New Year Guests and Local News Across Vermont
West Dover and Wilmington social rounds feature visits from Mrs Lindwell and Mrs Lundsted family ties extend to Long Island and Connecticut. Local ski season highlights include Capt Robert Windsor's 1000 mph flight fame and crowd-pleasing holiday runs. Wilmington's Whitingham game ends 103 22 with Don and Fanfau leading scoring. Amateur radio operators plan a 24 hour get together Jan 6 7 across New England New York with Searsburg and Wallace Provost hosting sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Dover
Jerome Corvan
Deerhill Lodge
Navy
Robert W. Windsor
Washington, D. C
Windsor
New England
New York State
Wallace Provost
Searsburg
Community notes from North Pownal and surrounding areas
Health updates include Henry W. Bassen recovering from a coronary attack and Robert J. Buck showing slight improvement at Putnam Memorial Hospital. A new baby, Robin Marie Bostwick, arrived Jan 2 in North Adams. Local events feature four card parties at Pownal Firehouse, PTG and youth group programs, a Sunday service topic by Rev. Bagley, and a heart awareness program hosted Feb 6. Residents attend sewing design studies, a North Adams YMCA benefit show, and a variety show with local performers from the Berkshires and Vermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Bassen
Robin Marie
North Adams Hospital
Leroy Bostwick
North Pownal
Robert J. Buck
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Agnes Wright
Pownal Center
Albany Medical Center
Dorothy Kokoras
Charles Kokoras
Lawrence
Mass
Soucy School of Sewing and Design
PTC
North Adams
State Armory
Berkshires
Vermont
Pownals
David Ricker Jr
Linda
Debra
Ricker
WMNB
Milton Berle
Arnold
Merlin
Cecelia School of Dance
Bennington
Local residents recount holiday visits across towns
Dorset residents and relatives from Boston Cheshire Arlington Burlington and Norton returned from holidays or hosted relatives. Notable movements include Martha Molloy visiting parents Ed ward and Marguerite Dickson visiting New York, and Claude Dern Jr returning to Hudson Community College after holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Barrows Jr
Elsmere
N. Y
Marguerite Dickson
New York
Edward Mallory
Claude Dern Jr
Hudson Community College
Troy
N.Y
Geoffrey Parsons
Burlington
Sal em and area residents host guests for holidays
Sandgate and nearby towns welcomed visitors over the New Year period. Charles D. Bentley Sr. and Jr. stayed with the Montgomerys in Sal em, N Y, while Hallenbeck of Brooklyn spent at Hallenbeck’s Acres. Talbots from Delaware camped on Baldwin Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D. Bentley Sr
Charles D. Bentley Jr
Howard Montgomery
Salem
N.Y
Henry A. Hallenbeck
Brooklyn
Hallenbeck
S Acres
William Henry
Norwalk
New Ski Instructor Predicts Bright Future at Middlebury Snow Bowl
William M. H. Beck, newly hired at Middlebury College Snow Bowl, forecasts major advances in snow production and grooming. He cites dry powder snow spraying, improved texture, and more snow making machines to extend seasons, plus a focus on safety and early instruction for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlebury
William M. H. Beck
Middlebury College
Rhode Island
Diamond Hill
Bill Beck
Holiday departures mark return to colleges and bases
West Arlington notes many students and guests leaving after a sunny weekend. Pat Hess Dave Janicky and Tim Finney return for a new semester at UVM Burlington Sue Janicky goes back to Colby Junior College and Marge Trachte to Endicott. Several others head to Philadelphia New York Virginia and Bulgaria as family updates and military assignments are reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Hess
Dave Janicky
Tim Finney
UVM
Burlington
Sue Janicky
Colby Junior College
Marge Trachte
Endicott
Judy
Guy Roberts
Philadelphia
Ann Smith
New York
Andy Smith
Colorado
Martin Oakland
Virginia
Ben Oakland
Polly Bedell
Bedells
Arlene
Roger Bolster
Carl Hess
James McCabes
Ernest Mulokozi
Tanganyika
School of Agriculture
University of Rhode Island
George Hess
Shaftsbury News Briefs Highlight Holiday Visits and Meetings
Mr and Mrs Russell Mack and son Russ spent New Year weekend in Brooklyn with her parents the Henry Collyers. Kathy Mack returned home after spending time with grandparents. The Shaftsbury Fire Department Auxiliary held its annual Christmas party at Fran Stacy s home with 15 members and one guest and gifts exchanged. Co hosts were Sue Bull Elsie Carlisle Flora Bump and Barbara Colvin. Next meeting is February 26 at Mrs George Delaney s home. Shaftsbury teachers and students returned to classes after winter break. Dorothy Bailey spent holidays with her parents in Williamstown Vermont. Olive Sumner visited her brother Rev Clyde Sumner and niece Betty in Upper Jay New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth King
Arlington
Nancy Nichols
UVM
John
Champlain Business College
Burlington
Carl Nichols
Michael Fay
John Fay
Linwood Giffin
North Bennington Nursing Home
J. Ford Schroder
Kent Hill
Fred Russell
Elizabeth
Norton, Mass
Kenneth Bailey
Bernal Road
Syracuse
Richard Stolz
Stolz Jr
Bulgaria
Stolz
Diplomatic Corps
Washington, D.C
Richard
Robert Jones Jr
R. V. Jones
Terry Squires
Bernard Squires
Sandgate Road
McGuire Air Force Base
Jesse Harrington
Russell Mack
Russ
Henry Collyer
Brooklyn
N.Y
Kathy Mack
Shaftsbury Fire Department
Fran Stacy
Sue Bull
Elsie Carlisle
Flora Bump
Barbara Colvin
George Delaney
Shaftsbury
Dorothy Bailey
Williamstown
Olive Sumner
Clyde Sumner
Betty
Upper Jay
West Hoosick Community Notes Christmas and Funeral
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Pine and family attended the funeral of Mrs William Karl Hakes at Thomas M Barber Funeral Home after a Christmas morning death following a long illness in Hoosick Falls Health Center. The West Hoosick Baptist Church held its annual Christmas program with children performances and a Santa gift distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Pine
Pine
William Karl Hakes
Thomas M. Barber
West Hoosick Baptist Church
Robert Duket
Santa
Harold Pine
Henry Street
Kenneth Aiken
South Cambridge
Sherman Herrington
Johnson Hill Road
Peter Matcovich
Visitors pack Peru for ski weekend and exchanges
A holiday weekend drew many visitors to Peru to ski at Big Bromley Magic Mountain and Stratton. Foreign students Jan Boyd Australia Kenneth Turner Scotland joined locals at the Pearce and Kelton homes for the trip and a Londonderry Grange square dance. Peru and Manchester residents sold land near summer homes to Richard Posthauer. Peru schools prepare to reopen next week after moving furniture and equipment from Community House and Walker house to the school house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jan Boyd
Australia
Kenneth Turner
Scotland
John S. Pearce
John Reed
Norway
Arthur Kelton
Charles Grant
Manchester
Peru
Richard Posthauer
Walker House
Local social notes from Hoosick Falls and nearby towns
Edith Beaumont and Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Armstrong with daughter Jeri visited Mrs. Elwin Armstrong on Rogers Avenue. Carl McDonald and family visited in Saratoga Street. Tina Volobnikovy and Nina Volobnikovy of Schuylerville spent the weekend with Anthony De Luca on Center Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Armstrong
Jeri
Saratoga Street
Elwin Armstrong
Rogers Avenue
Carl McDonald
Latham
Tina Volobnikovy
Nina
Schuylerville
Anthony de Luca
Center Street
North Bennington Togetherness Ends School Reopens
North Bennington reopens after two week vacation as families return to routine. Bjorn Richter moves into Sherwood house on Houghton Street while Edward Rogowski family relocates to Bennington. Two children, William Baker and Pamela Holley, suffer injuries and receive hospital care. PTA films resume with Little Annie Rooney starring Shirley Temple, drawing public nostalgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
Bjorn Richter
Sherwood House
Houghton Street
Edward Rogowski
Bennington
Little William Baker
Harold Baker
Putnam Memorial Hospital
William
Pamela Holley
Mechanic Street
North Bennington Pta
Annie Rooney
Shirley Temple
Caroline Kennedy
Pownal Youth Begins Navy Training After Farewell Parties
Lyle Paul Jelley, 17, of North Pownal, left Albany for ten weeks of basic training at Great Lakes Naval Training Center as he starts a three year enlistment. A Bennington High sophomore, he was honored with two farewell parties over New Year weekend with friends and family including a gift purse from peers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Smith
North Pownall
Dorothy Kokoras
Jelley
Alta Jelley
Polando Named Ski School Director at Killington
John L. Polando of Lynn Massachusetts is appointed ski school director at Killington Basin ski area. He will lead a staff of about twenty instructors using an Austrian mediped technique and oversee a full entertainment schedule. Polando has ski racing history in Sun Valley Alta and Aspen and runs New England Winter Sports Shows Inc. with Boston offices. He has taught at Black Mountain Wildcat and Boston Hill. Killington instructors include Norm Letarte Karli Pfier and Vladimir Mirsky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Polando
Killington
Sun Valley
Alta
Aspen
Winter Sports Shows Inc
Boston
Black Mountain
Jackson
N.H
Wildcat
Gorham
Boston Hill
Andover
Mass
Norm Letarte
Sepp Ruschp
Stowe
Karli Pfier
Salzburg
Austria
Vladimir Mirsky
Switzerland
Local Health Updates From White Creek and Area
Eleanor Niles Murphy was admitted to Putnam Memorial Hospital last Friday for throat infection. Denver Telford and George Coon receive treatment at local hospitals. Norman Telford visits home on leave from Great Lakes Training Center, Illinois. Mrs Harry Baldwin Jr. and children were ill at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles John Murphy
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Francis Murphy
Harry Baldwin Jr
Denver Telford
George Coon
Mary McClellan Hospital
Norman Telford
Malcolm Telford
Great Lakes Training Center
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Night Out in North Adams Ends With Money Tree Centerpiece
Ashland Street in North Adams hosted an entertaining gathering where guests enjoyed entertainment and a buffet style dinner served by Mrs. Jelley. The centerpiece featured a money tree, adding a festive touch to the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland Street
North Adams
Jelley
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Robert Elliot
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Fanfau
Leo Berry
Charles Dearcopp
Berry
Elinor
Richard Konys
Liverpool
David
Mt. Snow
The
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Tel
Robert Holt
Red Cross
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Marion King
Methodist Church
James H. Bagley
Commission On Membership
Commission On Education
James Quinn
United Evangelistic Mission
Pownal
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Ralph Walk
Glenn Sweet
Dorset
Miriam Tifft
Martha Molloy
R. N
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Raymond Morey
Cheshire
Kimball Tifft
Sandgate
Caroline “S. Hans
Ware
Baldwin Hill
Charles Hybarger
Fred Woodcock
Red Mill
William Harriman
Nuss Marie Briggs
Kimball Family
Long Island
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Beck
U.S. Eastern Amateur Ski Association
Plymouth
Conway
New Hampshire
Big Bromley
Hannes Schneider
North Conway
Bass Shoe Company
Maine
Bass
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Bill
Bill Senior
Skihaus
U.S
Cortina
U. S
Squaw Valley
Mary Lind
Squw Valley
West Arlington
Marion Bedell
West Hoosick
Jean Pine
Mabel Whitney
Hoosick Falls
Edith Beaumont
Elizabeth Dwyer
PTA Movies
Lyle P. Jelley
John L. Polando
Killington Basin
Lynn
Eleanor Niles
Fassetts
Fassett
Bakore
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