Arlington PTA Studies Teaching Communism in Schools
Arlington parents meet at Fisher Elementary School on April 9 at 8 p m to discuss teaching Communism in classrooms. Speakers include Rev Vincent Spinelli Bennington Catholic High School Prof Lucien M Hanks Bennington College and Dr Clifford Harwood Manchester.
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Arlington
Arlington Pta
Fisher
Vincent Spinelli
Bennington Catholic High School
Lucien M. Hanks
Bennington College
Clifford Harwood
Manchester
American Legion
National Education Association
Florida
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Louisiana
California
N.H
Wichita
Kans
Vermont
Rutland High School
Howard
Hoosick Falls Fire Department elects new chief by one vote
The Hoosick Falls Fire Department annual meeting elected William J. Hennessey as chief to succeed George E. Peer by a one vote margin. Glen C. Banks remains first assistant with Walter B. Hoffman as second assistant. Bernard D. Graney was re elected secretary treasurer. The group paused for a memory of Deputy Chief E Elwin Armstrong. A May firemen banquet and a movie projector purchase were approved. Donations were voted to the Red Cross and Hoosac Valley Memorial Day Horse Show.
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Hoosick Falls
Red Cross
Hoosac
Potluck date moved for Wilmington Demonstration Group event
The Wilmington Home Demonstration Group changed the potluck supper date from April 10 to April 17 in the vestry of the Baptist Church. Local notes mention Emile Willett returning from Germany aboard the William O. Darby, Marines private Lawrence Brissette leaving for Pensacola after furlough, and hospital stays and fire incidents in the area.
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Wilmngton
The
Baptist Church
Emile Willett
Germany
William O. Darby
Lawrence Brissette
U.S. Marines
Pensacola
Fla
Albert Brissette
Clinton Hall
Brattleboro Daily Reformer
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
Open installation for Balance Rock Chapter 81 set
Arlington Ann Marsh Tel DR 5 2355 reports Red Mountain Chapter 41 Order of Eastern Star invited to an open installation of officers of Balance Rock Chapter 81 in Readsboro at 8 p m on April 11 The Enterprise Society Federated Church plans a rummage sale Friday April 13 with work days April 10 and 11 at 10 a m Residents ask for Hardy Boy and Carolyn Keene mysteries for the library Gifts sought from community as copies wear out Mr and Mrs Frank Irvin return to Battenkill Road after four months in Daytona Florida
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Red Mountain
Order of Eastern Star
Balance Rock
Readsboro
Enterprise Society of the Federated Church
Carolyn Keene
Frank Irvin
Battenkill Road
Daytona
Fla
Film producer Jerry Wald wins slander suit after surgery
Hollywood producer Jerry Wald, 49, emerged in good condition after a lower spine operation at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. He had just learned a Superior Court jury awarded him damages in a $3 million slander case brought by Jack Rosenstein, publisher of Hollywood Close-Up, who alleged Wald made slanderous remarks in 1959.
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Hollywood
Jerry Wald
Wald
Cedars of Lebanon
Superior Court
Jack Rosenstein
Hollywood Close-Up
Rosenstein
Vermont regional zoning debate eyed by state planners
Vermont planning director Paul Andrews said regional zoning could be sought through enabling legislation after a two year statewide planning effort. The study funded with 68,726 federal dollars plus 34,363 state match will inventory assets and regionalize policy ideas for possible district level regulations.
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Vermont Development Department
Paul R. Andrews
VDD
Andrews
Banner Staff
Development Department
Urban Renewal Administration
Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency
State of
Vermont
Sargent, Webster, Crenshaw and Folley
Syracuse
N.Y
Faxtrone
Ethan Allen Grange to Hold Stamford Meeting
Ethan Allen Pomona Grange meets in Stamford on Tuesday April 10 at 8 15 p m. A dairy princess contest and a talent competition will be held. Youth committee chairman Mrs Clarence Decker III will conduct the program.
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Higley Hill
Gilbert Boyd
Harold Wheeler
Robert Chase
Ruth Hertzberg
Ethan Allen
Pomona Grange
Stamford
Clarence Decker III
Pownal
North Bennington School District to discuss union high school
North Bennington residents attend a public meeting at 8 p.m. on April 11 to hear a detailed story on the union high school project and analyze alternatives to overcrowding and rising costs. The meeting replaces the April PTA, ahead of the May 28 vote.
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North Bennington
Union High School
Parents Association
Pownal
North Pownal
1 40 Club Hosts Charity Shower for Mrs Niles
Friday evening March 30 the 1 40 Club and neighbors surprised Mrs Anna Niles with gifts after her trailer home fire left her with nothing. Hostess Beverly Jones led the event in the club rooms with refreshments provided by Mabel Mattison Heil Read Jane Gordy and Wilbur Gordy. The group thanked Mrs Niles friends Eagle Square Co and its office staff for supporting the shower and a short business meeting followed.
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Anna Niles
Niles
Mrs. Niles
Beverly Jones
Mabel Mattison
Heil Read
Jane Gordy
Wilbur Gordy
Ski Weekend Highlights for Chappaqua Visitors
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wasmer of Chappaqua New York with friends spent a ski weekend at the Olsen grandparents log cabin in Vermont. It was the young people’s first and only ski trip of the season. Mrs Hank Martin of Carle Place New York visited Woodford area and stayed with relatives while attending the funeral of her uncle John Legacy in Bennington. The Martins are former Woodford residents who return for summers.
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Walter Wasmer
Chappaqua
N.Y
Anders Olsen
Young Peoples
Vermont
Hank Martin
Carle Place
L.I
Charles Dearcopp
Martin
Ann Frazer
Congress Street
Bennington
John Legacy
Leonard Street
Woodford
Groundwork Underway for Pownal Service Station Store
Marcus Gardner of Bennington began preliminary construction on a combo service station and country grocery on U.S. 7 in Pownal Center. The 30 by 30 structures will be connected by a breezeway with completion expected by mid-summer. Local youth groups and church notes fill other community items.
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Marcus Gardner
Bennington
U.S. 7
Pownal Center
Ethan Allen
Est
Gardner
North Pownal
Beulah Bump
Pownal
Gardners
South Pownal
Vermont Association For the Crippled
Peru Congregational Church Moves Sunday Schedule
The early Sunday service for skiers is discontinued and the usual Sunday service moves to 11 o clock with Sunday School at 9 in Peru Congregational Church. The Ladies Aid Society met at the Community House.
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Peru Congregational Church
Ladies Aid Society
Community House
Andrew Woodcock
East Arlington
Londonderry
New York
Peru School
Earl Batchelder
P. D. Lakin
Dalton Mann Jr
J. S. Pearce
Florida
Bromley
Students brainstorm excuses for TV failure at Disston Junior High
In St. Petersburg Florida AP report, Disston Junior High students discuss what a pupil watching a televised lecture could tell the teacher if the TV broke. Patty Wittmeyer suggests the obvious fix would be to have the television repairmen sign the excuse.
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ST. Petersburg Fla
Disston Junior High School
Patty Wittmeyer
Norshaft Lions Club Meets Sets May 1 Project
SHAFTSBURY The April 3 meeting led by Barney McCarthy featured guests Judge Eugene Clark and Schuyler Van der Veer. Attendees approved a petition nominating McCarthy for District Governor. 12 members earned perfect attendance pins for 1960-61. Clark explained Vermont municipal court operations.
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Shaftsbury
Norshaft Lions
Barney McCarthy
King Lion
Eugene Clark
Schuyler van der Veer
Bennington
Lions International
Norshaft Lions Club
Charlie Becker
Cyril Bluto
George Donovan
Oliver Durand
Merritt Hewitt Jr
Nelson Payne
Bob Keough
Ed Sweeney
Fred Ester
Ralph Larson
Jim Wolfe
Clark
Vermont
No Knitting in Egyptian Classrooms Causes Shock
CAIRO AP reports the United Arab Republic Ministry of Education issues a circular barring women teachers from knitting in class. The move cites low pupil standards in primary schools as a result of teachers being too busy with knitting to supervise students.
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Cairo
United Arab Republic
Ministry of Education
Hoosick Falls Board Awards Used Truck Bid and Recreation Plea
Hoosick Falls Town Board awards 1950 International cab and base for 1250 to Howe Brothers Brunswick as sole bid for secondhand truck to mount a power shovel. Coordinating Commission seeks support to obtain athletic field for town recreation, now district property. Major Gerald Richie of Stewart AFB plans reunion and will join Air Force Band Concert welcoming committee.
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Hoosick
Central School
Gerald Richie
U.S. Air Corps
Stewart Air Force Base
Hoosick Falls
Air Force
Richie
Aquarium Society Keeps Fish To Calm Patients
The Boston Aquarium Society provides and maintains tanks and tropical fish for seven greater Boston hospitals and other institutions. The fish are said to have a calming effect on patients, especially children, and doctors and dentists report appreciation for fish tanks in offices.
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Boston
Boston Aquarium Society
Air Force Band Concert in Hoosick Falls This Saturday
HOOSICK FALLS The United States Air Force Band and The Singing Sergeants perform at Hoosick Falls Central School auditorium with afternoon and evening shows. Evening seats are sold out, matinee nearly full, and a few seats remain for the day performance. Students from Salem, Cambridge, and eight from Hoosick Falls will sit in with the band for selections.
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Hoosick Falls
United States Air Force
Hoosick Falls Central School
Philip Leonard
Salem
Cambridge
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South Newfane
Robert Water Jr
Dawn Hicks
Leon Wheeler
Ann Marsh
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Williamstown
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Holy Name
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Charles Barry
Robert Buck
John Welch
Dennis Bisson
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Milton
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Stephen Lasson
Peaceful Valley
Edwin White
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Commission On
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Taconic Racing and Breeding Association
Peru
Mabel Whitney
VT. Bank
Dunham’s Dairy Bar
Eagle Bridge, N.Y
Katherine Anne Porter
Ship OF Fools
Bennington Bookshop, Inc
North Bennington Road
Plaid
Windsor
Swift's Premium
Wrgb-Tv
Schenectady
Don Tuttle
Hewitt Farm
John C Page
Edith Beaumont
Hoosac Village
Richard Marker
West Hoosick
Hill and Dale Home Demonstration Unit
Mary Merrill
High Street
Air Force Band
H.F
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