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- * Occupation:initially Stenographer, then Private Secretary in a Law Office (1930, 1940); by 1942 worked for Henry L. HARRINGTON, an Adams, MA, lawyer who later became a Berkshire County Judge; afterretirement,Assistant Town Clerk of Pownal,VT (1965+)
* Burial:North Pownal Cemetery in Pownal, Bennington County, Vermont, USA
* Education:ABT 1917 attended Bliss Business College in North Adams, MA, for 2 years
* Religion:Episcopalian -- attended St Mark's Church in Hoosick Falls, NY
* Medical Information:She had been ill for 2 weeks before her death, but had suffered with dementia for quite some time before this.
* Note:Gertrude never married or had any children.North Adams Transcript (MA) -- 01 Feb 1929
COMPANY M RIFLE TEAM WINS FROM GIRLS' CLUB
Company M won a rifle shooting match at the State Armory from the NorthAdams' Girls' Club last evening. Several of the North Adams young women had excellent totals. The Company M Team won by a margin of 76 points. The North Adams' Girls' Club teamscores follow: . . . Miss Gertrude Arbour, 127, . . .North Adams Transcript (MA) -- Wednesday 26 Jun 1935
SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETS
. . . Gertrude R. Arbour, tax collector, re-elected for one year. . .North Adams Transcript (MA) -- Wednesday 30 Jun 1937
ELECT SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICERS
The annual meeting of the North Pownal School District was held Tuesdayevening at 8 o'clock in the school hall. A very small number of the voters of the district were present. The warning was read by the moderator, Michael Furlong, after which theelection of officers for the ensuingschool year took place and the reports of the school committee, tax collector, treasurer, and auditor were read and accepted. The following officers were unanimously elected: . . . tax collector for one year, MissGertrude R. Arbour, . . .
North Adams Transcript (MA) -- Wednesday 29 Jun 1938
ANNUAL SCHOOL MEETING HELD
The election of officers took place as follows: . . . Gertrude R. Arbour, tax collector for one year, . . .
North Adams Transcript (MA) -- Wednesday 28 Jun 1939
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
The following officers were elected: . . . tax collector, Miss GertrudeArbour.
In 1940, Gertrude reported that she had earned $1560 in 1939.
North Adams Transcript (MA) -- Tuesday 05 May 1942
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Mrs. Michael Hogan, Miss Melba Cooper, and Miss Gertrude Arbour are assisting the teachers in the North Pownal graded school as registrars in the sugar rationing registration being conducted this week.
North Adams Transcript (MA) -- Tuesday 16 Jun 1942
RED CROSS CERTIFICATES HERE
. . . The members of the class entitled to the certificates are . . . Miss Gertrude Arbour . . .
North Adams Transcript (MA) -- Jul 1942
GAS RATIONING REGISTRARS
The first of three gas rationing registration sessions began yesterday afternoon at the North Pownal Graded School, under the direction of Miss Elizabeth Burlington, teacher in the intermediate room of the school.She was assisted by Ray Beaudry, amember of the board of school directors, Miss Melba Cooper, treasurer of the school, and Miss Gertrude Arbour, tax collector.
The Berkshire Evening Eagle (MA) -- Saturday 06 May 1944
DEEDS THAT GO ON RECORD IN BERKSHIRE -- Realty Transfers Entered Recently For Registry In County
Cheshire -- Arbour Gertrude R -- Samuel W Lewis et ux, Church St
Lewis Susie Abbie -- Gertrude A Arbour, Church StBennington Banner (VT)-- 27 Oct 1989
In 1989, Gertrude donated 2 acres of land adjacent to the North Pownal Cemetery and across the street from her home. The cemetery was getting full and she helped to enlarge it with her donation. The land was "partof her family's 77-acre farm." Arbour was secretary-treasurer of the Association (Cemetery) in past years, and she also served as Assistant Town Clerk after she retired at age 62. Arbour was born in 1903 in Bennington, where her grandfather had a livery stable, she said. Her parentsmoved to North Pownal in 1917, where she attended grammar school. Whenshe was 14, Arbour enrolled inthe Bliss Business College in North Adams, MA, and after graduating, became first a stenographer then a legal secretary for anAdams, MA, lawyer Henry Harrington, who later became a Berkshire County Judge. A marker will be placed in the new section of the cemetery inscribed, "The Orchard, donated by Gertrude Arbour, 24 October 1989."
North Adams Transcript (MA) -- 05 Jun 1990
The two acre plot donated to the Cemetery by Gertrude Arbour was dedicated on 28 May 1990. The plot was called "The Orchards." The Rev. Joel Miller, a retired Episcopalian minister from St Marks Church in Hoosick Falls, NY, where Arbour, with her late father, mother, and brother haveworshipped for many years. Rev. Miller spoke of the history of the Arbours in North Pownal, their services to the community in many ways, andof the appropriateness of the gift of land which he saidwill add another 200 years of life to the beautiful little cemetery, which holds so much Pownal history.
North Adams Transcript (MA) -- 29 Aug 2005
TODAY IN LOCAL HISTORY (original year unknown)
Pownal, VT -- A special meeting of the North Pownal Cemetery association was held yesterday in the Congregational church social room. Nine members were present. New officers were elected to make the association active. Orrin Peckham was elected president, and Gertrude Arbour was elected secretary and treasurer.
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