First Van Surdam concert in Wood Memorial Park
The Van Surdam Band opens the Wood Memorial Park concert series directed by Ralph A. Bacon of Cohoes with eight consecutive summer shows. Rain dates shift to Thursday. June 30 concert starts at 7 30 p.m. to fit in a Sweet Silence set from Troy sponsored by the South Advisory Council.
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van Surdam
Wood Memorial Park
Ralph A. Bacon
Cohoes
Sweet Silence
Troy
South Advisory Council
Barn fire ties five departments in four-hour loss
In Hoosick Falls area, five fire departments including North Hoosick Hoosick Falls White Creek Buskirk fought a barn fire on North Hoosick Road that destroyed the hay filled structure after a tractor inside burst into flames. Firefighters ran low on water, tanker shuttles to Hoosick Falls supplied hydrants. No injuries reported. Barn owner Sherman Herrington of Johnson Hill Road.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
North Hoosick Road
Route 22
North Hoosick
White Creek
Buskirk
Hoosick
Swimming lessons at Lake Paran with Halstead in charge
William E. Halstead will head a free summer swimming program at Lake Paran, underwritten by the Bennington Chapter of the Red Cross and Paran Corporation. Registration occurs July 1 and 2 mornings. lessons run July 6 to July 22 starting at 9 am.
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William E. Halstead
Lake Paran
Bennington
American Red Cross
The
Paran Corporation
Halstead
Veterans of WWI and Ladies Auxiliary hold 12th Vermont convention
The Burlington gathering at the Elks Club drew a strong turnout from Arlington Manchster Bar racks 3 116 and other delegates as Dept Commander Joseph Lobravico of Shaftsbury led Vermont in membership gains, with talks by Rep Robert Stafford Floyd Henderson and others and elections naming H Leon Sheppard Northfield as commander and Eugene MacLean Manchester as senior vice. The event included a Fort Johnson lunch with the National Guard and a VA Center construction update at White River Junction, ending with a memorial for departed members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Veterans of
Ladies Auxiliary of
Vermont
Elks Club
Arlington-Manchester
Dept
Joseph Lobravico
Shaftsbury
National Guard
Fort Johnson
Robert Stafford
Floyd E. Henderson
National Adjutant
Raymond Anthony
Region 2
Bess L. Johnson
The
Ladies Auxiliary
Gideon Burnham Jr
American Legion Service
White River Junction
H. Leon Sheppard
Northfield
Eugene MacLean
Manchester
Lloyd Woodward
Underhill
Justin A.C. Curtis
Newport
Frank LeVangie
Rutland
Harold P. Malone
Merton E. Ashton
Miah J. Sweeney
Louis B. Thomas
Lyndon
Robert G. Mc
Sandgate and West Arlington Enjoy Dinner and Carnival Reminder
The Sandgate Methodist Church held a covered dish supper last Friday with about 32 attendees enjoying fellowship, singing and square dancing led by Harry Hayden and Ed Nurge. A reminder to residents that Saturday, July 10, is the Lions Club Summer Carnival.
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Sandgate Methodist Church
Harry Hayden
Ed Nurge
Sandgate- West Arlington
Lions Club
Williamstown Square Dance Club Workshop Friday
The Williamstown Promenaders host an open square dance workshop and dance at Mt. Greylock Regional High School Friday June 25. Earl E. Turner Jr. will call from 7:30 pm to 11 pm. The after-dance business meeting led by Mr and Mrs Glenn A. Foss follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Mass
Mt. Greylock Regional High School
Earl E. Turner Jr
Lenox
Glenn A. Foss
Shaftsbury Firemen's Auxiliary Meeting Planned
Shaftsbury firemen's auxiliary will hold its monthly meeting Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the home of Rosemary Lindsey. Members should bring materials for Christmas in July sale and also white elephant.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary of
The
Hoosick Falls Aerie of Eagles No. 2467
Shaftsbury Firemen’s Auxiliary
Rosemary Lindsey
Leap Frog Contest Promises Bike Prize in Pownal
Pownal Calavaras County rivalries pale beside Pownal's frog jumping contest on July 11 at Pownal Elementary School grounds. Kids up to 15 may enter frogs in the fastest, biggest, smallest and prettiest categories with the trainer of the happiest frog winning a new bicycle. Sponsorship by Michael and Ralph McLain II supports the Pownal Rescue Squad. Registration via 823-9389 opens ahead of the 2 p.m. event.
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Pownal
Calavaras
Jumping Frogs of
Michael and
Ralph McLain II
New Books Arrive at McCullough Library for All Ages
The McCullough Library shelves welcome new adult fiction including The Case of the Crimson Kiss and The Underground Man, along with extensive non fiction lists such as The Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening and The Complete Book of Home Improvement, plus juvenile fiction and non fiction titles from Pink Floyd era to modern times, featuring authors like Asimov, Wodehouse, Plaidy, Betsy Byars, and Ruth Krauss.
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Isaac Asimov
Carole Bolton
Michael Campbell
Victor Canning
The
Chisos
John H. Culp
Allen Drury
Pembroke
Anne Eliot
Erle Stanley Gardner
Euell Gibbons
Golden Rock
Eleanor Heckert
Savannah Purchase
Jane Aiken Hodge
Doom
Robert Murphy
Elizabeth Peters
Jean Plaidy
Margaret Scherf
Lady Ingram
Jill Tattersall
P.G. Wodehouse
Pearl S. Buck
Marguerite de Angeli
P.S. Lord
D.J. Foley
Clarence P. Hornung
Darrell
Frances Huff
Herbert B. Livesey
H. Alan Lloyd
H. Alan Lloyd; “Wyeth People’’ — Gene Logsdon
Shirley MacLaine
Alan
Frank Asch
Edna Becker
Crosby Bonsall
Roger W. Drury
Louise Fatio
Benjy and the
Margaret B. Graham
Anne Rockwell
Noel Streatfield
Tana Hoban
Leland B. Jacobs
Michael Faraday
the Dynamo
Mabel Miller
Gandhi
Elizabeth Rider Montgomery
Wraps off design for $2.3 million housing complex in Manchester
Manchester based Murray Hill Corporation unveils plans for a 72 unit townhouse community along Barnumville Road and Highland Avenue on a 24acre site dubbed Murray Hill. First 16 homes to start in two weeks, completion targeted for October. Approved by Manchester Planning Commission and District Environmental Commission. Units range one to three bedrooms priced from 25,500 to 47,500 with 90 percent of the site preserved as undeveloped open space.
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Murray Hill
Barnumville Road
Highland Avenue
Manchester
Murray Hill Corporation of
The
Development Corporation
Manchester Planning Commission
District Environmental Commission
Open house marks Merritt Morey anniversary in West Rupert
A reception Thursday June 24 from 6 to 9 p.m. honors Merritt E. and Mrs. Morey on their 45th wedding anniversary at the Morey home in West Rupert. Children Adeline Lathrop Della Cassidy and Merritt C. Morey organize the festivities as the Moreys discuss a new condominium style housing project with underground utilities community association maintenance and planned amenities including pool tennis courts putting green and clubhouse.
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Merritt E. Morey
West Rupert
Morey
Bing
Adeline Lathrop
Della Cassidy
Merritt C. Morey
Community Association
Deck House, Inc
Acton
Mass
Robert Burley
Waitsfield
Manchester Country Properties
Windham College to run Caribbean geology biology abroad program
Windham College will send 30 students and two professors to the Virgin Islands for a geology biology abroad program at Farleigh Dickinson University’s West Indies Laboratory in St. Croix. Dr. Charles Ratte and Dr. Anne Stewart lead field heavy coursework with two West Indies resident teachers, an added outside staff, and a slight fee increase. Students take six courses in a long day schedule, with trips planned to England, Mexico and Austria in future programs.
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Putney
St. Croix
Virgin Islands
Windham College
West Indies
Farleigh Dickinson University
Charles Ratte
Caribbean
Anne Stewart
U.S. Steel
Ratte
Farleigh Dickinson
Stewart
Florida Keys
Jamaica
Puerto Rico
Ormsby DAR Elects Officers At Annual Meeting
Ormsby Chapter DAR met at Mrs. Edwin Wheeler’s home in Manchester to hear reports on chapter activities. Officers for 1971 to 1974 were nominated by the committee, with Helen Wheeler as regent and other positions filled. the group noted gains in membership and support for Mountain and Indian Schools, and a presentation on the history of banners and flags.
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Manchester
Ormsby
Daughters of the American Revolution
Edwin Wheeler
North Road
Wheeler
Tamassee S.C
Grant
Ala
Saint Mary’s
South Dakota
Bacone College
Oklahoma
Hattin
Vermont
Equinox Society
Albert M. Reed
New England Historical and Genealogical Register
Mark Skinner
Helen Pearson
Edna Beebe
Sara Kennard
Evelyn Soderberg
Helen Wheeler
Caroline Brown
Esther Crabb
Margaret Burgoyne
Battenkill Grange June Meetings and Upcoming Events
Battenkill Grange held a regular meeting presided by Roy Crofut with the charter draped for Clarence Decker who served 36 years. Upcoming events include Pomona church service June 27 at Camp Ondawa, State degree day June 27 in Ferrisburg, State Past Masters supper June 26 at Adams House Wells, Lords auction June 23 at the Grange pavilion, and a Youth Night July 7. Belle Decker selected as delegate to the New England Lecturers conference in Storrs, Conn.
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Battenkill
Ferrisburg
Adams House
Wells
Randy Clayton
Darlene Whitman
Robert Masi
Belle Decker
Storrs
Conn
Methodist Church
Grange Pavilion
Weekend Notes From South Cambridge and Area
Local notes report residents in New York City Indiana and Cambridge returning from hospitals and attending events. June church services are announced for South Cambridge United Methodist Church with Pastor Oswald A Muller and reminders of July August time changes. A community scrap paper drive continues at the church and Children’s Day services featured songs readings and a prayer service led by the pastor with Mrs Ed ward Hepp at the organ.
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South Cambridge United Methodist Church
Oswald A. Muller
Hamilton
United Methodist Church
Edward Hepp
Buddy Pratt
Jesus
Elaine Wilbur
Samuel Cochrane
Rodney Brownell
Old Country Church
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Edith Beaumont
Joseph Davendanis
Jimmy
Bovie Hill Road
Canon City
Colo
Charles Lohnes
Roy Sullivan
Mauset Beach
East
Orleans
Cape Cod
Noone
Dorothy A. Rogers
High Street
Niagara Mohawk Power Company
Mechanic Street
Rogers
Dooley Bridge
Haynes Garage
Maureen Scarey
Elm Street
Susan Austin
Weir-Reynolds
Mothers Committee
James Savoie
Four Corners
Francis J. Carr
Morris Street
Albany
Morris
Niles Garage
Carr
Albany Medical Center
Town of
William F. Rourke
River Street
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Paran
Dorset
McWayne’s Jewelry
Russell Parks
First National Stores
West Arlington
Sandgate
Kay Weeks
Square Dance Club Workshop
Ed Doyle
Nellie Pelsue
Nick Monte
Route 213
Stamford
Nick
Arlington
Montes
William Duffys
Philip Unger
South
Duffys
Duffy
Mt. Laurel
Arnold Wilcox
Linda
Champlain College
Candle Mill
Sears
West Mountain Farm
Route 7
John Harrison
West Mountain
Robert Boyd
Harrison
Tom Tuthills
Tuthill
Nashua, N.H. Country Club
Sheilah Miller
United Counseling Service
McCullough Library
Ruperts
Wilson B. Prophet
Corporation
Ormsby Dar
Battenkill Grange
Fienberg
Main ST
South Cambridge
Margaret Aiken
Kenneth L. Aiken
New York City
Wright
Indiana
Frank Rogers
George Cronk
Cambridge
McClellan Hospital
Gerald Aiken
Robert Donisthorpe
Saratoga Hospital
Miss Joy Hamilton
Ithaca
State Grange
Grange
Syracuse
Clifford Darfler
David Saile
Diane Skiff
Cambridge Central School
Julian Hadley
Hoosie Valley Central School
Catamount National Bank
Brattleboro
N. Bennington
FDIC
Dick Ad
Jered Stores
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
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