Michigan Association To Cite Shaftsbury Educator
Dr. Frank L. Oktavec of Shaftsbury will receive a special Michigan Recreation Association citation at its Friday meeting in East Lansing. The award honors long service to recreation as a profession and its role in life, with Oktavec noted for his varied leadership at Wayne State University and his work shaping recreation programs.
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Ferndale
Mich
Frank L. Oktavec
Shaftsbury
Michigan Recreation Association
Kellogg Center
East Lansing
Association
Dr. Oktavec
New York City
French Foreign Legion
Columbia University
Columbia
Kent State University
Wayne State University
Swampacres Trees and the Wild Life Refuge Project
A writer describes mapping Swampacres to include a plant habitat legend for trees orchids ferns and other features. He recalls ancient red oaks beech and hemlock along Meadow Road and the Kame Path, notes measurements of great oaks, laments vandals and envisions an outdoor university guiding visitors to seasonal blooms and wildlife. The piece mentions Lyman Sykes the early owner and references botanists Dr. Dodge and Parmelia saxatilis L and laments the vanished hermit thrush and forest bell.
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William Gilbert
Swampacres
Lyman Sykes
Dr. Dodge
UVM
N.Y. Botanical Garden
Christmas and church events in Hoosick area
Thanksgiving gatherings in Hoosick and Pittsfield noted. Ada Breer and Blanche Cipperly are listed with others visiting. Baptist church hosts annual Christmas parties December 10 and 12 with grab bags and mystery friends. Ladies Aid and All Saints Parish Guild events mentioned along with hospital visits and Thanksgiving guests from Hartford and Loudonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist Church
All Saints Parish Guild
Mystery Friends
Four Korners Klub
the Baptist Church
Baptist Church
Ladies Aid Society
Daniel Webster
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
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Michigan Association
Ter
Spring Valley
N.Y
Oktavee
White Plains
Warsaw
UPI
Bartek
Kielce Voivod
Dorset
South St
Dial
Bennington, Vt
Fienbergs
Holida
Real
Bao
Main ST
DTN
Eyre
Plymouth
Imperial Stainless
Cpree Bennington
FURY
Universal Motor
Ne — Industrial
Revere
Teflon
General Electric Appliances
Dad Dewalt Power Tools
Delta and
RAM
Liggett Bosworth Sales & Service
Greenberg
Green Arrow
H. Greenberg & Son Inc
Bennington, VI
Vermont
KODAK
Noveck-Shultz, Inc
Hoosick
Ada M. Breer
James A. Lohnes
Pittsfield, Mass
Blanche Cipperly
Dean Cipperly
Robert Kipp
Harold C. Prebble
William Dougherty
Brunswick
Ellsworth Stevens
Henry Barnett
Hartford, Conn
Harry Blair
Jeffrey
Loudonville
John W. Winegard
ED Drug Store
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