First Service Held At St. Columban's
Arlington reports the first services at the new St. Columban's Church with a Friday Mass on the Feast of St. Joseph and Sunday First Communion for 18 children including Roger Cain Douglas Mattison and Kathleen Thompson. The procession and crowning by the Sodality followed, with Arlington High seniors Diana Keough Marianne Garrecht Joanne King Cheryl Blair and Susan Hoth forming the court of honor. Hoth crowned the Virgin statue.
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Arlington
St. Columban’s
Roger Cain
Douglas Mattison
Mark Burke
Jeffrey
Brian Galusha
Brian Hawley
Theodore Holton
James Pike
James Brown
Ronald King
Edward Waite
David Lasky
Shirley Mc
Winnaar Trout Contest Winner in Pownal
Leon Jacobs, a NYABC technician for Bennington County, won the fishing contest for the largest trout with a 17 inch brown trout caught in the Batten Kill River on April 29 during the first week of the season. The event was hosted by the Pownal Fish and Game Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnah
Leon Jacobs
NYABC
Bennington County
Battenkill River
Pownal Fish and Game Club
Horse and Pony Auction Sale at Lebanon NH
A sale on Saturday May 9 at 10 am at J W Barber's Sales Stable Lebanon New Hampshire features 5 carloads of Western horses and ponies. consignments include 50 saddles and a large tack selection. Also offered are a 15 ft boat with 70 hp motor and trailer, plus 2 pickup trucks and local saddle horses and ponies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.W. Barber
Lebanon
N.H
Fewer Arlington Mail Service Cuts Under Revised Order
Postmaster J.M. McCabe says Arlington will see only one service change under a Gronouski revision. The window will close at noon Saturdays starting May 9 while money orders and CODs remain available locally. The plan targets small offices with limited savings, though national savings are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Gronouski
J.M. McCabe
McCabe
Golden Wedding Anniversary For Hoosick Falls Couple
Hoosick Falls Mr. and Mrs. Anton Laurson celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a church reception at the Baptist Church. They were married April 29 1914 in Hoosick Falls by Rev. Wareren. The couple has two sons George and William, six grandchildren, and enjoy family visits and travel.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Anton Laurson
Mechanic St
The
Baptist Church
Laurson
Anna Winegard
Baptist
Beaumont
Fire ban in effect for mountain towns May 1 to May 10
State fire officials announce a fire ban for Searsburg and nearby towns with no permits issued from May 1 through May 10. A separate health note details the third Sabin oral polio clinic at Deerfield Valley Health Center Wilmington on Wednesday from 4 to 7 pm for ages two months to 29 years, free of charge.
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Charles Dearcopp
Searsburg
Jacksonville
Readsboro
Whitingham
Dover
Jennie Stearly
Bratetleboro
Kenneth Fisher
Wilmington
Eagle Bridge motorist faces hearing in Falls Tonight
In Hoosick Falls New York William Harrington was freed on $100 bail and faces a tonight hearing before Police Justice Robert Shiland after being charged with driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident. A left turn off Church Street led to the crash at John Street window smash. Arresting officers were Chief Frank Demick and Sgt. William Murphy.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
John Street
Eagle Bridge
William Harrington
Robert Shiland
Frank Demick
William Murphy
Harrington
Church Street
Thorpe
Sternberg
Five and Ten
Robert William Springer
Dundee Avenue
Leonard Oscar Brown
Elm Street
Harry Redikar
Troy
Boston and Maine
Redikar
Richard D. Schmigel
School St
Shiland
Arlington OES Installs Officers in Public Ceremony
More than 85 members and guests attended the Red Mountain Chapter No. 41 OES installation at the Masonic Temple. Mrs. Mary Best was installed as worthy matron and Chester Cherbonneau as worthy patron, with numerous other officers named and presented gifts to retiring matron Barbara Mahler.
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Arlington
Red Mountain
OES
Masonic Temple
Mary Best
Chester Cherbonneau
Barbara Mahler
Clyde Putnam
Agnes Belcher
Edith Hard
Ann Secor
Nellie Pike
Frances Lundeen
Ruth Grout
Amelia Lawrence
Adah
Lillian Henderson
Ruth
Doris Fisher
Esther
Karen Putnam
Martha
Louise Koenig
Electa
Nellie Hayden
Harold Best
Sentinel
Barbara Jambasian
Isadore Forbes Chapter
Springfield
Mass
Clement G. Belcher
Clara Hulet
Clara Cherbonneau
Rachel Moore
Ethel Benjamin
Best
Art Exhibit and Talk Tonight at Bennington College
North Bennington artist teacher John Fontaine addresses Art for the Retarded in the Commons Lounge at Bennington College at 7 30 p m. The talk accompanies a two day exhibit of paintings by the retarded with free admission. Fontaine, a Rhode Island School of Design graduate, has taught at Villa Maria Erie and Rocky Hill Country Day School Warwick prior to five years at Dr Joseph E Ladd School. The public is invited.
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White’s Pond
North Pownal Road
Women’s Fellowship of the
Pownal Center Community Church
Zuron Huse
Lawrence Chaffee
North Pownal
Pownal
North Bennington
John Fontaine
Bennington College
Rhode Island School of Design
Fontaine
Western Reserve University
Villa Maeria
Erie
Rocky Hill Country Day School
Warwick
Dr. Joseph E. Ladd School
Drew received fine for improper license in Hoosick Falls
Jesse Drew was charged with an improper driver license last week but was not given a suspended sentence on the condition of remedying the defect. He received a $5 fine, and Edith Beaumont listed as a local contact in Hoosick Falls with the phone number 686 9103.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Drew
Drew
Noted Literary Critic to Speak at Carriage Barn
NORTH BENNINGTON Professor Benjamin DeMott of Amherst College will discuss Academies and Literary Culture at Bennington College Carriage Barn on Thursday at 8 p.m. DeMott, a 1951 Harvard PhD holder and APS fellow, has numerous essays and two books including Hells and Benefits 1962.
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Carriage Barn
North Bennington
Benjamin DeMott
Amherst College
Bennington College
DeMott
George Washington University
Washington
D.C
Harvard University
American Philosophical Society
Little Brown
Boston
Partisan Review
Hudson Review
the New Mexico Quarterly
The
Nation
Commentary
Oth
Bennington Professor Fowlie Publishes Verlaine Article
North Bennington professor Wallace Fowlie of Bennington College contributed an article on Paul Verlaine to the 1964 Encyclopedia Americana, announced by publisher Grolier Incorporated. A safety demonstration by Nationwide Insurance impressed local students, featuring braking tests where a high school senior girl topped a boy in reaction time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Fowlie
Bennington College
Grolier Incorporated
Fowlie
Paul Verlaine
Nationwide Insurance Company
Hall Street
Catholic Women meet at Our Lady of Peace Retreat House
Miss Inez Smith Mrs Flore nce Towne Mrs John Molloy and Mrs James Martin attend the spring meeting of Catholic Women at Our Lady of Peace Retreat House in North Bennington Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Eric Sankari of Ashburnham Massachusetts were in town this weekend to attend the first communion of their niece Kathleen Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inez Smith
Florence Towne
John Molloy
James Martin
Our Lady of Peace Retreat House
North Bennington
Eric Sankari
Ashburnham
Mass
Kathleen Thompson
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Vera Langlais
J.W. Barber, Jr
Drysdale’s
Kroehler
Haynes & Kane, Inc
DIAL
Main ST
Bennington
Carlo Walter
Una McKean
Donna McKean
Catskills
Philathea Society
John Elliott
Ina Harrison
Frank Reynolds Sr
Clarence Mathers
James Monahan
Duncan McMartin
Evelyn Herrington
Falls
Louis W. Markiewicz
Thomas G. Restino
Arlington Oes
Basket
Pocket Books
Sunderland, VT
Fron
Skyline Drive
Edith Beaumont
Er Magazines
Basic Books
Elizabeth Dwyer
Helene Thompson
South Street
Vermont
Ernest H. Javery
Alan H. Page
RADIO
Babcock Electric
Morgan ST
Volkswagen
Liggett-Bosworth Motor Sales, Inc
Bennington, Vt
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