Hoosick Grange Christmas Meeting Held
Hoosick Grange held its Christmas meeting led by Master Ralph J. Griswold. The program featured a choir, readers Allen Cornell and Mable Hewitt, Mrs. Carleton Philpott, Mrs. Taylor B. Light, Mrs. Gladys Knapp, and Mrs. James Maston. Rev. Taylor B. Light showed Holy Land slides. Wesley Hall Sanford Hewitt and Ernest Haas were named to draft resolutions of respect for Perrin Cornell. Meeting set for Jan 12, 1977 will center on medic alert and health.
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Hoosick Grange
Ralph J. Griswold
Allen Cornell
Mable Hewitt
Carleton Philpott
Mary
Mother of Jesus
Taylor B. Light
Gladys Knapp
James Maston
The
Holy Land
Hoosick
West Hoosick
Wesley Hall
Sanford Hewitt
Ernest Haas
Perrin Cornell
Christmas Guests and Church Service Planned in Hoosick Falls
South Cambridge guests include Mr and Mrs Francis Wade at the Shaw home in Hoosick Falls during Christmas. Norbert Stegemann and Deb Welch of Schaghticoke visited Wade. The combined service of circuit churches will be held January 2 at 10 30 a m at Eagle Bridge United Methodist with Rev Harry Burdess officiating. Sunday school is at 9 a m. Out of town visitors during Christmas week included Dale T MacNeil and family Rexleigh Gerald Aiken family and Debra Scott Virtue Lois Virtue Paul Virtue of Coila and others from Cambridge Troy North Bennington Shamokin Pa and Pownal.
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Francis Wade
Oliver Shaw
Hoosick Falls
Norbert Stegemann
Debbie Welch
Schaghticoke
Wade
Eagle Bridge United Methodist Church
Harry Burdess
Gertrude Aiken
Dale T. MacNeil
Sharon
Shamokin, Pa
Mile of Lake Champlain preserved by conservancy effort
The Webb family donated a 90 acre waterfront parcel called Bayview and a 107 acre marshland near Shelburne to The Nature Conservancy. The Conservancy will own the land while the town seeks required funds from federal and state sources, with BOR backing and a town purchase planned in two months. The project protects 200 acres total, preserving lake shore flora and Allen Hill views for public access and scientific use.
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Boston
Lake Champlain
Shelburne
Webb
Webbs
Vermont
The
Nature Conservancy
National Land Conservation Organization
Conservancy
Bayview
Federal Bureau of Outdoor Recreation Land & Water Conservation Fund
B.O.R
Land & Water Conservation Fund
BOR
State Agency of Environmental Conservation
Allen Hill
la Platte River
Vermont Natural Areas
Shelburne Pond
Hubert Vogelmann
Jericho
Ry the Conservancy
NYC man cited after collision at Hoosick Falls stop sign
At Church and River streets two cars collided with no injuries. Peter M. Sacerdote of New York City received a ticket for failure to yield the right of way. His car hit Loyal F. Maxon of Berlin's vehicle. both cars were damaged. Gerald Ingram reported a stolen red and green concrete Christmas candle from his Webster Avenue property.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
New York City
Church
River Streets
Peter M. Sacerdote
Loyal F. Maxon
Berlin
Gerald Ingram
Webster Ave
Middlebury Wins Grant for Global Submarine Geology Project
Middlebury College has received a 28600 grant from the National Science Foundation to fund a global submarine geology project led by Dr. Thomas A. Davies. The two year effort involves scientists from the Universities of Miami and Washington and Deep Sea Drilling Project data to study ocean sediment distribution, chemistry changes, drift effects, plankton evolution, and past climate shifts. Davies will begin preliminary work at the University of Cambridge during a winter term leave.
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Middlebury
Middlebury College
National Science Foundation
Thomas A. Davies
Davies
Miami
Washington
DSDP
University of Cambridge
Leahy backs Ross for IJC reappointment
Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont endorses Charles Ross a Republican for a new term on the International Joint Commission. Leahy calls Ross the most qualified in years and notes the post could stay with a Vermonter. The move comes amid Republican and Democrat cross currents in Vermont politics.
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Washington, D.C
UPI
Patrick Leahy
D-Vt
Charles Ross
International Joint Commission
Leahy
Jimmy Carter
Ross
United States
Canada
Senate
Richard Mallory
Montpelier
John A. Burgess
IJC
Vermont lawmakers seek repeal of one year old presidential primary
Rep. Harry Ashe and Rep. Harold Baker propose abolishing Vermonts presidential primary saying it is meaningless and merely a public funded poll. The 1975 76 legislature set the March Town Meeting Day primary as preferential with no direct effect on national convention delegates.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Harry Ashe
Williamstown
Harold Baker
Randolph
Ashe
Court hearing set on Vermont fuel aid lawsuit
Vermont Legal Aid represents 73 year old Herbert Emerson in a Washington County case. A Jan 10 hearing targets an emergency fuel regulation effective Nov 1 requiring a child’s presence in the home to qualify for aid. Lawsuit asserts violations of state law and both constitutions.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont Legal Aid
Social Welfare Department
Legal Aid
Washington County Superior Court
Herbert Emerson
U.S
Brattleboro Operator Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion
Rutland UPI reports Brattleboro restaurant operator Robert Wrobel pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to filing a false 1971 tax return. IRS says he paid 644 on 6 5 thousand income though true tax due was over 6 thousand on about 28 thousand.
Vermont cites staff shortages in food stamp ineligibles
Vermont welfare officials blame lack of personnel for high ineligible food stamp payments. The U S Agriculture Department says 20.3 percent of Vermont funds go to ineligible recipients, second only to Massachusetts. Deputy Commissioner James O Rourke says 25 more workers are needed at an annual cost of 250000 dollars to reduce the rate.
GE caulk linked to arsenic poisoning in New York
New York residents warned that General Electric silicone bathtub caulk used in Waterford may cause arsenic poisoning. The Larchmont family, who used the product on a dishwasher repair, saw all five members ill and two hospitalized. GE denies blame but agreed to a $25,000 out of court settlement with the family.
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Albany
New York
General Electric
Waterford
Consumer Protection Board
New York Times
Larchmont
No relief for wealthy in Carey tax stance
Gov. Hugh Carey said in a taped interview that wealthy New Yorkers cannot expect tax relief this year. He rejected Commerce Commissioner John Dyson's recommendation for an upper-income income tax break, citing the need to raise revenue to balance the budget.
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Albany
Hugh Carey
Carey
Public
Commerce
John Dyson
Dyson
New York State
Missing Falmouth teacher search dwindles in Berkshire
Ten volunteers searched Tuesday for missing Falmouth schoolteacher Carol Ann Todd, despite dowser Gordon Leversee’s claimed method. Organizers say exhaustion grows as they claim to have covered all humanly possible locations amid the Dec. 12 disappearance at the Sheraton North Adams Inn. In Pittsfield, Kevin Filion survived a Route 7 crash after his Peugeot skidded, hitting a culvert and landing in a brook. he underwent surgery for injuries.
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North Adams
Falmouth
Carol Ann Todd
Cohoes
N.Y
Dowser
Gordon Leversee
Leversee
Sheraton
North Adams Inn
Pownal
Eileen Gillooly
Pittsfield
Berkshire Medical Center
Route 7
Kevin Filion
Filion
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BE 7O
Main Street
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Main ST
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Welfare
Down In
Berkshire
Todd
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