Fiddling at Bennington Barbecue on Battle Day Weekend
Corwin Tehwell of Bennington headlines a Bennington Battle Day barbecue at Park McGullough House from 4 to 6:30 p.m. with his son-in-law Ralph Bacon. Tickets 3.50 full, 2 child, vegetarian 2.75. Activities include games, buggy rides, square dancing, band concert, ice cream, lemonade, and a Bennington County Band debut appearance. Oliver Hoag chairs the event.
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Craftsbury Common
North Bennington
Corwin Tehwell
Bennington
Park- McGullough House
Tiiwell
Ralph Bacon
Hank Tenney
Charles Dewey
Carlton
Corinne Philpott
Hoosick Falls
Charles Sutherland
Kay Brubaker
Bennington County
Oliver Hoag
Barbeeve
MES Board Continues Hiring and Purchases for 1873-74
Manchester Elementary School proceeds with hiring for the 1873 74 year interviewing candidates for sixth grade. The board in open session will seek three new positions bus driver janitor bus driver and part time reading teacher with Supt Houlihan authorized to hire bus drivers. They accept George Heaslip fuel bid eight cents lower than Oscar Johnson and approve Sunderland inclusion in hot lunch on a one month trial, funded by federal aid if fiscally feasible. They also approve Vermont Design for Education amendments dropping a full time psychologist, citing United Counseling Service as meeting that need. Two gym use requests approved for Manchester Rescue Squad and Heart Association. rock concert request denied due to gym divider installation.
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Manchester
Edward Houlihan
George Heaslip
Henalip
Oscar Johnson
Johnson
Sunderland
Ferdinand Bongartz
Houlman
Nis
Vermont
United Counseling Service
Manchester Rescue Squad
Heart Association
Bennington BCRC to discuss draft state land use plan
Arlington meeting at 7:30 p.m. will review the finished draft of Vermont's land use plan with Jan Wells from the State Planning Office. the session aims to refine proposals before public hearings, addressing districts, urban growth, agriculture, and local character. slides will present mapped land use districts for Bennington County.
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Arlington
Bennington County Regional Commission
BCRC
Grest
Jan Wells
State Planning Office
Vermont
Bennington County
Wea
Margaret Mary's
Walloomsac Birthday Party At Hoags Celebrates Mrs Hoag
A triple birthday celebration took place Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Jim Hoag honoring Mrs Bertha Hoag and marking her birthday with family and friends in attendance.
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Jim Hoag
Mrs. Hoag
Skip Wilson
George E.wilson
Pownal Church Activities And Local Notices
Pownal notices detail choir rehearsals at Pownal Baptist Church and North Pownal Congregational Church for Wednesday evening, a 7 30 p m Bible class at the parsonage, and a Pownal Fire Auxiliary practice for the state convention parade in Bennington. Also listed are sweatshirt delivery delays, Troop 347 advancements, a Camp Sunrise update, family birthdays, Hoag family gathering, Bertha’s Angels meeting, and social visits to regional residents.
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The
North Pownal Congregational Church
Pownal
North Bennington Church Food Sale Set for Aug 18
The Women's Fellowship of the North Bennington Baptist Church will hold a food sale on Saturday August 18 at 11 a.m. in the McCullough Library. The final Bim program at McCullough Library was held last week with light refreshments marking the end of the summer series. About 20 youngsters participated in the series. The library will be closed Thursday in observance of Bennington Battle Day.
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Women's Fellowship of the
North Bennington Baptist Church
McCullough Library
McCullough
Bennington
North Bennington Trustees set special meeting on revenue sharing
Village officials schedule a special meeting for Wednesday August 22 at 7 30 p m at the firehouse to vote on allocating revenue sharing funds for a water main enlargement on North Street and the Prospect Street bridge and to approve a 2080 grant for sidewalks. The water department operates under a gift deed and is self funding through rents, not a village subsidy.
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North Bennington Village
North Street
Prospect Street Bridge
North Bennington
Jennings
Water Board
Winhall Woman Celebrates 81st Birthday Party
Mrs. Lee Hewes formerly Georgianna Forrest marked her 81st birthday on Aug 9 with a party Aug 12 at her daughter and son-in-law Theodore Miller’s home in Winhall Hollow. Family and friends from Benson Manchester Arlington and Glens Falls attended a buffet picnic and she received many cards and gifts.
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Lee Hewes
Georgianna Forrest
Inlaw
Theodore Miller
Winhall Hollow
Benson
Manchester
Arlington
Glens Falls
Pleasant Valley Grange News and Area Church Events
South Cambridge residents visit Mrs Gertrude Aiken as Pleasant Valley Grange schedules a Friday Aug 17 meeting at 9 30 p m at the hall. Combined church service set for Sun Aug 19 at 9 30 a m at North Hoosick United Methodist with Rev Harry Burdess. a picnic at Shelld s on Heges Lake follows. Master Ernest Trinkle presided at Aug 3 grange meeting. charter draped in Cedric Babcock memory. barbeque proceeds thanked. program featured a fishing game travel quiz and readings. United Methodist Women met at president Mrs Ernest Trinkle s home.
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Circuit
North Hoosick — United Methodist Church
Harry Burdess
Shelld's
Heges Lake
Ernest Trinkle
Pleasent Valley Grange
Cedric Babcock
Janet English
United Methodist Women
Falls board chooses electrical contractor for rink project
Hoosick Falls town board selected J.A. Bradley of Hoosick Falls to install rink electrical work at 7,940.76 dollars the lowest bid among several. Construction moves ahead with steel trim remaining and bids for partitions and fencing underway. The meeting also covered road maintenance, district reorganization, a temporary justice appointment, polling place changes, and plans for a senior citizens center at an estimated 90,000 dollars including equipment.
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Susan Elliott
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Town of
Rich Electric
Shushan
Phil Leonard
Kema
Ben Harrison
Buskirk
Shiland
Tourd
Rose Waythus
Antique show to benefit boy scouts in Cropseyville
In Cropseyville New York the White Church Community Men's Club hosts the first annual antique show and flea market at White Church Hall on White Church Lane off Cropseyville Poestenkill Road. Twenty two dealers offer antiques and crafts from guns and china to jewelry and lamps. A country store and food will be available. Proceeds fund a cub scout troop and educational lectures in the capitol district.
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Cropseyville
N.Y
White Church Community Men's Club
White Church Hall
White Church Lane
Fia Cropseyville- Poestenkill Road
Troy
Capitol
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Walloomsac
Bertha Hoag
Tee
Pamela Blakeman
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Ronald Gagnon
Rene Gagnon
Chris Hattat
Camp Sunrise
Order of the Arrow
Maureen Andrews
North Adams
Mass
Dick Lasser
Eagle Mills
Bertha
Angels
Paul Mashig
Williamstown
Oscar Stewart Sr
Sun
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Catamount National Bank
FDLC
Winhall
South Cambridge
Margaret Aiken
Mildred Davey
Yonkers
Lois Virtue
Dorothy
Colla
Gertrude Aiken
Pleasant Valley Granges
David and
Mark MacNeil
Resleigh
Kenneth Aiken
Grange
Main Street
Benningwe, Vt
Occupy Falls Board
Wie Lown
Fog Hill Road
Hoaslck
Robert Shiland
Justice Mahar
Eno
Reynolds-Gilchrist Memorial
Parson Clayaway
America
Vermont Petroleum Association
P.O. Box
Montpelier
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