Fire Prevention Week talk on home fire safety in Shaftsbury
Chief Becker underscored Fire Prevention Week with a department demo canceled by rain. He urged family fire drills, two escape routes per room, and outdoor meeting points, plus cautions on smoking, electrical fires, and safe use of outlets and leads. A Scott Air Pack demo and a fireside film complemented the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Charles O. Becker
Becker
Chicago
Fire Marshals Association of North America
National Fire Protection Association
Gerald Mattison
Scott
Fire Company
Howard Stevens
Hamilton
Arlington School Problems Pop Up Monthly Board Meeting
Arlington school board debates architect Granger's early bid notices for the new high school and Fisher additions. Supt. Wagner and Chair Wilcox seek state approvals while board members demand caution, discussing library staffing, librarian salary planning, and hot lunch schedules at Fisher School.
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Arlington
Jean Kendall
Alfred T. Granger
Leon Wagner
Arnold Wilcox
Granger
Arlington High
State Dept. of Health
State Board of Education
Fisher School
Kendall
Fisher
Hoosick Falls Groups Hold Meetings and Field Trip
Forty students from William Peckham English classes at Hoosick Falls Central School traveled by chartered bus to Stratford to see Macbeth. American Legion Auxiliary members discussed donations for the Chapel of the Four Chaplains and plans for a Christmas party at an area restaurant. Hostesses named, next meeting set for Nov. 2. Nine attendees including service clubs, school and clergy heard Frank Octavec of the Bennington YMCA with Dr. Richard Fabricius outline YMCA extension benefits for Hoosick Falls, no action taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Peckham
Hoosick Falls Central School
Stratford
Doris Auering
Helen Bakaitis
Angie Carelli
Legion Rooms
Frank Octavec
Bennington
Two in Bennington County Slated for Layman's Award
Montpelier Vermont Education Association announces 27 Layman's Award recipients for 116th annual convention. From Bennington County two locals, John M. Moore of Arlington and Mrs Betty Bologna ni of Readsboro, will attend a dinner October 19 at the Hotel Vermont in Burlington. Special certificates will be given in each district. Other honorees include Lois Noona Vergennes James Willis St Albans W Arthur Simpson Lyndonville Hugh Elder Wells River Noah Thompson Essex Center and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont Education Association
Lois Noona
Vergennes
James Willis
St. Albans
W. Arthur Simpson
Lyndonville
Hugh F. Elder
Wells River
Noah Thompson
Essex Center
Jean A. Hotchkiss
Jericho
June Tabor Giroux
Hinesburg
William T. Walsh
Waterford
William B. Falconer
Cannah
Donald Hill Jr
Nettie Bryce Rushford
Enosburg Falls
Paul Dufford
Franklin
Genia Way
North Hero
Lewis A. Putnam
Morrisville
James Palin
Newport
Edson E. Gifford Jr
Randolph
Harold F
Arlington School Board Moves to Upgrade Fire Protection
Arlington School Board agreed to contact its insurers and company reps to secure enhanced fire insurance for the district’s million dollar plant and the Fisher School construction project. Principal Towne cited water pressure concerns after talks with Fire Chief Marsh, noting current lines and a call to the Prudential Committee for better protection and possible state fire marshal involvement.
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Arlington
Arlington School
Fisher School
William Towne
C. Lee Marsh
Springfield
Emmett Smith
Towne
Prudential Committee
Arlington Fire and Light District
Leon E. Wagner
Pownal PTG Plans Variety Of Fund Raising Projects
Pownal Parent Teacher Group members met with Florence Harries and honored her room. They reported $112.10 raised from a recent food sale and discussed fund raising, including a November turkey sale and book sale during open house the week of Nov 6. A basketball court construction delay was decided, a kitchen refrigerator is sought, and holiday fruit cakes will be sold in about three weeks. An executive committee of Mason, Strohmaier, Wilcox, and Roger was named to study goals ahead of the Nov 14 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tors
Wilcox
Kendall
Fisher
Towne
Anna Marsh
Arlington
Lawrence Brush
Marsh
Supt. Wagner
Pownal
Florence Harries
Barbara Kelley
Charlotte Comar
Janet Tornabene
John L. Mason
RTG
Wilhelm Strohmaier
Roger
Pownals Parents Tour Mt Anthony High School
Pownal residents will tour Mt Anthony Union High School on Monday to observe classes. Bus pickups are 8:50 a.m. at North Pownal Post Office 9 a.m. at South Pownal Firehouse and 9:10 a.m. at Pownal Center Firehouse with return at 11 a.m. The Junior Girl Scouts form in The Pownals will meet Tuesdays at 3:30 p.m. in the Center School with patrols to be formed and officers chosen on Oct 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Mt. Anthony Union High School
North Pownal
South Pownal Firehouse
Pownal Center
Junior Girl Scouts
Pownals
Luis Otero
Bernard Nichols
Robert Wilcox
Center School
Landmark Hoosick Falls factory faces fate of demolition
Village officials weigh letting Howard Wright’s letter guide the disposal of the Classic Dress Corp building at Classic and Church streets. Back taxes exceed $6,000, and a plan to demolish the site and turn land over to the village prompts legal questions. The building has housed a jail, post office, lodge, barber, laundry, and other businesses since before 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Classic Dress Corporation
Church Streets
Howard Wright
Classic Corporation
Wright
Ezra Cohen
New York
Sylvia Stern
Atty. Dougherty
Oldtimers
Thorpe
Masonic Lodge
Landmark
Classic
Local residents note visiting students and neighbors
Peru Alice Dibble 824 5407. Benjamin Kelton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kelton, a graduate student of international politics and economics at the University of Colorado, Boulder, is home for the semester as his professor is on sabbatical. he returns next semester. Donald Tarplay of Darien, Conn., was at his home in Land grove last weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Kelton
Arthur Kelton
University of Colorado
Boulder
Colo
Donald Tarplay
Darien, Conn
Landgrove
Downs Bid 60th Wedding Anniversary Celebrated
Mr and Mrs John S Downs of Rawsonville marked their 60th anniversary on October 9 1907 having wed in Naugatuck Connecticut Their family dinner on October 8 included daughter Dexter Rawson Landgrove sons John Warren and Robert Bethany All 11 grandchildren and neighbors joined in Congratulations were offered with cards money and flowers Downs spent 26 years at U S Rubber in Naugatuck and they have resided in Rawsonville since September 1947 Both remain active with Mountain Home Grange No 485 and handle daily chores with pride
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Bondville
John S. Downs
Rawsonville
Naugatuck
Conn
Downs
Dexter Rawson
Landgrove
John
Warren
Robert
Bethany
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Water
Shaftsbury Fire Department
AMHS
Edith Beaumont
Bennington County
Fenith
E.T. Williams
Vermont
T’s
Adams
Pendleton
Adams Clothes Shop
Grove Street
Adams, Mass
Son
Mullen
TEL
Arlington School Board
The
Vera Langlais
Lacson Dress Company
Gilbert Niles
Classic Dress Company
Water Street
Beaumont
Peru
Alice Dibble
Drysdale’s
Haynes & Kane Inc
Main ST
Dial
R.n.’S Association
Stephen Manes
Mount Anthony Union High School
Main Street
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