As in Days Gone By preview in Hoosick Falls history project
Hoosick Township Historical Society members viewed slides from Joseph Holloway previewing As in Days Gone By a pictorial history of Hoosick to be published in April as a bicentennial project. The 100 page booklet features 19th century scenes including the falls 1840 and the Warren mansion, Walter A Wood works and floods such as the 1898 dam break, with plans to print 100 pages at 3.50 dollars and later donate prints and negatives to the society.
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Town of
Hoosick
Hoosick Township
Joseph Holloway
Edith Beaumont
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Holloway
Hoosick River
Warren
Ehmler
Walter A. Wood Mowing
Christina Stevens
Harold Robson
Kevin Thibodeau
Hewitt
Molly Kennedy
Eugene Avery
Jack Halstead
Donna Geers
Miss Stevens
Thomas
Walter A. Wood
Calhoun Farm
Hoosick Falls Country Club
Mutual Aid Society
North
Walloomsac
Battlefield Park
Wood Pond
The
Historical Society
George Peer
Mable Hewitt
Marcia Holbrook
Carol Gaillard
Hoosick Falls Standard Press
Home rule bill pushed in N H special session
Three New Hampshire lawmakers backed by the House Rules Committee propose a home rule measure to require local approval for major developments in a town. The bill, filed for the current special session, follows past defeats of coastal refinery and paper mill projects.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
Connecticut River
New Hampshire
House Rules Committee
Rep
Anthony Ste
Vens
D-Walpole
Parsons and Whittemore
Stevens
College
Durham
Aristotle Onassis
Olympic Refineries
Hal Close
R-Keene
Patricia Russell
D-Keene
Close
Seabrook
Public Service Company
Fugitive Schnieder Nabbed After Florida Escape
William G. Schnieder 35 of Boyntonville was captured in Hoosick Falls by a state police detail while returning home from an escape from a Florida prison. He was arraigned in Brunswick and committed to Rensselaer County Jail without bail pending extradition.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Boyntonville
Florida
Brunswick
William G. Schnieder
E.J. Minehan
Schneider
Frank McKnight
Rensselaer County
Troy
Brunswick Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Arlington Grange honors Arlington teacher as community citizen
At Battenkill Grange meeting on March 3 an 85 attendee crowd honored John Werner of Arlington Memorial High School as Grange's community citizen. Denise Young received the 25 year Sheaf of Wheat pin for her grandmother Mabel Decker. Shirley Matteson spoke of Mabel's Grange service and Decker family history.
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Arlington
Battenkill
John Werner
Arlington Memorial High School
Grange
Roy Crofut
Denise Young
Belle Decker
Shirley Matteson
Franconia College staff hosts Falls open house event
HOOSICK FALLS N Y Franconia College staff will host an open house Wednesday night March 10 at 7 30 at 114 Church Street Kevin Thibodeau’s home. The program highlights the accredited Franconia College in New Hampshire known for psychology philosophy and arts departments and its problem solving approach. Neil McLaughlin dean of students and Ken Westhaver arts chair will welcome guests. Open to area high school juniors and seniors parents and friends. for more information call 518 686 7932.
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Hoolick Falls
N.Y
Kevin Thibodeau
Church St
Franconia College
Franconia
N.H
White Mountains
Ments
Neil McLaughlin
Ken Westhaver
Thibodeau
Hoosick Falls
Vermont Bicentennial Steam Expedition Schedule 1976
The Bicentennial Steam Expedition sets 1976 summer and fall schedules from Bellows Falls to Burlington with stops at Riverside Steamtown Ludlow Rutland Brandon Middlebury Shelburne and Burlington. Fares range from $1 to $31.50 with half fare for children under 12 and free for under five. The route shifts mid August to Vermont’s western corridor via Burlington Manchester and Bennington with a 9:30 p.m. return to Burlington.
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Vermont
Bellows Falls
Riverside
Burlington
Rutland
Manchester
Bennington
Ludlow
Guidance Department Program At Burr and Burton Seminary
Manchester The Parents Council sponsors a Guidance Department Program on Wednesday evening March 10 at 7 30 in the school gym. David Martin director of guidance and counselor Mrs Debbie Olsen will explain the program and activities. A slide presentation Q A and a display of guidance materials are planned. The event offers parents and the community a view of how counselors work with students through four years and how they interact with faculty and administration. Refreshments will be served.
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Manchester
Parents Council of
Burr and Burton Seminary
David Martin
Debbie Olsen
March meeting of North Bennington Sodality at St John
The March meeting of the Ladies Sodality of St John the Baptist Church in North Bennington will be held on Wednesday March 10 at 7 30 pm in the parish hall. After the business meeting there will be a White Elephant Scotch Auction to benefit the Sodality treasury. Refreshments will conclude the evening.
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Miss Stevens
Debra Kelly
Virginia Lavin
Dorothy Frier
Julia Haynes) Wilson
Troy
N.Y
The
Society
Ladies Sodality of
St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church
North Bennington
Sodality Treasury
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William Kilmartin
Sandy Matteson
Steven Matteson
Dorothy Rutkin
Chris Rutkin
Florence Waltman
Alford Clayton
Ethan Allen Pomona
Mt. Equinox Grange
Arlington Recreation and Parks Committee
Falls
Tuscany
Bicentennial Transportation Committee
Steamtown Foundation
Containa
Bisquick
Walker's
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Javery
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