Norshaft Lions Club Mourns Elder Member
The Norshaft Lions Club reports the death of Clarence N. Bonynge, its oldest member at 89, noted for perfect attendance and key projects including the Eagle Square crossing resurfacing. The club plans a Minstrel Show on Feb. 15 and 16 with rehearsals starting Jan. 20, and thanks Mrs. Jessie Hulet for a school gift to the club.
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Shaftsbury
Clarence N. Bonynge
Norshaft Lions Club
Clare
Eagle Square
Mr. Bonynge
King Lion Bart Jenks
Shaftsbury Methodist Church
Bruce Lavigne
Art Lyons
Norshaft
Jessie Hulet
Norshaft Club
Dorset Firemen Buy New Truck
East Dorset Fire District No. 1 members voted January 9 to buy a second-hand crash truck from Rutland Fire Department for about 2500 dollars. The air force used vehicle pumps water at 750 gallons per minute and will supplement one existing truck and a trailer pump. Donations may be welcomed to finance the purchase.
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Dorset
East Dorset
Rutland Fire Department
Air Force
Walter Read
East Dorset Village
South Village
James Beebe
Hoosick Falls Dog Trainer Appears On Tell the Truth
Hoosick Falls native John M. Behan, dog trainer and author of Dogs of War, appeared on To Tell the Truth with two lookalikes. He trained dogs for the Coast Guard Army Navy Macy’s Filene’s and other clients and operates Canine College in West Redding Connecticut with his brother.
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Hoosick Falls
John M. Behan
John Behan
Behan
Johanna Behan
Church Street
Frank Behan
Jack
Coast Guard
Army
Navy
Scribner's
Macy's
New York
Filene’s
Boston
Life Magazine
Saturday Evening Post
The
Morning Telegram
Art Linkletter
William
Spike
Canine College
West Redding
Conn
Green Acres 4H Club Plans Auto Motive Project
The Green Acres 4H Club met at the Joseph A Bruso home in Green Acres on January 7. Junior Leader Lynn Bruso led as Mr C Decker was absent. Members agreed to work on an auto motive project and will meet again February 4 at 7 p.m. at the Bruso home.
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Green Acres
Joseph A. Bruso
Lynn Bruso
C. Decker
Bruso
Pownals School Lunch Menus and Community Plans
Jan week menu list for North Pownal schools includes barbecued beef, scallop, turkey salad, chili concarne, and vegetable soup with sides. North Pownal PTC funds part of a March dental program for grades 2 5 and 8, with a Feb 14 Valentine sale planned and four card parties in partnership with the fire department. Upcoming meetings and church activities scheduled through February and March are noted.
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Pownal
North Pownal
By-Pass Plan Aims to Ease Route 7 Traffic in Manchester Center
Informal hearing announced for Manchester Center on U S Route 7 bypass proposed to reduce congestion and protect Battenkill River fishing. Highway engineers to take questions at 7 30 p m before an 8 p m meeting. project spans about five and a half miles with two 12 foot traffic lanes.
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Montpelier
Russell A. Holden
Highway Department
Manchester Center
Manchester
Holden
Battenhill
Union Street
Vermont 11
Sunderland
Rutland
Bourne Brook
Battenkill River
Center Hill Road
Spruce Street
Bennington
Department of Highways
Cows Electrocuted in White Creek Barn Incident
Twelve cows owned by Silas Harrington of Jermain Hill in White Creek were electrocuted when shorted wires in barn switches sent current to the gutter. Three other cows, injured, are expected to survive. Harrington values the loss at 5000 dollars.
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Silas Harrington
Jermain Hill
White Creek
Harrington
North Bennington PTA Hears Doctor on Health Education
North Bennington PTA heard Dr William D Worthington pediatrician stress health education for children and the home school partnership. He discussed polio vaccines Salk and Sabin and urged fluoride fluoridation and a public panel with a local dentist. The group approved eighth grade physicals and an oral polio vaccine clinic for children and adults.
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Worthington
PTA Health Committee
North Bennington Meth-Con News Rally Plans and Club Activities
The Meth-Con youth group from North Bennington and Shaftsbury heads to a Cambridge N Y rally Sunday at 3 30 PM bringing 25 cents for registration and a box lunch. The United Church Women of Bennington set an annual meeting for Jan 16 at North Bennington Congregational Church with a covered dish luncheon at 1 PM. Mizpah Circle held its January meeting at the Baptist Church parsonage with devotional led by Mrs Bernard Whitman, an annual report by the outgoing secretary, and officer elections including Mrs Whitman as president and Mrs Reed as vice president. The group will meet in February at Mrs Mae Bromley’s home. St Johns Sodality will adopt an orphan in East Pakistan via Foster Parents Mission Club, funding monthly support and naming Mrs Gerald McCue to lead. They also plan to join the Putnam Memorial Hospital Auxiliary League coffee chain, continue bandage preparation for missionary hospitals, and screen The Shroud of Turin at a winter parish meeting. Eighteen members attended a covered dish supper before the business session. the supper committee included Mrs Gerald McCue and the Snows.
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North Bennington and
Shaftsbury
Cambridge
N.Y
Alfred Scott
Baptist Church
Bernard Whitman
Ray Crosier
American Bible Society
Whitman
Grace Reed
Francis Kenyon
Arthur Pierce
Scott
Mae Bromley
St. John’s Sodality
East
Pakistan
Foster Parents Mission Club
Gerald McCue
Putnam Memorial Hospital Auxiliary League
American Catholic Medical Mission
Turin
Merton Snow
Merton Snow Jr
Dorset School Sees Enrollment Rise After Holidays
Dorset Marden Skinner reports three new children in the Dorset School bringing total enrollment to 186, nine more than September’s 177. Abbey Gladstone and Jeannette Passino enter first grade. Thomas Ryan joins the sixth grade as locals adapt to winter trends and postal changes. Post office staff will wear new uniforms funded, in part, by higher rates and odd penny collections.
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Dorset
Abbey Gladstone
Robert Deeley
Jeannette Passino
Gay
East Dorset
Thomas Ryan
Arlington
Frank Reed’s
Francis Monroe
Morris Depew
Post Office Department
Post Office
Hilda Hazelton
Midshipman Jillson Found Safe in Jacksonville
Whitingham born Midshipman Carl W. Jillson II was missing seven days before being found in Jacksonville Florida. He is returned to the Naval Academy and placed on restriction.
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Whitingham
Carl W. Jillson II
Jacksonville
Fla
Naval Academy
Heaney couple renovate Driscoll house in Cambridge
Cambridge Mr and Mrs Thomas Heaney of 117 East Main Street are renovating the old Driscoll house a three tenement building at 21 Washington Street and expect occupancy in the spring The Ondawa Cambridge Chapter of the DAR meets Saturday at the Historical House at 1 30 PM A five minute talk on national defense will be heard then a panel discussion on Citizenship in our Schools
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Thomas Heaney
East Main Street
Driscoll
Washington St
The
DAR
Cuban guest speaker at Hoosick Falls church event
A former rector of El Cristo parish in Havana who served six years before Castro will address the annual Ladies Night of the First Baptist Church Men's Fellowship Group. He will discuss Cuba in his Monday night talk.
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Hoosick Falls
Havana
Cuba
el Cristo Parish
First Baptist Church
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Ivor Pelsue
Eagle Square Crossing
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Zenith
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Old Soldiers Home
Green Acres Club
Main Street
Ranchester Sunderland
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Dead End Road Bridge
Pownals
Vera Langlais
PTC
Louis Buck
Ernest Welch
Harvey Burdick Jr
Robert E. Rudd Jr
Albert Dickinson
Edward King
Methodist Church
James H. Bagley
Pittstown
Christian Advocates
Henry W Bassen
Pownal Center
David Niles
Sanfri Kauppi
Edith Beaumont
Elks Auxiliary
Paul LaPorte
Walter Hulihan
Henry Hanselman
Barrington Rose
Home Dem
Hoosick Falls Home
Frank Reynolds Sr
Jackson Street
North Bennington
PTA
William D. Worthington
Parent-Teacher Association
Vermont State Department of Health
U.S. Bureau of Health
E. A. Riley
Polio Vaccine Clinic
Elizabeth Dwyer
Meth-Con News
United Church Women
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