Christmas Food Drive Delights Hoosick Falls Sisters
In Hoosick Falls New York the Sisters of St Marys Convent welcomed a truckload of 2530 pounds of food after the Blessed Virgin Mary Sodality arrived Wednesday night with Christmas carols and the charitable haul for St Marys Convent.
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Mary Sheila
Sisters of St. Joseph
St. Mary’s Convent
Hoosick Falls
Santa
Walter Wirmusky
Beaumont
N.Y
Sisters of St. Joseph of St
The
Blessed Virgin Mary Sodality
Santa Claus Pulls a Heist at Grant State Bank
In Grant Michigan a man in a Santa suit robbed Grant State Bank, using a sawed off shotgun to extort $12,000. Arthur Cass of Ravenna was arrested, with Santa costume and red threads found in his car. Helpers included John Capano and Sonny Liporace. The story notes gifts to nuns and a convent Christmas celebration after the heist. In London, Ingegerde Skaug led the Norway Britain Christmas tree lighting in Trafalgar Square.
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Grant, Mich
UPI
Santa Claus
Grant State Bank
Santa
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Arthur Cass
Ravenna
Cass
Muskegon
Grant
Walter Wirmusky
John Capano
Sonny Liporace
Sodality
London
Ingegerde Skaug
Britain
Trafalgar Square
Forrest Moses to Join Beers Family TV Christmas Showings
Beers Family of Petersburg will appear on a Christmas special carried by five local TV channels. Sponsored by the Albany Episcopal Diocese, they will present a pre holiday program featuring the family in a locally broadcast event.
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Forrest Moses
Grandma Moses
Eagle Bridge
N.Y
Moses
Beers
Beaumont
Beers Family
Hoosick Falls
Petersburg
Albany Episcopal Diocese
Road Equipment Committee reports on town gear and trucks
Shaftsbury town Road Equipment Committee met final session and unanimously approved a 1967 Town Report inclusion. It recommends a sinking fund for depreciation, maintained equipment marking, and no second truck purchase this year, with cost-control review and possible reconsideration in 1968.
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Shaftsbury
Thomas Hall
Dorset
Manchester
State Highway Department
Philip V. Roach
Gerald Nelson
John Clawson
Ralph Prouty
John Billow
New Year’s Eve Party at North Bennington Firehouse
Local firefighters and their auxiliary host a New Year’s Eve event featuring Bing’s Melody Masters and a midnight buffet at the firehouse. Mrs. Earl Hedding has tickets at 447-7483.
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Bing
Earl Hedding
Beers Family Christmas TV Program From Melbourne Return
Yachtsman Alex Rose completes a 14,000 mile solo voyage from England ending in Melbourne with a hero’s welcome. The Beers family broadcasts a Christmas program on Channel 6 and 13 Eve and Christmas Day, featuring Bob Beers Evelyne and Martha with music, paintings by Forrest Moses, and a lullaby by Guy McKensie. They plan a six week goodwill tour in India sponsored by the U.S. State Department starting January.
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Melbourne
UPI
Alex Rose
Australia
England
Channel 6
Bob
Evelyne
Martha
Forrest Moses
Eagle Bridge
Grandma Moses
Guy McKensie
Bob Beers
Hoosick Falls
Channel 4
Beers
Petersburg
U.S
Ia Air India
U.S. State Department
Hoosick Falls Students Plan College Pursuits Next Year
Hoosick Falls Central School students set to continue education next year include Carol George daughter of Donald and Carol George Eagle Bridge who will attend SUNY Albany to study secondary education with a math major Judith A Roys daughter of Dorothy Roys and the late Bruce Roys River Street accepted at SUNY Plattsburgh for English and elementary education Kenneth Burns son of Kenneth and Mrs Burns West Hoosick will enroll at Cobleskill Agricultural and Technical Institute to major in agronomy
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HFCS
Carol George
Donald George
Eagle Bridge
Suny At
Albany
Judith A. Roys
Dorothy Roys
Bruce Roys
River Street
Plattsburgh
Kenneth Burns
West Hoosick
Cobleskill Agricultural and Technical Institute
Cinema films scheduled at Hoosick church
Hoosick N Y Hoosick Baptist Church on South Road hosts two color films January 7 at 7 30 p m The Hang Man a 12 minute discussion on injustices and involvement and Sign posts Aloft a 30 minute film from the Sermons from Science series All are welcome
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Hoosick
N.Y
Hoosick Baptist Church
South Road
Christmas in the Netherlands by a Dutch visitor
Miss Tjitske Bouma, 21, staying in North Bennington, writes of Dutch Christmas customs. She contrasts Santa Claus day on December 5 with a Christmas focused on Jesus birth, noting gift giving, songs, and quiet observations, while explaining why she prefers receiving presents on December 25 or 26.
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Tjitske Bouma
Scharnejoutum
Netherlands
Santa Claus
Jesus Christ
Shaftsbury Student Mary Hall Honored In School and Pageant
Shaftsbury native Mary Hall of Shaftsbury and Mary Burnham School in Northampton earned honor roll status for the second marking period. She was selected to portray the Madonna in the tableaux production of Carl Muller's The Holly Family during Christmas recess at her home.
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Mary Hall
Thomas W. Hall Jr
Shaftsbury
Mary Burnham School
Northampton
Mass
Carl Muller
Holly
Manchester Vermont residents sponsor flags for states
Lawson Hoard and Charles C. Stannard, both of Manchester Depot, are roommates at Putnam Memorial Hospital with Stannard recovering from a light stroke and Hoard a surgical patient. Charles Loyzelle announced sponsors for all but Nebraska to fly in the local business district, aided by Judge Margaret Dougherty who helped solicit flag sponsors for Delaware Indiana Kansas Tennessee and more, leaving Nebraska unsponsored.
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Lawson Hoard
Charles C. Stannard
Manchester Depot
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Stannard
Hoard
Nebraska
Charles Loyzelle
United States
Margaret Dougherty
Delaware
Clifford B. Harwood
Indiana
Thomas Farley
Kansas
George Breen
Tennessee
Ramon A. Carrano
Louzelle
Judge Dougherty
Manchester
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Harriette Lyon
Atkins
Eome
Bennington
Bennington, VT
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Inver House Distillers, Ltd
PHILA
Mporte
Inner House
Kayser
Drysdale’s
Edith Beaumont
Cinema Films
Bis Shop
Peters
Spain
Vermont
Walker
Wintergreen
Main St
Fran Stacy
Michael Miller
P.O. Sox
Hassocks
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