Manchester Storm Causes Twin Vehicle Crashes in Town
Police report three non fatal accidents blamed on snow and sleet at the same location along U.S. 7 Purdy Hill and near the Battenkill Inn in Manchester. Alphonse Simond of North Adams lost control of a Christmas tree truck, a Kelley Lumber tractor trailer left the road, and Stanley Goodrich backed into Robe rt Whitman, all with no injuries and minor vehicle damage. The incidents occurred Friday and Saturday with wrecker assistance from local garages.
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Manchester
Alphonse Simond
North Adams
Mass
Purdy Hill
U.S. 7
Cutler Severance
Lloyd Casey
Donald Dorr
Kelley Lumber Co
Schenectady
N.Y
Roy
County Appeal Board To Hear Last Tax Cases
Manchester The Bennington County Tax Appeal Board will conduct the last of several hearings on property assessment appeals from motel and inn owners led by Palmer House operators Hans and Eugenia Palmer at 9 30 a m Wednesday in the Court House. A second hearing is set for 10 a m December 18 at the Pownal Firehouse to hear Taconic Racing and Breeding Association appeal to lower the Green Mountain Park track assessment. The board has yet to inspect properties before any ruling, with decisions pending after inspections.
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Manchester
Bennington County Tax Appeal Board
William C. Sennett
Bennington
Hans and
Eugenia Palmer
Palmer House
Court House
Sennett
County Board
Pownal
Pownal Firehouse
Taconic Racing and Breeding Association
Green Mountain Park Racetrack
No School At St Mary's Academy In Hoolick Falls
There will be no school at St. Marys Academy Tuesday as students observe the Feast of the Immaculate Conception in honor of the parish patron. Children will attend Masses during the day.
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Hoolick Falls
N. Y
St. Mary’s Academy
Pownal Bazaars Prove Colorful And Profitable
Two weekend Christmas bazaars in Pownal raised funds for church projects and social effort. Our Lady of Lourdes Church Ladies Guild tallied 370.77 for the church fund, with volunteers handling decorations, food, crafts, and a coffee bar. A second bazaar by Pownal Center Community Church’s Women’s Fellowship raised 259.21 for church needs at the Firehouse, awarding a crocheted bedspread to Wy Rousseau and noting strong turnout and volunteer support.
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Pownal
Ladies’Guild of
Our Lady of Lourdes
David Walsh
Wilfred LaBonte
Velma Tatro
Bernadette Tatro
Edmond LaBonte
Joseph Tornabene
Ernest Welch
Harvey DuBois
Vincent Pizzano
Richard Champney
Anna Thompson
Melba Cooper
Faye Willette Rousseau
Richard A. Bisson
Pownal Center
Women’s Fellowship
Zuron Huse
David Niles
Kenneth Gile
Fletcher Hall
John Barber
Floyd Patterson
Recreation Club Proposed For Shaftsbury Teens
A Shaftsbury meeting discussed forming a recreation club for Shaftsbury North Bennington area teens aged 13 to 19. Plans include dances Friday nights and a second weekly gathering for business and hobbies, with minimal adult supervision. An 8 p.m. January 5 meeting at Grange Hall invites prospective teen members and adult leaders.
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Grange Hall
Bennington
George M. Fienberg
Shaftsbury School Vote Tomorrow
Shaftsbury voters will decide tomorrow at Cole Hall between 10 am and 8 pm whether to rescind the October 20 withdrawal from the Mount Anthony Union School District. A yes keeps the district in the union. a no would keep Shaftsbury outside. Eligible voters must have paid the 1963 poll tax before 1964.
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Shaftsbury
Cole Hall
Mount Anthony Union
North Bennington
Mount Anthony
Pownal Guerrilla Fighter Assigned to Specialompany
Army Maj. Robert C. Jarvis, wife Iola of North Pownal Vermont, assigned to 1st Civil Affairs Company 3d Special Forces Group 1st Special Forces at Fort Bragg November 16. Jarvis entered the Army in 1952 and is a 1948 Lindsey Hopkins High School Miami and 1952 University of Miami Coral Gables graduate. His parents live in Massachusetts.
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Fort Bragg
N.C
AHTNC
Robert C. Jarvis
Iola
North Pownal
John F. Kennedy Center For
Department of the Army
Maj. Jarvis
Bancroft St
Worcester
Mass
Army
Lindsey Hopkins High School
Miami, Fla
North Pownal activities and meetings listed
A knitting project meeting for North Pownal 4-H girls will be at 7 30 at Miss Betty Ann Buck's home with supplies required. A Wesleyan Class rummage sale netted 90 dollars, chaired by Mrs Otis Dorman and assisted by several members. Dance contest prizewinners were named for a Friday record hop hosted by the Pownal Fire Department Auxiliary. A North Pownal Fire Department special meeting is set for 7 tonight at the fire house. Scheduled items include Garden Club Christmas party Tuesday at 2 pm, American Legion Auxiliary meeting at 8 pm, Red Mountain Chapter 41 CES masone temple meeting at 8 pm Wednesday, and Arlington School Band rehearsal at 6 30 pm in the high school gym.
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North Pownal
Pownal Pioneers
Betty Ann Buck
Wesleyan
Pownal Methodist Church
Otis Dorman
Harry W. Beals Sr
John Maxmillian
Edgar Senecal
Pownal
George Renner
William Cameron
Grace Hill
Glenn Sweet
Floyd Woodcock
Garden Club
Charles Canfield
American Legion Auxiliary
Lee Gion
Red Mountain
CES
Masonesc Temple
Arlington
Shaftsbury School Association Christmas Meeting Tonight
Shaftsbury School Association meets at 8 in the elementary school for a Christmas program and short business session. The Woman's Society of Christian Service at First Methodist Church holds a Tuesday meeting with a 6 30 p m covered dish supper and 50 cent gift. Friendly Sisters announced for the year. Decorations by Hazel MacDonald, Jessie Peters, and Ardella Morin.
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Shaftsbury School Association
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Friendly Sisters
Hazel MacDonald
Jessie Peters
Ardella Morin
Paperboy's bike skid injures Hoosick Falls teen
HOOSICK FALLS NY Michael Scarey 13 soon to be 14, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Scarey of 70 Elm St, freshman at St Marys Academy, broke his right leg Friday afternoon when his bicycle skidded on ice near his home. He was treated by Dr Philip Martinez and taken to Putnam Memorial Hospital in Bennington where the leg was cast. He is expected to remain at home for eight weeks.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Michael Scarey
Charles Scarey
Elm St
St. Mary’s Academy
Michael
Philip Martinez
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Hoosick Falls Restaurateur Mentioned as Hospital Patient
Hoosick Falls native Jack Weller of Jack's Restaurant in Cambridge, formerly of Hoosick Falls, is listed as a patient at Mary McClellan Hospital in Cambridge. A Christmas dinner by the altar Rosary Society of the Church of the Immaculate Conception drew 70 members to St Marys High School.
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Jack Weller
Jack
Church of the Immaculate Conception
St. Mary’s High School
Fashion Show Goes On Despite Storm at St Marys
HOOSICK FALLS NY An attractively decorated auditorium and stage lighting highlighted a St Marys Auxiliary fashion show on Friday night in conjunction with a Christmas Bazaar at St Marys High School. Models from Cahill's Sporting Goods J C Penney and Beverly Russell Shop of Troy and Latham modeled with patrons offered items long in the making for sale. Mrs Walter Wirmusky chaired the fashion show with Mrs Richard Powers Sr directing the bazaar.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
St. Mary’s Auxiliary
St. Mary’s High School
Cahill
Sporting Good
J.C. Penny
Beverly Russell
Troy
Latham
Walter Wirmusky
Richard Powers Sr
Manchester Film Society Reaches Limit Doors Closed
Membership for 1964-1965 season in the Manchester Film Society closed at noon Friday with the 250 cap reached. Directors John Hawkes and Robert Deeley cited seating at Burr and Burton Seminary gym and distributor minimums. Opening programs include The Great Adventure, The Moonbird, and Children's Dreams, shown on an experimental screen. Hawkes acts as chief projectionist with Calvin Skinner and Don Otis assisting. Tickets are required at the door and attendance is tracked, with number 13 omitted and 251 allowed only as a phantom cue.
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Manchester
Manchester Film Society
John Hawkes
Dorset
Robert Deeley
Burr and Burton Seminary
Arne Sucksedorff
Burr and Burton Drama Club
Peter Schoffstall
Manchester Children View UNICEF Films at School
Children at Manchester Elementary School viewed two UNICEF films loaned by Rev. R L Clayton of Zion Church. Area residents retrieved ski equipment for first Strate ton skiing of the season with excellent conditions reported. Cadette Girl Scouts offer party planning services to area mothers for younger children's events. Nancy Wall Pam Beattie and Nancy Heard will lead Mic het Martin’s Dec 8 birthday party. Judy Malone Lauren Bongartz and Kelly Nauerath arranged Jennifer Bongartz’s party with games and cleanup. Mothers may call Mrs Frederick Malone for help. Tony Lema to act in a Hazel segment on ABC television.
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Unicef
R. L. Clayton
Zion Church
Manchester
Strateton
Nancy Wall
Pam Beattie
Nancy Heard
Michele Martin
Judy Malone
Lauren Bongartz
Kelly Nawerath
Jennifer Bonegartz
Frederick Malone
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Arlington Memorial High School
Arlington Chorale
Arlington School Choruses
Theodore Cook
Stephen Keany
Betsy Moody
Kay Pelham
Molly Pratt
Brenda
Ringheiser
Recreation Club
Norshaft
Transac
Ada Sue Diamond
Bennington Ymca
Leonard Black
Clarence Decker Jr
Shaftsbury School
Specialompany
University of Miami
Coral Gables
Helen Hurd
Fitchburg, Mass
The
Pownals
Vera Langlais
Helene Thompson
Fran Stacy
Paperboy
Edith Beaumont
James Sennett
William McMartin
Mary O'Malley
Frank Leary
Dominick Beninati
Zacacara Canela
Main Street
Benmore
North Street
Benningtor
Prestone and
Zerex
Cash and Carry
H. Greenberg & Son Inc
Jackie Breen
Community Service
Cadette Troop
Girl Scouts
Golf Pro
Hollywood
UPI
Tony Lema
Hazel
ABC
Zeph
Canadian Zephyr
Runner
W. T. Grant CO
North Bennington Road
Bles PF
Edie A Ak
Main St
Dial
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