A Fateful Decision In Hoosick Falls Student Declines Peru Trip
Michele Restino of Hoosick Falls chose to visit Coorhin rather than join a 48 student Peru flight. The crash carried 48 American students with 300 peers in a program by the International Fellowship, marking its first tragedy since 1964.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Michele Restino
Peru
Coorhin
Miss Restino
Hoosick Falls Central School
Thomas G. Restino
Willow St
South America
Ibaque
Colmabia
International Fellowship
Hoosick Falls Residents Join Battle Day Observance
Hoosac-Walloomsac Chapter D A R and Hoosick Falls Elks will take part in Bennington Battle Day ceremonies at the New York State Battlefield Park with a replica 13 star flag. The event features a Van Surdam Band concert from 3 30 to 5 15 p m and a 15 minute wreath laying ceremony on the hilltop markers.
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Hoosac-Walloomsac
D.A.R
Hoosick Falls Lodge of Elks
Bennington
New York State Battlefield Park
Hoosac Constabulary
State Park
van Surdam
Shaftsbury School Adds Wing and Seeks Volunteers
June town meeting approved an addition to the Shaftsbury school and the building committee will interview architects. The panel seeks volunteers by calling Joe Crossman, Mrs. David Moriarty, or Jesse Strong. Principal Samuel Carrara notes teachers want classroom typewriters and asks for donations of old machines. Dr and Mrs Petelle of Lincoln Neb visit Mrs Heil Reed in August. Tacoma J Reed, formerly of Shaftsbury, is now in Cambridge NY at Mary McClellan Hospital.
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Joe Crossman
David Moriarty
Jesse Strong
Samuel Carrara
Carrara
John Petelle
Lincoln
Neb
Deerfield Art Exhibit Set at Deerfield Valley Health Center
The Sixth Annual Deerfield Valley Health Center art exhibition will run Friday August 14, Saturday August 15 from noon to 5 p.m., and Sunday August 16 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Wilmington. Admission is $1 for adults, children free with an adult. Proceeds fund medical equipment and volunteer services at the health center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Deerfield Valley Health Center
Nicholas Harvey
Arlington Event Notes On East ern Star Officers
Arlington Eastern Star grand officers will be hosted at Pawlet on August 15 at 7 30 p m with a supper to follow. Members and guests may wear casual dress. Arlington American Legion Post 69 plans a chicken barbecue Sunday August 23 from 1 to 3 p m in Legion rooms for members social members and their immediate families.
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Helene Thompson
Pawlet
Arlington American Legion Post
Legion
Chekhov's Three Sisters Opens at Williamstown
Anton Chekhov's The Three Sisters opened at Williamstown for a week run directed by Nikos Psacharopoulos with design by Steven Rubin and Richard Devin. The cast includes Olympia Dukakis Joyce Ebert Laurie Kennedy Louis Zorich and others delivering a stark tableau of Chekhovian disaffection in a world of immorality and endless bickering with tense confrontations and intense performances.
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Chekhov
Three Sisters
Williamstown Theatre
Linda Gulder
Natasha
Olympia Dukakis
Olga
Joyce Ebert
Masha
Laurie Kennedy
Irina
Stephen Mendillo
Kulygin
Anton Chekhov
Wiliamstown Theatre
Nikos Psacharopoulos
Steven Rubin
Richard Devin
Williamstown
Greece
Rome
Psacharopoulos
Contin
Miss Kennedy
Louis Zorich
Hys
Olga Olympia Dukakis
Irina Laurie Kennedy
Doctor Chebutykin
Louis Zurich
Baron Tusenbach
Yusef Bules
David Clennon
Solyony
Frances Chaffee
George Ebeling
Ferapont
Richard Venture
Vershinin
Andrei Prozorov
Tom Atkins Kulygin
Natasha Linda Guilder Fedotk
Paul Thomas Rode
Bob Hitt
Christopher Alden
Neil Bell
Cathy Berger
Michael Dryansky
Sally Hyatt
Judy Juragaitis
Emily Lape
Prisoners Flee 1859 Monroe County Penitentiary
In Rochester police recaptured eight of 24 inmates who escaped Monroe County Penitentiary by chipping mortar and pushing out a three foot section of brickwork. The remaining 16 fled in civilian clothes, hindering the manhunt led by Det. Chief Mike Seretto.
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Rochester
N.Y
UPI
Monroe County Penitentiary
Mike Seretto
Dragnet
Pownal church host to annual peach shortcake supper
The WSCS of Pownal United Methodist Church invites the public to a peach shortcake supper on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. in the church hall with ham meat loaf scalloped potatoes and other dishes. Mrs Daisy Dorman chairs assisted by several listed volunteers. John C George son of Mrs William H Hurley has enlisted in the U S Army and is in basic training at Fort Dix N J. Miss Marcia Buck was guest of honor at a bridal shower in the North Pownal Firehouse with 50 attendees from nearby towns. she will wed U S Army Spec 5 Gary Hall August 29 at Our Lady of Lourdes Church.
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WSCS
Pownal
John C. George
William H. Hurley
Niles Road
U.S. Army
Fort Dix
N.J
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Petco Corp
Bennington
North Pownal
Schenectady
N.Y
North Hoosick
Hoosick
Williamstown
Mass
Pownall
Nancy Whitten
Gail Hayes
Barbara Burke
Judy Burdick
Buck
Louis Buck
Our Lady of Lourdes Church
Gary Hall
Hall
Vietnam
West Mountain Farm Reopens With Festive Lawn Party
West Arlington hosts about 250 guests at West Mountain Farm as new managers Maude Dorr Arden Harrison and Andre Clavel, with chef Kenilee Moore, unveil a family style dinner service and weekly menus. The event features bingo pony rides karate lessons and music by Stonehenge. Horseback riding and lessons continue over the next three weekends as plans unfold.
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West Arlington
West Mountain
Kenilee Moore
Arlington
Stonehenge
Mark
John Burke
Tim Blair
Maude Dorr
Arden Harrison
Andre Clavel
Miss Moore
West Mountain Farm
SVAC presents The Sleeping Car Murder for film festival
Manchester readers learn that SVAC’s 1970 Film Festival screens The Sleeping Car Murder on Tuesday Aug 18 at 8 p m. Costa Gavras directs this French murder mystery from Sebastian Japrisot with Yves Montand Simone Signoret and others. Also shown is Mel Brooks short The Critic.
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Manchester
Southern Vermont Art Center
Costa Gavras
Sebastian Japrisot
Jean Tournier
Michel Magne
Yves Montand
Simone Signore
Pierre Mondy
Catharine Allegret
Jacques
The
Mel Brooks
White Creek Social Notes Highlight Local Events
Eleanor Niles and Susan Austin led Washington County representatives at a Citizenship Short course in Washington DC. The Daily Vacation Bible School picnic at Jermain Church saw 23 perfect attendance awards and 47 registered children. Frank Taber of Greenwich visited his brother Raymond. Mrs Sally Cross is a patient at Samaritan Hospital Troy. Mrs Henry Brace injured her left arm last week. Mrs Herbert Austin hosted the W S C S at her camp on Hedges Lake with an Agape Meal and a musical program led by Carol, Donna, Gloria, Sophia and Andrea.
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Susan Austin
John Austin
Washington County
Washington, D.C
Jermain
Frank Taber
Greenwich
Raymond Taber
Sally Cross
Samaritan Hospital
Troy
Henry Brace Ee
Herbert Austin
W.S.C.S
Hedges Lake
Carol
Donna George
Gloria Frank
Sophia Healey
Andrea Woodner
Annual Old Home Day Held at Sandgate Sun
Sandgate crowds gathered at the Sandgate Road churchyard for Old Home Day as Rev John Geer and his wife returned from Boston to join the event. Stacy minister preached on the church foundation while Adelaide Knowles of Stowe spoke on the Lord's Prayer and world today amid open windows and floral altar arrangements.
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Sandgate Sun
Sandgate
Sandgate Methodist Church
Boston
John Geer
Stacy
Stowe
Adelaide Knowles
Gran
Evans
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Mary Hennessey
William J. Hennessey
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Main Street
Hoosie Valley Asphalt Co. Inc
Valley Falls
Kokely Avenue
Jail Hill
Harold J. Crowley
Clarance Grogan
Christine M. English
Michael Jurczhak
Adams
Corliss Senecal
North Bennington
Gertrude McGarvin
Mary McClellan Hospital
Cambridge
Julia McGarvin
Hoosick Falls Health Center
Davis St
Shaftsbury
Sheilah Miller
Deerfield
William Gilbert
Williamstown, Mass
Steria
Tom Atkins
Vermont National
FDIC
Pownals
Marcia Buck
Tobin
Hilts
Tad
Franks
By Kay Weeks
SVAC
White Creek
Eleanor Niles
Sandgate Methodist
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