Youth Moose Show Delights Keene Audiences
Dozens of Bennington area youths performed in a Moose Club of Keene production directed by Cecelia Greene in Keene New Hampshire. The show featured baton twirlers dancers vocalists tap numbers and pantomimes with many encores and a closing pair of top specialties. After the performance cast and parents enjoyed supper at the Bon Ton Restaurant in Keene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Keene
N.H
Cecelia Greene
Moose Club of
Miss Greene
Gail Ann Horst
Vermont
Janet Flynn
School of Baton
Ronald Charbonneau
Eleanor Harvey
Ronald
David Ricker Jr
Dolores Heiner
Ted Mack
Beverly Gates
Anna Corcoran
Darlene Lauzon
Jackie Loomis
Mary Ann Hill
Barbara Lawless
Congdon Family Welcomes First Grandchild Nathan Leeds
Arlington announces the birth of Nathan Leeds Congdon, seventh child of Walton and Elizabeth Ann Congdon. Nathan weighed 8 pounds 3 ounces and Walton is an instructor at Mt. Hermon School for Boys in Massachusetts. The Federated Church hosts a Christmas supper December 16 at Bailey Hall with a 6 p.m. start and a church society packs boxes December 20 at 10 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Wheaton Congdon
Walton
Elizabeth Ann Congdon
Nathan Leeds
Congdons
Mt. Hermon School For
Massachusetts
Federated Church
Bailey Hall
The
Enterprise Society of the Federated Church
Mountain Towns Hit by Storm Slippery Pass Causes Minor Crashes
Mountain towns battled a Thursday storm as highway crews struggled to keep the pass open. The road was slick in places causing minor mishaps including a ditch slide and a head on collision at Buxton's corner with no serious injuries. Town plow teams led by Cliff Davis and Ralph McDermott cleared passages by Friday noon. Russ Fellows of Snowflake Lodge West Dover broke down on Heartwellville Road with a Mt. Snow truck en route to North Adams, walked a mile to call for help, then returned to await rescue.
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Buxton’s Corner
Cliff Davis
Ralph McDermott
Russ Fellows
Snowflake Lodge
West Dover
Heartwellville Road
North Adams
Mt. Snow
Dorset Residents Visit Local Home Members
Mr and Mrs George Waters and daughter Rhonda of Rotterdam NY recently visited Mrs Bessie Tifft. Mrs Charles Smith returned from Minneapolis MN after attending the christening of her God daughter Hilary Franks Hensel daughter of Marnie Hensel former resident here. Richard Stannard is employed at the Rutland Hospital pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Waters
Rhonda
Rotterdam
N.Y
Bessie Tifft
Charles Smith
Minneapolis
Minn
Hilary Franks Hensel
Marnie Hensel
Richard Stannard
Rutland Hospital
VFW Show Delights VAH White River Junction Veterans
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1332 staged a variety show at the Veterans Administration Hospital in White River Junction drawing about 300 veterans. Cmdr. Louis Ross spoke, Ira Coutermarsh was introduced, Marion Charest directed, and Helen Galipeau played piano. The act travels to Albany VA hospital January 5 at 7 p.m., with coffee ice cream and cookies for attendees. Performers from the DuCharme School of Dance included George Bruneau Rosemary Rice Andree Bruneau Barbara Shippey John Hurley Mary Shippey Francis LaDue Ricky Leonard Bernard McNaney Frank Frazier Carol Cummings Roberta Snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Veterans’ Administration
White River Junction
Louis Ross
Veterans and
VFW
Ira Coutermarsh
Marion Charest
Helen Galipeau
Albany
DuCharme School of Dance
George Bruneau
Rosemary Rice
Andree Bruneau
Barbara Shippey
John Hurley
Mary Shippey
Francis LaDue
Ricky Leonard
Bernard McNaney
Frank Frazier
Carol Cummings
Roberta Snow
Car Rolls Over in Arlington Police Report
A 1951 Pontiac sedan was wrecked Saturday at 1 a.m. on U.S. 7 in the Death Valley area Arlington. Owner Walter Jenkins 53 of Manchester Depot said to have driven the car. Passenger Orlie Lake Manchester received a left cheek laceration but no treatment given at the scene. Jenkins reportedly escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
U.S. 7
Death Valley
Walter Jenkins
Manchester Depot
Orlie Lake
Manchester
Jenkins
Lohnes Farm Registers Name Nyver Dale Prefix
Harold Lohnes registers Holstein cattle with the prefix Nyver Dale in all names. The Holstein-Friesian Association of America grants exclusive use, becoming part of official breed records at its Brattleboro headquarters. More than 30,000 dairy men use similar prefixes, growing by about 1,500 each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Lohnes
Nyver Dale
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Brattleboro
Shaftsbury Man Falls from Truck in two accidents
Stanley Browe of Shaftsbury was hospitalized with a fractured skull and head lacerations after falling from his 1950 Chevrolet platform truck on Hunt Street at 12 45 p.m. Saturday. He was later described in fair condition. The same truck had earlier scraped an Atomic for Peace van on Putnam Square at 12 20 p.m. Police investigate the skid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Shaftsbury
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Stanley Browe
Hunt Street
Browe
Mears
Shaftsbury
Albert Mears
Donald W. Humphreys
Bob
Atoms For Peace
Putnam Square
Main Street
Adventist Church Drives Door to Door Christmas Fund Drive
Adventist churches across America begin annual door to door visitation with Christmas music to raise welfare and educational aid. In Bennington and nearby areas volunteers cover every street. Last year the drive gathered over 100 million dollars worldwide with 7 million from church friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Bennington
Friends of the Church
Carla
Civil Defense
Houston
Seventh-day
Red Cross
Palacios
Chinese Faculty Count in U.S. Colleges Reaches 1303
Taiwan Formosa AP reports Nationalist China's Education Ministry says 1,303 Chinese are on the faculties of colleges and universities in the United States. The figure highlights ongoing educational ties between China and American higher education institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Formosa
China
Education Ministry
United States
Battenkill Grange Notes Open Christmas Party and Meetings
Arlington December 6 meeting of Battenkill Grange voted a donation to the Multiple Sclerosis fund. Betty and Patricia Clayton appointed to buy children’s gifts for Christmas. RADEF course attendees and fallout detection exhibit noted. Christmas party planned with Ethan Allen Pomona Grange December 12 at 8:15 p.m. Next meeting December 20 at 7:30 with gifts and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Battenkill Grange
Betty
Patricia Clayton
Helen Condon
Robert Lindsey
State Grange
Randolph Center
Mary Thompson
Viola Cooledge
Roy Crofut
Ethan
Ceres
Betty Clayton
Grange
ICC Refuses Reconsideration of B M Railroad Trains
The ICC rejected New Hampshire's request to reconsider approval of Boston and Maine Railroad's discontinuance of seven passenger trains serving Vermont and New Hampshire. Trains 31 and 32 Wells River to Berlin were dropped December 3. others run Dover to North Conway, with no evidence of factual or legal error in the original approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Hampshire Today
Boston and Maine Railroad
Vermont
New Hampshire
Wells River
Berlin
N.H
Dover
North Conway
ICC
Pawlet Man Heads Soil Conservationists
Robert Graf of Pawlet is elected president of the Vermont Association of Soil Conservation District Supervisors. Richard Whitcomb of Springfield becomes vice president and Royal Cutts of Townshend is re-elected secretary treasurer. A bid to host the 1963 Northeastern states area meeting is approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington, Vt
Robert Graf
Pawlet
Vermont Association of Soil Conservation District Supervisors
Richard Whitcomb
Springfield
Royal Cutts of
Townshend
Garbo Plans Return to Stockholm Home
Greta Garbo, the famed 1930s film star now based in New York, will settle in Stockholm. Aftonbladet reports she has rented a flat in the Swedish capital, indicating a return to her homeland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
Greta Garbo
Aftonbladet
New York
Den Mothers Session Set for Wednesday in East Arlington
Den mothers from Bennington County join the second of a three session training program this Wednesday December 13 at the East Arlington fire house. The 7 30 p m session directed by Scout Executive Bartley B Nourse features Mrs Dorothy Ritchie from Packs 45 and 53 assisting and presents den meeting material with a new film strip from the national council visual aids division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington County
East Arlington
Scout
Bartley B. Nourse
Dorothy Ritchie
Bennington
Den
Visual Aids Division
National Council
Arlington School Weekly Lunch Menu Highlights
Tuesday offers vegetable beef stew jam sandwiches cheese wedges and cherry tapioca with milk. Wednesday serves Spanish rice bread and butter sandwiches tossed salad chocolate cake and milk. Thursday features chicken and gravy mashed potatoes peas peaches and milk. Friday provides vegetarian vegetable soup tuna and celery sandwiches apple crisp and milk.
Den Meeting Plans and Den Mothers Urged to Attend
A notice outlines the seven parts of a den meeting and the activities within each segment. It urges all den mothers to attend to coordinate and participate in the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Den
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Keene, N.H
Ann Marsh
Yale Supper
Mountain Towns
Carlo Walter Tel
Searsburg
Dorset
Miriam Tifft
Santa
Claus
Furniure CO
Lohnes Farm
Ben Mont Avenue
James E. Loyd
True-Values
Louis Perrotta
Pine Road
Perrotta
Alee
KODAK
Beecher Drug Store
South St
Bennington, Vt
Adventist Church
U.S
Battenkill
Garbo
Arlington School
Beneficial
Beneficial Finance Co
Vogue
Vanity
Vegas
Hotel Putnam Bldg
Colonial Shopping Ctr
Williamstown
Mass
Vermont Bank & Trust
Vermont Bank
Mpmber
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Rutland
Bellows Falls
Chester
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