Hoosick Falls Kiwanis hears Athens College president visit
James H. Beaverson former Hoosick Falls Central School superintendent and president of Athens College in Greece spoke to the Kiwanis Club. He discussed Athens College enrollment of 1300 from America Greece and France, admission policy, English phased study, and regional scholarships for top 10-year-old entrants. Beaverson and his family plan to return to Greece this weekend.
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Hoosick Falls
N. Y
James H. Beaverson
Hoosick Falls Central School
Athens College
Athens
Greece
Kiwanis Club
Beaverson
New Jersey
Atty
John S. Davison
Mobil Oil
U.S
Piere College
America
France
Hoosick Falls Central
Leonard Liporace
Frank Reynolds Jr
Henry Cramer
Beaumont
Pownals Boy Scout activity and leaders sought
A special meeting of Boy Scout Troop 347 executive committee is set for Monday at 8 at Scoutmaster Rolland Roy’s home in South Pownal. A Women’s Reserve is announced with an organizational meeting next month. Mothers of active scouts are invited to contact Mrs. Donald Rogers. A cubmaster is needed to reactivate Cub Scout Troop 347, and den mothers are sought townwide.
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Boy Scout Troop 347
Rolland Roy
South Pownal
Women’s Reserve
BSA
Donald Rogers
Pownal
Manchester Scouts Hold Court of Honor
A courthouse of honor for Explorers from Post 33 and Boy Scout Troop 33 met at Mt. Equinox Grange Hall Monday night. Explorer Post Advisor Robert E. West and Scoutmaster Michael Powers presided as merit badges ranks and awards were handed out. Several Tenderfoot and First Class ranks were awarded along with multiple merit badges. Donald and William Hinkley received the Long Trail Award for hiking the full length of the Long Trail, both Eagle Scouts and Explorer Post 33 members.
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Manchester
Boy Scouts
Mt. Equinox Grange Hall
Explorer
Robert E. West
Michael Powers
James Markey
Edward Campbell
Paul Johnston
Daniel Burnham
David Scribner
Seth Bongartz
Donald
William Hinkley
Massachusetts
Winooski River
Eagle Scouts
Explorer Post 33
Explorer Post
Wil
Lynn D. Fielding
David Bardin
Robert L. Violette
Brian Benson
Joseph Bolster
Ivan Beattie
Michael Nicholson
Anthony Mone
Michael Hill
Harold Wessner
Tto
Gary Roberts
Scott S. Porter
Gary Tuttle
Robert Dailey
Richard Farley
John Saunders
Allen DeLong
Owen Clay
Roger Harwood
Alan Dufresne
Peter Riker
Keith Porter
William Roberts
Rudy van Veghten
Mark Greenberg
William McFall
Richard Harwood
Donald Kinney
Roger Fowler
Steven Bushee
Robert Cook
BSA
Tenderfoot
James Fisk
Robert Gemmell
Fred H. Miller
Ringheiser
Summer Theater Leases Hall At Wilmington
The Mirror Players Inc a non profit group leases Wilmington Memorial Hall for a July August 1966 resident professional summer theater. Contracts signed with town officials and the players led by Kathryn Cobb and June Hamblin Mitchell with consultants Hemsley and Almaguer present. Mitchell has 30 years of theater background and Cobb seven years of experience. The group will be self supporting and Wilmington’s first independent venture, chosen after guidance from the Vermont Development Commission.
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Wilmington
Mirror Players Inc
Wilmington Memorial Hall
Porter Farwell
Leonard Brown
Ervin Bishop
Kathryn Cobb
June Hamblin Mitchell
Cambridge
Mass
Emerson College
Boston
Gilbert Hemsley
New York City
Tom Almaguer
Denver
Colo
Mitchell
Miss Cobb
Vermont Development Commission
Mirror Players, Inc
Selectmen
Kathryn Cable
Players
Wolter
Manchester Selectmen Set Specs for Records Vault
Manchester officials and contractor Norman Stratton finalized the records storage vault specs for the new town office building. The vault will be enlarged to fit shelving, its roof and walls thickened to eight inches, and the floor raised four inches to deter moisture from leaks or firefighting water. Public Records Director Olney Hill warned against moving records in too soon, noting a minimum 28 day drying period for a vault of this size. the building is due for completion this spring.
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Manchester
John Hutton
Norman Stratton
Olney Hill
Public Records Division
Department of Adminstration
Norman Construction Co
Stratton
Hill
Floyd Tobin
Christmas Visits Tie West Arlington Families
West Arlington and Sandgate residents share holiday visits with relatives in Hartford Green Lawn and Pensacola while Airman Philip King returns from Christmas leave. Elbert and Louise Davis vacation from an ideal job style touring life across the U.S. and possessions with hotel stays. Lt. Harold Zimmerman and family meet Charles Derosia in San Francisco before his Guam assignment. James Linkletter Jr. moves from Offutt AFB toward Viet Nam with military police.
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Richard Flore
Hartford
Sandgate Road
Elbert Davis
Davises
United States
Davis
J.C. Penney Organization
Small World
Harold Zimmerman
James Linkletter Jr
West Arlington
Offut Afb
Omaha
Neb
Viet Nam
Benjamin Family Christmas Visit to Pittsfield
East Arlington and Sunderland residents Mr and Mrs Hermon Benjamin hosted their son Lawrence Benjamin of Stamford Connecticut for Christmas. They later traveled to Pittsfield Massachusetts to be with their daughter Mrs John Keane and her family.
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Hermon Bejamin
Lawrence Benjamin
Stamford, Conn
Pittsfield
Mass
Benjamin
John Keane
Sage of Swampacres Retrospect 1965
In a reflective winter note from Swampacres, the author muses on the solstice turning toward spring, the return of birds like chickadees and woodpeckers, and the scene outside with snow, tracks of fox and deer, and garden plans for raspberries. The piece ends with thanks to patient scientific observation for understanding nature.
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Wolfgang
Ludwig
Swampacres
Homo Sapien
Jenny
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