Vermont Labor Forum backs Fairbanks Morse plant stay
At a Sunday meeting in St Johnsbury the Vermont Labor Forum pledged support for U S Local 234 in keeping the Fairbanks Morse Co plant in the city. Delegates approved a $5000 fund drive and backed a statewide campaign to retain the Vermont operation amid a potential relocation.
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St, Johnsbury
Vermont Labor Forum
U.S
Fairbanks Morse Co
St. Johnsbury
Vermont
Fred Dykeman
Teamsters Union
Barre
U.E
Fairbanks Morse
Fayette Colvin
Bennington
Bijur Lubricating Corp
Teamsters
Burlington
Granite Cutters
Jones and
John P. Johnston
Fairbanks Morse Management
Labor Forum
Green Mountain State
Friends of Library Delivering to Shut-Ins Program
The Friends of the Library launch a service to deliver books to shut ins with a committee led by Mr and Mrs Robert C Gibbs. Readers are sought to visit shut ins and volunteers can sign up by dropping a card at the library or calling 442-9051 with name age group address and reading interests for books and magazines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Gibbs
Friends of the Library
Thrift Shop Offers Mix of Vintage Goods and Requests
The thrift shop lists items including a lace tablecloth over three yards long an antique beaded pin cushion two chef hats maple pinup lamps crystal lamp an ice bucket microton dressing table with stool a large wardrobe trunk hiking shoes with rubber soles a large flower globe artificial flowers and fruit a swivel chair captain style a hand painted relish dish set in straw basket tray a cigarette box a pair of skates and small ski boots Blankets and quilts and jewelry of all kinds and men's shirts are wished for Workers on Friday were Mrs C T Adams Mrs William Peat Mrs Marshall Cross Saturday Mrs Amuel Baker and Mrs Paul Crane
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Thrift Shop
C. T. Adams
William Peat
Marshall Cross
Amuel Baker
Paul Crane
Christmas in October event and Vassar College notices
WOTM notes describe a Christmas in October party with gifts donated and a deadline for Mooseheart and Moosehav en gifts by Oct 16. The next meeting Oct 16 sets refreshments led by Arlene Joseph and Clara Harrington. dues and a surprise gift are noted. Bennington girls Constance Killian and Elizabeth S Barber enter Vas sar College class of 1967 with scholarships and choir roles. The Friends of the Library plan Monday browsing rooms and have donated materials and equipment. meeting Oct 29 features Granville Hicks speaking on modern fiction.
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Mooseheart
Moosehaven
Arlene Joseph
Mary Quackenbush
Shirley Burgess
Beverly Bahan
K of C
Clara Harrington
Anna Bahan
South Branch Street
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Bennington
Vassar College
Constance Killian
Edward W. Killian
Crescent Boulevard
Elizabeth S. Barber
Norton Barber
Monument Avenue
Old Bennington
Killian
Bennington High School
Vermont Vassar Club
Vassar Choir
Barber
Vassar
Northfield School For Girls
Gerald Finnegan
Robert Santway
Granville Hicks
Saturday Review
Vermont Poet Walter Hard Highlighted in Life Magazine
Life magazine's October issue features Manchester's Walter Hard as a quintessential Vermont poet. The piece notes his poems, praises from Robert Frost and Carl Sandburg, and the paperback collection Vermont Sampler. It includes three of his verses and describes his work as anecdotes flavored by rural Vermont life.
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Vermont
Life Magazine
Manchester
Walter Hard
Hard
Sunderland
Bennington County
Life
Robert Frost
Carl Sandburg
Mrs Clarence E Howard Named U N Day Chairman
Bennington selectmen named Mrs. Clarence E. Howard of Monument Avenue Extension as community chairman for United Nations Day on October 24. A public dinner is planned for October 26 with a United Nations official as principal speaker, and a planning meeting will be held at 7 45 p m at the Bennington Area YMCA next Wednesday.
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Cle. Howard
U.N. Day
Bennington
Clarence E. Howard
Monument Avenue Extension
Bennington Area
YMCA
Garden Club Plans Christmas in October Sale
The Bennington Garden Club wraps up its year with the annual meeting at Mrs. George van Santvoord’s home. The Christmas in October sale is set for Oct. 12, with 1964 activity ahead including a federation convention in Bennington June 18-19 and ongoing horticulture education and conservation efforts.
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Bennington Garden Club
George van Santvoord
Plain Dirt Gardeners
Federation of Garden Clubs of Vermont
Bennington
Pownal and Burlington Society Meeting Notices
Pownal residents are invited to an Oak Hill School meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. to learn about the 1964 Agricultural Conservation Program and elect ASC Community Committeemen. Vermont Poetry Society plans its annual meeting in Burlington November 2 with a 1 30 p.m. workshop and officer elections.
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Pownal
Oak Hill
ASC
John C. Page
Dow
William Strohmaier
The
Poetry Society of Vermont
Vermont
Burlington
Daniel Deojay
RFD
St. Albans
Arthur W. Hewitt
Riverton
Elizabeth Wilcox
Oakwood Rd
South Burlington
Doggone Difficult Beach Search Ends With Tale
In Daytona Beach Florida AP reports a dog missing on the beach led to a humorous sequence. C A Russell agreed to help locate the dog but failed to locate the owner at first. He eventually returned the dog to the rightful owner after further searches.
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Daytona Beach, Fla
C. A. Russell
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Philip H. Hoff
Albert A. Cree
Kingdom
Main St
Friends of Library
Nicholas H. Flynn
Judith Ann Marcoux
Hoosick Falls
Banner
WOTM
Garden Club
Lagos
Nigeria
Canada
High Commission
McGill University
Montreal
T. Garry Buckley
Thomas P. Brockway
Fabian W. Kunzelman
van Vechten B. Graves
Caroline C. Darlington
Bennington School
Robert M. Parmelee
Bennington, Vt
NEW Shipment
Wools
Orson — McHair Drysdale
Davey Oil
Motor Sales
Pete Williams
National Guard Armory
Bennington Post No. 18
Department of Vermont American Legion
Greater
Leonard J. Black
New England
BenniNgton Toy & Novelty
Nam
Main Street
Gilbey’s
London
W. & A. Gilbey, Ltd., Cin
Nat'l Distillers Products Co
Chevrolet
W.H. Eddington, Inc
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