National Arts Club Honors SVAC Artist Sculptress
SVAC members receive national recognition at New York awards dinner where Eleanor Niles of SVAC joins Elfriede Abbe and Ogden Pleissner in top honors for painting and sculpture. Attendees include Margery Ryerson and several SVAC supporters from Vermont and New York.
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National Arts Club
SVAC
New York
Ogden Pleissner
Pawlet
Norman Kent
Elfriede Abbe
Ithaca
N.Y
SVA
Miss Abbe
Art Center
Margery Ryerson
Bruce Stevenson
Club
All Saints Guild Events Highlight Hoosick News
Mrs Otto Piritz spends a week in New York City. All Saints Guild to meet Feb 9 with Mrs George W Bovie. Ladies Aid of the Baptist Church to meet Feb 3 at 2 pm with Mrs Frances Prince. Mrs Ellsworth Stevens hosted a pink and blue shower for Mrs William Stearns. Prizes to Mrs Ruth Stearns, Mrs Ann Brown, Mrs Shirley Stevens. Hoosick Fire Auxiliary met at Mrs Robert Breese's home. baby shower for adopted daughter Bonnie. All Saints Guild hosted another shower for Mrs Breese at Mrs Bowie's home. About 40 friends attended a shower for Miss Joyce Cloke of Schenectady at Mr and Mrs Frank Cipperly's home.
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Otto Piritz
New York City
All Saints’ Guild
George W. Bovie
Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist Church
Frances Prince
Ellsworth Stevens
William Stearns
Ruth Stearns
Ann Brown
Shirley Stevens
Hoosi
Noted Friend Pays Tribute To Stephen R Currier
A New York Times letter from Heckscher memorializes Stephen R Currier missing since January 18 with Audrey Currier after a chartered twin engine plane vanished en route from Puerto Rico to St Thomas. Heckscher recalls Currier as philanthropist, social reformer, and energy to improve urban life, noting his priority of racial justice and culture.
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New York
August Heckscher
Bennington College
Mrs. Currier
Puerto Rico
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
New York Times
The
New York Herald Tribune
Currier
Heckscher
Stephen Currier
Audrey
San Juan
Stephen
Two Area Authors Named in National Book Awards Poetry
Area writers Barbara Howes of Pownal and William Jay Smith of Williams College are among 31 books named for five National Book Awards categories. Howes’s Looking Up at Leaves is Knopf. Smith’s The Tin Can and Other Poems is Delacorte. James MacGregor Burns of Williams College chaired the history and biography jury. Awards carry 1000 dollars and cover fiction poetry arts and letters history and biography and science philosophy religion.
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Pownal
Barbara Howes
William Jay Smith
Williams College
Miss Howes
Alfred A. Knopf
Smith
Delacorte
James MacGregor Burns
National Book Committee
Heart Fund letters and local meetings row
Letters will be mailed this week for the Heart Fund chaired by Mrs Doris Rice of Searsburg. Donations may be mailed or given in person. Girl Scout Troop 499 met at Mrs Robert Porter's home to rehearse a play co written by Porter and Miss Helen Rowell and will perform in French March 8 at the school cafeteria. Meetings begin today at 7:30 p.m. at the school cafeteria through March 6.
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Doris Rice
Searsburg
The
Heart Fund
Girl Scout Troop 499
Robert Porter
Porter
Helen Rowell
Wilmington High School
Lisa Berkley
Holly Wolf
Wendy Fajans
Windham Southwest School District
Durand Taylor
Nina Lendry
Howard Mills
Arlington News Briefs Include Holiday Visit and Senior Center Offer
Mr and Mrs Earl LaBatt and three children spent the weekend with Mrs LaBatt s parents in Brighton Massachusetts for belated Christmas celebrations. Arlington Fire Company may offer use of firehouse rooms to local seniors. Those interested in starting a senior group may contact Edward J Doyle or Lyle Salter. Lamplighters 4 H Club plans a rummage sale February 25 at the East Arlington firehouse and seeks donations by calling 375 6494.
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Earl LaBatt
East Arlington
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