Hoosac Valley Horse Show Set for Memorial Day
The seventh Hoosac Valley Horse Show, sponsored by the Couples Club of the First Baptist Church, will take place Memorial Day May 30 at River Road Route 22 show grounds outside Hoosick Falls. The one day event offers hunter seat saddle seat stock seat and jumping classes, as part of the American Horse Shows Association circuit.
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Buvjusick Falls
Hoosac Valley
Hel
Schmigel
James Smith
Mabel Smith
Couples Club
Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Rescue Squad March Call Summary
Hoosick Falls report shows 28 calls in March 24 emergencies 2 transfers 1 assistance 1 on arrival. Total mileage 1036 hours 39 40 with 35 20 emergencies 4 20 transfers 0 30 minutes assistance 0 20 minutes remaining. Daytime 16 nighttime 12 two oxygen cases one portable chair one call involved the stork. Bennington Hospital leads with 10 calls Cambridge 8 Albany Veterans 3 Samaritan 2 Albany Medical Center 2 Hoosick Falls Health Center 1. rescue truck used for two auto accidents though equipment not needed.
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Hoosick Falls
Shirley Howard
Town of
Bennington Hospital
Cambridge Hospital
Albany Veterans
Samaritan
Albany Medical Center
Hoosick Falls Health Center
West Hoosick News Roundup and Local Births
West Hoosick Home Demonstration Unit members met with leader Mrs LeRoy Pine at Fellowship Hall for rug lessons. Mr and Mrs Paul Moseley welcomed son Scott Paul at Samaritan Hospital. Melvin Ingraham returned from Mary McClellan Hospital. BYF collected Red Cross donations Sunday afternoon and met at Fellowship Hall. West Hoosick Fire Department plans monthly meeting Monday evening.
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West Hoosick Home
Fellowship Hall
LeRoy Pine
Hoosick Falls
Paul Moseley
Scott Paul
Samaritan Hospital
Melvin Ingraham
Mary McClellan Hospital
BYF
Red Cross
West Hoosick
Hastings named deputy parole and probation officer
MONTPELIER Vt AP Albert Hastings of Windsor a custodian at the State Prison for eight years is named deputy parole and probation officer for Washington and Caledonia counties He succeeds Howard Fletcher who will handle adult probationers in Caledonia and juvenile and adult cases in Essex County Fletcher replaces Solon Hill who has resigned
Kindergarten Registration Changes and Community Events in Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls Central School sets kindergarten age five by December 31 1962 with registration April 5 and 6 in the elementary library. St Marys Academy to register kindergarten April 4 9 to 11 30 a.m. in the kindergarten room. Parish groups plan for the May Day Parade in Albany May 1 and Hoosick Falls Eagles host a social with dancing April 28 with Wonder Valley Gang featuring a buffet at 11 p.m. Plus officer slate and installation set for June and appreciation for knotty pine paneling.
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Hoosick Falls Central School
St. Mary’s Academy
Sand Square
First Street
Wonder Valley Gang
Bennington
Leo Surdam
Harold Thomas
James Redden
Charles Foster
Robert McGarvin
Joseph Riley
Wesley Bain
Weather Sparks Ice Jams Flooding Vermont Roads
Ice jams on the Deerfield and Blue Brook rivers caused flooding in West Dover and near the Blue Brook Lodge with at least four feet of water and minimal damage due to proactive shielding of the lodge. Local residents and officials worked to relieve pressure, and several communities reported widespread slick conditions and partial water intrusion.
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Blue Brook
Blue Brook Lodge
West Dover
Herb Long
Harry Spicer
Willard Fitzpatrick
Charles Frederick
Frederick
Deerfield
Somerset Road
Searsburg
Gerald Jacobs
Wilmington
Lawrence
Buck
Leonard
Ricky
The
Mountaineer
Charles Turner
N.Y
New Hoosick Falls Board Installs Key Officials
Hoosick Falls village board at the organizational meeting appointed Douglas Sprague as superintendent of public works replacing Lawrence Murphy who held the post for 11 years. Doris McGuire becomes treasurer, George Usher named assessor, and Thomas Restino as assistant mayor.
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Hoosick Falls
Douglas Sprague
Lawrence Murphy
Murphy
Leo Albowicz
Sprague
Doris McGuire
John Haussler
George Usher
County PTA Units to Meet Tuesday in Bennington
The Bennington Elementary School PTA hosts seven county PTA units for the annual district meeting to be held next Tuesday April 10 at the elementary school. A roast beef supper at 6 p.m. precedes reports on the year’s activities and a workshop session presided by district director Mrs Fritz Dillmann of Manchester.
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Bennington
PTA
Bennington County
Sion
Fritz Dillmann
Manchester
Francis Reid
Windsor
Vermont Congress of Parents and Teachers
Scott Mahoney
Newbury
Dillmann
Vermont Congress
Arlington High and
John Hannon
Harry Eddington
Arthur Taylor
North Bennington
Robert McWaters
Dorset
Claude Dern
Edmund Goodell
Oakley Porter
Molly Stark
Frank Howlett
Baird Center Directors Vote For Broad Scope
The Josephine Baird Children's Center in Burlington, a residential treatment facility for emotionally disturbed children serving Vermont, expands a bylaw to include out of town members. A speakers bureau will promote the center’s work across the state after Rutland meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Josephine B. Baird
Seargent P. Wild
Burlington
Vermont
Mayer B. Cohen
Child Welfare League of America
Teenage Diet Subject of Montpelier Talk
Arthur Leeds of the National Food Conference will visit Montpelier on April 5 to present the Youth Power Project to a Vermont committee. The program promotes teenage nutrition with farm to table themes and visuals, aiming to educate nationwide on teen fitness and hunger issues. It notes teenage girls are often the poorest fed family member due to skipped breakfasts poor snacks and low milk intake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Arthur Leeds
Vermont
Food For
Home Demonstration Group Sees 11 Members At Amy Gould House
Rupert Janice Moore reports the Indian River Home Demonstration group met at Amy Gould's home Tuesday evening with 11 members present. Anne Laurie led a talk on color in the home and refreshments were served by Marion Perkins and Meta McKeighan. Weekend guests included Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cleveland of Albany and Mr. and Mrs. John Coolidge of Dorset. District Deputy Horace Moore announced a regional meeting set for April 9 at Mt. Equinox Grange Hall in Manchester.
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Indian River Home
Amy Gould
Anne Laurie
Marion Perkins
Meta McKeighan
Arthur Cleveland
Albany
Ray Braymer
John Coolidge
Dorset
Mildred Powers
Horace Moore
Mt. Equinox Grange Hall
Manchester
Kennedy Family Vacation at Kennedy Home in Florida
Jacqueline Kennedy and her two children Caroline and John Jr arrived by plane to spend about a week in Florida at the home of President Kennedy’s parents, former Ambassador and Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy. They vacation with the Kennedys this week in West Palm Beach.
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West Palm Beach
Fila
Kennedy
Joseph P. Kennedy
Jacqueline Kennedy
Caroline
John Jr
Florida
Ski Film At Manchester Club Show Two Ski Movies
Manchester junior skiers and families are invited to view two ski films at the Manchester Elementary School auditorium on Thursday April 5 at 8 p.m. The official film The Squaw Valley Winter Olympics 1960 and A Little Skier's Big Day by Fred Iselin will be shown. The event is sponsored by the Bromley Ski Club and admission is free with contributions to the Olympic Fund requested.
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Manchester
Aspen
Colo
Fred Iselin
Suzy
Walt Disney
Snow Valley
Bromley Ski Club
Bromley
Olympic Fund
Dorset Residents Return from European and Middle East Tour
Mr and Mrs Josiah K Adams return to West Road after a two month trip to Europe Italy Egypt and the Holy Land. Mrs Chester Phillips hospitalized at Putnam Memorial. The Monroe family visited Morrisville Vermont while Adele Currier recovers at home after Putnam Memorial Hospital. Olive Dern travels to Burlington to see her brother Dr Charles Harwood at Mary Fletcher. Oma Gourt returns to Dorset after winter at Masters School. W Lawrence King and T Wylie Kinney enjoy two months in Bermuda and a Caribbean cruise.
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Josiah K. Adams
West Road
Europe
Italy
Egypt
Holy Land
Chester Phillips
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Francis Monroe
Michael
Henry Leach
Morrisville
Adele Currier
Helen Robinson
Mary Ames
Spring Arrives With Birds And Mud Across Manchester
In Manchester the week brought dramatic weather swings from warm sunshine to snow with heavy mud. Birds returned in force including redpolls, robins, redwings and sea sparrows while geese honked overhead. Ski areas report mixed openings. Bromley delayed by mud and Four Area and Snow Valley plan to run. Leona Dufresne and Hank Dufresne headed south to Florida. Hawk recovers from a Christmas heart attack after a seven week Rutland hospital stay.
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Leona
Hank Dufresne
Cypress
Fla
Hawk
Rutland
Change of ownership at Wayside County Store noted
West Arlington brief notes the Wayside County Store changing hands to Mr and Mrs Whitman. Marge and Ed Doyle, former owners, are praised for building a modern cheery shop and are wished luck in retirement from business.
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Arlington
Wayside County
Whitman
Marge
Ed Doyle
Graduation of National Guard officer at Fort Benning Go
Gordon E. Rice Jr an officer in the National Guard graduated Tuesday from a five month officer training course at Fort Benning. Present were his wife Silvia and his parents Mr and Mrs Gordon Rice who drove down for the ceremony. The families returned Friday night. Both Rices work with the Fish and Game Department. Feathered guests fill yards as snow buries gardens with six new birds arriving Thursday including junos cowbirds sparrows grackles and redpolls. A silky red squirrel watches from a snow pile while the scene shifts from rain to heavy snowfall on Monday.
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Gordon E. Rice Jr
National Guard
Fort Benning Go
Silvia
Gordon Rice
Fish and Game Department
Detective Nazworth's Stolen Car Ties to Case
Jacksonville detective Fred W. Nazworth investigates a case with a personal link after his car was stolen from in front of police headquarters on Monday. The incident adds a direct connection to the active investigation.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Fred W. Nazworth
Adams youths rescued from cliff in Pownal
Two North Adams youths, John Harris 24 and Arthur Lemieux 16, climbed the Ledges above Vermont 346 in Pownal and were stranded about 75 feet up. Firefighters and state troopers coordinated a rope-free rescue with ladders, bringing them to safety around 11:30 a.m. after nearly an hour on the cliff.
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Pownal
North Adams
Arthur Lemieux
John Harris
John G. Harris
Arthur E. Lemieux
Vermont
Harris
Lemieux
Francis M. Mace
Mace
Henry Hurley
Hurley
Robert
George A. Strong
Strong
James Sincluhe
Levain Cameron
Lawrence Odell
Taconic Racing and Breeding Assn., Inc
Pownall community notices and enlistments stir town events
Seaman Apprentice Lyle Jelley reports March 31 to Key West Naval Base for an aviation structural mechanics course after 14 days at home in North Pownal following a 10 week basic training at Great Lakes. Pownal 4H plans April 7 record hop to raise funds for summer camp tuition. Nicholas Kokoras leaves for two year Army induction at Fort Dix. Card party series raises 43.60. next event this Saturday. Local PTAs and school board meetings set for this week.
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Lyle Jelley
Key West Naval Base
Jelley
North Pownal
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Pownal
Ondawa
Sunderland
Nicholas C. Kokoras
U.S. Army
Fort Dix
N.J
Kokoras
The
Pownal Tanning Co
Craig a Rickey Man
Roger Craig, a pitcher for the New York Mets, was the last signing by the late Frank Rickey, brother of Branch Rickey. Craig helped the Dodgers win NL pennants and was acquired through the expansion program in St. Petersburg, Florida.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Roger Craig
New York Mets
Frank Rickey
Branch Rickey
Craig
Dodgers
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En W. Chamberlain
Main St
Harry von Haggin
Caroline Schmigel
Peggy Morse
Albert Baker
Harold Roberson
Sandy H. Chamber
Lain
Bernice Roberson
Eleanor Calhoun
Fred
Hoosick Rescue Squad
Jean Pine
A. Hastings
Edith Beaumont
Immaculate Conception
All Brothers
Dover Carlo Walter — Tel
Suzanne Craft
John Braun
WHS
George Kershaw
Marian van Santvoord
Russell Hanson
Porter Farwell
Helen Allen
Mount Snow
Mary Ann Hooper
Brattleboro
Mount Snow Ski Club
Suzy Chaffee
Killington
Oleg Babikow
Mt. Mansfield
Rebel Ryan
Bob Morse
E.S. Ski Club
Mount Snow Ski Patrol
Dusan Plaussteiner
National Ski Patrol
Sports Trend Ski Shop
Milton Wolf
Ski Patrol
Plausteiner
Congregational Women’s Association
Wayne Timmerman
Wilmington Inn
Mye Johnson
Bertha Johnson
PTC
Beaverbrook Parent Teacher Club
Wayne Fajans
Nicholas Harvey
Evelyn Morse
Waterman
Mann
Gail Mann
Percey Mann
Vancouver
British Columbia
Peter Waterman
Catherine Waterman
Norwich
Henry Peck
Congregational Church
Sports Trend Shop
New Hoosick Falls
Baird Center
Rupert
Janice Moore
Jackie
Joe Kennedys
Mary Dillmann
Flanders and Swann
Phoebe
Solomon
Stratton
Magic Mountain
Jack Barstow
West Arlington
Marion Bedell
Mountain Towns
Carlo Walter Tel
N. Adams
Vera Langlais
Tel
Key West
Pioneers
Center
Ned Towslee
Sanfri Kauppi
Martin Lingner Sr
Mylo Burke
Leon Rudd
Wesley Montgomery
Leon Rudd Jr
Marguerite Beachemin
Harry Andrews
Kenneth George
Robert E. Rudd Jr
Leonard Duval
Dennis Bisson
Bennington Catholic High School
Hillcrest Hospital
Pittsfield
Everett Bartlett
Pownal Town
Pownal Center
Rickey
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