Windsor County Court December 1, 2015

Kerwin Brower, DOB 12/7/57, pleaded not guilty to a charge of operating a motor vehicle while his license was suspended, in Hartford on October 1

Jacob Martinez, DOB 2/9/88, pleaded not guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct/fight, in Springfield on September 17

Jennifer Wilson, DB 12/27/88, pleaded guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct/fight, in Springfield on September 17

Lisa Leno, DOB 5/31/69, pleaded guilty to a charge of operating a motor vehicle while her license was suspended, in Royalton on October 8

Christopher Peabody, DOB 2/18/80, pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawful trespass, in Ascutney.

Daniel Rose, DOB 11/17/75, pleaded guilty to a charge of taking a big game animal out of season, in Cavendish on October 25

Brian Hryckiewicz, DOB 10/5/88, pleaded not guilty to two charges of domestic assault, in Chester on September 15. He has an unresolved court case involving an aggressive domestic asssault in Springfield on July 15.

Ryan Fuller, DOB 10/31/85, pleaded not guilty to a charge of his second DUI, in Springfield on November 15

 

Frank Gallipo, DOB 2/21/85, pleaded not guilty to a charge of his 2^nd or subsequent failure to comply with sex offender requirements, in Woodstock on October 30

Jeremy Jondro, DOB 3/6/85, pleaded not guilty to a charge of violating conditions of release in Windsor on November 22.

Brandon Rush, DOB 5/15/97, pleaded not guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct/fight, in Hartford on October 22

Christopher Austin, DOB 5/24/89, pleaded not guilty to a charge of not complying with sex offender registry requirements, in Bridgewater on November 16

Allison O'Connor, DOB 6/9/87, pleaded not guilty to a charge of embezzlement, in Springfield on July 30

James Dunn, DOB 5/7/47, pleaded not guilty to a charge of his first DUI, in Windsor on November 13.

Windsor County Crime Online:

Mark Marsden, age 52, and Fawn Nesbit, 24, of Island Pond: http://www.wcax.com/story/30539206/drug-dealing-concerns-lead-police-to-vt-fugitive

Nathan Abbott, age 28, of South Royalton:

http://www.vermonttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/RH/20151124/NEWS02/151129760

Bruce Maynes, age 66, of Barnard: http://vtstatepolice.blogspot.com/2015/11/press-release-15d304407-bethel-dui.html

Nicholas Lynch, age 34, of Springfield: http://www.vermonttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/RH/20150101/NEWS02/701019878

Norman Bevins, age 41, of White River Junction There are many online articles concerning Bevins. Google his name and it will yield at least a page worth of separate articles.

Jacob Johnson, age 24, of Weston: http://vtstatepolice.blogspot.com/2015/11/vt-state-police-press-release-15d103411.html

Devin Danforth, age 21, of Clarendon: http://springfieldvt.blogspot.com/2015/11/police-log-november-23-2015.html

Windsor County Court November 10

Jamie Douglas, DOB 12/14/97, pleaded not guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct/fight, in Springfield on September 17

Dennis Allen, DOB 7/2/84, pleaded not guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct/fight in Springfield on September 13

Stephen Bennett, DOB 1/24/74, pleaded not guilty to charges of eluding a law enforcement officer, reckless or negligent operation of a motor vehicle, operating a motor vehicle while his license was under suspension, buying, receiving possessing, or concealing stolen property on October 5

Dawn Shields, DOB 12/13/67, pleaded not guilty to a charge of hindering arrest, in Chester on

Christopher Brown, DOB 9/13/75, pleaded guilty to a charge of operating a motor vehicle with gross or reckless negligence, in Ludlow on October 25^th

Jeffrey Smith, DOB 12/21/57, pleaded guilty to a charge of his first DUI, in Bethel on October 21

Christopher Brown, DOB 9/13/75, was charged with operating a motor vehicle with gross or reckless negligence in Ludlow on October 25

Nathan Sheldon, DOB 6/5/88, pleaded not guilty to driving a motor vehicle while his license was suspended, in Weston on September 26

Tracy Benoit, DOB pleaded not guilty to a charge of retail theft in Springfield on September 25. She was also charged with retail theft in Springfield on September 26

Windsor County Crime Online:

Melissa Barrows, age 23 of Windsor: http://ycnnow.com/2015/09/15/windsor-woman-arrested-for-multiple-counts-of-fraud/

Michele Bibens, age 43, of Springfield https://www.facebook.com/happeningsinandaroundSpringfieldVT/posts/534805813335522

Amber Harmon, age 33, of Charlestown, NH https://wntk.wordpress.com/2015/10/12/charlestown-woman-faces-multiple-charges/

Women's Clubs - Social Phenomenon of the early 20th Century

After I finished writing about the Spanish Influenza in the Upper Valley, I didn't know what to write about next, but I knew I wanted to start in 1918, and see where that led. A friend gave me some newspapers from 1918, and there were some Manchester Unions in the pile she gave me. I started looking for articles about Lebanon, and I came across a small article, just a couple of lines, more of an announcement, that said that the Vega club of Lebanon had been accepted into the New Hampshire Federation of Women's Clubs. I didn't find this particularly interesting, but in the name of fairness, I researched it anyway. Come to find out, women's clubs were crazy popular at the end of the 19^th and beginning of the 20^th centuries.

Women received the same high quality grammar school and high school education as boys did, but a college education was almost entirely only for men. Oberlin College in Ohio was the first college to admit both black and female students. In 1837, Oberlin admitted four women students, and in a few years, the Oberlin student body was one third female. Mount Holyoke, which at first was a women's seminary, was founded in 1836 and became a college in 1896. In 1861, Vassar became the first women's college to have a curriculum equal to that of a men's college. Although these groundbreaking institutions provided an opportunity for a few very well prepared and fortunate women to receive an education after high school, most girls graduated from high school with no opportunity to engage in intellectual pursuits. Women's clubs provided a way for women to get together and participate in literary and cultural activities. Women who did go to college often found themselves with a degree, but without a way to use either their degree, or the knowledge they gained at college. These women, too, joined women's clubs as a way to access further education and intellectual pursuit.

During the early Gilded Age after the Civil War, women's clubs were almost exclusively literary discussion groups. Like book groups today, everyone in the club read the same book or articles, and then discussed them. The clubs met at different women's houses, and the woman who was hosting the meeting was in charge of refreshments, discussion questions and was the discussion leader for that meeting. Sometimes the clubs had guest speakers. Some women's clubs became national organizations. The Fortnightly women's club had chapters in states across the country. There are still Fortnightly literary clubs that are active in 2016.

By 1900, there were a few more opportunities for women in the community and in education, and women's clubs began to change their focus from literary discussion to social and political problems and charity work. Some clubs continued the literary discussion and added a political or charity component. As the Gilded Age gave way to the Progressive Era, political and social issues became more important, and this change was reflected in the focus of womens' groups.

The New Hampshire Federation of Womens Clubs was founded in 1895, and published a magazine called “The Club Woman”. Volume 10, published in 1902, contained reports from the conference held in Dover that year. Most of the discussion at the conference centered around social problems rather than literary pursuits. The women there supported a “Dependent Children's Bill” in New Hampshire Legislature, which would forbid the detention of children in almshouses. They supported the creation of a state board of charities. Another project they undertook that year was the sponsoring of an Old Home Week on the state level. They recommended that the state of New Hampshire appoint a state forester to help mitigate the depletion of forests. They also supported the establishment of a school or home for feeble-minded children, and also voiced concern for the “dependent insane”. Another issue they were concerned about was abandoned farms, and whether they could be rehabilitated for the use of people who were homeless. This seems like a very ambitious political agenda, in light of the fact that women would not be able to vote for another eighteen years. The keynote speaker was the president of Dartmouth College, another ironic twist, since Dartmouth didn't allow women students for another 75 years.

A couple of Upper Valley clubs were mentioned in the magazine. West Lebanon had a Fortnightly, and one of the members, Clara Stearns, composed a song that was performed at the conference. The Vega club was presented as a “new club”, which seems odd because it wasn't admitted as a member of the federation until 1918. Maybe clubs could attend the conference even though they were not members.