North Shire District Hires Deputy Superintendent
Manchester supt Neil E. Cross announced Stewart G. Davis of Hanover New Hampshire has been hired by the Benn ington Rutland Supervisory Union as assistant superintendent for the North Shire district beginning July 1. Davis will serve as assistant superintendent.
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Manchester
Neil E. Cross
Stewart G. Davis
Hanover
N.H
Bennington Rutland Supervisory Union
Davis
Shaftsbury Youth Wins RPI Degree
Ronald F. Gratz son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Gratz graduates from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy N Y with a B E E and earns a U S Navy ensign commission. He heads to San Diego for 12 weeks officer engineering school then serves aboard the U S S Pritchett DD 561. He has a long career in education across Hanover N H Cardigan Mountain School Lynnfield High Stratford Conn Sewanhaka Floral Park and more, with a wife and two children.
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Hanover
Lyme
Oxford
Dresden
Norwich
Hanover High School
Cardigan Mountain School
Canaan
N.H
Lynnfield Jr. High School
Lynnfield
Mass
Stratford
Conn
Sociation of
New England Association of School Superintendents
New Hampshire Association of School Superintendents
Davis
Sewanhaka High School
Westminster College
New Wilmington
N.Y. State College For Teachers
Albany
Teachers College
Columbia University
Reading Institute
Temple University
Plymouth State College
Arlington to Send 12 Students to MATHS
Arlington plans to transport about a dozen students to Mount Anthony Union High School vocational programs by the next school directors meeting. Principal William Towne urged more subsidy or a Grades 9-12 activity card to cover rising extracurricular costs as Marble Valley League participation may raise expenses.
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Arlington
Mount Anthony Union High School
William Towne
Towne
Arlington Memorial High School
Marble Valley League
John H. Williams II
AMHS
Fisher Elementary School
Steven Bliss
Fisher
Castleton
Walter J. Corey
Arnold Wilcox
Wilcox
Gregory Cullinan
Alfred T. Granger
Hanover
N.H
SVA Spring Meeting Set
Southern Vermont Artists will gather at the Manchester art center Saturday at 2 30 p m for the regular spring meeting. President Carleton Howe notes progress reports on the Arkell Endowment Fund and the Music Pavilion construction, plus a Study Committee update chaired by Willard A Riggins with Peter Schoffstall. Samuel Robinson Ogden of Landgrove will read from his new book of verse Vermont's Year after the meeting.
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Manchester
Southern Vermont
Art Center
Carleton Howe
Arkell Endowment Fund
Music Pavilion
Willard A. Riggins
Peter Schoffstall
Mrs. Simmering to Move Beauty Spot to Manchester Center
Mrs. Helen Simmering of Poultney will move her Dor set Beauty Spot to the Manchester Shopping Center early next month. She also runs a beauty salon in Poultney. Out-of-town guests attend Mr and Mrs Earl Fisher open house for their 50th wedding anniversary with several relatives from West Rupert Brattleboro Pawlet Hudson Falls N Y and others. The Manchester Welfare and Nursing Association launches its annual appeal to fund operations and a forthcoming Child Development Center closure is noted.
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Helen Simmering
Poultney
Dorset
Manchester
Earl Fisher
Merritt Morey
Raymond Fisher
Rena Mills
West Rupert
Leslie Smith
Pawlet
Raymond C. Fisher
Ruth Whitaker
Brattleboro
Lester A. Brown
Hudson Falls
N.Y
Evelyn H. Beattie
Peru
Mt. Laurel
Bennington Rescue Squad Joins New York Association
HOOLICK FALLS N Y Benedict A Nowik assistant director of Rensselaer County Civil Defense will be guest speaker at the monthly meeting of the Rensselaer County Ambulance and Rescue Association Thursday at the Johnsonville Fire House Nowik will discuss coordinating personnel and equipment for a county disaster plan unfolding in detail after 18 months of work The plan and committees chaired by George Santerre and William Ryan have organized drills to support the plan and will be presented by Santerre and Richard Severson The Town of Bennington Rescue Squad has joined the county association Also Pony League practice is set for Memorial Field and community notices cover a garden pilgrimage and transport contacts
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Hoolick Falls
N. Y
Benedict A. Nowik
Rensselaer County Civil Defense
Rensselaer County Ambulance and Rescue Association
Johnsonville
Nowik
George Santerre
Poestenkill Rescue Squad
William Ryan
South Schodack Rescue Squad
Santerre
Richard Severson
County Association
Town of Bennington
Flower Show Honors Walter Hard in Manchester Vermont
The Garden Club of Manchester hosts a July 13 flower show at the Southern Vermont Art Center themed This Is Vermont. It commemorates Walter Hard, lifelong resident and literary figure, with Anne Mauger coordinating a life-focused exhibit using items loaned by his widow, Margaret. Tea runs 3 to 5 p.m. Co chairs are Mrs. G Murray Campbell and Mrs. Reginald Heard. honorary chair is Mrs. Howard J. Marsden.
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Manchester
Vermont
Garden Club of
Walter Hard
Anne Mauger
Margaret S. Hard
Southern Vermont Art Center
G. Murray Campbell
Reginald Heard
Howard J. Marsden
Manchester Elementary Holds Promotion Exercises
Thirty two students at Mainster Elementary received diplomas at a 45 minute ceremony in the school gym. Principal Donald R. Shanks announced his departure to New Jersey. Kath leen J. O’Leary and several students earned multiple awards including the DAR Award MES Science Award and VFW prizes.
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Manchester
Mainster
Kathleen J. O’leary
Donald R. Shanks
Daughters of the American Revolution
MES
VFW
Pamela A. Reynolds
Wisell
Michelle West
Dori Riker
Sharon Lynn Krenz
Shanks
North Shire
New Jersey
Hoosick Falls Weekend Visitors and Local News Briefs
Hoosick Falls hosts visiting family members including Philadelphia priest Rev Kenneth Kennedy and Mr and Mrs J Frank Kennedy. Local councilman Edward Gorman received emergency medical care in Albany but returned home. A birth announcement records the Zagarski’s son born May 30 at Wesson Memorial Hospital in Springfield. Ponderosa Night by Hoosick Falls Elks Lodge drew about 200 attendees with a steak dinner for 150 and a dance featuring Daski’s orchestra. Troop 64 BSA will suspend Sunday meetings until September with camp Wakpominee activities planned in August. pre camp trainings set for June 22 and 26 and a parents’ meeting June 28.
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Kenneth Kennedy
O.S.A
Philadelphia
J. Frank Kennedy
Abbott St
William Rourke III
Christopher John
Phoenix
Ariz
William Rourke II
Hoosick Street
Edward Gorman
Albany Medical Center
Adam Zagarski
Chicopee
Mass
Wesson Maternity Hospital
Springfield
Zagarski
Barbara O’dell
Hoosick Falls
Kenneth O’dell
Adam Zagarski Sr
Hop Sing
Franklin Tate
Ben Cartwright
Scout News Troop
BSA
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St. Anstem’s College
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