Manchester PTA Votes to Revitalize School Band Project
Manchester PTA officers last Monday voted to revive the Manchester School Band as the year’s project. Lois Barney presides. Sidney B. Davis named band committee chair and Emil J. Zoufaly hospitality chair. The next PTA meeting on Nov 21 will feature Sister Marie Therese of St. Peter's Elementary School Rutland speaking on sex education.
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Manchester
Manchester Pta
Lois Barney
PTA
Sidney B. Davis
Emil J. Zoufaly
Marie Therese
St. Peter’s
Rutland
Adrian Lane and family relocate to Sicily in Catania
HMC Adrian Lane and family arrive in Sicily and settle in a Hotel in Catania after a Rome layover. The Lane children enroll in local schools while Adrian plans naval duty between the Far East and the United States. Home addresses for Lane and relatives listed.
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Shaftsbury
HMC
Adrian Lane
Sicily
Catania
Weekend visitors and village notes from Pittsfield
White Creek Jr. and Mrs. Walter Hulihan and Maureen were weekend guests of her brother and family, the Francis McMullens in Pittsfield. The White Creek Fire Co. is building an addition on their present firehouse here in the village. JOLLY JANES 4-H NEWS The following members of the Jolly Janes will meet Nov. 9 at 10 a.m. with Mrs. Maurice Perry, Judy and Susan Austin, Nancy Nolan, Linda Niles, Eileen Taber and Donna George. White Creek Pie Time group will meet at 10 a.m. with Mrs. Walter Hulihan. The Fruit Delight group will meet with Mrs. Charles Niles at 10 a.m. Mrs. Marion Knapp of Bennington spent several days last week with the Claude Hoards.
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Walter Hulihan
Maureen
Francis McMullens
Pittsfield
White Creek Fire Co
Jolly Janes
Maurice Perry
Judy
Susan Austin
Nancy Nolan
Linda Niles
Eileen Taber
Donna George
White Creek Pie
Charles Niles
Marion Knapp
Bennington
Claude Hoards
Hoosick Falls Woman Marks 90th Birthday
Hoosick Falls NY Mary McClure of 67 Elm Street celebrated her 90th birthday with a Sunday party. Born November 3, 1878 in Round Lake, she married Andrew McClure in 1903. The couple lived in North Hoosick before moving to Elm Street in 1963. She remains in good health with a hearing defect and does her own housework. Grandchildren and a great grandchild share in the celebration.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Mary McClure
Elm Street
Robert
Fred Fairbanks
McClure
Round Lake
Andrew McClure
North Hoosick
Pownal Ambulance Nappers Elude Capture
The mystery of the abducted ambulance from the Pownal Center Rescue Squad remained unsolved this morning. The vehicle was taken Monday from the Pownal Center Fire Department lot and later found abandoned near North Adams.
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Pownal
Pownal Center
Baptist West Arlington service records a christening
At West Arlington Methodist Church during a Sunday service Rev. John Geer christened Dianna Dawn Thompson, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Thompson of West Arlington. Dawn’s godparents are Mr and Mrs Harvey Brophy of Manchester. Jerry Whitman, a Wentworth Institute freshman from West Arlington, visited relatives in the area. Public works crews worked on a sand lot off Massachusetts Avenue Extension. Fire Dept officials identified and released an ambulance to them from North Adams Police. The ambulance, a spare used by Green Mountain Park in racing season, was undamaged after inspection. No formal investigation has been started.
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West Arlington Methodist Church
John Geer
Dianna Dawn Thompson
John Thompson
West Arlington
Dawn
Harvey Brophy
Manchester
Jerry Whitman
Whitman
Wentworth Institute
Boston
Richard Whitman
Massachusetts Avenue
North Adams
Green Mountain Park
Dorset Group To Hear Talk On Fay Family
Dorset The annual meeting of the Dorset Historical Society will be held in the vestry of the Dorset United Church on Tuesday Nov 12 at 8 pm. Mrs John E Fay will discuss The Fay Family and its role in early Dorset and Vermont history. A report on the summer meeting notes membership gain and improved finances. A birthday party marks the first settlement in Dorset in 1768. Public invited.
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Dorset
The
Dorset Historical Society
Dorset United Church
John E. Fay
Fay
Vermont
Jonas
John Fay
Burr and Burton
Manchester Officials Seek Changes To Route 7 Plans
Manchester officials including selectmen Sanford Zecher Clyde Bryant district representative Orrin Beattie and Michael Miller met with the state Highway Board in St Albans to press for modifications to Route 7 in Manchester The group fears the proposed plan would force heavy traffic through town split the town and create dead ends at Spruce Elm and Center Hill Streets They urge keeping the original alignment or a revised design that avoids new grade crossings and a two section town layout If approved temporary no parking on the south side of Routes 11 and 30 from Route 7 to Kilburns Hardware would be used to ease congestion until the bridge is widened Construction is unlikely before spring after winter weather and funding constraints are resolved Patricia Heinel daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Heinel left for Fort Eustis Va to visit Lt and Mrs Edwin Norse for ten days.
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James L. Woodard
Sanford Zecher
Clyde Bryant
Orrin Beattie
State Highway Board
St. Albans
Manchester
IGA
Center Bridge
Center Hill
Spruce Street
Elm Street
Barnumville Road
Gray
Arnold
Bennington
Kilburn’s Hardware
Patricia Heinel
Fred Heinel
Mountain View Terrace
Fort Eustis, Va
Edwin Norse
Church Family Supper and Budget Gab Lab in Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls church hosts a community supper and budget gab lab on November 14 from 6 to 8:30 PM. Also notes SFC Richard Allard’s Troy recruiting post and family life, plus Boy Scout Troop 64 training details at Camp Wakpominee and upcoming Troop 64 committee reorganization in the Immaculate Conception Parish Hall on Sunday night.
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Hoosick Baptist Church
BOY Scout News
Boy Scout Troop 64
Mohican Council
Wakpominee
West Fort Ann
Rotary Lodge
Adirondack Leanto’s
Alconquin
Peter Sennett
Richard Wirmusky
Danny Delurey
Paul Delarey
Thomas Lewandowski
Michael Kavage
Luke Fleming
James Rogers
William Frazier
Michael Marcoux
James Baker
Richard Severson
Helen Lewandowski
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Harvard Glee Club concert aids Manchester day care
The Harvard Radcliffe Glee Club will perform at Manchester Elementary School gym on Dec 7 to support the Manchester Child Development Center. About 60 singers will stay at the Orvis Inn. others will be hosted by local homes. A separate Nov 16 card party at Village hostelry, chaired by Oliver N Jennings, will raise funds with reservations at $10 per table.
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Manchester
Manchester Child Development Center Inc
Harvard-Radcliffe Glee Club
Cambridge, Mass
Merrimack Col
North Andover
Mass
Albany
N.Y
CDC
Farl
Orvis Inn
Oliver N. Jennings
Char
Pri
Robe Armstrong
Geor Breen
Eugene V
Hugh T. Putnam Jr
R. Leonard Stokes
Ert E. Treat
Ethel Wells
Evangeline Wilcos
Frank E. Calvin
John T. Coody Jr
Robert P. Wood
Rod and Gun Club Votes Not To Sell Fair Grounds
Manchester Rod and Gun Club, facing tax pressures and low income, voted nearly unanimously to reject selling its 70 acre Fair Grounds. Trustees had recommended the sale for $100,000 to fund a smaller, easier to maintain site and support sports programs, while two new committees would study bylaws and optimized use for town and community benefit.
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Rod and Gun Club
Manchester
Ferdinand A. Bongartz
Douglas P. Shaw
Manchester Selectmen
Bartlett Arkell
Mount Laurel
Manchester Elementary
Seaman of the Month for $95 Award at Eagle Square Mfg
James Hamilton of Dept 940 Eagle Square Mfg Co was named Seaman of the Month by plant manager Paul J. DeConnick. He received $95.96 for a scrap reduction suggestion, plus 10,000 green stamps. September cash awards totaled $279 with November bonuses possible for further ideas and related awards.
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James Hamilton
Francis Elwell
F. J. DeConnick
Eagle Square Mfg. Co
Shaftsbury
Dept
Paul J. DeConnick
DeConinck
Eagle
Shaftsbury GOP Wins Justice Posts
Shaftsbury residents elected five Republicans to fill Justice of the Peace posts on Tuesday. The winning slate was William Overlock, L. D. Sanborn, Frances M. Stacy, Merton R. Snow, Theresa Wood, with Alvan Lawrence and Bertha Thomson also receiving votes. Three Democrats will be appointed later to complete the Board of Civil Authority.
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Shaftsbury
Justice of Peace
William Overlock
L. D. Sanborn
Frances M. Stacy
Merton R. Snow
Theresa Wood
Alvan Lawrence
Bertha Thomson
Board of Civil Authority
Pleasant Valley Grange Hosts Public Card Party
South Cambridge reports a public card party to be held Tuesday November 12 at 8 p.m. in the hall. Last event featured twelve tables with prizes for men and women high Steve Dumas and Carrie Wallace, second Carl Jester and Althea Jennings, door Mabel Quackenbush, special Guy Curtis. Rodney Brownell and wife led the junior grange benefit.
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Pleasant Valley Grange
Steve Dumas
Carrie Wallace
Carl Jester
Althea Jennings
Mabel Quackenbush
Guy Curtis
Rodney Brownell
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