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Newspaper

Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1964

Page

5

Boy Scouts Bring Fruit For Charity At Hoosick Falls

Troop 64 members forgo gifts at their Christmas party in Hoosick Falls New York delivering a fruit basket to the Health Center. Michael Scarey and Raymond Wrubleski served as scorekeeper and leader while Dennis Shaw and William Gorman led the meeting. Severson and Sennett presented gifts to each scout. Activities include Eagle Patrol at Severson's home and Patrol Leaders Council meeting weekly. regular meetings resume January 5 at 7 p.m. in the Parish Hall.

Hoosick Falls N.Y Troop 64 BSA Michael Scarey Raymond Wrubleski Dennis Shaw William Gorman Eagle Patrol Severson Charles Scarey

Hoosick Churches Host College Students Christmas Dinner

Hoosick Falls New York Hoosick Area Church Association held a Sunday night dinner for about 40 college students and area servicemen at St Mark s Parish Hall Bad weather reduced attendance Archdeacon Kenneth E Nelson of the Albany Diocese gave a talk on Making Choices in Our Day The event included clergy and spouses from All Saints Episcopal Church Hoosick and other participating churches

Hoosick Falls N.Y Hoosick Area Church Association St. Mark’s Youth Fellowship First United Church Baptist Church Hoosick Kenneth E. Nelson Albany Episcopal Diocese Philip Lewis All Saints Episcopal Church St. Mark's Episcopal Church Collegians Hoosick Area

Shaftsbury Scouts Hold Holiday Party

Shaftsbury Troop 31 held a Christmas party at the Shaftsbury School with 18 scouts and prospects. Guy Mattison played Santa and distributed gifts including camping sets and handbooks. Jim Lyon received cuff links and a tie bar. Al Hess attended as new scout master, alongside Joseph Hart, Taconic District executive.

Shaftsbury Guy Mattison Jim Lyon Lyon Shaftsbury School al Hess Joseph Hart Taconic District Green Mountain Council Santa Shaftsbury Boy Scouts Old St. Nick

Christmas Vacation Plans Fill Mountain Town Lodges

The Dover Wilmington Vacation Council reports about 3 000 beds booked in some 80 lodges for Christmas with cancellations caused by weather and New Year reservations also near capacity. A Christmas program at Wilmington Community Hall featured 12 children and gifts from Santa while Our Lady of Fatima Church held midnight Mass and multiple services. Cap'n Saucer Restaurant on the Dover Road opens daily 6 am to 10 pm for the ski season, with two extra waitresses joining from Wilmington. owners Leo and wife plan continued family operation and mention their Whitehall New York origins and two children Barbara Jean and Keith.

Dover-Wilmington Beatrice Willard Wilmington Our Lady of Fatima Robert Powers Leo Murphy Dover Road

Town Fathers Move to Transfer Searsburg Route to State Highway

Selectmen plan to transfer Searsburg Route No. 1 Heartwellville Road into the state system. Notices were sent to abutting landowners for a Jan 21 meeting at the Route No. 1 junction with Vermont 9, 9 a.m., followed by a 10:30 a.m. board session at the town clerk's office to hear interested parties on the lay out or alteration of the highway.

Searsburg Heartwellville Vermont 9

Christmas Guests From Across the Region

Families in Arlington and nearby towns hosted relatives for Christmas. John C. Macksey of New York City visited with the Macksey family. the Normans from Roslyn, Pa. stayed with Barbara. J. David Wyman of Connecticut joined Harold and Mrs Wyman. Others included the Gascoines of Essex Falls and Marguerite Mercier visiting Dorset. Harvey Hard and family spent the holiday in Pawlet and Bennington. Secor and son Jamie visited Brattleboro families.

Guy Maynard Ledyard T. Richard Gasccoigne Essex Falls N.J Arlington Marguerite Mercier Dorset Sally Ross Kim Harvey Hard Paul Hard Pawlet Ira Mee Dermott Bennington John Secor Jamie Charles Ellingwood Brattleboro

Christmas Pageant Brings Hoosick Falls Youth Talent

Hoosick Falls First Baptist Church youth performed a Christmas Eve pageant Come to the Manger with many named participants including Sally Busby Kim Gardner Sally Stetson Mary and William Cottrell Joseph. Soloists and a senior choir added music under William Tisdale with organist Miss Georgeine Winney. In Lompoc California UP I Joe Cagianut complains of vandalism on his car after an anonymous note wishing Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year was left at a bowling alley.

First Baptist Church Sally Busby Kim Gardner Sally Stetson Mary William Cottrell Joseph Geraldine Cornell Lorraine Cornell Martha Elliott Susan Elliott Kendal Baker Fred Brown Robert Frederickson Robert Shaw Richard Callahan Francis Downing Jr Thomas Starr Beverly Baker Ann Stetson Mark Brown Beth Calhoun Karen Schneider Marilynn J. Hill Malcolm Hill Raymond Calhoun Douglas Sherman William Tisdale Georgeine Winney Lompoc Calif UPI Joe Cagianut Cagianut

Pownal Scout Troop Plans Winter Campout

The Pownals Troop 47 meets tonight at 7 in the Scout Hut to plan the winter campout Operation Snowflake set for the weekend of Jan 9. Lyle p Jelley USN recently returned from European waters and will complete three years of service in February. Cub Pack 47 held a December meeting at North Pownal Church with badges awarded and new cubmaster David Ricker Jr. introduced.

Boy Scout Troop 47 Lyle P Jelley USN North Pownal European Frances Lampman Pownal Center Lampman Arizona Our Lady of Jourdes WSCS Pownal CUBS Troop 47 North Pownal Congregational Church John C. Hatch Den Donald Roy Lyle Grusendorf David Gary Pratt Joel Bur

Organizational Meeting Set For New Danby Mt Tabor Union

Voters from Danby and Mount Tabor will gather at Town Hall on January 12 at 8 p.m. for the organizational meeting of Union School District No. 23 formed December 5. The meeting will elect a temporary presiding officer and clerk, then a moderator treasurer three advisors and clerks, with directors from both towns to serve until July 1. The district will decide the elementary school class, potential transfer of existing schools, and authorization for directors to hire architects surveyors contractors lawyers and consultants. It also seeks authorization to borrow money or pay district expenses pending member payments.

Danby Mount Tabor Stephen Currier Donald Nichols Union School

Church School Holds Christmas Program in White Creek

Jermain Methodist Sunday School in White Creek New York held its Christmas program on December 23. Arnold Perry opened with a welcome as beginners and primary children sang Away in a Manger and Shepherds on the Hillside.

White Creek N.Y Earl Perry Mary Beth Robinson Cindy Carter Duane Carter Jane Perry Gary Woodcock Sandy Tracy Elizabeth Tracy Duane Robinson Mitchell Lake Cathie Tracy Brian Harrington Susan Carter John Carter Kevin Woodcock Keith McCart Laurie George Stephen Lake Carol George Maria Linda Niles Felicia Sharon Thompson Donna George Pedro LaVern Perry Jimmy Lake Susan Tracy Wayne Tracy King Toby Taber Mary Joseph Melanie Harrington Cinton Carter Dewey McCart Carter Duane Marjorie Carol Donna Marilyn Robinson Jane

Christmas party aids 162 children at Burr & Burton gym

Pfc Ronald Soule visits Ft Monmouth family during holiday season. Fraternal Order of Eagles No 2551 and Auxiliary host annual Christmas party at Burr & Burton Seminary gymnasium with Santa delivering gifts candy and fruit to about 162 children. Caroling and trees featured. volunteers include Marie Secoy and Arlene Wanda and Richard Cole. Former superintendent Robert B Vail to begin teaching Grade 6 in Falmouth Maine in January.

Order of Eagles Auxiliary Burr & Burton Seminary Santa Claus Santa Marie Secoy Arlene Wanda Richard Cole Robert B. Vail Falmouth Maine

Ridge Riders Celebrate Yale Season

Ridge Riders Saddle Club in White Creek held a December 21 Christmas party at Hilltop Restaurant with a ham dinner for 35. A skit Lilly of the Alley featured Dorothy Bouplon and Edward Kyer. Other roles included Fred Gardner and Bud Gulley.

White Creek N.Y Ridge Riders Saddle Club Lilly of Dorothy Bouplon Lilly Edward Kyer Desperate Desmond Fred Gardner Rattlesnake Bud Gulley Hiram Steve Boupton Undertaker Junior Hunt Vesuvius Howard Robinson Harriet Byars Marylyn Kyer Marilyn Robinson Edward Gulley

Christmas Guests From Nearby Towns Fill White Creek Homes

White Creek residents hosted a busy Christmas with visitors from Newburgh Valley Falls Burlington Hoosick Falls Red Rock Troy Chatham Mechanicville North Pownal Cavendish Shushan Shushan Hopewell and Greenwich. Families including the McCart and Taber clans shared holiday meals and attended the Booth McCart wedding with Brenda McCart as maid of honor.

Herbert Corey Newburgh N.Y Susan Cook Margaret George Yeager Valley Falls George Matteson Burlington Harold Austins Helen Philip Murphy Otto Nesbitt Hoosick Falls Gordon Nesbitt Charles Niles James Black Red Rock Andrew Sheffer Troy David Niles Chatham Theresa Masten Robert Mastens Maurice Andrew Nadine Albert Gulley John Tudor Earl Tudor North Pownal Harold Dockum Cavendish Frank Bouplon Anielle Pepes Mechanicville Maurice Taber Hopewell N.J Raymond Harold Taber Wales Taber Ivan Tabers Shushan Dewey McCart Mildred Charles McCart Jo-Ann Cora McCart James McCart Booth - McCart Greenwich Brenda McCart

Williams College Offers 1965 Adult Education Courses

The Williams College adult education program lists three courses starting January 4 to 6 covering US economic development Opera milestones and comic vision in French literature. Lectures run 8 p.m. for 90 minutes with a $30 fee per 10 lecture series and applications due by Saturday.

Williamstown Mass Williams College U.S William B. Gates Jr William Brough Center For Development Economics Irwin Shainman Department of Music George Pistorius Gates Shainman Pistorius

Rescue Squad Seeks Women for Night Time Duty

Hoosick Falls New York rescue squad seeks a few more women to join the call list for regular nightly tours. Training is provided by the squad. Each team has two men and one woman, with some teams lacking a female attendant. Applications available from squad members or the Central Fire Station dispatcher.

Hoosick Falls N.Y Hoosick Clude

Cambridge Watch Night Service Set

A Cambridge New York notice invites Baptist Church members and neighbors to a New Year’s Eve Watch Night at the Sourcliffe mansion starting at 8. A social hour and talk by Col. Charles Raymond precede the film Telstar from Bell Telephone. A ham and turkey buffet funds the parsonage. dinner reservations are $1.50 and can be made by calling 677 2766. After dinner guests move to the church at 11:15 for the Watch Night service.

Cambridge N.Y The Baptist Church Sourcliffe Mansion Charles Raymond Telstar Bell Telephone Company

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Boy Scouts Falls Richard A. Seversson James Sennett Mountain Towns Carlo Walter NEW Enterprise Peggy Mershon Laurie Rufus Murphy Whitehall Wordsboro Murphys Barbara Jean Keith Helene Thompson Troy School OF Beauty Culture Congress ST Edith Beaumont Pownals Vera Langlais Danby- Mt. Tabor Marlboro College Hall Marlboro College Ronald Breslow Columbia University Mark Twain Justin Kaplan Hawthorne Richard Poirier Rutgers University Church School Manchester Jackie Breen Ronald Soule Ft. Monmouth L.J. Dulac Ridge Riders Yale Eleanor Niles South Cambridge Margaret Aiken Norman D. Bott Philadelphia Patricia Cronk New Jersey George Cronk Vera Mae Welling Burton Welling Edward A. Have Williams Rington George Austin New York Mark Poirer Saratoga Roy Smith Malcolm Hamilton William Spink Sr Ernest Henson Charlton Pleasant Valley Granges Methodist Church Pleasant Valley Grange Ernest Trinkle Jr Union Circuit Kenneth Aiken Gertrude Aiken Mary and Donna Aiken Schenectady Rescue Squad Cambridge Watch Main Street
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