Springfield minister’s wife named Vermont Mother of the Year
Mrs. Helen Dick of Springfield and Chester Depot is named Vermont Mother of the Year for 1975. She is lauded as a tireless worker with the League of Women Voters and a voter education advocate who helped register 18 year olds, produced state widely used voter pamphlets, and participated in the 1965 Selma march. Her husband is Rev. Robert Dick, and they have three children Nathan Jeffrey and Noreen. Mrs. Dick will represent the state during May 5 to 9 in New York City for the American Mothers Committee Awards Week.
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Springfield
Helen Dick
Robert Dick
Unitarian Universalist Churches
Chester Depot
Vermont
Association of Universalist Women of
League of Women Voters
LWV Voters Service
Selma To Montgomery
Nash
Ba Association For Equal Rights
Universalist Women of
Ohio
Nathan
Denver
Colo
Jeffrey
West Africa
Noreen Kinson
American Mothers Committee
New York City
Barr to discuss Accountability in Education at Vermont College
Donald Barr former headmaster of the Dalton School will speak at Vermont College on March 1 at 9 30 a m under the Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences sponsorship The talk titled Accountability in Education will present conservative views on education amid ongoing debates over permissiveness Barr has held posts at the National Science Foundation Columbia University and the Dalton School and is also a novelist and author of children books on mathematics and atomic energy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Donald Barr
Dalton School
New York
Vermont College
Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences
Barr
National Science Foundation
Washington
Horace Mann
Lincoln School of Teachers College
Columbia University
U.S. Army
OSS
Germany
Columbia
School of Engineering
New York City
Humpty Dumpty
Billy Goats
Weekend Notes in New York and Local Socials
Kenneth L. Aiken spent the weekend in New York City. The Crystal Clovers 4-H Club girls held their third lesson on Food Lets Begin with Mary Hayden. Local visits include Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Shaw of Hoosick Falls and Mr. Frank Bent of Schaghticoke hosting at the Wade home, with Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Fritchler of Chappaqua also visiting. The circuit churches will hold a combined service Sunday March 2 at 10 30 a.m. at Eagle Bridge United Methodist Church with Rev. Harry Burdess officiating. Sunday school at 9 a.m. Miss Carol Ann MacNeil of Rexleigh visited grandparents Kenneth Aiken and family. Cambridge Central School honor rolls list Anthony and John Turi high honors. Bridget Hayden David MacNilly Louis Quillio Katherine Saile Patricia Turi Elaine Wilbur honors. Bruce Bailey Sandra Combs Joseph Darfler Steven Pratt merit. In Williamstown Mass the Williamstown Promenaders square dance club will dance Friday Feb 28 from 8 to 11 p.m. at Mt Greylock Regional High School. Guest caller Gil Porter of Pittsfield will attend. couples are asked to bring sandwiches for two.
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Oliver Shaw
Hoosick Falls
Frank Bent
Schaghticoke
Francis Wade
Mary Almy
Alvin Fritchler
Chappaqua
Wade
Eagle Bridge United Methodist Church
Harry Burdess
Cambridge Central School
Anthony
John Turi
Bridget Hayden
David MacNilly
Louis Quillio
Katherine Saile
Patricia Turi
Elaine Wilbur
Bruce Bailey
Sandra Combs
Joseph Darfler
Steven Pratt
Williamstown
Mass
Mt. Greylock
Gil Porter
Pittsfield
Dorset budget hearing ends after hours of town concerns
About 50 Dorset voters gathered at the elementary school for the annual budget review. Selectmen and school directors explained increases of 12.2 percent for the town and 6.4 percent for the school, answered questions, and faced criticism over taxes and a $1,000 town manager raise. The session stretched three and a half hours with debates on unemployment, delinquent taxes, and transportation costs before adjourning at 11 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russ Garland Dorset
Dorset
Burr and Burton Seminary
Selectman
James W. Lee II
Sunderland
Vernon C. Squiers
Squiers
Robert Sheridan
Bennington Superior Court
Lee
Rhys Evans
Manchester
Jermain United Methodist Church Sets March Meeting Night
White Creek program notes a Sunday evening meeting at Embury Methodist Church in Cambridge on March 9 with a 6 30 covered dish supper. The item also records several local visits, student Melissa Travis study, and a brief report on 4H meal planning lessons and a United Methodist Women gathering led by Mrs Everett Perry with guest Rev Harry Burdess and a Salvation Army member.
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Jermain United Methodist Church
Embury Methodist Church
Cambridge
United Methodist Women
Jermain Church
Everett Perry
Donald George
Harry Burdess
Salvation Army
Tranquillity Stories Reissued Autographed Edition
A new Winchester Press reissues Harold P. Sheldon’s Tranquillity Stories, a collection of forty one tales originally issued in three limited editions. Foreword author invites readers to order a post paid autographed copy at the publication price of twelve fifty.
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New England
H. P. Sheldon
Winchester Press
Harold P. Sheldon
Pleasant Valley Grange hosts February event and future plans
The Pleasant Valley Grange met February 21 with Master Ernest Trinkle presiding. The program themed February Spring featured poems and readings with a Valentine guessing game won by Hazel Welling. The gingerbread contest was run by Janet English’s women’s committee. judges were Mrs. Peter Matcovich and Mrs. James Austin. Upcoming events include April 5 Washington County Talent Contest in Whitehall and Grange Week April 6 to 12, ham supper April 12, Junior Grange graduation April 18, all four degrees at Whitehall April 19, Regional Talent Contest at Pleasant Valley Grange April 19, and Walk-a-Thon May 17.
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Pleasant Valley Grange
Ernest Trinkle
Hazel Welling
Janet English
Peter Matcovich
James Austin
Douglas
State Grange
Washington County
Whitehall
the Hall
South
Cambridge
Hobo with rabies tag haunts Shaftsbury streets
In Shaftsbury a neighborly hobo with a rust colored coat and a rabies tag calling at about three weeks haunts Twitchell Hill. Residents fear for their pets as the man or dog seeks food and shelter from nearby families while the fire department auxiliary plans tonight’s meeting at 7:30. The Shafts bury Snow Pilots announce a 7:30 p.m. gathering tomorrow at the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury Fire Department
Times
Twitchell Hill
William Finney
Shaftsbury
Hoosick Falls Club elects McEvoy to fourth term president
Hoosick Falls Francis McEvoy was re elected to a fourth term as president of the Hoosick Falls Country Club at the annual meeting of the Board of Directors held last week. Also elected were Charles Frazier as vice president succeeding William J. Murphy, George Dougherty re elected treasurer, and Robert Nowak secretary succeeding Daniel Boylan who served 17 years. Grounds committee includes Charles Cappellino chairman Gabriel Crucetti Walter Ryan and Wendel Croyle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis McEvoy
Hoosick Falls Country Club
Charles Frazier
William J. Murphy
George Dougherty
Robert Nowak
Daniel Boylan
Charles Cappellino
Gabriel Crucetti
Walter Ryan
Wendel Croyle
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D.H. Lawrence
Richard Hayes
South Cambridge
Margaret Aiken
Kenneth L. Aiken
Crystal Clovers
Mary Hayden
Carol Ann MacNeil
Rexleigh
Mrs
Kenneth Aiken
Rexa
Quinlan
Main ST
Bennington, VT
N.Y
Leland McKittrick
Dougherty
Main Street
Royal Howard
Thomas G. Bessette
Cohoes
Bessette
John A. Mahar
Mahar
Eleanor Niles
O— Marie and
Diane Cross
Troy
Howard Kipp
Robert George
Corinth
Henry Brace
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Norman Perry
Norma Travis
Melissa Travis
Oneonta
The
State University
Ralph Robinson
Washington, D.C
Howard Robinson
George Robinson
Howard Andrew
Vermont National
H.P. Sheldon
Ralf W. Coykendall, JR
P.O. Box
Weston, VT
Nicholas Charest
Woodford Hollow
Dorothy Gilbert
PTG
Bennington Community Recreation Center
Grange
Sheilah Miller
Finneys
Finney
Edith Beaumont
New
Neare
Korell Corporation
Mechanicville
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