Tasmanian envoy visits Vermont to compare highway needs
Tasmania's deputy highway engineer Colin Willing met Vermont Highway Commissioner Russell Holden to compare population, terrain, and highway designs. He noted Vermont like Tasmania in climate and mountains, discussed rural road issues, pavement design, and data gathering as part of a 16 week, 12 state tour.
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Willing
Vermont
Vermont Highway Department
Green Mountain
Tasmania
Maine
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
New Mexico
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
California
Russell A. Holden
Montpelier
Colin R. Willing
Hobart
R. H. Arnold
Australians Seek Shared Highway Modernization With America
Willing, Hobart born and long-time highway designer, leads Tasmania’s push to adopt American methods for modernizing highways and developing mineral, recreation, and other resources. He cites U.S. Public Roads procedures and aims to boost investment, learning, and economic growth.
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Willing
Tasmania
Agent Names Harold J. Andrews for Hoosick Falls Area
Joseph M. Barbetta of John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co names Harold J. Andrews of Cambridge New York as representative and consultant for the Hoosick Falls area. Andrews, a Hoosick Falls Central School graduate, served in World War II, is married to Shirley Miller of St. Joseph Missouri, and has three children. He began duties September 8.
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Joseph M. Barbetta
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co
Harold J. Andrews
North Park St
Cambridge,n.y
Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls Central School
Andrews
Shirley Miller
St. Joseph, Mo
Walter Whitney Named Manager For Sonotone
Walter H. Whitney of Berkshire origin is named district manager for Sonotone in Pittsfield Massachusetts after a career as a hearing aid consultant in western Washington He was born in Adams lived in Cheshire attended Peekskill Military Academy served three years in the U S Army and is married to Rosa Lea Sandstrom of Olympia Washington They reside in Dalton Whitney replaces Francis Depew with Bennington headquarters at Carroll's Drug Store.
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Walter H. Whitney
Berkshire
Washington
Sonotone
Pittsfield
Mass
Adams
Whitney
Cheshire
Peekskill
N.Y
U.S. Army
Rosa Lea Sandstrom
Olympia
Wash
Lisa Lea
Dalton
Francis Depew
Bennington
Carroll’s Drug
Real Estate Transfers Reported in Bennington
Bennington Town Clerk Miss Mary Hodeck records transfers from Sept 4 to Sept 10. Bourgeois sell on Fillmore Street to Rousseau. Woodward sells on South Branch Street to Wier. Power estate sells Brick Store Lot on Main Street to Powers. Orr and Parker sell junction of Routes 102 and 103 to Hadwen. Dorman estate sells Oakes Street to Morse. Bostwick sells Royal Road to Corey.
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Bennington
Mary Hodeck
Donald E
Anita P. Bourgeois
Fillmore Street
Robert A
Carolyn S&s. Rousseau
Bessie M. Woodward
South Branch Street
Charles E
Priscilla C. Wier
Michael F. Powerstate
Main Street
North Bennington
Lawerence F
Bernice B. Powers
Hilda Rockwood Orr
Helen Rockwood Parker
Gladwyne
George E. Hadwen
Tracy W. Dorman
Oakes Street
Melissa A
Nelson E. Morse
Royal F
Marion L. Bostwick
Royal Road
Kenneth N
Alma K. Corey
Shaftsbury
New England Construction Contracts Drop 22 Percent in July
New England contracts for future construction in July totaled 192.731 million dollars, down 22 percent from July 1963. Residential work fell slightly, nonresidential slipped 6 percent, and nonbuilding contracts dropped 69 percent due largely to an 84 percent decline in streets and highways projects. Data from F. W. Dodge Company.
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Boston
Mass
New England
J. Thomas Ryan
F. W. Dodge Company
McGraw-Hill, Inc
Dodge
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North Street
Benmore
Sears
L.M. Pike and Son Co
Henry W. Putnam
Shilton
GBA
Greater Bennington Association
Salvatore Santarcangelo
Joseph Y. Shhaffe
Shaffe
Joseph McDonough
Merchants
Herbert H. Leonard
Miller
Ause
Ies
United States
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
Department of Public Works
Walter Whitney
New York
UPD
Hagan
Willow Rd
Corvair
DR. Sed
Green
Chevrolet
Bel Air
W.H. Eddington Inc
Main St
Bennington, Vt
Allan B. Angney Jr
Arlington, Vermont
Gerald E. Morrissey
General Contractors
Beech ST
Pratt ST
Roofing & Sheet Metal CO
Walker
Benmoi
Liggett Bos
Worth Ennington
Tery
Shakertown
Dewey & Sons
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