Progressive champion Dean Corren dies at 67
The Burlington inventor served in the Vermont House and ran for lieutenant governor in 2014.
Source: vtdigger.org
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The Burlington inventor served in the Vermont House and ran for lieutenant governor in 2014.
click to enlarge Eddie Toney Eddie Toney's first job was at a shoe factory in Littleton, N.H., just over the border from his hometown of St. Johnsbury. It was well into the Great Depression, and Eddie had quit school after eighth grade to help his family; he'd never much enjoyed classroom learning anyway. The teenager made $8.75 weekly, until one week when his pay envelope contained just 42 cents. As Eddie told the story, he returned it to his boss, saying,...