Let Freedom Ring Part II Arlington Lions Variety Show
Arlington on a Sunday morning blends fire trucks chain saws and church bells as the Lions Club annual Variety Show fills the high school gym. Monica Murray sang Haberma from La Boheme while other soloists and a long show of dance, magic, and nostalgia entertain 200 participants and a crowd. a slide show plus taped WWII and Vietnam era clips frame the performance. Roosevelt’s quote about good neighbors closes a weekend that mixed celebration with sober reflection and community pride.
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Judson Brown
Arlington
Andrew Lockhart
Arlington Lions Club
Lockhart
Lion Ronnie Ryan
Dick Wood
Nightingale
Neil Knapp
Uncle Sam
Harry Hayden
Hiroshima
Vietnam
Abraham
Martin
John
Daisy
Roosevelt
Arlington Area Calendar Highlights Weekly Meetings
Arlington residents have a busy weekly calendar with events and meetings across town. Notable entries include the Arlington Rescue Squad refresher, Arlington Chorale rehearsals, AA meetings, and regular gatherings of the Arlington Fish and Game Club, School Board, Battenhill Grange, FOE Auxiliary, and Arlington Fire Co bingo. A nursery field trip to community sites featured Mrs. Linda Williams and Mrs. Ann Weeks guiding seven Playhouse Nursery School children studying Community Helpers, with a visit planned to the fire house maple sugar house and a health nursing visitor.
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Arlington Rescue Squad
Arlington Chorale
Bailey Hall
St. Margaret Mary Hall
Arlington Fish and Game Club
Arlington School Board
Fisher School Library
Battenhill Grange
Grange Hall
West Arlington
FOE
Eagle Rooms
Manchester
Fisher Elementary
Arlington Fire Co
Playhouse Nursery School
Post Office
Linda Williams
Ann Weeks
Betty Tynan
Arlington Public Health Nursing Service
Windham College to Host Westing on Herbicidal Warfare History
Windham College professor Arthur Westing, noted ecologist, will speak on the history of herbicidal warfare this Thursday March 18 at 8 p.m. in the Dreyfus Science Auditorium. His lecture titled A Grain of Rice is Worth a Crop of Blood traces food and crop destruction as a military tactic from 1100 B.C. to 1976 with emphasis on U S use over the last two centuries.
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Putney
Arthur Westing
Windham College
Dreyfus Science
Windham
Foreign Relations and Commerce
U.S. Senate
U.S. District
Minneapolis
Grand Rapids
Westing
Indochina
International Peace Research Institute
Stockholm
Sweden
Vermont Governor’s Scientific Advisory Committee
Herbicide Assessment Commission For
Jakab Uninjured After Car Leaves Route 7 in Manchester
Alfred K. Jakab 46 of Syosset NY escaped injury Friday night when his car left Route 7 at Route 11 30 intersection, swerved to miss a vehicle, and struck a telephone pole. Police said roads were slippery. car was a total loss.
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Manchester
Alfred K. Jakab
Syosset
N.Y
Jakab
Students perform bicentennial plays in Hoosick Falls
St. Marys Academy seventh and eighth graders present two one act plays in the high school auditorium Friday March 19 at 7 p m to mark the bicentennial. The seventh grade performs Horse Sense a one act comedy by Earl Dial about the events leading up to a famous ride.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
St. Mary’s Academy
Earl Dial
Hoosick Falls Fire and Local Theater News
Firefighters were called to Stewart's Bread N Butter Store Friday night at 8 15 to deal with an unattended gasoline tanker spill that created a fire hazard. The crew spent over an hour flushing the area on River and Church Streets. Local residents and public notices included Edith Beaumont and hospital transfers, plus details of a school eighth grade play An Imaginary Trial of George Washington featuring Mary Hayden and Peter Wir Musky with a large cast. The public is invited to attend free performances.
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Hoosick Falls
Stewart’s
Bread ’N Butter
River Street
Church Street
Paul Revere
Mary Hayden
Brown Beauty
Peter Wirmusky
Dottie Maleahy
Mrs. Revere
Kim Hunt
Deborah Revere
Sheila Donovan
Francis Kusala
George Washington
Theresa Albowicz
Mike Milliman
Diane Cuddihy
Karen Dougherty
Carina Martorello
Mike Verrastro
Bridget Hoag
Alice Edwards
Mike Sheffer
Ruth McLenahan
Jeanne Mahar
Dan Ramsey
Hoosick Falls voters to elect three village trustees
Voters in Hoosick Falls will pick three of six candidates to serve as village trustees. Six names appear on the Independents and Democrats tickets with no direct competition on the ballot. Polls run noon to 9 p.m. at four polling places: Ward I Stanislaw's Hall, Ward II Murphy's Store, Ward III Hoosick Falls firehouse, Ward IV Mary MacDonald's Garage.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Independent Party
Democratic Party
Stanislaw’s
Mechanic Street
Murphy's
Third Street
Church Street
Mary MacDonald
Munsell Street
Pownal Community Notices Share Meetings and Gymnastics Show
Local groups in North and East Pownal announce evening meetings at firehouses and churches. A Pownal Elementary School gymnastics show featured fourth to sixth graders with a growing team, coach Gary Lamoureaux noting growth from 12 to 35 and fundraising proceeds for equipment.
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Pownal
North Bennington WOMEN'S Fellowship Hosts Bake Sale
A bake sale will be held Saturday March 20 starting at 11 am at McCullough Library in North Bennington. Sponsored by the Women's Fellowship of the North Bennington Baptist Church. A variety of home baked articles will be available.
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McCullough Library
North Bennington
Women’s Fellowship of the
North Bennington Baptist Church
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FDR
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Marilyn King
Philip Elwell
Helene Thompson
Julius Hell
William Ff. Burns
Norman Strobridge
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Co-Operative Fire Insurance Association OF Vermont
Middlebury
Vermont
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Society For Social Responsibility In Science
Cambodia
North Vietnam
Scientists’ Institute For Public Information
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Extra Ordinary Bank
Vermont National
Center
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William D. Emberley
Nison Engineering Inc
Equinox House
Henry R. Lambert
Warren A. Robenstein
Jennison
Edith Beaumont
Martin Murphy
High St
Crescent Manor
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Edwin Schneider Jr
Francis Murphy
Anthony Pokines
Michael Brewster
Walter Davendanis
John Jenuskevice
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Pamela Blakeman
North Pownal
Women’s Fellowship
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Pownal Center
Pownal Baptist Church
Rose Mattison
Solomon Wright
Gary Lamoureaux
Jean Taylor
Margaret Garrison
Wendy Tifft
Kelli Paradise
Joelle Brookner
Lori Taylor
Corrine Lawson
Pamela Taylor
Melissa McKune
Malynda Jelley
Melanie Harwood
Lori Jelley
Cindy Garrison
Tammy Smith
Gregory Hattar
DeeDee Smith
Mrs. Taylor
James Winchester
Howard Armstrong
Mrs. Garrison
Lisa DeFio
Javery
Ernest H. Javery
South Street
Alan H. Page
Bennington, Vermont
Sayeras
Main St
Hanson
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