Local residents visit relatives and relocate care ties
East Arlington and surrounding towns show a flurry of visits. Edgar Lawrence of Briercliff Manor New York stays with his sister and her husband. Mary Hall transfers to Sourcliffe Nursing Home from Putnam Memorial Hospital after a long recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Lawrence
Briercliff Manor
N.Y
Clyde Dunlap
Sandra Mattison
Castleton College
Phillip Mattison
Mary Hall
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Sourcliffe
Bennington
John Donahue
Needham
Mass
Medric Grover
Everett Squires
Schenectady
Brunell Christensen
Nicky Grout
Albany Business College
Fred Grout
Pitt sophomore Rick Leeson stars with 454 rushing yards
Pittsburgh AP reports Pitt sophomore fullback Rick Leeson rushed 103 times for 452 yards with just two lost yards and a total of 454 yards gained, the highest by a Pitt sophomore since 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Rick Leeson
Pitt
Dorset Stages Dual Performance of Herod and the Magi
Dorset presents Herod and the Magi as a Christmas pageant directed by William Gilbert in two showings. The first follows a Dorset Players supper on Dec 19 at 7 p.m. at United Church of Dorset and East Rupert. The second on Christmas Sunday Dec 23 at 5 p.m. in connection with the Pilgrim Fellowship. Cast features Peter Sherwin Herod Peter Schoffstahl First King Eugene Franck Joseph West Robert Manchester Carl Parsons Elisabeth Gilbert Mary Thomas Ranney Tom Parsons. Set design by Robert Deeley lights by Eric Rosencrantz costuming by Marjorie Sargent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorset
Herod
the Magi
William Gilbert
Dorset Players
United Church of
East Rupert
Pilgrim Fellowship
Herod and the Magi
Coventry
England
United States
Peter Sherwin
Peter Schoffstahl
Eugene Franck
Arlington
Robert West
Manchester
Carl Parsons
East Dorset
Joseph
Elisabeth Gilbert
Mary
Thomas Ranney
Tom Parson
Robert Deeley
Eric Rosencrantz
Hoosac School Honor Roll and Hobart College acceptance
Hoosac School lists honor students for the second marking period including Arthur Trevethick Syracuse New York and John Settle Washington DC on the honor roll plus 75 list members Bruce Elle East Bloomfield Richard Wright Wayne John Connell Cleveland William Oshei Buffalo John Konczeski Schenectady George Sedgewick Berlin Edward Greenberg Bennington and John Koier Bennington. John Settle has been accepted at Hobart College where he will pursue liberal arts and considers priesthood. he has been active in choir social committee soccer management and dormitory proctor duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick
N.Y
Hoosac School
Arthur W. Trevethick
Syracuse
John M. Settle
Washington, D. C
William R. Chapman
Stamford
Hobart College
Settle
Hoosac
Hobart
Arlington Christmas activities and civic notices
Rev Mable Winch plans moves into Randolph Vermont Eastern Star Home on December 22. Civilian Defense Board to meet Arlington School Board at Memorial School Thursday at 7 p.m. to discuss evacuation transportation if needed. Community events include Christmas readings at the library, 4 H party with elections, and Arlington’s traditional Dr Kent tree carol sing at St James Church with Lions Club lighting and cocoa treats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mable Winch
Eastern Star
Randolph
Winch
East Arlington
Civilian Defense Board
Arlington School Board
Memorial School
Arlington
Dr. Kent
St. James Church
Lions Club
Foster Aaron
Herbert Douglas
Martha Canfield Library Board
Sing
Christmas Concert Brightens Wilmington Congregational Church
Twenty voices performed a holiday carol concert at the Congregational Church with soloist Mrs. Jeannette Anderson and musicians Mrs. Dorothy Kimball and Mrs. Thelma LaMorder under Lewis Smith. The event drew about 85 attendees, with cookies and punch served by Girl Scouts. The group plans to carol Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
Jeannette Anderson
Whitingham
Dorothy Kimball
Thelma LaMorder
Lewis Smith
Leo Berry
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Marion Bumferd
Thomas Bumferd
Trinity College
Burlington
Bennington
Roger Weeks
Girl Scouts
Peter Barton
Wayne Rowell
Carla Snow
Judy Carruthers
Leslie Belden
Lucy Walkenon
Joy Long
Debbie Belden
Susan Kaemmerlen
West Dover
Tina Boyd
Susan Lavoy
Jane Fanfan
Mary Rowell
Debbie Childs
Wilmington
Ellie Moore
Marlboro
Debbie Brown
Rose Brown
Billie Jean Brown
Lynn Boyd
Cathy Boyd
Ellie Haynes
Karen Hood
Susan Wolf
Isabelle Carner
Shirley Sullivan
Mary Pike
Barbara Mumford
Seasonal letters home from Dorset students and a rare otter catch
The Dorset news recounts returning students from Northwestern, UMass Amherst, Smith, the School of Foreign Service, and Colby College among others as well as a Christmas pageant in Chester County. Scott Casey reports trapping an otter near his home, a valuable pelt destined for a fur piece for his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Casey
Roy Casey
Scott
Christmas Day Visits and Local Holiday Events noted
Hoosick Ada M Breer and Mr and Mrs George Rifenburg plan Christmas day visits in Hoosick Falls. Mrs Harrison J Philpott will spend Christmas with Mrs Charles Yarter in Valley Falls. Sanford Rifenburg to visit Troy with Mrs Wilma Littlefield. Pittsfield Massachusetts visitors to Mrs Harry E Cipperly's daughter. Mrs John A Howland attended funeral in Ramsey New Jersey. Baptist Church to host annual Christmas concert December 23 at 7 pm. Misses Eileen and Diana Fowler to sing Sleep My Jesus Sleep in All Saints Church. Ellsworth Stevens hosts Christmas dinner with Andrew Preble family Petersburg and Cozzalis family North Adams MA, Prebble family Eagle Bridge and Cathy Preble Schenectady, plus Frederick Roberts family Waterford NY visiting George Sigmund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rifenburg
William Gardner
Hoosick Falls
Harrison J. Philpott
Charles Yarter
Valley Falls
Sanford Rifenburg
Troy
Wilma Littlefield
James A. Lohnes
Pittsfield
Mas
Harry E. Cipperly
John A. Howland
Ramsey
N.J
Guy Mather
the Baptist Church
Eileen
Diana Fowler
Jesus
All Saints Episcopal Church
Ellsworth Stevens
Andrew Prebble
Petersburg
Joseph Cozzalis
North Adams
Mass
Charles Prebble
Eagle Bridge
Cathy Prebble
Schenectady
Frederick Roberts
Richard
Waterford
N.Y
George Sigmund
Christmas Eve Service and Local Meetings In Cambridge Area
The North Hoosick circuit will hold a Christmas Eve service at the South Cambridge Methodist Church on December 24 at 8 30 p m with Rev George F Miller Jr in charge. The circuit choir will render selections. Pleasant Valley Granges plan a December 21 meeting and annual Christmas party at the hall starting with a covered dish supper at 7 p.m. There will be two grabbags with 50 cent gifts for juvenile and subordinate members. Roger Fillmore of Plattsburgh Teachers College accompanies his parents for the Christmas recess and Rosemarie Virtue of Houghton College will spend part of the holidays with her parents. Miss Dorothy Randall of New York City is visiting for two weeks with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Hoosick Circuit
South Cambridge Methodist Church
George F. Miller Jr
Pleasant Valley Granges
Roger Fillmore
Plattsburgh Teachers College
Edwin Fillmore
Rosemarie Virtue
Houghton College
Paul P. Virtue
Dorothy Randall
New York City
Harry Randall
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East
Sunderland
Robert Shuffleton
Kelley Grout
Emily Ver Nooy
Olive Whitman
Rutland
Vermont
Turkey
Walker
ST. Open
Williamstown
Otel Putnam
Colonial Shopping
Herod and
John Rosencrantzs
Marjorie Sargent
Arlington Ann Marsh
Tom Poulin
Luke
Ann Marsh
Phyllis McGinley
Marge Trachte
Mary Ellen Chase
Jim McCable
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Jeanne Walsh
Dylan Thomas
Wales
West Arlington
JoAnn Doyle
Linda Pike
Donna Wilkins
William Young
Friends of the Library
George Hughes
Clement Belcher
Dickens
Gerald Buckley
Robert Frost
Alice Norris
Dover
Carlo Walter
Tel
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
Marchen Skinner
Santa
Ann Shroder
Ford Shroder
Northwestern
Chicago
Jack
University of Massachusetts At
Smith
Penny Lee
James W. Lee
Bob Dern
Claude Derns
Kimball Union Academy
New Hampshire
William Parsons
Francis
Peter Leonard
School of Foreign Service
Washington, D.C
Kuhrt Winenker
Karl and
Kuhrt Jr
Chester County
St. Francis
Carl
University of Georgia
Kuhrt
Cornell Medical College
Bruce Fenn
R. S. Fenn
Sue Stein
Colby College
Waterville
Maine
Miss Stein
Hyannis
Leon Edgerton
Cornell University
Ithaca
Ada M. Breer
Cambridge
Margaret Aiken
Coats
Chris Yas
Children’s Bazaar
Main Street
Bennington, Yt
Merry Gheustuas
Fanny Farmer
Benningto
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