Pink and blue showers and local club notices in Pownal Center
The Pownals and North Petersburg hosts held a pink and blue shower for Mrs. William Jones with Beverly Bull as co host. Other social events include a Sunday shower for Mrs. Clarence Burdick Jr and a fourth in a series of four fire department fundraisers raising 45.60, plus meetings of the North Pownal Fire Department Auxiliary and Pownal Center Community Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jones
North Petersburg
N.Y
George Bisson
Beverly Bull
Pownals
Bennington
Jones
Jay Buck
Rose Bisson
Clarence Hurley Jr
Clarence Burdick
Local Notes and Community News from Pownal and Vicinity
Dorset resident Frances Martin has returned home to West Road after spending winter in New York. Clifton Park’s Mrs. Wesley Drake visited her mother, Mrs. Bessie Tifft, over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Payne visited William Payne in Sterling Massachusetts. Bertha Payne returned home with them. Mrs. Rounds is state vice president of the association auxiliary. Harry and Mrs. Andrews returned from Boston after a check on their 18 month old daughter at the Children’s Hospital. Colleen underwent major surgery five weeks ago and is reported a success. The Easter Seal Drive for Vermont Association for the Crippled continues with gifts to Mrs. Charles Rounds. Pownal goal set at 250 dollars, over 100 received so far. Two Bennington High School seniors elected to Pro Merito are Barbara Patterson and Joyce Carlson, both with averages above 85 percent. Palm Sunday service held at Pownal Center Church with Rev. Isabel G. King delivering the sermon. Mrs. Fletcher Hall organist, palms and chrysanthemums decor. John Thomas Heap, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Heap of East Pownal, baptized during the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Burdick
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Pownal Center
U.S. 7
Michael Buck
Robert Buck
Charles Rounds
Addison County
Vermont Rural Letter Carriers Association
Middlebury Inn
Rounds
Frances Martin
New York
West Road
Wesley Drake
Clifton Park
N.Y
Bessie Tifft
Carl Payne
William Payne
Sterling
Mass
Bertha Payne
Vermont Association For the Crippled
Pownall
Bennington High School
Barbara Patterson
Floyd Patterson
Joyce Carlson
John Carlson
Isabel G. King
Fletcher Hall
Faure
Ira Chaffee
John Thomas Heap
Amos Heap
East Pownal
Holy Week Services Plentiful in Hoosick Falls Churches
Hoosick Falls hosts a lengthy Holy Week schedule with multiple services at the Immaculate Conception Church and St Mark's Episcopal Church. Rev. Joel Miller and Rev. Wesley Miles lead combined observances, including Maundy Thursday communion and Good Friday veneration. Easter sunrise plans include youth fellowship gatherings and a 65 member Senior Band visit to Averill Park Central School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Immaculate Conception
The
Altar and Rosary Society
United Congregations
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Joel Miller
Wesley Miles
First United Church
Baptist
North Hoosick
Hoosick Falls Central School
Averill Park Central School
J. Luth
Easter week activities brighten spring in Manchester
Community events fill the week with meetings, drives, and displays. Rotary, Odd Fellows, Mt. Equinox Grange and other groups gather for suppers and regular meetings. A paper drive supports Pathfinder Camp. Achievement Night and various club events highlight Easter week festivities.
Arlington Calendar Week of April 16 to 21
A weekly list of local events includes Ladies of St James meeting April 16 at 8 p.m. at Mrs Charles Flanders home, Garden Club lecture April 17 at 2 p.m. at Mrs Clement Belcher’s home, Arlington Chorus at Finney's Studio, Battenhill Grange April 18, Maundy Thursday Service April 19 at Federated Church, school closes for spring vacation April 20 with Martha Canfield observance of Good Friday, and a community food sale April 21 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Community House by Sodality of St Columbans Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sand Castle
Playhouse
Oakley Porter
Garden Club
Colburn House
Elizabeth Newton
Stone Chimney Gardens
Reading
Adoniram
RAM
Masonic Hall
Chamber of Commerce
Excelsior Rebekah Lodge No. 25
IOOF
St. James
Charles Flanders
Clement Belcher
Frank Churchill
Arlington Chorus
Finney
Martha Canfield
The
Sodality of St. Columbans Church
Three Meetings In Shaftsbury On Union School
Shaftsbury residents are urged to attend three meetings on the proposed union high school for Bennington Southwest District. The study committees have examined all aspects and taxpayers should participate. First meeting tonight at Shaftsbury Elementary School 8 p.m. April 19 at North Shaftsbury Community Club 8 p.m. May 7 at the elementary school after the 8 p.m. special school meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Union High School
Bennington
North Shaftsbury
Easter Sale By Women’s Auxiliary At Hotel Cambridge
The annual Easter sale, by the Women's Auxiliary of McClellan Hospital, is set for Saturday April 21 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Hotel Cambridge. Mrs N A Cordier chairs. A bake sale, a fancy work table, a white elephant table, and antiques will be offered. Donations are sought for each table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
McClellan Hospital
Hotel
Cambridge
N. A. Cordier
Guidance and Physical Education Seen as Manchester School Needs
A Manchester PTA panel discusses what the school is doing for children, focusing on guidance and physical education. Frazer outlines grades and reading emphasis while Beaverson compares Hoosick Falls practices, noting a 1200-student, K–12 system with exploratory subjects and strong support staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
PTA
James Beaverson
Hoosick Falls Union School
King B. Frazer
Clifford Harwood
Mason Barney
Edna Wright
Frazer
Safety Patrol
Fire damages Larson home owned by Bennington College
The North Bennington blaze at Ralph Larson's West Street residence caused $10,000 plus in losses. Fire officials traced the fire to a living room fireplace and spread quickly. Larson, superintendent of buildings at Bennington College, and his family escaped with help from neighbor Robert Nolan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larson
North Bennington
Ralph Larson
West Street
Robert Nolan
Vermont
Joseph Cioffi
Cioffi
Martin S. Percey
Ethel van Benthuysen
Bennington College
John Kennedy Jr
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Edwin Austin
Mark Dwyer
Charles Parsley
Andy
Karen
Cynthia
Czar
Russia
Karen Pratt
Lawrence F. Powers
Martha Parsley
Jimmy Wickenden
David Buxbaum
McCullough Library
National Library Week
Resch
Vera Langlais
Tel
John Foster
David Ricker Jr
North Pownal
Charles Kokoras
George Rogers
Harold Andrews
Gordon Ware
Dorset
Miriam Tifft
Palm Sunday
Hoosick Falls
Edith Beaumont
Union Protestant Services
United Church
Lawrence L. Plumley
Baptist Church
First Baptist
First United Churches
United Church Hall
Averill Park
Mary Dillmanna
Cain
Rotary
Quality
Hope Lodge No. 50
Odd Fellows
Mt. Equinox Grange
United Women’s Group
Congregational Church
Effie Miles
Beyond
Catherine Marshall
Mr. Laurel
Er Everly
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Pathfinder Lodge
Cooperstown
Evelyn LeCleire
Nancy Brownell
Diane Smith
Rensselaer County
Tamarack School
Cropseyville
Eagle Mills
Hoosac
Frank Reynolds
Frank O'Neill
Willow Street
Schenectady
Albany Medical Center
Guild Fellowship
First Baptist Church
Bovie Road
Helen Bauer
Hudson River Association
Cynthia Brownell
Gail Wysocki
Patricia Atwood
Miss Smith
Gayle Gardner
Arlington
Battenhill Grange
West Arlington Community House
Federated Church
Joplin
Beaverson
New Union School
Bencerson
Harwood
Barney
Thelma Goodell
Don Otis
William Bell
Burr and Burton
Ferdinand Bongartz
Constance Jordan
James Mabry
United Nations
Vertigreen
Grass Seed & Garden
H. Greenberg
Main St. Bennington
DIAL
Insurance
Fleer
Donald J. Mattison
Manchester Ctr
ADAMS
Madras
Adams Clothes Shop
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