Weir Estate Gives Hoosick Falls Pool Major Boost
Trustees of the Harry N. Weir estate voted a 22000 donation to complete the Town of Hoosick Community Swimming Pool. The pool will be Z shaped with a 75 by 45 foot main section and a 35 by 35 foot upper arm for beginners. The Rev Edith Craig Reynolds has provided 15000, and the committee hopes to raise 5000 more for renovations and court construction. Over 200 area families have donated, with pledges totaling about 9800 still outstanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Harry N. Weir
Town of Hoosick
Philip Leonard
Edith Craig Reynolds
Reynolds
Leonard
League of Women Voters Present Booklet in Pownal
Representatives of the Pownal Unit League of Women Voters will be at the town office this afternoon to present Know Pownal to the Board of Selectmen. The booklet outlines local history and town information, edited by Barbara Howes Smith, with a feature photo of Fletcher Hall, and a foreword praising town heritage and future welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
League of Women Voters
Board of Selectmen
League
Barbara Howes Smith
Fletcher Hall
Pownal Valley
Memorial Vermont book captures Hards' lifelong journey
Mrs. Walter Hard publishes A Memory of Vermont, Our Life in the Johnny Appleseed Bookshop 1930 1965, a 20 chapter memoir with anecdotes about Sinclair Lewis Woollcott Sandburg and Frost. An autograph party for the book is planned by new owner Frederic F. Taylor and will attract literary figures and the couple's children Ruth Hard Bonner and Walter R. Hard Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Frederic F. Taylor
Ruth Hard Bonner
New York State
Brattleboro Reformer
Walter R. Hard Jr
Vermont Life
Walter
Margaret Hard
Vermont
Walter Walsh
Harcourt
New York City
Harper & Row
Walter Hard
Burr and Burton Seminary
Clara Sipprell
Sinclair Lewis
Alexander Woollcott
Carl Sandburg
Bennett Cerf
Sholem Asch
Dorothy Canfield
Pearl S. Buck
Anne Parrish
Carl Ruggles
Robert Frost
Pill Alley
West Road
Hards
Hoosick Grange hosts mortgage burning ceremony
Hoosick N Y more than 250 guests from three states and five counties attended the mortgage burning for the new Hoosick Grange Hall Saturday night State Grange Master Russell S Curtis and Mrs Curtis from Cazenovia and the Rev Edith Craig Reynolds were honored guests also taking part were Ralph J Griswold N Clifford Cottrell Omer Brenenstuhl and Donald Hewitt State Master Curtis delivered a message on Participation The Key to Grange Progress A tableau recalling the first Grange meeting was shown as minutes were read Six of the 11 living charter members attended including Charles and Edith Hunt and Mrs May Herrington among others Twenty five year members and past masters were recognized by the end of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick
N.Y
Hoosick Grange
Russell S. Curtis
Curtis
Cazenovia
Edith Craig Reynolds
Grange Hall
Ralph J. Griswold
N. Clifford Cottrell
Omer Brenenstuhl
Donald Hewitt
Russell
Ernest Haas
Ira Cornell
Almon Hew
Itt
Frank Green
Charles
Edith Hunt
May Herrington
Alta Brownell
Clarence Moseley
Leon Eldred
Hunt
Charles W. Filkins
Robert Bentley
Harold Prebble
John Filkins
Lawrence Ludwig
Carleton Philpott
Fremont Haswell
The
Rensselaer County
Jay C. Cottrell
John Harrison
C. Warren Filkins
George W. Bovie
Carleton E. Philpott
Grange
Earl Loux
Ravena
New York State
Robert W. Payne
Coeymans Hollow
New York State Grange
Donald Bonesteel
Brunswick
Almon Hewitt
Wesley Hall
Nicaraguan student to arrive in Hoosick Falls Monday
Claudia Maria Salorzano a 15 year old pupil from Leon Nicaragua will arrive in Hoosick Falls Sunday morning to stay three months with Mr and Mrs Robert Stetson and family and attend Hoosick Falls Central School under the International Fellowship Program This visit continues a series of exchanges with Central and South American students The Stetson family will host her and the group will be welcomed at a Grange meeting where many local dignitaries and officials are noted for attendance
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick
Hoosick Falls Central School
St. Mary’s Academy
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Claudia Maria Salorzano
Leon
Nicaragua
Central America
Robert Stetson
Danforth Street
Claudia
Central
South America
Amparo Florez
Bogota
Colombia
Frederick Miller
Abbott Street
Amparo
Elvira Mantelli
Bucarampanga
Charles Filkins
West Hoosick
Ricardo Soriano
Lima
Peru
Darcy Miller
Jane Filkins
Dale Mihuta
Stetson
Sally
Ann
Four Towns Set March 7 Vote on Junior High District
North Shire Junior High District vote set for March 7 in Manchester Peru Sunderland and Dorset. Supt Neil E Cross reports towns seek voter approval for a regional Grades 7 9 district. Officials plan meetings with the Temporary Legislation Commission on School Redistricting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Shire
Manchester
Peru
Sunderland
Dorset
Neil E. Cross
Albert Lawrence
Temporary Legislation Commission
Cross
Lawrence
Terry Tyler
Montpelier
State Department of Education
Arlington
District 26
Area Dancers To Perform In Burlington To Manchester
Mrs Linde Gibb ballet teacher from Dorset has joined Burlington Dance Theatre. She will choreograph a Chopin used Les Sylphides for a March 18 performance in Burlington with dancers from Manchester Shaftsbury East Dorset and Peru. The article notes voters will decide on forming a union district for a proposed school and its cost with participation rules and town approvals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Linde Gibb
Marina Svetlova
Dorset
Burlington
Jackie Bell
Sally Ameden
Alicia Hysek
Shaftsbury
Ramona Hitchcock
East Dorset
Susan Dibble
Peru
Dance Theatre
Shopping Center Plans Opening of Laundramat
Manchester Laundramat and dry cleaning facility to open at the Manchester Shopping Center on Vermont Route 11 30. Operated by Center Linen Corp under IVOW Corp. Service options include self and drop-off laundry and dry cleaning with attendants on duty, immediate pressing, and a patron lounge with continuous recorded music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Ivow Corp
Center Linen Corp
IVOW
Manchester Teacher Resigns
Jesse Corum III resigned from Manchester Elementary School after three months, replaced by Castleton State College graduate Nancy Dunlap. Corum, an ordained minister and Arlington resident, will be a substitute minister at First Baptist Church. Dunlap takes over Grades 5 and 6 language arts from Monday, after today and Friday observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Jesse Corum III
Castleton State College
Neil E. Cross
Corum
Nancy Dunlap
Castleton
Arlington
First Baptist Church
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Weir Estate
Hoosick Falls Pool
Vera Langlais
Camp Woodford
Woodford
Marcel A. Langlais
4-H News
Pownal Pioneers 4-H Club
Harry Andrews
Pownal Center
Alison
Sunny) Mabry
Margaret
Hard
Dan Wickenden
Charles F. Steel
Philadelphia
New York
Maria B. Chapin
Kate
Thimble Mountain
U.S.A
Zion Episcopal Church
Fellowship of
Quakers
Colburn House
Dorothea
Johnny Appleseed
Walter and
Stamford
Valley Glen Yarn Shop
Singer Supplies
Manchester Center
Madtom Books
Hawley’s
Rock Maple
Hawley Company
Maple Street
Robert Mihuta
Laundramat
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