Local Notes From Manchester and District
Thanksgiving visits mark holiday week with Manchester residents. David Edson of Harvard returns to campus. Donald Dorr flies solo at Equinox Airport in a Luscombe owned with Richard Bovey Jr. Ira Hartwell family in Georgia. John promoted to major. Howard Dailey in Korea earns specialist fourth class. First Congregational Church hosts annual Christmas sale and dinner with Don Lee as head chef. New England boiled dinner served at 6 p.m. Fair begins at 2 p.m.
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David Edson
Harvard University
Robert Edson
Donald Dorr
Equinox
George Breen
Luscombe
Richard Bovey Jr
Ira Hartwell
Georgia
John
Raymond Brown
Detroit
Mich
Howard C. Dailey
U.S. Army
Korea
Howard Dailey
Manchester Depot
First Congregational Church
United Women’s Group
Don Lee
New England
Santa Arrives on 27foot Float in Manchester Parade
Santa Claus visits Manchester on December 17 sponsored by Grand Union and the Manchester Area Chamber of Commerce. All local children invited to ride the float and share wishes. each child receives a gift. Music and a Santa message broadcast from the float. Santa arrives via Main Street at 2 p.m. and stays at First National Bank parking area until 4. Float built by Triple-S Blue Stamps.
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Manchester
Santa Claus
Grand Union Supermarkets
Greater Manchester
Most Comfy Deer Hunter Unsuccessful but Warm
Henry Cherbonneau of Manchester Vermont says he was the most comfortable deer hunter this season. At 66 he hunted from a four by four blind and saw 22 deer pass without horns and none notice him, preferring his shirtsleeve environment to freezing for a deer chase.
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Manchester
Henry Cherbonneau
Vermont
Cherbonneau
Manchester Gaudette's to Open Second Store on Main Street
Gaudette's Children's Shop owners Mr. and Mrs. Howard Gaudette announce a second location on Main Street at the old Hub store opening December 1. The shop will offer girls' clothing sizes 7 to 17 and stay open until late January, with a possible lease extension if business warrants.
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Manchester
Pownal holiday fairs and church events listed
Community announcements describe bazaar days at North Pownal Firehouse and Pownal Center Church, card parties, bake sales, knit items, and a workbee. Also noted are Boy Scout meeting, tax abatement hearing, and Christmas programs with dates in December.
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Board of Civil Authority
Board of Control of
Pownal Center
Christmas events and guests listed in Hoosick area notices
Hoosick Home Bureau hosts a Christmas party and covered dish supper on December 6 at the Baptist Church. Crusaders hold a Christmas party and covered dish supper on December 7 at the Baptist Church. All Saints Guild plans a Christmas party with a supper and program on December 8 in the Parish Hall. Visitors include Lester Burton and family from Cleveland visiting Watson White for Thanksgiving weekend. George Sigmunds family spending Thanksgiving week in Wilkes-Barre with Mrs. Fannie Haskins. Henry T. Barnett and family from Hartford are with John W. Winegard for Thanksgiving. Charles A. Brown spends Thanksgiving with Pittsfield relatives. Susan Cottrell returns home from Potsdam State College. William Stearns visits Ruth Stearns in Arlington, Vermont.
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Home Bureau
Baptist Church
Crusaders
All Saints Guild
Lester Burton
Cleveland
Ohio
Watson White
George Sigmund
Wilkes-Barre
Weekend visitors and deer hunting wrap in town news
Windall and DeWolfe families from Greenwich and Chicopee Falls spent the weekend at River Road and Kendall Farm Road residences. Guests included Joan Hebert and children, a Chouinard party, Henshaw visitors from Lexington, Foote visiting Kendall Farm Road for deer season, and Miss Janie Balch with grandparents Slade. Reports note two bucks bagged and the death of Mrs. Baxter Polk, former Mrs. Wallace Scudder.
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James DeWolfe
Greenwich
West Springfield
Mass
James R. Chouinard
Robert Legnard
Chicopee Falls
A. Theodore Henshaw
Lexington
Chester P. Henshaw
Kenneth V. Foote
Kendall Farm Road
Janie Balch
Brattleboro
Robert B. Slade
William F. Coleman
Raymond Landman
Somerset
Baxter Polk
Wallace Scudder
Good Neighbors Arrive At Hoosick Falls Homes
Two South American girls arrive for three months host stays in Hoosick Falls. Elvira Mantelli 17 from Baunga Colombia and Amparo Florez 16 from Bogota stay with local families and attend Hoosick Falls Central School. Both do not speak English yet aim to learn, with other hosts preparing for December arrivals.
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Ruanas
Muchachas
Darcy Miller
Hoosick Falls Central School
Amparo Florez
Bogota
Colombia
Miller
HFCS
Amparo
Darcy
South America
Sally Stetson
Beaumont
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Elvira Mantelli
Baunga
Kennedy Airport
Charles Filkins
West Hoosick
Jane
Lima
Peru
Frederick Miller
Abbott Street
Millers
Cali
Jane Filkins
Elvira
Filkins
David
Cornell University
Albany
Alderson Broaddus College
West Virginia
Montclair
N.J
Bert C. Miller
Robert Mihuta
Hoosick
Robert Stetson
Danforth Street
Bucaramanga
Mary McClellan Hospital lists week admissions and discharges
Cambridge area hospital records show the week ending November 27 admissions in Bennington and surrounding towns including Judith Bailey Edward Chaplin Floyd Busseno M Elizabeth Day Martha Granger Edward Hayes Kenneth LeGrys and Richard Hustler among others Discharges include Judith Bailey Nora Bailey Edward Chaplin Thomas Way Jr Edith Bell Leta White Dorothy Joy and Joseph LaMagdeleine The Sun reports a blank press release from Conservative party HQ titled Our Policy from London UPI.
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Cambridge
N.Y
Mary McClellan Hospital
Bennington Area
Judith W. Bailey
Edward J. Chaplin
Buskirk
Floyd Busseno
M. Elizabeth Day
Martha Joy Granger
Edward R. Hayes
Kenneth J. LeGrys
Richard L. Hustler
Joseph J. LaMagdeleine
Hoosick Falls
Irene M. McGraw
West Pawlet
Albert B. Walther Sr
West Rupert
Judith A. Bailey
Nora Bailey
Edward J
London
UPI
the Sun
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Hoosick Falls Youth Center
Brian Harrison
Margaret Scarey
Kathy Hall
Francis Laporte
Tom Davendonis
Jean Andrick
James Moore
Rene Ducharme
Chet Ringheiser
P.O. Box
Haynes
Kane, Inc
Main St
Bennington, Vt
Clipper
Jewelers
Santa
First National Stores
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
Finast
Atkins
Grange
Hoosick Grange
New York State
Russell Curtie
Otto Piritz
Omer Brenenstuhl
Ralph Griswold
Almon Hewitt
Community Progress Committee
Niagara Mohawk
Wesley Hall
Frank Green
Ira Cornell
Mountain Home Grange
Rose Torrey
National Grange
Minneapolis
Minn
Glen Easter
Eastglen Farm
Addison
Easter
Manchester Shop
South Cambridge
Margaret Aiken
Methodist Church
Robert Bailey
Gannon Road
Morton Skalwold
Durfee Road
New Jersey
Pleasant Valley Granges
Bonnie Pratt
Russell Sage College
Pleasant Valley Grange
John Soltis
Albany Medical Center
Harvey Bailey
WSCS
The
Malcolm Hamilton
Whiteside Road
Peter Matcovich
New York City
Pester Matcovich
Pownals
Pownal
North Pownal
Ladies’ Guild of Our Lady of Lourdes Church
Melba Cooper
Maude Fuller
Harvey DuBois
Wilfred LaBonte
Vincent Pizzano
Edmond LaBonte
Joseph Tornabone
John Bottesi
Anna Thompson
Margaret Weyers
Augustine Baker
Pizzano
Tornabene
Ladies’ Aid Society of the
First Baptist Church
Vera Langlais
North Pownal Congregational Church
Women’s Fellowship
Benjamin L. Powell
Women’s Fellowship of
Ada M. Breer
del Monte
Windall
John C. Slade
Mrs. Filkins
Mary McClellan
Christ
Deta
Olaami
Anumily
Bennington
Triple
Grand Union
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