Life coverage of Grandma Moses recalls pleasant days
In fall 1960 Life magazine reporters Forrest and Mary Moses hosted two Life staffers during a feature on Grandma Moses 100th birthday. The visitors mingled with locals, photographed the Moses family, and later donated keepsakes to Forrest and Mary.
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Grandma Moses
EDITW
Heavymont Hoolick Tails
Life Magazine
The
Life
Forrest Moses
Grandma
Mary
Cornell Capa
Gail Cameron
Mary Moses
Capa
Miss Cameron
Thali
Forrest
Bennington Museum
Mary Hoses
Winston Churchill
Time Magazine
John Dominis
Pownal board limits school access to curb vandals
The Pownal Schwiel Board ordered gates to close off sections of the elementary school after hours to deter vandalism during events. Groups must apply through the school office. The board also noted language arts committee work, Title 1 workshops, and a 1972 74 tuition schedule. A budget session and teacher negotiations were slated for early February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
WNAL
Pownal Schwiel
Phillip Vierick
North Pownal
Bennington
White Creek church service and weekly notices
Community notes from White Creek Salem include a home service for Chrissie Dunham at Embury Church Cambridge on Monday January 8 at 2 30 pm. United Methodist Women meet January 4 at Mrs George Joddell's home with prayer service to follow. West and the Lamplighters plan service at Jerome United Methodist Church January 7 at 7 30 pm. Several residents are noted for hospital stays and visits including Mrs Robert Niles Sr and Miss Gertrude Cooper, Maureen Halihan, Mrs George Andrew, Janet Tudor, and the Chiemento family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Chrissie Dunham
Embury
Cam —_ widge
United Methodist Women
George Joddell
Jermain Unilent Methodist Church
Dan
Robert Niles Sr
Gertrude Cooper
North Bennington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Arlington social notes and holiday travel report
Mrs Katheryn Barrett of Bennington is reported much improved. Mr and Mrs Edward Doyle and son Mark and Mr and Mrs Charles Lindsey of West Arlington spent Christmas in Annapolis Maryland with Ensign and Mrs John Dayle and son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katheryn Barrett
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Edward Doyle
Mark
Charles Lindsey
West Arlington
Annapolis
Ensign
John Dayle
San
Alice Paine
Bristol, Vt
John Underwood
O'Malley 25th Wedding Anniversary Held in Glens Falls
Hoosick Falls residents Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O'Malley marked their 25th anniversary with a Saturday afternoon party at Mrs. O'Malley's home 69 Wilder Ave. in Hoosick Falls. About thirty relatives attended from Watervliet Amsterdam Kingston Westfield and Chelsea Mass. The couple married December 26 1947 at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Hoosick Falls. They have four sons Dennis married and in Amsterdam Donald and Thomas Jr serving in the Navy at Chelsea Naval Hospital and Peter in Kune. O'Malley works as a salesman for the National Biscuit Company.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Thomas O'Malley
Glens Falls
O'Malley
Mary O'Malley
Wilder Ave
Mrs. O'Malley
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Dennis
Amsterdam
Donald
Thomas Jr
Chelsea Naval Hospital
Massachusetts
Peter
Kune
National Biscuit Company
Christmas and community notices from South Cambridge area stands
Miss Maia Olis of Schenectady visits grandparents in South Cambridge while local clubs and church groups announce meetings and services. Residents celebrate holidays with family. plans include Crystal Clovers Club meeting January 6 and Pleasant Valley Granges supper January 5.
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Maia Olis
Schenectady
Peter Matcovich
Crystal Clovers +1
Town Hall
Center
Cambridge
Christmas Weekend News From West Arlington Area
West Arlington and neighboring Bernal Road families shared the holiday in Middletown Connecticut with visits to relatives in Stamford and Osloom Norway. The Kilmartins, Fullers, Wilsons and McCarthy family members joined reunions and skiing trips, with air and sea connections from Hawaii and the Marshall Islands. Snow was scant but skiers headed to Stratton Vermont as traffic swelled on Route 313.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Me Willian Kilmartins
Bernal Road
Middletown
Conn
Bill Jr
Kilmartins
Kilmartin
James
Stamford
Walter Fuller
West Arlington
Mrs. Fuller
Fridljot Hoyer
Oslo
Norway
Fullers
Eric
Richard Puller
Stratton
Manchester police seek relief after chief's death prompts reorganization
Manchester officials debate police force reorganization after Chief Dana L. Thompson was killed. Officers push for vacancy filling, questions on new chief, and whether village and town forces will merge. Budget outlook and pay concerns cited amid secret-session discussions as town plans to sustain or expand police coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bonenti
Manchester
Dana L. Thompson
Clyde Bryant Jr
Shachean
Tye
Fred
Wessner
Selectmen
Bey
Harold Benson
Oakley K. Porter
Porter
Hoag
Thompson
Morris Beauregard
Harold Beebe
Dorset lifestyle lost to suburban wealth shift
A native laments Dorset’s change as potash cheese and pottery fade into a modern economy driven by suburban capital. The influx of money from new immigrants inflates land values, erodes farming, and pushes locals from their 18th century lifestyle, turning New England towns into suburbs.
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Vérmont
Becaige
Connecticut
Target
Vermont
Dorset
Ihs
New England
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Tater
Southern Vermont Art Center
Grandme
Carolyn Thomas
Mrs. Thomas
Woman's Exchange
Thomas Drug Store
Moses
By Pamela Blakeman
Jeff Rounds
White Creek
Fleanor Niles
Maureen Halihan
Howard Bunham
Juluy Iatham
New York City
George Andrew
Janet Tudor
Mrs. Earl Tudor
Frank Chiemento
New York
Mirs
Robert Cook
Murnan Memorial Hospital
John Kelly
Mary McGellan Hospital
Braga
LancHiey
Willignratown
Masa
Arlington
Helene Thompson
Watervliet
Kingston
Westfield
Chelsea
Mass
South Cambridge
Margaret Ales
Oswald A Muller
Johnsonvitle Road
Boston
Richard Griffity
Matthew
Joel
Lexas
Bio
George Pearson
West Glens Falls
Kenneth E. Aiken
Kenneth
Dale T. MacNeil
Resleigh
Pleasant Valley Granges
Lois A. Virtue
Coila
Gertrude Aiken
Margaret
Kenneth Aiken
North Hoasick United Methodist Church
Warry Burdess
Eagle Bridge
William J. Perrys
Everett Perry
Perry
Richard Thorsen
Long Island
Frank Bauer
Hast Greenbush
Marilyn Bauer
Castleton
Marvin Swartz
Rensselaer
Alan Bauer
Troy
Nottingham
England
UPI
Ernest Morley
Morley
Sandgate
Kay
Eileen Wilson
Hawaii
Marshall Islands
Maj
David Wilson
Kwajaleln Atall
G.W. Steens
Pan McCarthy
Sherry
Island
San Lucia
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
Pares Manchester Police
Bryant
George (Hoag
Beauregard
Beebe
Porter Dis
James Webb
Blanchard Stone
Dicky
Pownals
Pamela Bickerson
Amy Norton
Te Pownal Baptist Church
North Pawnat Congregational Church
Nancy Gilmore
RSA
Childrlents Evangelism Fellowship of Vermont
Pawnal
South SL
Rte
Bennington, Vi
Asay
Griffin Electric Co., Inc
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