Driver Changes Plea To Guilty of Leaving Accident
Hoosick Falls New York Aug 27 incident in Hoosick involved M Hoag 23 of Bennington Vermont street address 253 Union St He appeared in the court of special sessions Monday night pleading guilty to leaving the scene of an accident The defendant had previously pleaded not guilty to the charge and his attorney George H Holbrook asked for dismissal on grounds of defective information and lack of jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
M. Hoag
Union St
Bennington
Hoosick
Hoag
George H. Holbrook
Holbrook
Peace Thomas G. Restino
M. Holbrook
Restino
Frank Demick
Joseph Hayes
Robert K. Shil
Church Street
Hill Road
Justice Restino
Clarence Barney
Hoosick Falls Community News Highlights Local Visits and Court Actions
Hoosick Falls notes Pamela Ballou returns from Providence IL hospital stay and her mother visits. Albany's Joseph Miller hospitalized after heart attack. Miller’s Super Market burglary noted. Local clergy and officials attend gatherings. Legion Auxiliary opens season with dinner and officer elections. Court actions include dismissing reckless driving against Hoag and fines for leaving scene and a separate speeding charge. Bennington man fined for passing on a double solid line.
Pownal Public Library Fund Reaches Halfway Goal
Pownal Massachusetts notes seven thousand dollars raised for the Solomon Wright Jr Public Library as the drive heads toward the fifteen thousand dollar target. Henry W Bassen reports thirty six donations ranging from five to one hundred dollars with major gifts from Peter Case and Solomo Wright Jr. The Wright trust funded the site purchase in South Pownal and plans show a colonial red brick structure. Construction may start next spring with half the needed funds expected from federal sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Solomon Wright Jr
Wright Trust Fund
Local
Library Association
South Pownal
Bassen
Strobridge Agency
Pownal Center
Weekly church choir resumes in North Bennington
North Bennington notes report weekly choir rehearsals at the Congregational Church resume Thursday at 7 p.m. Airman 2.C. Robert Thomson is on a 30 day leave at his parents home after more than a year at Eve rest Harmon Air Force Base in Stevensville Newfoundland. He will be stationed at Altena AFF in northern Michigan after this leave. Weekend guests visited Miss Mary Meagher's home from West Brookfield Mass. Teresa W. McCarthy has returned to New York City to resume teaching after visiting the Walsh home on Main Street. Kathleen Emond, NBHS 1963 graduate, returns to the University of Oklahoma for sophomore year after a summer in town. She has received a dean’s letter noting her fine freshman year. Oklahoma reportedly lacks a dean’s list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
Robert Thomson
Alex Thomson
Bank St. Extension
Everest Harmon Air Force Base
Stevensville
Newfoundland
Altena Aff
Michigan
Mary Meagher
Ernest Whitcomb
Betsy
West Brookfield
Mass
Teresa W. McCarthy
New York City
Walsh
Main Street
Kathleen Emond
Lula King
Greenwich Street
University of Oklahoma
Emond
NBHS
University
Oklahoma
Final Pownal board meeting for primary checklist revision
The Board of Civil Authority will meet Saturday night from 7 to 9 at the town office to revise the primary election checklist. Town clerk Mrs. Rachel Mason sets Friday 9 p.m. as the absentee ballot filing deadline. Citizens out of town Sept. 8 may vote until noon Sept. 7 at the town office. Official checklists are at Gardners Store, Powell’s Store, and Champney’s Barber Shop. Ballot clerk volunteers should submit names with party designation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Civil Authority
Rachel Mason
Gardner’s
Pownal Center
Powell’s
South Pownal
Champney’s
North Pownal
Paran Open Through Labor Day at Lake Paran Park
NORTH BENNINGTON Paran officials announce the Lake Paran swimming area stays open through Labor Day. Weekdays start in the afternoon, weekends include regular hours with staff on duty. Lifeguard Miss Cathy Elwell notes several beginners and advanced swimmers have badges awaiting pickup between 3 and 7 p.m. through Labor Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
Lake Paran
Paran
Cathy Elwell
American Red Cross
Labor Day
Miss Elwell
Judith Johnson
Stephen Kirsch
Lynn Marsh
Tom Mattison
Cathy Shepard
Shaftsbury Republicans Name Justices
Seven Republicans were nominated as justices of the peace at a Town Committee caucus. Named were William Barber Herbert Millington Robert Niles Jr Merton Snow Sr Mrs Frances Stacy Mrs Bertha Thomson and Mrs Theresa Wood Tracy E Kenyon Jr chaired the meeting Thome as W Hall Jr acted as clerk Plans for a public dinner to meet state Republican candidates were discussed with a tentative date set.
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Shaftsbury
William Barber
Herbert Millington
Robert Niles Jr
Merton Snow Sr
Frances Stacy
Bertha Thomson
Theresa Wood
Tracy E. Kenyon Jr
Thomeas W. Hall Jr
Manchester Fair Workbee Held For Cattle Show
Members of the Cattle Committee for the Manchester Bennington County Fair held a workbee at the fairgrounds to prepare space for cattle exhibits. Donations included lumber from Ernest Edgerton of Dorset and backhoe work by Richard Hayes of the Manchester Water Co. Attendees included co chairmen Henry Steele and Stanford Zecher and others from Rupert Pawlet and Manchester. All Saints Parish Guild resums meetings Sept 10 with Mrs Kjelgaard and Mrs Piritz as hostesses.
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Manchester
Ernest Edgerton
Dorset
Justin Mueller
Greater Manchester
Henry Steele
Rupert
Stanford Zecher
Merritt Morey
Richard Hulett
Butch Hathaway
Pawlet
Robert Hathaway
Frederick Stone
All Saints Parish Guild
Maurice Kjelgaard
Otto Piritz
Community notices from Manchester Vermont
Town Chairman Mrs. Howard Marsden sends out letters to local residents for the annual Vermont Association for the Blind drive. Squires move to Burr and Burton area. annex plans include an apartment. Service Club to hold a Friday food sale at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church. Manchester Elementary School classes start Wednesday. hot lunches resume in October at 27 cents. milk price set at 5 cents until lunch program starts, then 3 cents. School directors accept the illness-related resignation of Mrs. Hilliard, dietitian and cafeteria manager, and invite applications to Ralph F. Fleming Jr. DAR Mansion pilgrimage participants include Mrs. G. Murray Campbell and Mrs. Louis R. Soderberg at Chimney Point. remarks by Rev. Don Lear.
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Howard G. Marsden
Vermont Association For the Blind
Marsden
Frank Squires
Burr and Burton Seminary
Donald Cherbonneau
Richville Road
Manchester Depot
Squires
Service Club
The
First Baptist Church
Manchester
Donald R. Shanks
Fredrika C. Hilliard
Hilliard
Ralph F. Fleming Jr
Arlington News Briefs Include Farewell For Flanders Family
Mrs. France Frankenstein, a 90 year old widow, says she uses an unlisted phone to thwart jokers. Arlington notices invite kindergarten parents to register by Sept. 14. Mary Whalen leaves for Boston to teach at St. Anthony's School in Somerville. Peter Whalen visits before returning to New York. Chuck Flanders and family head to West Ossipee to run Tyrolean Motel and a restaurant opening December. Sydney N Stokes Jr. to enroll at Missouri Valley College. Norshaft Arlington Little League to meet Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at Shaftsbury firehouse.
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Mary Whalen
John Whalen
Boston
Mass
Mary
Emmanuel College
St. Anthony’s School
Somerville
Peter Whalen
New York City
Peter
Vermont
Charles
Chuck) Flanders
West Ossipee
N.H
Lake Winnepesaukee
Flanders
Arlington Inn
U.S. 7
Sunderland Road
Missouri Valley College
Sydney N, Stokes Jr
Sydney N. Stokes
Forman School
Litchfield
Mrs Wall Heads Manchester Democrats
Mrs Berry Wall was elected chairman of the Town Democratic Committee at a caucus Monday night at the Court House. She succeeds Ralph F Fleming Jr. Also elected were Robert Mattison, vice chairman, and Mrs Leonard Tenner, secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Berry Wall
Court House
Ralph F. Fleming Jr
Robert Mattison
Leonard Tenner
Justice of the Peace
Fleming
Mattison
Walter S. Clemons
Clemons
Tenner
Nathan Kamber
George Breen
Sammy Greenberg
East Arlington Sunderland Notes and School Start Changes
Rochester resident Robert Pash and Mrs. Pash visit East Arlington after the death of Mrs. Dora Walker. They plan to live at 45 Hunters Run Pittsford. Neighbor news covers extended visits, travels, and a water shortage delaying Mount Pleasant School for grades 1 and 2 until September 8 while grades 3-8 start Wednesday.
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Robert Pash
Rochester
N.Y
Bud
Manchester
Elias Drazon
Mary Ellen
Susan
Passaic
N.J
Drazon
Gardner Wright
Celia von Sitas
Charles Davis
Great Barrington
Mass
Louise Davis
Emily VerNooey
Sunderland
Bennington
Mount Pleasant
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Edith Beaumont
Pamela Ballou
Providence
R.I
Hoosick Falls Central School
Gillespie Street
Herbert Ballou
Pam
Joseph Miller
Albany
Louis
Dora
Rose
Sadie Miller
Miller
Albany Medical Center
Harold Burgess
East Hampton
Conn
Ann Armstrong
Rogers Avenue
Albert Butkas Sr
Mary McClellan Hospital
Cambridge
Babcock Lake
Rensselaer County Department of Health
Hugh Dorr
River St
Kenneth Kennedy
USA
St. Joseph's Church
Greenwich
Frank Kennedy
Abbott St
Kennedy
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Hoosick Post, American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Rooms
Thomas G. Restino
Ann Perreault
Samuel R. Shaw
Elliott Community Hospital
Keene
Crotched Mountain Center
Sandra Stevens
Claremont
Jerrie Swanson
Sparks
Nev
Diana Hicks
Concord
N. H
Sharon York
Bethel
Maine
Marilyn Flynn
East Arlington
Mary Jane Mijal
Manchester, N.H
Charlotte Cox
South Acton
Elizabeth Dwyer
Vera Langlais
Western University
Kathy
Mexico Way
Elsie Balmer
Adolph Balmer
Paul Brundage
Shirley Saunders
Patty Smith
Vanessa Loomis
Joanne Billow
Mexico
Puebla
Taxco
Miss Balmer
Ada M. Breer
Eugene Hammond
Grafton
George Rifenburg
Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist Church
Bernard Dooley
Don Lear
Vermont Old Cemeteries Association
Coon
Department
London
UPI
France Frankenstein
Arlington
Helene Thompson
Lawrence Pratt
Richard Stroffoleno
John Secor
Fienberg
Main ST
W. Qa, Gilbey, Ltd
National Distillers Products Company
N.Y. C
Mrs. Wall
Manchester Democrats
East
Amelia Lawrence
Solarium
Liggett-Bosworth, Inc
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
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