Dawn Symphony of Swampacres Birds Reborn
Narrator recalls a dawn chorus along the Lehigh County swamp, detailing the awakening of birds led by the great crested flycatcher. The scene blends natural poetry with observation of species from robin and wood thrush to catbirds, amid drought, predation threats, and a distant plane overhead. Swampacres Sanctuary is celebrated as a vital refuge amid new development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorset
Walton
Leekauweki
Lehigh County
Bogert
Veery
Vireo
Robin
John Gilbert
Utah
Ludwig
Wolfgang
Venus
Maryland
Reynard
Swampacres
la Guardia
Gander
Swampe Acres
Pownal Methodists Greet New Pastor and Family
Pownal Methodist Church welcomed Rev. David C. Hubbard and his family at a Sunday reception attended by about 70 members. The event featured a hymn themed program and a commemorative cake. Also noted: Penn State conferred doctorates including Kenneth T. Palmer of Dorset Vermont in political science. Executive Scout Troop 47 planned a North Pownal bazaar with booths from Hoosick Falls concessionaire. Ernest R. Langlais received Marine Corps physical achievement certificate at Hoosick Falls Central School Awards Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
University Park
Kenneth T. Palmer
Kirby Hollow Road
Dorset
Pennsylvania State University
Palmer
Boy Scout Troop 47
North Pownal
Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls Central School
Ernest R. Langlais
United States Marine Corps
Langlais
Walloomsac 4H Club Meeting Highlights At Valley Falls
Walloomsac The Flying Tail Riders 4H Club held its monthly meeting at Mrs. Anthony Paladino's home in Valley Falls. Members participated in horse projects and outdoor cookery. William G. Luke is a patient at New York Memorial Hospital in New York City. Mrs. Fred A. Hoag of Breese Hollow visits her son Gordon for two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flying Tail Riders 4H Club
Anthony Paladino
Valley Falls
Surday
William G. Luke
New York Memorial Hospital
New York City
Fred A. Hoag
Breese Hollow
Goredon
Collecting on a Shoestring talk at Southern Vermont Artists meeting
Art Center members and guests will hear A. Montgomery Huntington of Utica describe building a small prints and paintings collection on a tight budget at the SVA semiannual meeting in Manchester. Carlton Howe will report on six months of SVA activity with committee chairmen presenting progress updates. A Winslow Homer exhibition preview and gallery reception follow, open to the public June 23 July 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Robert Strong Woodward
Bartlett Arkell
Southern Vermont Art Center
Southern Vermont
West Mountain
Carl Ruggles
Arlington
Felicia Meyer
Dorset
Robert G. McIntyre
Anne Meyer
Otto Pickhardt
Anne Post
Hungry Bird
Emi Meyer
A. Montgomery Huntington
Utica
N.Y
Vermont
Art Center
Huntington
Tor
Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute of
SVA
Carlton Howe
SVA Activites
Diana Heiskel
Oliver Jennings
Ann Grimes
Bartlett
Area Author's Work To Mark Fitchburg's 200th Birthday
Dorothy Kirkpatrick wrote a historical pageant This Land Was Made For You And Me to mark Fitchburg Massachusetts 200th anniversary. The Bernardian Bowl hosts 400 plus cast members Friday and Saturday at 8 20 p m. Directed by Martha W Daly the show features dancers choruses bands and songs tracing 200 years from an Indian raid to the machine age. A replica of Fitchburg's first locomotive 1845 will be showcased built by local railroad buffs. Fifth Alvah Crocker a great great grandson will play the famous promoter Alvah Crocker. Cost projected at 15000 to 20000 dollars. Tickets at the bowl gate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha W. Daly
Marion Rice Studio
Fitchburg
John Fitch
Alvah Crocker
Hoosac Tunnel
Alvah
Crockers
Fitcheburg
Casals to Lead Master Classes at Marlboro Festival
Pablo Casals the 88 year old cellist will conduct master classes during Marlboro Music School and Festival’s 14th season from June 22 to August 17. The workshop features about 80 concert artists and musicians with Rudolf Serkin as artistic director. Casals will cover Bach and Beethoven cello works and conduct the Marlboro Festival Orchestra. Auditors may attend for the two weeks. The festival runs July 3 to August 16 with weekend concerts and Bach cantatas directed by Blanche Honegger Moyse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlboro
Pablo_ Casals
Rudolf Serkin
Maestro Casals
Marlboro Festival
Music Center
Blanche Honegger-Moyse
Patricia Brooks
Mary Burgess
Dorothy Cole
Jon Humphrey
Ara Berberian
Mieczyslaw Horszowski
Malcolm Frager
Claude Frank
Lilian Kallir
Pina Carmirelli
Antonio David
Lisbon Philharmonic
Gerald Appleman
Cleveland Orchestra
Rohan de Saram
Ceylon
Ornulf Gulbranson
Oslo Philharmonic
Brooks
Cole
Spruce St
Philadelphia
Community Notes From South Cambridge And Surrounds
Mrs. Wilson H Pratt has returned home from Mary McClellan Hospital. Pleasant Valley grange to host a public card party June 23 at 8 pm with nine tables last week and led by Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert Hamilton and Miss Margaret Hopkins. Several local graduates listed for Cambridge Central and Hoosie Valley Central Schools. Children’s Day observed at the Methodist Church with school program and multiple participants. Peonies decorated the sanctuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson H. Pratt
Mary McClellan Hospital
Gunther Bartscherer
New Jersey
Whiteside Road
Foster Goodrich
Westfield
Mass
Pleasant Valley
Frank Baldi
North Olmstead
Ohio
Victor Royal
Center Cambridge
Pleasant Valley Grange
Robert Hamilton
Margaret Hopkins
Sandra Baker
Harold Baker
Peter Matcovich
Albert Tollisen
Richard Eddy
Ernest Eddy
Cambridge Central School
Evan Hadley
Francis Hadley
Hoosie Valley Central School
Betsy Gannon
Thomas Gannon
Greenwich
Greenwich Central School
Methodist Church
Alfred Stannard
Walter McNall
Daughn Austin
Bonnie Pratt
Joy Hamilton
Andrea
Becky
Wilson
Stephen Pratt
Howard
Olive
Patricia
Cheryl
Dorinn Herrington
David
Richard
Wayne Hamilton
Janette Austin
Ernest Trinkle
Walter
Gary McNall
Grievers Get Another Chance In Manchester
Taxpayers appealing new assessments may appear at a Board of Civil Authority hearing set for June 25 and 26 at the Court House. Town Clerk Clara May Hemenway says appeals must be filed by June 18 with her and one of the sisters Henry B. Robinson, Earle J. Fowler, or Walter S. Clemons. The board includes selectmen, the town clerk, and 10 justices of the peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Board of Civil Authority
Court House
Clara May Hemenway
Miss Hemenway
Henry B. Robinson
Earle J. Fowler
Walter S. Clemons
East Arlington Sunderland Residents Make Summer Moves
East Arlington Sunderland notices list Herman Webb at White River Junction Veterans Hospital. Frederick Hepler and family visit Sunderland Flats. Alice Cooke visits Rutland relatives. Edward and family visit New Britain Connecticut. Drazin and Stevenson families stay with Gardner Wright. Dr. Edgar Borgatta and daughter Lynn plan to move from Sunder and to New York with rest of family. Leonard Martin family move to Hoosick Falls New York. Winfield Hall buys Martin house to move in next week. Rolland Pero returns with infant Bradley Craig. two daughters at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Webb
Veterans Hospital
White River Junction
Frederick Hebler
Huntingdon Valley
Sunderland Flats
Alice Cooke
Sunderland
Rutland
Edward Beagle
New Britain
Conn
Elias Drazin
Passaci
N.J
Thomas Stevenson
Florida
Gardner Wright
Edgar Borgatta
University of Wisconsin
Lynn
Sunderand
New York
Leonard Martin
Audrey
Carol
Sunderland Hill
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Martin
Manchester approves 12.38 tax rate and Grand List
The Manchester Board of Selectmen set a tax rate of 12.38 dollars per thousand, six cents higher than last year, with a Grand List of 35 039.31. The town budget totals and allocations include school and highway funds, while attorney consultations precede an expected Civil Authority appeal by aggrieved taxpayers. The meeting also covered Grand Union’s new Manchester Center store project with sewer extensions, parking for 138 cars, and a two-storefront renovation plan set for fall opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Board of Selectmen
Listers
John G. Hutton Jr
Board of Civil Authority
Sidney J. Meachem
Earl E. Laviana
Bomoseen
Manchester Center
Grand Union Company
Laviana
Grand Union
Hoosick Falls Elks Host Flag Day Observances and Arrest Reports
Hoosick Falls Elks held annual Flag Day ceremonies in Woods Memorial Park with Benedict W. Nowik as principal speaker and Walter Wirmusky recounting flag history. A parade featured the Hoosick Falls Central School Band, Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts. Home Guard served as color guard. Detained were William Schneider of Cambridge on motor vehicle violations with bail set at 25 dollars, and Ralph Stone of North Petersburg on assault third degree with bail 250 dollars. Five Troop 64 members received Ad Altare Dei awards at an Albany CYO demonstration. Also notes Howard Morey’s California trip to visit son Douglas at Travis AFB.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls Lodge of Elks
Woods Memorial Park
Benedict W. Nowik
Walter Wirmusky
Hoosick Falls Central School Band
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
Home Guard
Charles Frazier
John Delarey
William Schneider
Camebridge
Schneider
Town of Hoosick
Thomas G. Restino
Restino
Ralph Stone
North Petersburg
Stone
Rensselaer
John L. Jones
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Church of the Immaculate Conception
CYO
Albany
William Marcoux
Anthony J. Wirmusky
James Gorman
Stanley Butkas
Donald Fleming
Dennis Shaw
William Gorman
John Barber
James
Howard Morey
Douglas
Travis AF Base
California
Fairfield
N.Y
Air Force Base
Manchester Police Report Car Stolen
Police investigate theft of a black 1961 Ford convertible from W. Howard Manley’s door yard after he left keys in the ignition. A golf bag, clubs, and a man's sweater valued highly were also taken. Chief Howard G. Brophy leads the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
W. Howard Manley
Manley
Howard G. Brophy
Mountain Towns Bus Line Schedule Update
The Peo ples Bus Line adds a daily Brattleboro to Bennington run departing 9 20 a m from Brattleboro First National Shopping Center and arriving 10 40 a m at Bennington Bus Depot. Bennington to Brattleboro runs 10 45 to 11 59 a m. An additional Thu Fri Sat Sun service from Brattleboro at 5 45 p m arrives Bennington 7 15 p m with return 7 50 p m to Brattleboro 9 15 p m. Passengers may be picked up or discharged en route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s Bus Line
Brattleboro
First National
Canal Street
Bennington
Six Cubs Win Top Catholic Scout Award
Six members of Cub Scout Pack 64 sponsored by the Church of the Immaculate Conception received the Pervuli Dei Award at a Monday night ceremony. Recipients were Luke Fleming James Monahan Kevin Cullen John Mullen Dennis McGuire and Daniel Delarey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Luke Fleming
James Monahan
Kevin Cullen
John Mullen
Dennis McGuire
Daniel Delarey
Joseph Cullen
Cullen
Hoolick Falls St Marys Academy installs new HSA officers
New officers of the Home School Association of St Marys Academy were inducted at a Monday night meeting in the school library. Installing officer was Mrs Norman Myers, retiring president. Officers seated were Mrs Richard Powers Sr president, Mrs David Fleming vice president, Mrs James Sennett secretary and Mrs William Nugent treasurer. Discussions covered summer school plans National Honor Society requirements and girls uniforms. Father Cook spoke on scholarship and discipline and thanked retiring officers including Mrs Myers and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoolick Falls
N.Y
Home School Association of
St. Mary’s Academy
Norman Myers
Richard Powers Sr
David Fleming
James Sennett
William Nugent
Thomas Cook
OSA
National Honor Society
Father Cook
Mary Sheila
Association
Myers
Frank Kennedy
Philip Martinez
Gabriel Crucetti
Military service notices mix for local residents and graduates
AM 3rd Class Russell J. Taxter, son of Mrs Russell Taxter, plans Kadena AFB Okinawa after July graduation and a 30 day leave. AM 3rd Class Brian Powers stationed at Shepherd AFB hopes for Manchester mail and may visit in July. Peter McNamara, Burr and Burton Seminary 1954 grad, to teach at Georgetown University in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell J. Taxter
Russell Taxter
Shepherd Afb
Texas
Kadena Afb
Okinawa
Manchester
Brian Powers
Powers
Taxter
Peter McNamara
Burr and Burton Seminary
Georgetown University
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Penn State
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The
Pownals
Vera Langlais
Walloomsac
Bertha Hoag
Mark Fitchburg
South Cambridge
Margaret Aiken
East Arlington
Amelia Lawrence
Edith Beaumont
Eagles
Hoosick Falls Aerie of Eagles
Raymond Burdick
Clement Pytko
Leo Surdam Sr
Roland Springer
Philip Gorman
Robert McGarvin
Gordon Brenenstuhl
Forrest Burdick
Earl Kenney
Harold Thomas
Carlo Walter
Constance M. Jordan
Carroll
Main St
Lifetim
Somers
ROLL
Bennington, VT
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