Pownal celebrates Bicentennial with town events and portraits
Pownal Center marked the nation’s 200th birthday with a village green celebration. Activities included a Strawberry Festival flea market and buffet, pony and antique car rides, children’s games, and square dancing. The day featured a Town Office program with the dedication of a new addition and the unveiling of a portrait of Thomas Pownall, town namesake.
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Pam Blake Man
Pownal - Pownal
Pownal Center
Pownai
Hoosick Falls Bicentennial Week Schedule Highlights
Hoosick Falls hosts Old Home Week events with July 1 2 3 4 activities including a Bicentennial Costume Ball at Hoosac School an Exposition at the Armory Hoosick Follies at the Youth Center a Torch Light Parade Fireworks and bells dedication parades and a health center tribute while local boards hold meetings and community gatherings.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosick Township
Hoosac School
Historic Society
Lions Club
Wood’s Park
Cub Scout Pack
Arlington Community Event Schedule and Club News
A dense local listing outlines weekly events for Arlington including Interstate League baseball games against Kiwanis, school board and AA meetings, a Bicentennial committee gathering at the Farm Museum, and bingo. Donations are requested for the Lions Club auction and white elephant table with pickup contacts. The Arlington Flower Show prep and Garden Club activities are noted, plus a Garden Service program for homebound residents and a flower arranging workshop with participant photos.
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Arlington
Hoosick Kiwanis
Arlington School Board
St. Margaret Mary Hall
Arlington Area
Farm Museum
Fir House
Arlington Fire Co
Lions Club Pool
Arlington Lions Club
Dick Wood
Ed Doyle
Arlington Garden Club
Betty Markey
Margaret Whalen
Markey
Nora Spahr
Lorraine Fredrickson
Jimmie Martin
Pamela Hyland
Connie Guida
Bartie Schmidt
Dorothy Lawrence
Phyllis Towne
Pownal events host fund drive cards and zone therapy talk
The Pownal Rescue Squad distributes coin cards for the annual fund drive with pickup in fall. Gail Judith Allen leads a July 1 zone therapy lecture at White Cloud Center to teach foot reflexology and health basics, with contact numbers for information. A Liaison Committee meets Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Green Mountain Race Track to discuss possible withdrawal of horse racing. The Pownal Fire Protective Association meets at 7 p.m. at the firehouse, and the East Pownal Fire Auxiliary meets at 7:30.
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Pownal
Gardner
Gail Judith Allen
White Cloud Center
Main Hill Road
Green Mountain Race Track
Hoosick Falls Class of 197? Graduation Capped in Auditorium
HFCS graduates 111th class in red white and blue tassels at a Sunday afternoon commencement in the school auditorium. William S. Peckham served as class president and welcomed, Marie Flynn studied a speech on 200 Years of Education, Peter Cottrell spoke on A New Frontier, while the band performed Fiddler on the Roof selections.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosick Falls Central School
Wiliam S. Peckham
Marie G. Flynn
Peter M. Cottrell
H. Luther Everly
Jerry Bock
William C. Waterhouse
Philip Leonard
Board of Education
George H. Holbrook
Beverly G. Griswold
Elgar
Miller to Take Leave From Brattleboro Post
Brattleboro Vermont Alice Miller project director for nine years in the Brattleboro Follow Through program will take a leave of absence from Sept 30 through Aug 15 1977 for personal reasons. She plans travel and study of educational institutions. A candidate for her replacement is under review with an announcement expected soon.
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Brattleboro
Alice Miller
Shaftsbury
North Bennington to hold annual school meeting on Wednesday
North Bennington's annual school meeting will be held Wednesday June 3 at 7 0 p m at the school. The agenda includes budget approval and officer elections. The elementary budget is proposed at 212778, up about 1000 from last year with underspending of 9000. The MAU assessment will be set after the MAU budget is approved. Officers to be elected include moderator clerk treasurer tax collector three auditors and one school board member.
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North Bennington
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Mau
John Searey
Fred Welling
Donald Cherbonneau
Arthur E. Wickenden
Mary Muckle
Edward Legacy Jr
Lloyd Pratt
John Miller
Betty Riley
Lionel Nowak
ZBA Meeting in North Bennington Tonight
The North Bennington Zoning Board of Adjustment will meet at the village offices in the railroad station at 7:30 this evening to hear two variance appeals. John Miller seeks a small addition on Church Street and the Villager Restaurant requests a shingle canopy over its Main Street entrance. Both projects mildly violate setback bylaws and have filed appeals with the IBA.
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North Bennington
Zoning Board of Adjustment
John Miller
Church Street
Main Street
IBA
St Mary's Academy grants diplomas to 32 graduates
St Marys Academy in Hoosick Falls NY graduated 32 seniors at commencement Friday night. Reverend Walter Quinn presented diplomas while class president Mary Medvetz gave the valedictory and Teresa Hubbard the salutatory. Guest speaker was Rensselaer County Executive William J Murphy.
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Hoosick Falls
St. Mary’s Academy
Michael McGuire
OSA
Walter J. Quinn
Gerald Ford
Mary Medvetz
Teresa Hubbard
George M. Cohen
Rogers and Hammerstein
St. Mary’s
Michael Casey
Morgan Burke
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Faith of Our Fathers
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Kim Held
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Todd Smith
Bernard Bisson
James Fisk
Paul Revere
Nicholas Fersen
Edwin Bourgault
Fred Farnum
Nicky Gile
Fletcher Hall
Terri Mason
David Ricker Sr
Ellen Strohmaier
Lori Taylor
Pam Taylor
Andrea Bowen
Yvette DuBois
Elva Montgomery
Margaret Rhodes
Camp Town
Thompson
Green Mountain Park
Charles Mason
Rachel Mason
Thomas Pownall
Mildred Gray
Glayds Mason
Ellen Lillie
Gerald
Ford
Charles Palmer
Cortland Cottrell Band
Manchester
Manchester School Board
America
Senior Citizens Center
Sunderland
Gerald Raftery
Helene Thompson
Kiwanis
Maday
O. Gardeners of Arlington
Blyth Eastman Dillion
MBIA
Blyth Eastman Dillon
Conrad F. Metcalfe
Hartford
Conn
Buri Bioi
The
Pownals
Pamela Blakeman
East Pownal
HFCS
N. Gordon Luther
First Baptist Church
USA
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Miller
Hanson Walbridge
Bennington County
Bennington
N. Bennington
Zba
Father Quinn
Father McGuire
Prudence Tatro
Donald Hebert
Gordon Smith
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H. Greenberg
Charles H. Mather
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Charles H.mather
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