West Arlington Garageman Carl Hess Keeps Bikes and Machinery Running
Carl Hess of West Arlington runs a long established garage and gas station since 1946 and helps the community by repairing bikes and farm machinery. He lectures boys on bicycle safety, hunts as a hobby, and preserves a small collection of antiques. His wife runs the station in his absence and relatives often visit on Sundays.
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West Arlington
Carl Hess
Carl
Hess
Phinias Hewlett
Shaftsbury
Grimm
Norshaft Lions Hear Teacher Describe Work With Retarded
Members of the Norshaft Lions Club learned about mental retardation from Harold Shepard, principal of Red Brick School in Shaftsbury. He detailed trainability levels, enrollment at Red Brick, and the Friends of Red Brick fundraising drive. The meeting included a ham dinner, new members, sign projects for village entrances, and plans for safety gear for Shaftsbury School Patrol.
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Norshaft
North Bennington
Norshaft Lions’ Club
Harold Shepard
Red Brick
Shaftsbury
Shepard
Congregational Church
Friends of the Red Brick School
Ent
King Lion
Carl Hess
Paradise
Oliver Durand
Eye Fund Letter Appeal
Wesley Bump
Bruce LaVigne
Lions
Thanksgiving Holiday Notices and Schedule Changes
Arlington Harry Brown hunted at Fern Lake Forrestdale over the weekend. The library will be closed all day Thursday for Thanksgiving. Miss Catherine Ball leaves Tuesday for Waban Massachusetts to spend the holiday with friends. Dr. O Neil's office will be closed November 28 through December 1. ADV. November 27.
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Harry Brown
Fern Lake
Forrestdale
Catherine Ball
Waban
Mass
O’neil
St Marys Auxiliary Bazaar Set for December 6 7 8
Walloomsae All announces a three day bazaar in the Parish Hall from December 6 to 8. Friday features 4 p.m. clam chowder, evening card party, games and prizes. Saturday offers spaghetti, Sunday morning coffee and doughnuts after Masses. Local visits include Hoag, Luke, Nowik and Wirmusky families with multiple regional connections.
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St. Mary’s Auxiliary
Dorset talk by Mr and Mrs Gulick at United Church
An audience at the United Church of Dorset and East Rupert heard Mr and Mrs Leed Gulick describe missionary work in Okinawa funded by Dorset supporters. The talk featured a film showing education medicine recreation and religion outcomes. The couple stayed with Miss Anna Gilbert Mrs Gert rude Drury and Prof Alfred Gilbert on West Road.
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Leed Gulick
United Church of
Dorset
East Rupert
Okinawa
Newport
R.L
David
Navy
Halsted
Asmara
Eritrea
Africa
Tots Injured In Manchester Car Hits Tree
A 1959 Ford driven by Mary Elizabeth DeCell struck an electric light pole in Manchester Depot injuring two girls aged 5 and 3 with facial lacerations. Their 9 year old brother suffered a cut above the eye. 18 month Kimberley was unharmed. Damages were about 400 for the car and 250 for pole and light. The incident occurred about 5 20 p m near Thomas J Cochrane's home and remains under investigation.
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Manchester
Mary Elizabeth DeCell
Manchester Depot
Donna
Pamela
Eugene
Kimberley
Mason B. Barney
D.O
DeCell
U.S
Thomas J. Cochrane
Lloyd Casey
Cochrane
Manchester Zoning Hearing Shows Little Opposition
At a Manchester public hearing on the proposed zoning ordinance reactions were muted with a small crowd. James B. Campbell noted recent changes such as moving definitions forward and adding a home occupation clause. Concerns focused on administration and variances, while some feared overfitting rules and others urged clarity to prevent loopholes. A second hearing is set for December 17 with two more in January.
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Manchester
James B. Campbell
Selectmen
Mobil Homes
Mobil Home Parks
Oakley K. Porter
Mobil Home
Orrin Beattie
Beattie
Bennington County
Reid Lefevre
Zoning Commission
Board of Selectmen
Lounsbury to be Quizzed on Vermont Parimutuel Racing
Pownal Town Representative James W. Lounsbury will appear on WCAX TV's You Can Quote Me Friday night in Burlington. He will be questioned for 30 minutes by Proctor Page Philip Brunelle and Robert Bruso on parimutuel racing in Vermont and the 1959 law he helped pass.
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Pownal
James W. Lounsbury
Burlington
WCAX
Green Mountain Park
Vermont
Proctor Page
Essex Junction
Philip Brunelle
Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
Robert Bruso
Vermont Sunday News
Charles S. Leweis
Wcax-Tv
Lounsbury
General Assembly
Pine Cobble School Observes Thanksgiving Program
Pine Cobble School in Williamstown held a morning assembly for Grades 1 through 9 featuring a play A Thanksgiving in Paris by student Susan Hunter, student readings, and a chorus from Grades 7 to 9. Rev. Robert A. Spivey led a school prayer and the event ended with Hymn of Thanksgiving before noon dismissal.
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Williamstown
Mass
Pine Cobble School
Paris
Susan Hunter
Dawn Becerra
Jeffries Webster
Jonathan Buckley
David Dickey
Rachel Doane
Robert Flynt
Stephen Jenkins
Robert A. Spivey
Williams College
Pownals Youth Choir Formed At Community Church
The Pownal Center Community Church organized a youth choir with eight members Jennifer Rounds Sandra Patterson Barbara Patterson Cheryl Andrews Linda Patterson Margaret Niles Christine Lampman and Linda Niles. The group will sing in Sunday worship and rehearse Tuesday to start Christmas music.
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Pownal Center Community Church
Jennifer Rounds
Sandra Patterson
Barbara Patterson
Cheryl Andrews
Linda Patterson
Margaret Niles
Christine Lampman
Linda Niles
Mrs. Carl Towery Gets Telephone Installed
East Arlington resident Mrs. Carl Towery, substituting for Robert Shuffleton, reports a new phone line at her home. The contact number listed is 375.2705.
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Carl Towery
Robert Shuffleton
North Bennington Concert Notes at Congregational Church
There will be no choir rehearsal for the senior choir this week. John Riddle Jr. of Bennington will be guest organist at the church next Sunday.
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Congregational Church
John Riddle Jr
Bennington
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Arlene
Roger Bolster
Springfield
George Hess
Route 313
Bennington Toy & Novelty
Hotel Putnam
Main ST. Bennington
Arlington
Helene Thompson
Walloomsae
Bertha Hoag
John Hoag
Larry McNeil
Argyle
Fred Luke
Mrs
Warren Whitcomb
Cambridge
Pollie Nowik
Kaye Thurber
Teresa Wirmusky
Helen
Patricia Rasch
Delight Cullen
Shirley Scarey
Hoosick Falls
Gordon Hoags
William Harrington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Mary Morrisey
Alice Wood
John Maloy
Greenfield
Fred Lukes
Carlton Luke
Timothy Tudor
White Creek
Myrtle Poland
West Sand Lake
Marchen Skinner
Charles Arnold
Charles Buck
North Hoosick
Arthur Harrington Jr
Arthur Harrington’s Sr
Arthur Wilson
Gordon Hoag
Fred A. Hoag
Breese Hollow
Jennie Robertson
Joseph Delaney
Beacon
Turkeys
M.C. Clark CO
Arlington, VT
Lefevre
U.S. 7
Green Mt. Racetrack
Catamount Raceways Inc
Taconic Racing and Breeding Association
The
Pownals
Vera Langlais
Town Hall
East Pownal
Rolland Roy
Lyle Grusendorf
Roy
Earl Wright
Timothy
Waco
Tex
East Arlington
Sunderland
Elizabeth Dwyer
Drysdale’s
TRAC
Mohawk
Wassick
Hunt Street
Vogue
Vanity Hotel
Putnam
Bennington, VI
Colonial Shopping Ctr
Ronson
Main St
Bennington, Vt
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