Tansitor Officials Predict Company Growth
Tansitor Electronics officials spoke at the Town of Hoosick Lions Club meeting about rapid plant growth from 5 to 65 employees since 1967. They forecast 100 jobs by 1969 with $400,000 payroll, plus local contracts at $50,000, and potential future expansion beyond 300. Housing scarcity in Hoosick Falls cited as main obstacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Hoosick
N.Y
Leo A. Moreau Jr
Tansitor Electronics, Inc
Thomas W. Holmes
Town of
Holmes
Hoosick Falls
Moreau
Bennington
Hoosick Community Center Attendance Rises
Hoosick Falls N Y attendance climbs at the Town of Hoosick Community Center this year officials report increased participation led by local residents and organized programs under Joseph J continue to boost engagement across the town
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Community Center
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Town of
Joseph J
Shaftsbury Fun Night Hosts Fourth Grade Families
Shaftsbury fifth and sixth graders enjoyed a Friday fun night in the school multipurpose room with square dances twists broom dance and waltzes attended by about 40 children under supervision of local adults. The Troy Conference United Methodist Church board met discussing migrant housing inspection needs fair housing and workshops to engage Vermont Methodists in world affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Merton Snow Jr
Bernard Miller
Glenna Harvey
Shirley Paddock
Pauline Cook
Samuel Carrara
Board of Social Concern
Troy
Jamaican Art Display At Ranaldo’s Restaurant
Eight paintings by Bruno Pasquier Des vignes a French painter living in Jamaica were brought to Hoosick Falls by Cleveland E. Dodge of Quarry Hill Farm Pownal president of International Dodge Inc. The Jamaican scenes feature vibrant color from a guitar player to a jungle scene and are on sale from 300 to 1500 dollars. Desvignes resides in a thatched hut near the eastern Jamaican coast and is praised for unusual creative talent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Bruno Pasquier Desvignes
Jamaica
West Indies
Cleveland E. Dodge
Quarry Hill Farm
Pownal
International Dodge Inc
Ranaldo
Dodge
Desvignes
North Bennington Lodge Postpones Meeting To December
Tucker Lodge No. 48 F and AM schedules a special meeting for Wednesday November 27 postponed to December 4 when the entered apprentice degree will be conferred. Senior Girl Scout Troop 3 organized with Merritt Hewitt Jr. as leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucker Lodge No. 48
F&am
Merritt Hewitt Jr
McCullough Big House
L. J. Isselhardt
Donna Dailey
Maria Whitman
Daphne Mackey
Sandra Hewitt
Cindy Carroll
Arlington Lions hear Viet Nam intelligence officer talk
Lt. Patrick Glynn USA spoke at the Arlington Lions Club meeting on November 21 in Fort Meade related Viet Nam service with the 4th Infantry Division Pleiku and Phu Bai. He described field experiences as an intelligence officer with slides from near the DMZ South Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Glynn
USA
Fort Meade
Arlington Lions Club
Glynn
4Th Infantry Division
Pleiku
Phu Bai
Vietnam
Dmz
South Vietnam
Martin
John Martin R.A
G.P. Dispensary
A, P.O
Bromley Opens Officially on Thanksgiving Day
Bromley Ski Resort in Vermont plans a full Thanksgiving opening on Nov 28 with all lifts and terrain ready. Snowmaking and grooming crews have prepared slopes after a heavy early month snow base, aiming for another record opening following last year’s strong turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bromley
Peru
Big Bromley
Vermont
Fred Pabst Jr
Mother Nature
Bromley Day School
Bromley Pro
Pabst
Coy dog shot in West Haven by state officer
A 391 pound coy dog, described as increasingly common in Vermont, was killed in West Haven by State Police officer Gordon Adams while he was deer hunting. The carcass lay in a snowbank in Rupert pending examination at the state biological laboratories in Roxbury by biologist Ben Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Vermont
William LaCount
Manchester
West Haven
Gordon Adams
Adams
Rupert
State Biological Laboratories
Roxbury
Ben Day
LaCount
Manchester Center Post Office Adds Same Day Delivery
Manchester The Banner announces same day delivery for patrons of the Manchester Center Post Office with papers arriving around 4 30 p m The game dinner benefiting the Child Development Center Inc at the Jolly Green Joint has been moved to December 11 David Chip Fielding Jr son of Joyce Hosley was promoted to Staff Sergeant E 6 on November 5 after two years in the army He is stationed with an artillery unit in Vietnam CORRECTION Police report a car driven by Theresa Gangloff of Bennington westbound on Vermont 11 30 near the Red Sled Motel Saturday was struck from the rear by a car driven by Robert H Mitchell of East Manchester Road Manchester causing extensive damage to the Mitchell vehicle Gangloff car sustained minor damage
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester Center
The
Child Development Center, Inc
Jolly Green Joint
David ‘Chip’ Fielding Jr
Joyce Hosley
Vietnam
Theresa Gangloff
Bennington
Robert H. Mitchell
East Manchester Road
Manchester
Mitchell
Gangloff
South Cambridge United Thanksgiving Service and Events
The union Thanksgiving communion service at South Cambridge United Methodist Church led by Rev. Oswald A. Muller is set for Wednesday November 27 at 7 30 p m. Sunday services and Sunday school are led by the same pastor with Sunday school at 10 30 a m. An annual canvass for 1969 pledges will occur on Sunday afternoon December 1. The Twelve Trees of Christmas greens show by the Cambridge Area branch of the Woman's National Farm and Garden Assn will be November 30 and December 1 from 1 to 5 p m at Center Cambridge Town Hall with Mrs Sumner Lind as general chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Aiken
Union
South Cambridge United
Cambridge Area
Woman’s National Farm and Garden Ass’n
Town Hall
Center Cambridge
Sumner Lind
CDC Fund Drive To Sponsor Day-Care Center
Manchester reports the Child Development Center fund drive in its second week aims to establish a day care center for working mothers. Miss Evangeline Wilcox chairs the effort, with a threefold appeal to gifts, business donations, and house-to-house solicitations. A Spruce Street house down payment is due mid December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Evangeline Wilcox
CDC
Spruce Street
Miss Wilcox
Town funds boost fire truck and warning signs in Shaftsbury
Shaftsbury selectmen transfer 2000 to sinking fund for a new fire truck and report advancing railroad crossing warning signs. They seek 8900 from state for blacktop of town highway number one, total cost about 12000, with gasoline tax covering the rest. The town owes 792 to the state for patrols. Budget remains under 67696 amid rising tax payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Merton Snow Sr
Roy Whitman
Lorenzo
Sam” Sanborn
Snow
Vermont
Leo Harrington
Three Fined On Motor Vehicle Charges
Nine respondents appeared before Judge John P Morrissey at the Manchester session of Bennington District Court Monday. three were fined $50 on motor vehicle charges. Mrs Alice W Sweeney of Sunderland, 47, was fined $25 plus costs on charges of operating with defective equipment and speeding 50 mph in a 35 mph zone on October 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
John P. Morrissey
Bennington
Alice W. Sweeney
Sunderland
Arlington Garden Club Holds Nov Meeting
The Arlington Garden Club met on Tuesday Nov 19 at West Arlington Community Hall with 31 members. New member David Fredrickson joined. club contributions to CARE were approved. A Christmas Decorating Contest will be held with judging on Dec 23 and prizes awarded. The club reported a $78.70 October boutique donation to Woodstock. A year-end luncheon is planned for Dec 10 at Cut-Leaf Maples Motel with a social hour to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington Garden Club, Inc
West Arlington
Robert Given
David Fredrickson
Burpee Company
Arlington Garden Club
Arlington
Thomas Weakley
Scott Campbell
Donald Kendall Jr
Wilfrid Racine
Nils Green
John Haugsrud
Mark Hebbert
James P. O’neil
Louis C. Post
Christmas carol service planned at West Arlington church
The Rev John Geer pastor of West Arlington Methodist Church met with church members at the West Arlington Community House to plan a December 22 candlelight carol service with time to be announced. Refreshments will follow. He invited all area churches to the Thanksgiving Eve service at East Arlington Federated Church at 8 p.m. on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Geer
West Arlington
Pownals Cub Scout Pack Plans Formations At Meeting
At the North Pownal Firehouse over 40 cub scout age boys showed interest in forming Cub Pack 347 sponsored by the North Pownal Fire Department. About 75 parents heard Michael Shananhan outline aims and financing, with two meetings set for this week to recruit den mothers and craft an executive committee. Starting January 1969 meetings will be the fourth Wednesday each month. Also noted were local social items including the fifth annual Christmas Bazaar earning $255.22, a Thanksgiving food basket award to David Toye of North Adams, and couple updates on residents Gordon Halstead and Sgt. Carl Dickinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Pownal
Pownals
Michael Shanahan
Ethan Allen Council
Shanahan
Ladies’ Guild of
Our Lady of Lourdes Church
David Toye
North Adams
John Bottesi
North Pownal Firehouse
Wilfred LaBonte
Harvey DuBois
Edmond LaBonte
Vincent Pizzano
Elizabeth Carey
John Winn
Larry Hager
Ralph Garrett
Carl A. Dickinson
Williamstown
Vietnam
U.S. Air Force Air Lift Command
Tan Son Nhut Base
Saigon
Travis Afb
California
Lackland Afb
Texas
Sheppard Afb
Sgt. Dickinson
Norman A. Dickinson
Laura E. Langlais
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Tansitor
Sheilah Miller
Angus MacDonald
Social Concern
Richard Lyon
Cam Ranh
Richard M
Lyon
TAS
PACAF
APO
Malcolm Niles
Malcolm B
Niles
HELCO
San Francisco
Calif
Malcolm
Robert
Cullen
Marie Hanselman
Hudson Valley Community College
North Bennington
Helene Thompson
Arlington Fire Co
Arlington Chorale
Community Rooms
V. Arl
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Rooms
Battenkill Grange
Grange Hall
W. Arl
Haynes & Kane, Inc
Dial
Main St
Michael Miller
Depot Street
Bennington, VT
N Be
South Cambridge
By Sheilah Miller
East Road
Merton Snow
Michael O’brien
Walter Hysek
Phil Roach
Barry Patton
Sanborn
Remington Electric
Liz King
Col. Fairfax Ayres
Donald A. Rees
Sam Batonick
Glastenbury
Elkins Corner
Shaftsbury Hollow
Sam Sanborn
Rollin E. Severance
South Londonderry
Vt. 11
Phillip T. Bacon
River Road
Aubrey Moffitt
East Arlington
Thomas P. Whalen
John E. Reber Jr
Michael J. Petterson
Springfield
Mass
Harold J. Shays
Bromley Mountain
John Francis Ryan
Charles W. Townsend
Sandgate
Kay Weeks
Vera Langlais
Gordon Halstead
White Plains
N. Y
Halsteads
Gulbransen
Elm St
Mom
Jewelers
American Gem Society
Main St. Dial
Woo
Noah’s
East
the County National Bank
Earl Nightingale
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