New Evaluation Planned For Manchester School
Manchester Superintendent Neil E. Cross told directors a survey of Manchester Elementary School is slated for the first week in November. An eight member team will conduct the evaluation with co chairs Mrs Virginia Laraby and Mrs Leona Fish leading. The cost is borne by the district and results will be shared at a public meeting.
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Manchester
Neil E. Cross
Cross
Virginia Laraby
Rutland
Leona Fish
Dorset
George Jeffers
Potsdam
N. Y
State Teachers College
Griffin Electric Co
Bennington
State Department of Education
Griffin
Rupert Spencer
State Board of Education
Chittenden
Donald R. Shanks
I. Stanford Zecher
Main Street
Memorial Avenue
Bower
White Creek food sale and town notices in Hoosick Falls
White Creek Auxiliary of the White Creek Fire Co. Inc. holds a Friday food sale in Hoosick Falls at the former Gillespie Store from 10 to 6. Wilmington fire damages Haystack Cabins estimated 300 to 500 dollars. Several social updates from Burlington Vermont to Schenectady and Peru New York. Local school lighting, redistricting talks, and bus routes for the upcoming year discussed at Manchester Dorset area meetings.
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White Creek Fire Co. Inc
Hoosick Falls
Gillespie
Don Sears
Burlington
John
Earl Harris
Schenectady
Claudia Blake
Ray Andrew
Donald Richards
Chicago
Howard Robinson
Wilmington
Shaftsbury Troop Paper Drive For Ill Scout Opens Sat
Shaftsbury Shaftsbury Troop 331 launches Ronnie Stufflebeam Fund paper drive Saturday at 8 30 a m directed by Scoutmaster Henry Freely and assistants. Committee members include Philip Roach Charles Gabrus Henry Bunk Arthur Jones John Clawson John Billow Edwin Colvin Almon Wetherell Robert Fletcher and Donald Farrar. Proceeds go to Ronnie Stufflebeam through his parents as he remains seriously ill in Albany Medical Center Hospital. The troop will also accept cash donations. a check from the troop treasury may be presented to Ronnie’s parents. The next regular troop committee meeting is Aug 22 at 8 30 p m in Shaftsbury Elementary pol.
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Shaftsbury
Ronnie Stufflebeam
Boy Scout Troop
Henry Freely
Philip V. Roach
Charles Gabrus
Henry Bunk
Arthur Jones
John D. Clawson
John J. Billow
Edwin Colvin
Almon L. Wetherell
Freely
Robert Fletcher
Donald Farrar
Shaftsbury Elementary
Bass Drummer 72 Years In Falls Band
Hoosick Falls New York reports the Van Surdam Band wraps its annual summer concerts in Walter A Wood Memorial Park marking nearly fifty years of tradition. Fred Quackenbush, age 90, has played 72 years with the group named for founder Henderson Van Surdam. He notes the band, directed this year by William Gaillard, draws locals and visitors who enjoy mid June to mid August performances amid park crowds, popcorn wagons, and festive horns. Quackenbush also serves as general manager and bass drum player, explaining the enduring pleasure of playing despite limited rehearsals.
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Fred V.quackenbush
Fiske St
Hoosick Falls
van Surdam
Beaumont
Hoolick Falls
N.Y
Walter A. Wood
Guy Phillips
Larry Torpey
Quackenbush
William Gaillard
Hoosick Falls Central School
Pownal Schools Open August 31
Pownal Town District schools begin fall term on August 31 with Oak Hill North Pownal Center classrooms set for specific grade configurations. Junior high students will attend Mt Anthony in Bennington this year. A bus schedule meeting is planned next Tuesday. The district operates four buses and lists drivers. Hot lunch starts Sept 6. students should bring lunches first three days. Band members named from local towns and schools participate this year.
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Pownal
Oak Hill
North Pownal
Bennington
Mt. Anthony Union High
John C. Foster
Arthur James
David Niles
Walter Lampman Jr
John Patterson Jr
Pownal Board Announces Food Delivery and Peach Supper
Pownal Board of Selectmen chair Arthur E. George says the August federal surplus food allotment has arrived and will be handed out at the town office Thursday evening from 5 30 to 7 00. Those registered must pickup during the window or forfeit the month’s supply. The annual peach shortcake supper follows at Pownal Methodist Church from 5 30 onward, with Mrs Otis Dorman heading the committee including Mrs Henry J Bassen Mrs James Quinn Mrs Charles Mason Mrs Henry W Bassen Sidney Clayton and Mrs Harry W Beals Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur E. George
Pownal
Pownal Methodist Church
Otis Dorman
Henry J. Bassen
James Quinn
Charles Mason
Henry W. Bassen
Sidney Clayton
Harry W. Beals Jr
Harned-Fowler VFW tourney winners named
Ralph Fleming carded 78 to win the Harned-Fowler Post 6471 VFW golf tournament at Lake St. Catherine Country Club. 22 entries. other winners were low net Charles Knapp longest drive Albert Kent closest to hole James Roberts highest gross Robert Leary. Family Day set for Aug 28 at Tinmouth Pond pavilion with games for all ages.
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Ralph Fleming
Lake St. Catherine Country Club
Harned-Fowler Post
Fleming
Charles Knapp
Albert Kent
James Roberts
Robert Leary
Harned - Fowler Post
Tinmouth Pond
Post
Pownal Swim Lessons Set at Barber's Pond
Pownal offers swimming instruction at Barber's Pond from August 22 to 30 with Miss Ann Brush as Red Cross instructor. Registration on opening day. Schedule: swimmers 9 a.m., intermediates 9:30, beginners 10 to 11, lifesaving 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Barber’s Pond
Ann Brush
Red Cross
Joseph Tornabene
Tornabene
Directors To Discuss Junior High in Bennington Rutland Union
Manchester officials briefed the school board on plans to call a Sept 6 meeting of all directors in the Bennington Rutland Supervisory Union to set minimum junior high standards. Attendees will consider forming a junior high for two or more towns as facilities expansion nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Neil E. Cross
Bennington-Rutland
Eugene V. Kayatta
Donald R. Shanks
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Myra Sisson
Peru
Women’s Society of Christian Service
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Gansevoort
McCart
Dewey McCart
Babcock Lake
Robert McCart
Edith Kingsbury
Todd Witherell
Edward Witherell
Don Stevens
Shaftsbury Troop
Bob Beers
Edward Fitzgerald
Petersburg
Beers
Falls
Edith Beaumont
Leon W. Eldred
Monument Ave
Pownal Schools
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Cortland Cottrell
Arthur Center
Joseph Powers
Stanley Shields
Elmer Rehm
Cambridge
Gordon Harrington
Greenwich
Ralph Bacon
Wilbur Frost
Cohoes
F. Catricola
Troy
Jack Miller
Walter Dunham
Clarkson Eaton
Howard Towsley
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Steamtown
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