Union High School Planning Board backs costly regional proposal
The Union High School Planning Board, with eight southern Bennington County districts, approved a finance report backing a 900 pupil regional high school. They warn that doing nothing would be the most expensive choice and plan to present a spring recommendation to voters after reviewing organizational, curriculum, and publicity work. A February 22 meeting at Molly Stark School is scheduled.
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Union School Planning Board
Union High School Planning Board
Bennington County
Arthur Faris
Shaftsbury
Rupert Spencer
Vermont Education Department
Faris
Barton Jenks
Planning Board
The
Area Planning Board
Vergennes
Lanesboro
Hoosick Falls
Brattleboro
Marshall
Arlington
Greater Bennington
Bennington Village
North Bennington
Pownal
North Pownal
Woodford
Vermont
United States
Molly Stark
Terrorist Attacks in Algeria Kill 256 in February
Semiofficial figures reported in Algiers list 256 deaths and 490 injuries from terrorist attacks in the first two weeks of February across Algeria.
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Algiers
Algeria
Busy North Bennington Week of Activities
A packed schedule for February lists church meetings and social events across North Bennington. Highlights include the Father and Son Banquet at the Baptist Church, the Norshaft Minstrel shows, and an inter faith dinner at Mt Anthony Country Club. Girl Scout and church youth activities are noted with weather dependent postponements and contact details.
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Father and Son
Baptist Church
Norshaft Democratic Club
The
Congregational Church
Beards and Bouts of Theatre Prep for Feb Show
NORTH BENNINGTON local note on Norshaft Minstrel rehearsals for February 23 and 24. Dave Barton and George Randall, billed as Thick ’n Thin, perform in close harmony with Bob Woodworth and Helen Woodworth at piano. Warner Brothers outbid Lions for My Fair Lady rights. Lions plan own show with Stephen Foster influences.
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Bennington
Norshaft Minstrel
Barton
Dave
Randall
George
Norshaft
Bob
Helen Woodworth
Helen
Warner Brothers Films
Norshaft Lions
The
Lions
Stephen Foster
Special Rates For School Kids At Prospect Mountain
Prospect Mountain reports good skiing with 16 inches of snow over the weekend. With school vacations and a visiting Scarsdale group, Prospect will be open daily this week offering $2 daily rates for school youngsters and $1 for rope tow beginners. Ski lessons run 10 30 a.m. to 12 30 p.m. and 2 to 4 daily.
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Woodford
Prospect Mountain
Scarsdale
N.Y
Prospect
Halsey Cushman
Frank Howlett
Public card parties and community notices in Cambridge area
The Pleasant Valley Grange hosts a public card party on Tuesday February 20 at 8 p m. The Ondawa Cambridge Chapter DAR holds its annual card party February 22 at the historical house. Roger Fillmore son of Mr and Mrs Edwin Fillmore of South Cambridge earns a four year Regents scholarship as a Cambridge Central School senior. Army Sgt Thomas L Hunt son of Mr and Mrs John Hunt of Route 2 participates in Operation Great Shelf near Clark Air Base as fire team leader in the 506th Infantry. The Women’s Society of Christian Service of the South Cambridge Methodist Church met at Mrs Burton Welling’s home and elected officers for the coming year. Circuit meetings include youth fellowship at Hoosick Falls Presbyterian Church and senior fellowship meetings among North Hoosick Eagle Bridge Buskirk and South Cambridge churches, with events on February 19 26 and 8 p m respectively.
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Pleasant Valley Grange
Ondawa-Cambridge
DAR
Roger Fillmore
Edwin Fillmore
South Cambridge
Roger
Cambridge Central School
Army
Thomas L. Hunt
John Hunt
Route 2
U.S
Republic of the Philippines
Clark Air Force Base
Hunt
101St Airborne Division
506Th Infantry
Women’s Society of Christian Service of
South Cambridge Methodist Church
Burton Welling
Welling
Donald Herrington
James D. Austin Jr
Nels Jacobson
Wilson Pratt
Harold Baker
Sunshine
Presbyterian Church
Hoosick Falls
North Hoosick
Eagle Bridge
Buskirk
Eagle Bridge Methodist Church
Commission On Missions
Weekend Visits And Local Meetings Highlight Walloomsac News
Walloomsac residents hosted and visited family this weekend including the Baldwins from Niagara Falls and the Tudors from North Pownal. The Walloomsac Home Bureau held a Feb 14 meeting at North Hoosick with a covered dish meal and Swedish weaving lesson. Northern Livestock 4H Club activities plus tractor school at Tamarac School were reported with Cornell University dairy calf remarks. John Hoag represented the Rensselaer County Farm Bureau at a Troy dinner and Meet The Press conference on state policy.
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Walloomsac Home Bureau
James Baldwin
North Hoosick
John Tudor
Timothy
Jane
North Pownal
Frederick Luke
Alfred Jones
William Crandall
Florida
Alice Fitzgerald
Berlin
Gordon Hoag
Jane Fitzgerald
Kevin Bentley
Eric Jansen
Petersburg
Hoags
William Brooks Sr
William Brooks Jr
Northern Livestock
David Kipp
Jim Hoag
Ricky Cuddihy
Stanley Rimkunas Jr
Lerry Hoag
Tamarac
Carol Calhoun
Terry
Joyce Hoag
Hartmal
Cornell University
John Hoag
Rensselaer County Farm Bureau
Callahan's
Troy
Farm Bureau
Hoosick Falls Elks Auxiliary Votes Purchases and Plans
At the last regular meeting Hoosick Falls Elks Auxiliary approved buying a flag and stand for the Girl Scout troop. Donations were approved for the March of Dimes. A cast party for Elk’s Minstrel Show was scheduled after the March 17 performance with Mrs. Gerald Ingram and Mrs. Donald Sargood as general chairs.
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Hoosick Falls
Elks Auxiliary
Frank Kennedy
March of Dimes
The
Elk’s Minstrel Show
Gerald Ingram
Donald Sargood
William E Burns
John Carroll
Donald Noble
Edward LaPorte
Donald Bradley
Arlington Calendar Events February 20 24
Arlington calendar lists Legion and Auxiliary meeting at 7 30 p m Drum and Bugle Corps parents Legion rooms Arlington Chorus 7 30 Finneys Studio Wednesday Enterprise Society 8 p m Bailey Hall Battenhill Grange 8 p m Lions work night 7 p m Thursday February 22 Memorial Friday 23 Lions minstrel show 8 p m Memorial Saturday 24 Lions minstrel show 8 p m Memorial
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Legion, Auxiliary
Drum and Bugle Corps
Legion Rooms
Arlington Chorus
Finney’s
Enterprise Society
Bailey Hall
Battenhill Grange
West Arlington Community House
Lions
Memorial School
Snow for Skyscrapers Arlington Scouts Swap Weekend
Arlington Post 34 hosted Explorer Post 529 of the Bronx New York for a Vermont winter weekend. The visiting scouts enjoyed skiing skating church services and a firehouse gathering with Girl Scouts and hosts providing meals and activities. Leaders and hosts included Tom Lemore Sr John Morbach Edward Doyle William Days George Alb ee s Lee Marshes and Samuel Shoffs.
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Arlington
Explorer Post 529
Bronx
N.Y
Arlington Post 34
New York
Vermont
Scouts
Post 529
Snow Valley
West Mountain Farm
Howard Jacobus
John Fletcher
John Grogan
John Isecke
Fred Isecke
Thomas McLemore Jr
Jerry Tobin
Tom Lemore Sr
John Morbach
Edward Doyles
William Days
George Albees
Lee Marshes
George Walshes
John Secors
James O’neill
Samuel Shoffs
Arlington Post
Pat O’neil
Tom McLemore Sr
Marjorie Doyle
Donkey Ball fundraiser at Wilmington High School gym
A Thursday event featured a donkey basketball game in the Wilmington High School gym with faculty beating the Lions 16 to 14. Faculty players included Hanson Warren Leonard and Johnson. Lions players were Howe Sage Kerhsaw and Allen. Proceeds fund athletic equipment. Lions Club dinner followed by plans for a pre town meeting on Feb 28 at the high school cafeteria.
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Wilmington High School
Lions
Russell Hanson
Carroll Warren
Richard Leonard
Carl Johnson
Ralph Howe
Wallace Sage
James Kerhsaw
Paul Allen
Old Red Mill
Edward Streeter
Vermont Forest Industries Committee Names Chair 1962
Jonathan E. Gates of Bell-Gates Lumber Co. is named chairman for 1962 of the Vermont Forest Industries Committee. He will also join the national council of forest industry leaders for the American Forest Products Industries which sponsors the American Tree Farm system. Members from Bennington County include Francis E. Smalley of Eagle Square Manufacturing Co. Shaftsbury and Christopher Swezey of Swezey Lumber Co. Inc. Manchester.
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Jonathan E. Gates
Bell- Gates Lumber Corp
Jeffersonville
Vermont Forest Industries Committee
Gates
National Council of Forest Industry
American Forest Products Industries
Vermont Committee
Bennington County
Francis E. Smalley
Eagle Square Manufacturing Co
Shaftsbury
Christopher Swezey
Swezey Lumber Co. Inc
Manchester
Three College Students Face Theft Charges in Wilmington
Windham County Court arraigned three Windham College students Henry F. Hiel Jr. 21 of Port Chester N Y John T. Nelson 20 of Brattleboro and Norman E. Craig 20 of Putney and New York City on charges of stealing 150 dollars cash liquor bottles and a barometer from Snow Den ski lodge in Wilmington early Saturday. Each held on 1500 bail at Windham County Jail Newfane after Trooper Stephen Cooley caught them near Wilmington Brattleboro.
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Wilmington
Youngs
Windham College
Windham
Henry F. Hiel Jr
Port Chester
N.Y
John T. Nelson
Brattleboro
Norman E. Craig
Putney
New York City
Windham County
Newfane
Snow den
John Willis
Stephen Cooley
Arlington Heart Fund Drive Solicitors Named
George Bicknell, chairman, announces 1962 Arlington Heart Fund Drive solicitors. Michael Zimmer, Stanley Grover, Phillip Jennings, John Secor, Eddie Erickson, Cheryl Blair, Ann Brush, Donna Ennis, Joanne King, Tim Lindsey, Ricky Moody, Sandra Andrews, Don Marsh, William Miles, Alice Norris, Victor Hastings, Jean Thomas, Kenneth Mason, and Russell Holton will seek donations during February. State goal is 65000, Arlington goal 300 to support research and programs.
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George Bicknell
Arlington
Michael Zimmer
Stanley Grover
Phillip Jennings
John Secor
Eddie Erickson
Cheryl Blair
Ann Brush
Donna Ennis
Joanne King
Tim Lindsey
Ricky Moody
Sandra Andrews
Don Marsh
William Miles
Alice Norris
Victor Hastings
Jean Thomas
Kenneth Mason
Russell Holton
City to name road for Dag Hammarskjold
Helsinki officials announce a new street name Hammarskjoeldogen honoring Dag Hammarskjold, the late U N secretary general, reflecting tribute from city authorities.
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Helsinki
Finland
Hammarskjoeldogen
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Local Notices of Residents and Visits in Manchester Area
Dorset Miriam Tifft and Mrs. Fred Lake have moved from Mattison Nursing Home Manchester after six weeks and are now residing with Mr. and Mrs. Burr Phillips. Sterling duo Mr. and Mrs. William Payne visited Carl and wife in the Hollow. Mrs. Robert Cushman returns from Putnam Memorial Hospital to home here. Mrs. Thyra Erke returns to James Stannard home after work in Bennington. Mrs. Frank Twyne returns from Granville nursing home to home here. Mrs. Nicholas Lemtugov hosts a Bon Voyage party at Ilsley Zecher’s Manchester home before she departs for Rome with plan for Lemtugov to join later.
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Fred Lake
Mattison Nursing Home
Manchester
Burr Phillips
William Payne
Sterling, Mass
Carl Payne
The
Robert Cushman
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Thyra Erke
James Stannard
Bennington
Frank Twyne
Granville
N.Y
Nicholas Lemtugov
Ilsley Zecher
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Text of Finance Report
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Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
Rensselaer
Washington Counties
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Southside Circle of Baptist Church
Edwin Austin
Hall St
Tucker Lodge
Masonic Temple
St. John’s Sodality
Library
Mt. Anthony Country Club
St. John the Baptist Church
Lake Parato
Bruce LaVigne
Harold Riemann
LaVigne
Baptist
Alfred Scott
Lederle Laboratories
Pearl River
Brandon School
Prospect Mt
Cambridge
Margaret Aiken
Walloomsac
Bertha Hoag
Richard Baldwin
Lynn
Lori
Niagara Falls
Arthur Baldwin
Children’s Parties
Edith Beaumont
Ann Marsh
Wilmington — Dover
Carle Walter
Tel
Lions Club
Vt. Forest Committee
Dag
Dorset
Miriam Tifft
Main Street
Insurance
Iu Tl
DIAL
D&d Jolivette Electric
Chromolox
Willow
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