Twenty Acres More or Less Our Country Home Hunt
A couple recounts their cross country search for a rural Michigan dream home starting near Holland and progressing through ramshackle cottages, leaking roofs, and a muddy cellar. They tour slick agents, fend off failed promises, and bond with a fisherman’s family and a nine year old helper. They keep chasing a place to retire to and end with an unfinished tale as they travel west in Old Chariot.
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New York City
Holland
Mich
Michigan
Charles
Lakes
Huron
Superior
Billy
Turist
Simpson and Lyn donville man in long record of service
W Arthur Simpson of Lyndonville is highlighted for two golden anniversaries this year. He has lifetime membership in the New England Milk Producers Association, 50 years as a town official, multiple Vermont political roles since 1923, and recent plans to seek re election. He is described as the architect of a new state education aid formula and a lifelong lover of Vermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Dairyman
W. Arthur
Little Arthur) Simpson
Lyndonville
New England Milk Producers Association
Simpson
Tony Hofford
Vermont House of Representatives
Vermont State Highway Board
Hofford
Arthur J. Wallingford
Albany Board of Education
State School Boards Association
Syracuse
J. Paul Mather
University of Massachusetts
Bennington
University City Science Center
Philadelphia
Mather
Purdue Research Foundation
Science Center
University of Pennsylvania
Drexel Institute of Technology
West Philadelphia
John Fachini
Colonial Village
Williamstown
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Gagliardi Inc
North Adams
North Adams Appliance Concern
Hot Point Co
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Manchester
N.H
Utica
N.Y
Halloweening Then and Now in a Plastered Pumpkin Tale
A Woman’s World column reflects on Halloween habits from past to present. Mary Jean's mishap with a Jack O’Lantern shows a patched pumpkin injury and fear of fire. The piece weighs consumer excess and nostalgia, noting flashlights replacing candles and lamenting possible Halloween decline while noting seasonal display space.
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Tom
Mary Jean
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Philip H. Hoff
Douglas Wilder
Vermont
Richard Wilder
Rutland
Douglas
Charles T. Ryan
State Fund
Green Mountain
The
By Carlo Wolter
Oo Ting
Maria Sue Crawford
East Arlington
Corning
Crawfords
John F. Kennedy
Glass Center
Loyal Order of Moose
Philip Greene
Manning
Bobbie Brooks
PRL Fashions, Inc
Gay Gibson
Towncliffe Inc
Fox Knapp
Barron Anderson
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Stanley Blacker
Gulfstream
Macmillan
Seventeen
Seventeen Magazine
H-O
Home Service Dept
Best Foods
de George Reading
Channel 6
CBS News
KMOX
St. Louis
Reading
WROW
Albany
WNEW
Jo-Ann Latif
Joseph Latif
Branch St
Emmanuel College
Boston
Emmanuel
Johnson
Brookline Avenue
Jo-Ann
Bennington Catholic High School
North Bennington
Marion Harris
Bobby
Tracy E. Kenyon, Jr
Shaftsbury
Justice OF the Peace
Merton Snow SR
Bertha Thomson
Theresa Wood
Robert Niles JR
Herbert Millington
Frances Stacy
William Barber
Blanche Center
Glass & Accessories
Leblanc’s
Bennington, Vt
Bernard O'Shea
Congress
U.S
Lyndon B. Johnson
Bernard G. O’shea
LBJ
O’shea
O'Shea
Food For Peace
Peace Corps
America
Bob
Stafford
Barry
Goldwater
Stafford and Goldwater
Sen. Aiken
Stafford and
James Manahan
Enosburg Falls, Vt
Superintendent OF Schools
Woodworking
General Metals
Arts & Crafts
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