Death Claims Michele 6 fourth to die in Hoosick Falls crash
Hoosick Falls New York mourns as six year old Michele Louise Shapiro dies in Schoharie County Community Hospital after a Sunday morning one car crash near Duanesburg. Her parents, Esther Cohen and Harold L Shapiro, had funeral services held meanwhile. Celia age nine improves at Cobleskill hospital and aunt Capt Marsha Cohen remains in critical condition at Ellis Hospital. Clergy and civic groups offer sympathy as Kiwanis, Lions Club, and Mayor Leo J Albowicz announce memorial efforts and a community foundation.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Michele Louise Shapiro
Schoharie County
Cobleskill
Michele
Harold L. Shapiro
Hoosick Falls Central School
Esther Cohen
Shapiro
Glens Fall
Celia
Cobleskill Hospital
WAC
Marsha Cohen
Ellis Hospital
Schenectady
Duanesburg
Kiwanis Club
Shapiros
Leo J. Albowicz
Max Shapiro
Town of
Farming Changes Continued From Page 5
The Friern Manor Farm uses labeled cows and structured shed routines, with liquid manure drainage boosting meadow yields. A 200 acre estate, 30 arable acres, reports multiple annual rye-grass crops from liquid manure and questions solid manure’s value.
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Friern
Friern Manor
Thank You Concert by NBHS Band This Friday
North Bennington invites the public to the annual concert in the school gym on Friday November 9 at 8 pm. The program features band and majorettes inspection medals color guard national anthem two new numbers Balladair and Mr USA baton routine The First Lady Waltz dedicated to Mrs Kennedy and a shell mix waltz ensemble plus vocal solos Bright majorette routine Bell Pageantry Prayer of Thanksgiving and majorette march finale NEHS Alma Mater closes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
North Bennington High School
CWO
Frederick Williams
Williamstown
Mass
Erickson
U.S.A
Walters
David Disque
McHugh
John F. Kennedy
Sandra Elwell
Stube
Janet Kingsley Flynn
NEHS
Masses and Christmas Bazaar News from North Bennington
The North Bennington Hunters plan a 5 30 a m Mass at St John the Baptist for three Sundays during deer season. A Christmas Bazaar by the North Bennington Baptist Church Women is set for Friday Nov 16 from 2 to 8 p m featuring food, hand sewn gifts, plants, candy and crafts. The Mizpah Circle meets Nov 7 at Mrs Edith McCarthy home to bring finished articles. Edward Furman and Barbara Rich return home after a Daytona Beach visit. Carl Jolivettes attend the National Horse Show in New York City.
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St. John the Baptist Church
Women of the North Bennington Baptist Church
Edith McCarthy
Edward Furman
Daytona Beach
Fla
Cambridge Area News And Local Society Updates
Mrs. Malcolm Hamilton learned her mother Mrs. William Spink Sr. underwent surgery at Benedict Hospital in Ralston Spa. Nite Owls unit meets Nov 14 at 8 p.m. at the town hall with painted finishes by Connie Lynch. South Cambridge unit meets Nov 14 at 2 p.m. at the town hall with Allen Brownell teaching painted finishes and Ed Horton host. Annual turkey card party at Pleasant Valley Grange on Nov 13 at 8 p.m. Public invited. Beverly Welling honored at a surprise bridal shower at Pleasant Valley Grange Hall hosted by Vera Mae Welling, Shirley Whitcomb, and Mrs Rodney Brownell. guests from Troy, Cambridge, Greenwich, Valley Falls, North Hoosick, Buskirk, South Cambridge.
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Malcolm Hamilton
William Spink Sr
Benedict Hospital
Ralston Spa
Spink
Nite Owls Home
Town Hall
Connie Lynch
South Cambridge
Allen Brownell
Ed Horton
Pleasant Valley Grange
All
Beverly Welling
Pleasant Valley Grange Hall
Vera Mae Welling
Shirley Whitcomb
Rodney Brownell
Troy
Cambridge
Greenwich
Valley Falls
Readsboro elects first woman to state legislature in primary
In Readsboro, Mrs. Collins won the Republican primary with 75 GOP votes, 60 Democratic votes, and 8 undesignated, becoming the first woman elected to the legislature from Readsboro. She campaigned on a crooked platform to fix Route 8 and 100, claiming 45 curves in four miles, 22 blind. Dorset saw William T. Burns win 520 to 58 over incumbent Eugene Bond in an off year with unusually high turnout. Searsburg’s Doris Rice defeated Charles Dearcopp 32 to 15. Other incumbents won in Manchester Arlington Landgrove Peru Rupert Sandgate Stamford Sunderland Woodford, while Victor Bissell stepped down in Winhall, succeeded by Arthur Bissell unopposed.
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James T. Casey
Collins
Readsboro
Heartwellville
Dorset
William T. Burns
Eugene Bond
Bond
Burns
Searsburg
Doris Rice
Charles Dearcopp
Manchester
George W. Heaslip
Arlington
Allen B. Angney
Landgrove
Edith Bauer
Peru
Daulton Mann
Rupert
Robert Graf
Sandgate
Charles D. Bentley Jr
Stamford
Vermont
Leroy Lawrence
Sunderland
Harriet R. Stone
Woodford
Daisy Myers
Winhall
Town
Victor Bissell
Arthur Bissell
Hebrew Actors Union Expands Work With Ethnic Stage Projects
The Hebrew Actors' Union in New York with 250 members partners with several producers on ethnic stage projects to boost employment. A modern version of Abraham Goldfadden's Two Idiots will feature HAU actors and Israeli performers, plus a topical revue and a new repertory group as part of the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hebrew Actors’ Union
Abraham Goldfadden
HAU
Israel
Pownal Voters Reelect Republican Justices
Voters in Pownal chose a Democratic governor and town representative in the General Assembly race while approving a slate of Republican Justices of the Peace. Incumbents Harold P. Hicks Marcel A. Langlais Ellen Lillie A Coleman Mason Charles F. Mason Carolyn E. Peckham and Florence W. Towslee were all returned to office.
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Pownal
General Assembly
Harold P. Hicks
Marcel A. Langlais
Ellen Lillie
A. Coleman Mason
Charles F. Mason
Carolyn E. Peckham
Florence W. Towslee
Area Sailor Finishes Recruit Training
GREAT LAKES Ill Thomas G Lawrence son of Mr and Mrs Albert R Lawrence of Sunderland Vt completed recruit training on Oct 22 at the Naval Training Center Great Lakes Ill The nine week indoctrination covers physical fitness basic military law military drill seamanship first aid swimming survival and customs and traditions of the naval service Tests and interviews determine future training and assignments
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Great Lakes
Ill
Thomas G. Lawrence
Albert R. Lawrence
Sunderland
Naval Training Center
Naval Service
Boston Minister Discusses Africa Self in College Talk
Rev. Jack Mendelsohn of Arlington Street Church Boston will speak at Bennington College Theatre on Thursday at 8 p.m. about The African in Search of a Self. He has traveled in Europe the Middle East and Africa south of the Sahara and authored God Allah and JuJu. He is a Unitarian minister since 1959 and a World Affairs Council board member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
Jack Mendelsohn
Arlington Street Unitarian Church
Boston
Bennington College
Mendelsohn
Europe
Middle East
Africa
Sahara
Dr. Mendelsohn
Arlington Street
Unitarian
Illinois
Unitarian Service Committee
World Affairs Council
Mothers Club Holds Meeting In Mrs Hall's Home
Margaret Hall presided in absence of the vice president at Gertie Carpenter's home Nine members attended Readings by Mildred Berry and Helen Worden A Christmas supper committee named Helen Worden Mildred Berry Margaret Hall and Gertie Carpenter will host the Hayloft Lodge event on December 3 at 6 30 p m Refreshments served Beaver Brook P T A open house November 12 at 8 p m in the high school cafeteria Coffee served Peter Reando hospitalized at Brattleboro Memorial Roland Borkman and Leo Berry attended a tri county amateur radio meeting at Brattleboro municipal building Monday night
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Hall
Mothers Club
Lorraine Borkman
Gertie Carpenter
Mildred Berry
Helen Worden
Hayloft Lodge
Mldred Berry
Beaver - Brook
Peter Reando
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
Roland Borkman
Leo Berry
Brattleboro
Manchester School to be evaluated by regional education team
An eight member team of Vermont and New York educators will evaluate Manchester Elementary School on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 13 and 14. Co chaired by state education consultants Miss Bernice McKee and Mrs Elizabeth Tessier, the group includes principals Alfred Hurley Howard Smith and Edward Heyman, Kasmer Stempek and Dan iel OConnor. Citizens observers and a larger advisory group will accompany the visit to assess the program against Boston University evaluative criteria and to aid community understanding.
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Manchester
PTA
Vermont
New York State
Robert B. Vail
Alfred Hurley
Woodstock
Howard Smith
Springfield
Edward Heyman
Essex Junction
Kasmer Stempek
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Daniel O’connor
Wilmington
Whitingham
Priscilla Dolloff
Granville
N. Y
Bernice McKee
Elizabeth Tessier
State Department of Education
Thomas Martin
William Loomis
Eugene Kayatta
Douglas Shaw
Supt
Vail
Howard Ambrose
G. Stewart Bennett
Ferdinand Bongartz
Sydney Davis
Edmund Goodell
F. E. Harrigan
Stanley Hinkley
Carleton Howe
Edith Ingerman
Oscar Johnson Jr
Arthur Kilburn
Paul Leary
Joseph Markey
Donald Riker
E. Roger Wilcox
Louis Zoufaly
Supt. Vail
Dorset Marden Skinner and Local Happenings
Mrs Chester Phillips has word from Masaryktown Florida that she and her brother’s wife are parents of a son Edward Christopher born Oct 21. Cliff Wood ships a loom to the American Embassy in Lima Peru for Peace Corps use and has sent looms to Canada Antigua. Samantha the Border Collie and Had Harwood visit grandparents as the Gilbert couple return from a Mexico wedding trip with a quest for a Mexican cookbook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Phillips
Masaryktown
Fla
Edward Christopher
Cliff Wood
Lima
Peru
Peace Corps
Wood
Canada
Antigua
B.W.I
Berta Frey
Woodstock
N.Y
Samantha
Osborne Halsteds
Had Harwood
David Harwood
William Gilbert
West Road
Mexico
Legion Auxiliary Plans Events in Hoosick Falls
Regular meeting at Mrs. Alice Hayes’s Willow Street home heard plans for a Christmas party on Dec. 6 and a gift project for a needy family. A food sale is set for Nov. 9 at 10 a.m. at the former Gillespie Store with Stella Shaw chairing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
American Legion Auxiliary
Alice Hayes
Willow Street
Jessie Waddington
Mae McGarvin
Ethel Barrier
Tom Sawyer Motor Inn
Barrier
Nora Finnen
McGarvin
Katherine Hughes
Nelle Draper
Jean Dewar
Legion Auxiliary
Veterans’ Hospital
Albany
Veterans Hospital
Gillespie
Main Street
Stella Shaw
Mary Walsh
Hughes
Miss Dewar
Gerald O'Neill
Rensselaer
Winners named for first Pownal school event prizes
The first in a four card party series for Pownal schools announced prize winners: Mrs Hilda Barber, Mrs Amy Montgomery, Mrs Caroline Carey, Everett Lillie, Mrs William Hollister, Miss Betty Lillie, and Michael Lillie. Helpers included several local residents. next party on Nov 10 at Pownal Elementary with Mrs Alfred Davis as general chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Hilda Barber
Amy Montgomery
Caroline Carey
Everett Lillie
William Hollister
Betty Lillie
Michael Lillie
Harry Beals Jr
Ralph Bishop
Charles Palmer
Ralph Mattison
Alfred Davis
John Carpenter
Pownal Elementary School
West Hoosick Students Highlight Honor Roll and Merit List
West Hoosick grade school honors list names Jean Pine Patty Sherman Scott Areson Barbara Pine Jane Baker and Ann Moseley on the first marking honor roll. Susan Roberson and Penny Sherman named to the merit list.
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Patty Sherman
Scott Areson
Barbara Pine
Jane Baker
Ann Moseley
Susan Roberson
Penny Sherman
Hoosick Falls Votes Republican in Local Election Shift
Hoosick Falls voters favored Republicans in most contests, electing Guy Phillips to the Town Board over Democrat James Hoag 1688 to 1276 for a one year term. They backed Edward Cottrell for state senate and re elected Gov. Rockefeller, with Javits winning U S Senate and Carleton King carrying Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosick
Guy Phillips
Phillips
James Hoag
East Hoosick
Edward Cottrell
Walloomsac
Rensselaer
Town of Hoosick
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Robert M. Morgenthau
North Bennington Trustees Warn Against Shooting
North Bennington Village Trustees warn residents to stop shooting air rifles and guns within village limits. Chairman Fred Well notes complaints of dangerous activity and broken windows, reminding parents they are liable for property damage caused by their children.
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North Village
North Bennington
Fred Welling
Welling
Hoag Family Moves Into New Home Purchases From Putnams
Walloomsac Bertha Hoag and Mr and Mrs Arthur Wilson with family have moved into their recently purchased home from the Putnams. Mr and Mrs Ralph Phillips of Rock City Falls visited their parents Mr and Mrs Charles Telford on Sunday. Mrs John Hoag and Mrs John Calhoun of Hoosick Falls attended a YWCA Troy 4H sewing lesson covering bound buttonholes and a zipper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Wilson
The
Putnams
Ralph Phillips
Rock City Falls
Charles Telford
John Hoag
John Calhoun
Hoosick Falls
YWCA
Troy
Manchester PTA Plans Education Week Open House
Manchester PTA advances its November meeting to November 15 due to Thanksgiving. Education Week open house runs November 11 to 17 with classroom visits after a short business session. A book fair at the elementary school will display 500 plus volumes priced 35 cents to 5 dollars on November 15 and 16, with previews November 8 and 9. Topics include a kindergarten in the elementary school and a winter sports equipment sale planned for early December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
PTA
Jean Noble
Book Fair
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Arthur Whitman
Brent Peacock
George Plue
Jeffrey Clawson
Richard Bevis
Elizabeth James
Peter Holden
Elizabeth Dwyer
St. John’s
Christms Bazaar
Margaret Aiken
Clark, Lefevre
Hebrew Union
Vermont Bank & Trust
Vermont Bank
Bennington
F.d.1.c
College
Dover
Carlo Walter Tel
Manchester School
Praisal
Boston University
Marden Skinner
Pownals
Vera Langlais
West Hoosick
Jean Pine
New
Douglas Hudson
Rensselaer County
James K. Welch
U. S
Jacob K. Javits
James Donovan
GOP
Carleton J. King
William Egan
Harold T. Smith
Matera
Quinn
Styles
Bayly
van Wormer
Lefkowitz
Dudley DL
Court of Appeals
Christ
Scileppi
Supreme Court
Taylor
Taylor L
Bertha Hoag
Boston Common
Bostons
Touraine
New England
Diners’ Club
American Express
Carte Blanche J. Walsh
General Mer _ Tel Hancock
Thomas Hotel Toursine
Tremont & Boylston Sts
Evening Star
Hotel Putnam
Colonial Shopping
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