Arlington Fire District okays tax rise for street lights
At the Arlington Fire and Light District annual meeting 18 attendees approved a five cent tax rate increase to 35 cents to fund street lighting. Six lights will be added or replaced by the Prudential Committee. The water company purchase remains stalled pending stricter state water pressure laws. A proposed hydrant upgrade near R. K. Miles’ mill was discussed amid revenue concerns. The district plans to study a point system for fireman rewards and notes over $500 in delinquent taxes.
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Arlington
Arlington Fire and Light District
Memorial School
Prudential Committee
Arlington Water Co
R. K. Miles
Miles
F. John Hawley
Francis King
Emeet Smith
John Moore
C. L Marsh
Pownal Center Fire Department sponsors second card party
The second of four Pownal Center Fire Department card parties drew 16 tables and $49.85 in proceeds. Winners included Mrs. Helen Plante and Mrs. Ned Towslee. Organizers were Earl Ryder and Alfred Chenaille with the next event set for January 20 at 8 p.m.
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Pownal Center
Helen Plante
Ned Towslee
Martin Lingner Jr
Robert Rudd Jr
Everett Lillie
Earl Ryder
Alfred Chenaille
Sanfri Kauppi
Norman Strobridge
Valentine Party Planned By Hoosick Falls Elks Auxiliary
Hoosick Falls Elks Auxiliary votes at Wednesday meeting to host a Valentine dinner and dance inviting husbands with tentative date set for February 17. Mrs. Paul LaPorte chairs. Mrs. William E. Burns seeks volunteers for costumes tickets and makeup for a minstrel show. Memorial for Mrs. Anthony Salluzzo observed.
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The
Hoosick Falls Lodge of Elks
Paul LaPorte
Anthony Salluzzo
William E. Burns
Gloversville Lodge of Elks
Gloversville Club
Howard DeLong
New York State Elks Association
Clarence Myers
Burns
Coordinating Commission
Hoosick
Philip Houston
Margaret Hoffman
Thomas Hurley
George McEvoy
Florence McNally
Howard Shaw
Raymond Albowicz
Charles Fabiano
West Hoosick News Notes Civil Service Training and Elections
Donald Baker departed for Fort Dix New Jersey for National Guard training. West Hoosick Fire Department elected officers with Charles Filkins president and others reelected as officers and directors. Cemetery association reelected Earl Sherman president and Lloyd Pine as vice president along with other trustees. A home demonstration meeting and a future parental discipline lesson were scheduled.
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Donald Baker
Fort Dix
N.J
National Guard
West Hoosick
Harold Gardner
Frank Gifford
Fellowship Hall
Jeanette Moseley
Hulda Eddy
Pasadena
Calif
Forrest LeBarron
West Hoosick Cemetery
Harold Y
Clarence Moseley
Lloyd Pine
Milton Cross
Ten Die in Farmhouse Fire Near Morriston Ark
Ten people including eight children died in a predawn blaze at a farm home 25 miles north of Morriston Arkansas. Sheriff Marlin Hawkins identified the victims as Mr and Mrs Andy Paladino and their children aged 3 to 12. The two story frame house burned rapidly after being discovered by a neighbor.
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Morriston
Ark
Here
Marlin Hawkins
Andy Paladino
Wilmington Area Social and School Updates
A Wilmington home hosts a Home Demonstration Club luncheon discussing mixed casseroles and New Year resolutions. Windham Southwest District Teachers Association and Windham County maple industry events are noted at Wilmington High School and local venues. Public suppers planned by the Congregational Church Women and Maple group programs are announced for January and March.
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Gertie Carpenter
Home Demonstration Club
Margaret Hall
Blanch Haskins
Carpenter
Hall
Fred Look Jr
Robert Worden
March of Dimes
Ruth Hertzberg
Wilmington High School
Windham Southwest District Teachers Association
WHS
Wilmington
Whitingham
Readsboro
Stamford
Victory Grange
Marie Taylor
Alice Clough
Beth Smith
Kitty Mills
Patricia Willard
Windham County Sugarmakers’ Association
Aaron Wasserman
Philadelphia
Glenn Davis
St. Albans
Clyde Bryant
Manchester Center
Vermont Maple Sugarmakers Association
Ray Foulds
Extension Forester
Donald Harlow
Putney
Windham County
Ray Pestle
Brattleboro
Local Visitors Stop by in Dorset for Weekend Gatherings
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Phillips and daughter Peggy of Jewitt City Conn visited Mrs. Gladys Phillips in Dorset. Frederick Frost Jr of Bronxville N Y stayed at his West Road home. Elmer Morey of Pittsfield Mass visited Kimball Tifft and Miriam Tifft. Gayle Baker returned to Salem N Y High School after a weekend with her parents. The Humphries closed their home in Dorset.
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Ernest Phillips
Peggy
Jewitt City
Harry Baker
David Humphries
Shaftsbury Health Unit elects officers and hears Smith report
Shaftsbury Health Association reelects officers for 1962 after Bradford Smith cites India health needs and rural doctor shortages. Budget talk, a donated wheelchair, and eye testing device are highlighted as club members discuss funding and membership efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury Health Association
Cyril E. Bluto
King Lioh
Norshaft Lions Club
William Bell
Madelyn Green
J. Alexander Bow
Shaftsbury
Brad Smith
Bradford Smith
India
Smith
Bennington
Lloyd Spaulding
Cy Bluto
King Lion
Bluto
Herbert Leonard
Bell
Health Association
Ruth Martin
Arthur Faris
Marion Har
Church Elects Annual Officers In Cambridge
The South Cambridge Methodist Church held its annual fourth quarterly conference in Cambridge New York with Rev. Lawrence Larrowe presiding. Trustees were named for three and two year terms and numerous elected stewards and honorary stewards were listed along with ex officio stewards and commission chairs.
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Cambridge
N.Y
South
Rose Trinkle
Jarhés D. Austin Jr
Burton Welling
George Cronk
George Pearson
Casper Pearson
Howard Herrington
Peter Matcovich
Rodney Brownell
Walter McNall
E. R. Stiles
Roy Smith
George Cornell
Belle Welling
Gertrude Aiken
Malcolm Hamilton
Wilson Pratt
Donald Herrington
Nels Jacobson
Roger Fillmore
Mary Aiken
Margaret Aiken
Kenneth Aiken
Battenkill Grange Meeting Led by Civil Defense Coordinator
Battenkill Grange will meet at 8 p.m. Wednesday in West Arlington. The program will be presented by Robert Lindsey Arlington civil defense coordinator.
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Battenkill Grange
West Arlington
Robert Lindsey
Arlington Civil Defense
Manchester Telephone Service Draws Dissatisfaction in Survey
The Vermont Public Service Board released a design survey showing Manchester leads in dissatisfaction among 397 respondents with 227 unhappy and 170 satisfied. Nationwide totals: 2,248 replies, 1,699 satisfied, 549 unsatisfied. The board may push improvements in the Manchester exchange area without a public hearing if possible.
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Montpelier
Bennington County
Vermont Public Service Board
Manchester
Design Service Co., Inc
New York City
Bennington
Dorset
Arlington
Pownal
John D. Paterson
Public Service Board
Manchester Exchange
Paterson
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co
J. G. Davidson
Mt. Equinox
Grissom Passes Unrecognized at Hub Airport
Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom, 35, drew little attention when he de boarded a Pan American jet at Logan Airport in Boston. He waited about an hour before resuming his flight bound for Cape Canaveral after a Bermuda stopover where he took part in a spaceflight simulation linked to John Glenn’s upcoming orbital attempt.
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Boston
Virgil I. Grissom
Logan
Grissom
Pan American Airways
Idlewild
New York
Air Force
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Bermuda
Marine Corps
John H. Glenn
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Arlington Fire District
Hydrant Rent
Gregory Edson
C. Lee Marsh
Sunderland
Emmet Smith
Pownals
Vera Langlais
Tel
Janet James
Arthur James
Janet
Fire Department
Milton Pratt
June Brown
Keith Jelley
John Knapp
Janet King
Ralph Walk
Edgar Senecal
William Cameron
Henry Baker
George Renner
Grace Hill
Glenn Sweet
Ladies’ Aid Society
First Baptist Church
Elizabeth Burrington
Society
Lloyd Rathbun
Raymond Coulter
Miss Burrington
Frances Wilcox Andrews
Isabel G. King
Andrews
Selkirk
Wayne Travis
Betsy
Pamela Slingerland
North Pownal
Nancy Buck
Barber’s Lake
Hoosick Falls
Edith Beaumont
Jean Pine
Wilmington— West
Dover
Carlo Walter Tel
Mayflower
Cbs
Golden Rule
Ramona
Springfield
Women’s Association of the Congregational Church, Ways and Means
Miriam Tifft
G. D. Dickey
Sea Island
Lake Wales
United Church of
Dorset and
East Rupert
Church
Battenkill
Carrier Boy
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