Chalet Burns At Stratton Ski Area
A six room chalet owned by Donald Tarinelli of Fairfield Connecticut burned completely near Stratton Ski Area after 11 50 pm. Fire department responders took about 20 minutes to reach the scene from Bondville. The state fire marshal termed the investigation routine with no arson suspected.
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Stratton
Donnald Tarinelli
Fairfield
Conn
Robert A. Richardson
State Fire Marshall
Winhall
Richardson
Bondville
Tarinelli
Cross Seeks Head Start Funds Again
Manchester Supt. Neil E. Cross says reapplying for project Head Start funds for summer programs in Sunderland and Danby and for a Rupert Pawlet project. Rupert Pawlet site still in question after federal funding cutbacks cancel winter Head Start programs. Funds for summer projects expected to be approved.
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Manchester
Neil E. Cross
Sunderland
Danby
Rupert and Pawlet
Rupert- Pawlet
Cross
Gulf Oil Grants Williams College Unrestricted Award
Williams College in Williamstown Massachusetts received a $1000 unrestricted grant from Gulf Oil Corporation as part of 221 grants totaling $221000 this year under the Aid To Education Program. Gift accepted by Williams Director of Development Willard D Dickerson from Gulf officials Richard M Denison and Donald A Klein in Springfield office.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
Gulf Oil Corporation
Gulf
Williams
Willard D. Dickerson
Richard M. Denison
Donald A. Klein
Gulf Company
Springfield
Manchester Selectmen Adopt Emergency Power Plan
Manchester selectmen approved a plan to relocate the town fire siren to the town shed area and keep the large emergency generator at the town shed behind Manchester Elementary School. A new smaller generator will power the town office building in emergencies. Contingent options included moving the large generator to the new firehouse on Route 11-30.
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Manchester
Mason B. Barney
Civil Defense
Civil Defense Organization
Norman Stratton
Main Street
Clara May Hemenway
Newsman Expelled from Russia to Speak at Williams
Stephen S. Rosenfeld of The Washington Post, expelled from the Soviet Union last fall over The Penkovsky Papers, will discuss his experiences Monday at 8 p.m. in Jesup Hall Williams College. The free talk covers his Moscow bureau tenure starting 1964 and exile in 1965.
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Williamstown
Mass
Stephen S. Rosenfeld
Washington Post
Russia
Jesup Hall
Williams College
Rosenfeld
Post
Moscow
Penkovsky
Oleg V. Penkovsky
Washington
Pittsefield
The
Berkshire Eagle
Great Barrington
Jay Rosenfeld
the Eagle
Columbia University
Russian Institute
Soviet Union
New York Philharmonic
Manchester Fair revival eyed by Pittsfield showman
Jules E. Gillette of Pittsfield Mass announces five year lease for Manchester Fair Grounds and 1966 dates August 8 to 14 with plans for horse show gymkhana ox drawing and 14 amusements to revive the old agricultural fair. He invites local groups to join the effort.
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Manchester
Jules E. Gillette
Pittsfield
Mass
Gillette
Manchester Center
Peru Octogenarian Retires From 60 Year Trustee Post
Peru's Lauren Whitney, 87, resigns after six decades as library trustee and long service as town clerk and treasurer. A longtime civic leader, she also taught at the Michigan School, was Peru school superintendent when three districts existed, and funded Memorial Day flags for soldiers. Now a fire insurance agent, she remains active despite aging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Whitney
Peru
Lauren
Mabel) Whitney
Banner
Whitney
Michigan
Blair Macfarlane
Boston
Massachusetts
Londonderry
Dorset Families Plan Trips and Local Maple Sugaring Update
Dorset residents prepare for travel to New York and Florida with expected return in early April as maple sugaring activity picks up. Details include Kinney's NY trip and Key Largo warm up, Meachems visiting Sydney Meachem, Pine Cobble School ice hockey success, and a Dorset Elementary operetta profits toward a piano. Local sap runs pivot on weather and labor, with buckets being hung across multiple farms but no boiling yet.
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T. Wylie Kinney
New York
Key Largo
Fla
Mark
Susan Meachem
Sydney Meachem
Independent School Teachers Association
New York City
Meachem
Pine Cobble School
Bement School
Massachusetts
Dorset
Hansel and
Gretel
Linda Langworthy
Jonathan Corbin
Audrey Mach
Wilbur Weber
Marion Jones
Dorothy Scotten
Arlington Troop 34 Camp Out at Woodford Mountain
Arlington Troop 34 BSA will meet at Fisher Elementary School lot at 8 30 a m Saturday for a two day camp out in Woodford Mountain. They will leave only for church services Sunday morning and end at 3 p.m. Sunday marks Girl Scout Week start. Red Mountain Lodge F&AM will meet at Masonic Temple 7 15 Saturday night to go in body to Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home for Robert Shuffleton of East Arlington at 7 30.
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Arlington Troop
BSA
Fisher Elementary School
Woodford Mountain
Tive
Red Mountain Lodge
F&am
Masonic Temple
Hanson-Walbridge Feneral
Robert Shuffleton
East Arlington
World Day of Prayer Service Planned Tonight in Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls residents note a postponed World Day of Prayer service at the First Assembly of God Church on North Hoosick Road starting at 8. Girl Scouts plan to attend in uniform marking Girl Scout Week. St. Mary’s Academy juniors took the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. results expected by May 15.
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The
United Council of Church Women
Assembly of God
North
Hoosick Road
Beeginning
Church of the Immaculate Conception
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
First United Church
First Baptist Church
St. Mary’s Academy
North Pownal church guests notable guest preacher
The Rev. John C. Hatch announces 10 am Sunday worship will feature the Rev. A Vaughan Abercrombie executive secretary of the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches. Also notes dog licensing, 4-H sewing project meeting, fire department card party, Medicare enrollment deadline, hot lunch substitute, and a church social with New Guinea slides by Rev. Richard Lenehan including remarks on mission work and history.
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John C. Hatch
North Pownal Congregational Church
A. Vaughan Abercrombie
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches
Pownal Pioneers
Charles W. Rounds
Pownal Center
Charles Betit
Bert Trudeau
Pownal Congregational Church
Alice Helstrom
Berkshire Christian College
Lenox
Mass
Elizabeth Hatch
New Guinea
Richard Lenehan
Bennington
Lenehan
Plans for Mt Anthony Vocational Wing Outlined
North Bennington residents will hear Mrs Jane McCullough discuss Mt Anthony Union High School vocational wing plans at the March North Bennington PTA meeting. The talk includes slides and rendering of the proposed wing, open to parents, PTA members, and the general public.
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North Bennington
Mt. Anthony Union High School
North
Tives
Congregational and Holy Cross group meeting hosts welcome
North Bennington visitors from Mattapoisett and Florida return home as Mildred Lura resumes Florida and New York trip. Congregational Women's Fellowship and men of the church join Holy Cross Novitiate with 29 novices. Father Hoffman outlines Vatican II changes, laity role, Bible emphasis and Mass vernacular. Refreshments mark a warm session. Next meeting April 5 features tape by Rev. Parsley in India.
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Congregational Women’s Fellowship
Holy Cross
Father Hoffman
Charles J. Parsley
India
Manchester Elementary School closes early for conferences
Manchester Elementary School dismissed at 2 15 p m due to teacher conferences this afternoon. Grade 8 pupils from the school will take a trip to Montpelier to visit the legislature next week.
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Manchester
Montpelier
Missing Purse Found Empty in Manchester Robbery
Police locate a stolen handbag in a lodger’s room drawer at Mrs. Leo Charbonneau’s home. The teen-age suspect reportedly gained about 200 dollars in the robbery. Fingerprint checks proceed on two glasses alleged to be handled by the suspect.
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Manchester
Leo Charbonneau
Pownal Fire Stops Spread of Barn Fire
Quick actions by the Pownal Fire Department led by Chief Kenneth O'Dell saved the Woodcock property on Northwest Hill after a hay storage barn suffered about 500 dollars in damage. The fire, likely caused by a shorted electric fence wire, was contained to the barn and did not reach adjoining buildings. The crew noted the blaze started on Wednesday, avoiding a worse outcome during Tuesday's high wind storm.
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Pownal
Kenneth O’dell
Floyd Woodcock
Northwest Hill
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Sap
Austin Rumney
Ruth
Tom Warren
Franklin
Warren
Paul McWayne
Vt. 30
Leon Edgerton
Dorset Hollow
John Coolidge
Harlan Coolidge
John
Hal
Denny Roberts
East Dorset
Harold Beebe
David Forrest
East Dorset South Village
Arlington
Helene Thompson
PTA
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Robert L. Clayton
PTA Finance Committee
Clayton
Paul Bullock
Edgar Johnson
Mae Christie
POLIT
Ical
Arthur E. George Pownal
Motorola
Petuxe
Labor Exta
RADIO
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Morgan ST
Hoosick Falls
Edith Beaumont
Fay Driscoll
Nixon St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Frank Kelger
Hoosick Street
Veterans Hospital
Albany
Pownals
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Elizabeth Dwyer
Mason Welling
Mattapoisett, Mass
Fred Welling
Mildred Lura
Florida
Bostontan
Adams Clothes Shop
Bennington, VT
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