First United Church Welcomes New Pastor in Hoosick Falls
The Rev. Robert J. Springer was installed as pastor of First United Church Presbyterian of Hoosick Falls in ceremonies led by Albany Presbytery. Attending were senior church and presbytery leaders. Springer, born July 3, 1928 in Stark County, Ohio, is a Navy veteran and Wooster College graduate who studied at New Brunswick Theological Seminary and previously served in Davenport, N.Y. The couple, with two children, received a post-installation reception.
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First United Church Presbyterian
Hoosick Falls
Robert J. Springer
Elaine
George P. Morgan
Albany Presbytery
Robert S. Magee
Johnstown
N.Y
Beaumont
First United Church Presbyterian of
Presbytery of
Albany
Herbert S. Meekell
First Presbyterian Church
Alastair C. Parr
Cambridge Presbyterian Church
George W. Chatfield
Mr. Springer
Stark County
Ohio
U.S. Navy
College of Wooster
Diamond Alkali Company
Painesville
New Brunswick Theological Seminary
New Brunswick
N.J
Charlotte Valley
Davenport
McClellan Reports Area Hospital Admissions and Discharges
Cambridge and Bennington area patients are listed for the week ending January 22 at Mary McClellan Hospital. The discharge roster includes Charlene Ballou and others from Cambridge Hoosick Falls and nearby towns. admissions feature a similar set of names from Bennington area communities and surrounding villages.
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Cambridge
N.Y
Mary McClellan Hospital
Bennington
Charlene R. Ballou
Marion E. Gorman
Anna L. Hughes
Viola M. Smith
Hoosick Falls
Scott E. Dennison
Lars A. Finning
Shirley M. Hagadorn
Glenn W. McLenahan
Harrie R. Mahoney
George D. Parr
Meredith McLaughlin
West Cambridge
Julia Farrar
Rupert
John A. Jenkins Sr
West Pawlet
Sue P. Moses
Eagle Bridge
Patricia A. Adams
Clarence Gates
Stephanie H. Harff
Lucille W. Hitchcock
Harriet Z. Parsons
Emily V. Starr
Albert A. Butkas
Petersburg
Mary M. Gannon
Ellen Stearns
Buskirk
Jo-Ann Jenkins
Toni R. O’brien
Interfaith Choir Plans First Season Rehearsal
The Interfaith Choir, formed five years ago by Manchester-Dorset residents, invites all community members to join Sunday at 2 p.m. in Zion Episcopal Church Parish Hall for seven weeks of rehearsals. Plans include a Palm Sunday concert with music for three voice parts and inclusive participation beyond trained voices. For more details call Mrs Blanchard Stone in Manchester Center.
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Manchester
Zion Episcopal Church Parish
Manchester - Dorset
Blanchard Stone
Manchester Center
Dinner Meeting Names New Officers For Wood Flong Credit Union
Over 200 attended the 14th annual dinner at the Cambridge Hotel. New two year director terms went to Oscar Marsh Francis Bowman and Warren Roberts. Existing directors William Roberts and Edward Saboski remained. Earl Kenney Edward Clark and Edward Lukuskas won two year terms on committees. A 5 percent dividend and 5 percent interest refund were declared. Joseph Hayden was guest and Thomas Archer retires as president. Dr Otto Leibiger at Putnam Memorial Hospital recovering from surgery.
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Credit Union of the
Wood Flong Corporation
Cambridge
Oscar Marsh
Francis Bowman
Warren Roberts
William Roberts
Edward Saboski
Earl Kenney
Edward Clark
Edward Lukuskas
Joseph Hayden
Thomas Archer
Bennington Rescue Squad Receives Community Appreciation Dinner
North Bennington Vermont rescue squad members and guests gathered for an appreciation dinner near the firehouse. President Richard Torrey led about 50 volunteers. Extension Homemakers groups hosted with Mrs. Carl Jolliette welcoming guests and noting the drivers improvement program to train teachers who will spread safer driving.
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North Bennington
Bennington
Richard Torrey
Carl Jolivette
Marion Harris
Bennington County
Vermont
Arthur Pierce
Sage City
Lake Paran
Molly Stark
West Shaftsbury
Triangle
Manchester School Board and PTA announce meetings
The Manchester School Board met at 4 p.m. Monday to discuss personnel. The Manchester PTA will meet Wednesday at 8 p.m. at Manchester Elementary School. William Boardman will speak on the Bromley Junior Ski Program he supervises for the Bromley Ski Club. Movies of the skiers by William Barry will be shown. The agenda includes teacher relief during lunch periods and volunteers to assist teachers with secretarial tasks.
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Manchester Pta
Manchester
William Boardman
Bromley
Bromley Ski Club
William Barry
100 Honor Mrs. Cipperly At Hoosick
Mrs Harry Cipperly was honored on her 77th birthday with a roast beef dinner at Hoosick Grange Hall. Nearly 100 friends and relatives attended including six sons and seven daughters and their families. Yellow rose corsage three tier cake gifts and a day of visiting music dancing and games followed by punch snacks and a luncheon. Attendees came from West Springfield Agawam Petersburg Bennington Cherry Plain Schenectady Greenwich Pittsfield Hoosick Falls Hoosick.
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Hoosick
N.Y
Harry Cipperly
Hoosick Grange Hall
West Springfield
Agawam
Mass
Petersburg
Bennington
Cherry Plains
Schenectady
Greenwich
Pittsfield
Hoosick Falls
Arlington Churchwomen Elect Officers
At the annual meeting of the Women of St. James Church in Arlington on January 16, Mrs. Walter Crofut was elected president. Mrs. William Bell and Miss Elise Phillips were named first and second vice presidents, with Mrs. Richard Johnson as secretary and Mrs. Lawrence Brush as treasurer. An executive board set the year’s budget while committees were appointed and a July bazaar date chosen. Sewing meetings will start Ash Wednesday February 8 after the 9:30 a.m. service, and a parish potluck pancake supper is planned for Shrove Tuesday February 7 at 6 p.m. in Dunbar Hall. The group will meet next February 20 at the church.
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St. James
Dunbar Hall
Books on Fishing Memorialize Max Grout in Arlington Library
Memorial notices two new books donated to Martha Canfield Library by Mrs. Max Grout in memory of her husband the noted fisherman The first volume The Modern ABCs of Fresh Water Fishing by John Crowe is subtitled For the Saturday Sunday Fisherman Trying for Educated Fish in Hard Fished Waters It is a handy compendium with a chapter on popular species and techniques
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Martha Canfield
Max Grout
John Crowe
Battenkill
Fisherman’s Encyclopedia
Lee Wulff
Charles K. Fox
O.H.P. Rodman
Frank DuFresne
Arlington Lions Club rehearsal and community notices
The Arlington area announces a Sunday 2 30 p m rehearsal for the Lions Club variety show at the Community House with a request that all intending cast attend. Also on Feb 5 at 2 30 p m the East Arlington Federated Church hosts a Bennington Association meeting to discuss its purpose and effectiveness.
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Arlington Lions Club
Lions
Bennington Association of Congregational Christian Churches
East Arlington Federated Church
North Benningtonian Accepted at Hamilton College
Jeffrey M. Crane son of Mr and Mrs Paul Crane of George Street and a senior at Mt. Anthony Union High School has been accepted to Hamilton College Clinton NY in September He is an honor student with an interest in music and was named a freshman year scholarship recipient at the college.
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North Bennington
Jeffrey M. Crane
Paul Crane
George Street
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Hamilton College
Clinton, N.Y
Crane
Hamilton
Battle of the Bands draws teens in Hoosick Falls
In Hoosick Falls New York a Saturday Battle of the Bands at Immaculate Conception Church Hall drew high school students. Local bands The Blurr Spirit of 76 and December Children performed 45 minutes each with audience judging. December Children won a $25 cash prize. other groups received consolation records. Debbie Norton chaired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Immaculate Conception
Blessed Virgin Mary Sodality of the Church
Peter Robson
Bill Stempek
Tony Butkas
Mike Shiland
Spirit of ’76
Phil McGuire
Joseph Shaw
Dick Kuebler
Bernie Davendanis
Brian Valentine
Debbie Norton
Shaftsbury Fire Auxiliary Meeting Changed Location
The Fire Company Auxiliary will meet at Mrs. Julia Booths East Street home on Wednesday evening, instead of the firehouse as previously announced.
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Fire Company
Julia Booth
East Street
Educational TV plan explained for Vermont at Shaftsbury
Odell Skinner of the state Department of Education spoke to about 15 residents at Shaftsbury Elementary School about a four channel statewide educational TV network. Burlington channel 38 will originate, with broadcasts for In School In Service and Evening programs. Tests aimed for mid August with broadcasts starting September. UHF access with a good antenna could let homes view the programs.
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Shaftsbury
Odell Skinner
State Department of Education
Manchester
Arlington
Pownal
Skinner
Burlington
Educational TV
Boston
Massachusetts
Bennington Museum
Two January church and civic sales in The Pownals
The Women’s Fellowship of North Pownal Congregational Church will offer homemade goods at Powell’s Store in North Pownal Friday from 2 p.m. The Women of Pownal Methodist Church, led by Mrs. Otis Dorman, sell Saturday morning at Powell’s Store in South Pownal from 10 to raise funds for repaving the church parking area. Charles S. Morse Jr. has enlisted in the Navy and will report to Great Lakes on May 16 after high school and local work. Pownal Troop 347 BSA meets tonight at 7 in the Scout Hut with new scoutmaster Nicholas C. Kokoras. Crusaders Baptist Church officers elected: Hazel Rudd president, Marjorie Sharkey VP, Jessie Stevens secretary, Marion Frost treasurer, Elsie Domine sunshine chair. Next meeting with Hazel Rudd Feb. 1. official board meets Jan. 30 at 8 p.m. Jury duty served by Mrs. Frederick Dufresne and Peter Metcovich. Pleasant Valley Grange plans its annual ham supper for Feb. 4. Methodist services at 11:30 a.m.. Sunday school at 10:30 a.m. An exchange of pulpits set for Feb. 5 with Rev. Paul Lohnes in Rensselaer.
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Pownals
Women’s Fellowship of the
North Pownal
Women of
Pownal
Charles S. Morse Jr
Morse
Mason Hill
U.S. Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Ill
Mt. Greylock Regional High School
Williamstown
Northeast Wood Products Co
The
Crusaders of the Baptist Church
Hazel Rudd
Marjorie Sharkey
Jessie Stevens
Marion Frost
Elsie Domine
Sunshine Committee
Methodist Church
Frederick Dufresne
Peter Metcovich
Pleasant Valley Grange
Oswald A. Muller
Paul Lohnes
Schaghticoke
Early dismissal for grade school in North Bennington
Grades K through 6 at the North Bennington School will leave at 2 p.m. Thursday due to a teachers meeting. Wendy Pratt, daughter of Mr and Mrs Pratt of West Street, is hospitalized at Children’s Hospital in Boston after orthopedic surgery and is expected to stay about two weeks. friends may send cards to Division 26, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115.
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North Bennington
Wendy Pratt
Lloyd Pratt
West Street
Children’s Hospital
Boston
Wendy
Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Division 26
Longwood Ave
Mass
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Philadelphia
Beth
Paul
McClellan
Otto Leibiger
Classic St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Credit Union
Bennington Rescue Squad
Suffolk Downs
Boston Herald-Traveler
New England Travel Trailer Association
Chet Ringheisfr V.o
Cipperly
Arlington Library
East Arlington
Helene Thompson
Yankee Doodlers
North Benningtonian
Hoosick Grange
Grange Hall
Ralph J. Griswold
Russell S. Curtis
New York State Grange
Omer Brenenstuhl
Edith Craig Reynolds
N. Clifford Cottrell
Otto Piritz
Delton Hewitt
New York
ETV
Joe Martello
Mike Scarey
Billy Rasch
al Marcil
Vera Langlais
BSA
Nicholas C. Kokoras
Ada M. Breer
South Cambridge
Margaret Aiken
Elizabeth Dwyer
Edward P Mahar
Dhone
N.F.D.A
Bennington, Ve
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