Welcome Your Problems Panel Talks Elderly Independence
Marion Harris and Drs Brockway and Hager led a South Street panel on how free seniors are to regulate their lives. They urged activity over rest, suggested opening school gyms to seniors, and backed funding for hearing aids and glasses while noting the need for more housing options and transportation for the elderly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Harris
Mrs. Harris
Thomas Brockway
Dorothy Hager
South Street
Bennington County
VNHA honors nursing home advocate with silver bowl
Mrs. Margaret Maddocks received the Raymond Bonitz Better Life Award a silver bowl at the Vermont Nursing Home Association October meeting in Warren. Gov. Salmon signed a commendation letter. she praised 13 years aiding Vermont nursing care and public health administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Margaret Maddocks
Vermont Nursing Home Association
Sugarbush Inn
State Department of Health
Vermont
Saybrook
Connecticut
Maddocks
Connecticut College For Women
Yale University
Department of Health
Hoosick Legion Auxiliary Attends Rensselaer Meeting
Hoosick Post Auxiliary delegates attended the Rensselaer County Legion Auxiliary Committee meeting on October 14 at the Charles Saldron Post in Schaghticoke. County chairman Mrs. Thelma Warren presided and reported on the Third District Fall Conference. memorial rites honored deceased members with carnations. Local attendees included Ethel Barrier, Rose Martello, Doris Auering, Helen Bakaitis, and Angeline Carelli. The Hoosick Town Republican Committee plans its pre election dinner at the Elks clubhouse featuring Eugene Eaton as the principal speaker for the Rensselaer race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Post American Legion Auxiliary
Rensselaer County Legion Auxiliary Committee
Charles Saldron
Schaghticoke
Thelma Warren
Jane O’neil
Warren
Ethel Barrier
Rose Martello
Doris Auering
Helen Bakaitis
Angeline Carelli
Town of
Birthday Party And Talks In Manchester Community Events
In Manchester the Hot Meals for Seniors program marks its monthly birthday party on Oct 25 with a puppet show by P-Bear Productions led by Barbara Bardin and a 1 15 p.m. start after lunch. An Oct 30 Extension Service talk on energy conservation will feature State Sen. Douglas Hudson Assemblyman Gerald B Solomon and Joseph Bruno. A separate HOOSICK Falls fund drive supports a rescue vehicle and Hayden Memorial scoreboard and scholarship. OQ Master Masons Night featured local entertainers with spaghetti supper planned for Nov 1 at the Masonic Temple. Birthday night set for Oct 28 at 8 p.m.
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Manchester
P-Bear Productions Ltd
Barbara Bardin
Douglas Hudson
Gerald B. Solomon
Rensselaer County
Republican
Joseph Bruno
Hoosick
John Hayden
John Griffin
Richard Turi
Hoosick Falls Central School
Hayden
Jack Hayden
HFCS
Greenwich
van Renssealer Star
CES
Raymond E. Calhoun
Eva
Josephine Beaumont
Ruth Olsen
Mildred Lapp
Masonic Temple
Clara Johnson
Johnson
Indochina Mobile Education project tours Vermont
Don Luce, discoverer of the tiger cages in South Vietnam, leads the Indochina Mobile Education Project on a Vermont tour from Oct 26 to Nov 7. The program features a 40 panel exhibit, Luce talks, and aims to foster reconciliation and understanding of Vietnamese, Cambodian and Laotian histories. Readings and showings will visit Burlington, Rutland, Plainfield, St Johnsbury, Weston and Springfield with times announced for each community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Don Luce
Vermont
World Council of Churches
United Church of Christ
Hoosick Senior Center hosts card party for Rescue Squad
Hoosick Area Senior Citizens held an October 13 card party to benefit the local Rescue Squad with door prizes won by Bert Barber, Gerald Morin, and Edith Gigel. Pinochle winners were Grace Gardner and Leon Downing, pitch winners George Rogers and Ethel Madigan, and canasta winners Mable Costantino. A business meeting on October 7 drew a large crowd, with Marion Stephenson retiring as ROUSE president. The next party is October 27 and a Halloween gathering will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. with costumes encouraged.
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Hoosick Area
Bert Barber
Gerald Morin
Edith Gigel
Grace Gardner
Leon Downing
Pitch
George Rogers
Ethel Madigan
Canasta
Mable Costantino
Paul Tarbier
Department On Aging
Marion Stephenson
Rensselaer County Organization
United For Senior Endeavor
ROUSE
North Adams college opens second year Academic Skills Center
The Academic Skills Center at North Adams State College, funded by a Massachusetts Legislature grant, began its second year offering help in math, reading, and writing plus study skills for GED and college entry. Director Charlotte Degen outlined individualized programs in writing, mechanics, essays, outlining, and research writing, with a Reading section tailored to each student. Contact Ms. Degen at 664-4511 Ext. 289 for information.
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North Adams
Mass
Massachusetts
North Adams State College
Charlotte Degen
Ms. Degen
Hoosick Falls Democrats Swap Candy for Community Donations
In Hoosick Falls New York Democratic candidates Joseph Berlant Ray Albowicz Joan Rogers and John Gorman Sr. abandon candy and cigars in favor of cash donations The group will give 100 to the Rescue Squad drive for new equipment and support Hoosick Falls Health Center Retired Eagles Activity Club Hoosick Senior Citizens and a Walk a Thon The aim is to show concern for town needs beyond government tasks.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Joseph T. Berlant
Ray Albowicz
Joan H. Rogers
John P. Gorman Sr
Robert Melesky
Stolen $26 from Hoosick Falls Center during break in
Hoosick Falls Village police investigate a break in at the Town of Hoosick Community Center. A south side window was found broken by caretaker William Bogardus Sr and his son William Jr along with Harold Harris. A locked kitchen cabinet was broken into but only $26 in a gray box was taken. Coast Guard trainee Douglas Zecher graduated Hospitalman School at the Coast Guard Academy in New London. Zecher is from Manchester. Also corrects a misspelled horse show name Scott Gallett, who placed third in Class 2 walking trot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosick Community Center
William Bogardus, Sr
William Jr
Harold Harris
Coast Guard
Douglas S. Zecher
I. Stanford Zecher Jr
Overlook Road
Manchester
Hospitalman School
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
New London
Conn
Burr and Burton Seminary
The
Scott Gallett
Women’s Center to Offer Two November Workshops
The Women’s Center in North Adams will sponsor two November workshops for area women. On Nov 13 Jina Ford will lead an assertiveness training session at Congregational Church Main Street North Adams. An extended self awareness and personal power course led by Barbara Herlitz will start Nov 15, with five Tuesday sessions. Colleen Currie handles registration.
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North Adams
Mass
Women’s Center
Jina Ford
Congregational
Barbara Herlitz
Pittsfield
Berkshire Community College
Women’s Services Center
Pownal
Child Guidance Center
United Counseling Service
Bennington
Colleen Currie
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Hoosick Falls Health Center
Harris
Dr. Hager
County Regional Commission
BCRC
John G. Simson
Montpelier
Simson
Office On
W. Bradford Craig
Stalina
la Solzhenitsyn
Middlebury
George Krugovoy
Swarthmore College
Middlebury College
Dana Auditorium
Stalin
Solzhenitsyn
Middlebury Russian Department
Krugovoy
Kharkov
Ussr
East Arlington
Edith Beaumont
Extension Service
UVM
Indochina Mobile Education Project
Rutland
Plainfield
St. Johnsbury
Weston
Springfield
East Calais
Luce
Vietnam
International
Hoosick Senior Center
American Gem Society
AGS
Main Street
Winge
Candie Mill
Americas
Fleischmanns
Fleischmann Distilling Corp
Nyc
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