Attend Grand Aerie Convention Hoosick Falls Eagles
Hoosick Falls area delegates Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lemon Mr. and Mrs. Albert Thurber Mr. Gordon Brenenstuhl and Mr. Charles Straub report on the Grand Aerie Convention of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. The group notes nearly $100 000 donated to charities nationwide and highlights include Nighters Welcome in Milwaukee with Red Skelton and dance by Bob Crosby orchestra and a week banquet at MECCA Center with Glenn Miller Dennis Day Rudy Vallee and Bob Hope. The next Aerie meeting is August 19 at 8 pm with all members urged to attend.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Henry Lemon
Albert Thurber
Gordon Brenenstuhl
Charles Straub
Hoosick Falls Aerie
Grand Aerie Convention
Order of Eagles
Grand Aerie
Milwaukee
Red Skelton
Bob Crosby
Mecca Center
Glenn Miller
Dennis Day
Rudy Vallee
Bob Hope
Aerie
Pownal Girls Softball Schedule Changes and Arlington News
The Pownal Girls Softball League schedule with Bennington Recreation teams changes. Mondays game moves to North Pownal field and Wednesdays game shifts to Bennington. Air Force Sgt John W Hoyt son of Cyril C Hoyt Jr Arlington Rd 2 Arlington assigned to Beale AFB Marysville California from Otis AFB. He is a 1968 Arlington Memorial High School graduate. Arlington soccer faces Bomoseen in a playoff at 6 pm today at Arlington High. Arlington High School office closed August 19 26.
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Pownal
Bennington
North Pownal Field
Air Force
John W. Hoyt
Cyril C. Hoyt Jr
Arlington
Beale Air Force Base
Marysville
Calif
Otis
Mass
Air Force Base
Arlington Memorial High School
Bomoseen
Arlington High School
Pownal Backpacks and Circus Drive Local Fundraisers
The Pownal Parent-Teacher Group asks saving Betty Crocker coupons to fund school equipment. The Pownal Baptist Church sponsors the Royal Wild West Circus on Tuesday August 27 at Green Mountain Park Race Track with shows at 4 and 8 p.m. Proceeds aid the church oil fund, with advance tickets offering 50 cent savings and up to half of proceeds to the oil fund. The town clerk’s office closes Friday. primary voter applications for September 10 must be in by noon Saturday, with office hours 10 a.m. to noon.
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Pownal
Betty Crocker
Pownal Baptist Church
Green Mountain Park
Church
Walloomsac News: Local visits and community events
Bertha Hoag and Mr and Mrs Robert Austin of Pittstown visited his mother Mrs Roscoe Austin Saturday. An Aug 13 dinner was hosted by Mrs Richard Lasser for the birthdays of her mother Mrs Jim Hoag and husband Dick. Hoosick Area Senior Citizens held a Aug 12 card party with 110 tables. prize winners were Agnes Stevens, Guy Barber and Freelove Scott and Roy Draper. From 10 to 12 Aug 19 a blood pressure check will be offered at the Senior Center by the Rensselaer County Health Department. Spending weekend at their Walloomsac home were Mr and Mrs James Ingunza of Oradell NJ. Sandra Hoag had her 19th birthday Aug 12. Leonard Arnold and family moved into the former Jack Ellis home. Bridget Hoag returned from Cape Cod with Edward LaFortune Jr. Mrs Roscoe Austin was a dinner guest in South Cambridge. After a week at Hedges Lake, Kenneth Cottrell and family returned to Bellefonte PA. Terry Bentley and others were guests of Alice B Fitzgerald and Jane Fitzgerald.
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Richard Lasser
Jim Hoag
Hoosick Area
Agnes Stevens
Guy Barber
Freelove Scott
Roy Draper
Birthday salute for state trooper at Shaftsbury party
Shaftsbury residents gathered to honor honored state trooper Glenn Hall on August 12 with immediate family and friends in attendance. August 17 is the last day to register to vote in the September 10 primary per town clerk Cathleen Harwood, with the clerk’s office open until noon. The Clyde Sanders family of Twitchell Hill hosts Mrs Sanders' sisters, their husbands and children for August, with visitors Weldon Willard and Edward Reagan families from Whitney Point New York and Mesa Aziz scheduled to stay about a month.
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Sycamore Lane
Glenn Hall
Cathleen Harwood
Clyde Sanders
Twitchell Hill
White Creek Community Notices and Local Visits
Sunday services at Jamaica United Methodist Church run at 9 am August 18 with Sunday school paused until September 8. Mary Teresa Bump visits the Harry Baldwin Jr. family while Mrs. Diane Bump recovers from surgery at Putnam Memorial Hospital.
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Jamaica United
Mary Teresa Bump
Hollywood, Fla
Harry Baldwin Jr
Diane Bump
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Vermont unemployment near eight percent fuels recession fears
Vermont Development and Community Affairs Secretary Donald Webster says the state's unemployment rate is near 8 percent and may rise, with Chittenden County at about 9.1 percent. He notes Brattleboro and White River Junction areas have higher employment, using the total workforce for estimates. In Guilford tourist activity improves, Welcome Center reports 8676 visitors and 2911 cars last week, up from 8096 visitors and 2640 cars a year ago. A legislative committee agrees towns must draft own land use plans within two years or align with a state plan, increasing local control.
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Webster
Guilford
UPI
Vermont
Massachusetts
Interstate 91
Montpelier
Green Mountain Power rate hearings delayed by Vermont PSB
Hearings on the Green Mountain Power Co rate case are delayed until further notice by the Vermont Public Service Board. The delay affects an Aug. 19 proceeding as Green Mountain seeks an average 65 percent rate hike. The company has already been granted 55.6 percent temporary relief in three installments.
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Montpelier
UPI
Green Mountain Power Co
Vermont Public Service Board
Green Mountain
Florence Christie
PSB
Bridgewater man ordered to undergo re examination in wife slaying
hn I Lehto a 65 year old Bridgewater man charged with the slaying of his wife Blanche 53 was ordered by Superior Court Judge Franklin S Billings to undergo 60 days observation at Waterbury State Hospital Lehto was arrested at his Woodstock home Sunday after his wife died from gunshot wounds to the back
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Woodstock
UPI
Bridgewater
Waterbury State Hospital
Hn I. Lehto
Superior Court
Franklin S. Billings
Lehto
Blanche
County considering four year terms for county officials
The Rensselaer County legislature advanced a four year term plan for county legislators town supervisors and town clerks. It also urged the attorney general to pursue a class action against major oil companies for gasoline price fixing and increased the senior nutrition budget by 14 dollars. Four public hearings on joining the Capital District Off-Track Betting authority will run Aug 19 at Schodack Town Hall Aug 21 at Hoosic Valley School Schaghticoke Aug 27 at Petersburg Veterans Hall and Sept 9 at Troy County Courthouse at 7 p.m.
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Troy
Rensselaer
County Officers Association
Rensselaer County
Capital District
William J. Murphy
Schodack Town Hall
Hoosic Valley Central School
Schaghticoke
Petersburg Veterans Hall
Nitric acid spill harms Hoosac River in Berkshire region
Sprague Electric disclosed a hazardous nitric acid discharge at its Marshall Street plant near North Adams last Thursday night. The spill, caused by equipment failure, preceded a major fish kill with thousands of suckers dying downstream. Officials warn even small aquatic life can be affected in such discharges. Concurrently, North Adams seeks federal funds for a 43 mile Berkshire bicycle path circling Mt. Greylock, with a projected cost of about 125000 dollars and routes through Pittsfield Adams Williamstown North Adams Lanesboro New Ashford and Cheshire. The plan includes Notch Road improvements once colonial Pittsfield to Bennington road.
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North Adams
Sprague Electric
Marshall Street
Hoosac
William A. Doubleday
Berkshire County
Pittsfield
Bennington
Mt. Greylock
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Pamela Blakeman
Walloomsac
Bertha Hoag
Robert Austin
Pittstown
Roscoe Austin
Ann O’brien
Marion Stephenson
Henderson Vandam
James Ingunza
Oradell, N.J
Sandra Hoag
Mrs. Leonard Arnold
Jack Ellis
Bridget Hoag
Cape Cod
Edward LaFortune Jr
of Elva
Edith Gigel
Lake George
William Austin
South Cambridge
Hedges Lake
Kenneth Cottrell
Bellefonte
Terry Bentley
Mike and
Michelle
Kevin Bentley
Deposit
Alice B. Fitzgerald
Jane Fitzgerald
Shaftsbury
Sheilah Miller
Pelo
Young Miss
Best
Grant
Kodel
Flattering
Monument Plaza
Bennington, Vermont
Eleanor Niles
Joseph Thompson
Norway
McCart
Jermain Community Hall
Harwood Jr
Terry McCart
Cheryl Sargood
Aarvelle
Harry Brace
William Martin
Cleveland, Ohio
Edward Kyer
John Latham
Paul Bellemare
Middleford, Conn
John Souness
Ukiah
Jim Evans
Evans
Foggy Ottosen
Finast
North Bennington Road
New York
Down In
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