land to Kathryn Karosis of Suffield and Vogel purchases from Vermont Investment Corp in Finbar’s Forest Beech Ridge. First Baptist Church women host a November 19 food sale at Sonic Hall lobby to aid patient Richard Paquette. Mrs. Howard G. Marsden chairs.
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Thomas Martin
Manchester Center
Lawrence Grant
Manchester Depot
Arthur D. Pierce
Winhall
Garden Club of
Manchester
Zion Parish House
Williamsburg
Ann Mauger
Zion Episcopal Church
United Nations Children’s Fund
Church
Winefield Warren
Dorset
Zion Church
Unicef
Wilcox Brothers Dairy
James Mix
Kathryn Karosis
Suffield
Conn
George
Franzi Vogel
Vermont Investment Corp
Finbar
Beech Ridge
Women of the First Baptist Church
Masonic Hall
Factory Point National Bank
Richard
Dick) Paquette
Mary Feltcher Hospital
Burlington
Howard G. Marsden
VFW Post Leads Manchester Veterans Day Tribute
Veterans, town officials and their wives honored the Memorial in Manchester Depot for Veterans Day. William Ross of Fairlee, VFW Department of Vermont staff, led observances with Lynn Averill, commander of Harned-Fowler Post No. 6471. Ross called Vietnam a test of freedom and Democracy's war, urging resolve to defend American promises and urging peace for veterans and families. A wreath was placed on the memorial by Sabin Morris, Vermont Department commander.
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Judy Cherbonneau
Burr and Burton Seminary
Manchester
Harned-Fowler Post
VFW
Manchester Depot
Ringheiser
VFW Post
Veterans’ Memorial
William Ross
Fairlee
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Department of Vermont
Lynn Averill
Harned- Fowler
Ross
Viet Nam
Red Country
Robert Whitman
Sabin Morris
Springfield
Vermont
Women’s Fellowship Meeting At Baptist Church
The Women's Fellowship of the Baptist Church will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the home of Mrs Alfred Scott. An important business meeting is scheduled.
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Women’s Fellowship of the Baptist Church
Alfred Scott
Antennas Going Up for Cable TV in Arlington
Arlington officials say The Manchester TV Corporation is erecting antennas to launch cable service for the first time. The system will offer five channels and PM service to about 70 percent of local homes, with a formal service-availability announcement expected soon.
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Arlington
Manchester TV Corporation
Dorset celebrates Anna Gilbert and Henry Stone milestones
Dorset marks 84 year old Anna Gilbert birthday and 80 year old Henry G Stone turning years. Anna, historian and genealogist from the Dorset family, recently returned from Rutland Hospital to celebrate with kin. Henry Stone, a longtime East Dorset resident, begins his eighth decade Sunday morning after 57 years in the town.
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Oberlin
Ohio
Owen Gates
UVM
Dorset
West Road
East Dorset
Henry G. Stone
Stone
Deer season opens as out of state licenses rise in Pownall town
Vera Langlais reports rising license applications, mainly from out of state residents, as deer season nears opening Saturday. Mr and Mrs A Coleman Mason attended a dinner meeting for 4-H leaders and camp directors at Paradise Restaurant, an annual event sponsored by Bennington County Bankers Association.
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Rachel Mason
A. Coleman Mason
Paradise
Bennington County Bankers Association
Dorset civic leader Henry Stone long tied to town affairs
Birthdays and later lived 14 years in Peru. He arrived in Dorset in 1906 and married Bessie Brophy in 1908. Since then he built a career in insurance, spanning 57 years, while serving in key town roles including selectman and school director. He backed the town manager system and East Dorset Water Co.
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Peru
Dorset
Gilbert
Stone
Bessie Brophy
Henry
Board of Civil Authority
East Dorset
East
Shaftsbury Churchwomen Plan Pre-Holiday Bazaar
The Woman's Society of Christian Service at First Methodist Church outlined plans for a Pre-Holiday Bazaar this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the social room. Tables for dry goods, homemade fudge and food, new costume jewelry, gift stationery, calendar towels, and decorations were organized with many volunteers, including Ruth Martin and Dorothy Bailey as decorators and Eleanor Lawerence handling gift stationery orders.
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Shaftsbury
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Ruth Martin
Dorothy Bailey
Mary Walker
Hazel MacDonald
Doris Cornell
Blanche Center
Louise McDonald
Laura Montgomery
Jessie Peters
Eleanor Lawerence
Vermont
Ardella Morin
Mildred Millington
Lucy Mattison
Stella Hawkins
Edna Prouty
Donna Dooley
Coe
Peters
Morin
Pownal Open House Highlights School Week
National Education Week observances at Center Oak Hill and North Pownal Schools included classroom tours and parent-teacher discussions. Forty-three pupils in Grades 3 5 and 8 participated in a dental fluoride program while the Pownal Parent-Teacher Group planned Christmas candy boxes and a December meeting.
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Pownal
Pownals
Oak Hill
North Pownal
George Daley
Doris Lillie
Lille
Charlotte Comar
Helen Mason
Harriet Bates
Patricia Ostrander
Shirley Chenaille
David Adler
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Bennington High School
Pownal Center
Democrats Plan Pownal Rally At Tally Ho Restaurant
Democrats prepare a Monday rally at the Tally Ho in Pownal Center with candidates John Carrier of Whitingham and Leo Emery of Wilmington for District 32 House seats. Also expected are Robert M. Wilson of Bennington and Mildred Jannicky of Arlington, nominees for Bennington County Senate seats. The event at 8 p.m. is open to interested voters ahead of the Nov 23 statewide election.
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Pownal
Tally-Ho
Pownal Center
John Carrier
Whitingham
Leo Emery
Wilmington
House
Senate
Robert M. Wilson
Bennington
Mildred Jannicky
Arlington
Bennington County
East Arlington Sunderland Rummage Sale At Firehouse
Amelia Lawrence announces a rummage sale Friday from 1 to 6 p.m. at the East Arlington Firehouse to raise funds for Sunderland schools.
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East
Arlington
Sunderland
East Arlington Firehouse
Buxton School Brings T.S. Eliot Play to Quebec Trip
Buxton School in Williamstown launches its eighth Quebec trip with student projects and a school play Murder in the Cathedral by T. S. Eliot. The cast includes Paul Cooper and Mary Elizabeth Fowkes with a 30 piece orchestra. Performances span Arlington, Quebec, Plainfield and Thompson Memorial Chapel.
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Williamstown
Mass
Buxton
Quebec
T.S. Eliot
Thomas Becket
Canterbury
Cathedral
Jerry T. Bidlack
Buxton Music Department
Virginia Hall Smith
Paul Cooper
Henry G. Cooper
Adams
Mary-Elizabeth Fowkes
Frederick Fawkes
Timothy Baker
Frank Baker
Bennington
David Bergmark
Jessica Bratton
Arthur Bratton
Christine Cooper
Barbara
Martha Davis
Robert K. Davis
Catherine Fincke
Thompson Memorial Chapel
Eliot
Canterbury Cathedral
Planning Board To Invite Solons To U S 7 Discussion
Arlington Planning Commission will invite newly elected Bennington County representatives and senators to a Nov 29 meeting at 7 30 p m in the Community House to discuss U S 7 reconstruction or replacement options tied to a $25 million bond proposal by the Hoff administration. A Dec 1 meeting with county town representatives and state planners will cover forming town zoning and a regional planning commission.
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Arlington
Bennington County
Vermont
Arlington Planing Commission
Ernest W. Mattison Sr
Commission
Community House
Hoff
Richard C. Rubino
State Central Planning Office
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Far East
U.S
North Bennington
Elizabeth Dwyer
TV Company
Jenkins Liquors
Jenirin
Jenikins
Mele
Anna Gilbert
Rutland Hospital
Miss Anna
Anna
The
Vera Langlais
Genith
K.T. Williams
Vermont Soldiers
Amelia Lawrence
Arlington Memorial High School
Amhs Drama Club
Buxton School
Benjamin G. C. Fincke
Christopher Finckel
George Finckel
Convent of Notre Dame de Bellevue
Ursuline Convent
Goddard Colege
Plainfield, VI
Madda
Westinghouse
Ceims Price
Planning Board
Solons
U.S. 7
Nylon Sale
Woolworth’s
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