Hoosick Falls Hosts 65th McGuire Anniversary Celebration
Edith Beaumont and Mrs. Mable W. Hewitt attended a Berkshire Genealogical Society seminar at the Berkshire Museum on June 12 conducted by George Everton Jr. of Logan Utah. A Huntington Long Island group visited Hoosick Falls for the 65th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. John McGuire at Hill Krest. The event drew 38 immediate relatives and was organized by their children. Girl Scout Troop 493 won a Blue Ribbon for “Chore Girls” at the Hudson Valley Bicentennial Fair on June 5. Cadette Troop 364 also joined the Bicentennial Parade with a self-made float.
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Mable W. Hewitt
River St
Berkshire Genealogical Society
Berkshire Museum
Geroge Everton Jr
Logan
Utah
Hewitt
Joseph Wilson
Shaftsbury
Norman Rockwell
John McGuire
Paul
Kerry
Kevin McGuire
Maureen
Laura
Anthony Favara
John
Dawn Carter
Huntington
Long Island
Hoosick Falls
Fred McGuire
Theresa Eighmey
Mary McInerney Haynes
McGuires
Hudson Valley
Schaghticoke Fairgrounds
Manchester pool opens with summer classes announced
Manchester Recreation Pool officially opened on Saturday June 12 with new activities planned. A Ducks Unlimited meeting is set for June 21 at 7 p.m. at the Avalance Motor Lodge, plus Red Cross Learn-to-Swim sessions begin June 21. Five two week sessions run June 12 to Aug 27 with daily classes for ages five and up and a parent day on the last day of each session.
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Manchester
Ducks Unlimited
Avalance Motor
Red Cross
Long Trail School brightens year of progress and funding
Long Trail School completed its first year with a $3,000 budget surplus on a $30,000 total. Donations reached $13,300, led by a $5,000 gift from a New York foundation that prefers anonymity. The school seeks about $15,000 next year to raise salaries and expand enrollment beyond its current cap of 20 students.
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State Board of Education
Wilson
State Education Department
Edward L. Ryan
State Board
Long Trail
Ryan
New York
Washington, D.C
Harvard
Castleton State
Snow geese visit Hamilton farm and church activities
A Sequel note recalls three snow geese circling over Hamilton farm then landing to graze and later taking off. The piece ponders migration timing and local nesting possibilities. Combined church service at Eagle Bridge United Methodist Church June 20 at 9:30 am with Rev. Burdess, summer time in effect. Youth cook-out and ball game follow at 2:30 pm.
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Hamilton Farm
Circuit
Eagle Bridge United Methodist Church
Harry Burdess
Troy
Dyke Farm
Eagle Bridge
Dorset Nursing Association Elects Officers for New Year
At a Dorset Church vestry meeting on June 15 the Dorset Nursing Association re elected officers led by President Alexander T. Baldwin and Treasurer William Cruikshank. The Endowment Fund chair is A L Peirson Jr and By Laws head is Louis Grodsky.
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Dorset Nursing Association
Dorset
Alexander T. Baldwin
William Cruikshank
A.L. Peirson Jr
Louis Grodsky
John Callaway
Margaret Bennett
Frank Shattuck
Jacques Mitchell, Jr
Landfill funding talks stall amid overflow concerns
Arlington Manchester Dorset and Sunderland officials met at the Bennington County Regional Commission to tackle rapid filling of the Sun derland five town landfill brush dump area. No Sandgate rep attended. A proposed negative incentive fee to deter large loads was discussed but no agreement reached. Each town will seek board approval to renegotiate contracts with landfill owners Herb and John Wessner to possibly include such fees.
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Arlington
Manchester
Dorset
Sunderland
Bennington County Regional Commission
Fivetown
Boards of Selectmen
Herb
John Wessner
BCRC
Chris Heins
Heins
Wessners
Betty Tynan retires as Arlington school nurse
Betty Tynan is honored at Arlington Memorial High School upon retirement after decades serving as school nurse for Fisher Schools and Sunderland schools since 1948. Also leaving are several faculty members while Class of 1980 awards and certificates are handed out amid student recognitions and post ceremony activities.
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Betty Tynan
Arlington
Arlington Memorial High School
Tynan
Fisher
High School
Sunderland
Willian Towne
Sandra Riley
Timothy Guetti
Katheryn Arbour
Douglas Shick
Towne
Daniel Foster
Pownal Church and Library Events This Weekend
The Solomon Wright Library in Pownal will be open Saturday 9 am to noon and Monday 12 45 pm to 4 45 pm. Our Lady of Lourdes Church Ladies Guild holds a summer food sale Saturday 10 am to 2 pm at the church in North Pownal. Alcoholics Anonymous meets Saturday at 8 pm at the Pownal Recreational Community Center. North Pownal Congregational Church Sunday worship at 10 15 am features the sermon Father from Matthew 3 17. Junior sermon titled Legacy To My Son.
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Solomon Wright
Ladies Guild of Our Lady of Lourdes
North
Pownal
Alcoholics Anonymous
North Pownal
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Edith Beaumont
Main St
Hill Krest
Howard Haynes
Hedges Lake
D.C
Long Trail School
Bob Feltman
Dorset Sportsmen's Club
South Cambridge
Margaret Aiken
Monument Plaza
Athing & Gould Jevelers
Dennington Sace
Joan Colgan
Terry Meachem
Margaret Bennet
Bey Candle Mill
East
Ari Vermon
Ington
David Blackburger
Brian Bushee
Wade Caler
Sandra Colehammer
Richard Cone
Stacey Dietrich
Kathleen Farrell
Francis Fischer
Margaret Grover
Grees Gunther
Pamela Hayes
Richard Hess
Kim Hoard
Colleen Jones
Teresa King
Lee Knapp
Kathleen Knight
Christopher Luurtsema
Jem
John Mackeey
Andrew Mahler
Mary Martin
Alan Mattison
Timothy Mattison
Sherry Monte
Arthur O’dea
Dennis Pickering
Susan Pike
Carole Sinclair
Lori Snow
Mary Stroffoleno
Sandra Stratton
Macheath Stuecken
Mark Szabo
Shawn Thomas
Michael Walsh
April Wilkinson
John Wylie
Susan Young
Kelly Mattison
Jill Coley
Christy Hess
Kim Wyman
Brenda Hoyt
Jean Macksey
Pam Hayes
John Macksey
Bennington
DAR
Christopher Weakley
Dow Jones Co
James Secor
RPI
Jim Poulin
Carol Sinclair
Kathy Farrell
Sonya Ryan
Francis Sinay
Vermont Historical Society
Edmund
Charles Hon
Anne Towne
Susan Blair
Eileen Whitley
Sylvia Vaughn
Denise Laskey
Ed Knight
Stacey Cummings
Mat Corrow
Brenda Dorr
Elaine Elmore
Holli Gunther
Bruce Kraeuter
Gretchen Kreel
Matthew Corrow
Deborah Hayes
James Poulin
Susan Woodard
Wendy Rochelle
AMHS
Dorothy O’dea
Wanda Salter
Rosemary Burke
Chris Weakley
Brian Selfering
Charles Farrell
Janice Kelleher
Jean Farrell
Vermont Heart Association
Arlene Farrell
Margaret Weakley
Junion High
Ken Towsley
Joe Stroffoleno
Raymond Grover
Mark King
Adam Woodard
Mark Manross
Glenn Crofut
Chris Woodard
Pat Hawley
Seth King
Chip Webster
Malcolm Tifft
Scott Walsh
Brian Capron
Josiah Miles
Allen Tschorn
Ronnie Chenard
John Riess
Tim Clayton
Greg Gunther
Kevin Cone
Art O’dea
Mac Stueckien
Andy Mahler
Pat Burke
Mike Walsh
Pamela Blakeman
Summel
Wwthawsfran
Mass
North Adams
eMartex eBates eNorth Star
Springmaid
Dad
Cook
Papa
Vermont
Pownol
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