Deerfield Valley Fair Brings Wilmington Together
Friday frost gave way to a sunny Saturday as crowds flocked to Deerfield Valley Farmers Day Fair in Wilmington. Vendors, 4 H contestants, livestock displays, crafts, rides, and food booths filled the grounds while townsfolk renewed friendships and young researchers eyed maple sugaring gear.
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Wilmington
Deerfield Valley
American Legion
The
Baptist Church
Ladies Aid Society
Wilmington Volunteer Fire Department
Pownal GOP Reorganizes Local Committee
Marcel Langlais named chairman Harold Hicks vice chairman and Ellen Lillie secretary treasurer at the Republican Town Committee meeting after the caucus in Town Hall Monday night. Delegates to the Bennington County committee will be Miss Margaret Lillie and Langlais. New and returning members include Sanborn Tenney, Lauriston Wilcox, the Hicks and Lillie sisters, Langlais, and Fay Bowen and his wife. Discussions covered upcoming county and state meetings and a Barre dinner with Sen Everett Dirksen.
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Ellen Lillie
Marcel Langlais
Faxon Bowen
Bennington
State Committee
Barre Municipal Auditorium
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
North Bennington Voters Consider New Fire House
North Bennington Village residents debated funding a two story fire house costing about 33000 and a 15000 resurfacing of Water Street with state funds covering the rest. Fire chief Percey and village leaders eyed three sites before settling on the Grist Mill location for a future vote within two to three weeks.
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North Bennington
North Bennington Village
Water Street
Fred Welling
Arthur E. Wickenden
Wickenden
Houghton St
Little League Park
Paran Creek
Prospect St
Welling
Martin Percey
First National Bank
Fire Department
Fire House Park
Little League
Percey
Kelly Stand Shack Razed by Fire
A woodcutters shack on Kelly Stand Road burned at 6 30 am after a two burner oil stove flare up. Rain helped prevent a woods spread. Mr and Mrs Clarence Moon lived there and lost possessions while $75 in cash was found in a metal box by Assistant Chief Arthur Poland.
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Sunderland
Kelly Stand Road
Clarence Moon
Arlington
Arthur Poland
Wilmington Forms New GOP Committee at Town Caucus
At the Republican Town Caucus in Wilmington seven committee members were elected including William Pool Ralph Howe Jr Philip Ware J Thomas Moore M K Greene and Milton Wolf The two new members are Dr Wolf and Ware Howe was named chairman Ware vice chairman Dawn Hicks was secretary treasurer Hicks also serves as county committee representative Wayne Timmerman joins the finance committee Dawn Hicks and Pool represent the county unit as dues set at 1 dollar annually The town committee will form a Republican Club with officers from the Town Committee as unit officers.
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Wilmington
Town Hall
William Pool
Ralph Howe Jr
Philip Ware
J. Thomas Moore
M.K. Greene
Milton Wolf
Dr. Wolf
Ware
Dawn Hicks
Wayne Timmerman
Shaftsbury GOP Expands Committee Roster
Shaftsbury Republicans doubled their town committee from 15 to 21 at a caucus in Cole Hall. Elected members include William Barber William Myers R James Wilson Mrs Bertha Snow Mrs Mabel Harrington Bradford Smith Richard Cowan Mrs Blanche Center Maurice A Douglass Jean Henry Mrs Avis Whitman J Ed White Herbert Millington Mrs Bertha Thomson Homer Shaver Ross Wilson Mrs Marie Disque Mrs Doris Cornell Thomas Hall Jr Jason Daniels Tracy Kenyon Jr. Tracy Kenyon Jr named chairman Maurice Douglass vice chairman Thomas Hall Jr clerk Blanche Center treasurer.
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Shaftsbury
Republican Town Committee
Cole Hall
William Barber
William Myers
R. James Wilson
Bertha Snow
Mabel Harrington
Bradford Smith
Richard Cowan
Blanche Center
Maurice A. Douglass
Jean Henry
Avis Whitman
J. Ed. White
Herbert Millington
Bertha Thomson
Homer Shaver
Ross Wilson
Marie Disque
Doris Cornell
Thomas Hall Jr
Jason Daniels
Tracy Kenyon Jr
Maurice Douglass
Dorset Elects Two New Officers to Town Committee
At the Dorset Republican town caucus held at Dorset Elementary School James Stannard was named chairman and Peter Brooks vice chairman for a two year term. Carleton G. Howe was re elected secretary treasurer. Delegates to the Republican County Committee were named including Eugene Bond and Stone. Twelve new names joined the 26 members listed on the Dorset Republican Town Committee.
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Dorset
Ford Shrader
Guy Stone
James Stannard
South Dorset
Peter Brooks
Carleton G. Howe
Europe
Howe
Bennington County
Republican State Committee
Stone
East Dorset
Ing
Ford Shhrader
Eugene Bond
Montpelier
Bennington
Republican Town Committee
Harlan Coolidge
Russell Parks
Harbours Add Living Space to Woodford Gift Shop
Mr and Mrs Alden Harbour expand the Red Mill Gift Shop in Woodford with a two bedroom living room kitchen and bath addition. Everett Lillie of Bennington is building the addition and the Harbours hope to move in by November.
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Alden Harbour
Red Mill
Woodford
Everett Lillie
Bennington
Dorset Women to Meet With Two Speakers in Vestry Session
The first fall meeting of the Dorset and East Rupert Women’s Fellowship is set for tomorrow at 2 p.m. in the church vestry. Mrs. Matthew P. Gaffney will report on Emily Allen a Dorset Peace Corps volunteer to Nyasaland Africa and Rev. Robert Dana will discuss Civil Rights in the United States. End of note mentions summer repairs and local family updates.
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Women’s Fellowship of the
United Church of
Dorset and
East Rupert
Matthew P. Gaffney
Emily Allen
Dorset
Nyasaland
Africa
Robert Dana
United States
G.F. Caney
Emily Chandler
Manchester GOP Re-Elects Dr. Harwood as Chairman
Dr. Clifford B. Harwood was unanimously re-elected chairman of the Manchester Town Republican Committee at a courthouse caucus. Lynford Bourn and Mrs. Helen B. Bigelow were named vice chairman and secretary treasurer, with a push for an active Republican women’s group. The roster now lists 58 members as 20 new names joined the committee.
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Manchester
Clifford B. Harwood
Bennington County
Republican Committee
Town Republican Committee
Lynford Bourn
Helen B. Bigelow
Harwood
William A. Griffith
LN. Bartlett
Edwin L. Bigelow
Clyde H. Bryant Sr
Clyde H. Bryant Jr
Joseph E. Fowler
Earle J. Fowler
William Griffith
Robert Lee
Reid Lefevre
Justin Mueller
Adair Monroe
Reginald Reed
W.H. Shaw
Douglas Shaw
Blanchard Stone
Henry Robinson
Leon Wiley
Louis Warner
E.R. Jobson
Walter Hard
Oakley K. Porter
Beatrice Powers
Robert E. West
Paul Todtschinder
Harold Harwood
Alan Carver
G. Stewart Bennett
G. Murray Campbell
J. Avery Merwin
Clifford B. Graham
Nina Taylor
George J. Heaslip
Walter Hayes
John McCormick
Stanley Hinkley
Robert Treat
Carl Kent
State Tourism Groups to Meet in Manchester
The Vermont Attractions Association annual meeting follows a luncheon hosted by the Southern Vermont Art Center in Manchester. Harold Whaley of St Johnsbury leads as president and notes the association's promise of high quality service, free parking, rest rooms, telephones, and courteous information for visitors. Members include St Anne's Shrine, Isle La Motte, Lake Champlain Ferry Crossings, Shelburne Museum, Bomoseen Auto Museum, Bromley Chairlift, Mt Snow, Stowe Area, Sugarbush Valley, Santa's Land, Maple Grove Maple Museum, World's Largest Granite Quarries, Quechee Gorge, Killington Ski Area, and others.
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Manchester
Vermont
Southern Vermont Art Center
Vermont Attractions Association
Harold Whaley
St. Johnsbury
VAA
Burlington
Shelburne
Bomoseen
Bromley
Mt. Snow
Stowe
Sugarbush Valley
Warren
Santa’s Land
Putney
Maple Grove
Barre
John Shelby
Rare Bird and Animal Farm, Inc
Fairlee
Quechee
White River Junction
Killington Ski Area
Sherburne
Manchester Hosts Welcome for New Teachers in PTA Event
A PTA organized reception for new teachers runs Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the Elementary School cafeteria with a dessert coffee and a brief business meeting led by Mrs. Robert Jordan. Welcomed staff include Mrs. Betha James Mrs. Marguerite French Miss Linda Langworthy Neil Fiertel Herbert Bowen and Gordon McClure.
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PTA
Robert Jordan
Betha James
Marguerite French
Linda Langworthy
Neil Fiertel
Herbert Bowen
Gordon McClure
Golffing to Speak on Tennyson in Fifth Dickinson Lecture
Francis Golffing, on leave from Bennington College, lectures tonight at 8 in the Carriage Barn on the late works of Alfred Lord Tennyson. The free public talk, titled the poet as seer, marks the fifth Elizabeth Harrington Dickinson Lecture.
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North Bennington
Francis Golffing
Bennington College
Elizabeth Harrington Dickinson
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Europe
Golffing
Dickinson
Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr
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