Playground at Weir-Reynolds Pool gifted to Hoosick Falls children
In Hoosick Falls NY a fully enclosed playground with fiberglass equipment will be built near the Weir Reynolds Swimming Pool as a gift from Rev Edith Craig Reynolds. Arthur Armstrong announced the project at a Kiwanis meeting where Philip Leonard unveiled design slides.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Weir- Reynolds
Edith Craig Reynolds
Arthur Armstrong
Reynolds
Reynolds Recreation and Community Development Foundation
Hoosick Falls Kiwanis Club
Armstrong
Philip Leonard
Kiwanis
Leonard
Brook pollution and rodents prompt Hoosick Falls complaints
Hoosick Falls resident Donald Bodak petitions village and county health officials over a brook near his 89 Church Street home. Neighbors reported a river rat seen on lawns prompting fear for children and calls to clean the stream where garbage allegedly is dumped. The waterway runs from above Steeple Heights, under Main and Hall, past Owl Garage, near Bodak property, and toward the river. Community events follow with an April 20 St Marys Academy banquet at the Elks and a May 8 paper drive by Hoosick Falls Baptist Church. call Gordon Jones at 686-5266 to arrange paper pickups.
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Donald Bodak
Church Street
County Health Department
Steeple Heights
Main Street
Hall Street
Owl Garage
Galvagni
Bodak
Elm Street
Young People’s Group
Hoosick Falls
Manchester Battenkill Locker break under investigation
Thieves broke into the Battenkill Locker between 6 p.m. yesterday and 7:30 this morning. Police have not determined if anything was stolen. Also noted is a grass fire near John T. Carmody Jr. home at 7 p.m. and local community social and church notices including Easter services and spring signs.
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Manchester
John T. Carmody Jr
Tom McHale Discusses Writing and Life in Public Talk
Author Tom McHale, recently married and just back from India, spoke at Zion Episcopal Church library committee about his career. He discussed his Catholic Philadelphia background, his writing process, short stories versus novels, and critics while noting he may try other work if future novels stall.
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Manchester
Tom McHale
Arlington
Farragan
Library Committee
Zion Episcopal Church
India
McHale
Scranton
Philadelphia
Spiro Agnew
Jacqueline Susann
Paris
New York
Viking Press
Tolstoy
Playboy
Vogue
Seventeen
Esquire
Isaac
Robert Clayton
Roth
Bellows
Erich Segal
Segal
Pownal Club Sets Deer Herd Policy and Derby Plans
At the April Pownal Fish and Game Club meeting 15 members welcomed three Halo Mountain visitors who led a deer herd control discussion. A policy committee was named Louis Buck Michael Andrews Louis Harris John Welch and Francis Snide. The group agreed to assist in a local dead deer search in cooperation with Vermont Fish and Game. Members are to help with Green Up Day and a Fishing Derby next month with a $30 prize outfit. Six youths Michael Buck Joseph Buck Michael Andrews Scott Lampman William Lipscomb Ronnie George will attend Southern Green Mountain Conservation Camp at Lake Bomoseen August 15 to 21. The newly named Pownal Planning Board elected Thomas P Hurley chairman Dr Irving Tanzman vice chairman and James Dignon secretary with next meeting at 7 30 pm in the town office.
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Pownal Fish and Game Club
Halo Mountain
Louis Buck
Michael Andrews
Louis Harris
John Welch
Francis Snide
Vermont Fish and Game T
N’s
Pownal
Southern
Joseph Buck
Scott Lampman
William Lipscomb
Ronnie George
Top Notch Farm Barn Destroyed By Fire In Shaftsbury
A barn at Top Notch Farm on Tinkham Road West Shaftsbury was razed by fire Tuesday afternoon. Fire Chief John Wood said the blaze, started by a faulty oil heater used for warming thousands of tomato plants, delayed firefighters as a Vermont Railway train neared the crossing. Fire trucks diverted toward Eagle Square after the train passed.
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Shaftsbury
Donald Peters
Top Notch
Tinkham Road
West Shaftsbury
Peters
John Wood
Vermont Railway
Church Street
Eagle Square
Wood
Arlington Cancer Drive Aims For Growth In April
Arlington announces April as the month for the East Arlington Cancer Drive led by chairman Mrs Carol Stroffoleno. Last year the drive raised 315 dollars with volunteers including Mrs Shirley Boyce Mrs J P Ward Miss Florence Field and Mrs Florence Grout. Firefighters from Shaftsbury North Bennington and Bennington Rural fought a blaze drawing water from a farm pond on the late J Ed White farm and from Shaftsbury hydrants. Wind kept flames from spreading to a cow barn and the Peters house, with losses including a hay baler and other farm equipment partially insured.
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Donald Peters
West Shaftsbury
North Bennington
Shaftsbury
Carol Stroffoleno
East Arlington
Shirley Boyce
J. P. Ward
Florence Field
Florence Grout
Arthur Poulin
Dale Bahan
Bennington
J. Ed White
Peters
Shaftsbury Fire Auxiliary Dinner Set for April 28
The Shaftsbury Fire Department Auxiliary hosts its annual dinner on April 28 at the 1896 House in Williamstown MA inviting all retired and prospective members. Reservations must be made by week’s end via 442-9020 or 447-7344. Transportation will be provided and cars meet at the firehouse at 6 pm.
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Shaftsbury Fire Department
Williamstown
Mass
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Elks
St. Mary’s Alumni Association
Vegasandl Vanil
Hotel Putnam Bldg
Colonial Shopping Ctr
South Cambridge
Howard Herrington
Springfield College
Mrs
Donald Herrington
Lee Road
Mary Aiken
McClellan Hospital
Lois A
Gertrude Aiken
Russell van DeWal
Albany
Margaret Jansson
East Greenwich
Paul E. Virtue
Coila
Irving Dick
Marion Dick
West Hoosick
United Methodist Church
Muller
Eagle Bridge United Methodist Church
Oswald A. Muller
First National Stores
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
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By Charles Bonenti
Pittsfield
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Pownals
Vera Langlais
Helene Thompson
Sheilah Miller
Javery
Ernest H. Javery
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Vermont
Bradford House
Granks
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