Area Youths Initiated Into National Fraternity at UVM
Two local youths Cadet John E Burgess and Cadet James P O Neil were initiated into Pershing Rifles, the national ROTC fraternity, at the University of Vermont Memorial Lounge. O Neil, a Arlington Memorial High School graduate, and Burgess, Bennington High graduate, join freshman pledges in Company L-12. The organization emphasizes military excellence through extra training in drill and counter guerrilla tactics beyond regular ROTC.
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Burlington
Company L-12
University of Vermont
John E. Burgess
Ralph M. Burgess
Cleveland Avenue
Shaftsbury
James P. O'Neil
James P. O’neil
Arlington
Society of Pershing Rifles
Memorial Lounge
UVM
O’neil
Arlington Memorial High School
Burgess
Bennington High
Pershing Rifles
John J. Pershing
University of Nebraska
Williams Prof To Receive Ph. D.
Kenneth C. Roberts Jr. assistant professor of music at Williams College will be awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree by the University of Michigan Graduate School. His research on religious music of 16th century court composer Ludwig Senfl included transcription of a motet collection and a critical commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Mass
University of Michigan
Kenneth C. Roberts Jr
Williams College
Roberts
Maximile Jan I
Ludwig Senfl
Europe
Norristown
Williams
Phi Beta Kappa
Christmas events and 4-H twine drive in South Cambridge
Mrs Victor Royal returns from Cleveland Ohio to Center Cambridge Road as church members plan a Christmas program at the Methodist Church with a children’s party and congregational dinner after services. Pleasant Valley Grange hosts a public card party December 21 at 8 pm. 4-H twine drive for county programs seeks farmer participation and inquiries to 677 2719.
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Victor Royal
Center Cambridge Road
Frank Balfe
Cleveland
Ohio
Methodist Church
Pleasant Valley Grange
Reading Lists For Evening Courses At Williams College
Williams College announces evening courses for adult education beginning next month. Jan 4 at 8 p.m. in Griffin Hall Room 4 features Charles T. Samuels on Five Major American Novels of the Twentieth Century with required readings including The Great Gatsby. Jan 5 at 8 p.m. in Biology Lab Room 111 covers The Natural History of Northern Berkshire with no reading list. Courses require a $30 fee. notify the Office of the Provost to enroll.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
Griffin Hall
Charles T. Samuels
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Scribener
Hemingway
Faulkener
Nathanial West
Robert Penn Warren
Donald R. Whitehead
Northern
Berkeshire
Christmas services and events at All Saints Church Hoosick
Hoosick announces service times starting December 19 at All Saints Church with an 8 am service and a 11 pm Christmas Eve program of carols lessons followed by an 11 30 am communion on Sunday. Greens winding at 1 pm. Card party planned by the grange resumes January 8. New Year Eve party planned with a midnight buffet. Local family gatherings noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All Saints Church
Roy Warren
Emma Spencer
Rensselaer
Irving Stevens
Elinor
Ellsworth Stevens
Harold Cottrell
Carrie Utter
Hoosick Falls
Robert McGarvin
South Street Extension
William
Chicago
Ill
Hoosick
Ralph D. Griswold
Christmas events fill Pownal village schedule
A Friday night record hop at the North Pownal Firehouse will include separate dancing times for under and over 12 with refreshments. The North Pownal Fire Department Auxiliary, aided by high school students, hosts the event. Church programs and a Sunday School Christmas pageant are planned at Pownal churches with songs, prayers, and a collection for charity.
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North Pownal
North Powenal
Pownal
David C. Hubbard
Methodist Home For Children
Williamsville
N.Y
Methodist Hospital For Children
Brooklyn
Jesus
Sandy
Susan Peckham
Cindy
Alisa Beals
Jane
Judy Mason
Brenda Wilcox
Brian Quinn
Terry Niles
Richard Walsh
Gus Winchester
Jeffrey Bryant
Karen Andrews
Sareah Peckham
Robert Wilcox
Lisa Ostrander
James Quinn
Tammy Pollett
Mary Ann
Aileen O’tero
Debra Ricker
Dorothy Kimball
Bernice Beals
Susan
Noel Casey
Debra
Alan Palmer
Gary Niles
Dolores
Diane Kimball
Linda Ricker
Gary Bishop
Cheryl
Patty Andrews
Krissy Pratt
Kimberly Ostrander
Piney Woods
Santa Claus
Abatement of Taxes Board Meet in Manchester
The Board of Civil Authority in Manchester will meet at 8 p.m. December 15 at the town clerk's office to discuss tax abatements. In school news Ralph F Fleming kept a pair of glasses found near the telephone in the elementary school lobby on December 7, while his own glasses were stolen at the polls. The St. Margaret's Guild Christmas sale is set for Friday at 2 p.m. at Mrs. W H Shaw’s Bonnet Street home, offering food aprons and white elephants. Senior High Pilgrim Fellowship singers will visit Pute Nam Memorial Hospital on December 22 for Christmas carols, and Church School will host a Christmas Sunday with a 9 a.m. coffee and 9:30 a.m. program followed by an 11 a.m. festival service in the sanctuary.
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Board of Civil Authority
Ralph F. Fleming
Fleming
St. Margaret’s Guild of Zion
W.H. Shaw
Bonnet Street
First Congregational Church
Putenam Memorial Hospital
Benenington
Arlington Fire Company
John B. deBrun
Richard Bentley
East Arlington
U.S
American Legion and Auxiliary
Fisher
Arlington
Fisher Elementary School
Dale Lanphear
Fisher School
D.S. Kendall Jr
Robert W. Macksey
St. Thomas Island
Virgin Islands
Christmas Party for Veterans’ Children at Legion Rooms
East Arlington Sunderland invites all veterans children to a Christmas party Saturday at 2 p.m. at Legion rooms. Each child should bring a gift marked by recipient’s sex and age. Enterprise Society meets Friday at Bailey Hall 10 a.m. to pack baskets with donations of jellies cookies and candies accepted.
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Veterans
Legion Rooms
Enterprise Society
Bailey Hall
Power Company Expands Recreation Sites at Somerset Reservoir
New England Electric announces 1966 expansion of recreation facilities on the Connecticut and Deerfield rivers. A major upgrade at the southern shore picnic site at Somerset Reservoir will add thirty tables fifteen fireplaces toilets and parking for one hundred cars. The plan includes the Herricks Cove boat ramp and picnic site on the Connecticut River in Bellows Falls as part of the expansion.
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Happy Valley
Connecticut
Deerfield
New England Electric System
Somerset Reservoir
Somerset
New England Electric
Vermont
Massachusetts
Herricks Cove
Connecticut River
Bellows Falls
Hartland Falls
Hartland
Campus Carols program links colleges in Troy event
Miss Christine Planstrom of Arlington is a junior at Russell Sage College in Troy and participates in Campus Carols with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Glee Club. The Field House production attracts about 7,000 attendees and features enhanced facilities and a canoe portage plan at Hartland Falls.
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Christine Planstrom
John Planstrom
Russell Sage College
Troy
N.Y
Wich
Glee Club
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Planstrom
Christmas Travel And Holiday Gatherings In Mountain Towns
Mrs Gladys Pike of Scarsdale left for New York City to spend Christmas with family. Arnold Olsen and two sons visited his parents at Spring Valley. A large dinner party at Heartwellville Lodge honored William Sullivan who retires from Newene Power City after 41 years. Roy Hood and son returned to Wilmington for the holidays after a Colorado trip with friends and other students from Western States College.
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Gladys Pike
Scarseburg
New York City
Donald
Arnold Olsen
Chris
Randy
Macmaroneck
N.Y
Anders Olsen
Spring Valley
Guido Cimonete Ti
Leo Berry
Lewis Stone
G. Hay
H. Haughey
Wilmington
Lawerence Leonard
Somerset
William E. Sullivan
Heartewellville Lodge
Sullivan
Newene
Hoosac Tunnel
Mass
Searsburg
Roy
Ronald Hood
Roy Hood
Gunnison
Colo
Extra Snow White show at Adams Memorial Theatre
Overwhelming demand for tickets adds a second 4:30 p.m. Saturday performance of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at Adams Memorial Theatre. Ronor Marionettes present the puppet Grimm fable. Tickets at AMT box office or by phone 485-3023. Adults $1, children 75 cents.
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Williamstown
Mass
Adams Memorial Theatre
Ronor
AMT
Who Are The Dieters
New York report notes that while half of American adults are overweight, the survey finds dieting most common among those not severely obese rather than the most overweight group. Programs, motivations, and demographics are outlined with emphasis on health trends.
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New York
UPI
Armed forces add 35,640 in October lifting total to 2759440
The Defense Department reported an October boost of 35,640 in armed forces manpower bringing the combined strength to 2,759,440. The Army and Navy each added over 14,000, the Marines over 5,000, and the Air Force over 1,000, with current totals: Army 1,016,921 Navy 704,811 Marines 203,811 Air Force 833,897.
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Washington
API
Defense Department
Army
Navy
Marines
Air Force
Deaf Man Perfects Tiny Transistor Hearing Aid Ad
An Erie inventor who has been hard of hearing for over a decade has perfected an extremely small transistor hearing aid. The device makes whispers clearly audible and promises no cost information if you write HEARING to 32 E. 9th St., Erie, Pennsylvania.
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E. 9Th St
Erie
Shaftsbury Church Christmas Pageant Rites Planned
The Holy Nativity pageant at First Methodist Church will be led by Mrs. Virginia Dooley with the Junior-Senior Choir performing carols and soloists including Mrs. Edna Prouty and Mrs. Kathy Harwood. Pupils bring white wrapped gifts for a Caverly Preventorium delivery. Church organist Mrs. Eleanor Lawrence will play Bach preludes and Handel postlude. New York wire notes two wine bottle designations trace to ancient Israelites Jeroboam and a triple-magnum linked to Rehoboam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
First Methodist Church
Virginia Dooley
Edna Prouty
Caverly Preventorium
Pittsford
Eleanor Lawrence
Jesus
J.S. Bach
G.F. Handel
New York
UPI
The
Wine Institute
Israel
Rehoboam
Solomon
Old Kingdom of
Williams College hosts auditions for The Hostage
Adams Memorial Theatre announces community auditions for The Hostage by Brendan Behan. Auditions at the college theater January 15 2 pm to 4 30 pm January 16 2 pm to 4 30 pm and January 17 7 30 pm to 10 30 pm. Performances are planned for March 1966. Call 458 3023 for more information.
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Williamstown
Mass
Keith Fowler
Adams Memorial Theatre
Williams College
Brendan Behan
Modeern Dublin
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