Baptism and Community Events Highlight Pownal Notes
The Pownals celebrate April Lynn Haley’s baptism at the Methodist Church with Rev. James H. Bagley officiating and a christening dinner at the Haley home. Polio clinic, PTA meetings, a 4-H card party, go kart season opener, and a record hop headline a string of community activities including the North Pownal PTA dinner and Pownal Fire Department events. Francis Haley Sr. and Mrs. Robert Harrington are godparents. Frank Haley is the infant’s paternal grandfather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
April Lynn
Francis E. Haley
South Pownal
Methodist Church
James H. Bagley
Robert Harrington
Herbert Blake Sr
Frank L. Haley
Pownal
Frank E. Haley
Bennington
Haleys
River Road
Bishop Joyce to Confirm Class at St John’s Church
Most Rev Rob F Joyce Bishop of Burling will administer the sacrament of confirmation at St John the Baptist Church in North Bennington Saturday at 4 pm Assisting are Rt Rev Francis B Flanagan Very Rev Louis E Gelineau Rev Robert Walco CSC and Rev Walter F Miller An honor guard will be provided by the 4th Degree Knights of Columbus Altar boys include William Hayes Simeon Crosier Barry Griffith William Hurley William Coonz Timothy Powers Jonathan Dwyer Sponsors are Mr Mrs William E Dailey Sr and Mr Mrs George Shea A reception will follow on the church lawn with Bishop Joyce meeting parents and friends of the class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
Rob F. Joyce
Burling
St. John the Baptist Church
Joyce
Francis B. Flanagan
Robert Walco
CSC
Walter F. Miller
St. John’s Church
Knights of Columbus
William Hayes
Simeon Crosier
Barry Griffith
William Hurley
William Coonz
Timothy Powers
Jonathan Dwyer
William E. Dailey Sr
George Shea
Kindergarten Registration and PTA Meeting in North Bennington
North Bennington residents and tuition students may register for September kindergarten on Wednesday 7 to 8 30 p m and Thursday May 16 from 4 to 5 30 p m Birth certificates are needed and the school nurse will be available A PTA meeting with officer elections follows at 8 p m Tuesday All parents and friends are urged to attend Also a Birthday Card Shower is planned for Miss Helen Harris on May 17 at Brandon Training School Brandon Vt
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
North Bennington Parent Teacher Association
PTA
Helen Harris
Charles Harris
Miss Harris
Brandon Training School
Brandon, Vt
Dover and Wilmington pupils tour Montpelier and library visit
West Hoosick and Dover pupils joined a legislature session in Montpelier on Wednesday, then toured a museum and shared a luncheon hosted by Mrs. Stoyan Christone. Sixth graders visited Brattleboro Library, while plans emerged for a Dover school rummage and bake sale on June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Montpelier
Stoyan Christone
Joseph Mandell
Frank Smith
Pauline Holland
Jerome Corvan
John Weller
Brattleboro Library
Paul Kaemmerlen
Bruce Belden
Antique Flea Market Planned by Hoosac School
Hoosac School in Hoosick Falls plans an Antique Flea Market on Saturday June 22 on the school grounds Route 22 7 Hoosick Falls NY. Manager Mrs Audrey E Tefft of Greenwich NY says proceeds will fund the school program and the event aims to become annual with paintings china clocks furniture and art glass on display plus refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Pine
Greenwich Fair Grounds
Hoosac School
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosac School For Boys
Audrey E. Tefft
Greenwich
Fire Destroyed 1850 Barn on Pleasant Valley Property
Girard Campbell watched a 20 by 30 foot storage barn burn on his Pleasant Valley property built in 1850. Bennington rural firemen arrived about ten minutes after the alarm from George Horst. The barn contained around 50 bales of hay and straw and was valued at about $200. Campbell suspects local youths were seen nearby prior to the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girard Campbell
Pleasant Valley
Bennington
George Horst
Pleasant Valley Road
Campbell
Arlington Scouts Camp In Rain Show Steady On Task
Five Troop 34 patrols pitched tents at the Community pool and endured a stormy night. Saturday they tended conservation projects under Jim Woodard, pruning trees and cleaning around the pool to prep for the swimming season. Kenneth Clayton led as scoutmaster with Nelson Rudd as assistant. Girl Scout elections and activities followed with Avis Harrington as patrol leader and a Mothers Day gifts plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troop 34
Jim Woodard
Conservation Department
Kenneth Clayton
Nelson Rudd
Don Kendall
Avis Harrington
Sandra Corey
Ann Kendall
Betsy Moody
Pam Baldwin
Bernie Davis
Ann Flanders
Deborah Baldwin
BOY Scouts
Arlington Community Pool
Woodard
Arlington Calendar Week of May 13 16
Arlington events list activities from May 13 to May 16 including PTA meeting at Fisher School 8 p.m. May 13 Junior Choirs concert officer elections and baseball notes North Bennington at Arlington May 14 Arlington American Legion Auxiliary 8 p.m. Legion rooms Arlington Chorus 7 30 p.m. West Arlington Community House May 14 Order of Eastern Star 8 p.m. Masonic Temple May 15 Arlington at St Michael's Brattleboro May 16
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PTA
Fisher School
North Bennington
Arlington
American Legion
Legion
Arlington Chorus
West
Arlington Community House
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Baseball
St. Michael's
Brattleboro
Shaftsbury Sailor Completes Sub School
Oliver H. Durand, engineman fireman apprentice USN and son of Dr. and Mrs. Oliver H. Durand of North Bennington VT, completed Enlisted Basic Submarine School on April 10 at the Naval Submarine Base Groton. The program covers submarine tactics navigation administration supply weapons casualty control operations communications cryptography engineering maintenance electricity electronics and fire control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groton
Conn
Oliver H. Durand
USN
North Bennington
Naval Submarine Base
Somerset Dancer Ricky Leonard to Perform Two Routines
Somerset dancer Richard Ricky Leonard son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Leonard will entertain with two tap dance routines at the Brattleboro Rebekah Assembly tonight. He is a Wilmington High School student and has appeared on the Cartier Club program in Adams Massachusetts on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Richard
Ricky)Leonard
Lawrence Leonard
Brattleboro Rebekah Assembly
Wilmington High School
Adams
Mass
Dorset Marden Skinner Weekend Visit Grants Family Gather
Dorset Marden Skinner and Mr and Mrs Charles E Jones with their three children spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Walter Jones on Hollow Road visiting the Jones grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Jones
Mr. Jones
Mrs
Walter Jones
Hollow Road
Shaftsbury School Association meeting and polio clinic update
The Shaftsbury School Association plans a 8 PM meeting at the Shaftsbury School with election of officers. The third and final Oral Sabin Polio Clinic runs Tuesday 6 to 7 30 PM at Shaftsbury Elementary with nurses Madelyn Green and Joyce Stickney and Dr. Elizabeth Faris in attendance for ages 1 to 85.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabin
Pownal
Hoosac Valley
Charles Palmer
Harry W. Beals Jr
Alfred Davis
Shaftsbury
Madelyn Green
Joyce Stickney
Vermont
Elizabeth Faris
Alfred Niles
Dancing Through the Seasons thrills Hoosick Falls crowd
More than 225 spectators watched 32 Meryle Pokines Dance Studio students perform in colorful costumes at Hoosick Falls Central School auditorium. Mrs Edward Kyer Sr hosted, with numbers depicting New Year’s Eve, Valentine’s Day, Teddy Bears Picnic and Jump Rope Tappers amid pink Spring Ballet lighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Meryle Pokines
Hoosick Falls Central School
Edward Kyer Sr
Mary Lyn Kyer
Baby
Janice Pokines
Patricia Vogler
Sandra
Karen Pokines
Margaret Gottschalk
Penny Sherman
Celia Shapiro
Sheila Ogilvie
Diane Brownell
Diane Deluca
Jane LaPorte
Jean Cutler
Valentine
Derby
Diane Ogilvie
Linda O’brien
Dianne Percy
Claudia Fitzpatrick
Terry Markiewicz
Emily Highfield
Maria Percy
Debbie Wilson
Kim Pokines
Karen Schneider
Circus Ballet
Ringmaster
Papasol
Little Gold
Wendy Brown
Esther Bogardus
Karen Pokives
One-Car Crash on Bonnet St in Manchester Center
A one car crash on Bonnet Street in Manchester Center at 6 20 p m knocked down a utility pole and wiring. Norman Taylor 26 of Manchester Center drove a 1955 Chevrolet east on Route 30 and was knocked out with head and neck injuries. Passenger Raymond Hoard 19 injuries not disclosed. Police and repair crews worked into the night to restore service while a local ballet performance occurred nearby with multiple dancers in pastel costumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Bonnet Street
Manchester Center
Norman Taylor
Taylor
Raymond Hoard
F.E. Harrigan
Lloyd Casey
Manchester Town
Silver Cross Circle Women Attend Albany District Convention
Seven members of the Silver Cross Circle joined the Albany District Convention of the King’s Daughters in Watervliet on May 9 hosted by the Cheerio Circle of Jermain Memorial Presbyterian Church. Guests included district president Mrs. Frank J. Robinson and branch leaders Mrs. J. Edwin Rogers and Mesdames Lloyd M. Penner and Howard Jones. The district raised funds for the King’s Daughters Home in Dansville and planned the Biennial Branch Convention to be held October 6 to 8 at the Ten-Eych Hotel in Albany with Albany District as hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Silver Cross Circle
Albany
King’s Daughters
Watervliet
Cheerio
Jermain Memorial Presbyterian Church
Frank J. Robinson
Mechanicville
J. Edwin Rogers
Chappaqua
Lloyd M. Penner
Howard Jones
Utica
Dansville
Ten- Eych
Shows Assemble for Plattsburgh Caravan Tour
Manchester Nancy Otistel 538 Senator Reid Lefevre's King Reid Shows will assemble in Plattsburgh New York in two weeks with equipment arriving from winter quarts in Massachusetts and Alabama as well as from Manchester. The caravan will travel to Canada for three months before returning to the U S in August with Maine as the first stop. The New England Region Rehab Association conference meets May 27 29 at Equinox House with sessions by Vocational Rehabilitation Administration Bureau of Family Services Social Security Administration and state facilities. Effie Miles of Manchester Center spent the weekend in Newport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reid Lefevre
King Reid
Plattsburgh
N.Y
Massachusetts
Alabama
Manchester
Canada
U.S
Maine
New England
National Rehabilitation Association
Equinox House
Vocational Rehabilitation Administration
Bureau of Family Services
Social Security Administration
Winter Weather Transforms Mountains Into White Wonderland
The piece describes a multi element storm with thunder and ice, followed by a frosted landscape and fresh snowfall. Ice coats trees and roofs, icicles form, and birds return to feeders as spring nears, though the warm season seems slow to arrive.
Shaftsbury Parents Visit Daughter at New York College
Mr and Mrs Gerhard Gerlach of The Old Mill Shaftsbury attended Parents Weekend at Cazenovia College in Cazenovia New York to visit their daughter Kathryn a freshman art major
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cazenovia
N.Y
Gerhard Gerlach
Old
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Waltz
Gail King
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William Cameron
George Renner
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Mary McClellan Hospital
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Home Bureau
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Shaftsbury School Association
George R. Putnam
West Road
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Daulton Mann
Peru
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