Manchester Lions 16th Annual Show Promises 1920s Flourishes
The Manchester Lions Club presents its 16th annual variety show on April 17 and 18 at the Manchester Elementary School gym with a "Gay Nineties" revue and a sidewalk cafe scene. Tiny Tim headlines no more. Tiny Tom leads the bill alongside acts from Danby Rutland Arlington and Manchester featuring musicians, vocalists, dancers, and a host of local talents. Beneficiaries include the Youth Exchange Program, Light Conservation with Braille, Hicks Memorial Scholarships, and other club gifts. Lions show committee includes Heiland Carrano Crump and Zoller with broader club support.
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Manchester
Tiny Tim
Tiny Tom
Manchester Lions Club
Lions
Rudy Heiland
Joseph Stannard
Michael Weeks
Iaan Carrano
The
Manchester Lions
Harry Ralph
Harry Ralph Jr
Tom
Ed Griffith
Danby
Howard
Virginia Whittemore
Rutland
Paul Hill
Arlington
Ed Sargent
Connie Jordan
Princess Maria-Sue Crawford
Virginia Andrews
Nadine
Nancy Wisher
Bennington
Tony Romano
Londonderry
Mabel
Thompson
Arlene Heiland
Linda
Pam
Michael Reynolds
Burr and Burton Seminary
Alton J. Hicks
BBS
Lions Show
Heiland, Carrano
Victor Crump
Lambert Zoller
al Baccei
Robert Edson
John Hawkins
Fred Jones
Ed Wilczynski
Bruno Schmidt
Don Otis
Paul Schwindt
Jack Dufresne
Donald Riker
William Nawrath
Andy Toomey
Don Powers
Harvey Turner
Budget Sparks Fire In Village Hearing At Hoolick Falls
Edith Beaumont reports in Hoolick Falls that the village board set April 15 for a public hearing on the budget of 357,119 dollars. Trustees blocked approval, triggering a sewer fund stalemate with a 70 dollar user levy projected. The sewer plan awaits federal funds pending easements from the B and M Railroad, and there are bond payments due in June and December.
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Hoolick Falls
N.Y
Richard A. Severson
B&m Railroad
Severson
Readsboro Community events and budget notes from Readsboro post
Readsboro The Walter L Case Post American Legion will hold its monthly meeting April 7 at 8 p.m. at the Legion Home on Tunnel Street. A spaghetti and chicken supper is planned April 11 from 5 to 8 p.m. Two scholarships are offered one for 150 from Raymond Crosier and a 100 scholarship from James Case. Public bingo party by Readsboro Volunteer Fireman at the new firehouse on School Street Saturday at 7:30. Firemen also hold a monthly meeting April 6 at 6 45 p.m. David Thayer has been accepted at Vermont Technical College Randolph under early decision. he is NHS member and student council rep at McCann Vocational Tech High School North Adams MA. Easter guests at Mrs Spragues Tunnel Street home include relatives from Longmeadow MA and Monroe MA. Other local visits noted. Village budget talks focus on sewer bond payments and funding. plans for a pay raise for highway workers. contingency fund cut. water fund reductions tied to 65 exemptions. annual organizational meeting scheduled Monday.
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Walter L. Case
American Legion
Legion
Tunnel Street
American Legion Post
Raymond Crosier
James Case
Roger Letourneau
Main Street
Readsboro
David Thayer
Clifford Thayer
Vermont Technical College
Randolph
McCann Vocational Technical High School
North Adams
Mass
Sprague
Russell Hubley
Cindy
Beverly
Betsy
Russell
Long
Mrs. Birch
Dale Tennyson
Kenneth
Northampton
Birch
Bernice Barlow
Hatfield
Mrs
Clinton Birch
Morrell and Vrooman
Gloversville
New York
West Arlington Bridge Promoted Amid Weather Delay
The West Arlington Covered Bridge again draws attention as Scot Towers features it in a current promotion with a package marked Picture the Prize. Ten inches of snow in Wilbraham delayed the Paul Bedells return. the Bedells stayed an extra night to avoid dangerous roads. Mrs Louise King remains hospitalized at Putnam Memorial Hospital and expects to go home soon. The Simsons extended their stay with John and Mrs. Simson in Edgewater Park N J. Bertha Stearns and Ruth Stearns returned from a Florida trip touched by winter weather. Santana Ocala and Silver Springs saw cold windy rain during their ports of call.
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West Arlington
Scot Towers
Wilbraham
Mass
Paul Bedells
Guy Roberts
Bedells
Louise King
Sandgate
Putnam Memorial Hospital
J. Donald Simsons
Inlaw
John Simson
Edgewater Park
N.J
Bertha Stearns
Ruth Stearns
Florida
Santana
Ocala
Silver Springs
Martha Canfield Library Adds Wide Adult and Juvenile Reads
March additions at the Martha Canfield Library include numerous adult titles such as Early American Gardens The Golden Warrior The Protege Jory The Past Tense of Love Ruffles and Flourishes The Ghosts High Noon Dark Hills to Westward Two Little Children and How They Grew Waiting For Willa Odyssey of a Friend Robert Frost America the Vanishing My Love Affair With the Navy Mary Queen of Scots Fiona The Amazing Mrs Pollifax Valla Murder To Go Hildegarde Withers Makes the Scene Love Story Owl The Knights of Dark Renown And Not to Yield The Lacquer Screen plus juvenile titles like Wandy The Rescuers Dinosaurs and More Dinosaurs Betsy s Busy Summer Ben and Me The Boys First Book of Radio Electronics The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle Curious George Goes To The Hospital Where the Wild Things Are The Black Stallion Revolts Green Eggs and Ham
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Martha Canfield
Leighton
Muntz
Armstrong
Chambers
Robert Frost
Gould
Ogden
Peter Principle
Peter
Kellogg Junction
Spicer
Wilkerson
Berlin
Navy
Bosworth
Mary Queen of Scots
Fraser
Fiona
Gaskin
Mrs. Pollifax
Gilman
Valla
Jennings
Lathen
Hildegarde Withers
Palmer
Segal
Service
Knights of Dark Renown
Shelby
Ullman
van Gulick
Chaffee
Sharp
Craig
Betsy
North Pownal Fire Dept Ball and YMCA Fund Drive News
The 22nd annual North Pownal Fire Department ball will run Saturday night from 9 to 12 with D Amico Band providing round and square dancing music. Prizes will be awarded and tickets available at the door or from fire department members. Dr. Irving J. Tanzman of Pownal and North Adams is chairing the Northern Berkshire Family YMCA Building Fund committee of 50. A kickoff luncheon is set for Tuesday at noon at Midway Restaurant in Adams. Also noted are visits from Air Force Sgt. Carl A. Dickinson and Mrs. Dickinson of Townsend Delaware and Navy engineer Langlais of Portsmouth New Hampshire with local families, including details on their postings and studies.
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North
Marcel A. Langlais
Pownal
Sgt
Dickinson
Dover
Del
Beacom College
Wilmington
Langlais
U.S.S. Albacore
Portsmouth
New London
Conn
Armstrong places seventh in Rhinelander snowmobiling event
Keith Armstrong of North Hoosick finished seventh in the World Series of Snowmobiling in Rhinelander Wisconsin in the 340 Stock Class. Edith Beaumont of Hoosick Falls listed contact 686-9103. Mr and Mrs James Shaw moved from 51 River Street to 64 Wilder Avenue with two children, purchasing the former Fred Drew home. The Drews moved to Glens Falls as Fred Drew transferred in the insurance business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Armstrong
North Hoosick
Rhinelander
Wis
Armstrong
James Shaw
River St
Wilder Ave
Fred Drew
Drews
Glens Falls
Public Hearing Scheduled on Manchester Zoning
Manchester Planning Commission schedules its first public hearing on proposed zoning by laws for the town. The meeting is set for Wednesday April 22 at 8 p.m. in the Manchester Elementary School cafeteria with outlines and a 23 page document to be explained to sound out public opinion.
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Manchester
Manchester Planning Commission
Ferdinand Bongartz
Planning Commission
Bongartz
Commission
North Bennington Woman Earns UMass Theatre Degree
Miss Anne H. Agard daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert M Agard of West Street North Bennington completed requirements Feb 1 at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and earned a bachelor degree majoring in theatre with a 3.0 semester average. 417 bachelor degrees were awarded at this time.
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Anne H. Agard
Robert M. Agard
West Street
North Bennington
University of Massachusetts In
Amherst
Veteran North Bennington director to retire from school board
Lawrence F. Powers, a veteran North Bennington School Board member, will not seek re election at the June meeting. He says the post should be held by someone with children in the district and commends Supt. Catherine Corcoran. Powers notes changes since 1964 including school mergers and supervisory union shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
Lawrence F. Powers
Powers
Merritt Hewitt Jr
Lionel Nowak
Supt
Catherine Corcoran
Miss Corcoran
Leon E. Wagner
Vermont
Dist. 31
Bennington
Mt. Anthony Union School
Bennington Southwest Supervisory Union
Southwestern Vermont Supervisory Union
Bennington South Supervisory Union
Annual Easter Drive and Armory Dinner in Hoosick Falls
Sunderland seeks donations for the Easter Seal Drive noting progress toward the previous year’s $113 total. Hoosick Falls marks the 8th Armory stay with a 5:30 social hour and 7:30 roast beef dinner led by Sgt. Edward LaPorte. Rev. Raimund Tumberston delivers the keynote on Drug Abuse and Narcotics. Contact 375-2580 for pickup. Mass at St. Margaret Mary’s passes. Richard Pickering High Mass postponed to April 11. Arlington kin dergarten call 375-6616 before April 8.
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Hoolick Falls
N.Y
John McGrath
Armored Division
Hoosick Falls
Edward LaPorte
Raimund Tumberston
St. Margaret Mary’s Church
Richard Pickering
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Edith Beaumont
Elizabeth Birch
Margaret Bostwick
Clifford Jr
Sheilah
Massey
School Road
Holyoke
Bostwick
James Crosby
That Town
Pownals
Vera Langlais
Air Force
Carl A. Dickinson
Townsend, del
U.S. Navy
Ernest R. Langlais
N.H
Pet Scout
Artery Arcade
Igger Ennington
Planning Board
Sunderland
Gerald Raftery
Ellery Lawrence
Helene Thompson
Arlington Town
Arlington Nurses’ Association
Spring Street
Williamstown
Mammoth Mart
Mammoth
Bennington, VT
Main ST
Moveefane
Matowane
Pune
Electoma
Greenberg
Ient Savings Account
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