Community notices and events in Pownal area
Dog licensing deadline is April 1 with fees two dollars for male and spayed dogs and six dollars for females. Rabies inoculation certificate required and owners must appear in person to sign. Town Officers' School set at Manchester Elementary on Thursday with 9 a.m. registration and sessions 9:30 to 11, 1:15 to 4. Lenten devotions and Mass schedule at Our Lady of Lourdes. Pownal native David Powell, USMC, departs for Vietnam for 13 months after training, commended as platoon leader. Red Cross Junior First Aid course to be taught at Pownal Center School by Principal Daley. Democratic Day in Montpelier March 30 includes luncheon at Tavern Inn, State House tour and public hearing, with reception for Gov Hoff and Lt Gov Daley at 3:30. Tickets available from Mrs. Hurley.
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Manchester
Our Lady of Lourdes
David C. Powell
U.S. Marine Corps
Benjamin L. Powell Sr
North Pownal
California
Vietnam
San Diego
Camp Pendleton
Pownal Center
Montpelier
Tavern Inn
Assembly
State House
Hoff
Daley
Pownal
Thomas P. Hurley
Peru Couple Mark 50th Anniversary With 200 Guests
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Williams celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at the Community House in Peru with 200 guests including their children and grandchildren. Activities included a cake cut by Mrs. Jarvis and refreshments by the Ladies Aid Society. Williams served as Peru road commissioner for around four decades and the couple have resided in Peru 50 years.
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Peru
Walter Williams
Leroy Williams
Londonderry
Alvin Jarvis
Andover
Peru Congregational Church Ladies Aid Society
Williams
Jarvis
Roy Larsen
Bartonsville
Lynn Jarvis
Tuscaloosa, Ala
Methodist Church
Bondville
Percival Hewitt
Hoosick Falls Sergeant Named Outstanding Airman of Year
Denver CAC ARPC selects Walter Murphy of Hoosick Falls New York as Outstanding Airman of the Year for leadership as a personnel superintendent. Murphy, a St Marys Academy graduate, attended the University of Colorado, and his wife Doris is daughter of Amy Hannah of Blythe California. Alan Coulman from Mount Hermon School earned high honors in winter term. 157 boys on 600-student list.
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Denver
Colo
Walter Murphy
William A. Murphy
Willow St
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Continental Air Command’s
CAC
Air Reserve Personnel Center
ARPC
Murphy
Alan B. Coulman
Malcolm P. Coulman
Mount Hermon School
Alan
St. Mary’s Academy
University of Colorado
Doris
Amy Hannah
Blythe
Calif
Hoosick Falls church groups plan events and fund drive
Hoosick Falls St Marys Auxiliary organized food sale workers for April 2 after Masses in the church hall. A rummage sale is set for April 14 and 15. Sisters of St Joseph will visit Expo 67 in May. Hoosick Falls American Legion Post 40 marks its 48th anniversary with a April 8 party at the Town House in Cambridge and a smorgasbord at 7:30 p.m. Reservations by March 28. Rev Gilbert Hall, West Hoosick, area fundraiser chief, announced a $100000 anonymous gift to the American Baptist World Mission Fund. Hoosick Falls Baptist Church, after launching its local drive, has surpassed $5000 toward a $2000 goal, with parishioners to be visited by fund committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s
Henry Marcoux
Lawrence Murphy
Sisters of St. Joseph
Hoosick Post No. 40
American Legion
Cambridge
Joseph Auering
Gilbert Hall
Wesley Hall
West Hoosick
American Baptist World Mission Fund
Hoosick Falls
John Y. Elliott
Junior High Revote Planned in July by Four Towns
Manchester directors at a town meeting voted to seek a revote on joining a union junior high district, possibly in July. Manchester Dorset Sunderland approved revote plans. Peru directors, newly appointed, declined to participate yet. Arlington officials attended, noting interest in a 7-12 union but not a 7-9 change. A Public information drive and April 3 meeting were announced amid local bond defeat for Fisher Elementary and Arlington Memorial High.
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Manchester
Dorset
Sunderland
Peru
Bruce Smart
Arlington
Rupert Spencer
State Department of Education
Bernard Dubay
Arnold Wilcox
Arlington Board
Wilcox
Fisher
Arlington Memorial High School
Easter services and community notices in South Cambridge
Easter service at the Methodist Church at 11 30 a m led by the Rev Oswald A Muller with a pator. Flowers may be placed in the sanctuary. Sunday school starts 10 30 a m. Prayer vigil in South Cambridge Good Friday 2 to 6 p m. Pleasant Valley Grange hosts a public card party at the hall on March 28 at 8 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oswald A. Muller
Pator
South Cambridge
Pleasant Valley Grange
Grange Loans Chairs for Town Meeting Aid
Grange News reports Battenkill Grange loaned chairs to Sandgate for the town meeting following a recent fire that destroyed the town hall. Mrs. Lillian Elwell is a surgical patient at Mary Fletcher Hospital and seeks messages from members and friends. Mrs. Donald Waite welcomes a new son at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Airman Lawrence E. Baker of Hoosick Falls has been chosen for technical training at Keesler AFB Mississippi as a USAF communications specialist after completing basic training at Lackland AFB Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battenkill Grange
Sandgate
Lillian Elwell
Mary Fletcher Hospital
Donald Waite
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Lawrence E. Baker
William F. Baker
Fiske St
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Keesler Afb
Miss
U.S. Air Force
Lackland Afb
Tex
Cor ned Beef and Cabbage Dinner Honors Pool Fundraisers
Hoosick Falls community and officials gathered for a corned beef and cabbage dinner honoring the Weir Reynolds Community Swimming Pool fund raising committee. Rev Edith Reynolds and Arthur Armstrong were among guests. town leaders and local executives spoke and a $200 donation was presented. An Eagles plan to sponsor ongoing fund-raisers for perpetual pool care was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Weir-Reynolds
Eagles
Edith Craig Reynolds
Arthur Armstrong
Reynolds
Philip Leonard
Leonard
William Gilchrest
Gilchrest
John Keough
Keough
Atty
George Holbrook
Holbrook
Clarence Sausville
Sausville
Warner Harrison
Randy
Frank Novak
Charles Strang
Wallaceome Danny Drake Returns From Hospital Stay
Walloomsne Danny Drake has returned home after treatment at Mary McClellan Hospital. Mr and Mrs Burton Luke hosted an after school gathering for their daughter Katherine eighth birthday with guests from Hoosick Falls Central School including Timothy Herrington Billy Luke Donald Lohnes Bruce Moseley Susan McCabe Amy Mihuta Robin Baldwin Barbara Gaines Cynthia Sutton and Lisa Gaines. Robin Baldwin won a dancing contest. Mrs Luke baked a bunny cake and the Lukes served refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danny Drake
Mary McClellan Hospital
Burton Luke
Katherine
Timothy Herrington
Billy Luke
Donald Lohnes
Bruce Moseley
Susan McCabe
Amy Mihuta
Robin Baldwin
Barbara Gaines
Cynthia Sutton
Hoosick Falls Central School
Lisa
Gaines
Luke
Beverly Luke
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