North Pownal Postmastership Decision Pending Tuesday
The North Pownal post office vacancy follows the death of Mrs. Alice Church. Eleven applicants include Barbara Champney, Robert E. Rudd Jr., and Leonard Duval. The postmaster earns about 5365 annual with required exam scores, duties include custody of stamps and records, and supervising staff.
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Pownal
Pownals
North Pownal
Alice Church
Barbara Champney
Martin G. Lingner
Leonard Duval
Free Medical Aid Course Offered in Shaftsbury
Shaftsbury Civil Defense coordinator Rodney Rice announces a free eight week emergency care course at Shaftsbury Elementary School Tuesdays at 7 30 pm. Dr Arthur Faris and nurse Madalyn Green will teach with other medical specialists. participants receive an emergency health care handbook.
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Shaftsbury
Rodney Rice
Civil Defense
Arthur Faris
Madalyn Green
R. N
Shaftsbury Health Association
Rice
Soldier of the Month Named for July at Ramstein Base
442-6524 Spec 4 C Malcolm Bruce Niles son of Mr and Mrs Robert M Niles Jr was named Seventh Army Soldier of the Month for July He serves with a helicopter maintenance unit at Ramstein Air Force Base near Stuttgart Germany A Bennington Catholic High School graduate Niles enlisted about two years ago Guests at the Bunk home included Mr and Mrs Whitman Hammond Jr Ridgefield Conn Mr and Mrs William Hammond Stamford Conn Mrs James Clinton Stamford and Mrs Edward Williams Windgap Pa
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm Bruce Niles
Robert M. Niles Jr
Seventh Army
Ramstein Air Force Base
Stuttgart
Germany
Bennington Catholic High School
Niles
Henry Bunk
Whitman W. Hammond Jr
Ridgefield
Conn
William Www
Hammond
Stamford
Special Wilmington Session Gathers Forty on Sewerage
About forty townspeople attend a Wilmington Town Hall forum on sewerage. Selectmen Porter Farwell and John Mumford chair the event with Reginald LaRosa and J. H. Young outlining 1949 pollution laws and the Water Resources Board classifications from Class C and D to the planned drainage basin. The discussion notes a $10 million state pollution abatement push and warns that a bond issue decision will affect future plans.
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Wilmington
Town Hall
Porter Farwell
John Mumford
Irving Bishop
Reginald LaRosa
J. H. Young
F. A. Henry
Dufresne
Henry Engineering Corp
Springfield
Farwell
LaRosa
Water Resources Board
Young
Dufresne-Young Engineering Firm
Stuart Porter
Pownal Center Community Church Classes Resume
The Pownal Center Community Church Sunday School resumed with 25 youngsters in primary intermediate and junior groups under Fletcher Hall as superintendent and teacher assisted by Mrs George Andrews and Mrs Kenneth Gile. Williamstown College students may assist later. classes meet Sundays at 9 45 a m. Local attendees include Fort Devens visitors and a Boston area Little League participant.
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Pownal Center
Fletcher Hall
George Andrews
Kenneth Gile
Williamstown College
White Tri-Traveler carries Route 66 film to Boston
Joel Whittemore of Bennington operates the air plane seen each morning from Stan ley Carner's private airfield at 8 a.m. The craft ferries film for the Route 66 TV location to Boston and will run daily during filming.
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Stanley Carner
Boston
Joel Whittemore
Bennington
Neil Olmstead
Craig
Christine
Scott
Florida
Chester Long
Wilmington
Sarasota
Bradenton
Fla
Olmsteads
Ray Hill
Edward Hazell
Hazell
Haynes Brothers, Inc
Elaine Burney
William Burney
Lake Raponda
UCS Outlines Fund Campaign in Bennington County
The United Counseling Service of Bennington County prepares a county fund drive starting Oct 1. Dr. Dorothy Hagar and Joseph Piccolo Jr. outline UCS aims and needs to 30 Manchester and Dorset volunteers. Budget this year is 520000 with 25000 state grant and county contributions to raise 16000.
Arlington area groups schedule meetings and chorus plans
Arlington firemen and auxiliary meet this week while kindergarten mothers gather at the Community House. The Arlington Chorus resumes Tuesday rehearsals at Grange Hall West Arlington starting Oct 1 for a Christmas Carol Sing on Dec 15 with about 35 members from Arlington and nearby towns. Theodore Cook directs and Kay Pelham accompanies.
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Arlington Firemen
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Home
Community House
Lions
Green Mountain
Arlington
Grange Hall
West Arlington
Bennington
North Ben
Local Notes and Appointments From Manchester Vermont
Weekend guests from Manchester Conn include the Moran family who renewed ties with Richard Hayes in Hartford. Town treasurer Harold Wisell will take tax payments at Burr and Burton on Sept 25 from 7 to 9 pm with an 8 percent penalty after that date. Burr and Burton’s hot lunch program serves about 140 dinners daily. Laurie Barstow hosted 12 friends for her fourth birthday with help from Clara Hard and Annabelle Ellison. Two oil paintings by James Ashley and Diana Heiskell are on loan to Burr and Burton with a third arriving soon for the study hall. New Bunton Avenue homeowners Louis and Ruth Rupprecht renovate prior to winter. they also own Jo-Mary’s Motel in Jamaica. Mt. Aeolus Rifle Club holds a turkey shoot Sept 29 noon to dark at Waugh’s gravel bed. rain date Oct 6. Music teaching by Mrs. Robert Jordan will serve Danby and Sunderland schools two days weekly. Rev Frederick B Wolf of Bennington, UCS vice president, speaks Sept 25 at 3 pm at the Elementary School outlining UCS cases. Planning committee for October fund drive includes Evangeline Wilcox, Fritz Dillmann, and William C Nawrath. Dorset resident Lincoln Isham is named honorary Burr and Burton Seminary trustee.
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Manchester
United Counseling Service of Bennington, Inc
Dorset
Berry Wall
Dorothy Hagar
UCS
Joseph Piccolo Jr
United Counseling Service
Bennington County
Piccolo
Family Service of
Bennington
Hagar
Evangeline Wilcox
John N. Stannard
Nicholas Lemiugev
Charles Smith
George Lewis
East Dorset
Arthur Dumas
Guy Stone
Anna Ernie
Jane Leary
William Moran
Conn
Richard Hayes
Milwaukee
Wis
Pratt and Whitney
Hartford
Harold Wisell
Burr and Burton Seminary
Paul H. Bullock
Frank Squires
Laurie Barstow
Roy W. Barstow
Barstow
Clara Hard
Annabelle Ellison
Southern Vermont Art Center
James Ashley
Diana Heiskell
Louis F. Rupprecht
Boynton
Franklin Avenue
Jo-Mary’s
Jamaica
Frederick B. Wolf
Wolf
Fritz Dillmann
William C. Nawrath
Manchester VEW Steps Up Activities
Manchester VEW and Harned-Fowler Post VFW have expanded work at their Flat Road Manchester Center building. A recent meeting completed interior work and added kitchen and storage space plus a private-entrance office for interviews and records.
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Manchester
Harned-Fowler Post
VFW
Manchester Center
Edgar W. Johnson Jr
John West
Eber Sessions
St. Johnsbury
Council of Administration
Dept. of Vermont
Louis Ross
Bennington
Brandon
Hancock
Rutland
Springfield
Bellows Falls
Brattleboro
Albert Kent
Manchester Village Association elects three new trustees
Three new trustees Grace Shannon Carleton Howe and Sherley Morgan will serve three year terms on the Manchester Village Association replacing three outgoing members. The group with about 50 members aims to protect non voting property owners in Manchester Village and supports village services while pushing for fair taxes.
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Manchester
Manchester Village Association
Grace F. Shannon
Carleton Howe
Sherley W. Morgan
Orland Campbell
Richard Williams
Hugo P. Rush
Henry C. Flower Jr
Greenwich
Manchester Village
Flower
Flames Level Doctor's Home In West Dover
Fire destroyed the A frame home of Dr Arthur Ellison of Williamstown Massachusetts at Alpsten Village West Dover Saturday night. Wilmington firefighters for noted aid 10 45 p m two Alpine residents saw nothing amiss before discovery and the house was in flames on arrival. Bottled gas tanks at the side exploded and $ water from a 20000 gallon storage at the driven well site aided the effort. Three West Dover firemen stayed until 830 Sunday morning as the new association nears a 4000 dollar goal for a dedicated fire house with training underway.
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Wilmington
Arthur Ellison
Williamstown
Mass
Alpstetten Village
West Dover
Dr. Ellison
Wilmington Fire Department
Thomas Meade
Paul Kaemmerlin
Frank Chantos
West Dover Association
Hoosick Falls Names Student Council Leaders
Hoosick Falls Central School announces student council members across grades 7 to 12 with class officers for Freshman Sophomore Junior and Senior groups led by William Cottrell Deborah Harrison and James Whitter. St Marys Academy also installed student council officers with officers and class presidents listed.
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Hoosick Falls Central School
Carol Calhoun
Sue Peckham
Donald Eightey
Sandra Reynolds
Paul Harrison
Marion McCarthy
Susan Shaughnessy
John Arnold
Tom Beckstein
William Cottrell
Nancy Steller
Peter Holzhauer
Carol George
Walter Robson
Tom Highfield
Dennis le Barron
Faye Eldred
Leah Bissonette
Anne Stetson
Dorset Cattle Sweep Tunbridge Cattle Classes
Mr and Mrs Orla Reed of South Dorset returned from the Tunbridge Fair with five blue ribbons from six possible entries. ODR Domestic Domino 7 won first in Yearling Bull and was named Junior and Grand Champion. ODR Carla Mixer III won first in two year old Heifer and was Senior and Grand Champion. ODR Linda Rollo 8th won Junior Champion Female. The herd also won Best of Three Females and Junior Get of Lize. Randall family background noted with ties to Manchester and Vermont.
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Dorset
Orla Reed
South
Tunbridge Fair
Reed’s Herefords
ODR Domestic
Reed
Carla Mixer III
Heiffer
Odr
Linda Rollo
Randall
Manchester
Vermont
Big Bromley
Atomic Energy Commission
Las Vegas
Nev
Syracuse University
Higgins couple mark 52nd wedding anniversary
Mr and Mrs Raymond Higgins of Woodford celebrate their 52nd wedding anniversary. Married Sept 12 1911 at Woodford City Church they have two children Raymond Higgins Jr of Piqua Ohio and Mrs Dorothy King of Shelton Connecticut. King visited Woodford summer but returned to Connecticut. Weekend visitors include Walter Dearcopp of West Milford New Jersey and Herman Brandenburg of Midvale New Jersey at Searsburg.
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Raymond Higgins
Woodford
Higgins
Amy Cook
Underhill
Raymond Higgins Jr
Piqua
Ohio
Joseph
Dorothy) King
Shelton
Conn
King
Connecticut
Mrs. King
Walter Dearcopp
West Milford
N.J
Herman Brandenberg
Midvale
Charles Dearcopp
Searsburg
Dr Russell's Office Closed Tuesday and Wednesday
The office of Dr. Russell will be closed on Tuesday September 24 and Wednesday September 25. Adv notice dated September 23 indicates the short closure for the period with no patient appointments during those days.
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U.S. Civil Service Commission
Fran Stacy
Harte Theatre
Bennington, Vt
Mirisch Company
Edward L Alperson
Technicolor Panavision
The
Vera Langlais
Paul H. Rounds
Mark
Fort Devens
Sanfri Kauppi
Bill Church
Earle V. Church
Red Sox
Minnesota Twins
Boston Park
Bill
Holy Name
All Stars
Jerry Bidlack
Meredith
Alison
Florence
Italy
Bidlack
Buxton School
St. John’s Church
North Adams
Bidlacks
Bennington High School
Stratford
Dover
Denise Allen
Carl. Ball
Leon Wheeler
Baptist Ladies Aid
Robert Greene
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital
Hanover
Merrill Greene
Eleanor Albee
Nancy Otis
Mt. Aeolus Rifle Club
Waugh
Robert Jordan
Danby
Sunderland
Lincoln Isham
B.G. Lewis
Way’s Lane
East Aurora
N.Y
Grace Shannon
V. Fredrickson
New York City
Betty Barber
Harry Barber
St. Joseph Business College
Nichols’ Store
Harold
Parris Island
D.C
USMC
Pauline Towslee
James Sessions
Virginia Ritchie
Harvey Keyes
Tommy Towslee
Wanda Cole
Nancy Hoard
Doris Hewes
Sheila Mylott
Linda Thompson
Ceres
Beverly Keyes
Pomona
Jacqueline Dooley
Flora
Lucy Kent
Debbie Kent
Kim Gilbert
Vernon West
Roscoe J. Wilcox
L. Samuel Miller
West Rutland
North Bennington
Tamarack Notch
Dail
E.A. Riley
Meridyth
Bernard Whitman
Barbara
Flames
W. Dover
Hoosick Falls
Edith Beaumont
Helen Hayes
Deborah Harrison
Dale Mihuta
Suzanne Davison
Betsy Cipperly
Linda Cappellino
Sally Busby
John Helft
Deborah Markiewicz
Tony Hayes
James Whitter
Ann Ruditis
Beverly LeBarron
Jack Dwyer
St. Mary’s Academy
Allen Petell
Margaret Hoag
Patrick Leonard
Kenneth Buck
Jeanne LeBlanc
Raymond Rimkunas
St. Mary Academy
John Gorman
Jacqueline Fleming
Diane St. Hilaire
Richard Hickey
William Fox
Lynn Jenuskevice
Catherine
North Bennington Road
Carlo Walter Tel
First National Stores
North Bennington Rd
Wwe Give
Haldrafters
World Range Radio
Noveck
Shultz, Inc
Main St
Dial
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