Christmas at Williamsburg shown by Manchester Garden Club
The Garden Club of Manchester met at Zion Church Parish House to view an illustrated lecture on Christmas at Williamsburg by Arthur D. Pierce of Winhall. The event kicked off holiday observances starting December 19 and featured plans for December programs, the budget approval, and upcoming by law amendments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Garden Club of
Zion Church
Williamsburg
Arthur D. Pierce
Winhall
J. H. Glenn
Norman Construction Firm Named for Manchester Town Building
Manchester officials select Norman Construction of Bennington as winner of four bids for a proposed town office, with contract contingent on Dec 7 vote. Bid $27,922.15 plus up to $30,000 total cost for architect, land, and vault door. financing at 3.25 percent over 15 years. Public meeting set for Dec 2 at Manchester Elementary School to discuss the proposal and answer questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Norman Construction Company
Beneington
Orrin Beattie
Bennington
Ferdinand Bongartz
I. Stanley Zecher Jr
Beattie
Picture-of-the-Year honors go to Lee Nesbitt ten-year-old
In Cambridge New York on November 14 the Woodruff Picture Studios held its ninth annual Picture-of-the-Year program with a dinner at Sourcliffe Mansion for studios models judges and guests The April picture of Lee Nesbitt ten years old was chosen as the year’s best after voting by judges including Joseph Sourcliffe Gardner Cullinan Richard Dawson and Iggy Liljeberg Also noted was resignation of Philip Roach from Shaftsbury town Planning Commission with William Dailey Jr appointed to a two year term
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Nesbitt
Woodruff
Cambridge
Robert McGarvin
Hoosick Falls
John Woodruff
William Sigalos
Sigalos
McGarvin
N.Y
Woodruff Picture Studios
Sourcliffe Mansion
Victor Dowdell
St. Luke’s Church
Joseph Sourcliffe
Gardner Cullinan
Richard Dawson
Iggy Liljeberg
Christina Stevens
Nicholas Mahoney
Shaftsbury
Philip Roach
Town Planning Commission
William Dailey Jr
Roach
The
North Pownal students named to honor roll at Bennington Catholic
The article notes William Lounsbury and Gail King of North Pownal named to Bennington Catholic High School honor roll for the first marking period. It also lists community church and youth group meetings tonight and plans for upcoming holidays including bazaars at Our Lady of Lourdes and the North Pownal Firehouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lounsbury
Gail King
North Pownal
Bennington Catholic High School
Lounsbury
James W. Lounsbury
Miss King
Edward King
Women’s Fellowship of the
Pownal Center
Kenneth Gile
Ladies’ Guild of Our Lady of Lourdes
Pownal
Overcrowding in Manchester basement classrooms investigated
Manchester Elementary uses two basement rooms for fourth grade, housing 26 and 30 students in space once a bowling alley. Ventilation and lighting were updated. the library shares the basement, now busier and run by a part time librarian and volunteers. Population at the school reaches 494, the highest ever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Eugene V. Kayatta
Tri-Valley
Shanks
Hal
Kayatta
Edward Thompson
James Shea
Ringheiser
Nesci family hunting weekend at Searsburg camp
Mountain Towns Carlo Walter HO 4 3993 reports members of the Nesci family including Vincent Ralph and David Nesci and their friend Peter Mangzricina of Meriden Conn spent a hunting weekend at their camp in Searsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nesci
Vincent Nesci
Ralph
David
Peter Mangzricina
Meriden, Conn
Searsburg
Information Meeting on Manchester Town Office Plan
Manchester selectmen will hold a public meeting on December 2 at 8 p.m. in Manchester Elementary School to explain the reasons for and uses of a proposed town office building. A vote on authorizing borrowing up to 30000 dollars for construction is set for December 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Taconic Teachers’ Association
Theodore Weinz
Arlington
Zion Church
Robert J. Fisk
Manchester — Selectmen
Hoosick Falls Board Adopts Public Drinking Ordinance
At a Monday night meeting Hoosick Falls village board unanimously approved a public drinking ordinance after a full public hearing. Clergymen, schools representatives, civic groups and citizens backed the measure, with officials noting enforcement provisions and ABC liquor law backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N. Y
Harry Harrison
Board of Education
Harrison
Philip Leonard
Hoosick Falls Central School
Leo Albowicz
George E. Dougherty
Local Notes and Visits Mentioned in Cambridge Area
Randy Scott Hamilton ill as infant son of Mr and Mrs William Hamilton. Mrs LeRoy Graves returns from visit with Mr and Mrs Robert Brown at Redmond Washington. Gerald Aiken weekend with brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Dale T MacNeil at Salem. John Hamilton at Cornell University spends Thanksgiving recess with parents. Malcolm Hamilton and LeRoy Graves attend 45th wedding anniversary for Earl Chesbro at John Nitsky home Albany. Lake George ordinance bans open liquor bottles on public streets and vehicles with fines up to 25 dollars or 10 days jail. higher penalties on repeat offenses. If any section is struck down the rest remains valid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randy Scott Hamilton
William Hamilton
LeRoy Graves
Robert Brown
Redmond
Wash
Gerald Aiken
Dale T. MacNeil
Salem
John Hamilton
Cornell University
Malcolm Hamilton
Earl Chesbro
John Nitsky
Albany
Lake George
Rensselaer County
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Manchester Garden Club
First Congregational Church
Jerome J. Hevey Jr
Congregational Vermont
Howard G. Marsden
A. M. Reed
Ann Mauger
William Eray
Mt. Laurel
Bennington Company
Selectmen
Factory Point Bank
Pownals
Vera Langlais
Boy Scout Troop 47
Good News Club
Lyle Grusendorf
Dorset
Marden Skinner
Joseph Petermann
New York City
Carlo Walter
H. Greenberg & Son, Inc
Main ST
Benni
Benmore
North St. Shopping Plaza
South Cambridge
Margaret Aiken
Hemp
Osen
Ararole Drug Store
Schenley Oist
Schenley
Putman
Colonial Shopping Ctr
Williamstown
Mass
Cambridge, N.Y
Schenley Reserve
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