Williams College to Graduates First Coed Class of Women
Williams College in Williamstown mass will graduate its first seven women on Sunday June 6 with Joan F Hertzberg head of the class 1971 summa cum laude She will pursue psychology graduate work after earning a Clark Fellowship The 281 men in the class also include 21 economics graduates from developing nations The commencement speaker is renowned microbiologist Renee J Dubos The outdoor exercises are slated for Mission Park at 2 30 p m with Chapin Hall as rain site Class Day precedes commencement and features ivy planting and a watch drop from the Thompson Memorial Chapel tower The Alchemist will be staged by Cap Bells Saturday at 6 p m The program includes prize presentations for academic excellence
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Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
Joan F. Hertzberg
Vassar
Skokie
Ill
Clark
Rockefeller University
Time Magazine
Williams
Center For Development Economics
Mission Park
Chapin Hall
Tower of Thompson Memorial Chapel
Baxter Hall
Ben Jonson
Cap & Bells
Arlington selectmen hear Lindsey zoning request amid tense hearing
At a town selectmen hearing in Arlington Robert Lindsey seeks to place a mobile home on his property in a residential area with one half acre minimums. Attorney Arthur O Dea challenges lot size and impact on neighbors while expert realtor John B deBrun estimates local property values could fall if a mobile home is approved.
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Arlington
Robert Lindsey
Arthur O’dea
Lindsey
O’dea
Richard Hagelberg
Robert V. Jones
Jones
Shaftsbury
John B. deBrun
Arlington Realtor
Lindsay
deBrun
Hoosick Falls Parade Opens With Rescue Squad Field Days
A Saturday parade feature in Hoosick Falls begins at 10 a.m. in front of the Municipal Building and winds along John Street to the Athletic Field with police, rescue squads, fire departments, marching groups, and a reviewing stand. Local hospital patients and nursing students from Skidmore College are noted, along with a Boy Scout Troop 64 meeting to plan a Canada camping trip.
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Hoosick Falls
Town of Hoosick
Johnsonville
Mavericks Drum & Bugle Corps
Schaghticoke
Hoosick
Raymertown
North Hoosick
Pownal
Center Brunswick
White Creek
Petersburg
Cambridge Valley
HFCS
Esther Bogardus Eaton
West Hoosick
Bennington
Universal Group
North Bennington
Red Cross
John Street
Church
Main
Barton Avenue
John Murphy
James M. Brahan
the Bank
Nicholas J. Mahoney Jr
The
Standard Press
West Arlington Church Ladies Aid Meets June Seventh
The West Arlington Methodist Church Ladies Aid holds its monthly meeting Monday evening June 7 at 8 in the Community House beside the church. A youth group organizational meeting for ages 12 to 18 at the Community House on Tuesday June 8 is canceled. a new date will be announced.
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West Arlington Methodist Church Ladies’ Aid
James Shea Among 203 to Graduate at Mount Hermon
Gill Mass Mount Hermon School set 85th commencement for tomorrow with 203 candidates. James S. Shea Jr of Shaftsbury listed among grads. Bruce M. Landsale to speak. he directs The American Farm School in Thessaloniki and sits on Pinewood Schools board. Shea plans to enter University of Denver in fall.
Fishing Derby at Warm Brook Sponsored by Arlington Club
The Arlington Fish and Game Club will host a derby at Warm Brook from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday for children 12 and under with many prizes and refreshments. An auction at 1 p.m. will open the Arlington Lions Club Summer Carnival on July 10 at Laskey Memorial Swimming Pool, with Edward Doyle and committee members collecting donations.
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Arlington Fish and Game Club
Warm Brook
Arlington Lions Club
Laskey Memorial
Edward Doyle
Edgar Blair
Philip Bahan
Leland Rudd
Larry Brush
Dorset Nursing Association Annual Meeting and Clinic
The Dorset Nursing Association will hold its annual meeting on Monday June 7 at 8 p.m. in Dorset Elementary School with Getty Page of the Vermont Medical Society as guest speaker. Reports on community health and association health programs, plus a trustees slate, will be presented. A pre‑school and well baby clinic follows at Dorset Church Tuesday June 8 from 9 to 11 a.m. A physician will attend and immunization records are required. Transportation help is available by calling 3622072 Monday 1 to 4 p.m.
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The
Dorset Nursing Association
Dorset
Getty Page
Vermont Medical Society
Community Health and Association
Dorset Church
North Bennington Notes Highlight Local Graduations and Plans
North Bennington clergy invite Mt Anthony High School 1971 graduates to 7 p.m. mass on Saturday June 5 in caps and gowns. Jeffrey Crane, son of Paul and Judy Crane, earned a French major B.A. with departmental honors and will study at Middlebury Language School then in France. Stephen Hopkins, son of Henry and Mrs Hopkins, earned a B.S. at Union College Barbourville Ky, from North Bennington High, major social studies. Union conferred about 100 bachelor degrees and 30 masters. Helen Flood of North Bennington marked 25 years at Sibley Mfg Co. She handles Challenge eyelet sales, accounts payable/receivable and payroll operations. William Hayes, son of Betty Hayes, earned a B.International Management from Thunderbird Graduate School in Phoenix after studying political science at the University of San Francisco and will pursue a master's in international management in Phoenix this fall.
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Michael Demasi
St. John’s Church
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Paul M. Crane
Judy
Clinton
N.Y
Hamilton College
Crane
Jeffrey
Jeff
Middlebury College
Middlebury
France
Stephen Hopkins
Henry S. Hopkins
Main St
Union College
Barbourville
North Bennington High School
United Methodist Church
Helen Flood
North Bennington
E.L. Sibley Mfg. Co
Bennington
Joes
Flood
William M. Hayes
Phoenix
Ariz
Thunderbird Graduate School of International Management
University of San Francisco
Hayes
Betty Hayes
Sage Street
Jane Leahy
North Adams
Mass
Tember
Thunderbird
Dorset school bond plan meets board opposition
Dorset’s plan to issue a 56000 bond for a two room elementary addition drew objections from the school board which questions reappraisal hikes up to seven hundred percent. Sisters defended the method based on land value and recent sales data from the Vermont Tax Department.
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Dorset
Listers
Herbert Simmons
Arthur W. Gilbert
Barbara Smith
TV Color Crew Films Highland Folk Heritage Segment
A large remote mobile TV unit from Hershey Pennsylvania and an 18 member WITF channel 33 COLOR crew filmed in Eagle Bridge and Petersburg for a one hour program The American Highlands host Bob Beers and co producer Clark Santee planned scenes featuring Grandma Moses family and local folk artists They filmed in Beers home Moses Schoolhouse museum and Hoosac School and planned a Shaker Village scene in Hancock Massachusetts The show will be aired nationwide next October and covers a nine county Pennsylvania area.
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Eagle Bridge
N.Y
Hershey
Education
WITF
Channel 33
Forrest Moses
American Highlands
United States
Bob Beers
Petersburg
Bob
Evelyne Beers
Beers
Clark Santee
Santee
Grandma Moses
Moses
Larry Older
Saranac Lake
Adirondack
Sara Cleveland
Grant Rogers
Catskills
Hoosac School
Bob and
Hancock
Mass
Pennsylvania
Pownal News: Honor for Barrett III and Scout Outing
Mrs. John R. Barrett III of North Adams earns a spot in the 1970 71 Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities. Irene Tremblay of Chelmsford leads North Adams State College junior and senior classes and plans to teach emotionally disturbed children. Brownies from Girl Scout Troop 419 toured Fairdale Farms and Bennington Monument with Barb Harwood and Doris Haley assisting. Barber's Pond opens for summer with a family season fee and Red Cross swimming instruction planned July 6 to 16 led by William Bradford with life-saving classes Saturdays.
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John R. Barrett III
North Adams
Mass
Pownal
Irene L. Tremblay
Chelmsford
North Adams State College
Airport Commission
Joseph R. Bianco
Otwelve Brownies
Barbara Harwood
Doris Haley
Sharon Haley
Fairdale Farms
Louis Dodge
Barber’s Pond
Herbert E. Lewis
Red Cross
William Bradford
Bennington
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Selectman Challenged
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Currier Hall
Roger Sessions
Rita Doyle
Waldron Avenue
Mary McClellan Hospital
Prudence Tatro
First St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Stanley Arasim
River Road
Susan Elliott
John Y. Eliott
Main Street
New York University Medical Center
Skidmore College
Saratoga
Miss Elliott
College Library
Bennington Day Nursery
Barbara Braun
Palm Beach
Fla
Toledo
Ohio
Martha Elliott
Vassar College
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Canada
National Council
B.S.A
Richard A. Severson
Severson
West Arlington
Sandgate
Kay Weeks
James Shea
Helene Thompson
Sibley
New England
New York
William Hayes
Save Way
Mammoth Mart
Mastercharge and Bankamericard
Mattie Furniture Inc
Vermont
Elk Street
Elisabeth Gilbert
Board of Civil Authority
Gilbert
Terry Tyler
Tyler
Helen Mack
Tilton
N.H
Frederic C. Hirsch
Martin H. Hirsch
Hale House
East Arlington
Tilton School
Earl Warren
U.S. Supreme Court
Winnipesaukee River
New Hampshire
Frederic Hirsch Tilton
North ST. Bennington, VT
Pownals
Vera Langlais
Bennington Monument
Carroll Restaurant
Berkshires
Motor Inn
Cold Spring Rd
Blue Flame Gas Service
Elm Street
Hoosick Falls, N.Y
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