School scheduling and activities update in Southwest District
Scheduling for pupils entering junior high in September proceeds this week under R L Worden and A J Barriere Jr. The program includes language arts mathematics social studies science physical education art general music industrial arts or home economics with electives such as band orchestra French Spanish chorus ensembles drama and humanities. An orientation at Bennington Junior High is planned later this month and parents may discuss the program at Center School tonight 730 to 9. Ernest R Langlais is named petty officer in charge of athletics for Company 180 22nd Battalion while a mother daughter communion is celebrated Sunday at 9 a m under the Ladies Guild of Our Lady of Lourdes Church. A general session at Center School for Grade 6 outlined next season’s program with copies sent to parents for approval and signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Guild of
Our Lady of Lourdes
SA Ernest R. Langlais
U.S. Navy
Great Lakes, Ill
22Nd Battalion
R.L. Worden
A. J. Barriere Jr
Bennington Junior High
Center School
Manchester Clerk Reports New Garrow’s Variety Store Owner
Lawrence Duffany, formerly of Middlesbury, has bought Garrows Variety Store in Manchester. The shop, run for over 30 years by William and Emily LaMontagne, becomes a Ben Franklin Store in City Products Corp. network. Duffany, 1965 American International College graduate, last worked for W.T. Grant Co. in Springfield and Bennington, with a May 25 opening planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Lawrence T. Duffany
Middlebury
Garrows
William and
Emily LaMontagne
Duffany
Ben Franklin
City Products Corp
Chicago
Ill
American International College
Springfield
Mass
W.T. Grant Co
Bennington
Hoosick Falls Awards Oil and Stone Contracts
Hoosick Falls Village Board awarded the fuel oil contract for the coming year to Joseph Buckley & Sons Inc at a discount of 0.0405 per gallon from the current price. Other bids included Agway, Blue Flame Gas Service, and Milling ton & LaPorte. The board also awarded stone to William E. Dailey Inc and asphalt to Hoosie Valley Asphalt. Sidewalk and curb bids were let to Winifred Robinson. A plan to buy a new grader was discussed and a meeting scheduled. Clear title to the Walter Wood high school property was received, enabling talks on turning it into apartments. The village band will be organized by Phillips and Cottrell for summer concerts starting June 21. Fire Department officers for 1967-68 were approved and two veteran firemen authorized as additional volunteer truck drivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Joseph Buckley & Sons, Inc
Blue Flame Gas Service
Agway Company
Millington & LaPorte
Buckley
Agway
Albany
William E. Dailey, Inc
Shaftsbury
Hoosie Valley Asphalt Company
Winifred Robinson
Highway Committee
William Baker
New York
Walter A. Wood Jr
Walter Wood
Wood
Walter A. Wood
Leo Albowicz
Kenneth Lester
Guy Phillips
Cortland Cottrell
Fred Quackenbush
Walter Hoffman
Douglas Ogilvie
Bernard Graney
Wayne Houghton
William Cronin
Howard Wright
Glen Banks
Andrew Kipp
Wright
Fire Protection Rulings for No Man's Land Adopted
Hoosick Falls village board approved fire protection guidelines for the outlying no man's land area, detailing call procedures to Hoosick Falls and neighboring departments, personnel, water limits, and minimum fees. Trustees noted property owners may petition to form a dedicated district for cheaper insurance and full-value coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Howard Wright
No Man’s Land
Mechanic Street
Hoosick
North Hoosick
West Hoosick
Wright
No-Man’s Land
Art Center at Manchester Announces Concert Series
The Southern Vermont Art Center opens its 1967 music festival on July 9 at 8:30 p.m. with the Vermont State Symphony Orchestra under Alan Carter and 16 year old Diane Walsh. The season includes Verdi's La Traviata by Lake George Opera Company August 6 with Haefner, Lloyd, Bender. Beers Family Aug 13. Olatunji Aug 20. Glenn and List Sept 3 in recital. Musica Viva Woodwind Quintet July 16. Pacific String Trio July 30. Marilyn Costello harp recital Aug 13 with Philadelphia Orchestra. Subscription four concert series available. single tickets after June 1. General admission at box office or at the door. Music Festival organized by SVA Music Committee chaired by Mrs Bartlett Arkell and Mrs William Resor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Southern Vermont Art Center
Vermont State Symphony Orchestra
Alan Carter
Diane Walsh
Lake George Opera Company
Carolyn Haefner
David Lloyd
David Bender
Babatunde Olatunji
Carroll Glenn
Eugene List
Art Center
Musica Viva
Pacific String Trio
Marilyn Costello
Philadelphia Orchestra
The
Center
Beers
SVA
Bartlett Arkell
William Resor
Dog license deadline sets pace for town officials
Town Clerk Clara May Hemenway said the clerk’s office will be open Saturday afternoon for dog licenses with a Monday deadline. After that, selectmen issue warrants for police action. Four month old dogs must be licensed and inoculated for rabies. Zion Church confirmed 17 persons Sunday with Bishop Harvey Butterfield. a reception followed. Pete Williams and His Rangers will perform at Manchester Elementary School Friday night for Rotary Club to support the Rotary Pool. tickets at the door. Show starts at 8, Williams airs weekly on WRGB TV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara May Hemenway
Zion Episcopal Church
Harvey Butterfield
Butterfield
Donald MacKubbin
J. Edward Jaeckle
J. Elmer McKee
Daughters of Zion
Manchester
Pete Williams
Rangers
Country Songsters
Manchester Rotary Club
Rotary
Richard C. Bartholomae
Rotary Club
Rotary Pool
Wrgb-Tv
Manchester VFW events and local notices span week
Manchester hosts a testimonial for Gerald Morey as VFW officers West and Mrs. Mitchell are noted. District convention in Bennington elects Charles Hosley as senior vice commander and Eber Sessions and Warren Johnson to key posts. Local posts install officers in Fair Haven with Ernest Costa. G Murray Campbell to speak June 7 at Manchester Historical Society. Miss Rhoda Orvis visits home after Florida trip. Christina Tardy competes in Miss Vermont pageant in Burlington. Jodi Harrington and Billy Peters begin carrier routes in Manchester. Shaftsbury firemen plan a May 20 auction house-to-house canvass Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
VFW
Gerald Morey
West
Mrs. Mitchell
Bennington
Charles Hosley
Eber Sessions
Warren Johnson
Johnson
Albert Kent
John West
Fair Haven
Ernest Costa
G. Murray Campbell
Manchester
Manchester Historical Society
Mark Skinner
Rhoda Orvis
Gertrude Robinson
Seminary Avenue
Pompano Beach
Fla
Christina Tardy
Jaycees
Pownal Teacher Honored At Final PTA Meeting
Pownal Parent-Teacher Group finalized the season with approval for a basketball court at Center School and $25 grants for Oak Hill and North Pownal playgrounds. The group also ordered kindergarten diplomas with a nursery motif for local pupils and presented Mrs. Ruth Mason with an inscribed watch and corsage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Kenneth Gile
Manchester Fence Complaints Declared Unfounded
Manchester officials said two to three complaints about a fence protruding onto the sidewalk from Kimball-Martin Inc’s real estate office site are unfounded. Town Manager James L. Woodard and Selectmen Orrin H. Beattie and I. Stanford Zecher Jr. visited the site, measured the encroachment, and found the fence within legal limits despite the building extending four feet beyond adjacent structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Manchester Center
Kimball-Martin, Inc
James L. Woodard
Falls and injuries reported in Hoosick Falls and Lenox
Hoosick Falls resident Mrs William Gilchrest of 15 Hoosick Street is a patient at Mary McClellan Hospital after injuries from a fall at home. Mrs James M Brahan of Wilder Avenue sustained a fractured ankle from a curb stone fall in Lenox Massachusetts Saturday afternoon and was taken to St Marys Hospital Troy for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Gilchrest
Hoosick St
Mary McClellan Hospital
James M. Brahan
Wilder Ave
Lenox
Mass
St. Mary’s Hospital
Troy
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Vera Langlais
Nichals
Call J.h.winslow
Esso
Winslow
Depot St
Art Center At
P.O. Box
John H. West
Robert H. Mitchell
Mont
Burlington
Vermont
Jodi Harrington
Joseph H. Harrington
Harringtons
Billy Peters
Marshall J. Peters
Joe Chevenneau
Jodi
Billy
Fran Stacy
Oak Hill
North Pownal
Ing
Ruth Mason
Williamstown
John L. Mason
George H. Daley
Main Street
Woodard
Edith Beaumont
Mutual Savings Bank
Burlington Savings Bank
Burlington, Vermont
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Antron
Orson
N. Bennington Rd
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