Wilmington and West Dover Community Notices
Wilmington residents gather for the Congregational Church School Guild sewing Barbie Kendall outfits and run a cookie table for the summer sale while the West Dover Fire Association plans a bazaar at the fire house site with garden items pony rides and a children friendly event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church School Guild
Wayne Rowell
Barbie and Kendall
Women’s Association
Jack Manton
Charles Fredericks
Blue Brook Lodge
West Dover
Joy Ann Congdon born to Mr. and Mrs. Walton Congdon
Arlington and Mount Hermon residents note Joy Ann Congdon’s birth on July 29 to Walton and Mrs. Congdon. Dr. William Oelke of Grinnell College visits from Iowa. Julia Cole returns to Arlington to live in the Van Gordon home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Wheaton Congdon
Joy Ann
Walton Congdon
Mount Hermon
Mass
Congdons
Grinnell
Iowa
William Oelke
Oelke
Grinnell College
Arlington
Julia Cole
Arthur van Gordon
Fire destroys vacation cabin on Somerset Reservoir
A vacation cabin owned by Mr and Mrs Emory Wheeler on Burgess Road Bennington burned to the ground Sunday morning on the bank of Somerset Reservoir. Lawrence Leonard, the caretaker, said a faulty gas stove sparked the blaze as Wheeler was away fishing. Neighbors and campers fought the flames but could not save the structure. The reservoir lies nine miles from Molly Stark Trail and 16 miles from the Wilmington fire station. rain the night before limited spread risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Campbell
Wilmington
Raymond Lackey
Carol Jackson
Carol
Lackey
Denise Martin
Alfred Poupart
Frances
Bernard Dawson
Lauren Clough
Bennington
Air Fund
Janet Pool
Shaftsbury
L. D
Sam) Sanborn
Sam
Eagle Square Mfg. Co
East Street
Vermont
Gladiolus Association
New England
Canada
Somerset
Somerset Reservoir
Emory Wheeler
Burgess Road
Lawrence Leonard
Wheeler
Leonard
Record Blood Drive Sets New Donor Milestone in Arlington
Arlington reports a record turnout of 89 prospective blood donors at Memorial School with 16 first timers, aided by company drives at Mack Molding and Hale Company. Regulars reached 2 to 4 gallon marks, volunteers and coordinators named, plus community calendar notes and Scout activity details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Memorial School
Mack
Archie Robertson
George Walsh
Ruth Kessick
Gunther Mahler
Hale Company
Naval Airman Reports for Duty at Argentia Newfoundland
Raymond L. Carangio aviation machinist's mate airman apprentice USN son of Mrs. Effie Quinn Arlington Vermont has reported for duty at Naval Station Argentia Newfoundland a key Navy facility on the southeast coast used for patrol radar barrier aircraft and as a supply base for Atlantic Fleet units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentia
Newfoundland
Raymond L. Carangio
USN
Effie Quinn
Arlington
Naval Station
Atlantic
Hoosick Falls Officer Completes Reserve Training
Major J Arba Brenenstuhl of Hoosick Falls N Y completed summer active duty with an Air Force Reserve Recovery unit at Albany Airport He served as supply officer in operational readiness aircraft recovery drills and received classroom and practical training The Hoosick Falls High School graduate is son of Arba J Brenenstuhl of Orlando Florida and attended Syracuse University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany County
N.Y
J. Arba Brenenstuhl
River St
Hoosick Falls
Air Force Reserve
Brenenstuhl
Hoosick Falls High School
Arba J. Brenenstuhl
W. Mich. Ave
Orlando
Fla
Syracuse University
Hoosick Falls Summer Band Rehearsals End With Park Concert
Hoosick Falls Central School closed its Summer Band sessions with an hour long concert in the school park lot at 10 a.m. under the direction of music instructor H. Luther Everly. Seventy seven students from elementary to senior bands attended July classes, receiving weekly individual instruction, thrice weekly rehearsals, and twice weekly one hour theory classes. Results were reported as pleasing with plans for future improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
H. Luther Everly
Everly
Evans Heads Arlington Legion Post
Richard L. Evans elected commander of Arlington Post American Legion for the coming year. Officials include Dudley Griffis as first vice commander Casper Pike as second vice commander and Paul Pike as adjutant. Delegates to the state convention Brattleboro Aug 13. Commander Evans pledges expanded community service and continued veterans support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Richard L. Evans
Arlington Post
American Legion
Dudley Griffis
Casper Pike
Paul Pike
Cyril Hoyt Jr
Clifford Ferris
James Wiley
John Hannon
Charles Squiers
William Griffis
Richard Evans
Manfred Ehrich
Brattleboro
John Walsh
Gerald Marchies
Louis Colvin
Raymond Green
Walter Rice
Evans
Bottle drives and life saving lessons in Bennington area
Community announcements detail a bottle drive for the Order of the Rainbow for Girls Bennington Assembly No 6 led by Virginia Kemmerer Diane Beecher Ruth Gavin and Laura Langlais with contact numbers for donations. Also instruction in Red Cross Life Saving and Water Safety at Lake Paran led by Henry W. Coley and a free swimming program for Pownal youth. Seventy guests met for a Dickinson family reunion at North Pownal with hosts Albert and Norman Dickinson and attendees from Wilmington Delaware North Adams Williamsport Clarksburg. Paul Hatch led Sunday worship at Pownal Baptist and North Pownal Congregational Churches before August vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of the Rainbow
Bennington
Red Cross
Lake Paran
North Bennington
Henry W. Coley
Pownal
Dickinson
North Pownal
Wilmington
Delaware
North Adams
Williamstown
Clarksburg
The
Pownall
Albert Dickinson
Norman Dickinson
Paul Hatch
John C. Hatch
Pownal Baptist
Hatch
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Sam’’ Sanborn
Eagle Square Co
Grimm
Dover
Carlo Walter
St. Mary’s - In - the - Mountains
Grange Hall
Donald Webster
Marion Bumferd
Thomas Bumferd
Washington County Association of the Blind
Christine Jeffrey
Montpelier
Marion
Burlington
Sember
New York City
Institute of Ophthalmology
Presbyterian Medical Center
Ann Marsh
Fred Pierce
Bristol
Jessie Squiers
Murray
St. James Church
Pierce Squiers
Carl Towery
Massachusetts
Mondon
Bernard Murray
Sheldon Murray
Doran Pierce
Lincoln
Mary Barrett
Randolph
Leonard Nacy
Upper Darby
Partridge
House Education Committee
Education Television
ETV
Jane Albee
Gloria Beckley
Katherine Brown
Dorothy Cignarella
Sam Colburn
Sylvia Fedele
George Flynn
Harry Hart
Janet Keough
Anna Hall
Anne Johnson
Edith Mach
Peter Marsh
Robert McKeighan
Francis Stroffoleno
Marion Stroffoleno
Patrick Keough
Edgar Blake
Vincent Stroffoleno
Don Keough
Medric Grover
Ray Little
Gustav Mahler
David Joseph
Nacy
Priscilla Hard
Frederick Neff
Wilber Corey
Michael Hill
Putnam Hospital
al Singleton
Bradley, Cal
Tigers
Orioles
Lions Club
Senators
Yankees
N. Bennington
Memorial Field
Boy Scouts
Joe Keene
P.T.A
White River Jct
BOY Scout News
Mad Tom
Kenneth Clayton
Clayton
Camp Sunrise
Order of the Arrow
Millyn Moore
James Woodard
Robert Vallie
Dan Clayton
Alan Coulman
Faye Eldred
Janice Lasser
Ann Stetson
Beth Shapiro
Nancy Steller
Terry Durkee
Norma Lohnes
James Mihuta
Linda Baersteii
Richard Kuebler
Joanne Herrington
Jayne Zilinskas
Billy Hawks
Penny Brownell
David Scott
Penny Sherman
Charles Frazier
Dennis LeBarron
Carol Carelli
Gary Beckstein
Philip McGuire
Regina Giles
Larry Rice
Bernard Pacquette
Arlington Legion Post
Joseph Orr
Falls Motel
UTITT
Fancy
California
MO Ray As
A&p
Jane Parker
Plaid
OG Guy
County National Bank
Latham Circle
Eddie Rich
Margaret
Barbara Gilbert
Molly Brown
HARTE
Sandra Dee
Peter Fonda
Ross Hunter
Tammy and the
Doctor
Eastman
Universal Picture
Walt Disney
Vera Langlais
Metro Goldwyn Mater
Papi
North Hoosick
New York
Joseph E Levine
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Frankie Avalon
Torin Thatcher
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