Village Association Elects John Townsend President
John G B Townsend of Taconic Avenue was elected president of the Manchester Village Association at the annual meeting held last week at the Mark Skinner Library. Charlies W Nichols Jr. of Prospect Street was succeeded as president, with Mrs E A Callanan elected treasurer and Frank E Calvin and John D Carbine re elected as vice president and clerk. One new trustee, Anthony B McNamara, joined the board along with a slate of longtime members. Walter H Blucher of Arlington spoke on Vermont Manchester environmental issues and was appointed to head Gov. Deane C Davis Environmental Committee. Townsend welcomed eight new members since the year began: Dr and Mrs Roland Beers, Mr and Mrs George B Breen Jr, Mr and Mrs J J Espy, Mr and Mrs Austin Fox, Mrs A T Hockstader, Mr and Mrs Walker S Kimball Jr, Mr and Mrs Eugene Krenz, and Mr and Mrs Anthony B McNamara.
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Manchester
John GB. Townsend
Taconic Avenue
Manchester Village Association
Mark Skinner
Charlies W. Nichols Jr
Prospect Street
E.A. Callanan
Frank E. Calvin
John D. Carbine
Anthony B. McNamara
Nichols
Callanan
Calvin and Townsend
Orland Campbell
Anton Hardy
J. Gilmore Fletcher
John S. McCormick Jr
William P.T. Preston
Charles S. Sargent Jr
Richard Williams
Walter H. Blucher
Arlington
Vermont
Blucher
Deane C. Davis
Virgin Islands
Minneapolis
American Society of Planning Officials
American Institute of Planners
Townsend
MVA
Roland Beers
George B. Breen Jr
J.J. Espy
Austin Fox
A.T. Hockstader
Walker S. Kimball Jr
Eugene Krenz
White Creek Residents Move and Albany Medical Center Patient
White Creek resident Jesse Gates moved on Saturday to an apartment in Cambridge to live. Marshall Fillmore is a patient at Albany Medical Center with unspecified conditions.
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Jesse Gates
Cambridge
Marshall Fillmore
Albany Medical Center
Grapes of Wrath Stull Harvested Vermont Labor Council Told
Marcos Munoz of the United Farm Workers told Vermont labor delegates in Montpelier that farm workers live on about five dollars a day, wear donated clothes, and seek dignity and fair pay. He urged consumer boycotts of California grapes and highlighted New England’s high grape prices.
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Vermont Labor Council
Montpelier
Vermont State Labor Council
Marcos Munoz
California
Munoz
United Farm Workers Aflcio
New England
Cuca
Juan
la Causa
Ordination and local church events in Cambridge and Arlington
The Sacred Order of Deacon ordination of Guy Edison Kagey took place at St. Luke's Church Cambridge with Rev. Guy E. Kagey Sr. presiding. Arlington residents attended and a reception followed. Mary McClellan Hospital chaplain Kagey preached the next day. A Vermont teachers tuberculin X-ray service was canceled at the Vermont Education Association convention. HOME EXTENSION plans and craft displays highlighted the West Arlington meeting with a drive to assemble duty bags for service men.
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Guy Edison Kagey
Charles B. Persell, Jr
S.T.D
Albany
St. Luke’s Church
Cambridge
N.Y
Guy E. Kagey
Baltimore
Arlington
West Arlington
Kagey
Mary McClellan Hospital
Westarlington
Walter Finney
Robert V. Jones
West Arlington Community House
West Arlington 4-H delegates at Bennington County Style Review
Four members of the West Arlington Junior 4-H Club Karin Militzer Nancy Hagelberg Les ley and Molly Pratt took part in the Bennington County Style Review at the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield Massachusetts on September 21 Miss Pratt served as narrator Leaders accompanying the group were Mrs Lawrence Pratt and Mrs Richard Hagelberg The Vermont TB and RD Association will offer the tuberculin TINE Test at a two day convention starting October 16 The TINE unit promises less pain than the long needle and is used to indicate TB infection guiding further medical steps Executive director Hubert R Slack notes the program aims at prevention and may cut active TB risk by up to 80 percent The association plans a statewide school tester program with the test costing 50 cents
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West Arlington
Culosis and Respiratory Disease Association
TB & RD
Vermont
TB and RD Association
Hubert R. Slack
Slack
TB & RD Association
Church Classes Start Sept 30 at St Pauls Manchester
St Paul Church announces religious education for grades 2-8 to be held at Manchester Elementary School each Tuesday from 3 30 to 4 30 pm beginning Sept 30. High school classes start this Monday at 6 30 pm at the parish center. Grade 1 begins after Christmas recess.
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Manchester
St. Paul Church
Martin F. Clancy
Arthur Kilburn
Robert P. Wood
Emile Zoufaly
Keith Harrington
Bruce Graham
David Forrest
Albina Perry
Philip Ryan
Harvest Festival set for Oct 4 in Stockbridge
Berkshire Garden Center hosts the 35th annual Harvest Festival in Stockbridge on Saturday October 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. rain or shine. New groups join this year with Kiwanis clubs running the food tent and Women’s Fellowship of the First Congregational Church of Lee handling the book stall. Other booths include a jewelry hat toy prize basket plus various shops. The event draws about 7000 people from 18 states and supports family activities with hard-to-find gourmets and plant stalls.
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Stockbridge
Mass
Berkshire Garden Center
West Stockbridge
North Bennington Firemen Collect for Rescue Squad
Members of the North Bennington Fire Department have begun coin card drives to fund the Bennington Rescue Squad. Cards distributed 20 weeks ago offer a quarter weekly, totaling $5 per household, with collections continuing as firefighters have time through October.
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North
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Manchester Day Care Center
Village Association
John Townsend
Marcos
States
Haynes
Kane Inc
Main St
Bennington
Dia
Haynes & Kane Colonial Shop
Bennington, VT
Vermont Bank
Burlington
Vermont Education Association
Kay Weeks
Helene Thompson
Miss Pratt
Lawrence Pratt
Richard Hagelberg
St. Paul’s
Center
Holger D. Oleen
Sheffield
Herbert Herzer Boch
Williamstown
William Leslie
Interlaken
James Kapteyn
Great Barrington
David Braman
M Miller
Munson Farm
Howard
Hawk
Dufresne
Southwick’s Ltd
U.S
Lester Davis
Toy
Eric
Asket Art
North Bennington
Jayson
Detone
Burt Bros
Berkshire
John Meyer
Inverness Cape
Berkshire Plaza
North Adams Mass
First Agricultural Rational Bank
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