Manchester groups plan cantata and school activities
Mrs. Walter Rigney announced sectional rehearsals for the inter church cantata The Crucifixion by Stainer led by Mrs. Orrin Beattie Mrs. Blanchard Stone and Mrs. Roy Barstow with full choral rehearsals starting later this month for a Palm Sunday performance at the First Congregational Church. The Manchester Film Society sets its next showing for Thursday at Burr and Burton gym at 8 p.m. Elementary students seek donated used skis and gear for Bromley Ski program call 362-1822. The Mark Skinner Library provides 45 donated books for the elementary library and nearly 2000 books circulated in January per librarian Bernice Wilcox. A Burr and Burton Observatory incident trapped three girls for 15 minutes before helpers freed them via the roof aperture. NASA films and space exploration topics accompany nightly astronomy lessons for Brown’s science classes. Peter Schoffstall of Burr and Burton Seminary announces the first annual Children’s Theater tour of Bennington County and nearby New York with up to four daily performances starting April 1924 and continuing into May.
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Walter Rigney
Stainer
Orrin Beattie
Blanchard Stone
Roy Barstow
First Congregational Church
First Baptist Church
Manchester Film Society
Burr and Burton Gymnasium
Bromley
Joseph Fowler
Mark Skinner
Bernice Wilcox
Ing
Brown
NASA
Glenn and Carpenter
Children's Theater
Peter Schoffstall
Burr and Burton Seminary
Drama Club
Bennington County
New York
Schoffstall
Dorset Budget Meeting Set at Dorset Elementary School
The Dorset Town Budget meeting will be held Wednesday at 8 at Dorset Elementary School. All citizens invited.
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Dorset
Dorset Elementary School
Manchester Library Wing Nears Completion In July Dedication
The Mark Skinner Library in Manchester is nearly finished with a 55 foot addition. G Murray Campbell says dedication likely in July when more residents are in town. A Feb 2 trustees meeting set a $20 rental for the meeting room with kitchen facilities and notes the library will soon resume normal hours 5 to 8 p.m. weekdays and 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturdays. Also ARLINGTON Parents Night set for Troop 34 at Bailey Hall East Arlington Wednesday at 7:15 with scouts and parents urged to attend.
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Manchester
Mark Skinner
G. Murray Campbell
Campbell
Arlington
Boy Scouts
Bailey Hall
East Arlington
Hoosick Falls Local Club Meetings and Auxiliary News
The Hoosick Falls area reports a February 16 regular meeting of the Town of Hoosick Woman's Republican Club at Mrs. William Baker's Fisk Street home with co hosts Elva Gigel and Dorothy Boys. The Hoosick Post American Legion Auxiliary met at River Street home of Mrs. Dorothy Boys. They discussed a walkerette and mattress donated via the magazine drive funds, added to Loan Closet inventory, a $15 March of Dimes donation, and a canceled county unit meeting due to driving conditions. Upcoming Cancer Control Month urged, with requests to bring old items. Coffee hour follows 11 am service at All Saints. All Saints Parish Club meets Monday at the rectory. Four Korners Klub meets Monday at Mrs. Lillian Spendiff’s. Ladies Aid meets Feb 19 to make johnnies for Health Center, aided by Mrs. Henry Cramer. Next meeting March 4 at Mrs. Josephine Beaumont’s home with a special money making program to benefit cancer funds.
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Town of
Hoosick Post
American Legion Auxiliary
Dorothy Boys
River Street
Thomas Restino
Hoosick Falls
Hoosick
All Saints Rectory
All Saints Parish Club
Lewis
Korners Klub
Lillian Spendiff
Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist Church
Henry Cramer
Josephine Beaumont
Lyman Street
Cancer Fund
Founders Day PTA Dinner Set For Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls Central School PTA hosts Founders Day dinner Monday at 6 30 p m at Cambridge Hotel with James Moore Bureau of Education to speak on Project STEP a work study plan for potential school dropouts Ralph Moll PTA vice president will be toastmaster Rev Wesley Miles First United Church to give invocation. Tickets from Kasmer Stempek central school and others reservations close Feb 12. All members urged to attend.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
PTA
Hoosick Falls Central School
Cambridge
James Moore
Bureau of Education
Ralph Moll
Wesley Miles
First United Church
John Keough
Peter Smith
Philip Leonard
Maureice Beaulieu
Kasmer Stempek
Central School
Robert Hall
Philip Martinez
Harry Harrison
Keough
Manchester Board Tackles Budget and Building Use
Manchester school board approves a 325435.50 budget with a 8.38 tax rate and plans for cost cuts and building use fees. They cut bus runs, re-negotiate fuel contracts, and study vocational programs while honoring outgoing chair Ralph Fleming Jr. and preparing for elections.
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Manchester
Ralph F. Fleming Jr
Donald R. Shanks
Shanks
CVPS
Burr and Burton Seminary
Fleming
Eugene V. Kayatta
Dufresne Pond
The
Manchester Welfare
Pownal YMCA fund drive yields 174.25 in passive visits
Pownal leaders report Sun visitation produced 174.25 for YMCA fund drive. Troop 47 and MYF members toured Pownal Center and East Pownal, with transportation by local volunteers. Scouts included Alan Strobridge, George Kerbs, Peter Roy, Dean Dixon. MYF members listed. recent activity notes on youth involvement and future convention plans in Boston.
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Pownal Center
North Pownal
Methodist Youth Fellowship
South Pownal
East Pownal
Rolland Roy
Alan Strobridge
George Kerbs
Peter Roy
Dean Dixon
MYF
James Quinn
Susan Casey
Deanna Beals
Bernice Beals
Francis Haley
Gary Niles
Linda Ricker
David O'Dell
John Barber
Clifford Barber
Craig Campbell
Curt Campbell
Manchester Teacher Bids For School Director Post
Don B. Otis 38 Burr and Burton Seminary science head filed nominating papers for Manchester school director in a three way race with incumbent Ralph F. Fleming Jr. and Mrs James Mabry. Otis, longtime PTA officer and civil defense assistant, would serve without pay if elected, donating his $400 salary to the Town School District.
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Manchester
Don B. Otis
Burr and Burton Seminary
Ralph F. Fleming Jr
James (Aleison) Mabry
Otis
Suffolk University
Clarkson College of Technology
New Hampshire
Vermont
Dartmouth College
PTA
First Congregational Church
Bloodmobile Sets Date In Cambridge
Cambridge residents are urged to donate blood at the municipal building on March 2 from 12 30 to 5 15 p m. Bloodmobile chairman E M Rafferty compares the blood bank to a bank with deposits enabling withdrawals and notes blood has aided many families and friends in need.
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Cambridge
N.Y
E. M. Rafferty
Bloodmobile
Cam and
Hoosick Falls
Rafferty
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Jackie Breen
Burr and Burton Seminary Observatory
Burton Brown
Marden Skinner
Volkswagen
R&h
Falcon
Liggettbosworth Sales & Service
Arlington Scouts
Edith Beaumont
Ada M. Breer
Manchester Board
Neil E. Cross
Kayatta
Bennington- Rutland
Cross
Thomas Martin
North Bennington
Elizabeth Dwyer
Gary Lewis Bashaw
Albert V. Bashaw
Church St
Great Lakes, Ill
Naval Training Center
Bashaw
U.S. Navy
Albany
Great Lakes
Navy
NBHS
Sibley Manufacturing Co
Washington
UPI
Sargent Shriver
Johnson
War On Poverty
Shriver
National Advisory Council
Martin
Burr and Burton
E. Roger Wilcox
James B. Campbell
E. H. Henry
Philip Kelleher
Clifford B. Graham
Richard Bartholomae
Reid Lefevre
Berry Wall
American Fidelity Co
Supt. Cross
Pownals
Vera Langlais
John C. Barber
Pownal
YMCA
William Frost
Harry W. Beals Jr
David Ricker Jr
National Rural Letter Carriers Association
New England
Charles Rounds
Statler
Bos
Ton
New England States
Rounds
Dale Davis
Indiana
Boston
Harvey Black
Antrim
N.H
George Richards
Cuttingsville
Charles Hager
Wallingford
Hager
Vermont State Rural Letter Carriers Association
Advertising Council
Newspaper Advertising Executives Association
John LeCarre
MAD Tom Books
Manchester Center
Leo’s Motors
Chrysler
Plymouth
Plymouth Barracuda
Fiske Food Shop
Route
Zenith
Elford
Electronic Service Co
Schick
Helena Rubenstein
Whipple’s Pharmacy
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