Bennington President Appeals to Windham Graduates
Gail T. Parker of Bennington College quotes Elizabeth Cady Stanton in a Windham College commencement address at the Putney fieldhouse. Parker frames a liberal arts education as life studies and urges graduates to be good companions to themselves, noting Stanton’s militant feminism advocates nonviolence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putney
Gail T. Parker
Bennington College
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Windham College
Windham Fieldhouse
Nts
Ker
Stanton
Parker
Dr. Parker
Harrison M. Symmes
Windham
Barbara L. Pratt
Bennington
South Cambridge events and town actions noted
South Cambridge hosts a spring food and rummage sale at the United Methodist Church on Saturday June 7 from 9 30 a m to 3 p m. Children s Day is set for Sunday June 8 with 1130 a m service and 1030 a m Sunday school. The selectmen meet at 7 30 p m to discuss delinquent sewer bills and taxes and to appoint a new recreation pool staff. A fashion show fundraiser for the Manchester BPW Club is planned at the Avalanche Motel Wednesday evening with 50 cent admission. Various local residents visit Hamilton home and other community notes. The Pleasant Valley Grange plans a June 6 meeting and a June 8 drill to Cortland as part of a bicentennial event. Other national quotes and Windham College related remarks accompany in a longer aggregation of commentary and campus honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Cambridge United
Board of Selectmen
Selectmen
Recreation Committee
James Gall
Business and Professional Women’s Club of
Manchester
Avalanche
Jane Covey
The
Pleasant Valley Grange
Rose Trinkle
Mildred Morgan
Duane Robinson
Rodney Brownell
Patricia Hamilton
Philip Jones
Cortland
Grange
Washington County
Pomona Grange
Argyle
Jamaica
John S. Burgess
Brattleboro
Edward G. Janeway
South Londonderry
Fred Butler
Ernest Allen
Dove B. McKennis
Mort N. Marton
West River Valley American Legion Post
Laura Howe
Warren Patrick
West River Valley Historical Society
Jordan Cole
Local Graduates and Bicentennial Plans Highlight Vermont Notices
Arlington residents Helene Thompson and Gerald Coulter Jr. graduate from Bennington SDA school with plans to attend Atlantic Union College and pursue physical education. Jamaica marks bicentennial start with Flag Day events featuring John S. Burgess and Sen Edward G. Janeway, plus a church service and flag-raising ceremony at the town common.
Concerto for fiddle and fire
A fire at the Colonial Inn area destroys the second floor caretaker’s cottage where Phyllis Allen resided. The clash of flames disrupted a calm tennis match as neighbors quickly formed a relief chain moving furniture and clothing to safety. Allen had just inherited 20 horses from the late Adam Stokowski and was at the stables when the blaze started. the second floor apartment rented by Allan and Mears suffered the fire, likely at a television outlet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judson Brown
Arlington
Phyllis Allen
Mears
Powers impressed with Vermont Guardsmen at Fort Drum
Vermont State Rep. Lawrence Powers and nine lawmakers toured Fort Drum, observing Vermont Army National Guard units during training. About 2,700 Guardsmen trained on the 107000 acre post as part of a major field exercise for the 86th Brigade. Powers praised the troops for proficiency with technical equipment and urged Vermonters to be proud of the National Guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FT. Drum
N.Y
Lawrence Powers
North Bennington
Vermont Army National Guard
Bennington
172Nd Armor
Vermont
86Th Brigade
Bennington Guardsmen
Rep. Powers
Gale Harrington
Harrington
Powers
National Guard
Salem man serious after Route 7 head on crash at Potter Hill
A 47 year old Salem man, William W. Groesbeck, was in serious condition at Albany Medical Center Hospital after a head on collision on Route 7 at Potter Hill. The other driver, Ricky A. Lewis of Hoosick Falls, was treated and released and charged with failure to keep right.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Salem
Potter Hill
Albany Medical Center
William W. Groesbeck
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Albany
Putnam Hospital
Ricky A. Lewis
Lewis
Groesbeck Auto
Hoosick Falls Residents Attend Eagles, Alumni Reunion Planned
A group of 38 REAC members traveled May 18 by chartered bus to the Cathedral in the Pines in New Hampshire for services honoring about 700 Fraternal Order of Eagles members. The 102nd Hoosick Falls High School Alumni Reunion set for June 28 at Williams Inn in Williamstown Mass features a 6:30 p.m. cocktail hour, 7:30 p.m. dinner, a short program and dancing with Williams Inn providing music. Guests include spouses and a guest of graduates. 60 year and over class members attend as guests. Tickets available at Thorpe's Pharmacy or from Mrs. Margaret Cottrell. A separate event, a round and square dance at Hoosick Grange Hall on June 7, raises funds for the Town of Hoosick Rescue Squad.
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Retired Eagles Activity Club
REAC
Cathedral
the Pines
New Hampshire
Order of Eagles
Hoosick Falls High School Alumni Association
Williams Inn
Williamstown
Mass
Thorpe’s Pharmacy
Margaret Cottrell
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosick Grange Hall
Town of
Hoosick
Youths to Help Clean Up Hoosic River Program
Williamstown Mass July 1 volunteers from CETA will staff a youth division work crew supervised by HRB CEPA to perform river and tributary cleanups in the Hoosick River basin. The two month effort engages youths aged 14 to 18 in 26 to 30 hours weekly, supplementing HRB CEPA’s River Revival plan with a visible cleanup of debris along miles of riverbanks.
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Williamstown
Mass
CETA
Comprehensive Employment Training Act
Hrbcepa
Hoosick River
Massachusetts
Hoosick River Basin
Berkshire
Terry Learned
Hoosick Grange Notes Highlight Band Concert And Plans
Hoosick Grange held a meeting featuring the Junior Band of Hoosick Falls Central School under William Gaillard. Master Wesley Hall presided as business session opened. N Clifford Cottrell read about The Great American Retreat and helped appoint members to draft resolutions for Carl N Jester’s death. Planned prizes include ten dollars each for top homemaking, automotive, and general business seniors at HFCS. Future events include a June 7 hall gathering with Cortland Cottrell orchestra and Sonny Olsen caller, gingerbread contest June 11, Boy Scout Night June 11, and Scenic America on June 28, with refreshments served post meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Grange
Hoosick Falls Central School
William Gaillard
Master Wesley Hall
N. Clifford Cottrell
Ernest Haas
Ellsworth Stevens
Carl N. Jester
HFCS
Grange
Cortland Cottrell
Sonny Olsen
America
Group 5
Local residents share visits and community events
White Creek and Norwell residents hosted or visited friends across states with youths finishing college at SUNY Oneonta and Champlain College graduates. 4 H Club members prepared for the Greenwich High School Dress Revue while Methodist groups held conferences and women met in Poultney. North Bennington thrift shop sale runs midweek with donations urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jolly Jones
Greenwich High School
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South Cambridge
Margaret Aiken
Kenneth E. Aiken
Bell- Swoboda
Cambridge
Malcolm Hamilton
McClellan Hospital
Jack Norray
Schenectady
Hamilton Home
Paul E. Virtue
Debbie Virtue
Brother Scott
Dorothy Virtue
Coila
Gregory Moon
Shaftsbury
Susan Wold
King Road
Nels Jacobson
Gertrude Aiken
Shaftsbury State Park
Topping Tavern
Eta
Gamma
Delta Kappa Gamma
International Society
Women Educators
Frances
Fannie Horst
Marion Taylor
Miss Taylor
Epsilon Chapter
Evelyn Hurlburt
Mt. Anthony Union High
Helene Thompson
Gerald Coulter Jr
Gerald Coulter
New Braintree
Worcester
Miss Pratt
Colonial Inn
East Arlington
Allan
Arlington Volunteer Fire Department
Dorset
Joan Colgan
Julia Robbins
John C. Robbins
Danby Mt. Road
Madeira School
Greenway
Miss Robbins
Independent College Preparatory School For Girls
Washington, D.C
Madeira
Guides Association
Cytogenetics
Georgetown University Hospital
Robbins
Middlebury College
Ms. Allen
Nathan Bachrach
Hoosic River
OUR Carpet Center
Ynes & Kane, Inc
TERN
Prikick Stores
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
Ralph J. Griswold
Eleanor Niles
John Sullivan
Norwell, Mass
Walter Hulihan
Edward Vabolis
Grosse Point Woods, Mich
Howard Robinson
Melissa Travis
SUNY
Oneonta
Maureen Hulihan
Davock
Peter Baldwin
Highland Village
Ware
Harry Baldwin Jr
W.D. Reardon
Emile Fortin
Maurice Jones
Cornwell
Ontario
Canada
Walter Greenwood
Jermain United Methodist Church
Robert Cook
Ernest Warren
God
Mr. Warren
Gordon Byars
Troy
Methodist Church
Green Mountain College
Poultney
VI. Mesdames Howard Robinson
Maurice Perry
Roy Whitman
United Methodist Women
Kay Luce
North
Craig D. Cherbonneau
Donald Cherbonneau
Hall Street
Champlain College
Burlington
FDIC
Grand Union Empire
Germany
France
England
Ireland
Madkour
Main ST
Benninggton
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