250 Scouts Open Camporee At Bennington Battlefield Park
WALLOOMSAC NY 250 Boy Scouts from Hoosick Town and Washington County gather at Bennington Battlefield Park for the Mohican Council Iroquois District Fall Camporee a three day event with a camping fair simulated emergency drill and an American Heritage Campfire on Saturday Scouts rehearse skills and plan a history skit for the public campfire while a simulated plane crash features Troop 64 Hoosick Falls led by scoutmaster Richard A Severson. Sirens will be heard around 2 30 p.m. Saturday as search and rescue practice is held open to visitors Saturday and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper
Hudson River Valley
Bennington Battlefield
Richard A. Severson
Hoosick Falls
Burr and Burton Homecoming Weekend Schedule Update
Burr and Burton Seminary outlines Homecoming events from Friday October 7 in Seminary gym with BBS Varieties at 8 p.m. On Saturday October 8 soccer at Manchester Fair Grounds features BBS against Whitingham at 10 a.m. A chicken barbecue runs noon to 2 p.m. on the Main Campus, followed by football BBS versus Woodstock Union at 2 p.m. Alumni Coffee Hour at 4 p.m. in the Main Building, and a Dance Freshman Frolic in the gym at 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seminary
Manchester Fair Grounds
Whitingham
Hoosick Falls Dance Classes Announced for Youth
Hoosick Falls Town Youth Commission sponsors Saturday dance lessons at the Community Center starting October 15. Instructor Rene DuCharme will teach ballroom polka and modern steps to grades 5-6 10 to 11 am and grades 7-9 11 am to noon for six weeks, with PTA and Home and School chaperones. Mothers willing to help may call Mrs. LaPorte at 868-7825. Court St Mary CDA to meet October 11.
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Town of
PTA
Hoosick Falls Central School
Home and School Association of St. Mary’s Academy
Dorset PTA weighs national ties at Monday meeting
Dorset PTA plans a discussion at Dor set Elementary School on whether to renew affiliation with the national PTA. Manchester district director Mrs Thomas Martin will explain the national role. No vote will be taken. decision likely in November or December. Current officers are Mrs Ralph Gleason president and others. Immaculate Conception notes and Oct 12 trustee meeting mentioned. In Manchester Miss Carol Sorensen spoke to Rotary on 4 H chickens. 4 H members sponsored by the club present poultry gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorset
Dorset Pta
Thomas Martin
Manchester
PTA
East Dorset
Ralph Gleason
South Dorset
Peter Schaffstall
Charles Smith
Edward Tarbell
Immaculate Conception
Raymond Rogers
High St
Carol Sorensen
Bennington County
Rotary Club
Arlingtonian's Husband Competes for SAC Honor
Capt John D McAneny husband of Pamela Warner Arlington Vt and son of Mrs Ann H McAneny Rye N Y competes in the Strategic Air Command 15th Combat Competition at Fairchild AFB Washington A FB during a week long trial to test bomber crew skills against top B52 and B58 teams The event awards the Fairchild Trophy to the crew with the highest combined bombing and navigation score in two 2 500 mile night missions with electronic bomb releases at three radar sites and is supervised by an umpire aboard each B 52 crew The captain is a 1951 graduate of St Johns Preparatory School Brooklyn and a 1954 ROTC officer from St Michaels College Vermont
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Spokane
Wash
John D. McAneny
Ann H. McAneny
Ridgeland Ter
Rye
N.Y
Pamela Warner
Arlington
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Southeast Asia
Fairchild Afb
McAneny
Raemey Afb
P.R
Wendell
Newdale
Idaho
St. John’s Preparatory School
Brooklyn
Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps
St. Michael’s College
Winooski
Nesbitt promoted to first lieutenant at Norwich University
White Creek resident Thomas Nesbitt son of Mr and Mrs Gordon Nesbitt earns a commission as first lieutenant at Norwich University. Weekend visits include Betsy and Bonnie Souness of Holyoke Mass. The column notes various local moves visits meetings and planned events including a 4 H meeting, a card party, a Halloween party and a paper drive with village truck collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Nesbitt
Gordon Nesbitt
Norwich University
Malcolm Souness
Betsy
Bonnie
Holyoke
Mass
John Souness
Myra Sisson
New York
Clara Hawks
Hoosick Falls
Maurice Perry
Dewey McCart
Howard Robinson
Christ Methodist Church
Glens Falls
Stephen Taber
SUNY
Oneonta
Maurice Taber
WSCS
Jermain Methodist Church
Fremont Meerworth
Mary Frazier
Melanie Harrington
Nancy Nolan
Susan Austin
Linda Niles
Susan Taber
White Creek
Peru Area News Briefs and Local Visits
Peru Alice Dibble 824-5407. United Counseling Service contributions collected by Mrs Daulton Mann and Mrs Thomas Dibble. Peru Congregational Church hosts Bennington County Congregational Church delegates. meeting at 30, followed by supper at Community House. Two delegates from each of 10 churches expected. Visitors from Wilmington Del and Conn enjoy fall color in Landgrove. Weston Playhouse screenings of The Red Balloon and The Titan. Community Club plans new sound machine for next Saturday’s film The Mouse that Roared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Counseling Service of
Bennington County, Inc
Daulton Mann
Thomas Dibble
Peru
Darren
Conn
Payson Coleman
Cedarhurst
L.I
Woods
Weston Playhouse
Chicken pie supper and church events at Shaftsbury First Methodist
Shaftsbury First Methodist Church lists a chicken pie supper with 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. sittings chaired by Mrs. Harry Sanders Jr. An Augmented Senior Choir concert rehearsal is set for Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Attendees for the choir are urged to attend. The church Tuesday meeting at 7:30 p.m. will feature a program titled Living in the World of Nations drafted by Mrs. Clifford Bender, with Mrs. Jessie Peters and Mrs. Louise McDonald as cohostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
The
First Methodist Church
Harry Sanders Jr
World of Nations
Clifford Bender
Board of Missions
United Nations
Births and visits at South Cambridge community
A daughter was born recently to Mr and Mrs Underwood of Durfee Road. John Hamilton of Cornell University spent the weekend with his parents, Mr and Mrs Malcolm Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Underwood
Durfee Road
John Hamilton
Cornell University
Mrs
Malcolm Hamilton
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Bennington Battlefield Park
East Arlington
Helene Thompson
Mt. Tabor
Mark Albee
Billy Bell
Joe Galli
John Halbur
Rickey Hawley
Michael Hayden
John Hess
Fred
Peter Hirsch
Charles Howard
Chris James
Kevin Walsh
Peter
John Kendall
Michael Lindsey
Robert Masi
Billy Moore
Lee
Kelly Owen
John Ulery
Billy Hall
Andrea Rogers
Mark LeGrand
Scott McFarland
Daryl Brown
David Hoyt
David Towne
Billy
Bobby Brown
Charles Marra
Ricky Lawrence
Peter Pratt
Burr and Burton Seminary
BBS
Woodstock Union
Edith Beaumont
Court St. Mary, Cda
Church of the
Arlingtonian
Eleanor Niles
Jolly Jones 4-H
Alice Dibble
Genith
E. T. Williams
Vermont
Main ST
DIAL
Bennington
Shaftsbury
Fran Stacy
Triple
Grand Union Empire
First National Stores
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vt
Finast
South Cambridge
Margaret Aiken
Stratton
Dick Perry’s
Ardis Stevens
Sandy
Caroline Paton
Stratton Mountain
Newpor
Chrysler
Chrysler Motors Corporation
Newport
Cidar
Paulin’s
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