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1906 - Vt Governor Proctor expresses concern over the "automobile".  He calls for substantial licensing fees and expresses concern about automobiles interfering with business.

1922 - World Series broadcast on radio for first time.

1957 - Sputnik launched

     My maternal grandfather was a barber.  Part of the itinerary of every Perry summer vacation, our annual trip from Brattleboro to Bristol where we "camped" in a converted school bus, was a pro bono butch haircut. 

    His barbershop was filled with pictures from his Army days in World War I.  Sweeping panoramas of large units were displayed prominently, and we would always try to find Grampa in the crowd of uniforms, eventually asking him to point himself out.  It was while I was in his barber's chair years later, as I was about to enter active duty, that he told me a story about how he and a buddy volunteered to drive a horse drawn artillery piece.  They figured riding was better than walking, but quickly learned that their duty included pushing the wagon wheels through miles of mud so thick the horses couldn't do it on their own.  The moral of his story: “never volunteer,” at least not in the military.
   
    It  wasn't until some years later I learned he was captured and spent time in a German POW camp.  I never got to talk to him about it and wonder what other stories I missed.

     Everybody has a story.  Society Board Members Jo Anne Bennett and Winston Lewis did our first oral history interview recently, and hope to do more.  We are taking baby steps with this but are committed to getting those folks that have lived Montgomery's history and are willing to tell us about it, on the record.  If you have suggestions of people to talk to, or would like to help with the effort, please contact me or any Board member.  In this case, its okay to volunteer!