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Published on
March 15, 2024

DANBY COMMERCIAL CENTER PROJECT

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By MARGARET BUCHOLT

The downtown Danby renaissance, a quiet affair that started three years ago with the restoration of one building, has blossomed into a full-scale project that is changing the neglected face of Main Street into an upscale commercial center.
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March 15, 2024

DANBY REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT

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​By YVONNE DALEY

DANBY — A group of Danby residents has purchased six empty buildings in the heart of downtown Danby. They plan to restore the buildings and to boost the economic vitality of this quiet community.
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March 15, 2024

150th Anniversary

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​​1761 Danby, Vermont 1911
You are hereby cordially invited to be present at our Old Home Week Celebration commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the granting of the Charter for the Town to be held in dandy during the week of August 21-27, 1911.
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March 15, 2024

MRS. S. L GRIFFITH’S SUNDAY SCHOOL

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​At a meeting of Mrs. S. L Griffith’s Sunday school class held March 11, the following was adopted: Whereas, it has pleased God to take from us our beloved classmate, Edith M. Bond, it is hereby Resolved, That we extend our heartfelt sympathy to the family of the deceased.
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March 15, 2024

GRIFFITH REPUBLICAN NOMINEE

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​​The Brandon Union
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16. 1898.

On another page of this issue we print a communication from our Mt. Tabor correspondent regarding the late election in his town. 
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March 15, 2024

AN ANNUAL CONVENTION AT DANBY

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​​OCTOBER 6, 1894.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
AN ANNUAL CONVENTION AT DANBY.
Evangelical Work in Rutland County.
EVENING ADDRESS BY REV. DR. PHILLIPS.

The 13th convention of the Rutland County Christian Endeavor union was begun in the Congregational church at Danby Friday afternoon and will be continued today. 
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March 15, 2024

Funeral of S.L. Griffith

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​​Burlington Daily Free Press
BURLINGTON, AUGUST 5, 1943
FUNERAL OF S. L. GRIFFITH.
A Large Gathering of Vermonters, Townsmen and Business Associates to Pay Last Honors.
(special to The Free Press.)

Danby, Aug. 4.—The last honors were paid S. L. Griffith today when a large number of friends, employees and relatives gathered for the funeral services and burial. 
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March 15, 2024

FUNERAL OF S. L. GRIFFITH WILL BE HELD

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Burlington Daily Free Press
BURLINGTON, JULY 27, 1903.
FUNERAL OF S. L. GRIFFITH
Will Be Held in Danby Tuesday. Aug. 4—Leaves California Today.
(Special to the Free Press.)

San Diego, Cal., July 26.—Tomorrow the funeral party accompanying the remains of the Hon. S. L. Griffith of Danby, Vt., will leave here for Vermont. They expect to reach home on Saturday, the first day of August. The funeral will be held in Danby at the Congregational ‘Church on Tuesday, August 4, at two o’clock in the afternoon.

Services were held here at the winter residence of Mr. Griffith. “The Palms,” Friday afternoon. There was a large attendance of friends and a magnificent display of flowers. The officiating clergymen were the Reverends Crabtree, Abbott and Vrommer.
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March 15, 2024

Griffith Christmas

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​​By Yvonne Daley
Special to The Globe

DANBY, Vt. — In the late 1800s, a lumber king named Silas L. Griffith amassed a huge fortune here and in neighboring Mount Tabor by being shrewd, daring and miserly, often at the expense of his employees.
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