Mystery Ride slated for Tuesday at First United Church
The TC Class of the First United Church will hold its annual Mystery Ride on Tuesday May 7. Riders will be picked up at 6 15 PM from the church. The arrangements committee includes Mrs Hoosick Falls Harry Harrison Mrs Warren Gaucher and Mrs Edwin Brenenstuhl. Brian W Harrison son of Dr and Mrs Harry Harrison of 3 Richmond Ave a Hoosick Falls Central School senior will enroll in a pre med program at Williams College in fall. He is a NY state Regents Scholar NHS member four year band basketball and cross country captain this year plus chorus Drama Club and Key Club and has participated in track and baseball. Also notes HFCC golf course may open Sunday depending on weather. The Hoosick Area Senior Citizens invite area residents to join a July 28 trip to Saratoga Performing Arts to see Liberace by calling 686 7561. A Common Cause meeting for Hoosick Falls Cambridge area residents and others is set for Sunday May 5 at 7 30 PM at the home of John S Davison on North Hoosick Road with informal discussion and refreshments.
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First United Church
Brian W. Harrison
Harry Harrison
Richmond Ave
Hoosick Falls Central School
Williams College
Williamstown
Mass
HFCS
Brian
New York State
Regents
Hoosick Area
Saratoga
Food for Thought Before You Roast a Chicken
Before you roast a chicken remove the wing tips as they burn in the oven but are useful for soup Mint ice cubes for punch or juleps start with mint tea steep two tablespoons of leaves in two cups boiling water Stir strain and freeze Gelatin mold guide pour gelatin to set then add fruit in a pattern and chill Croutons use stale bread to avoid absorbing too much fat
Pownal Community Notices Include AA Meeting and School Registration
Alcoholics Anonymous will meet Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Pownal Recreational Community Center. Kindergarten registration for Pownal Elementary School for the fall term runs May 6 to 10 with birth certificates and immunization records required. Children must be five by Jan 1 and will be screened in speech hearing and vision. Saturday May 11 is Little League tryouts at 9 a.m. at North Pownal. Registration deadlines extend to May 11.
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Alcoholics Anonymous
Pownal
North Pownal
Alexander Twilight the Vermonter who broke barriers in education
Middlebury College awarded Alexander Twilight an A B in August 1823 becoming the first Black citizen to earn a degree from an American college. He built Brownington Academy with his own hands, served in Vermont’s General Assembly, and shaped Black higher education in New England. His Granitic hall and Brownington legacy survived until today as a historic monument.
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Middlebury
Vermont
Alexander L. Twilight
Connecticut River Valley
Corinth
Middlebury College
Middlebury College News
Twilight
Randolph Academy
Peru
N.Y
Mercy Ladd Merrill
Lake Champlain
Vergennes
Ferrisburg
Orleans County Grammar School
Brownington
Athenian Hall
Great Stone
General Assembly
America
Brownington Academy
William B. Strong
Atchison, Topken & Santa Fe
James W. Strong
Carleton College
Portius Baxter
Tyler Stewart
U.S
Spain
Stephen P. Jocelyn
Quebec
Orleans County Historical Society
Pownal BCA Enforces Poll Tax Law With DMV Licenses
Pownal Board of Civil Authority adopted new procedures for collecting delinquent poll taxes. The law allows suspending licenses via the Department of Motor Vehicles for nonpayment. 32 certified notices were sent and a hearing held. About half of the delinquents paid. remaining cases were referred to the DMV with one abatement. Wages liens may be used, and a $6 citation fee applies if the employer fails to cooperate. Over $1,000 in taxes were collected during the meeting.
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Pownal
Board of Civil Authority
Department of Motor Vehicles
Ida Cameron
Return of Earl Harris and a Saturday 4H auction in Bennington
Earl Harris has returned home after heart surgery and friends may send cards to Box 308 RD 2 Delanson NY 12053. A 4H auction to aid the International Exchange is at 10 am Saturday at the Second Congregational Church Bennington, with Shaftsbury involved and an antique sled featured. Shaftsbury Troop 331 seeks fundraisers for Scout camp. those needing odd jobs or bottle donations may contact Mrs. Robert Gratz at 2-5841.
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Earl Harris
RD 2
Delanson
N.Y
Second Congregational
Bennington
Shaftsbury
Robert Gratz
Sunday dump closed alters local social life
The ruling shuts Sunday landfill dumps effective May 1, ending a weekly political and social visiting spot. Dumping will be allowed only Monday to Saturday 8 to 4, with $1 stickers sold at Arlington Sandgate and Sunderland town clerk offices for access.
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Arlington
Sandgate
Sunderland
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East Arlington
4-H
Walter Crawfords
Gunther Boys
Crawfords
Hoosick Falls
Edith Beaumont
Warren Gaucher
Edwin Brenenstuhl
Hoosick Falls Country Club
Common Cause
Cambridge
John S. Davison
North Hoosick Road
Food For
By Edward Pinsonneault
Vermont Steak House
Main St
India
Jersey
North & Adams Streets
Bennington, VT
the Iron Kettle
Au Jus
Mr. Portion
Mrs. Portion
New York
All Legal Beverages
Shaftsbury, Vt
Pamela Blakeman
Alexander Twilight
BCA
West Arlington
Kay Weeks
Elbert G. Davis
6 Road
Karl Sollows
Hyannisport
Cape Cod
Florida
Michigan
Cameron
North Bennington
Shaftsbury Lotti Tabler
Grand Union Empire
Lindberg
Javery
Ernest H. Javery
Alan H
South Street
Arlington High School
Jessica
California
Scotland
Carol C. Hughes
Prop
North
County Streets
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