Manchester Town Office Work Nears Move Decision
Manchester voters face Dec 7 ballot on constructing a new town office to house the clerk’s space with other municipal services. Clerk Clara May Hemenway cites overcrowded, fire risk filled rooms since 1960 and urges a larger vault, safer storage, and a sprinklerless building. The current basementlike quarters lack privacy and space for records, with election ballots and license blanks stored unsecured.
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Manch
Union Street
Manchester
Main Street
Manchester Center
Clara May Hemenway
Tom Fitz- Simons
D.K. Simonds
Simonds
George II
Benning Wentworth
New Hampshire
Vermont
Royal Navy
Equinox House
Ringheiser
North Bennington Hunters and Church News Brief
North Bennington notes congratulate two father and son deer hunters Henry Loveland and Bruce Loveland and John Briggs Sr and John Briggs Jr plus John Peckham and William Dailey II as successful nimrods this year. The Baptist Women’s Fellowship plans a Christmas party December 6 at 6 30 p.m. at Rain Barrel Restaurant with gift exchange and reservations due December 2 to Mrs Merritt Hewitt Jr Mrs Robert Peckham or Mrs Bernard Whitman. Rev Robert Baffa returns to duties after a Philadelphia visit and Miss Hazel Miller of Waterbury spent Thanksgiving weekend at the rectory with Rev Walter Mi2r.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Loveland
Bruce
John Briggs Sr
John Jr
John Peckham
William E. Dailey II
Women’s Fellowship of the Baptist Church
Rainbarrel
Merritt Hewitt Jr
Robert Peckham
Bernard Whitman
Guild and church groups plan meetings in Barnumville area
Manchester Mrs. Charles C. Duke hosts Guild of St. Margaret of Zion Church on Thursday at 2 at her Barnumville home. Daughters of Zion meet at 2:30 at Mrs. Russell S. Fenn Jr's home. Staff Sgt. Oscar Bentley family and Mrs. Edward Duby visit Gordon Bentley for his 70th birthday on Nov 21. Bentley family Thanksgiving guests include Sg t Bentley, Mrs. Floyd Wade of Dorset, and Mrs. Clarence Green of Dalton Mass. Friday Sg t Bentley departs for Germany for a three year tour. Mrs. Wilma Keller of Windigo Travel speaks Wednesday night to Manchester BPW at Colburn House at 6 for dinner and a Christmas party. Mae Winslow chairs holiday program. business meeting at 8. Keller also discusses Vermont delegation trip to Great Britain next spring.
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Charles C. Duke
Guild
St. Margaret of Zion Church
Barnumville
Daughters of Zion
Russell S. Fenn Jr
Oscar Bentley
Edward Duby
Gordon Bentley
Bentley
Floyd Wade
Dorset
Clarence Green
Dalton
Mass
Germany
Wilma Keller
Windigo
England
Ireland
Manchester
BPW
Colburn
House
Mae Winslow
Keller
Vermont
Great Britain
Foreign Policy Briefing Set At Brattleboro
Brattleboro Windham World Affairs Council will host a foreign policy briefing at Stone Fence Inn on Wednesday evening. Three State Department officials William Edgar Abram Manell and Paul ONeill Jr speak on The Nature of the Communist Challenge with topics U.S. and Changing European Communism the U.S. and the Challenge of Militant Asian Communism and The U.S. vs. Communism in Africa. David Jareckie and the Rev Allen VanderMeulen Jr join as participants. Clarence Falk will moderate. The event mirrors a Montpelier day-long program and replaces an earlier Brattleboro venue shift from Big Bromley.
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Brattleboro
Windham World Affairs Council of
Stone Fence Inn
State Department
William Edgar
Office of
Abram Manell
Bureau of Public Affairs
Paul O’neill Jr
Office of Inter-African Affairs
Edgar
U.S
Manell
Middlebury College
O’neill
Africa
David Jareckie
Bennington High School
Allen VanderMeulen Jr
Center Congregational Church of the United Church of Christ
Here
Clarence Falk
Experiment In
Montpelier
Big Bromley
Keough Family Attends Granddaughter’s Wedding in New Jersey
Mr and Mrs Michael Keough attended the wedding of their adopted granddaughter Hella Keough to Joseph Maconi in Penns Grove New Jersey over the holiday. RMC Michael J Keough Jr recently returned from Spain for the ceremony and will start a month of schooling in Norfolk Virginia. Nearby relatives from New Jersey Massachusetts and Worcester joined R Emmett Smiths Thanksgiving visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Keough
Penns Grove
N.J
Hella Keough
Joseph Maconi
Norman J. Mattison
Richard Keough
RMC
Michael J. Keough Jr
Spain
Keough Jr
Norfolk, Va
Planners and lawmakers clash over U.S. 7 funding and delay
Arlington planners and Bennington County legislators debated upgrading U.S. 7 as Gov Hoff prepares a $25 million bond proposal for a January session. Participants questioned timing and funding, with calls for a policy statement amid fears of long delays, possible 90 percent federal help, and the impact on school funding.
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Arlington
Bennington County
Arlington Planning Come
U.S. 7
Philip H. Hoff
Daulton Mann Jr
R-Dist
Vermont
Hoff
Ernest W. Mattison
Bennington
Reid Lefevre
Stratton
Kenalene Collins
Readsboro
U.S
Lefevre
Mann
Falls VFW Voice of Democracy winners announced
Hoosick Falls VFW and a national contest crowned winners at a Sunday program in Hoosick Falls Central School. Mary Lou Jenuskevice led with 351 points earning a $50 savings bond and Gold Medal, with Linda Southworth second at 338 and several others receiving cash prizes and bronze medals. judges included local officials and a bank official.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Hoosick Falls Central School
Mary Lou Jenuskevice
St. Mary’s Academy
John Jenuskevice
Wall Street
Jenuskevice
Voice of Democracy
Linda Southworth
River Road
Donald Southworth
Diane Bingham
Central School
William Gorman
St. Mary’s
James M. Brahan
George E. Dougherty
Frank Buswell
National Commercial Bank and Trust Company
Thomas Beaumont
Bennington Banner
Philip McGuire
Stanley Ford
Cambridge
Voices OF Democracy
Sandra Bromirski
George Armitage
HFCS
Dance Skills Progress Noted As Pupils End Lesson Series
Nearly 200 pupils enjoyed the final dance lesson of the season at the Hoosick Falls Community Center. Local school students, split by grades, learned etiquette and ballroom steps under Renee Du Charme with parents invited to partner for a joint session and crowned kings and queens based on behavior and progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
Community Center
Rene DuCharme
Bennington
N.Y
Renee. du Charme
DuCharme
Thanksgiving News From Searsburg and Surrounding Towns
The Rev. Catherine Wood fills temporarily the vacancy at Wilmington Baptist Church after moving from Poultney. Searsburg residents Albert Noel and Charles Dearcoppp travel, visit relatives, and prepare for Florida migration. Thanksgiving gatherings unfold with the Rice family reunion in Searsburg and multiple local visits across towns as deer and ducks are spotted in Vermont.
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Catherine Wood
Poultney
Wilmington Baptist Church
Reginald Martin
Wood
Wilmington
Albert Noel
Searsburg
Bennington
Florida
Charles Dearcopp
Walter Krach
Eagleville
Krach
Barney Walther
West Rupert
Ed Ruggenberg
Sandgate
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Miss Hemenway
Edith Greenberg
Representative Congress
North Bennington
Elizabeth Dwyer
Robert Baffa
St. John’s Church
Philadelphia
Hazel Miller
Waterbury
Rev
Walter Mi
Helene Thompson
Robert E. Smith
Burlington
Alton Smith
Randolph, Mass
Ronald Knox
Worchester
R. Emmett Smith
Salvatore Santarcangelo
Falls Vfw
The
Henry Bromirski
Mechanic Street
Richard Armitage
Barton Avenue
Benedict Nowik
Douglas Ogilvie
Harry Houston
Harry Harrison
Robert Fitzpatrick
Harry Michie
McGuire
Troy Record
Ford
Kathi Bohmer
Tommy Davendanis
Shelia Ogilvie
Tommy McEvoy
PTA
Town of Youth Commission
Mountain Towns
Carlo Walter — HO
Vincent Nesci
Ralph
David
Meriden, Conn
Searsburg Mountain
Rice
Gordon Rice
Norma Rice
Harold
Lucille Rice
Vicki
Vincent
Merton Rice
Steven
John
Bud
Sylvia Rice
Harry J. Rice
Albert France
Ruth Smith
Athol, Mass
Oshes
MR. Whitney
Carroll's
Fienberg
Main ST
Bennington, VT
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