Fire Destroys Eagle Bridge Snack Bar
The Dunham's Snack Bar on N.Y. 67 near Grandma Moses Road was burned to the ground in a morning fire detected at 1 45. State police say owner Fred Dunham suspects faulty wiring. Fire units from Buskirk Cambridge and North Hoosick battled the blaze with water from the Hoosick River.
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Eagle Bridge
N.Y
Dunham
Ted Lemery
Martin D. Wescott
Brunswick
Buskirk
Cambridge
North Hoosick
James Baldwin
North
Grandma Moses Road
N.Y. 22
Hoosick Falls Soldier Capt. Watt Joins Viet Nam Unit
Hoosick Falls Capt. Lewis C. Watt son of Mr and Mrs Fremont Haswell of Pine Valley Road is with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 163 in Viet Nam. Watt who married Polly Armstrong March 26 left for Viet Nam April 26. His wife attends Columbia University in New York City and expects to graduate in June. Nearly 100 Hoosick Falls teachers attended an in service training session at Hoosick Falls Central School with 78 from the central school and 12 Sisters of St. Joseph plus clergy and academy staff. The event opened at noon with a catered luncheon as Supt. Philip Leonard introduced the program. A math consultant spoke on K-3 techniques, a reading consultant led Grades 4-6, and two psychologists led Grades 7-12 sessions. The program was via Title I Project II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
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Lewis C. Watt
Fremont Haswell
Pine Valley Road
Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 163
Viet Nam
Watt
Polly Armstrong
Columbia University
New York City
Hoosick Falls School
Hoosick Falls Central School
Central School
Sisters of St. Joseph of
St. Mary’s Academy
George Callaghan
Alfred Ellis
O.S.A
Morgan Burke
Academy
Philip Leonard
Harcourt, Brace and World Co
Julia Hoover
Peter Magazu
Paul Dromazos
East Greenbush Central School
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs Meet in Manchester Vermont
Frans H. De Thestrup of Burlington is installed grand master of the Grand Lodge Vermont Independent Order of Odd Fellows at the 119th annual session in Manchester. Kamber becomes grand representative. new officers named include Boynton Riv ers Hopkins Greer Bucklin Williams and others. Eye bank efforts continue with World Visual Research and Johns Hopkins Institute. Kamber chairs Vermont eye pledge program with 118 pledges. Rebekah Assembly of Vermont names Elizabeth Johnson grand chaplain and appoints district deputy presidents for seven districts and Lodges including Excelsior and Lake side. Manchester hosts district leaders and attendant members.
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Frans H. de Thestrup
Burlington
Vermont Grand Lodge
IOOF
Ann Jenne
Reading
Rebekah Assembly
Vermont
June Dumas
Windsor
Nathan Kamber
Manchester
Equinox House
Ringheiser
Grand Lodge
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Kamber
Ralph Boynton
Bellows Falls
Clinton Rivers
Ferrisburg
Richard Hopkins
Springfield
Alexander Greer
Eldon Bucklin
Colchester
Cressy Williams
Londonderry
George Silcomb
Fayette Scott
Chester Depot
Grand Guardian
Robert Morse
Williamstown
Grand Herald
George Beebe
St. Albans
Wendell Roy
Richard Hamilton
Brattleboro
Stanley Seward
East Wallingford
Leo Lashua
Richmond
Robert Stevens
Island Pond
Ralph White
Northfield
Merrill Atkins
Chester
Sammy Greenberg
Noble Grand of Hope Lodge No. 50
World Visual Research
John Hopkins Institute
Soil Stewardship Week Observed Across Area Towns
Church groups in Wynantskill and surrounding towns join National Observance of Soil Stewardship Week May 15 to 22. Rensselaer County Soil and Water Conservation District directors have distributed materials to more than 20 churches in Berlin East Greenbush Grafton Hoosick Nassau Petersburg Pittstown Poesten Kill Schodack and Stephentown. Chairman Oliver A Hyatt of Cherry Plain announced the event noting President Lyndon B Johnson’s call to rededicate commitment to preserving natural heritage.
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Wynantskill
N.Y
Rensselaer County
Rensselaer
Lyndon B. Johnson
Girl Scouts display badge work in North Bennington window
Cadette Troop 17 of North Bennington presents a year of badge and challenge work in the window of Jo seph A. Nadeau on Main Street. The display remains through Wednesday and invites parents and friends to view. Leaders are Mrs. Claire Turner and Mrs. Nancy Nadeau. Also, Women’s Fellowship of the Baptist Church meets Tuesday at 7:30 in the church social rooms with speaker Mrs. Edward Brinkman.
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Joseph A. Nadeau
Main Street
Claire Turner
Nancy Nadeau
Women’s Fellowship of the Baptist Church
Edward Brinkman
The
Baptist Church
Bellows Falls
Arlington guests welcomed as Red Cross drive totals rise
Arlington hosts Mr and Mrs Jack Wyman and Mr and Mrs Nelson Douglas with children from New York and Vermont visited Mrs Abbie Baker. Red Cross chairmen Allan Robertson and Thomas Colemen report 1095 50 raised toward a 1000 quota, thanking donors and solicitors for the drive’s success. A garbage truck fire in Lakewood on Depew Street caused a flaming junkyard mess until a fire truck dampened the odor.
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Jack Wyman
East Greenbush
N.Y
Nelson Douglas
Springfield, Vt
Abbie Baker
Allan P. Robertson
Thomas B. Colemen
Red Cross
Arlington
Lakewood
Colo
Upi
Depew Street
Local Notes From Manchester Community Events
Mrs Dorr Sproat of East Manchester left Saturday for a Bermuda vacation. Leslie Cole and Burton Campney are on leave from the U S Marine Corps. Mrs Robert J Evans hosted guests in Hanover N H. Garden Club meeting at Congregational Church Dorset at 7 30 a m with Dr Julia Shipman and Mrs Hobart Agnew leading a bird walk breakfast at 9 a m by Women’s Society Hostess chairwoman Mrs Alfred Yates speaker Avah A Sanborn director of the Wildlife Sanctuary Mass Audubon Society. Thirteen Explorers from Post 33 sponsored by the Manchester Rotary Club attended the Ethan Allen Council Scout Jamboree in Rutland earning the Council President's Ribbon for participation and five motorcycles display. Accompanying the group was advisor David BrownFormer advisor Atty Robert E West assisted with police and fire protection and first aid at the camporee. It marked their first use of new tents donated by the Manchester Lions Club.
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Garden Club of
Manchester
Congregational
Dorset
Julia Shipman
Arlington
Hobart Agnew
Women’s Society
Alfred Yates
Alvah A. Sanborn
Mass. Audubon Society
Poets Festival At Williams College Readings In 1966
A poetry festival at Williams College features Rich at Eberhart of Dartmouth Barbara Howes of Pownal and Ben Belitt of Bennington College with readings and discussions in Prospect House lounge Friday at 4 pm. The event is free and open to the public.
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Williamstown
Mass
Richard Eberhart
Dartmouth College
Barbara Howes
Pownal
Ben Belitt
Bennington College
Prospect House
Williams College
Eberhart
Elliston
University of Cincinnati
Brandeis University
Creative Arts
Boston
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Camp Neofa
Liberty
Maine
Rebekah Assembly of
Elizabeth Johnson
Excelsior Rebekah Lodge No. 25
Rebekahs
Florence Twitchell
Jacksonville
Bernadette Perkins
Lakeside
Gertrude Lathrop
Bristol
Margaret Wood
Bellevue Lodge
Marion Hill
Clyde River
Virginia Foster
Ideal Lodge
Mrs
Rebekah Assembly of Vermont
Burt Bros
PARTY
Bennington
Union Street
Nichols
Trina
North Bennington
Elizabeth Dwyer
D.A. Williams
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Helene Thompson
Phew
Depew
Bennington Banner
Main St
Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
U.S
Best Buy
Uttles
St. Bennington
Chet Ringheiser
Leslie Cole
Burton Campney
U.S. Marine Corps
Robert J. Evans
Don B. Otis
Hanover, N.H
Garden Club
Manchester Lions Club
Rose Seeley
Los Angeles
Calif
Rebekah Assemblies of the World
National Institute of Arts and Letters
Belitt
Pablo Neruda
Juan de Mairena
Monaco
Elm Street
Bennington, Vt
OMEGA
Space
N.A.S.A
Outer Space
Mexico
Main
Gould
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