Source, The Manchester Journal--Thur. June 12, 1947. Page 5.. MANCHESTER, VT. DRAINAGE DITCHING. The recently accomplished ditching job at the Wilcox Brothers' farm in Manchester is a working demonstration of what can be done by the Soil Conservation Service in reclaiming land too wet to work. Other recently completed projects can be seen at Byron Barber's , Harold Hicks', P. N. Hibbard's and Strohmaier Bros., in East Pownal. About 8,000 feet of ditching was blown with dynamite or this East Pownal group. Transcribed by, Joan H. Bixby Genealogy not just a hobby, but a labor of love.