North Bennington and area community notices
North Bennington Catamount Gadabouts cancel dance for Saturday. Winter carnival urged for Boys Club in Pittsfield Massachusetts Saturday night. Fire Company Auxiliary meets at Mrs. Bierwirth home Wednesday 8 p.m. Nominating committee and March 1 dinner discussed. Troop 123 Brownies making knapsack lunch bags from red print handkerchiefs. Deborah Matatt, eight, joined group. Allen H. Goodrich listed in fair condition at Putnam Memorial Hospital after Bennington Rescue Squad transfer. Police describe Manchester Center incident a mother of two with third child on U S 7. treated at Dr. Mason B Barney then Putnam Memorial Hospital and returned home.
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Catamount Gadabouts
Pittsfield
Mass
Fire Company Auxiliary
Robert Bierwirth
Deborah Matatt
Allen H. Goodrich
Mechanic Street
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Manchester
U.S.7
Manchester Center
Mason B. Barney
Danby
Waterbury State Hospital
Legislative Seat Offered To Mrs Reid Lefevre
Mrs Reid Lefevre weighs Gov Hoff’s offer to fill late husband Reid Lefevre’s House seat for District 25. Bennington officials urged honorary appointment, noting Lefevre’s wit knowledge and wide regard. Lefevre died in Portland. funeral attended by the governor.
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Dorothy Vallie Lefevre
Manchester
Reid Lefevre
Philip H. Hoff
House of Representatives
Lefevre
Portland
Maine
Montpelier
Hoff
Bennington County
Charity card party fills Elks Club tables in Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls Ladies Auxiliary and Hoosick Falls Lodge of Elks hosted a benefit card party for 160 guests at the Elks Club. Chairman Mrs. Charles Frazier and President Mrs. Harold Doyle welcomed attendees, with prizes awarded to high scorers and several door and special prize winners. Proceeds go to local charity work.
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Hoosick Falls Lodge of Elks
Elks Club
Charles Frazier
Harold Doyle
Anne Folgert
Elizabeth Hayden
Roberta Parry
Carl Jester
Larry Lasser
Sybil Murphy
Anne Pappas
Joseph Cullen
Learn To Ski Club Sponsors West Mountain Ski Classes
The AMHS Ski and Outing Club now sponsors a ski school for beginners and intermediates. Classes are held Wednesday afternoons after school at West Mountain Farm. Instructors are club student members with high skiing achievement, including Dianne Grout Steven Zimmer Jon Trachte Molly Pratt Jim Wiley Betsy. Arlington trailed Wilmington 8 0 at the final buzzer in a 15 point loss. The Eaglettes later beat Whitingham 37 32 after traveling to the town to face the league’s top team.
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Amhs Ski and Outing Club
West Mountain Farm
Dianne Grout
Steven Zimmer
Jon Trachte
Molly Pratt
Jim Wiley
Betsy
Whitingham
Eaglettes
Arlington Junior High Eagles score late steal to win by one
Arlington reports a dramatic finish as the Grade 7 Eagles steal and lay up in the final five seconds to beat Manchester by one. Grade 8 rallied but fell 46 32 to Manchester while players Moody Hess Holton James and Marsh led the effort. Adults invited to join youth program. contact Dale Gilmour for details about NHS revision and activities. Four AMHS girls were chosen for All State at Burlington May 9 11.
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Arlington
Manchester
Mount Anthony
AMHS
Burlington
Leisa Sharka
Cheryl Slater
Betsy Moody
Molly Pratt
Robert Godfrey
Bers
Dede Whitman
Kathy Kreel
Debby Garneau
Barbara LeGrand
Brenda Rice
Beverly Wright
Arlington - Mount Anthony
Ann Marsh
Arlington Girls Basketball Tumbles In Close BBS Heartbreaker
AMHS girls stand 3 2 tied for second with Burr and Burton after a 25 23 loss to BBS in Manchester. Arlington beat Whitingham to move to 2 2, then fell 39 32 to Burr and Burton while facing Wilmington and Leland and Gray ahead. Grade 7 and 8 cheerleaders trained a week, then grades 7 8 lost to Bennington and Mount Anthony respectively.
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AMHS
Burr
Burton Seminary
Eaglettes
Manchester
BBS
Arlington
Whitingham
Burr and Burton
Wilmington
Leland and Gray Seminary
Local students enjoy midyear break and campout at Sandgate
West Arlington and Sandgate students Tom Pelham from Tufts and Stephen Kenny from RPI are back home as midyear break brings outdoor skiing. A Newark camp on Sandgate Road housed Mr and Mrs Edgar Reynolds with Barbara and Bob Nelson during a short New York visit. The January Yankee feature highlights George Butler a Lebanon NH engraver whose hand engraved jewelry and silver work spans 46 years. Butler’s clients include the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and he once carved the Orange Bowl trophy in Miami.
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Tom Pelham
Stephen Kenny
Tom
Tufts College
Stephen
RPI
Troy
N.Y
Edgar Reynolds
Barbara
Bob Nelson
New York
Sandgate Road
Yankee Magazine
George Butler
Marjorie Linkletter
Marjorie Trachte
West Arlington
Butler
Lebanon
N.H
Miami
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Grange Notes Battenkill Grange Session Schedule
Battenkill Grange meets Wednesday at p.m. with a program Fame Folks of February. Women bring a box lunch for two. Battenkill Junior Grange meets Thursday at 7 p.m. for a Valentine party. Ethan Allen Pomona Grange hosts Feb 13 at 8 15 p.m. in the Schoolhouse on Vermont 9 Old Bennington with Bennnington Grange. Cpl. Marsh safety officer to present a safety program.
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Battenkill Grange
Battenkill Junior Grange
Ethan Allen Pomona Grange
Vt. 9
Old Bennington
Bennington Grange
Cpl. Marsh
Pownal Troop 347 Gathers. Plans Recharter
The Pownal executive committee of Troop 347 BSA held its first meeting of the year with Michael Shanahan guest speaker from Tacon ic Council. Attendees included Rolland Roy Fletcher Hall Marcel Langlais John Bottesi Murray Lewis Nicholas Kokoras Leroy Bostwick and Dexter Moore. The February 12 meeting will set rechartering plans elect officers and select a scoutmaster and assistant. Fathers of scouts and interested new joiners are urged to attend.
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BSA
Michael Shanahan
Taconic Council
Pownal
Rolland Roy
Fletcher Hall
Marcel Langlais
John Bottesi
Murray Lewis
Nicholas Kokoras
Leroy Bostwick
Dexter Moore
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Edith Beaumont
Holman Mfg. Co. Here
Waterviiet Arsenal
Carl Adams
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Adams
Harold Wilson
Bovie Hill Road
Boston and
R.R
Center Street
Frank Demick
B&m
Junior High Eagles
Moody, Richard Hess
Richard Holton
Chris James
James Marsh
Dale Gilmour
Gilmour
Chamonix
France
Eagle Chapter
National Honor Society
NHS
Federated Church of East Arlington
Fisher School
Arlington High
Leisa Skarka
Cheryl Salter
Henning
David Towne
John Kendall
Daryl Brown
Peter Hirsch
Kevin Walsh
Jim
Jeff Corey
Jerry Sargood
Jeff Rice
Dennis Holton
John Hannon
John Walsh
Charlie Howard
Scott MacFarland
Lee Owen
John Hess
Bill Hall
Joe Sallis
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Sandgate
Betty Trachte
Greenberg
Main Street
Stuart
Albany
MR. Stuart
Zno
Lo A
Ston
Eryn
Triple
Grand Union Empire
Grange
Esso
Winslow
Depot St
Newburg
Augus
NEW Englander
Motor Inn
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Bennington, VT
The
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