Brownell elected HFCS board president and four kindergarten sections
Hoosick Falls Central School District trustees elected Malcolm Brownell president. They approved expanding kindergarten from three to four sections amid rising student teacher ratios noted by Superintendent Philip Leonard. Lightning damaged a school field press box, and the board announced district officers and a maternity leave substitute hire. Garbage pickup changes begin in the village’s first and fourth wards.
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Tim Powers
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Board of Education
Hoosick Falls Central School District
Malcolm Brownell
Philip Leonard
Leonard
Hoosick Falls Central School
Mother Nature
Kasmer Stempek
Stempek
Brownell
George Holbrook
Holbrook
Clark Thorpe
Thorpe
Ruth Brenenstuhl
Marilyn Robinson
Lillian Spendiff
James Miner
Katherine Scaglione
Philip Martinez
Denny Emerson Leads Shaftsbury Riding Clinic Series Finale
The July 3 and 4 clinic at Shaftsbury farm by Henry and Janet Schurink featured U.S. Equestrian Team member Denny Emerson guiding riders from novice to preliminary levels. It was the fourth and final clinic in the series with fall plans for more sessions and spectators welcome. Emerson mounted on Gray demonstrated correct bending as riders tackled grids and cross country fences with onlookers observing.
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Shaftsbury Farm
Henry
Janet Schurink
Denny Emerson
U.S
Biff Whitney
Pownal Center Hosts Senior Citizens Meeting Thursday
The Pownal Senior Citizens Center will hold its monthly business meeting Thursday at 2 p.m. at the center in Pownal. The Pownal Board of Selectmen will meet at 5 p.m. Thursday at the Town Office.
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Pownal
Senior Citizens Center. Club
Pownal debating moving Grade 7 to August reports
Pownal officials forecast detailed costs and course descriptions for keeping Grade 7 in the district for the 1978 79 school year to address Mt Anthony Union High School crowding. Superin tendent Sleeman presented to the School Board while test results from California Achievement Tests were reviewed by Principal Bisson.
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Pamela Blakeman
Pownal
George A. Sleeman
Mt. Anthony Union High School
California
Bernard Bisson
Armed men rob Gasland in Pownal hold up
Two young men wearing ski masks and white T-shirts stormed Gasland in Pownal and fled with an undetermined cash amount. Local authorities launched an investigation, seeking tips from the public. No injuries reported.
Hoosick woman named Legion Auxiliary vice chair
Angeline Carelli, former Hoosick Unit 40 president, was installed as vice chairman of the Rensselaer County American Legion Auxiliary Committee. Also installed were Juanita Lockner as chairman and other officers. Four local girls were named Empire Girls State delegates, including Frances Hayden of St. Mary’s Academy Hoosick Falls.
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Averill Park, N.Y
Angeline Carelli
Hoosick Unit 40
The
American Legion Auxiliary
Rensselaer County
Juanita Lockner
Geraldine Hankle
Ethel Weaver
Jane O’neil
Joanne Sweener
Deborah Gavin
Empire Girls’ State
Frances Hayden
St. Mary’s Academy
Hoosick Falls
DORSET Chicken Barbecue Benefits Two Churches
DORSET St. Jerome's Church will sponsor a chicken barbecue on July 16 on the rectory lawn in East Dorset. The event runs 3 to 6 p.m. with adults $3.75 and children under 12 $2. Proceeds aid St. Jerome's and Holy Trinity churches. Also, three local graduates won awards at Cambridge Central School's awards night. Dawn Morrison received the Cambridge branch Glens Falls National Bank award for best improvement in business subjects. Robert Donisthorpe earned the Cambridge Valley Lodge 481 FAM award for top Vocational program proficiency. John Turi earned the Josten's Salutatory Award, the Francis M. Ackley math award, and the Charles Fedler award for best four-year academic average.
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Dorset
St. Jerome’s Church
St. Jerome’s
Holy Trinity
Cambridge Central School
Dawn Morrison
Cambridge
Glens Falls National Bank and Trust Company
Robert Donisthorpe
Cambridge Valley Lodge
F&am F&am
John Turi
Josten
Francis M. Ackley
Charles Fedler
Holiday visits feature Hrbek family and neighbors
White Creek residents Jennie Hrbek and Richard Havey of Dennisville New Jersey spent the holiday with Miss Hrbek’s parents Mr and Mrs Larry Hrbek. Susie Bennett resident Crescent Manor Bennington visited former neighbors here one day last week. Mr and Mrs Henry Brace and daughter Bonnie spent the weekend with relatives in Manchester and Arlington Vermont.
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Jennie Hrbek
Richard Havey
Dennisville, N.J
Miss Hrbek
Mrs
Larry Hrbek
Mrs. Henry Brace
Bonnie
Manchester
Arlington, Vt
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Ernie
Langhorn
ING
Lee
Shaffe
Main ST
VN LG
Elm Street
Bennington, Vermont
Sealy Posturepedic
Sealy
Mau
Bruce Burrington
Linda Donigan
St. Francis de Sales Parish
Vincent Pizzano
Joel Burrington
Dennis Austin
Gerald LaCroix
Gasland
Hoosick
Legion Post
Donald Sabin
North Adams
Mass
Sabin
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Mike Martin
East Dorset
South Cambridge
Susie Bennett
Crescent Manor
Bennington, VT
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