East Arlington community notes end year with events and greetings
A Saturday piano recital at Mrs. Warwick Todd’s home featured students Sandra Mattison Alice Morris Barbara Garrecht Marie Anne Garrecht Mary Ann Lawrence and Katherine Elwell. Other items include visits from Yale student John Schafer and various family trips and hospital updates. Local church programs nursery school Sunday schedule and Christmas events are listed alongside civic notices and birthday celebrations. The East Arlington Library closes for holidays and reopens in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick Todd
Sandra Mattison
Alice Morris
Barbara
Marie Anne Garrecht
Mary Ann Lawrence
Katherine Elwell
John Schafer
Yale University
Christian W. Schafer
Guy Phillips
Hoosick Falls
Robert Shuffleton
William Houghton Jr
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Homer Kallner
Kelley Stand Road
Edward Curren Sr
Old Beth Page
Long Island
Edward Curren Jr
Timothy
Jesse Harrington
Jerome Hill
North Adams
Mass
Martin Delaney
Greenfield
Howard Sherman
Westfield
Charles W. Grande
Federated Church
St. James Episcopal Youth Fellowship
C. Robert Giveh
The
Enterprise Soci
Bailey Hall
Albert Boynton Sr
Rutland
Green Mountain
Frederick Lyons
Joyce
Roy Cone
Gary
Greg
St. Johnsbury
Roger Boynton
Albert Boynton
Sunderland
Brenda
Craig
Lebo McGuire
Springfield
William Kelley
Arlington
Sunderland School Association
Town House School
School Association
Ethel Bowen
Elwin Pennock
Warrensburg
Malcolm Pennock
B. W. Offen
Brandon
Clyde Dunlap
E. T. Stevens
Brattleboro
Troy
E. J. Beagle
John Stone
Rita Candon
Rose Swan
George Bacon
Dunstable
Alice Cook
George Cooledge
Hoosick Falls Hosts Multiple Christmas Parties and Events
Hoosick Falls hosts several Christmas gatherings including Local 46 of United Rubber Workers at St. Stanislaus Hall with a roast beef dinner for about 100. Retired workers honored. dancing to North Adams orchestra. decorations by union members. Auxiliary and Mizpah Class events follow with gifts and dinners. Additional parties include Dale Carnegie alumni, American Legion dinner, First United Church youth dance, Nancy Shoe Company party, Hoosac Village Home Dem unit meeting, and Holy Name Society Family Night with toy drives for Salvation Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Rubber Workers Union
Mfg. Co. Inc
St. Stanislaus Hall
Alice Keegan
Chester Albergine
Sam D
Anthony Kalinowski
North Adams
John Pokines
John Martin
St. Stanislaus Society
Ben Bakaitis
Audie Barber
Harry Fleming
The
American Legion
St. Mark’s Parish Hall
St. Hilda's Guild
First United Church
Paul Kreiger
Troy
Milford Cook
William Gilchrist
Nancy Shoe Company
Stanislaus Hall
Hoosac
Hoosac Village
Dem
William Gil
Hoosick Street
Salvation Army
Holy Name Society of the Immaculate Conception
Ma‘ean
Robert George
Hoosick Falls
Hoosick
Rensselaer County
Southside
Circle of the Baptist Church
Knotty Pine
Constance Decker
Tucker Chapter Oes
Mt. Anthony
OES
Tucker
CES
Randolph
North Bennington Holiday Tea and Sale Highlights
North Bennington Women’s Fellowship sponsors a December 9 tea and gift table at the Congregational Church featuring homemade items and Indian imports. PTA's Saturday afternoon movies begin December 9 with The Jackie Robinson Story at the school study hall, not competing with Bennington theater matinees. Local social notes recount Christmas party at Knotty Pine, OES events, and various travels and family milestones around town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kennedy Jr
Women’s Fellowship
North Bennington Congregational Church
India
Congregational Church
PTA
Jackie Robinson
Brooklyn Dodger
Bennington Theater
Mountain Town notices and road crew feats documented
The report records Mrs Gertrude Hulett and family visiting Troy Pennsylvania where she was admitted to Community Hospital for treatment. It notes state highway workers led by Jesse Bugbee downed a maple for safe traffic, and mentions The Worlds End Diner closing for the season and a local deer-hunting furlough visit by David Bugbee with his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Hulett
Howard Davis
Ronald Davis
Troy
Jesse Bugbee
Woodford
David Bugbee
Logan Air Force Base
Massachusetts
Rutland
West Hoosick Home Demonstration Unit Meeting Notes
The West Hoosick Home Demonstration Unit met at 1 30 at Fellowship Hall on Tuesday with a grab bag and Toys for Boys donated by members. A Saturday card party at the West Hoosic Fire House produced prizes for several players in pitch and pinochle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Hoosick
Fellowship Hall
West Hoosic Fire House
Nancy Duket
Rita Hunt
Prin
Jam McInerny
Dorothy Piritz
Frank Pierce
W. H. Grindell
Leon Bevis
Verda Phipott
Otto Piritz
Rienhold Pritz
Weekend Visit With Mr and Mrs William Kings
The note states plans to spend a weekend with their daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs William Kings. It mentions no additional details about location dates or activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
William Kings
Nomenclature Hint Peru to Canada Aca Nada Origin
A popular etymology links Canada’s name to Spanish explorers seeking gold. They reportedly proclaimed Aca Nada meaning Here is nothing after finding no wealth. The tale frames the term as a post exploration remark rather than a formal designation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Also Mentioned on This Page
East
Martha Schrieber
Eagle Bridge
Dorothy Boys
Esther Baker
Dale Carnegie
North Hoosick
William P. Sigolas
William Andrick
Harold Shapiro
North Adams, Mass
Bennington
Ermont National and Savings Bank
Main Street
Vermont
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and
Federal Reserve System
North Bennington
Elizabeth Dwyer
Holiday Tea and Sale
Southside Circle
Yale Party
Mary Meagher
Inez Smith
Montreal
Myron Jones
New York City
A. Babs Fafunwa
Titi
Sheri
Tunde
Idlewild
Nsukka
Nigeria
Fafunwa
University of Nigeria
Charles
Butch” Kipp
Charles Kipp
West Street
Peter Lauzon
Francis Lauzon
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Illinois
U.S. Navy
Tommy Paquin
Northeastern
Eva
James Paquin
U.S. Naval Academy
Navy
Midshipmen
Sheraton Hotel
Philadelphia
Lawrence Powers
Boston
Larry
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Clarissa Peacock
Robert Young
Buffalo
Youngs
Hilda Peacock
Mountain Towns
Carlo Walter
Searsburg
Tel
Rose Lee
Raymond Higgins
Shelton, Conn
Pittsfield
ANC Rach
Rosinain
P.O
Pittsfield, Mass
Main St
Santa
Jean Pine
Bane
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