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A Look Back: Protesting the high price of meat in 1973
The couples of a square swirl across the floor with the greatest of ease in White River Junction, Vt., on April 8, 1973. The growing movement of modern western square dancing is popular in the Upper Valley, with groups gathering in White River Junction, Woodstock, Vt., Claremont, N.H., and Bradford, Vt. (Valley News - Larry McDonald) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Joseph MacGuerty, delicatessen manager, passes the time on Purity Supreme s Meatless Monday stacking loaves of bread in West Lebanon, N.H., on April 1, 1973. Beef was bumped from Purity s meat counter and replaced by peanut butter, Tuna Helper, vegetables, corn chowder and other fish products. All the store s meat was encased in cellophane and not for sale. (Valley News - Larry McDonald) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests
Michael Steven Woodard
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LYME, NH Michael Steven Woodard of Lyme was born in Los Angeles on April 24, 1950, the third son of John Sloan Woodard and Mary Patricia (Shields) Woodard of Butte, Montana. His parents bought the Donner Ski Ranch above Lake Tahoe, California soon after, where Michael spent the first part of his childhood. His family lived in the lodge and his father, an engineer and inventor, was the proprietor, engaging friends and strangers alike while maintaining most everything else on the 500-acre operation–talents he clearly passed on to his youngest son.
Michael attended Marlboro College in Vermont, where he majored in educational psychology and met his wife of 48 years, Barbara Simon, when, in typical fashion, he offered her a ride to the bus station in his Volvo wagon. After marrying in Marlboro in June of 1973, they moved immediately to Lyme, where they have lived ever since, first at the top of Bliss Lane, and now on North Thetf
A ‘ridiculous,’ ‘exceptional’ storm: Upper Valley blanketed in feet of snow
Debra Whippie, of Windsor, Vt., cleans her car off with a man who did not want to be identified in Windsor, along Main Street in Windsor on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. ( Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
With 28 inches of snow on the ground and more still falling, Ron Bailey, of Plainfield, N.H., shovels his driveway at his home on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. Bailey said he prefers to shovel the driveway himself rather than having it plowed. He likes the snow and spends the winter snowshoeing and cross country skiing. ( Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.