County Homemakers Camp Ondawa Weekend closes with 22 attendees
About 22 women from Bennington and Windham Counties spent four days at Camp Ondawa for Homemakers Weekend hosted by the Bennington YMCA Northshire Day Camp. Leaders included Mrs. Ruth Clough and co chairwoman Mrs. Evelyn Jones with cook Mrs. Ada Hershberg. Activities featured tours, slides on Puerto Rico and Switzerland, a white elephant sale, entertainment, and Sunday worship. Attendees ranged from young Bonnie Douglas to 92 year old Anna Aumann, a longtime participant.
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Sunderland
Bennington
Windham
Ondawa
Northshire
Ruth Clough
Dorset
Evelyn Jones
Ada Hershberg
Londonderry
Weston
Puerto Rico
Mildred Clough
Switzerland
Dorothy Clough
Louise McSherry
Gage Street
Charlotte Oakes
Athens
Bonnie Douglas
Hershberg
Anna Aumann
Rupert
Camp Ondawa
Hoosick Falls youths attend Camp Hebron week
Hoosick Falls residents including Mark Harrison son of Dr and Mrs Harry P Harrison attend Presbyterian Camp Hebron in West Hebron NY this week. Town rescue squad fund drive ends in seven weeks with house to house canvass Oct 9 and donations via Rescue Squad box at Church Street Fire Station or to Miss Shirley M Howard treasurer Cummings Street Extension.
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Mark Harrison
Harry P. Harrison
Richmond Avenue
Camp Hebron
West Hebron
N.Y
Town of
Howard
Old Home Day in White Creek blends art and nostalgia
White Creek New York hosted the 40th Old Home Day as the sun returned and a welcoming committee greeted visitors. The Jermain Church, dating to 1798 and recently redecorated, offered a 3 pm program by Lansing Christman with music by the McGeoch family. An outdoor art show directed by P Geoffrey Jones showcased oils, watercolors, sketches, and town-made crafts. A Jer main Hall display featured antiques, a colonial kitchen scene, and a historic patchwork quilt, with a noon to 2 pm buffet and folk singing at 3:30 pm leaving attendees with a sense of lasting connection to White Creek.
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White Creek
N.Y
Ashfield Ashford
Jermain Methodist
Jermain
Lansing Christman
Delanson
Schenectady
McGeoch
Elizabeth Goodrich
P. Geoffrey Jones
Quaker Hill Road
Forrest King Moses
Eagle Bridge
Wilfred Robertson
Grandma Moses
Pamela Mayberger
Joel F. Towart
Dorothy Towart
Pat Cooke
Cambridge
David Nolen
Wilfred Freylink
Arthur May
Sophia Healy
Bob and
Allen Masten
Duane and
Mary Robinson
Matosian
Grace Qua
M. Hendrickson
Jermain Hall
Santa Maria
Oskirko Anniversary Noted Amid Local Events
Mr and Mrs Walter Oskirko celebrate their 27th wedding anniversary with area friends and visitors from Massachusetts. Arlington hosts schedule includes Monday games Kiwanis at Hoosick Falls and Braves at Arlington II Field Tuesday and Thursday events plus a 29th annual Street Fair and Grange social. Sodality of St Margaret Mary Church leads activities.
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Walter Oskirko
Massachusetts
Arlington
Kiwanis
Hoosick Falls
Braves
Pirates
Arlington II Field
American Legion Auxiliary Post
Legion Rooms
Indians
LL Field
Community House
Dodgers
Battenkill
Grange Hall
West Arlington
Sodality of
St. Margaret Mary’s Church
Bookmobile Visits Vermont Counties Aug 8 and 10
Rutland area readers learn a August bookmobile schedule with stops in Shaftsbury Sunderland East Dorset North Rupert Pawlet Rupert West Rupert and West Pawlet. Donations for a street fair food table needed by 6 30 p.m. Aug ...
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Rutland
Free Public Library Service
Bennington County
Shaftsbury
East
Main Streets
Sunderland
Pennock’s
East Dorset
North Rupert
Leach Residence
Pawlet
Rupert
West Rupert
Sherman’s
West Pawlet
Three in Manchester Family Attain Identical Army Rank
Mr and Mrs Ira L Hartwell Sr of Manchester Depot celebrate three sons attaining Army majors. Edward promoted at Law ton Ohio as executive officer of a company. Ira L Hartwell Jr promoted after Vietnam service and serves at Fort Rucker Alabama. John Hartwell recently promoted to major last October before Vietnam deployment.
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Manchester
Ira L. Hartwell Sr
Manchester Depot
Hartwells
Edward
Lawton
Ohio
Ira L. Hartwell Jr
Army
Vietnam
Army Aviation School Department of Tactics
Fort Rucker
Ala
Chapel of the Snows
Stratton
Jo- Ann Keith Johnson
Maj
John Hartwell
Columbia
JoAnn Keith Johnson Hartwell
Ft. Rucker
Miss Jeni LaVigne Heads to Webster College for Freshman Year
North Bennington announces that Jeni Elizabeth LaVigne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce H. LaVigne, will enter Webster College in St. Louis as a freshman this fall. A 1967 graduate of Bennington Catholic High School she plans to study creative writing and the fine arts.
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Jeni Elizabeth LaVigne
Bruce H. LaVigne
Webster College
St. Lewis
Bennington Catholic High School
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Edwin E. Brenenstuhl
River Road
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Library News
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Reston
Rogers
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Arlington Memorial High School
Bennington College
Henning
Vermont
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Robert O’brien
Marion Taylor
Hemming
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ORTH
Ennington
Manchester Center
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Russell Keith
Cambridge, N.Y
Manchester Nursing and Welfare Association
Main ST
Stark Hose
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P.O. Box
Phone Walker
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Haynes
Kane
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