Pownal Church Groups and Town News Highlights
A North Pownal food sale by the Women's Fellowship at Powell's Store begins Friday at 2 30 pm. S69 from the traveling surprise basket project is noted. Salisbury visitors David and Robert Knights spend a week with their mother. Our Lady of Lourdes Church officers are elected: Wilfred LaBonte president, DuBois vice president, Tornabene secretary, Bottesi treasurer, with a sunshine committee. A Mother’s Day program is planned for May 14. Bids for church steps and a cement walk are approved. The hot school lunch program ends this season Friday. Vermont fishing season opens Saturday after midnight. Wilson and Ladd brooks stocked by Bennington Hatchery. License details available from the town clerk. Pownal Fish and Game Club meeting May 3 at 8 pm to plan the Children’s Derby at the North Pownal Firehouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Fellowship
North Pownal Congregational Church
Powell’s
David and
Robert Knights
Salisbury
N.H
Esther Powell Knights
North Pownal
Wilfred LaBonte
Ladies’ Guild of
Our Lady of Lourdes
Harvey DuBois
Joseph Tornabene
John Bottesi
Anna Thompson
Vincent Pizzano
Pownal
Vermont
Wilson
Ladd Brooks
Bennington
Louis Buck
Kindergarten Registration Next Week in North Bennington
North Bennington School announces kindergarten registration for next year's class to be held at the Bleau House on West and Church Streets. Registration hours are Wednesday 4 to 5 30 p.m. and Thursday 7 to 8 p.m. Parents should bring the child’s birth certificate. the child need not attend. School nurse Madalyn Green will be available to discuss immunizations and health records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
Bleau House
Corner West
Church Streets
Madalyn Green
Hoosick Falls Students Named for Abroad Visits
Hoosick Falls Central School juniors Frank Reynolds Jr. and Walter Robson were chosen as delegates to visit a foreign country this summer through the International Fellowship Program and the Student Council. The program now places students in South America Venezuela Hawaii India and Japan. Hosts will be provided for a foreign student next winter under the program requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N. Y
Frank Reynolds Jr
Walter
Robin) Robson
Hoosick Falls Central School
Reynolds
Frank Reynolds Sr
Wilder Avenue
Sandra
South America
Lima
Peru
Robson
Awarold Robson
Main Street
Venezuela
Two Hoosick Falls students named to Hudson Valley dean's list
Hoosick Falls residents Edward Kyer Jr. and Richard James Smith were named to the dean's list for the winter term at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy. Both freshmen are in the air conditioning technology program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Kyer Jr
Congress St
Richard James Smith
Nixon St
Hudson Valley Community College
Troy
Ralph H. O’brien
Shaftsbury Cub Scout Pack Showcases Mountain Skits
Shaftsbury Cub Scouts Troop 331 held a mountain themed pack meeting at Cole Hall. Dens performed skits on Rushmore Green Mountains Mountaineers Trees by Kilmer and Webelos stories. Cubmaster Ira Manross screened forest fire films and announced Loyalty Day parade plans, with rain plans if needed. Awards went to Den 1 Carl Easter Clinton McDonald Alan Cross Dennis Dailey Joe Crawford Brian Harwood and Den 2 Timmy Dailey Alan Beebe Clyde Sanders Kevin Snow Den 4 Kenneth Ruggles Richard Fuller Scott Howe Thomas Moriarty William Overlock Webelos Stanley Jones Robert Houle Den 6 Patrick Shea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Den 4
Mary Moriarty
West Shaftsbury
Tommy Moriarty
Kenneth Ruggles
Scott Howe
Richard Fuller
Billy Overlock
Stacy
Cub Scouts
Troop 331
Mountains of America
Cole Hall
Den
Mr. Rushmore
Green Mountains
Mountaineers of
Joyce Kilmer
Webelos
Ira Manross
Manross
Manchester
Carl Easter
Clinton McDonald
Denner
Alan Cross
Dennis Dailey
Joe Crawford
Brian Harwood
Den 2
Timmy Dailey
Alan Beebe
Clyde Sanders
Kevin Snow
North Bennington group to meet at firehouse tonight
North Bennington Directors of Paran Recrea tions Inc will meet at 7 30 tonight at the firehouse. Mr and Mrs Charles Austin and daughter Ann drove to Kennedy Airport in New York Sunday with their son Edward where he took a plane to San Diego California. Edward just completed Navy basic training at Great Lakes Illinois and has been on leave at home. He will attend Aviation Apprentice School at the Naval Base in San Diego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paran Recreations, Inc
Charles Austin
Ann
Kennedy Airport
New York
Edward
San Diego
Calif
U.S. Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Illinois
Naval Base
Pajama Party bids adieu to Nicaragua guest Claudia Salorzano
Hoosick Falls bids farewell to Claudia Salorzano a 15 year old from Leon Nicaragua who spent three months as a guest of the Stetson family and HFCS. She joined classes enjoyed English lessons and tried skiing while touring New York City and Washington D C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls Central School
Danforth Street
Sally
Anne Stetson
Claudia Salorzano
Leon
Nicaragua
Central America
Stetson
Hoosick Falls
Beaumont
Pajama Party
N.Y
Robert Stetson
Claudia
Stetsons
HFCS
Plans Set for VFEW Loyalty Day Parade Sunday in Manchester
Plans for the Loyalty Day Parade Sunday in Manchester near completion with VFW parade chairman John Balch announcing entrants and parade route. Units form at 1:30 p.m. on Seminary Avenue, marching north on US 7 to Manchester Center, then east on Depot Street to the town office, disbanding at the Manchester Shopping Center lot. The procession features color guards from American Legion and VFW posts, a Loyalty Day Queen, bands, and floats from local groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
VFW
John Balch
Seminary Avenue
Manchester Village
U.S. 7
Manchester Center
Vermont 11
Depot Street
American Legion
Big Brother Sister Program Starts in Manchester Schools
Twenty Burr and Burton Seminary students join twenty Manchester Elementary School first and second graders as big brothers and sisters. Eight more participants than last year, the program is sponsored by Manchester Welfare and Nursing Assn with Mrs. Hough guiding. Each pair will meet weekly for five weeks and walk home after school. Trips include Candle Mill in Arlington and a May walk with Mrs. Townsend and Mrs. Jennings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Burr and Burton Seminary
Walker B. Hough
Manchester Welfare and Nursing Assn
BBS
Byars Return From 10 Day Florida Trip With Friends
White Creek couple Mr and Mrs Gordon Byars came home after a 10 day motor trip to Florida and other southern points. A surprise post nuptial shower for Mrs Henry Brace the former Margaret Cook was held at the home of Mrs Albert McCoubrey with about 30 friends and relatives attending. Gifts were given to the honoree and prizes awarded to Mrs Marilyn Robinson Mrs Sally Cross Mrs Florence McNally and Mrs Mary Taber. Refreshments were served by the hostess assisted by Mrs Robert Masten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Byars
Florida
Albert McCoubrey
Henry Brace
Margaret Cook
Marilyn Robinson
Sally Cross
Florence McNally
Mary Taber
Robert Masten
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Pownals
Vera Langlais
Hawaii
India
Japan
Edith Beaumont
Altar Rosary Society
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Holy Cross
Alfred J. Elli
S.A
Mary A. Doyle
Raoul Begin
Nancy Driscoll
Helen Cuddihy
Teresa Kempf
Mary McClellan Hospital
Thomas Moriarty
William Overlock
Stanley Jones
Robert Houle
Patrick Shea
Elizabeth Dwyer
Jeanne
Danny
Becky
New York City
Washington, D.C
International Fellowship
Ste
VFEW
Fran Stacy
William J. Percey
Miss Lula Percey
Marlboro
Mass
Percey
Aaron Anderson
Gardner
Lydia Percey
Miss Percey
Lula Percey
Lincoln
Framingham
Massachusetts
Castleton Teachers College
University of Vermont
Calvin Coolidge College
Boston
Alice Dibble
Bonnie Wyman
Fred Wyman
Arlington
Mary Fletcher Hospital
Burlington
Ralph Parker
Dorset
Brattleboro
Girl Scout
Baton
Maria Sue Crawford
Military Order of the Cooties
PFC Post
Fairhaven
Lions Club
Rotary Club
Jaycees
Schuylerville
Hoosick Valley
Pittsfield
Princess Maria Sue Crawford
Ing
Business and Professional Women's Club of Manchester
Hough
BPWC
Eleanor Niles
Grand Union
Triple
Grand Union Empire
H. Greenberg & Son, Inc
Main ST
Adams Clothes Shop
MT. Anthony Union High School
Noveck— Shultz
Benn
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