Pownal Lions Plan Christmas Party and Snowmobile Races
The Pownal Lions Club hosts its first annual Christmas party at Taconic Park Restaurant Williamstown with a smorgasbord supper and dancing and invites guests. They plan Berkshire Hills Snowmobile Championship Races January 17 18 at Berkshire Downs Hancock sanctioned by the USSR with two 1970 Bombardier Nordic Skidoos prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Pownal Lions Club
Taconic Park
Williamstown
Mass
Pownal Lions
Berkshire Hills
Pittsfield and
Lee
Berkshire Downs
Hancock
Lions
Health Dept Seeks Answers To Town Water Discoloration
HOOLICK FALLS N Y local officials seek cause of ongoing water discoloration with residents describing sand or magnesium. Tests by Rensselaer County Health Dept and Morrell Vrooman Engineers are under way. Well No 2 was shut Nov 26 with Wells 1 and 3 in use. no operation of Well 2 until test results are reviewed by the board of trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoolick Falls
N.Y
Rensselaer County Department of Health and Engineers
Morrell Vrooman Engineers
Gloversville
Carl Stephanie
The
County Health Department
Severson
Stephanie
Douglas Sprague
Health Department
Board of Trustees
Williams Smith Local Education Design on Horizon Oratorio Open to Public
Williams Choral Society visits Northampton to sing at Smith College Christmas vespers with Part 1 of Bach Christmas Oratorio and orchestra. Conductor pair Iva Dee Hiatt and Kenneth C. Roberts Jr. John D Armand bass of New York Pro Musica soloist. Williams Brass Ensemble prelude. Two shows at Smith College John M Greene Hall 4 PM and 7 15 PM. Free tickets from Smith Glee Club office. No Williamstown performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Mass
Williams Choral Society
Northampton
Smith College
Iva Dee Hiatt
Smith College Glee Club
Kenneth C. Roberts Jr
Williams’ Choral Society
John D’armand
New York Pro Musica
University of Massachusetts
John M. Greene
Smith Glee Club
County Residents Urged to Complete Manpower Survey
Albany N Y Manpower survey forms were mailed to nearly every Washington County household by the State Employment Service Smaller Communities Program. Chairman Frank Martucci says response has been gratifying and urges residents 16 or older not in school to return the questionnaire. A mobile team will open temporary offices in nine locations with hours to be announced next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N.Y
Washington County
State Employment Service
Frank Martucci
Washington County Board of Supervisors
Martucci
Manchester Doctor Buys 18 Acres in Vermont Town
Manchester Dr. Donald A. Moses of Great Neck New York purchased 18 acres on Vermont Route 30 in Winhall from Mr and Mrs Sam Katcher of Manchester. The sale transfers property between longtime area residents in Windsor County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald A. Moses
Great Neck
N.Y
Vt. 30
Winhall
Sam Katcher
Manchester
Manchester prepares self evaluation of nine district schools
Bennington Rutland Supervisory Union plans a master design committee and local advisory groups from nine districts to assess current school systems. The six month study, prompted by the Vermont Department of Education, will finalize a design for education guiding Manchester and other towns with public meetings and a January questionnaire tally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union
Manchester
Bennington - Rutland
Neil Cross
State Department of Education
Harvey B. Scribner
Cross
Vermont
Robert Wood
Board of
Commissioner of Education
550-Pound Bear Takes Adirondack Season Record
A 550 pound live weight black bear was the largest taken during the Adirondack early bear season in nine counties, shot in the Town of Webb Herkimer County. Total bears reported 29 from about 4,600 hunters. permits issued 6,088. County distribution shows Hamilton 10, St. Lawrence 6, Essex 5, Franklin 3, Herkimer 3, others fewer. opening day produced 11 bears. The season aims to deter property damage by bears.
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Albany
N.Y
Adirondack
State Conservation Department
Webb
Herkimer County
Arietta
Hamilton County
Hamilton
St. Lawrence
Essex
Franklin
Herkimer
Clinton
Lewis
Oneida
Warren
Thanksgiving meeting notes Hoosick Grange program
Hoosick Grange held a Thanksgiving meeting with the theme Let Us Give Thanks. Mrs Wilfred Knapp led the program featuring Harvest Time, a prayer by Mrs Almon Hewitt, a Pilgrims tableau, and a reading by Donald Hewitt Sr. Donations supported the Hoosick Falls Health Center and a Town of Hoosick Community Center gift was approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosick Grange
Wilfred Knapp
Almon Hewitt
N. Clifford Cottrell
Omer Brenenstuhl
Ralph Phil
Herschel Newson
William Brake
Town of
Hoosick
Carleton Philpott
Crime Prevention Project Develops Police Youth Library
In Brattleboro the Windham Regional Planning and Development Commission and Family and Child Guidance Services Inc sponsor a police youth resource library at Brooks Memorial Library. The collection includes 24 books and the Crime and Delinquency Journal, aimed at youths and officers to foster communication and cooperation for better crime prevention and policing. Brownlow S. Towle directs the project to build a constructive climate over misunderstanding and fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro
Windham Region
Brooks Memorial
Windham Regional Planning and Development Commission
Family and Child Guidance Services Inc
Windham County
Brownlow S. Towle
Thanksgiving notices and local club happenings in Cambridge
Several Thanksgiving gatherings mark the Cambridge community as residents report illness with colds and virus. Miss Joy Hamilton joins Cornell wind ensemble for a second year and local services occur at United Methodist Church. Barn and club events include the Christmas dinner by the Women's Society of Christian Service, 4H Club meeting at town hall now at 7 30 p m on Dec 6, and a public card party Dec 9. Students from Cambridge Central School make the first quarter honor roll with named students and honors. The Washington County Pomona Grange inter session meets Dec 6 at Pleasant Valley Grange Hall, with a morning session and post dinner. Turkey raffle winners listed and a door prize awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge Central School
Joseph Darfler
Anthony Turi
Clifford Darfler
Walter McNall
Kathryn Saile
Diane Skiff
Washington County
Pomona Grange
Pleasant Valley
Pleasant Valley Grange
R. Hongoust
Horace Maxwell
Melvin LeBarron Jr
Cambridge
Chester Young
Roland Lufkin
Amy Montgomery
George Morgin
Edith Bentley
Blanche Royal
Bennington Dairymen to discuss Surviving in the 70s
Bennington County dairymen will meet at Manchester Center Grange Hall for a noon luncheon on December 9 to discuss surviving in the 1970s. County Extension Agent John C. Page will lead a panel with Dwight Eddy, Win Way, Stewart Gibson, Louis Latuch, Alvan Lawrence, and Page as moderator, focusing on modernization, farming constraints, and labor.
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Manchester
Bennington County
Manchester Center Grange Hall
John C. Page
Page
Dwight Eddy
UVM
Win Way
Stewart Gibson
Exetension
Louis Latuch
Rutland
Alvan Lawrence
Shaftsbury
North Bennington Lions to meet at local church tonight
North Bennington Regular bi monthly dinner meeting of the Norshaft Lions will be held tonight at the Shaftsbury First United Methodist Church. Molly Stark Homemakers Extension group will meet Thursday at 11 30 a m for a luncheon at Mrs R J Poutre's Twitchell Hill Shaftsbury home. Pvt Stephen A Pratt USMC completed training and is on 20 day leave, son of Mr and Mrs Donald A Pratt of North Bennington. After leave he reports to Camp Lejeune NC for orders. John E Peckham US Navy completed leave with parents in Hall Street, six month Orient tour aboard USS Chanticleer, now in San Diego for orders. He bagged a deer, only hunter in his family to do so this year. They Didn’t Beat Army: Mr and Mrs Edward J Legacy Jr attended Army Navy game in Philadelphia. son Alan is midshipman at Annapolis. Navy lost. Beat Army sign from three Navy astronauts left on the moon was for naught this year. HOME FOR THANKSGIVING: Barry Griffith law student at U Penn. Christine and Tim Powers from UVM and Kings College. Ricky Knapp and Lynn Driscoll from UVM. Mark Dwyer from Notre Dame. Marilyn Dailey from Rosary Hill College in Buffalo. The Brad Riley family nearly full, Barbara home from Syracuse, Patty from Cazenovia, Betty and Kathy from Castleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molly Stark
John E. Peckham
U.S. Navy
Robert E Peckham
Hall Street
John
Orient
U.S.S
Alll
ARMY
Edward J. Legacy Jr
Philadelphia
Alan
Annapolis
Navy
Barry Griffith
University of Pennsylvania
Christine
Tim Powers
UVM
Kings College
Ricky Knapp
Lynn Driscoll
Mark Dwyer
Notre Dame
Marilyn Dailey
Rosary Hill College
Buffalo
Brad Riley
Barbara
Syracuse
Patty
Cazenovia
Betty
Kathy
Castleton
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Rock R. Rogers
Arlington
WBTN
American Association of Retired Persons
Community House
Rogers
Stage Mothers’ Club
Piccadilly Hotel
New York City
Bombardier Nordic
Pownal Club
Richard Severson
Williams- Smith
Smith
Williams Brass Ensemble
Irwin Shainman
Joe Swayze
P.O. Box
Department of Education
PTA
DAR
Hoosac- Walloomsac
Baptist Memorial Hall
Beryl Month
Museum Committee
Hazel M. Hill
Good Citizen
Leon Eldred
Fanny
Ruth Howe
John Calhoun
Florence Sweet
Nets
Sunderland
Edith Sargood
Sunderland School Association
Sargood
Anna Frost
Mary MacDonald
Martha Violette
Greene, Sullivan
Ulster Counties
Delaware County
Grange
James Keegan
Niagara Mohawk Power Company
Ralph Philpott
Delton Hewitt
Ralph J. Griswold
Raymond Chang
Williams College
Research Corporation of
New York
Chang
Williams
Hong Kong
London University
England
Yale University
Main ST
Bennington, VT
Police
del Monte
Voz
Joe
South Cambridge
Margaret Aiken
Gertrude Aiken
Leon Foster
Foster Thayer
Bruce Legacy
Bennington
Nels Jacobson
George Cronk
Lois A. Virtue
Paul
George
Dorothy
Coila
Charles Boice
Robin
Kelly
Brook
Argyle
Kenneth Aiken
Farmingdale
Marion Dick
Irving Dick
West Hoosick
Bennington Dairymen
North Bennington
Norshaft Lions
Shaftsbury First United
Ankets
Peg
Bennington, Vi
Margaret Griswold
Wegnzyn
Adams
Jeanne Sheldon
Manchester Center
Noah’s Ark
Mrs. Griswold
East
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