Valley Falls banker and wife found dead in apparent murder suicide
Gordon L. Banker former Union National Bank president and long time Schaghticoke Fair figure, and his wife Marjorie Lohnes Banker, were found dead at their Valley Falls home. Autopsies indicated Banker shot once in the head while Mrs Banker sustained multiple gunshot injuries. authorities described the incident as an apparent murder and death by own action. The couple were discovered around 3 am by school principal Thomas Davis. no forced entry was reported. Funeral arrangements and memorials noted, with surviving relatives listed.
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Valley Falls
N.Y
Gordon L. Banker
Union National Bank
Troy
Schaghticoke Fair
Marjorie Lohnes
James Y. Barrett
Rensselaer County
St. Mary’s Hospital
Banker
Huasic Valley Central School
Barrett
Remsselaer County
Don G. Cholakis
Cholakis
Thomas Davis
Manchester Lions
Troy Bank
UNB
James D. Harrington
Cohnes
Jane Harrington
Clarkson College
Potsdam
James T. Cohnes
Johnsonville
Bunker Hill
John K. Harrington
Hoosic Valley Central School
Schaghticoke
Pownal events calendar lists choir rehearsal and kindergarten signup
The Pownal Methodist Church hosts a 7 pm choir rehearsal while Pownal Elementary holds kindergarten registration on May 15 16 and 18 with screenings for speech hearing and vision. Eligibility requires five by Jan 1 1974 and immunization records plus birth certificate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
HVCC to offer evening degree in construction technology
Hudson Valley Community College will add an evening associate in applied science degree in construction technology starting fall 1973, replacing the Building Construction and Estimating certificate. The program emphasizes practical construction management, with courses like Estimating, Blue Print Reading, and Planning and Control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HVCC
Troy
N.Y
Hudson Valley Community College
Hvcc Board of Trustees
Leonard Spiegel
Civil and Construction Technologies
Hudson Valley
Spiegel
Higbee Hall
Grievance Day in Sunderland Sets May 16 Schedule
Sunderland officials announced Grievance Day for Wednesday May 16 with two sessions from 8 to 4 and 7 to 9 PM at Sunderland Elementary. Taxpayers with assessment changes will receive written notice beforehand, including new taxpayers.
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Sce
Sunderland
Board of Sisters
Shaftsbury Student Elected Hollins College Chair
Mimi Effinger daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank W Effinger of 245 Myers Road Shaftsbury has been elected chairman of the Religious Life Association for the academic year 1974 at Hollins College Va A Greenwich Academy graduate she is a rising senior at the Virginia woman's college
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mimi Effinger
Frank W. Effinger
Myers Road
Shaftsbury
iReligious Life Association
Hollins College
Greenwich Academy
Virginia Woman's College
Pownal PTG Plans and Vaudeville Show At School
The Pownal Parent Teacher Group met at Pownal Elementary School to plan events including a parent teacher supper on May 29 at 6 30 p m and a vaudeville show titled The P T G Presents And They Said Vaudeville Was Dead with proceeds supporting a school multipurpose room. The group voted 150 toward production costs, arranged donation slips, and organized intermission refreshments. A gymnastic demonstration followed with students shown on balance beam horse and tumbling. A Spring Bonanza drawing awarded prizes including a 12 inch television to Mrs Garrison sold by Cindy Garrison and many other gifts, certificates, and memorabilia to volunteers and students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Pownal Elementary School
P.T.G
Gert Harrington
Violet Dufresne
Nancy Gary
Beverly Libby
Nancy Farnum
Irma Shoff
Marge Roberts
Elizabeth Dufresne
Edward Dewey
Gary Lamoureaux
William Partenops
Patti Wilcox
Mickey Pallin
Wendy Rawies
John Heap
Patience Mantello
Patt Baker
Annette Pratt
Casey Mattison
Jason Harrington
Wendy Provost
Kathy LaCroix
Terri Niles
Glen Mat
Margaret Garrison
Cindy Garrison
Mary Sullivan
Holly Tardy
Bird
Yarren Gold
Ed Brandi
Dolores Hurley
Don Hurley
Discovery Record Store
John Gallant
Cathy Gallant
Nicklsen Jewelry Store
Weird Feathers
Kathleen Lewis
Misty Lewis
Violet Powell
DeeDee ‘Tornasello
Don Gallett
Scott Gallet
Bill Leonard
Mark Leonard
Harry Beals
Alessa Beals
Linda Columbo
Amy Pratt
Kim Held
Kim Miller
Barb Kittler
Judy Brown
Stanley
Kevin Leonard
Patrick Lanteigie
Mrs L K Miller Receives National Historic Award
Mrs Lawrence K Miller of Pittsfield honored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation at a Washington luncheon for rescuing and restoring Hancock Shaker Village. The award cited her energy and perseverance, noting the round barn and expanded Shaker artifact collection as key achievements since the 1960 dissolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Mass
Lawrence K. Miller
Hancock Shaker Village
National Trust For Historic Preservation
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Miller
Ufe
Vermont Proclaims May Speech and Hearing Month
Governor Thomas Salmon issues a proclamation designating May as speech and hearing month in Vermont. The event featured Tori Asle of Barre and noted a 250 percent rise in full-time school speech pathologists since 1970. Officials emphasize outreach needs and ongoing shortages of qualified clinicians statewide.
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State Department of Education
Lydia Brademeier
Austine
Vermont
Madeline Miles
The
Vermont Speech and Hearing Association
Ellenwood
Eleanor M. Luse
University of Vermont
Trinity College
Howard Mental Health Services
Harold S. Baird
Luri Aste
Barre
Thomas P. Salman
Lori, Daughing
Raymond J. Osl
Austin
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Renningin
Manchester
Manchester Lions Club
H. Kema
Bryce Funeral Home
Pawling Ave
Norton Cemetery
Ue Norton Cemetery
Memorial Methodist Church Building Fund
Marilyn Joyce Baronsky
Sheryl Margaret Burke
Sara Hadene Banker
Raymond Banker
Pittstown
Frank Humphrey
Middle Falls
Pownals
Pamela Blakeman
Pownal Methodist Church
North Pownal Congregational Church
Town Hall
Pownal Center
Community Churah Women's Fellowship
Santri Kauppi
Pamela Hill
David Zucker Sr
Floyd Patterson
Kenneth Gile
Charles Rounds
Theaé
ADLEA
Bennington
Office Products Center
Main ST
Shaftsbury Lott Tobler
Grand Union Empire
Pownal Ptg Meeting
New England
Arlington Chorale
Arlington
Theodore Cook
Nicky Little
Arlington Memorial High School
America
Williamstown
Williams College
John Simon
Simon
Burlington
Vermont Association For Th Crippled
Rutland
Winste Prouty Center
Austi School For the Deaf
Brat Heboro
Austine School
Pri Shields
New York City
Aimso
Massacchusetts
New Jerse
Maine
Rhode Islan
New York
Virgin Islands
Pue Rlco
Connecticut
Brattleboro
Dominic
Helene Bonura
Patrick
Patricia Connelly
Ray Stevens
Robert Lager
Richard Shaw
John Essex
Tom Sonrieborn
Pownall
Worth Adams
Charles G. McCloud
Barber's Pond Road
Robert Bradley
McCloud
Alabama
Green Mountain Park
Ernest H. Rosasco
West Main Street
Hoosick Falls Reunion
Menther
Heritage Mouse
Benning
Carolyn Church Ford
Cynthia Brownell
Ruth Tilley Brownell
Shirley Jennings Thomas
Hoosick Falls
Seconect Row
Rosemary Stevens Fleig
Marjorie Pine
Herrington
Peggy Austin Settanny
James Akin
Edward Zareski
Willian Pine
Richard Marker
Thiedrow
Shirley Weller Mahar
Terry Fareara Wirmusky
William Petit
George Howard
Robert Cipperly
William Balmer
Douglas Sherman
Oscar Ghriains
California
Richard Blake
Angelina
School of Work
Mutual Savings Bank
Burlington Savings Bank
College Sireal Fr Fedeca Depatain
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