Dorset community notes and events roundup
Mrs Oma Govert returns home from Florida. The United Church Dorset and East Rupert Women Fellowship meets Wednesday at 2 p.m. Rev Robert Dana to speak. Helen Bryan will give devotional. Hostesses: Mrs James Lee II and Mrs Wilfred Gilbert. Mrs Barbara Hilty of New York visits Danby Mountain Road home of Mrs Katherine Harding. Pvt Arnold Lake expects basic training at Ft Dix N J and a brief leave about March 15. his brother Pvt George Lake is stationed in Oakland Calif. Dorset Jr Home Demonstration group showcased four quick and easy recipes led by Mrs Roger Leach and Mrs Howard Leach. eleven members attended. Library adds 151 new books this Jan-Feb. eleven new books were shelved last week. readers urged to reserve. New fiction includes There is a Season Faith Baldwin The Little Saint Simenon Forbush and the Penguin Graham Billing The Double Image Helen MacInnes. Nonfiction titles include The Proud Tower Barbara Tuchman Gift of Prophecy Ruth Montgomery The Magnificent Defeat Frederick Buechner The Paris Journal 1944 1965 Janet Flower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Dana
Women’s Fellowship of the
United Church of
Arnold Lake
George Lake
Ft. Dix
N.J
Pvt
Oakland
Calif
Dorset Jr
Roger
Howard Leach
East Rupert
Roger Leach
Joseph King
Bennington
Marion Tifft
Faith Baldwin
Simenon
Forbush
Penguin
Graham Billing
Helen MacInnes
Barbara Tuchman
Ruth Montgomery
Frederick Bruechner
The
Paris Journal
Janet Flower
Community Tribute To Mark Falls National Guard Day
Hoosick Falls New York announces a public ceremony at the State Armory on Saturday afternoon April 16 to honor the New York Army National Guard. Surviving members of Company M and Headquarters Detachment 105th Infantry Regiment will be recognized for WWI and WWII valor. The event ties to the 80th anniversary of the 32nd Separate Company and the 27th Infantry Division insignia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Falls National Guard
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
New York Army National Guard
State Aremory
105Th Infantry Regiment
National Guard
27Th Infantry Division
New York National Guard
32Nd Separate Company
New York State Militia
John M. Lang
Charles R. Vogler
L.c
Gerald J. Morin Jr
Luther E. Rasch
Arethur M. Hyde
Thomas Mentply
Edward F. LaPorte
William H. Bohmer
James Cutler
LeRoy W. Baker
Maj
New York State Guard
32Nd
Shakespeare’s Ladies and a Green Beret Enter Dorset Week
Dorset hosts two entertaining evenings starting with the Dorset Historical meeting featuring Maj. Rodgers Rangers path tale told by Capt. Eckhardt a Green Beret Burr and Burton Seminary faculty member who reveals Rodgers birth and authorship of several books Then the Dorset Players staged a one act play with four matrons and two junior misses delivering a lively performance
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorset
Dorset Historical Meeting
Dorset Players
Historical Society
Maj
Rodgers
Rangers
John, Eckhardt
Manchester
Special Forces
Eckhardt
Burr and Burton Seminary
Ber
Lake Champlain
Methuen
Mass
Dorset Palyers
Mad Tom’s Book Shop
Proprietress
Ophelia
Portia
Bassanio
Kate
Cleopatra
Burr
Burton
Juliet
Desdemona
Manchester Families Visit Bentleys After Army Discharge
Local notes report Charlie Bentley being discharged from Fort Leonard Wood Missouri on February 26 after two years stationed there. Also mentioned are homecomings and community events including church talks on ecumenism, a men’s breakfast at First Congregational Church, VFW notes with district meetings, and upcoming vaccine clinics for measles.
Henshaw weekend visits and Marine training news
Winhall resident Winhall Chester F Henshaw of Some erville Mass spent the weekend with his father Chester P Henshaw. Lloyd Slade son of Mr and Mrs William Slade left Feb 23 for eight weeks of basic Marine training at Parris Island SC before four weeks of combat training at Camp Lejeune NC. Mountain Home Grange held a meeting with Erald Coleman as master, honored Mrs Clara Perry, voted to support Vermont Association for Disabled Children, and noted funds raised for the Grange via Saturday night games. A literary program highlighted Vermont topics, plus a Jamaica film by Neil Hamilton showing Kayak races, sugaring, and autumn colors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester F. Henshaw
Someerville
Mass
Chester P. Henshaw
Lloyd Slade
William Slade
Parris Island
S.C
Slade
Camp Lejune
N.C
Grange News
Mountain Home Grange
Erald Coleman
Clara Perry
Vermont Association For Crippled Children
Radio Free Europe
Future Farmers of America
Rose Torrey
Irene Horton
Ceres
Harriet Coleman
Grange Hall
Grange
Vermont
Neil Hamilton
Jamaica
West River
Mae Ple
Pikes Falls
Army Air Force Sergeant Re-Enlists for Two More Years
Sgt Raymond Smith is on leave with his mother Mrs Florence Smith of West Arlington. Completing six years in service, including two at Finthen AFB near Mainz, Germany, he re-enlists for two more years and will report to Fort Wolters Texas for helicopter school. Also, Mr and Mrs Guy Roberts and Jennifer of Wilbraham MA left after visiting their parents, and Mr and Mrs George Hughes returned to Sandgate from a three week Virginia trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Smith
Army Air Force
Florence Smith
West Arlington
Finthan Afb
Mainz
Germany
Smith
Fort Wolters
Tex
Heliopter School
Guy Roberts
Jennifer
Wilbrahan
Mass
Paul Bede
George Hughes
Sandgate
Virginia
Public slide show on Mexico at Higley Hill club
About 20 viewers attended a slide show by Dr. Lynde Kimball on Mexico sponsored by Higley Hill Home Demonstration Club at the Baptist Church vestry in Wilmington. Mrs. Wheeler in charge with cookies and coffee. The Women’s Association of Wilmington Congregational Church met at Mrs. Willard Sr.’s home with 14 members, led by Mrs. Timmerman and Mrs. Stone. Donations were approved to Crippled Children’s Aid, Vermont Red Cross. A public supper is planned for March 19 at 6 pm in the vestry. The next meeting is March 23 at 1 30 pm with hostesses Mrs. Stone and Mrs. Nye Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester Welfare and Nursing Association
Manchester
Burr and Burton Seminary
Clifford Harwood
Mary Torrey
Lynde Kimball
Mexico
Higley Hill Home Demonstration Club
Baptist Church Vestry
Wilmington
Henry Wheeler
Wheeler
Doris Adams
Women’s Association of Wilmington Congregational Church
John Willard Sr
Wayne Timmerman
Lewis Stone
Leonard Johnson
Vermont Association of the Crippled, Children’s Aid Society
American Red Cross
Stone
Nye Johnson
Shaftsbury Mothers Farm Scout Auxiliary Forms
Seven of more than 30 Troop 331 members attend an organizational meeting at the elementary school as the new Ladies Auxiliary forms headed by president Mrs Dale Sands and officers. Funds are sought for transportation and a summer camp or Philmont scholarship while members may sew patrol flags and secure equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
BSA
Ladies Auxiliary
Philip Roach
Henry Freely
Freely
Philmont
Roach
Dale Sands
Henry Bunk
Chester Denio
Arthur Faris
Edward Wansbury
Roger Bull
George
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oma Govert
Florida
Barbara Hilty
New York
Katherine Harding
Danby Mountain Road
Dorset Public Library
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Grimm
Charlie Benteley
Goredon Bentley
Bentley
Army
Fort Leonard Wood
Thomas Hevey
Jerome J. Hevey Jr
James B. Murray
St. Paul
Rutland
Vermont Congregational Conference
UVM
First Congregational Church
E. Roger Wilcox
Francis Coburn
VFW
Cmdr
Lynn Averill
John West
Benenington
Council of Administration
Springfield
Dept. Cmdr
Sabin Morris
North Springfield Armory
Peru
Alice Dibble
Benjamin Kelton
Arthur Kelton
University of Colorado
Kelton
University of Colorado Graduate School
Arthur Kelton Jr
Colorado
Vail
Raymond Farnum
Arlington
Bud Edgerton
Peru Fire Department
Bromley
Edward Prescott
Ethan Allan Pomona
Stamford
Prescott
Alan Gleason
Stamford Grange
Lynn Fabricius
Clarence Decker Sr
June Hanlon
Mt. Equinox
A. Montgomery
Lila Blanchard
Berkshire North Pomona
Walter Gleason
Deerfield Pomona
Home Economics and
Florence Hattat
BCHS
William Wilbur
Battenkill
Taconic
Winhall
John O. Slade
Betty Trachte
Aan
Triple
Grand Union
Heritage
Harvest Hills
Merritt
Hewitt
North Bennington
Mountain Towns
Carlo Walter
Shaftsbury Mothers Farm Scout Auxiliary
Sandquist
Ezekiel Cross
Ewing
Plymouth
Lynn Bunk
David Mattison
Ron Stufflebeam
Tubbs Mfg. Co
Edwin Colvin
Allan Sands
East Arlington
Better Tv, Inc
Main Street
DIAL
Smokey
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