Vermont Secretary of State -

PRESS RELEASE

Contact Kathryn Mathieson: 802-828-2148

For Immediate Release: March 23, 2005

This press release is available digitally at http://www.sec.state.vt.us

Secretary of State Announces Vermont’s
2^nd Annual Centennial Business Award Winners

Vermont’s Oldest Businesses Recognized at
Centennial Business Awards Ceremony on UVM Campus

Montpelier. Today, Vermont’s 24 oldest businesses will be recognized at an awards ceremony to be held from 4-7 p.m. at the Billings Student Center on the UVM campus. The Vermont Centennial Business Awards recognize businesses that have operated in Vermont for at least 100 years. This is a joint project of the Office of the Secretary of State, the Vermont Chamber of Commerce and Vermont Business Magazine. Special guests include Governor Jim Douglas and UVM President Daniel Fogel.

Vermont’s centennial businesses will be presented with a plaque at an awards ceremony and their names will be engraved on a permanent marker recognizing Vermont’s oldest businesses.

"It is important to recognize Vermont’s businesses for their longevity,” said Secretary Markowitz. “It takes a tremendous amount of dedication to keep a business active for 100 years.” Markowitz said, “The Vermont Centennial Business award acknowledges Vermont’s oldest businesses for enriching our economic heritage. We also hope that this program will deepen our understanding of how Vermont’s businesses have enhanced our community life during the last hundred years.”

According to the Secretary of State’s office, any business that has been in operation in Vermont for 100 years or more may participate in this awards program. For more information about the awards program visit the Vermont Centennial Business Awards page on the Secretary of State’s web site: /centennial_business.html

A complete list of the businesses to be recognized with a Centennial Business Award is attached below.

Business	County	Year Founded
Old Tavern at Grafton	Windham	1801
Newfane Market	Windham	1825
National Life Group	Washington	1848
Rutland & Whitehall Railroad Co.	Chittenden	1848
G.S. Blodgett Corporation	Chittenden	1848
Community National Bank	Orleans	1851
Hastings Store	Caledonia	1853
Denis, Ricker & Brown	Washington	1865
Springfield Printing Corporation	Windsor	1870
Greene Corporation	Lamoille	1872
Harrington’s in Vermont	Chittenden	1873
The Herald of Randolph	Orange	1874
Union Mutual of Vermont Companies	Washington	1874
A.C. Hathorne Co.	Chittenden	1875
Randolph National Bank	Orange	1875
Reynolds & Son, Inc.	Washington	1875
The County Courier	Franklin	1878
White River Paper Company	Windsor	1881
Verizon New England	Chittenden	1883
Factory Point National Bank	Bennington	1883
Rutland Fire Clay Co..	Rutland	1883
Lyndonville Savings Bank	Orleans	1884
Clarendon & Pittsford Railroad Co.	Chittenden	1885
Granite City Tool of Vermont	Washington	1885
People’s Trust Company of St. Albans.	Franklin	1886

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