In our seventh “A Glimpse of the Past” with The Barton Chronicle we shared images from Newport, Vermont starting with a Harry W. Richardson photo of Main Street circa 1950.

Montana, starring Earl Flynn, is playing at the Burns theater and was released that year. It was the second time Flynn played an Australian, after Ronald Reagan was first selected for the role but was replaced by Flynn. It seems a bit unusual to have such a large poster on the end of the theater. Also visible is the Hotel Newport, home to the infamous cocktail lounge known as the Snake Pit.

Also from Newport is a World War Two era photograph of Mayor Ona (Cy) Searles and two unidentified Newport Public Servants who evidently grew beards for a War Bond Drive. Mayor Searles is on the far left. Mr. Searles had a jewelry store on Main Street and lived on Sias Avenue.