Heart Fund Drive Opens in Pownal Sets $475 Goal
The annual Heart Fund Drive starts in Pownal on Sunday and runs through the month with a $475 goal. Mrs. Burton Peckham, general chairman, announces captains for four sections East Pownal South Pownal Pownal Center North Pownal and coordinators for industry and special gifts. A feature offers merchandise certificates from Gardner's Pic n Pac Powell's stores and maple syrup from Pownal View Barn for $10 gifts. Awards are set for March 4 with worker names to be announced later. Envelopes may be mailed to Mrs. Peckham. The Troop 347 BSA executive committee discussed rechartering and reorganization, electing Lawrence Chaffee as institutional representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownals
Burton Peckham
Clarence Mattison
East Pownal
Robert Wilcox
South Pownal
James Quinn
Pownal Center
Joseph Tornabene
North Pownal
Charles F. Mason
Edgar Senecal
Gardner’s
Pic ’N Pac
Powell’s
Pownal View
Peck
SVA Works Shown In New York
In New York City the National Arts Club hosts a juried exhibition featuring Southern Vermont Artists. Oils from Eve Dawson Bea trice Jackson and James L. Montague plus a bronze by Jan Botsford Armstrong and a print by Alice Pauline Schafer are displayed. The show runs Feb 11 to Feb 25 with public viewing each afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
National Arts Club of New York
Vermont
Eve Dawson
Chester
Beatrice Jackson
Dorset
James L. Montague
Manchester Center
Jan Botsford Armstrong
Alice Pauline Schafer
Albany
N.Y
National Arts Club
Gramercy Square
New York City
Tractor-Trailer Jackknifes Blocking U S 7 At Manchester
A 30 ton cement truck jackknifed on snowpacked U S 7 in Manchester causing a daytime detour along Prospect Street and Seminary Avenue. The driver, from Sch B Herman trucking Milwaukee, faced braking lock, no injuries reported, vehicle cleared by bulldozer and towed away by night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
U.S. 7
Dalton Hill
Prospect Street
Seminary Avenue
Schwerman Trucking Company of
Milwaukee
Wis
Stephen Bresko
Bresko
William E. Dailey, Inc
George Hoag
Ditty Bags Being Made Here May Hold Only Bit of Home
In three weeks a Vermont effort to sew ditty bags for wounded soldiers aboard hospital ships off Vietnam has grown from seven Manchester mothers to towns like Pawlet and Arlington. Some 300 to 400 bags are issued monthly. the 13 by 12 inch bags hold personal items, with the project needing more material and support from donors and volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorset
Vietnam
Manchester
Pawlet
Arlington
North Shire
Rupert
U.S.S. Sanctuary
U.S.S. Repose
James B. Campbell
Carriage Trade
Wessner
Aurora
Ill
Boiltex Co
Chu Lai
Dmz
National Society of Colonial Dames of America
Vermont
Colonial Dames
American Red Cross
Harold Giddings
Campbell
American Legion Hall
Zion Episcopal Church
Burr and Burton Seminary
Ray Foote
Mothers
Giddings
Robert Mattison
Edward Far
Earl Fowler
Cornelius O’donovan
George Hill
Edward Farnum
James Campbell
Skinner
Five Students at Hoosick Falls Win Regents Scholarships
HFCS seniors Richard K. Domine Carol F. George Walter R. Robson and Brenda S. Coates along with St. Mary's Academy senior Thomas W. Keeley were named Regents Scholars. Domine earned the RPI Math and Science Award and led his class. George received DAR Good Citizen and Bausch & Lomb awards and will study math education at SUNY Albany. Robson spent two months in South America with the International Fellowship. Coates won Betty Crocker Homemaker of the Year. Keeley will enter St. Lawrence University after six weeks in France and pursue pre medical studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
HFCS
St. Mary’s Academy
Richard K. Domine
Francis Domine
Hoosick
Carol F. George
Donald George
Eagle Bridge
Walter R. Robson
Harold Robson
the Pines
Brenda S. Coates
SUNY
Albany
Robson
South America
Miss Coates
Betty Crocker
Thomas W. Keeley
Richard Keeley
Petersburg
France
St. Lawrence University
Walloomsae Guest Isabelle Quinlan Stays with Albany Sister
Mrs. Isabelle B. Quinlan of Albany is visiting for two weeks with her sister Mrs. Gordon Hoag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabelle B. Quinlan
Albany
Gordon Hoag
BBS Girls Taconic League Champions
Burr and Burton Seminary wins Taconic League title after an extra game, beating Leland and Gray 37 to 25 in Manchester. Team finished 8-3 overall, with standout seniors Nadine Norse Teresa Kilburn and Vicki Fedor and a 323 point total across 11 games. Coach Catherine Ambrose left in December, John Garneau takes over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Burr and Burton Seminary
BBS
Leland and Gray Seminary
Townshend
Arlington
Whitingham
Wilmington
Burr and Burton
Catherine H. Ambrose
Newport
John Garneau
Card Party Planned At Hoosick Falls Senior Center
Hoosick Falls New York members of the Hoosick Senior Center prepare their new headquarters at the former Cookie Jar for a first social event a card party Monday night at 8. President William Greenwood and assistants removed a partition and arranged cupboards for dishes. Seventeen members attended Thursday including ten in knitting lessons with Sister Anna of St Mary’s Academy. Blessed Virgin Mary Sodality decorated the room and prepared favors for the event with prizes and refreshments to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosick Senior Center
Cookie Jar
Elm
Church Streets
William Greenwood
Greenwood
Sister Anna
St. Mary’s Academy
Blessed Virgin Mary Sodality
Kenya Names New Power and Communications Minister
Nairobi Kenya leaders report President Jomo Kenyatta demoted Foreign Minister James Nyamawa to power and communications minister on Wednesday, apparently for visiting Formosa. Kenya does not recognize the Nationalist Chinese regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nairobi
Kenya
UPD
Jomo Kenyatta
James Nyamea
Formosa
North Bennington Church Sets Bake and Band Events
North Bennington residents invited to place girl Scout cookie orders or contact Mrs. Sanford Buxbaum. A February 27 coffee hour to benefit Putnam Memorial Hospital Auxiliary runs 10 to 12 in the church social rooms. Women’s Fellowship sponsors the event with door donations. sewing puppets for the hospital is welcomed Wednesdays 1 30 to 3 30. Mrs. L B Sanborn chairs. The North Bennington School Band, directed by Robert J Godfrey, meets weekly to study instrumental music and will perform in a final concert. Band sections include clarinet Judy Bashaw Kim Batease Paul Becker Linda Briggs Robert Brown Arthur Buell David Buell Cindy Hall Chris Henningsen Karen Hewitt Donna Hyland William Preston Kathy Luce Larry Lyon Michelle Ricks Kathy Shepard Susan Sorenson Marlene Watson John Bardick Bruce Carroll Robert Lerner Tom MacJarrett James Mackey Mike Mattison Mike Watson Dorothy Buxbaum Kathy Curran Mary Jeanne Legacy Duane Sprague Ray Crosier Barbara Russ Ginger Griggs Patty Shaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
North Bennington
Robert J. Godfrey
Judy Bashaw
Kim Batease
Paul Becker
Linda Briggs
Robert Brown
Arthur Buell
David Buell
Cindy Hall
Chris Henningsen
Karen Hewitt
Donna Hyland
William Preston
Kathy Luce
Larry Lyon
Michelle Ricks
Kathy Shepard
Susan Sorenson
Marlene
Flomatic Corp Names New Sales Manager in North Hoosick
Don Scott is appointed sales manager at Flomatic Corporation of North Hoosick New York. He will oversee sales of water system valves industrial swing check valves scuba diving systems and related products. A Wesleyan graduate and WWII veteran, Scott brings extensive domestic and industrial water systems experience. William J Nelson remains valve sales manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Hoosick
N.Y
Don Scott
Flomatic Corporation of
Wilbur C. Rice
Scott
Flomatic
Mid-West
Sumo Pump Company
Wesleyan University
Mary McClellan Lists Patients
Admissions and discharges for the week ending February 11 were announced by Mary McClellan Hospital. Bennington area admissions include Alois Achee Merry J. Clark Donna Lee Farrara Mary Lou Pratt Cambridge Catherine T. Flynn Patricia Kelley Marie Young Hoosick Falls Joseph D. Hunt Jr Eagle Bridge Mary E. Wescott Petersburg. Discharges include John Bakatis North Hoosick Carole E. Bovie Merry J. Clark Pearl M. Fairbanks Donna L. Farrara Cambridge George Cronk Mary C. Gannon Buskirk Joseph D. Hunt Jr Eagle Bridge Patricia Kelley Emil Lang Sr Marie Young Hoosick Falls Millicent Manchester Mary E. Wescott Petersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
N.Y
Mary McClellan
Bennington
Alois Achee
Merry J. Clark
Donna Lee Farrara
Mary Lou Pratt
Catherine T. Flynn
Patricia Kelley
Marie Young
Hoosick Falls
Joseph D. Hunt Jr
Eagle Bridge
Mary E. Wescott
Petersburg
Bennington Area
John Bakatis
North Hoosick
Carole E. Bovie
Merry
Donation to St Mary's Academy Library From Fr Gartland
The Rev Frank Gartland director of the Pope John XXIII Institute at Bennington sent books to St Marys Academy library with thanks from faculty and students. Carla Anne DeLuca HFCS senior to enroll in SUNY Morrisville two year food service program in September. Patricia Anne Dowling HFCS senior to enroll in same program. Richard M LaPorte HFCS senior to enter two year animal husbandry program at Cobleskill SUNY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Gartland
C.S.C
Pope John XXIII Institute
Bennington
St. Mary’s Academy
Carla Anne DeLuca
Joseph DeLuca
Fifth St
HFCS
Suny Agricultural and Technical College
Morrisville
William Folgert
Patricia Anne Dowling
Frederick Dowling
Hoosick Falls
Richard M
Woodstock meeting drew Vermont education leaders in 1969 planning
Manchester Elementary School principal Robert P. Wood attended the Woodstock meeting of the Vermont Association for Super vision and Curriculum Development. The group pursues certification for supervisors and curriculum coordinators, seeks representation on the Committee of 31 and the Senate Education Advisory Committee, and plans a New England Conference in Vermont in 1969.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert P. Wood
Manchester
Woodstock
Vermont Association For Supervision and
Senate Education Advisory Committee
Vermont
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Troop 347
BSA
Paul Clermont
Lawrence Chaffee
SVA Works
New York
Geneva
UPI
Mexico
United Nations Commission On Narcotics
Murray Lewis
Fletcher Hall
Rolland Roy
Marcel Langlais
Robert Pudvar
Nicholas Kokoras
John Bottesi
Roy
Pownal
Marie LaBonte
Peggy Carlson
Yvonne George
Kathy Marshall
Toni Mantello
Pamela Petiit
Peggy Hain
Maryann Otero
Kelly Mattison
Kathy Frost
Rosanne Garrett
Laura Brassard
Lisa Bisson
Nancy Buck
Cindy Beals
Lisa Woodcock
Kathy Bottesi
Donna Wilkinson
Robin Littlefield
John Kelly
William Paradise
Martha Rudd
Pownal Town
Center School
Amos Heap
Richard Singleton
George F. Hoag
Manchester Village
Miller
of New
Main St
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
Sup
R. Tut
Economy Auto Stores, Inc
Bennington, VT
By Marchen Skinner
Walloomsae
Bertha Hoag
BBS Girls Taconic League
Harriette Lyon
Sanford Buxbaum
North St
Flomatic Corp
Edith Beaumont
Michael Miller
P.O. Box
Artery Arcade
North Adams
Custom
State OF
Northern
Levine
Scholz Homes, Inc
North Westwood
Toledo, Ohio
Mayflower
Harry
Grove ST
Adams
Mass
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