Hartford Insurance opens Manchester claims office November 1
The Hartford Insurance Group will open a claims office in the First National Bank of North Bennington building on Main Street for southern Vermont on November 1. George E. Schramm will manage, previously of the Hartford home office. Earl Hanson of Manchester will be the resident claims adjuster. A secretary position is to be filled. A second claims office exists in Barre.
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Manchester
Hartford Insurance Group
Vermont
First National Bank of
Searsburg Board reviews voter list at clerk’s office
The Searsburg Board of Civil Authority met at the town clerk’s office Saturday night to review the checklist. The list now shows 46 voters. The next meeting is scheduled for November 5 at 8 p.m. at the town clerk’s office.
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Searsburg Board of Civil Authority
Dorset Legion Auxiliary Installs Officers
The Dorset North District post auxiliary held its first fall meeting at the Mc Bride Harwood building with a hot dish supper. The group, now 18 members, installed Mrs. James Riggs as president with officers including Mrs. James Stannard as vice president and Mrs. Peter Brooks as secretary treasurer. They planned gifts for the Veterans Hospital and a scholarship fund, and discussed making articles for Brandon School. Poppy Day proceeds totaled 59 dollars, with 40 percent sent to American Legion child welfare. Members noted visits and events including Linda James attending UVM homecoming and guests in Burlington.
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Women’s Auxiliary
McBride- Harwood
American Legion
Dorset
Peter Brooks
Constance Harrington
John Kelleher
John H. Stannard
James Riggs
James Stannard
Genevieve Sweet
Bennington
Fourth District
Skinner
Little North District
Mc Bride-Harwood Post
Post
Sweet
East Dorset
South Dorset
Veterans Hospital
White River Junction
Brandon School
Brooks
Holiday House Changes Hands at Manchester
The Fieldstone Inn known as Holiday House at Manchester was sold by Mrs. Susan Barstow of Dayton to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lake of Westport. The sale of the inn and seven acres was completed Saturday by the Markey and Glenn Agency. The inn once drew college crowds and skiers, hosting glee clubs and Broadway casts, with plans for the new owners yet unspecified. A separate brief notes John C. Shaw arriving in Vietnam and a Boy Scout Pack 64 reorganizational meeting led by Thomas Downey and LeRoy Baker.
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Manchester
Susan Barstow
Dayton
Ohio
Richard Lake
Westport
Conn
Markey and Glenn Agency
Fieldstone Inn
Barstow
Harold Everett Porter
Ways Lane
Harold Lonergan
Porter
Lonergan
Harold
Smith, Williams
Yale
Thomas Downey
LeRoy Baker
Richard A. Severson
Boy Scouts of America
Baker
Vermont Educational Theater Association Elects Schoffstall President
Burr and Burton English teacher Peter Schoffstall was elected president of the Vermont Educational Theater Association in Burlington. The group will broaden to include directing and teaching drama across all levels to boost productions. Schoffstall also serves as Vermont Council of Teachers of English president and reviews art and drama for The Banner.
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Manchester
Peter Schofftall
Burr and Burton Seminary
Vermont Educational Theater Association
Burlington
Vermont Drama Directors Association
Schoffstall
Vermont
Tennesse Williams
Oklahoma musical at Hoosick Falls Central School
Hoosick Falls presents Oklahoma with Steve Lapp as Curly and Geraldine Cornell as Laurie. The production includes a 35 member chorus, 22 chorus girls with parasols, a dramatic ballet, and a 35 member pit band. Curtain is 8 p.m.Friday and Saturday.
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Hoosick Falls
N. Y
Steve Lapp
Curly
Rogers and Hammerstein
Oklahoma
Hoosick Falls Central School
Lapp
Laurie
Geraldine Cornell
Joseph Shaw
Will
Cowboy
Christine Davendanis
Ado Annie
Tom Moore
Ali Hakim
Jud
Clyde Rowland
Beverly Bushey
Aunt Ellen
Bernie Paquette
Judge Carnes
Pamela Foster
James McGuire
Allan Marcil
Robert Crowley
Terry Durkee
Lynn Durkee
Aunt Eller
Curley
HFCS
Andrick
Manchester VFW To Hold Viet Service Map Rites
The Harned-Fowler Post 6471 VFW will dedicate a four by eight foot Viet Nam service map at Center Park on November 11 at 9 30 a.m. The map shows location and names of all service men from Manchester and nearby towns on a South Viet Nam map. VFW units from Dor set and other towns, plus the post color guard, are scheduled to participate.
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Manchester
Harned-Fowler
VFW
Charles Hosley
Center Park
South Viet Nam
Dorset
Harned-Fowler Post
Department of Vermont
Ried Lefevre
James L. Woodard
Bennington Post
Pownals Community Notices Include Fellowship Supper and UN Day Program
The Pownals community shows a family fellowship supper at North Pownal Congregational Church with dessert provided by the Women’s Fellowship, a Youth Fellowship dramatic program, and an offering for the choir robe fund. Nearby, Miss Barbara Patterson and Linda Patterson vacation in Clearwater, Florida. A wedding in St. Albans and a United Nations Day program at Solomon Wright Library feature Rep. Ried Lefevre and Town Manager James Woodard. Boy Scouts and VFW guards join the UN Day ceremonies. In Manchester, Mrs. Robert Higbie Jr. presents a slides program on Flowers at Home and Abroad for the Garden Club at Zion Church parish house.
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North Pownal Congregational Church
James Metcalf
Barbara
Linda Patterson
Pownal Center
Clearwater, Fla
Marcel A. Langlais
Ernest
St. Albans
Rita B. Paradis
Leonard J. Langlais
Francis J. Langlais
North Pownal
Pownall
Solomon Wright
John C. Barber
U.N
Peace Corps
Armed Forces
Boy Scouts of
Troop 347
United States
Arthur Factor
Manchester
Robert W. Higbie Jr
Garden Club of
Zion Episcopal Church
Higbie
Africa
John Hartigan
Dodge Family Featured in New York Times Riverdale profile
Hoosick Falls New York residents noted a Sunday Times feature on Riverdale elites. It highlights Cleveland E. Dodge Sr and Jr, Hazel and Howell, plus community figures like Morgenthau, Kheel, Gamble, and Toscanini’s son, with Greyston mansion and local philanthropy tied to Riverdale Neighborhood House.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
New York Times
Riverdale
Stephen R. Conn
Grand Central
Bronx
Cleveland E. Dodge Sr
Cleveland E. Dodge Jr
Pownal
Dodge Fibers Corporation
Dodge
Columbia Teachers College
Bolling E. Hazall
Dodges
Alfred H. Howell
Grace H. Dodge
Robert M. Morgenthau
Theodore W. Kheel
Sidney D. Gamble
James Gamble
Procter & Gamble Mfg. Co
Walter Toscanini
Arturo Toscanini
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Claims Office
Carlo Walter HO
Dorset Legion Auxiliary
Arlington
Helene Thompson
Linda James
Leonard Bass
Stephen McGaughey
University of Vermont
Paul Molloy
Silver Springs
Molloy
John Molloy
American Legion Child Welfare
Edith Beaumont
John C. Shaw
John E. Shaw
River St
Bien Hoa
Viet Nam
HHC
86Th Engineer Battalion
Apo San Francisco
Calif
CUB
Heads State Association
Frank Redden
Robert C. Hall Jr
Susan Eddy
Peter Smith
Jane Cappellino
Luther Everly
Eloise Canzeri
Calvin C. Pedersen
Myron Hertel
Calvin Pedersen
Edward Nolt
Scope
Procter & Gamble
Des Tae
Suanybrook Drive
Cincinnati
The
Pownals
Vera Langlais
North Adams
Mass
Ak i
PV Ook
PT Ey A al Te Los Ld
Watt
Frost's Pharmacy
Vitamin Center
Bennington County
North Street
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