Arlington Christmas Fest Brings Joy to Local Families
In Arlington the Christmas season shines with greetings, music, and church candlelight. Local children Mollie Mattison Maureen Riley Peter Whalen Richard Angney and Ronald Pero arrive from area colleges as others travel from Smith Boston University Holy Cross Emmanuel College Dartmouth and Harvard. The town honors students completing a 12 hour Radef course and hosts a prize tied to a school room decorating contest. The annual Christmas program fills the gym with grades one through six presenting customs songs and the Bible story under Mrs Keith Watkin and teachers.
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Mollie Mattison
Maureen Riley
Peter Whalen
Richard Angney
Ronald Pero
Jessie Ehrich
Smith
Andy Livingston
Boston University
John Whalen
Holy Cross
Mary Whalen
Emmanuel College
Chuck Marsh
Dartmouth
Peter
Terry Ehrich
Harvard
Keith Watkin
Wilmington and West Dover Christmas Concerts Highlight Holiday Spirit
The WHS Glee Club and the Ambassadors performed at the cafetorium on Tuesday, presenting about 19 hymns and carols despite a small crowd due to weather. Elementary grades staged seasonal programs, including Children’s Christmas and Around the World at Christmas, with poems and songs from grades 1 through 6. Community services and church events streamed through the week, with notes on deaths, local meetings, and upcoming gatherings in Wilmington.
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WHS Glee Club
The
Ambassadors
Ance
Congregational Church
Cathy Elwell
Wooster College
Ohio
North Bennington School Aids 17th Christmas Pageant
North Bennington School presented its 17th consecutive Christmas pageant The Light Bearers narrated by Sheila Breen featured Harriett Howard as Mary and Ralph Percy as Joseph with the A Cappella Choir delivering strong voices The production directed by Mrs Marjorie L Porter included soloists duets and multiple chorus groups with trumpet accompaniment by Simeon Crosier and staff contributions from Charles Perkins Arthur Whitman Harold McDonald and Marilyn Coburn
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Herod the King
North Bennington School
A Capella
Miss Breen
Harriett
Janet Barton
Maryann Larson
Lynda Riley
Oliver Durand
Richard Shaw
Robert Williams
Bonnie Flood
Madelyn Gratton
Away
Philip Elwell
Ralph Lindsey
Simeon Crosier
Marjorie L. Porter
Charles Perkins
Arthur Whitman
Harold McDonald
Marilyn Coburn
Shaftsbury Holiday Visits Mark Busy Weekend
Shaftsbury residents hosted relatives over the weekend including Whitman W. Hammond Jr. of South Norwalk and John Cary of Troy. Visitors attended the Christmas vacation break at Shaftsbury Elementary and others traveled to visit family as Fordham illness and holiday plans touched the town.
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Henry Bunk
Inlaw
Whitman W. Hammond Jr
South Norwalk
Conn
John Cary
Troy
N.Y
George Teal
Mr. Teal
Shaftsbury
Gerald Stevens
Randolph, Vt
Howard Stevens
George Robinson
Lee, Mass
William
Norwich Uni
Doris Dwyer
Stockbridge
Robinson
John Robinson
Charles Boyle
Schenectady
Benmont
U.S. Army
Julius Weidenhoff
Fred
Carl
Probation Accepted for Windham and New Haven in SNEC Basketball
Windham College of Putney Vermont and New Haven College of Connecticut gain probationary status in the Southern New England Conference. They will compete in the 1962 63 season joining current members Stonehill New Bedford Tech Quinnipiac Durfee of Fall River Bridgewater State and Nichols.
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North Easton
Mass
Windham College
Putney
New Haven College of Connecticut
Southern New England
Stonehill
New Bedford
Tech
Quinnipiac
Durfee
Fall River
Bridgewater State
Nichols
Ribbon cuts Massachusetts worst traffic bottleneck bridge
Mrs. Jack P. Ricciardi snipped a ribbon as officials opened a bridge at the Route 1 and 128 junction. The new interchange, nearly a square mile in Lynnfield and Peabody, includes seven bridges a tunnel and about 10 miles of ramps behind Massachusetts worst traffic delays handling up to 80 000 cars daily.
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Lynnfield
Mass
Jack P. Ricciardi
Massachusetts
Peabody
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