Pownal Poet to Receive Washington University Citation
William Jay Smith poet in residence at Williams College will be honored as one of eight Washington University alumni at the Founders Day Banquet in St. Louis on February 23. Smith, a 1939 graduate with an MA 1941, wrote Where the Rivers Meet for the new chancellor’s inauguration and has served on major poetry juries. He delivered a Williams lecture on politics titled A Poet Looks at Politics and teaches advanced writing and an honors poetry seminar.
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Williamstown
Mass
William Jay Smith
Williams College
Washington University
St. Louis
Smith
Rhodes
University
Thomas Hopkinson Eliot
Brandeis University
Wesleyan University Press
Louis Untermeyer
Crowell- Collier
Pownal
Vermont
Williams
Norshaft Show Boat Minstrel Rehearsals Progress
Shaftsbury director Char lie Thompson guides the Norshaft Lions Minstrel as rehearsals advance for February 15 and 16 performances at North Bennington High School. The cast orchestra and chorus show high spirits and strong comic endmen readiness.
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Norshaft Show
Charlie Thompson
Norshaft Lions Minstrel
North Bennington High School
East Arlington-Sunderland Notes Highlight Navy Ensign and Local News
Harold Zimmermann from the U S Merchant Marine Academy prepares to depart for Newport R I as a Naval Reserve ensign after worldwide academy travels. Born Jan 24 in Rutland a daughter to Mr and Mrs Sidney Moss. Local weather records show a rough winter with temperatures 20 below and about 20 inches of snow. Town visits include Mrs Harry Grout with granddaughters from Manchester Conn and Fred Grout family. Mrs Norman O Mattison improves after illness. Sunderland Hill Road resident William Hayden returns from midyear vacation. sister Mary Beth Hayden also a UVM student. Borough notes cover funeral attendance for Mrs Gendon Wright Wilder, hospital cases, and visitors S M Byrnes of Long Island. Sermon titled Hand Me Down Religion with Youth Fellowship at 6 30 p m and Sunday School at 11 a m. Morning worship at 10 a m.
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U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Long Island
Newport
R.I
Rutland Hospital
Sidney Moss
T. John Hawley
The
Hawley Mfg. Co
New York City
Arthur Park
Harry Grout
Kathleen
Kelly
Manchester
William Hayden
University of Vermont
Burlington
Orleans
Mary Beth
UVM
Harry Hayden
Thomas Mattison
Rutland
Gendon Wright Wilder
Malcolm Pennock
Mary Hitchcock Hospital
Hanover
N.H
S. M. Byrrnes
N.Y
Borough
North Bennington Couple Fetes 25th Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Albert White of School Street were honored guests at a party in North Bennington for their silver anniversary on January 30. Sister Miss Cecile Roy hosted about 30 relatives and friends. gifts included a money tree. The couple wed January 30, 1938, at St. John's Rectory and reside in North Bennington with daughters Connie age 15 and Patty age 7 attending local schools.
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North Bennington
Albert White
School Street
Cecile Roy
Irene Roy
St. John’s
Msgr
Thomas J. Burke
White
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Connie
Patty
Community notices from Hoosick and area
Local church groups schedule fundraisers and meetings. The All Saints Guild outlines turkey supper on May 2 and other events, while the Baptist Crusaders plan a February 6 meeting. Neighborly visits include Lohnes and Pierce families with several trips and a farewell gathering for the Brown family.
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Crusaders
the Baptist Church
Phebe James
All Saints Guild
All Saints Parish
Junior Leaders Scout Campout in Mohican Wakpominee
Hoosick Falls junior leaders of Troop 64 sponsored by the Church of the Immaculate Conception will attend a weekend Winter Campout and Training at Mohican Council Camp Wakpominee. They depart Saturday morning and return Sunday afternoon to gain training for troop operation assisted by Michael Rice John Barber and A J Wir musky graduates of Schiff Scout Reservation with Richard Severson as Scoutmaster.
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Church of the Immaculate Conception
Mohican Council
Wakpominee
Michael Rice
John Barber
A. J. Wirmusky
Schiff Scout Reservation
Richard Severson
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Pittsfield
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Audrey Coonradt
Troy
Mabel Peckham
Ellsworth Stevens
Carl Stevens
Norma
Harold G. Lohnes
Weston
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William C. Brown
Elizabethtown
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Hoosick Falls
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