Pickers Gather June Fruit at Hoosick Strawberry Acres
Hoosick N Y June strawberry harvest draws pickers from New York Vermont and Massachusetts. LeBarron family expanded to 30 acres at the Hoosick site after starting in Buskirk. Picking begins around June 10 and runs three weeks with hours from 6 a.m. to dusk. Some pickers resell berries to grocers while others collect for home use.
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Bennington Banner
Hoosick’s
Strawberry Acres
LeBarron
New York
Vermont
Clarksburg
Mass
Pauline Huttle
Matt
Diane
District commission okays industrial expansion
Manchester officials approved a 6000 square foot addition to Maier Electronics on Lincoln Avenue, with Asco Slide Corp. as a tenant and a new mail order sportswear outlet on the second floor. The project, located in the industrial zone, carries conditions on workweek, air pollution, parking, lighting, and landscaping and must be completed by October.
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Manchester
District Environmental Commission
Maier Electronics
Lincoln Avenue
Sigfried Maier
Asco Slide Corp
Asco
Stig Albertsson
Bromley Mountain
Bennington County Cooperative
Fowler Daughter Graduates From New York State College Delhi
Trudy H. Fowler daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert P Fowler of Manchester has graduated from the New York State University Agricultural and Technical College at Delhi N Y She plans to pursue further study this fall at the University of New Hampshire in Durham N H
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Trudy H. Fowler
Robert P. Fowler
Manchester
New York State University Agricultural and Technical College
Delhi
N.Y
University of New Hampshire
Durham
N.H
Arlington selectmen buy backhoe and discuss constable plans
Arlington selectmen authorized town road commissioner Greg Wright to buy a used backhoe from Kenneth Corey and Sons for 8500 funded by federal revenue sharing. Constables Farrell and Hoyt split patrol duties. Hoyt necks night hours, Farrell days.
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Arlington
Henry Breunich
George Novotny
Orlando Cullinan
Greg Wright
Charles Farrell
Wright
Kenneth Corey
Dorset Antiques Festival Sets July Show in Dorset
The Ninth Vermont Antiques Festival returns July 9 in Dorset featuring pewter silver china glass furniture and more for sale. About 150 dealers will park wagons and trucks along Church Street with tailgates down. Admission 1.50 opens 10 am closes 5 pm profits go to Dorset Village Public Library. A traffic detour near Hoosick Falls is rescheduled for late July with crossing traffic maintained until detour begins.
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Dorset
Vermont
Church Street
Dorset Village
Hoosick Falls
White Creek United Methodist Women Meet at Jermain Church
White Creek United Methodist Women of Jermain Church will meet at the church on July 6 at 8 p.m. Work will be resumed on crafts. Keith McCart, U.S.N. electrician's mate, has been home on a short furlough. He went to Newport, R.I., on his way to the Mediterranean area. Helen Wheeler of Beechers Falls, Vt., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Fred Gardner and Mr. Gardner. Bonnie Brace spent the weekend at the home of her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Yeager in Johnsonville. A joint Jermain and Embury worship service will be held Sunday, July 3, at Jermain Church, at 10 a.m. Embury Church will attend services here during July and Jermain members will attend services at Embury during August. No Sunday school classes will be held until September. Michael King was in Bennington, N.H., recently to visit his mother who had undergone surgery there. Graduates of Hoosick Falls Central School from here were: Richard M. Cross, Joseph J. Fenna, Carol Patricia LaCroix, Michelle Anne Lake, Robert Alan Ogert and Elton L. Sandrow III.
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United Methodist Women of
Keith McCart
U.S.N
Newport
R.I
Mediterranean
Bonnie Brace
Mrs. Michael Yeager
Johnsonville
Jermain
Embury
Jermain Church
Michael King
Bennington
N.H
Hoosick Falls Central School
Richard M. Cross
Joseph J. Fenna
Carol Patricia LaCroix
Michelle Anne Lake
Robert Alan Ogert
Elton L. Sandrow III
McCullough Library Adds Titles to Fisher List
The Dorothy Canfield Fisher List at McCullough Library includes many titles such as The Letter the Witch and the Ring by John Bellairs Mystery of the Loch Ness Monster by Jeanne Bendick Dog Days of Arthur Cane by T E Bethen court String in the Harp by Nancy Bond Missing Persons League by Frank Bonham and others. Pownal Senior Citizens host a 7 30 social at their center and hold a noon luncheon Wednesday with reservations via Rose Mattison at 823 7282. The Pownal Zoning Board of Adjustment meets Wednesday 7 30 pm at the town office to hear a guard shack request by Pownal Tanning Co and an arts and crafts store proposal by Steven Sussman at Peakes Pine Road and Route 7.
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Dorothy Canfield Fisher
McCullough Library
John Bellairs
Jeanne Bendick
Arthur Cane
T.E. Bethencourt
String In the
Nancy Bond
Missing Persons League
Frank Bonham
Pownal
Powmal Center
Rose Mattison
Four hurt in Hoosick two car crash arrest in Cohoes
A 27 year old Cohoes man Thurman McAffrey was arrested on four charges after a Sunday afternoon Route 22 crash in Hoosick. He drove with a revoked license no insurance unregistered vehicle and improper plates after claiming his 4 year old son distracted him. He struck Joseph Smith Jr 41 and his daughter Dawn 10. Both families were treated then released from Putnam Memorial and Mary McClellan Hospitals.
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Hoosick
N.Y
Cohoes
Rensselaer County
Sheriff’s Department
McAffreys
Smith
Dawn
Smiths
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Mary McClellan Hospital
Cambridge
Town of
Arlington Leo Club to hold July 2 swim-a-thon
Arlington Leo Club members will seek pledges Wednesday evening for a July 2 swim-a-thon at the Lion's Club Pool. The event runs with the Lions Club auction and carnival, asking sponsors to pledge per lap completed by each swimmer.
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Arlington Leo Club
Lion’s Club
Lions Club
OdRinil Natural Water Loss Pill Ad at 441 Main St
Advertises OdRinil as a natural diuretic to combat premenstrual water retention with fast action. Claims guaranteed weight loss or money back. Mentions sale location at 441 Main St and Route 67A.
Wittenberg installed as Hoosick Legion head
Donald R. Wittenberg was installed as commander of Hoosick Post 40 by Albert J. Goodwin Jr. of Hoosick Falls. Other officers named include Curt Bogardus and Ralph Mavilla as vice commanders, with Albert Goodwin Jr. chief adjutant and a full slate of staff officers. A four year executive member was Donald E. Bogardus. The delegation will attend the department convention at Binghamton July 13, and the next post meeting is July 27 at the state armory with an August picnic planned.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Donald R. Wittenberg
Hoosick Post No. 40
Albert J. Goodwin, Jr
American Legion
Rensselaer County
Curt W. Bogardus
Ralph O. Mavilla
Loren E. McCabe
Richard P. Whalen
Fred C. Brenenstuhl
John J. O’neil
Harry F. Mulready
Eugene E. Avery
Francis J. Murphy
Donald E. Bogardus
Wittenberg
Frank Martello
Harry Mulready
Donald Wittenberg
Department
Binghamton
State Armory
Cambridge Graduates Celebrate at Area Schools
Post graduation events fill the South Cambridge area with celebrations. Graduates include Gwendolyn Gray from Hoosick Falls Ernest Trinkle III from Greenwich John Turi Celeste Whittier Robert Donisthorpe Dawn Morrison and Gary McNall from Cambridge. Mrs Carroll Wilson of Sch weringer Road is a patient at Mary McClellan Hospital.
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Margaret Aiken
Gwendolyn Gray
Hoosick Falls
Ernest F. Trinkle III
Greenwich
John Turi
Celeste Whittier
Robert Donisthorpe
Dawn Morrison
Gary McNall
Cambridge
Carroll Wilson
Schweringer Road
Mary McClellan Hospital
Treasure Hunt theme at Hoosick Grange meeting
Hoosick Grange featured a Treasure Hunt program with songs readings and talks. Readers Mable Hewitt and Wilfred Knapp led services. Mrs Knapp read on babysitting and Father’s Day and presented Grandfather Clock. Prize awards for senior shop and homemaking students plus two 50th anniversaries. Shaftsbury Co op to meet June 29. town clerk hours updated starting July 5.
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Hoosick Grange
Mable Hewitt
Wilfred Knapp
Ernest Haas
Grange
Wesley Hall
Harold Prebble
Shaftsbury
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Lois Hammersmith
Ruth McWhorter
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Anne Webb
Hoyt
Farrell
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Helen Wheeler
Beechers Falls, Vt
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My House
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Mark of Conte
Sonia Levitin
Betty Miles
Walt Morey
Red Hart Magic
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Fred Powledge
Joyce Rockwood
Freelon Starbird
Richard Snow
Painted Bear Lair
Pamela Stearns
Abel’s Island
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Mildred Taylor
Arctic Seas
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Monument Plaza
Bennington, VT
United Counseling Service
Hoosick Legion
South Cambridge
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