Hoosick Falls Town Board reorganizes organizational meeting
Hoosick Falls N Y the town board welcomed two new members elected in November Supervisor Raymond Calhoun announced council members Raymond Albowicz and Joan Rogers the first woman on the board Officers were re appointed including Jack McMartin bookkeeper Gary Albowicz finance director George Dougherty town attorney Edward LaPorte veteran service officer Arthur Harrington Jr and Earl Kenney constables William Benkoski dog warden. Salary and district changes plus new district consolidation plans and first 1960 meeting date were outlined.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Town of
Gary Albowicz
George Dougherty
Edward LaPorte
Arthur Harrington Jr
Earl Kenney
William Benkoski
W. Clark
Free University offers wide gamut of January courses
The Berkshire Free University on Williams College campus will host a January registration meeting January 7 at 8 30 p m in Greylock Dining Hall. The group offers informal classes across music culture and ceremony dance crafts outdoor skills and more with voluntary teaching and attendance to encourage free idea exchange.
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Williamstown
Mass
Bill Pratt
Mandy Crum
Maynard
Abraham
Abe the Bunter
Parsons
John Barney Wright
Alfred Moon
Center For Environmental Studies At
Williams College
Henry Art
Marcella Mazzarelli
Berkshire Free University
Greylock
The
Free University
Renzi’s
Spring Street
China
Mrs Downing Re elected Eastern Star Matron at Hoosick Falls
Mrs Francis Nina Downing was re elected matron of the Van Rensselaer Star Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, at the Masonic Temple in Hoosick Falls New York. Harold Haner succeeds Raymond Calhoun as patron and several officers were chosen with term lengths of one to three years. Installation is set for January 13 at 8 PM with a rehearsal January 11. the chapter will meet once a month in January February and March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
van Rensselaer Star Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Francis
Nina) Downing
Downing
Harold Haner
Raymond FE. Calhoun
Clara Johnson
Jesse Lewis
Ruth Olsen
Allison Reed
Jean Brien
Nancy Church
Margaret Cottrell
Lois Haner
Wilma Kasavicha
Haner
Masonic Temple Association
Button Club elects officers in Troy holiday meeting
Miss Ruth Howe of Troy was chosen president of the Hoosick Valley Button Club at its annual holiday dinner in Troy hosted by the Howe sisters. New officers include Mary Cipperly secretary Dorothy Hickey and Hazel Avery treasurer. Dinner and gift exchange followed, with a silent auction, next meeting set for March 9. new members welcome. The forecast calls for cold dry conditions with teens to 20s highs and subzero to single-digit readings in northern areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Ruth Howe
Troy
Hoosick Valley
Button Club
Miss Howe
Dorothy
Fanny Howe
Mary Cipperly
West Hoosick
Dorothy Hickey
Williamstown
Hazel Avery
Salmon rebuffs PSB probe and other Vermont notes
Gov. Salmon rejected a call by Sen. Robert O Brien for a probe of the Public Service Board amid controversial PSB decisions and a $6 million out of court GE Vermont Yankee settlement over faulty fuel rods. In St Albans, four inmates fled and were recaptured within hours. In Burlington, Silas Porter reported a $4 robbery near the police station. In Montpelier, Capital City Gas Co was sold to Donald Rowan. In Newport, a gasoline station fire followed electric insulation ignition. an elderly woman died earlier from a house fire in the border town.
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General Electric Co
Vermont Yankee
Vernon
PSB
Salmon
Martin Miller
Miller
ST. Albans
UPI
Merton Huntley
Colchester
Russell George
Robert Murray
Middlebury
John Smith
Shelburne
Burlington
Silas Porter
Essex Junction
Porter
Winooski Avenue
Montpelier
Capital City Gas Co
Donald Rowan
Vermont Bankers Association
Joseph Foti
State Public Service Board
Rowan
Bankers Association
Newport
City council fires aide in party line vote in Troy
In a special session the Republican majority dismissed Democrat W. Brian Sullivan as legislative assistant and installed Dorothy Birkmayer Fonks. The four to three vote drew sharp comments from Democrats who called the move political. Mayor William A. O'Neill defended the action as a majority privilege and Fonks was set to earn 11480 dollars, 500 more than her predecessor.
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Troy
W. Brian Sullivan
Dorothy Birkmayer Fonks
Sullivan
William A. O’neill
Can Sullivan
Fonks
Pittsfield Bill Moves District Court Judges to Full Time
Massachusetts Senate enacted a measure requiring Adams and Lee district court presiding justices to leave private practice and take full time posts at 30168 a year. Barry and Dwyer, Pittsfield residents, will switch immediately, with other county judges slated for July 1. A separate note reports a Berkshire County mailed letter claiming LaGuardia bombing responsibility, urging revenge for taxes and inflation and warning of another attack.
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Pittsfield
Adams and Lee
Massachusetts Senate
Ernest H. Rosasco
North Adams
Bernard Lenhoff
Williamstown
Charles R. Alberti
Great Barrington
LaGuardia
New York City
Berkshire County
WRGB
Schenectady
N.Y
FBI
Ford
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Calhoun
Rensselaer County Regional Offices
Church St
Earl Turner
Lenox
Holy Family Church Hall
Route 2
State Road
Mrs. Downing
Eastern Star
Hollywood
Main Street
Bennington
Boston
New England
National Weather Service
Main St
Vermont
New York
Buckley
John P. Buckley
Down In
Berkshire
Berkshires
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