Manchester Youth Flies Solo On 16th Birthday
Roger Fowler of Manchester Depot reports his son Manchester youth Roger Fowler earned his solo flight at age sixteen. Joel Whittemore Bennington Airport manager checked him out. He trained with Whittemore John Meerworth Buddy Breen and is a member of Equinox Flying Club. He funded his flights through a grain business at home and attends Burr and Burton Seminary where he sings in the Glee Club and belonging to Pilgrim Youth Fellowship and the church senior choir.
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Manchester
Roger Fowler
Robert Fowler
Joel Whittemore
Bennington
Whittemore
Fowler
John Meerworth
George
Buddy) Breen
Young Fowler
Equinox Flying Club
Burr and Burton Seminary
Pilgrim Youth Fellowship
First Congregational Church
Pownal Troop 347 Plans Meetings and Banquet
Letters mailed to all parents announce a special meeting November 28 at 2 p.m. in the Scout Hut. Scoutmaster Rolland Roy urges mothers to attend to help plan a father son banquet with a January court of honor. RSVP cards due November 23 at the weekly troop session. Executive committee meets November 29. Willard Methodist Church gửi gifts to Williamsville Children’s Home in New York. Contact Mrs James Quinn for contributions.
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Pownal
BSA
Scoute
Rolland Roy
Roy
Powe Nal
Winhall welcomes new lunch program cook
Winhall Mrs. Arthur Willey of South Londonderry began duties Nov 8 as cook for the Winhall School hot lunch program. About 45 children are participating in the lunches this year. The bookmobile brought a new collection of books to the Winhall Memorial Library last week. The Library Board considers closing the library due to fewer subscribers, with an extended trial period for readers to test interest before action.
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Arthur Willey
South Londonderry
Winhall School
Winhall Memorial Library
Arlington Backs School Space Expansion Plan
Arlington parents and school officials debated Fisher School space needs at the APT meeting. The plan proposes a west wing expansion with six classrooms a library and kindergarten to serve 315 students by 1970 365 if kindergarten is added. Cost 177526 after aid. debt about 300000 over 20 years. state aid 30 percent. library required for state aid. committee to report Wednesday with a town meeting proposal possible.
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Arlington
Arlington Parents Teachers
APT
John M. Moore
Moore
Marjorie Doyle
Fisher
Citizens School
Donald Keough
James F. Kelly
Bennington Southwest Supervisory Union
Fisher School
Arlington Memorial High School
Kelly
Arthur Granger
U.S. 7
Prosper Deschenes
Deschenes
Towne
State Board of Education
Charles Canfield
Deerfield Valley Health Center hosts Country Art Show
In Searsburg most hunting camps were busy yet some visitors stayed in due to weather. Vincent Nesci and his son David from Meriden Conn dug up a waterpipe. The Health Center Auxiliary presents a Sunday show from 12 to 4 pm with local art on display and some works for sale. Adults pay $1. children enter free. Refreshments available. Proceeds fund a painting by Harry Meyer of Larchmont N.Y. for the Wilmington Health Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Nesci
Daevid
Meriden
Conn
Deerfield Valley Health Center
Harry Meyer
Larchmont
N.Y
Wilmington
Hoosick Falls Elks Auxiliary honors past presidents and initiates ten
Hoosick Falls N Y past presidents of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Hoosick Falls Lodge of Elks were honored at a dinner and meeting in the Elks Club. More than 70 members attended the roast beef dinner served by lodge men. Mrs J Joseph Hayden, president, introduced the guests at the head table. Seven of eight past presidents attended. A toast was offered to the honored past presidents and to the ten new candidates.
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Hoosick Falls
N. Y
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Hoosick Falls Lodge of Elks
Elks Club
J. Joseph Hayden
Earl Kenney
Walter Beckstein
Thomas Beaumont
Charles Frazier
William E. Burns
Norman Myers
Wappingers Falls
Elwin Armstrong
John Jenuskevice
North Bennington lodge meeting and initiations update
Tucker Lodge No 48 F and AM to hold November meeting at Masonic Temple on Wednesday at 8 p m fellow craft degree to be conferred. Lake Paran Homemakers Extension Club meet Thursday at 1 30 p m at Mrs Maynard Overlock home for initiation. About 200 attend social. Petie Emmett orchestra of Albany provides music.
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Tucker Lodge No. 48
F&am
Masonic Temple
Lake Paran Homemakers Extension Club
Maynard Overlock
Bank Street
Hoosick Falls couple marks 25th wedding anniversary
HOOSICK FALLS N Y Mr and Mrs Thomas Hyland of 26 Lyman Street were honored at a Sunday party by relatives for their 25th anniversary Attended by about 150 at the Hoosick Falls Elks Club the couple native to Stillwater N Y were married November 16 1940 at St Peters Church Rita Fordham is Mrs Hyland They reside in Hoosick Falls where Hyland works at Wood Flong Corp The couple have four children Terrance studying for priesthood Thomas twin is an assistant credit manager Norreen is an x ray technologist Ann Marie studies at St Marys Academy Gifts included a money tree flowers and a purse of money A decorated cake from Mrs Helen Benkoski highlighted buffet decorations Out of town guests came from Stillwater Mechanicsville Troy Waterford Albany and Rotterdam N Y
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Hoosick Falls
N. Y
Thomas Hyland
Lyman St
Elks Club
Stillwater
N.Y
St. Peter’s Church
Hyland
Rita Fordham
Wood Flong Corporation
William
Alice) Ellis
Charles
Buddy) Leonard
Terrance
Good Council Novitiate
New Hameburg
Thomas
McKesson and Robbins
Albany
Norreen
Gist
Ellis Hospital
Schenectady
Ann Marie
St. Mary’s Academy
Helen Benkoski
Mechanicsville
Troy
Waterford
Rotterdam
Wilson Seeks Progress in Vermont Rally at Pownal
Democratic candidates gathered at the Tally-Ho Restaurant as the Pownal Democratic Town Committee hosted a meeting to meet the senatorial candidate Rob ert Wilson and District 32 representatives. Wilson urged a “program of progress” and noted the election’s new district rules lowering area representation, promising increased Democratic influence in Montpelier through a party driven effort. Mrs Mildred Jannicky, a second senatorial aspirant, voiced agreement with the program.
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Pownal
Wilson
Montpelier
Carrier
Emery
Rufus Horeton
Wilmington
John Carrier
Whitingham
Horton
Senate
Bennington County
Leo Emery
St. Albans
Adler
Fienberg
Health Center and Auxiliary Receive $500 Donations
Hoosick Falls Health Center received a $500 donation from Rev. Edith Craig Reynolds who also gave $500 to the Health Center Auxiliary. Reynolds, a Health Center board member, has supported the institution previously. A political event followed with Rufus Horton introducing John Carrier of Whitingham, who seeks district representation.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Edith Craig Reynolds
Health Center
Reynolds
Ski Skate Sale Set This Weekend at Pine Cobble
In Williamstown Massachusetts Pine Cobble School hosts a ski skate sale Friday 2 to 4 30 p m and Saturday 10 30 to noon open to parents students and the public in the school barn lower level Sports gear and clothing in good condition are sold with forty percent of each item to the school library fund and sixty percent to the donor A book bin operated by the Student Council will run parallel to benefit the library fund.
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Williamstown
Mass
Pine Cobble School
Library Fund
County 4-H Leaders and Bankers Banquet Highlights Event
The annual 4-H Leaders and Bankers banquet at Paradise Restaurant drew 189 attendees. County key banker George Jepson chaired ceremonies and received a meritorious service plaque from the 4-H Leaders Council. Guest speaker Rev. John Nutting presented touring Vermont songs.
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Paradise Restaurant
4-H
George Jepson
County National Bank
County Key
Harry W. Hayden
Sunderland
Bennington County 4-H Foundation
Bennington County
4H Leaders Council
Jepson
John Nutting
Hyde Park
Vermont
Depews and Locals Silent Weekend News
Jay Depew returned to Port land Maine to his Coast Guard station after a week at his parents home Mr and Mrs Morris Depew. Mr and Mrs Joseph White were at their Dor set home over the weekend. Edith Snare spent the weekend with her sister in Rhine beck New York. Eva Rae Parks daughter of Mr and Mrs Raymond Parks, a Vermont Beauty Academy student in Rutland since June, placed high on a written test and had her French twist mannequin chosen for the display window, earning first in the practical test.
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Jay Depew
Portland
Maine
Coast Guard
Morris Depew
Joseph Whitehead
Dorset
Edith Snare
Rhinebeck
N.Y
Eva Rae Parks
Raymond Parks
Vermont Beauty Academy
Rutland
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Vera Langlais
Winhall
John O. Slade
Library News
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Searsburg
Elks Auxiliary
North Bennington
Elizabeth Dwyer
Kenney
Morgan Burke
William Fitzpatrick
David Fleming
Joseph Graney
James Paul
Joseph Moore
Michael Restino
Anthony Salluzzo
George Speanburg
Robert Stetson
Peter Clintsman
William Rourke Jr
Rourke
Hayden
Harold Doyle
Robert Lewsey Sr
Gerry DeLuca
Andrew DeJernes
Edwin Webster
Burns
Beaumont
Lawrence Lasser
Stephen Bradley
Bennington, VT
Bankers
Charles Fienberg
M. Pauline Rowe
Vermont Extension Service
R. P. Davison
International Farm
Chester Clark
West Pawlet
Clark
Imelda Franco P
IFYE
Mexico
James
Bud) Edgerton
Bernard Whitman
Donald Laurie Sr
West Rupert
Pearl Tobin
East Rupert
Raymond Farnum
Peru
Malcolm Clough
Gladys Baker
Walter Dunham
Francis Greene
Floyd Vosburgh
Elaine Cresto
Margaret Higgins
Robert Flynn
Fred Bishop
Marie Howe
Pauline Knapp
Jean Davis
Edwin C. Kinney
Joseph King
Ellery Lawrence
Earl Howard
Margaret Farnum
June Laskey
Evelyn Cole
Thomas Morgan
Edgerton
Willard Laurie
Donolyn Hagelberg
Richard Diamond
Diamond
Arthur B. Murphy
Vermont Bankers Association
Miss Hagelberg
Timothy Guetti
PTA
Burr and Burton
E.H. Henry
Marden Skinner
An Eyol
Leonard E. LA Flamme
Main St
Vt. Bank Bay
Duntawmes Furniture CO
Elm St
Walter L. Barber
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
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