Notable Guests Attend North Bennington One-Act Play Contest
NEHS hosts annual event with guests Mike Nichols and Mrs. Leonard Bernstein. Marc Blitzstein and Joseph Parry judged. senior play Finders Keepers by George Kelly won top honors. Holden, Houran, Shaw, Kenyon won acting awards. students showcased three- to four-character plays directed by Bennington College affiliates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
North Bennington High School
Mike Nichols
Leonard Bernstein
Nichols
Elaine May
Joseph Parry
Bennington College
George Kelly
Marion Tifft
Peter Holden
Laura Nowak
Katherine Emond
Holden
Judy Houran
Dick Shaw
Andrea Kenyon
Elmer
Beatrice McNeil
Frances Woodcock
Lis
North Bennington P T A to Meet Amid Schedule Changes
The North Bennington Parent Teacher Association executive board will meet on Wednesday November 7 at 8 p.m. at Mrs. Charles Parsley’s home. The Lake Paran and Sage City Home Demonstration groups plan a joint meeting Thursday November 6 at 1 30 p.m. at the Baptist Church social rooms to discuss altering and fitting ready made clothing. Royal Crosier spent Sunday in Hanover New Hampshire with Mrs Crosier who has been a patient at Mary Hitchcock Hospital for several weeks and is improving. NEHS principal Miss Catherine Week will attend a meeting of the New England Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges standing committee where she serves as a member. The NBHS Alumni smorgasbord supper drew over 250 attendees, the largest turnout in its history, with Bernard Whitman as committee chairman. Some dishes were left at the school. arrangements are being made to return unclaimed dishes.
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North
Mary Hitchcock Hospital
NEHS
Catherine Week
New England Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges
NBHS
Dorset Student Joins School's Glee Club
Dorset sophomore Peter N. Skinner son of Mr and Mrs Calvin C Skinner of Dorset was chosen from 57 boys to join the Berkshire School Glee Club. The six member choir provides worship at school chapel and sings at churches in Great Barrington and Pittsfield.
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Sheffield
Mass
Peter N. Skinner
Calvin C. Skinner
Dorset
Berkshire School
Glee Club
Great Barrington
Pittsfield
World-Traveled Couple Select Arlington Home for Family
Dr and Mrs Eugene J Weigel settle in Arlington after serving in the U S Navy. They remodel part of a former tackle shop into dental offices. The family includes three children Mark 4 Michael 2 and Wietzke 3 months.
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Arlington
Eugene J. Weigel
Milburn
John Harrison
West Mountain Farm
Weigel
U.S. Navy
Community notices and events from Arlington area
The American Legion Auxiliary plans a November 7 meeting at 8 p.m. in the Legion rooms to sew gifts for the Veterans Hospital Christmas shop. A PTA fashion show on November 8 at 7:30 p.m. at Memorial School Gym features local models and fashions from Bennington shops. Various local groups host entertainment and parades, including Cub Scout Pack 34 night with heroes in books and awards to Den 3. residents Mrs. Doyle and Mrs. Sclove are noted for spending winters in Westport, Conn.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Veterans’ Hospital
White River Junction
PTA
Memorial School
Children’s Bazaar of
Bennington
Southwicks
Manchester
Souls of
Charleston
Princess Crawford
William Brown
Richard King
Robin Hood
Friar Tuck
William Te 1
Den 3
Mark Albee
Billy Moore
North Hoosick Livestock Club Judging Lesson Noted
A Northern Livestock 4-H Club meeting was held November 5 at Sherman Herringtons to begin judging cattle for the 1962-63 program. Members reviewed the first lesson as Kevin Buck returns home from a visit with grandparents in North Hoosick. Sgt. Charles Arnold Jr. has been shipped to Florida and is on alert. Hoosick Home Makers finish Fruit Delights project and plan Swedish weaving next meeting November 6 at Eleanor Calhouns.
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John Hoag
Walter Paladino
Valley Falls
Northern Livestock
Sherman Herrington
Kevin Buck
North Hoosick
Charles Arnold
Arnolds
Sgt
Charles Arnold Jr
Florida
Hoosick
Eleanor Calhoun
Pawlet Granger Named to Deputy of Vermont District
Charles Mason of Pawlet is named deputy of District No. 2 by State Master Everett Willard. He leads Mount Anthony 230 Rupert Mettowee Valley 373 Pawlet Battenhill 487 West Arlington Taconic 491 South Shaftsbury Mt Equinox 494 Manchester Center. Mason, past master of Mettowee Valley and Catamount Granges, serves on the State Grange Youth Committee and acts as Rutland County assistant county agent. He is an agent for Farmers and Traders Life Insurance Syracuse and director of Farmers Cooperative Fire Insurance Middlebury. He holds an MS in agricultural economics from Cornell. Vermont alum 1957. Alpha Zeta member. He is married to Phyllis Decker Mason and they have three sons.
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Mason
Rutland County
Farmers and Traders Life Insurance Company
Syracuse
N.Y
Farmer’s Co-operative Fire Insurance Company
Middlebury
University of Vermont
Alpha Zeta Agricultural
Cornell University
Morning Flower Lodge
F & AM Pawlet
Phyllis Decker
North Bennington
Mack
Keith
Bryan
Town Hall Minstrel Show Benefits Wilmington Lunch Program
About 500 people attended the Community Hall show sponsored by the Beaver-Brook Parent Teachers Club. Russell Hanson interviewed performers while 24 in a fluorescent costume chorus entertained under Stowell Electric lamps. Proceeds from doughnuts and cider sales plus the show raise funds for the hot lunch program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Hanson
Thomas Mead
Lensey Cole
Robert LaMordier
Edward Streeter
Beaver-Brook Parent Teachers Club
Wilmington
Robert LaMorder
Stowell Electric Inc
Brattleboro
Paul Allen
Bruce Gavette
Kathy Preston
Hannah
Linsey Cole
Phil Capy
Toby Strong
Harry McClintock
Ricky Leonard
Ricky
Neil Olmstead
Cloe
Lewis Smith
Daniel O’connor
Pownal 4H Club Plans Monthly Meeting At 7 Tonight
The Pownal Pioneers 4H Club will hold its monthly meeting for both boys and girls groups on Wednesday at 7 at the home of Mr and Mrs A Coleman Mason. Mrs Richard Bisson and her infant son Richard Alonzo were dismissed from St. Luke's Hospital in Pittsfield and will stay with Mrs Bisson's parents in North Adams for a few days. Memorial Mass for Veterans Day was held at Our Lady of Lourdes Church with representatives from American Legion Post 13 and VFW Post No 1332 in attendance. The Pownal Fire Department Auxiliary meets at 8 tonight in the firehouse followed by a greenback shower benefiting kitchen equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal Pioneers 4H
A. Coleman Mason
Richard Bisson
Richard Alonzo
St. Luke's Hospital
Pittsfield
Our Lady of Lourdes
American Legion Post 13
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 1332
Bennington
Halley Sausville
Richard Vachon
Andrew E. Crosier
Benjamin L. Powell
Hazel Sweet
Ethel Vance
Pownal
One Local Post at Stake In Hoosick Falls Election
Hoosick Falls voters choose a one year Town Board vacancy between Guy Phillips and James Hoag. Phillips, Republican, Hoag, Democrat, contest to keep or gain board control as 3,903 eligible voters cast ballots in nine districts. Also disputed is state Senate race Edward Cottrell versus incumbent Albert Berkowitz in the Walloomsac district covering Rensselaer and Washington counties.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Town of
Hoosick
Guy H. Phillips
James F. Hoag
Phillips
Elm St
The
Masons
Shrine Band
Troy
Hoag
East Hoosick
Edward H. Cottrell
Walloomsac
Albert Berkowitz
Granville
Rensselaer
Washington Counties
Alumni Dance Draws Hoosick Falls Alumni Association crowd
About 125 attended the St. Marys Alumni Association dance in the high school auditorium. Bill and George orchestra provided music, Halloween decor and light refreshments. Benedict Nowik received a special award and a twist contest prize went to Mr and Mrs Joseph Liporace. Thomas Restino led as association president with several officers assisting. OES neighbors and CBS chapters attended the meeting with plans for Nov 16 memorial service. Elks indoctrination program for prospective members featured slides on Elkdom. Initiation set for Sunday Nov 11 at 3 p.m with District Deputy Visitation and a smorgasbord buffet by the Ladies Auxiliary.
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St. Mary’s Alumni Association
Bill and George Orchestra
Charles Bauman
Walter Wirmusky
Benedict Nowik
Joseph Liporace
Thomas Restino
Stanley Rimkunas
Richard Cuddihy
John Cuddihy
Susan Bouplon
Restino
Mt. Anthony
OES
Bennington
Berkshire Star
Petersburg
Hoosick Falls
CBS
Raymond Calhoun
Carolyn Miller
Barrington Rose
Hester Plumley
Helen Bullock
Jo Ann Hoffman
William J. Murphy
UNICEF Trick or Treat Drive Aids World Children
About 50 costumed participants at Zion Episcopal Church in Manchester collected pennies for UNICEF during Halloween. A film on UN Children’s Fund services preceded door to door teaching and a party at the parish house with prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Unicef
Zion Episcopal Church
United Nations Children’s Fund
Wilcox Dairy
Betty Fender
Benjamin Gailliard
Caroline Ritchie
Robert L. Clayton
Bozo the Clown
Cambridge Area Births and Local Happenings Report
Cambridge area news notes births at McClellan Hospital include Valerie Gail born Oct 23 to Willam Scriber and wife and Brett Merrit born Oct 25 to Clarence Reed and wife. DAR Good Citizen Donna Parrish named senior at Cambridge Central School. Local hunting trips report include Andrew Bell’s eight point deer at Indian Lake and a black bear taken by Andrew Bell. others on trips to Wyoming and Inman. Ben Carlton and family move to new home on Gilmore Avenue.
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Edward King
St. Luke’s Place
Peter Robert
Richard Lee
Costa Mesa
Calif
McClellan Hospital
Valerie Gail
Willam Scriber
Brett Merrit
Clarence Reed
Donna Parrish
Donald Parrish
DAR Good Citizen
Miss Parrish
Cambridge Central School
George Pearson
Beadle Hill Road
Wyoming
Warren McMillan
Indian Lake
Andrew
Alex Bell
Leroy Anderson
Irwin Perry
Inman
Andrew Bell
Diefenbaker Calls End to Nuclear Arms Race Amid Cuban Crisis
Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker told the Zionist Organization of Canada banquet in Toronto that the Cuban crisis made it imperative to end the nuclear arms race. He warned the next crisis might not allow stopping short of atomic war.
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John G. Diefenbaker
Canada
Zionist Organization of Canada
Toronto
Hoosick Lions Resume Auction Next Saturday
Hoosick Falls New York rain delayed the first annual auction of the Town of Hoosick Lions Club. The sale will continue at 1 p.m. next Saturday November 10 with Harwood McCart of Grafton New York auctioning remaining donations including a 1951 Plymouth a water softener hot water tank chairs folding beds and sofa beds. The Lions plan the auction as an annual fundraiser led by chairman Howard O'Brien with Zeb Pulliam Ben Harrison Robert Gardner Joseph Buckley and William Sigalos assisting.
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Harwood McCart
Grafton
N.Y
Hoosick Lions Club
McCart
Zeb Pulliam
Donald Smith
Howard O’brien
Edmunds
Hoosick Falls
Town of
Hoosick
Lions
Howard O'Brien
Ben Harrison
Robert Gardner
Joseph Buckley
William Sigalos
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Frank Frost
Martin Lowenfish
New York
Kelton Miller
Donal Payton
Raleigh Fleetwood
Richard Henry
Bernard Leamy
Elizabeth Dwyer
Bernard Whitman
Arlington, VI
Boston
Singkawang
Borneo
Holland
Cleveland
Ohio
Royal Dutch Airlines
Upper Arlington
Western Reserve University
Wei
Vermont
Weigels
Mark
Michael
Wietzke
Ann Marsh
Fisher School
Den
Larry Pratt
Richard Wood
Donald Keough
Henry Hall
Martin Hirsch
Sarah Doyle
Westport, Conn
Louise Sclove
Sclove
Arthur Guiterman
Bertha Hoag
Pawlet Granger
Pack
Pownals
Vera Langlais
Edith Beaumont
Elks
Grand Lodge
U.N. Fund
Cambridge
Margaret Aiken
Gardner Sutherland
Peter
Schenectady
Graham Sutherland
Arlington Road
Benjamin Carlton
Gilmore Avenue
Associated Press
Hoosick Lions
Arlington Republican Committee
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