Christmas Week Gatherings Across Walloomsac Area
Walloomsac residents plan holiday visits with Troy and Berlin families. Syracuse and Cambridge connections bring relatives together for Christmas. Donna Baldwin celebrates eighth birthday with siblings and cookies. Hazel Baldwin of New England Baptist Hospital plans Christmas in Glens Falls and North Hoosick, with weekend visits to Walloomsac relatives.
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Gordon Hoag
Edward Barringer
Troy
N.Y
George E. Wilson
Clinton Wilson
Arthur Harrington Sr
William Harrington
Berlin
James van Amber
Syracuse
Oliver Shaw
Beverly Luke
Billy
John Calhoun
John Charles
Mary McClellan Hospital
Cambridge
Donna Baldwin
Donna
Debbie
Dawn
Jim
Hazel Baldwin
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston
Eugene Slavin
Glens Falls
North Hoosick
Robert
Walloomsac
Hoosick Falls Group Collects Articles for Needy Families
Hoosick Falls N Y an eight member group gathers canned goods and toys for about 20 needy families including 64 children for Christmas baskets. Donations come from Central School Christmas Concerts patrons Lions Club and many individuals plus money to buy remaining items. Members of the Ministering Circle of the Kings Daughters participate with officers and several volunteers.
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Hoosick Falls Central School
King’s Daughters
Elwin Armstrong
William E. Burns
James Smith
Norma Brenenstuhl
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Central School
Town of Hoosick Lions Club
The
Kings Daughters
Charles Frazier
Elwin
Orchid studies and a farmer botanist in Vermont
In 1933 I met Lewis Dutton of Brandon, a keen orchid student who built a world respected herbarium and contributed to UVM after his death. We mapped rare stations near Mansfield and Brandon while photographing Gnomescap and Queen Lady's Slipper, with Dutton guiding fieldwork and sharing his mountain knowledge.
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Dorset
Vermont
Lewis Dutton
Brandon
UVM
Dutton
Burlington
Mansfield
St. Johnsbury
Lewis
Mt. Ranier
Washington
J.B. Tarlton
New Hampshire
Alaska
Mt. Mansfield
Regional Planning Group To Consider Next Steps
Arlington region forms Ad Hoc committee and rotates chairmanship with Robert Graf named temporary chair for January. Members aim to simplify planning concepts, invite two delegates per town for Jan 4, identify key regional planning issues, and seek support from town selectmen to fund and promote a regional plan in upcoming town meetings.
Arlington Store Hours for Dec 23 24
Arlington Vallies and the State Liquor Store in Arlington will stay open until 9 45 p m Thursday and Friday December 23 and 24 Closed on Christmas ADV
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Vallie’s
Arlington
Christmas Eve service at Federated Church Arlington Sunderland
East Arlington Sunderland announces a Christmas Eve 11 p.m. candle light service at Federated Church conducted by Rev G Green wold with scriptural readings and traditional carols. Federated Choir features songs including There’s a Song in the Air Immanuel and A Legend of Christmas with soloists George Albee and Mrs Ethel Benjamin, plus Let Us Go to Bethlehem arranged by Roy Ringwold and I Wonder as I Wander with tenor Philip Elwell. Also notes local residents Miss Janice Zimmermann visiting San Francisco relatives, Roy and Patricia Hess and Matthew, Roy Johnson and family traveling to New York Long Island, Richard Cone relocating homes in Arlington, and the East Arlington Library closing Dec 23 afternoon and evening.
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Federated Church
G. Greenwold
Federated Choir
Roy Ringwold
Philip Elwell
George Albee
Janice Zimmermann
Fort Hayes Kansas State College
San Francisco
Harold
Patricia Hess
Arlington
Matthew
Roy Johnson
Sunderland
Roy
John Schmidt
New York
Long Island
Richard Cone
Borough
East Arlington
Roy Grout
Planning Group Reschedules Meeting in Manchester
The Manchester Planning Commission’s meeting was moved to next Tuesday due to conflicts with pre Christmas events after last night’s cancellation by Selectmen Chairman Ferdinand Bongartz. The group will join selectmen to appoint two permanent representatives to the ad hoc regional planning committee meeting in Arlington, as selectmen support regional planning and may seek voter approval in March to enter a regional commission with Bennington County towns and authorize funding.
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Arlington
Robert Graf
Rupert
Graf
John Page
Bennington
Thomas W. Hall
Shaftsbury
Larry Pratt
James
Bud) Edgerton
George Renner
Pownal
Hall
Bennington County
Manchester
Regional Planning Commission
White Creek Grange hosts annual Christmas party and visits
White Creek Grange met at Edward Kyer's home for the annual Christmas party with a covered dish supper. Visitors included Robert Briglea from Whitehall and Mr. Gage of Herkimer, who toured former, inactive, and prospective members, resulting in several new applications and reinstatements. The group discussed improving attendance and planned for a Jan 7 meeting at Walter Greenwood's home with officer elections and bylaws changes.
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White Creek Grange
Edward Kyer
Robert Briglea
Whitehall
Washington County
Mr. Gage
Herkimer
Grange
Valatie, N.Y
Frank Hulihan
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Maida Bascum
Frank Bouplon
Plattsburg
Schools Close For Holiday At Manchester Elementary
Manchester Elementary School closed today at 2 p.m. for Christmas and New Year’s holiday. Classes resume January 3. Students had a normal lunch period before returning to homerooms for Christmas parties.
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Manchester
Dorset Moves Town Records to New Fire Safe Building
Dorset selectmen completed a move of town and land records weighing about 2000 pounds from the former East Dorset schoolhouse to a new fire resistant town office in East Dorset. The records date to 1761 from King George III's charter, and include proprietor's book and charter copy. Assistance came from Joseph King and town clerk Mrs. Helen O'Donovan as headquarters shift to the new building.
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Dorset
Joseph King
Christopher Sweezy
Skinner
East Dorset
Christopher Sweezey
Dorset Land Records
George III
Helen O’donovan
Aiken Family Homecoming and Local Surgery Update
Geraid Aiken returned home Monday from McClellan hospital after several days as a patient. Mrs. Howard Herrington of Johnsonville, a former resident, underwent surgery at McClellan hospital last week.
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Geraid Aiken
McClellan Hospital
Howard Herrington
Johnsonville
MccClellan Hospital
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