Special North Village School Meeting on Kitchen Renovation
North Bennington voters are called to a 7:30 p.m. meeting to authorize spending 12138.74 to convert the old chemistry lab and boys basement into a hot lunch room with fold in wall tables in the gym. The package includes two electric drinking fountains at 650. Approval is needed for state aid totaling 30 percent of the cost. funds are already appropriated and the tax rate will not rise.
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North Village
North Bennington
Hoosick Valley Jaycees Sponsor August Athletic Events
Hoosick Falls Hoosick Valley Jaycees will provide trophies for boys and girls tennis championships at the athletic field August 17 and 18. Age limits 13-18. Events may be scheduled at Weir-Reynolds pool to fit tournament play. Jaycees also sponsor a baseball trip to Pittsfield Mass to see the Red Sox Eastern League game Sunday Aug 24. Free admission for Town of Hoosick Little League players. reduced adult rates for prebooked tickets. James Shaw and Leonard Liporace lead transportation efforts with Jaycee volunteers.
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Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Valley Jaycees
Weir- Reynolds
Jaycees
Pittsfield
Mass
Red Sox
Hoosick
James Shaw
Leonard Liporace
Jaycee
Weston Antiques Sale Plans Run Oct 3–5 at Weston Playhouse
Weston Community Club schedules its ninth annual fall Antiques Sale for October 3 4 and 5 at the Weston Playhouse to raise funds for the club and local museums. Lectures by Mrs Warner B Hartford from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and George Michael host of Antiques TV program will frame a country auction. Forty exhibitors from area towns will display varied antiques while meals are prepared by local women and merchants.
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Weston
Weston Community Club
Weston Playhouse
Nelson Bigelow
Landgrove
Pendleton Marshall
Abner Sisson
Cochairman
Robert Waite
John Hawes
Paul Gawenus
Louis G. Whitcomb
Springfield
Maud E. Duverus
Belmont
Hall Henry
Chester
E. G. Nickerson
Peru
Sidney Magee
Donnell M. Camp
South Londonderry
John Phillips
Harry Hornick
George Trask
Londonderry
Robert Ayres
John Spaulding
Karl Thieme
Charles Waybright
W. B. LaPrade
Warner B. Hartford
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
America
Tage
George Michael
Peckham Family Reunion at Shaftsbury Hillside Estate
Descendants of Harrison Peckham I gathered at Timbertrail Ranch home of Mr and Mrs Alfred S Rice for the annual reunion. Ninety one attendees from New York New England and Florida enjoyed a picnic then a meeting and program with awards to oldest and youngest attendees longest married and most grandchildren. Officers elected include Thomas F Peckham Jr Alfred Rice Barbara Peckham Bruce Orin Peckham Edward Peckham Sr Ethel Peckham Haswell and Jennifer Rounds.
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Shaftsbury
Harrison Peckham
Timbertrail Ranch
Alfred S. Rice
New York
New England
Florida
Robert Peckham
North Bennington
Robert Mackey
Janice Hayes
Boston
Jennifer Rounds
Ethel Peckham Haswell
North Petersburg
N.Y
England
Peckham
Edith Peckham Rice
David Peckham
Danbury
Thomas F. Peckham Jr
North Adams
Mass
Alfred Rice
Barbara Peckham Bruce
Orin Peckham
Edward Peckham Sr
Tolland, Conn
Rupert West neighbor notes highlight Alaska trip film
The Rueggebergs hosted 20 locals Thursday night in West Rupert and West Sandgate to view a three hour outdoor movie of their Alaska trip from last spring, narrated by Ted and Ellen Rueggeberg. Afterward guests enjoyed coffee and cake around a campfire before returning home.
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Ted Rueggeberg
West Rupert
West Sandgate
Arlington
Shushan
Alaska
Rueggeberg
Ellen
Ten Nights in a Barroom at Dorset Playhouse Review
Caravan Theatre presents Ten Nights in a Barroom at Dorset Playhouse tonight through Sunday at 8 40 directed by Patricia Carmichael with local cast and crew. A broadside production mixing period songs and dance with a solemn tale of alcoholism and moral struggle praised for staging lighting and choreography yet noted for uneven pacing and a strong cast led by Carmichael Gautier Henn Hayle and Watson.
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Caravan Theatre
Dorset Playhouse
Patricia Carmichael
Anthony Dingman
Jane Neufeld
Lynnette Mettey
Donald Peterson
H. Enoch Romaine
D. Siever Sample Swichel
H. Lawrence
Simon Slade
J. Charles Frank Slade
M. Luben
Miss Greenwood
Tom Cooper
Malcolm Cooper
Dorset
Betsy Henn
Florence Hayle
Goldie Hills
Janette Gautier
Ringheiser
Hoffman Family Reunites in Eagle Bridge NY
EAGLE BRIDGE NY Lew Hoffman was elected president of the Hoffman family at a reunion held last week at the home of Mrs. Ariden B. Olson. Officers include Norma Cottrell vice president Shirley Stevens secretary Irene Marker treasurer. Neils J. Hoffman of Albany was the oldest member. Kenneth Stevens youngest. Hosts Mr and Mrs Olson were married the longest. Alfred Wilson and son traveled the farthest from Leominster MA. Records show six births two deaths and one marriage in the past year. over 60 members attended.
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Eagle Bridge
N.Y
Lewis Hoffman
Hoffman
Ariden B. Olson
Norma Cottrell
Scotia
Shirley Stevens
Hoosick Falls
Irene Marker
Northwest Hoosick
Neils J. Hoffman
Albany
Kenneth Stevens
Mrs. Irving Stevens
Olson
Alfred Wilson
Leominster, Mass
Hoosick Falls groups plan Aug 11 picnic at temple
Hoosick Falls Masonic and Eastern Star announce a family picnic at the temple on August 11. Each family should bring a covered dish while the committee provides meat. Reservations are requested by Aug. 8.
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Masonic
Eastern Star
Church Women Plan Workshop in Wilmington
A Bennington Council of Church Women workshop for officers chairmen and interested members will be held at 1 p.m. Friday in St Marys in the Mountain Episcopal Chapel Wilmington. State president Mrs Florence Boyce Rutland and Rev Ruth Powell Townshend will lead a two hour session with plans for the years program for southern area councils. Attendees should bring lunch beverage provided by hostesses and further information is available from Mrs Max Webster Bennington at 4477016.
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Wilmington
Bennington Council of Church Women
St. Mary’s
Florence Boyce
Rutland
Ruth Powell
Townshend
Max Webster
Bennington
Hoosick Board To Seek New Garage Bids
Hoosick town officials plan readvertising for bids on a town highway garage with bids due August 29 at 7 30 p m The aim is to attract previous bidders plus new ones and to adjust specifications including possible use of cement blocks The town clerk will issue specifications with bids to be advertised next week and available at the Municipal Building Hoosick Falls
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Hoosick
N.Y
Town
John T. Percy & Associates
Latham
Lawrence Murphy
George E. Dougherty
Hoosick Falls
Buskirk Couple Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary
Maurice and Stella Kjelgaard of Buskirk observed their golden wedding with a family party and open house attended by about 150 relatives neighbors and friends. Danish refreshments and a four tier cake marked the celebration as the couple, long tied to Indian Hill farm, enjoy retirement near Pine Valley Road.
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West Hoosick
N.Y
Maurice Kjelgaard
Buskirk
Otto Piritz
Pine Valley Road
Kjelgaard
Denmark
Petersburg Youth Hurt In Accident
Petersburg New Petersburg youth Michael Richards 18 son of Mrs Elizabeth Richards of Petersburg is in critical condition at Putnam Memorial Hospital Bennington with head and chest injuries after his sedan failed to make a left turn struck a bridge and tree and overturned on Fox Hollow Road early today. The car was demolished and Richards was alone in the vehicle. He was transported by Hoosick Rescue Squad.
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Petersburg
N.S
Michael Richards
Elizabeth Richards
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Fox Hollow Road
P.K. Hynes
Center Brunswick
Richards
Town of Hoosick
Plagon Perches On Hat During Church Hymn
In Bardsley England a plagon landed on Gladys Knowles's Sunday straw hat as the congregation sang Come Gracious Spirit Heaven ly Dove. Mrs Knowles rose calmly and exited with the unexpected visitor perched on her hat, distracting but unharmed.
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Bardsley
England
UPI
Gladys Knowles
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