Fourth Annual Holiday House Party Hosts Folk Singers in Petersburg
Over Thanksgiving weekend in Petersburg New York the Beers Family hosted more than 50 guests from the folk music circuit at a four day informal gathering. Professional and nonprofessional folk musicians shared meals coffee and tunes while traveling from Oklahoma Nebraska Kansas and Dallas prior to the event. Evelyne Beers Bob Beers and daughter Martha joined late after a busy tour and arrived to a house already alive with singing and collaborative music making.
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U.S. A
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Kansas
Dallas
Tex
Evelyne Beers
Bob
Martha
Evelyne
Petersburg
Des
Juliet Rainey
New Zealand
Beers
Paul
Keri
Juliet
Frank Proffitt
Beaumont
Hoosick Falls Senior Citizens Begin Knitting Lessons
Hoosick Falls New Senior Citizens Club sponsors knitting lessons led by Sister Anna of St. Mary's Academy starting Wednesday at 1 30 p m in the former Cooky Jar bake shop at Church and Elm streets. Attendance requires no needles or yarn for the first session. Crocheting offered, seat caning may follow. permanent heated first floor rooms are sought.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Senior Citizens Club
Hoosick
Church and
Elm Streets
A. Galvagni
Anna
Sisters of St. Joseph of St. Mary’s Academy
Arlingtonian in Mishap in Manchester Driver Hurt
Mrs Florence Stroffoleno of East Arlington was slightly injured Monday night when her car left Purdy Hill, grazed a tree stump, and overturned. Police said she was treated by Dr. Clifford B. Harwood. Vehicle damage exceeded $1,000. She was alone and driving south at 7:20 p.m. in Manchester.
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Manchester
Florence Stroffoleno
East Arlington
Purdy Hill
Stroffoleno
Clifford B. Harwood
VFW Post 6471 to plan Christmas meeting Thursday
Manchester 362 2334 members of Harned-Fowler Post 6471 VFW and its Auxiliary meet at 8 p.m. Thursday to draw up Christmas plans. Last week's luncheon featured Rev. Robert Dana of Dorset as guest of honor, with Rev. James B. Murray of St Pauls RC Church and Rev. Robert L. Clayton of Zion Episcopal Church in attendance.
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Harned - Fowler Post 6471
VFW
Robert Dana
Dorset
James B. Murray
St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church
Robert L. Clayton
Zion Episcopal Church
Williams College Alumni Fund Chairman Named
M Michael Griggs of Greenwich Connecticut a vice president at Batten Barton Durstine and Osborn has been named chairman of the Williams College Alumni Fund for 1968 He will succeed B Rush Field whose two years end January 31 The fund aims to 560000 with a 521984 record last year Griggs a 1944 Williams graduate has served as vice chairman and alumni trustee and led various school associations He joined BBDO in 1946 rising to vice president in 1961 Also mentioned are community and church figures and a local crafts shop grand opening in Manchester Center with offerings from Bennington Potters Vermont Leathers and others The Raineys New Zealand folk duo performed at Beers Family Folk Festival and plan to return to New Zealand in July
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Williamstown
Mass
M. Michael Griggs
Greenwich
Conn
New York
Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborn
Williams College Alumni Fund
Williams College Society of Alumni
North America
Griggs
B. Rush Field
West Hartford
Field
Williams
Gargoyle
BBDO
Hotchkiss School
Williston Academy Board of Overseers
Greenwich Red Cross
Bosky Dell
Jerome Wichelas
U.S. 7
Manchester Center
East Dorset
Bennington
Kris
Connie Cronin
North Bennington
America
Rainey
Raineys
Juliet
New Zealand
Staten Island
Des
Paul
Keri
Poughkeepsie
Hyde Park
Saratoga
Albany
Averill Park
Chicago
Ill
Thanksgiving Day Guests and Church Events in Hoosick and Nearby
Hoosick residents hosted thanksgiving visitors from Cambridge Athol Rochester and Washington D C with extended family including several couples and a Youngstown Ohio guest. Local church groups plan December parties and All Saints services schedule Hoosick events.
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Edward Gray
Morris Drigginss
Cambridge
Ethel Winney
Herbert Fields
Athol
Mass
George Sigmund
Donald Rydberg
Rochester
Rudolph Marshall
Thomas Phillips
Washington, D.C
Watson White
Helen Cantelo
Donald Hill
Woman Juror Swings On Forgery Verdict In Colorado
At a Colorado Springs trial a female juror first supported conviction of a forgery suspect, then changed her vote after seeing the suspect's wife cry, and switched back to conviction on a later tally in the jury room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Colo
UPI
Peace talk by Quaker on Vietnam at Weston Playhouse
The Rev. David Chevrier announces Russell Johnson of the American Friends Service Committee will speak on the war in Vietnam at 3 p.m. Sunday, December 3, at the Weston Playhouse. Johnson recently returned from a four month mission across Southeast Asia including Vietnam, North and South, meeting with officials, religious leaders, doctors and journalists. He is the only American Quaker to have unofficially visited both North and South Vietnam. The event is sponsored by the Springfield area Committee for Alternatives with refreshments after, hosted by Weston volunteers.
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Weston
David Chevrier
Saxtons River
Russell Johnson
American Friends Service Committee
Vietnam
Weston Playhouse
Springfield Area Committee For Alternatives
Chevrier
Johnson
Quaker
Southeast Asia
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
North
Phnom Penh
National Liberation Front
Pownal Church Celebrates 185th Anniversary
Pownal Baptist Church marked its 185th anniversary with a Sunday evening gathering of 68 for supper an historical exhibition and worship led by Rev William Hunsicker with assistance from the Women s Fellowship. The fund drive reached 152 of the 185 goal as past and present pastors and leaders recalled the church s long history dating to 1782 with 51 pastors and assistants.
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Pownal
Pownal Baptist Church
William Hunsicker
Women’s Fellowship
Kenneth Snyder
Julia Young
Bennington
Charles Baboian
James Metcalf
Edward Miller
Donald Dixon
John C. Hatch
Richard Hall
Caleb Nichols
Rhode Island
Shaftsbury Association
Pownal Center
South Pownal
H.G. Hohl
Hunsicker
Wilmington Leather Shop Embraces 19th Century Craft
Jack and Carol Bradin, Marlboro College history majors, open the Old Norton Leather Shoppe in Wilmington. The couple crafts handmade leather goods and period costumes using old-time tools, aiming to recreate the Norton family leather shop atmosphere and attract customers with vintage flair. They employ local staff and feature Swedish Christmas items and Marlboro artist paintings as side offerings.
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Ladies
Jack
Carol
Phoebe Rist
Wilmington
Boston
Jane Field
Marlboro College
Harvey Karlin
Marlboro
Munson Hicks
Sander
Jean Reid
Bradins
Norton Family
Deerfield
Norton
Giers
West Guilford
Mona France
Whitingham
Shor Jewelers
Greenwich Village
N.Y
Jack Bradin
God
Norton Leather
Carol Bradin
Winooski Officials Plot NYC Trip Over Grant
Four city leaders including Mayor Edmund Dupont and City Atty. Gilbert Myers plan a New York visit with Model City Chairman Dominique Casavant to discuss Winooski s 105000 planning grant. The city, named to the program among 63 nationwide entrants, seeks contract completion requirements from HUD.
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Winooski
UPI
Edmund Dupont
Gilbert Myers
Garfield Langworthy
Dominique Casavant
New York
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Blood drive yields 545 pints in Burlington week
The regional Red Cross center in Burlington reports 545 pints of blood donated across six drawings during a holiday-shortened week.
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Burlington
UPI
Red Cross Center
Thanksgiving and family reunions fill Dorset weekend
Dorset residents marked Thanksgiving with multiple family gatherings and travel. Robert McFalls of South Dorset celebrated a 25th wedding anniversary with a surprise party hosted by friends. James Lee II’s family recalled Patsy’s 8500 mile communications from Moon Island while other kin returned from Europe and trips to England, Ireland, and Scotland.
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Robert McFalls
South Dorset
Raymond Parks
Walter Hayes
Oakley K. Porter
Manchester
James Lee II
Nini
Penelope
Patsy
Moon Island
Truk
Lee
Newton
Mass
Vermont
Berry A. Walls
Josiah K. Adams
Europe
Liverpool
England
Amsterdam
Rhine River
Innsbruck
Munich
Salzburg
Vienna
Adams
London
Ireland
Scotland
Timothy Butters
Forman
Litchfield
Conn
Lisa Butters
Claude Burkes
Pfc
Claude Burke Jr
Frankfurt
Germany
Charles Smiths
Stamford
Pownals Ladies Guild Plans Christmas Bazaar
The Ladies Guild of Our Lady of Lourdes Church meets tonight at 7 30 at Mrs Wilfred LaBonte's home to finalize plans for the annual Christmas bazaar set for Friday and Saturday at the North Pownal Fire House. Engineman Ernest R Langlais USN is on a 30 day leave in North Pownal after graduating November 22 from advanced engineering school at Great Lakes Illinois where he ranked top in class and was selected for submarine engineering duty training. He will report to New London Connecticut December 24 with classes starting January 2.
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Nancy
Henry T. Barnett
Hartford
Annette L. McLaughlin
All Saints Church
Hoosick
Ladies Guild of
Our Lady of Lourdes Church
Wilfred LaBonte
North
Pownal
Ernest R. Langlais
USN
North Pownal
Advanced
Great Lakes
Ill
Langlais
New London
Conn
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Arlingtonian
Bob Beers
Toronto
Canada
Montana
Philadelphia
Des and
Michael Miller
P.O. Box
Williams College
Dana
Congregational
West Boxford
Harvey Cox
Ion
Jerome Hevey
First Congregational Church
Ada M. Breer
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co
Copley Square
Prudential Tower
Robert E. Slater
Hancock
Clarendon
Grand Union
John Kimmer
Waterford
Gerald E. Morrissey, Inc
Wolter
Bratislavia
Czechoslovakia
Jared Wood
David Dushkin
Edward Landon
Craig Swart
Sam Lloyd
Pownal Church
Church of Christ In
Norton House
West Main Street
Grant
Marden Skinner
The
Pownals
Vera Langlais
National Stores
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
Richmond
N.F
Ldward
Mahar
Dhone
Bennington, Vt
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