Fire Doused After Campfire Blaze in Somerset Glastenbury
In Somerset Glastenbury an abandoned campfire out of control was found Sunday afternoon by Gordon Rice of Searsburg, reporting to district fire warden Harold Lackey. Firefighters and wardens quickly contained the blaze as warnings about forest fire law and cautions to hikers were issued.
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Searsburg
Somerset-Glastenbury
Gordon Rice
Fish and Game Department
Harold Lackey
Wilmington
Wayne Rowell
Richard Chapman
Benjamin Bernard
John Willard Jr
Lackey
Junior Harwood
Vermont
North Bennington Little League Meeting Set For Thursday
Arlington Norshaft Little League to hold an important meeting at the clubhouse Thursday after the game. All interested in Little League activity including the minor leagues are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington-Norshaft
Little League
Cambridge Area Young People Attend Summer School and Local Events
Several area youths attend summer programs including Carol Brewer at Albany teachers college and Mary Beoker at Potsdam State College. The annual peach festival is set for July 26 at 5 30 p.m. on the South Cambridge Methodist Church lawn with public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Brewer
Middlebury
State College
Albany
Mary Beoker
State College At
Potsdam
Mary Lee Kent
Eastman School of Music
Rochester
South Cambridge Methodist Church
Fire Bell Calls Monks To Disasters
Fort Augustus Abbey monks mark 21 years as Loch Ness firemen. Twelve monks don robes as belts helmets and man their own abbey fire engine. Formed in 1941 during wartime, the brigade protects over 1,000 Highland residents along the loch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Augustus
Scotland
Fort Augustus Abbey
Loch Ness
Abbey
Lochside
Britain
Red Cross Swim Classes At Lake Raponda This July
About 80 children registered for the Red Cross sponsored swimming courses at Lake Raponda for two weeks starting July 9. Jane Schuler of Northfield Mass is the instructor and lifeguard. Lessons run daily 9 30 a m to 3 p m. Mrs Lincoln Haynes oversees transportation. A maple tree on George Wellman sugar lot Coldbrook Road was struck by lightning Monday. Fire Chief Harold Lackey and seven men cut the tree and used Indian pumps to extinguish a small fire.
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Red Cross
Lake Raponda
Jane Schuler
Northfield
Mass
Lincoln Haynes
George Wellman
Coldbrook Road
Harold Lackey
Mr and Mrs Gary Davenport at Searsburg Camp
Mr and Mrs Gary Davenport of Bennington are spending a week at their camp in Searsburg.
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Gary Davenport
Bennington
Searsburg
Mrs Bromirski returns from California visit
Hoosick Falls residents report Mrs. Alexander Bromirski of Cummings Street has come back Thursday after a five week trip to California. She visited her daughter and son in Sacramento, traveled to various parts of the state, and saw Mr and Mrs Burt Clayton of Baconville during the journey.
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Royal Crosier
Mary Hitchcock Hospital
Hanover
N.H
Leo Maxon
Hall Street
Florida
Robert
Patrick Air Force Base
Cape Canaveral
Arba Brenenstuhl
Orlando
Louise Powers
Alexander Bromirski
Cummings Street
California
Clinton Strohneyer
Sacramento
Bromirski
Burt Clayton
Baconville
Man in the News Manchester W K Barry Retires Second Time
W K Barry, village president of Manchester, retires after six consecutive one year terms with Francis Smalley elected unopposed. Barry, 78, long atelecom engineer, helped pave Seminary Avenue and Prospect Street and pursued Union Street funding, while serving as Burr and Burton Seminary trustee and guiding local zoning and library support.
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Manchester
W. K. Barry
Francis Smalley
Barry
Seminary Avenue
Prospect Street
U.S. 7
Union Street
Richville Road
Battenkill
Burr and Burton Seminary
Barrys
Pownals Vacation Bible School Opens With 80 Enrollees
The annual Vacation Bible School at the Baptist and Methodist churches opens with 80 youngsters from The Pownals and Williamstown. Four area churches supply teachers for Bible study music arts and crafts and recreation under Rev John C Hatch.
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Pownals
Williamstown
North Pownal
Summer Resident Publishes Book on Psychoanalysis
A Stamford Vermont summer resident and practicing psychoanalyst Rudolph Wittenberg has written Common Sense about Psychoanalysis. The work explains analysis processes and the patient analyst relationship. Wittenberg, based in New York City, has summered in Stamford for 15 years. The book, published by Doubleday, argues mental illness as public enemy no 1 and frames its prevention as national defense.
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Stamford
Rudolph Wittenberg
Doubleday
Bertha Hoag and Barringers Return Home After Vacation
Patricia and Susie Barringer have returned to their Troy home after a vacation with grandparents Mr and Mrs Gordon Hoag in Walloomsac.
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Patricia
Susie Barringer
Troy
Mrs
Gordon Hoag
Local guests and families at Hapgood Pond weekend
Mrs. George H. Strong of Little Silver New Jersey and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lyon hosted visitors at the Lyon Homestead. The Washburn family joined by Richard Powell of Marion Massachusetts spent the weekend at their camp. Hapgood Pond was busy with lifeguard Benjamin Kelton on duty and the annual Sunday School picnic is planned there Wednesday.
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George H. Strong
Little Silver
N.J
Albert Lyon
Lyon Homestead
Strong
Stanley H. Lyon
Washburn
Richard Powell
Marion
Mass
William Hill
Albany
Angeline
Hill
Hapgood Pond
Benjamin Kelton
Daulton Mann III
Daulton Mann Jr
Massachusetts
Peter Baldwin Celebrates Eighth Birthday With Family in Shaftsbury
White Creek Miss Christine Baldwin spent last Saturday visiting relatives in Shaftsbury. Mr and Mrs Ralph McCart Jr hosted a picnic supper and birthday party for Peter Baldwin whose eighth birthday is July 12, joined by Harry Baldwin Sr and Jr and families Frankie Etman and Miss Marion Dean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine Baldwin
Shaftsbury
Ralph McCart Jr
Harry Baldwin Sr
Harry Baldwin Jr
Frankie Etman
Peter Baldwin
Marion Dean
New York
New York Enacts Illicit Strikebreaker Law
New York City restricts hiring or employing strikebreakers during locks or authorized strikes. The measure, signed by Deputy Mayor Paul R. Screvane for vacationing Mayor Robert F. Wagner, imposes fines up to 1000 dollars and up to one year in jail or both.
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New York
New York City
Paul R. Screvane
Robert F. Wagner
Hoosick Elks Auxiliary Receives State Trophy
Hoosick Falls auxiliary of Eagles awarded state trophy for the fewest delinquent members at the Utica convention. New York State president Mrs. Virginia Rouse attended and presented the trophy during a Hoosick Falls meeting. Guest visitors included Mrs. Helen Dzianba. A second anniversary dinner is planned for Saturday July 21 at 6:30 p.m with ham dinner served by men of the lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
Eagles
Utica
Roberta Cramer
Virginia Rouse
New York State
Craft Display At Weston This Weekend
Gladys Harvey of Middlebury will demonstrate engraving on aluminum in the Old Grist Mill at Weston on Saturday July 14 from 10 30 to noon and 2 to 4 p m. The event is sponsored by Vermont Craftsmen Inc admission is free. Harvey created Glads Toys and Dutch dolls and clowns shown at fairs statewide.
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Weston
Gladys Harvey
Middlebury
Vermont Craftsmen, Inc
Harvey
Vermont
Montpelier
School of Design
Rutland
Trustees Remind on BB Guns and Rubbish in North Bennington
North Bennington Village trustees warn residents about an ordinance banning guns including BB guns within the village and a ban on burning garbage after 7 p.m. They note paving on Mechanic Street Extension and Matteson Road with possible delays, while Houghton Street paving was completed.
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Mechanic Street
Matteson Road
Houghton Street
Band Concert Scheduled in Hoosick Falls Park
The second Band Concert of the season is set for tonight in Wood Memorial Park Hoosick Falls. Gunner Schonbeck band director leads a varied program. Last week's concert was canceled for the holiday. William J. Murphy Elks leader left Hoosick Falls Sunday for the Elks National Convention in Chicago. during his absence the leading knight will assume responsibilities.
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Wood Memorial Park
Hoosick Falls
Gunner Schonbeck
Gunner
Benington College
William J. Murphy
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Green Mountain
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George Young
Conrad Klock
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Camp Abnaki
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Lake Champlain
Kay Miles
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Dean's McCarthy
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N.Y
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Cambridge
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Joy Hamilton
South Cambridge
MYF
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Fort Ann
Ann Henson
Chariton
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Ernest Eddy
Maine
Norman D. Bott
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Daughn Austin
Karen McIntyre
Donna Waite
Susan Horton
Cambridge Central School
Cheerleaders Institute
Springfield
Eugene White
Verona
Charles Holmes
South Park
Mabel Neshiam
Holly
Father Manrus
Dover
Carle Walter Tel
Edith Beaumont
Man In the News
W.K. Barry
Mary Dillmann
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
West Road
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University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
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Harrisburg
Bill Brown
Worthy Inn
Dorset
Hoosac School
Hoosick
Southern Vermont Art Center
Dorset Players
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Women’s Republican Club of
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Pownall
Howard Black
Earl Lillie
Harvey Burdick Sr
Burton Peckham
Charles Rounds
Lauriston Wilcox
Marcel Langlais
Tenney
Langlais
Pownal
Barber’s Lake
Peter Ehrich
Walloomsac
Bertha Hoag
Noveck-Shultz
Main ST
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Peru
Mabel Whitney
Eleanor Niles
Hoosick Elks Auxiliary
North Bennington Village
Thurs
Mademoiselle Magazine
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Baldwin, N.Y
Bennington College
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