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- * Occupation:Business College Teacher (1930); Instructor at Hollins College in Roanoke, VA (1956); Instructed at US Navy Business Administration Schools and then at Hollins for 15 years; retired in 1970
* Burial:North Pownal Cemetery in Pownal, Bennington County, Vermont, USA
* Event:Military WWII -- US Coast Guard
* Religion:Episcopalian -- attended St Mark Church in Hoosick Falls, NY
* Medical Information:He had been ill for 1 year before his death, which was acclerated by atherosclerotic heart disease.
* Note:North Adams Transcript (MA) -- Wednesday 12 May 1926
APRIL HONOR ROLL AT HIGH SCHOOL -- Standings Are Announced By PrincipalGant
The honor roll for the month of April for the pupils of Williamstown High School was made public today by Principal Francis Y. Gant. . . . Those who attained honors, having an average grade of B, andno less than C, are: Senior School, 3rd year -- Harold Arbour . . .
North Adams Transcript (MA) -- Tuesday 08 Jun 1926
CLASS DAY COMMITTEE OF SENIOR CLASS CHOSEN
At a recent metting of the Senior Class of Williamstown High School, a committee of three was selected for the class day exercises which are to be held the night before graduation, 23 June. Those chosen to serve on the comittee were Harold J. Arbour, chairman, Miss Jessemine Prince and Gilda Metour. A program is now being arranged and will be published within a few days. North Adams Transcript (MA) -- Monday 01 Aug 1927
NORTH POWNAL
Harold J. Arbour entered Allen's School of Commerce in Troy, NY, on Monday, where he will take a two-years' commercial teachers course.North Adams Transcript (MA) -- Monday 03 Jul 1939
SECRETARIAL STUDENTS ENJOY OUTING
Harold J. Arbour, supervisor of the secretarial department of the Spencer Business and Secretarial School in Schenectady, NY, is spending a short vacation at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Arbour. Mr. Arbour and 50 of his students held a picnic at Ooroga? Lake, NY, last Friday which marked the closing of the present semester. School will be resumed on Wednesday, 5 July, when the six-week's summer session will beginNorth Adams Transcript (MA) -- Thursday 26 Feb 1942
ARBOUR IN COAST GUARD
Harold J. Arbour, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Arbour, recently enlisted inthe US Coast Guard, now under US Navy supervision, at the Albany recruiting station. He is located at the Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay, MD.Troy Record (NY) -- 31 Oct 1945
POWNAL
Harold J. Arbour, a member of the Coast Guard service since February 1942, has received his honorable discharge and will spend some time at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Arbour, of NorthPownal. Assistant Principal of Spencer Business School in Schenechtady before enlisting, he has been engaged in teaching shorthand and typing since being inthe service. He has trained about 250 men and 2,000 women -- the men for immediate sea duty and the women each replacing a man on shore duty.Mr. Arbour has no plans for his immediate future.Bennington Evening Banner (VT) -- 25 Apr 1956
POWNAL BRIEFS
Harold J. Arbour has returned to Hollins College in Roanoke, VA, where he is an instructor. He was called here by the death of his mother, Mrs. John D. Arbour.
___North Adams Transcript (MA) -- Saturday 02 May 2009
25 years ago today [02 May 1984]
Pownal, VT -- Murray Lewis, a resident of Orchard Street, was elected commander of American Legion Post 90 at the annual election of officers Tuesday night in the Legion social hall. Mr. Lewis succeeds Leo Pellerin who has held the office ofcommander for the past four years. Other officers chosen are vice commander, Carl Tucker; adjutant, Barbara Clayborn; finance officer, Joel Burrington; chaplain, Michael Fressola; and historian, Harold Arbour.
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02 May 1908 -- Born in Pownal, Vermont, Harold John ARBOUR was the younger of 2 children born to cotton mill worker, liveryman, and farmer John Adelard ARBOUR and his wife Rebecca GOWER. Harold grew up in Pownal and appears to have applied himself in school, where he made the honor roll. On 24 June 1926, he graduated from Williamstown High School and shortly thereafter became employed by the Irving Bank Trust Company in New York City. The following year in August 1927, Harold entered Allen'sSchool of Commerce in Troy, NY, where he took a 2-year commercial teachers course. After graduation hefound employment as a Business College Teacher, where he worked during the taking of the 1930 Census. In September 1935, Harold seems to have returned to Schenectady, NY, where he wasengaged by the Spencer Business School as head of the secretarial department for the ensuing year. He held this position at least through the1939-1940 school year. Shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Harold felt his call to duty. In February 1942, he enlisted in the US CoastGuard, then under US Navy supervision, at the Albany, NY, recruiting station. Throughout his stint in the Coast Guard, Harold served in CurtisBay, MD; New London, CT; Groton,CT;Palm Beach, FL; West Palm Beach, FL; and Manhattan Beach, NY. At the time of his departure from the CoastGuard in October 1945, Harold received an honorable discharge. Newspapers further noted that priorto the war, he served as Assistant Principalof Spencer Business School in Schenectady. Utilizing these skills, hetaught shorthand and typing while in the service. He trained about 250men and 2,000 women - the men for immediate sea duty and the women each replacing a man on shore duty.At thetime of his separation, Harold had no plans for his immediate future. By April 1947, though, Harold seems to have found work - this time in Roanoke, VA, as teacher and principal of the School of Secretarial Science of the National BusinessCollege.Thefollowing June he enlisted in the Navy Reserve at Norfolk, VA, for a term of 4 years. By April 1956, Harold was an instructor at Hollins College in Roanoke - a position he heldfor 15 years. Haroldfinally retired in 1970 and returned hometo Pownal.In May 1984, he was elected historian at the local American Legion Post. Shortly after this, Harold seems to have fallen ill. He died in Bennington, VT, of congestive heart failure on 21 December 1985. He was buried in the North PownalCemeteryin Pownal.
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US Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
Name: Harold John Arbour
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 2 May 1908
Death Date: 21 Dec 1985
SSN: 108103075
Branch 1: CG
Enlistment Date 1: 21 Feb 1942
Release Date 1: 22 Oct 1945
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