Hoosick Falls Youth Swimathon Raises Over $1,000
In Hoosick Falls NY twenty one local children swam about 1379 laps to raise 1019.14 for the Hoosick Rescue Squad truck fund, beating last year’s totals by over 200. Youngest Paul Haynes 8 completed 70 laps earning 85.50 while 11 year old Billy Jo Danforth swam 28 laps and raised 146.00, Penny Armstrong 14 logged 254 laps and earns 48 from sponsors, with one adult participant at 30 laps and 130. Swimmers plan to collect pledges this weekend.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Weir-Reynolds
Hoosick Rescue Squad
Paul Haynes
Billy Jo Danforth
Swimathon
Diana Corbett
Gambling study eyed for Greylock Glen resort plan
Adams Massachusetts a consultant for Elco Resort Developers is studying whether casino gambling could be feasible at the stalled Greylock Glen project. James W Stetson staff counsel and Joseph Dragone Greylock Glen manager discussed gambling types and potential economic benefits while Elco officials say Dragone acted independently. Committee chair Rep Ambler notes no local interest yet and that any gambling change would be part of a broader legislative package balancing revenue and existing lotteries.
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Stetson
Dragone
Newport
Elco
Berkshire County
Alan S. Canter
Prsident
Canter
House
Ambler
State Lottery Commission
Greylock Glen
Mt. Greylock
George A. Fuller Co
New York
Fuller
Massachusetts Industrial Mortgage Insurance Agency
Roper Center to study WWII soldiers behavior
Williamstown Mass The Roper Public Opinion Research Center received an 18 month grant of 88692 from the US Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Local Sciences. Philip K Hastings president announced the funds will be used to computer process and catalog over 100 attitude and behavior surveys conducted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Mass
Roper Public Opinion Research Center
US Army Research Institue
Philip K. Hastings
Shaftsbury Dump visiting hours amid WWII personnel
Shaftsbury announces new visiting hours for the Shaftsbury Dump: Sunday August 29 from 8 to 11 a.m., Tuesday and Thursday 12:30 to 9 p.m., and Saturday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Hastings is lead investigator for a project in psychology and political science, with Mrs. Marion Goethals supervising. Studies cover pilots attitudes in Europe, postwar race issues, psychiatric surveys, moral studies, and army life attitudes. The grant totals about 300,000 dollars, boosting the center’s awards in five years.
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Shaftsbury
Hastings
Marion Goethals
Center
Local residents share travels and visits
Walloomsac Edward H. Cottrell has returned home from a trip to Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Cip perly with Rachel and Mike visited Storytown last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Terry Bentley with Mike and Michelle returned home after a camp week. Jennifer Trent returned to Osceola County Florida after a Florida Interstate Exchange 4-H stint with Cathy Luke. Mrs. Edwin Lennon and her sister Mrs. William Dailey returned from Canada and the U.S. Last Wednesday Mrs. Lennon, Mrs. Eugene Slavin and daughter Margaret visited friends. Mary Ellen Hoagh spent a month at the Sharon Hotel in Israel before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul H. Cipperly
Rachel
Mike
Storytown
Terry Bentley
Michelle
Jennifer Trent
Osceola County
Fla
Cathy Luke
Edwin Lennon
William Dailey
Canada
U.S
Mary Ellen Hoagh
Sharon Hotel
Israel
Reunions and Visits Highlight Newburgh Area Notes
White Creek Eleanor Niles and Mrs John Olsen of Newburgh stay at the Lobdell residence for weeks. John Latham of New York City returns home after a couple of weeks here. James Lake and family plus Mrs Gordon Byars and Mary Robinson attend the 49th Saf ford reunion at Hedges Lake. Scott Sargent and Mrs Ronald Freemyer of Savannah are visiting relatives. McCart reunion at Hoosick Falls hosts by Mr and Mrs Robert McCart. Donald George weekend in Springfield visiting daughter Laurie. Mrs Helen Bowker, formerly local, weekend guest of Mrs Nora Meersworth. Walter Hulihan visits brother Francis Mullen in Pittsfield Massachusetts General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Lake
Michelle
Gordon Byars
Mary Robinson
Safford
Hedges Lake
Scott Sargent
Ronald Freemyer
Savannah, Ga
Dewey McCart
Mildred
Howard Robinson
Duane
Mary
James McCart
Annette White
McCart
Robert McCart
Hoosick Fils
Women college presidents profile and rise in leadership
Patricia McCormack profiles a new generation of female college presidents drawn from law politics and business noting two of three heads at women’s colleges are women and private women’s colleges have doubled. The piece highlights Frances Farenthold Barbara White Virginia Lester Alice Emerson and others detailing their careers and backgrounds. It also reports on international tourism in the Bicentennial year with 7.4 million foreign visitors and Canada leading arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’ S College Coalition
Women’s College Coalition
Frances
Sissy” Faren
Thold
Weiss College
Farenthold
National Women’s Political Caucus
United Sates
Texas House of Representatives
Vassar
The
University @ Texas
Barbara White
Mills College
Oakland
Calif
White
U.S. Information Agency
Mexico
Mt. Holyoke
Harvard
Mary Baldwin College
Virginia
Empire State College
State University of New York
Lester
Alice F. Emerson
Wheaton College
Massachusetts
Wheaton
University of Pennsylvania
Bryn Mawr
Emerson
Girard Company
Girard Bank of Philadelphia
Institute For Paralegal Training In
Philadelphia
Washington
UPI
England
France
United States
U.S
Canada
CVPS Starts Arlington Substation Construction
Central Vermont Public Service Corp begins the first phase of a major project to boost reliability and future capacity for Arlington and nearby communities. The $280,000 effort replaces a temporary East Arlington substation with a larger facility, ties into existing lines, and will include three-mile line reconstructions over three years. The new substation will initially operate at eight kilovolts, rising to 12.5 when the system is upgraded. The project also targets Sunderland Sandgate Manchester and Shaftsbury with enhanced service reliability. Site prep is underway and the project includes multiple crews and timelines. A separate note: North Bennington trustees join with the zoning and planning commissions for a meeting on August 26 to discuss mobile home share line pond and pool zoning ordinances.
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Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Arlington
CVPS
Bennington
Reginald Barnard
East Arlington
Sargood Lot
Arlington Depot
Barnard
Mack Molding Company
Sunderland
Sandgate
Manchester
Shaftsbury
Trustees, Zoning Commission and Planning Commission
North Bennington
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Penny Armstrong
Government Regulations Committee
Robert Ambler
D-Weymouth
Roper Center
Sheilah Miller
Main & Safford
Walloomsac
Edward H. Cottrell
Missouri
Mrs
Sherman Herrington
California
Viola Pratt
Lake Shaftsbury, Vt
Eleanor Niles
John Olsen
Newburgh
Lobdell
Winaiie the
John Lathams
New York City
Donald George
Springfield
Laurie
Helen Bowker
Here
Nora Meersworth
Walter Hulihan
Francis Mullen
Pittsfield
General Hospital
Main ST
Fienberg
Bennington, VI
Profiles of Women College Presidents
Patricia McCormack
UPI Education
Virginia L. Lester
Marjorie Bell Chambers
Colorado Women’s College
Denver
Los Alamos
N.M
American Association of University Women
Atomic Energy Commission
Mexico City
University of New Mexico
Schoo
OFFI
Main Street
Bennington Y Bookshop
CE Products Center
New
T&t Fence Company
Middebury
Gilbert B. Howland
Seth Sargeant
Benningto Line
Robert Dikeman
Supt
William Fee
Freman Raymond Densmore
Armstrong
Tor
Decoresq
Elm ST
Bennington, VT
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