Bennington College Reopens After Nonresident Term
Bennington College resumes spring term with 342 students including new transfers. 125 work in New York City and 53 in Boston, plus roles in Washington DC and several cities. 31 volunteer theater or museum apprentices and 24 in hospitals add to diverse nonresident jobs.
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Bennington College
Priscilla A
Polly) Karb
New York City
Boston
Washington, D.C
Connecticut
California
Kentucky
Philadelphia
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Bennington
Karb
Time
Sports Illustrated
Esquire
Fortune
The
New York Times
Wilmington High School Winter Carnival Highlights
The Wilmington High School carnival at Baker's Field and Wolf Hill featured skiing and jack jumping with juniors sweeping the top three group places. Allan Davis won the slalom. John Van Santvoord and Ronny Hood followed. The event funded the sports fund, capped with an evening hoedown and a king and queen crowning.
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Wilmington High School
Baker’s Field
Wolf Hill
Pat Farwell
Allan Davis
John van Santvoord
Ronny Hood
WHS
Charles Bardy
Robert Bardell
Helen Audett
Marian van Santvoord
Icy Forest Glitters Amid Winter Scene and Spring Hints
The scene describes a forest glittering with ice from freezing rain. Wildlife fumbles for food as birds hammer ice from feeders while evergreens bend under icy loads. A hint of spring appears in sunlit ash spines and budding boughs despite four below zero. The local Board of Civil Authority meeting was rescheduled to March 3 due to weather. Bill Durnan visits from Ridgewood and enjoys Prospect Mountain skiing with Mr. and Mrs. Cleary.
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Bill Durnan
Ridgewood N.J
John Cleary
Prospect Mountain
Dorset Woman Breaks Wrist In Ice Fall
Dorset Miss Elsa Bley slipped on the ice outside her home on Wednesday and broke the bones in her left wrist. She was taken to Putnam Memorial Hospital where a cast was applied. Edward Molloy, recently a surgical patient at Putnam, returned home on Wednesday. Kenneth Woods, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Woods and a student at State University College in Iowa, is cast in the part of Biff in Death of a Salesman to be presented there soon. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Slanetz returned home after a month in Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mason completed a month trip to Kissimmee, Fla., March 1, and hosted Mr. and Mrs. Petterson and the Clarence Blackmer family, who will visit for two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McNair left by plane for six weeks in Italy and England. Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Howe returned after a few weeks in Florida. Mr. and Mrs. William Hartmann returned to Brooklyn, N.Y. after visiting Mrs. Hartmann’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Cooper.
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Elsa Bley
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Edward Molloy
Clifford Woods
Kenneth
State University College
Iowa
Biff
Edward Slanetz
Florida
Arthur Mason
Kissimmee
Fla
Petterson
Clarence Blackmer
Hugh McNair
Walter Koenig
Germany
Koenig
IGA
Eastman
Manchester
Frank Hemmer
Springfield
L. A. Bahan
Marshall Clark
Bennington
Miner C. Clark
Lawrence Benjamin
Hermon Benjamin
American Cyanamid Co
Stamford, Conn
Stamford Hospital
Pleasant Valley Granges
Ronald Baker
South Cambridge
William English
William
San Diego
Calif
Kenneth Hungerford
West Cambridge
Japan
Paul Keyes
Fanwood
N.J
Clara Keyes
Eugene White
Verona
Charles Holmes
Marcia Watkins
Babylon
L.I
Edgar Watkins
Donald J. Presler
New York City
Robert McWhorter
Town Hall
William McInerney
Norman Deyoe
Faculty Attend N Y Independent School Session
Pine Cobble School sent fourteen faculty members to the Independent Schools Education Board conference in New York City. The two day gathering at the Statler Hotel drew participants from independent schools nationwide, with attendees from Pine Cobble across administration and several grades and departments.
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Williamstown
Pine Cobble School
New York City
Independent Schools Education Board
Statler Hotel
Frederick C. Copeland
Pine Cobble
Walter Lehman
Joyce Peck
Robert Potter
Howard Davis
Harriet Taylor
Edgar Killian
Margaret Dale
William G. Russell
Dwight Little Jr
Abbott Fenn
Willard Dickerson
Battenkill Grange Organizes Juvenile Chapter No 75
Battenkill Grange in Arlington marks the organization of Juvenile Grange No 75 with 17 charter and 13 honorary members. Mrs Jennie Stewart and Mrs Viola Wilcox lead the officer installation, naming Donna Clayton as Master and a full slate of officers. The next meeting is March 8 at West Arlington Community House with regular sessions every second and fourth Thursday at 7 p.m.
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Arlington — Battenkill
State Grange
Jennie Stewart
Pawlet
Viola Wilcox
Manchester
Donna Clayton
Diane McEckron
Debbie Pierce
Kathy Clayton
Randy Clayton
Larry Clayton
Malinda Grover
David Davis
Branda Crofutceres
Susan
Mettowee Valley Juvenile
Alford Clayton
Battenhill Grange
Raymond McEckron
West Arlington
Richard King
Leroy Davis
Hoosick Falls Sewage Plans Get State Approval
Hoosick Falls Mayor Leo Albowicz and village trustees learn that Morrell Vrooman Engineers have received final approval from the New York State Department of Health for the sewage disposal project plans specifications engineering report and cost estimates. The firm expects an early meeting with the board to discuss next steps and timing.
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Hoosick Falls
Leo Albowicz
Morrell Vrooman Engineers
Gloversville
New York State Department of Health
Driver Injured as Car Hits Tree in Hoosick Falls
Donald R. Bodak 26 of 89 Church Street Hoosick Falls was treated at Putnam Memorial Hospital after his car skidded on Route 7 near Route 22 and struck a tree about 10 feet off the highway. He refused admission and planned to see his own physician. State Police Troopers John Creagan and F E Pauquette investigated with Hoosick Rescue Squad taking Bodak to the hospital.
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Hoosick Falls
Donald R. Bodak
Church St
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Route 22
Bodak
Town of
Magic Uses Magic on Slopes for Ice Free Runs
Magic Mountain reports two best ski days of the season after applying a light "magic" to its slopes. President Hans Thorner said rolling after freezes produced a foot of powder with no ice, explaining the nickname Magic Mountain.
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Londonderry
Magic Mountain
Hans Thorner
Thorner
Arlington Ann Marsh Profiles Hughes in The Illustrator
The lead story in the winter issue of The Illustrator features Arlington artist George Hughes. It notes Hughes as the magazine’s subject and details his reproduction of four Saturday Evening Post covers and two Sunday artist works. Hughes, a Minneapolis based cover artist, has averaged about ten Post covers yearly since 1948 and traces his career to a 1925 fashion drawing sold for three dollars and early work in an ad agency illustrating fashion for newspapers.
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George Hughes
Art Instruction, Inc
Minneapolis
Minn
Hughes
Saturday Evening Post
Arlington
Sunderland Arlington merger study formed by board
A Sunderland School Board study group was formed to gather facts for a possible merger of Sunderland and Arlington elementary schools as Arlington may join the Bennnington union district. Members include William Bahan chair, Mrs Ellery Lawrence, and William Day with board support offered.
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Sunderland
Arlington
Bennington Union
William Bahan
Ellery Lawrence
William Day
Birch Society Officer Ousted in Massachusetts Reelection Bid
Laurence E. Bunker national director of the John Birch Society is defeated for reelection as Wellesley library trustee in a three way race. Opponents campaigned against his Birch Society ties as rain dampened turnout.
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Birch Society
Boston
Laurence E. Bunker
John Birch Society
Welesley
Mass
Bunker
Douglas MacArthur
Wellesley
Massachusetts
Boxford
Wellesey
William B. Rice
Wellesley Unitarian Church
Henrietta Frost
Natick
Dorothy C. Kelley
Russia Signs Aid Pact With East Germany
Soviet First Deputy Premier Anastas I Mikoyan signed a trade and aid agreement with East Germany worth about 825 million dollars. The accord also provides for about two billion marks of trade between the two nations, 12 percent more than last year.
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Leipzig
East Germany
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Hoosac Village group hosts PTA night. alumni win jug
Hoosick Falls residents fill the Hoosick Falls Centre School for a PTA event featuring a wives versus wives and girls contest, a Cambridge wrestling match, and a faculty alumni game won 52 to 42 by the alumni who receive the L il Blue Jug trophy. A concert in April by the U S Air Force Band is sold out. Ash Wednesday services and Lent devotions are announced for area churches with multiple World Day of Prayer events listed.
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PTA
Hoosick Falls Centre School
Cambridge
Luther Everly
Maurice Beaulieu
Donald Tubbs
Phil Leonard
Kasmer Stempek
Bill Gilchrist
Donald Roy
Harry Karpiak
Ted Guthridge
Michael Brewster
Bud Kenyon
Mike Angelo
Anthony Altobell
Emerson Andrew
Tom Wysocki
Tiny
Sargood
Fuzzy
Allen
Fred Cottrell
George Scott
George Bornt
Ron Seiffert
Art Hyde
Sharkey
Zilinskas
Ron Dooley
Irv Steverns
Walt Sheffer
John Tudor
Jack Yurewitch
Charles Fabiano
Bob Appel
Doug Eighmey
L’il Blue Jug
Michael Angelo
Ways and
Central School
U.S. Air Force Band
Philip Leonard
Baptist Churches of
Hoosick Falls
West Hoosick and Hoosick
Episcopal Churches of
Hoosick and Boyntonville
The
Methodist Church of
North Hoosick
Presbyterian
First United) Church of
First United Church
Council of United Women
George P. Morgan
R.P.L
First Baptist Church
Paul A. Mills
Albany Medical Center
Randolph W. Nuggent
Albany Methodist Society
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Outer Space
Jerrald C. Potts
Elwood C. Boggess
Cambridge Area notices and school bond approval
The Pleasant Valley Granges plan a meeting on Friday March 9 at 8 p.m. Voters in the Cambridge Central School District approved a 981500 bond for additions to the building, including a new gym and classrooms, with completion in 1963 or 1964. Also noted are local visits, a church outreach on March 7 and updates on residents’ travels and illness.
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Cambridge Central School
West Hoosick Community Notes Include Visits and Meetings
Dawn Baker visits with her parents while Donald Baker returns from Felix station. The Gleaners meet Tuesday for White Cross work and the West Hoosick Home Demonstration Unit convenes Wednesday at Fellowship Hall. Card party planned at the firehouse Saturday. Ladies Auxiliary meets Wednesday at Mrs. Edna Bulson's.
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Dawn Baker
Cazenovia College
Edward Baker
Roxa Griffith
Burlington, Vt
James T. Griffith
Schenectady
Clyde Baker
Donald Baker
Felix
Baker
Fellowship Hall
West Hoosick
Arthur Moseley
Edna Bulson
Violet Baker
Helen Sherman
Paula Moseley
Oneonta
Paul Moseley
Hulda Eddy
Ben English
Wells Eddy
Walter Herrington
Melrose
Lloyd Pine
Robert Higgins
Petersburg
Barbera Pine
Jane Baker
Churchmanship Topic Draws Vermont Laymen Meeting
A regional Vermont Congregational Layman's Fellowship session on churchmanship gathered men from Bennington Rutland and Windham Counties at Manchester Congregational Church. Rev. Wallace Short spoke as six discussion groups formed and later challenged the speaker. Organizers Miles Richard Robert Fletcher and Howard Dailey led the event with attending ministers including Rev. Robert P. Bell Rev. Charles W. Grande Rev. Emory Nickerson and Rev. John DeBoer.
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Manchester
Vermont
Manchester Congregational Church
Bennington County
Rutland
Windham Counties
Wallace Short
First Congregational Church of
West Brattleboro
Miles Richard
Mt. Holly
Robert Fletcher
North Bennington
Howard Dailey
Robert P. Bell
Old First Church
Old Bennington
Charles W. Grande
Federated Church
East Arlington
Emory Nickerson
Ash Wednesday Masses in St John the Baptist Church
Ash Wednesday services at St John the Baptist Church in North Bennington begin at 5 30 p m with blessed ashes distributed before the Mass. A Friday Mass is set for 5 30 p m and the regular weekly schedule continues. The Lake Paran Home Demonstration Group meets Thursday March 8 at 1 30 p m at Edith Burns home.
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Immaculate Conception
William J. Beston
C.S.C
Holy Cross Novitiate
Bennington
St. John the Baptist Church
Lake Paran
Edith Burns
1-40 Club Notes Dinner Plans and Meetings
The 1-40 Club met at Mrs. Chester Denio's Shaftsbury home with 14 members. President Mrs. Thomas Jones led. Treasurers and secretaries reports were read, committees reported, and plans set for Town Meeting Day Dinner serving hot turkey and desserts with two pies per member. Next meeting at Mrs. Wilbur Gordy's Overlea Road.
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Chester Denio
Shaftsbury
Thomas Jones
Earline Ware
Jane Gordy
Wilbur Gordy
Rudolph Elwell
Cole Hall
Ellen Elwell
Dorothy Gaye
Overlea Road
Two Pownal Center Boys Hospitalized After Sled Accident
Norman Chaffee 15 and James Stone 13 were injured when a sled struck a tree Sunday afternoon in Pownal Center. Norman suffers a broken left leg and will stay in a cast for weeks before home convalescence. Jimmy’s leg is fractured and in traction with three weeks in hospital. Colleen Andrews 18 months underwent surgery in Boston and remains hospitalized for an indefinite period.
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Pownal Center
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Norman Chaffee
Lawrence Chaffee
Norman
Bennington High School
James Stone
Walter Lampman
Jimmy
Pownal Center School
Colleen Andrews
Harry Andrews
Children’s Hospital
Boston
Andrews
Burlington Policeman Dismisses His Lawyer
Former patrolman Richard D. Bates, facing Friday sentencing for a nighttime on duty burglary, has dismissed his attorney. Bates, 38, and accomplice William J. Bleau, 25, pleaded guilty to a June 6 warehouse break in Burlington, Vermont.
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Burlington
Richard D. Bates
Benjamin F. Schweyer
Bates
Edward J. Costello
William J. Bleau
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