Neighbors Build Six Room House For Randolph Needy
Randolph Kiwanis members labor on a six room ranch house valued at about 17000 to aid local children with clothing food medical supplies and scholarships. The project runs with volunteer craftspeople including William Strickland Tom Flatley and Daniel Salvucci while other residents assist in non skilled tasks. The completed house expected by July 1 will be sold to fund needy families with earnings supporting essential needs.
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Randolph Kiwanis Club
William Strickland
Tom Flatley
Daniel Salvucci
Dexter Connaughton
Arthur Morton
James Keating
Walter Lyons
Trinity Episcopal Church
Norman Silk
William Leavitt
Marshall Feldman
Ed Berry
Felix Caroline
Shortage of Farm Tools Is Red China Problem
Tokyo based UP I reports Ta Kung Pao, the Communist Party newspaper, says 500 million peasants in people's communes face acute shortages of basic farming tools. Hoes, picks, shovels, pails, baskets and bamboo items are in short supply, with urgent needs cited for drainage and irrigation machines and everyday utensils. The piece notes wear from drought and heavy use, limited production attention, and quality concerns impacting field labor.
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Ta Kung Pao
Ufe
Williamstown SANE Chapter Organizing Meeting Planned
Williamstown s SANE chapter schedules a May 21 meeting at 8 p m at the Congregational Church to organize a Northern Berkshire unit. Charles T Samuels says the group aims to include southern Vermont members and seeks national committee approval.
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Williamstown Sane
Berkshire
SANE
Congregational Church
Williamstown
Mass
National Committee For A Sane
Charles T. Samuels
Vermont
Hancock the Superb rises in Civil War Peninsular clash
Magruder earned the nickname Prince John for a showy, deceptive defense near Yorktown as McClellan pressed up the Peninsula in April 1862. Hancock earned praise after leading the 7th Maine at Williamsburg, where his bold ride and charge impressed observers and Lincoln called him superb.
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Hancock
1862
John Bankhead Magruder
Prince John
Yorktown
Joseph E. Johnston
Richmond
Johnston
Magruder
George B. McClellan
Fort Monroe
Peninsula
McClellan
York River
Chesapeake Bay
Warwick River
Mac
Williamsburg
Virginia
Thomas Jefferson
William and Mary College
House of Burgesses
George Washington
Patrick Henry
Winfield Scott Hancock
Maine
Washington
Little Mac’s
Rainde Hin
Mackenzie Area Seeks Its Own Government in Canada
The Canadian Government weighs a proposal to turn the Mackenzie District into a separate territory with its own local government. The area spans 527,490 square miles in the Northwest Territories with only about 16,000 residents and Yellowknife as its largest town.
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Mackenzie
Northwest Territories
Canada
National Geographic Society
Texas
Yellowknife
Great Bear Lake
Great Slave Lake
North America
Nova Scotia
Mackenzie River
Beaufort Sea
Green Mountain Fiddlers nurture young string players in Vermont
In Middlebury and Randolph Vermont the Green Mountain Fiddlers train 52 children aged 6 to 10 through the Eakers Carter method. Vermont Symphony Orchestra Association backs weekly group lessons with parental involvement, providing instruments and financing via the Vermont String Program. Parents pay 10 dollars monthly per pupil. after three years the instrument becomes the student’s property. Plans call for expansion across Vermont and Eakers may relocate to devote full time to this program.
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Middlebury
Vermont Symphony Orchestra Association
Green Mountain Fiddlers
Alan Carter
Middlebury College
Vermont State Symphony Orchestra
Stanley W. Eakers
Connecticut
Carter
Eakers
Plantsville
Conn
Red Barn Fiddlers
Vermont
Rutland
Burlington
Randolph
Montpelier
Wcax-Tv
Leslie Bigelow
John Drysdale
East Randolph
Randolph Center
Drysdale Barn
Vergennes
St. Mary’s School
Middlebury Community House
Green Mountain
Orchestra Association
Breadloaf
Alan W. Carter
Vermont Symphony Orchestra
Berkshire Walsh House Keeps Custom Tailoring Alive at 29
The Walsh brothers Phil and Tom, now 60 and 62, run two House of Walsh locations with eight workers plus two full time tailors. They own their building and recently expanded into women’s sportswear while continuing to serve long time customers including students and faculty from nearby colleges. Local artist George Hughes once visited and the store later appeared on the Post cover.
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Brothers
Nelson Doman
National Bank
Amherst
James Campion
Thomas Walsh
Walsh
House of
Philip
Thomas
Phil
Mass State
Halle
Cleveland
Ohio
Hanover
N. H
Tom
Doman
Norfolk Jacket
Tommy
Williamstown
Amherstone
Lloyd
Jim Farley
Bennington College
Brothers Walsh
Garfield
Bennett
Baxter
Sawyer
New York
House of Walsh
George Hughes
Arlington
Saturday Evening Post
Traffic Congestion Costs Public Eight Billion Annually
A Northwestern University expert says traffic snarls and accidents cost the U.S. about 8 billion dollars annually. Franklin Kreml advocates better private vehicle management and trained traffic teams to improve urban transportation. The Northwestern Traffic Institute runs a nine month executive program for police administrators in Evanston and field trips to study local traffic systems.
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New York
API
Franklin M. Kreml
Transportation Center
Northwestern University
Kreml
America
Krem
Los Angeles
Northwestern Traffic Institute
Institute
Evanston
Ill
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Boston
Susan E. Kelley
Milton
Weymouth
Route
Malcolm L. Brown
Main Street
Leominster
Brown
Annie
China
Tokyo
UPI
Merton T.akers
United Press International
Army of the
Allan
Lincoln
Manassas
James Longstreet
D. H. Hill
Thomas W. Hyde
7Th
Maine Volunteers
Great Slava Lake
Leslie B. Worthwaton
U.S. Steel Corp
Massachusetts
Joe
Bay
Williams
Monty Wooley
Cole Porter
Red Lewis
Bill Vanderbilt
Trators
Bernard R. Caldwell
California
New York City
Hammond
Ind
Dallas
Oklahoma City
Everett
Wash
Ocala
Fla
Arizona Highway Patrol
Schenctady
N.Y
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