Battenkill Grange Hears Memorial Service and New Scholarship
At Battenkill Grange 487 meeting on Wednesday, Chaplain George Cooledge led memorial rites for 48 deceased members including Clarence J. Decker Sr. Flowers and candles honored the dead while readings and prayers marked the service. A business vote created a $100 annual scholarship at Arlington Memorial High School for a qualifying graduate to pursue vocational education, selected by school authorities.
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Roy Crofut
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Fred Lemberg
Rthan Allen Pomona
Shirley Matteson
Belle Decker
Hoy Crofut
Alford Clayton
Sinatra Plans to Sing Again
Frank Sinatra says he will return to singing on a limited basis, avoiding large crowds. He will record, act in films, and produce TV specials for small groups, after retiring two years ago and sometimes appearing publicly at select events.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Frank Sinatra
Sinatra
UCLA
White House
Hoosick Falls Community Notices and Outings
Hoosick Falls residents Edith Beaumont and family return from Virginia Beach. Senior Class Day outing at Hidden Valley Dude Ranch Lake Luzerne with Mrs. Nancy Von Haggin. Future Teachers Association outing to Shelburne Museum with William Gaillard. Trips funded by food-sales profits. Local hospital transfers and patient updates. Church and civic group events listed for the week including Legion meetings, Red Mt OBS, and graduation preparations.
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Hidden Valley Dude Ranch
Lake Luzerne
Nancy von Haggin
Future Teachers Association
Hodsick Falls Central School
Shelburne Museum
Shelburne
William Gaillard
Balloon Day Science project sparks Arlington unity
The Balloon Day Science effort at Fisher Elementary School in Arlington drew K through 6th graders into a May event that fostered community. Only four of 328 filled-out cards were returned, with Mary Kraeutler winning the Kodak Instamatic, while Ted Williams of Cambridge won another balloon prize. James Stroffelene was named as balloon owner in a photo with Inez Smith and Eva Manross.
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Arlington
West Mountain
Shaftsbury
Mary Kraeutler
Ted Williams
Cambridge
N.Y
Cambridge Fair Grounds
James Stroffelene
Pownal Elementary spring concert and postmeeting plans
The Pownal Elementary School band and chorus will present a spring concert at 7 p.m. in the school gym under Mrs. Francis Snyder and Mrs. Doris Kycia. Afterward the F G will meet to vote on how this year’s funds should be used. Principal Bernard Bisson will speak on school goals.
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North Bennington Home Demonstration Meeting Details
The Lake Paran Home Demonstration Group meets Tuesday at 1 30 pm at the home of Mrs Daisy Elwell in North Bennington.
Boccaccio to Open Williamstown Theatre Second Company Season
Kenneth Cavander returns as director for Williamstown Theatre Second Company with Boccaccio expanded as a full evening with music by Richard Peaslee. The program spans six to seven productions touring western and central Massachusetts and eastern New York State, opening July 5 with Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw. Cavander notes his diverse theatre background and recent grants while expanding Boccaccio’s exploration of love and human foibles through song and sketches.
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Arthur Kopit
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New York
Yale Repertory Theatre
England
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Beatings At Windsor Prison Reported By Officials
A UPI report says two Windsor State Prison inmates Richard Cronin and Wayne Carlson were allegedly beaten by several guards after being moved to punitive segregation following an attempted escape on June 2. Hunan Services Secretary Thomas Davis said the claim is very possible and the Windsor County attorney Paul Hudson will investigate. Carlson, a Canadian citizen, is charged with escape from Burlington Correctional Center and related offenses.
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Windsor County
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Creeiing
Hudson
Mass
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Burlington
Farmer dies en route to fire at his Pittsford barn
Francis A. Lovejoy 61 of Plain Road suffered a fatal heart attack while driving a tractor toward a burning barn on his property in Pittsford early Sunday. The seizure occurred about 2 15 a m and he was pronounced dead at the scene by Dr J Carleton Stickney. The barn was gutted with suspicious origin. Lovejoy born in Pittsford November 28 1907 operated a Palomino horse farm for years. He was a member and former governor of the Rudwich Royal Order of Manse. Survived by his widow Marjorie Flood Lovejoy two sisters and several nieces and nephews.
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Plain Road
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J. Carleton Stickney
Pitliford
Rudwich
Royal Order of Manse
Marjorie Flood Lovejoy
Kennedy backs statewide lottery for education funding
House Speaker Walter Kennedy urged a statewide lottery to fund education at the Sugarbush Conference. He warned a difficult path in the legislature though expected strong public support in a referendum. He called for better Education Department liaison and defended property taxes as the sole basis for funding.
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State Department of Education
Chelsea
General Assembly
Rensselaer jail holds first cattle thief in years
In Schaghticoke area patrol officers arrested Marcel B. Bedard, 42, of Troy, after finding him with a butchered bull in his car on Route 40. the animal belonged to Robert Wolfersheim of Schaghticoke. Bedard is jailed without bail on criminal possession of stolen property charges. A juvenile aid division proposal was filed in the Rensselaer County Legislature to create a unit under the sheriff to handle youth offenses and referrals from agencies.
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Lansingburgh
Berkshire bypass poll shows split public opinion
In Pittsfield, WBEC radio poll finds 38. per cent in favor of the $45 million western bypass, 47.1 per cent opposed, and 24.5 per cent undecided. State Transportation Secretary Altshuler and Public Works Commissioner Campbell say completion depends on elected officials' approval or disapproval.
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WBEC
Alan Altshuler
State Department of Transportation
Bruce Campbell
Day care center gets $10,000 grant in North Adams
Massachusetts Office for Children in Boston allocated 10,000 to the Northern Berkshire family day care program announced by program director Theresa Cacman. An outgrowth of Monument Square day care, the program has existed since March 1, 1973 and serves 24 children aged 5 to fall day, five days a week year round.
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Massachusetts
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Berkshire
Theresa Cacman
Monument Square
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