Arson Suspected In Rash Of Fires In Hoosick Falls
Five suspicious fires over a few hours in Hoosick Falls area, starting 11 p.m. Friday, prompted State police and Center Brunswick barracks investigators to probe possible arson. Fires included Johnson Hill Road School, East Hoosick, a burned farm on Fox Hollow, a garage on Pine Valley Road, and a burned farm building on Earl Sherman’s property. Previous unexplained blazes in Bovie Hill and River Road have raised concern.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
North
North Hoosick
Doned
Hattie Gross
Fox Hollow
Potter Hill
Babcock Lake
Miss Gross
Laurence E. Ludwig
Pine Valley Road
Hoosick
Earl Sherman
Buskirk
Bovie Hill
River Road
Center Brunswick
Grange Meeting Features Youth Caravan Program
Regular Battenkill Grange meeting was held Wednesday April 16 at the West Arlington hall. The youth led the session and state Youth Committee member Mrs. Shirley Matteson presented a Youth Caravan program. Youth guests attended from New York and Vermont, with Youth chairman Mrs. Linda speaking.
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Battenkill Grange
West Arlington
Grange
Shirley Matteson
New York
Vermont
Linda
Cemetery Group To Meet In St. Johnsbury
The Vermont Old Cemetery Association will hold its spring meeting at Grange Hall in St. Johnsbury Center on April 26 with a 10:45 a.m. start, luncheon at 12:15 p.m., and 1:15 p.m. session. Green Mountain Grange No. 1 hosts the event, and about 40 new members have joined since the fall meeting. Reservations for luncheon are due by April 24 to Mrs. Walter Ladd.
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Vermont Old Cemetery Association
Grange Hall
St. Johnsbury Center
Green Mountain Grange No. 1
the Grange
Walter Ladd
Parker Ave
St. Johnsbury
The
Association
Vermont
Peace Academy lecture outlines conflict resolution plan
Brattleboro speaker Major Randolph T. Major Jr on leave from Experiment in International Living will discuss The International Peace Academy A Plan for Training in Conflict Resolution at Windham College April 23. He will analyze the UN role in peacekeeping and show academy development steps.
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Putney
Randolph T. Major, Jr
Experiment In International Living
Brattleboro
Windham College
Camille Edouard Dreyfus
International Peace Academy
U.N
International Peace Academy Committee
Major
Harvard College
Columbia University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ussr
Yugoslavia
Paris
France
School For International Training
United Nations
Fire extinguisher salesman saves the day in chimney blaze
In Pershore England Mrs Mabel Thornbryce dismissed a fire extinguisher salesman who warned her house was on fire and asked to demonstrate. Firemen extinguished the chimney blaze and she quipped she wished he had returned for a sale.
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Pershore
England
UPI
Mabel Thornbryce
Man with 800 tattoos proposes to Cambridge woman
Valerie Robinson learned that Patrick Hylton who had just asked her to marry him already had the names of 80 other girls tattooed on his body. He eased her concern by adding her name 17 times among about 800 names and emblems tattooed on his skin.
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Cambridge
England
UPI
Valerie Robinson
Patrick Hylton
Hoosick Falls Residents Plan Card Party and TOPS Meeting
Senior citizens host card party at 8 p.m. in their rooms with prizes at each table. TOPS club meets at 7:30 p.m. at Hoosick Falls Central School to plan a graduation banquet set for Monday April 28 at Town House Restaurant in Cambridge. Mrs. Grace Armstrong, Mrs. Van Day, and Mrs. Mary Capano are hostesses. Hospital patients include Mrs. Carleton Shaw of Hoosick Street at Putnam Memorial and Mrs. Caroline Black of 34 River Street at Mary McClellan Hospital in Cambridge.
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van Day
Mary Capano
Tops Club
Hoosick Falls Central School
Town House
Cambridge
N.Y
Carleton Shaw
Hoosick Street
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Hoosick
Caroline Black
River St
Mary McClellan’ Hospital
Arlington youth graduates from Famous Artists School
Seventeen year old P J Derosia of East Arlington Vermont has completed the Art Course for Talented Young People at the Famous Artists School in Westport Connecticut. He studied under a faculty including Norman Rockwell Lorraine Fox Bob Peak and Franklin McMahon. Mr and Mrs Paul Wade welcomed twin sons Mark Patrick and Matthew Paul born weighing over five pounds. Community notices list ARL Chorale rehearsal, American Legion Auxiliary meeting, and Batten Kill Grange social in West Arlington.
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P. J. Derosia
Box
East Arlington
Famous Artists School of
Westport
Conn
Derosia
Norman Rockwell
Lorraine Fox
Bob Peak
Franklin McMahon
Paul Wade
Mark Patrick
Matthew Paul
Catholic Women Meet in Arlington Bennington District
The Women's Sodality of St. Margaret Mary's hosts the Bennington District of the Vermont Council of Catholic Women for a spring meeting on Wednesday April 23. Father Michael DeMasi will attend Benediction at 7 30 pm, then attendees go to Fisher Elementary School for a short business meeting an entertainment program and social hour with refreshments. Captain Donald Hard U S Air Force son of Arlington residents has gathered color slides from Taiwan and Thailand with a taped narration explaining the scenes and activities.
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Women’s Sodality
St. Margaret Mary’s
Bennington
Vermont Council of Catholic Women
Michael DeMasi
Fisher
Roberta Keough
Donald Hard
U.S. Air Force
Harvey Hard
Taiwan
Thailand
Stamford Navyman Aids In Capture Of Enemy Sampan
Stamford Navyman Roger C. Tatro earned commendation after he manned a .50 caliber gun on a river patrol boat in the Mekong Delta. The patrol halted a Viet Cong sampan, resulting in two enemy deaths and seizure of weapons and documents. The PBRs patrol shallow canals denying Viet Cong use.
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Binh Thuy
South Vietnam
Mekong Delta
Roger C. Tatro
Ralph H. Tatro
Mill Road
R.F.C. No. 1
PBR
Pbrs
Mekong
Tatro
Sampan
St Marys Auxiliary April meeting and Jubilee reception planned
Walloomsne Mrs John Hoag visited her mother at Leonard Hospital Watervliet while Miss B A Leonard of Newburgh visits sister Mrs George Wolfrum. Miss Sharon Falkowski returns to Syracuse after weekend at the Hoags. The April St Marys Auxiliary meeting on April 17 discussed May 4 Jubilee reception for Sister Theresa Agnes 50th, approved buying an electric typewriter for the school, and announced quilt and floral centerpiece prizes won by local members. door prize also awarded to Mrs Nowak.
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John Hoag
Myrtle Poland
the Leonard Hospital
Watervliet
N.Y
B.A. Leonard
Newburgh, N.Y
George Wolfrum
Sharon Falkowski
Syracuse
James Hoag
Mrs Margaret Adams Named Dean’s List Student
North Bennington resident Mrs. Margaret Adams daughter of Mr and Mrs John T Hill Jr has earned high honors and was placed on the dean's list at the Bible Institute of New England in St Johnsbury.
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Margaret Adams
John T. Hill Jr
The
Bible Institute of New England
St. Johnsbury
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