Orpheus Descending Opens Tonight in Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls NY hosts Tennessee Williams play Orpheus Descending at Hoosick Falls Central School tonight and Friday. director Ashton Crosby praises a 17 member cast with locals Jane McAdoo Dave Thornton Jo Thornton Hank Giles Ellie Fink and others. Tickets 1.50 at the door.
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Hoosick
Falls
N.Y
Tennessee Williams
Hoosick Valley Theatre
Hoosick Falls Central School
Ashton Crosby
Jane McAdoo
Cambridge Central School
CCS
Nurse Porter
Carlsbad
N.M
William and Mary College
Eastern New Mexico University
Thornton
California
New Mexico
Jo Thornton
Hoosick Falls
Eva Temple
Josephine Booker
Cambridge
Hoosick Valley Theatre Company
Hank Giles
Christmas ordinations and town plans in Vermont and Massachusetts
Sunday ceremonies at Christ Church Cathedral in Springfield included ordination of Rev. Peter R Rodgers as priest by Rt Rev Donald J Campbell. Alan E Langlais earned his flight instructor rating after Xmas at RPI, examined in Albany. Rodgers is vicar at St Andrew's Chapel, Blackinton, where Langlais serves as acolyte. Berkshire Hills Snowmobile Championship races are planned jointly by local clubs for Berkshire Downs Fairgrounds in Hancock with races set for Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. Jan 5 town announces new Manchester administrator and outlines landfill rules and highway maintenance plans. Plastic bag initiative, fire siren relocation, and road maintenance changes described.
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Alan E. Langlais
Christ Church Cathedral
Springfield
Mass
Peter R, Rodgers
Donald J, Campbell
D.D
Los Angeles
Rodgers
St. Andrew's Chapel
Blackinton
North Adams
Alan
Berkshire Hills
Pownal
Manchester
James Woodard
Bob Squires
Vermont
Manchester Town News on Budget, Operations and Cooperation
The town cancels an order for extra hydraulic pumps saving about $700 while buying two heaters for $25 to improve cold starts for two trucks. Officials announce plans to survey budget requests, review departments under John West Bob Squires and Chief Dana Thompson, consider parking meters on Route 7, and update town manager standards. A 24 hour dispatcher is highlighted with emergency phone 362 2121.
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Sky Line Drive
Manchester
John West
Highway Department
Bob Squires
Police Department
Dana Thompson
Clara May Hemenway
Hoosick Board Names Town Officials in Organizational Meeting
Hoosick Falls N Y at a Monday night session the Town Board re named or appointed multiple officers including deputy clerks Viola Carelli Walter C Thorpe and Robert Baldwin town attorney George E Dougherty Jr service officer Warren P Gooding veterans service officer Everett F La Porte constables Henry Elwell and Arthur Harrington Jr dog warden Robert Harrington Sr historian Mrs Luther Rasch supervisor secretary Mrs Mary Hoag and secretary for the planning board. The Hoosick Falls Standard Press is the official paper and National Commercial Bank and Trust Company the depository. Supervisor Edward Cottrell presided as the first meeting of his term. Former Supervisor John A Murphy did not seek re election but joined the county legislature as minority leader among five Republicans and ten Democrats.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Viola Carelli
Walter C. Thorpe
Robert Baldwin
George E. Dougherty Jr
Warren P. Gooding
Everett F. LaPorte
Veterans Service
Henry Elwell
Arthur Harrington Jr
Robert Harrington Sr
Baldwin
Luther Rasch
Christian Stevens
Mary Hoag
John McMartin
National Commercial Bank and Trust Company
Official Depository
Edward Cottrell
John A. Murphy
New Rensselaer
Murphy
Campaign to Explain Tax Relief for the Elderly Law
Manchester the Vermont Federation of Young Republicans launches a local campaign to inform residents about the 1969 Tax Relief for the Elderly law. Mrs. Robert Treat says eligible seniors may receive cash rebates on real estate taxes or rent, with a basic allowance tied to tax exceeding seven percent of household income and a $420 maximum per claimant. Forms and help are available at the Manchester town clerk’s office, with contact numbers for coordinators.
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Manchester
Vermont
Treat
Sootfall Forecast Spreads Across U S by 1970
Between fall 1969 and spring 1970 one million tons of soot from smoke stacks will fall on United States cities and towns, per William H. Bohn of an air control systems firm. The forecast mentions Bennington County towns including Sanford Plumb Readsboro Stanley Lawrence Stamford, Pow nal, and others such as Rupert Martin Cummings Arlington Charles Erdman Dorset Mrs. Paul Bohne Bennington Woodford Ed Colvin Shaftsbury Sunderland Fred Lemberg Jr. Sandgate Stanley Blow Winhall Searsburg.
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New York
UPI
United States
William H. Bohn
Bennington County
Sanford Plumb
Readsboro
Stanley Lawrence
Stamford
John Armstrong
Pownal
Donald Laurie
Rupert
Martin Cummings
Arlington
Charles Erdman
Dorset
Paul Bohne
Bennington
Daisy Meyers
Woodford
Ed Colvin
Shaftsbury
John Hill
Sunderland
Fred Lemberg Jr
Sandgate
Stanley Blow
Winhall
Seward Woodard
Peru
Gordon Rice
Searsburg
Hoosick Falls Little League Invites Former Leaders
Hoosick Falls New York Charles Buck president invites last year s managers and coaches from major and minor leagues to lead teams again. Registration days are January 19 20 and 26 from 7 to 9 PM at the Municipal Building. A 2 registration fee per family applies. Adults wishing to help are urged to attend registration nights.
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Hoosick Falls
N. Y
Charles Buck
Hoosick
Little League
Buck
Woodford Selectmen Protest $2000 School Aid Cutback
Woodford officials protested a $2000 cut in state school aid, asking Governor for an explanation of the Miller Formula. They note Woodford is largely National Forest land, with limited tax bases, and fear being overlooked by Montpelier. The town plans caucus Jan 27 and next meeting Jan 26. In Chicago, Mrs. Jessie Sharp and family fed about 30 police with a turkey dinner at the South Chicago Police District, prompting jokes about potential gratuity investigations.
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Woodford
Selectmen
National Forest
Congress
Montpelier
the Hollow School
Chicago
UPI
Jessie Sharp
South Chicago
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Sophocles
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Paul
Paul Aaron
Joe Walsh
Williamstown Theatre
Hudson Valley Community College
Walsh
Albany Insurance
Peg Fleming
Jackie Fleming Mahoney
Richmond
N.H
St. Mary’s Academy
St. Mary’s
Orphus
Jack Girard
Hoosac School
Philip Daniels
Bob Isherwood
Robert Durrin
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Pownals
Vera Langlais
Roger G, Fowler
Robert P. Fowler
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Federal Aviation Agency
Albany
Nlw
G&h Gravel Co
Wanchester
Harold Wisell
Wisell
Walter Hazard
Manchester Town
Hoosick Board
Hoosick Falls Standard Press
Official News
Primrose
First National Stores
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
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