Pownal Parties Hold Annual Caucuses
In Pownal the Democratic caucus met with 13 members and named four candidates for justice of the peace for November. The GOP caucus renominated seven incumbents for the same posts. Plans included a possible North Pownal polling place and a statewide dinner in Barre with former Gov. Dewey as speaker.
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Pownal
Democratic Party of the
Pownals
Town Hall
Barre Municipal
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Chelsea
Bristol
Wallingford
Lyndonville
Essex Junction
Montpelier
Smillie
Myers to Teach Writing Course at Berkshire Community College
Arthur Myers Berkshire Eagle staff writer will lead an eight week creative writing course at Berkshire Community College Pittsfield Massachusetts open to the public. Classes run eight Mondays from Sept 17 7 to 9 30 p m with four manuscripts per member and a $40 fee. Myers is a Eagle feature writer and published short stories and articles in various magazines.
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Arthur Myers
Berkshire Eagle
Berkshire Community College
Pittsfield
Mass
Myers
The
Eagle
Cass
Moose Notes Set Sept Convention in Bennington
State Director Clarence O'Connor will be in Bennington tonight at 8 to meet committees forming the Sept 28 30 convention. Friday is kitchen night. Saturday features a charcoal steak dinner 6 to 8 p.m. Moose Hall dancing 8 30 to midnight with Rockwood's orchestra for members and qualified guests.
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Clarence O’connor
Bennington
Moose Hall
Rockwood
Justices Nominated At Searsburg Caucus
Five justices of the peace were nominated at a Democratic caucus in Searsburg at the town clerk’s office. Nominees: Allen Briggs Albert France John Clement Harold Rice and Charles Dearcopp. Town Clerk George Briggs chaired the meeting.
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Harold Hicks
Margaret Lillie
Marcel Langlais
Searsburg
Allen Briggs
Albert France
John Clement
Harold Rice
Charles Dearcopp
George Briggs
Fire at Manila boarding house kills twenty occupants
A Filipino man after a quarrel with his landlady returned to a locked room and set fire to the boarding house. Twenty residents perished in the blaze.
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Manila
Philippines
Cambridge Boy Appears on Teenage Barn TV Show
Cambridge nine year old Jay G Seaman, son of Mr and Mrs John Seaman, will appear on WRGB TV Teen Age Barn Friday at 8 p.m. This is his second solo tap appearance on the Barn after a prior showing on the Pete Williams Show. He was invited to dance in Berlin for the Berlin Disaster Fund Aug 16 and will perform soon at Lake Lauderdale with a 15 piece orchestra. He studies at Cecelia Greene Dance Studio in Bennington.
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Cambridge
N.Y
Jay G. Seaman
John Seaman
Wrgb-Tv
Pete Williams
Berlin
Bar M Ranch Boys
Lake Lauderdale
Jay
Cecelia Greene
Bennington
Peruvians Victorious On The Dorset Courts
Peruvians from Ver mont won the Labor Day tennis tournament at the Dorset Field Club defeating the older pair John Shuell and Seward Woodard 7-9 6-1 6-4. Younger players dominated women’s doubles Valerie Crane and Peggy Taylor won 6-4 8-6. Mixed doubles went to Crane and Tony McNamara 6-2 7-5. Junior singles featured Tom Wasons, 16, defeating Rick Foley, 17, and Ann Schulof, 13, beat Lisa Dillmann, 14, in three sets. Eric Schulof, 12, won the 13 and under boys group.
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Peru
Vermont
John Shuell
Seward Woodard
Peter Bradford
Andy Kilpatrick
Valerie Crane
South Dorset
Peggy Taylor
Londonderry
Grace Findlay
Glens Falls
Barbara Raff
Dorset
Miss Crane
Tony McNamara
Manchester
Carol McNealus
Pawlet
Julian Orton
Salem
Tom Wasons
Rick Foley
Ann Schulof
Wallingford
Lisa Dillmann
Ann
Eric Schulof
Tom Ketchum
Changes Seen In Pownals Schoolhouses
Students in Pownal return to school as the North Pownal Graded School adds a fourth room with four teachers handling two grades each. Primary pupils attend Oak Hill School in South Pownal while grades 3 through 8 go to Pownal Center School which gains a new four room addition. Departmentalized grammar instruction starts this year and a hot lunch program is planned for late September or early October. Bus drivers listed include Harry Andrews Arthur James and Clinton Ostrancer.
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North Pownal
Pownal
Oak Hill
South Pownal
Pownal Center
Harry Andrews
Arthur James
Clinton Ostrancer
Local notes from Chester and surrounding towns
Community updates report visits by Miss Rose Aldrich and the Farnums in Chester. Manchester guests Mr. and Mrs. Paul Markey stayed at their camp. Walter Williams recovers from hospital treatment. Travelogue by Dr. and Mrs. Perera drew a large crowd. Townspeople invited to view Dr Otis’s Moscow trip pictures in Newfane. Schools open. teachers named for Manchester and landgrove district. High school seniors Pascal Wilkins and Conrad Beattie return to Burr and Burton. Stewart Beattie enters seminary. Rev Rich ar A Burn fills pulpit in Rev Jordan E Dickinson’s absence. Donna Boone from Wells visited Beattys in weekend.
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Rose Aldrich
Madison Farnum
Chester
Paul Markey
Manchester
Walter Williams
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Charles Perera
Scarsdale
N.Y
Newfane
Otis
Townshend
Moscow
Patricia Graham
Susie Cole
South Londonderry
Charles Nason
Gladys Baker
Landgrove School
Evelyn Beattie
Mount Laurel School
Manchester Center
Pascal Wilkins
Conrad Beattie
Burr and Burton Seminary
Stewart Beattie
Jordan E. Dickinson
Richar A. Burn
West Wareham
Mass
Donna Boone
Wells
R. C. Beattie
St Stanislaus Group Marks 50 Years in Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls NY parade of 50th anniversary for St. Stanislaus Society with a Friday dance a Saturday banquet for about 120 members and auxiliary. Honored were charter members Kalinowski Sr and Stuka with engraved lighters and plaques. Attendees included Rev Bauman County Judge Pitt Fr Moore and Mayor Albowicz.
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St. Stanislaus
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
St. Stanislaus Society
Mechanic Street
Jack Weller
Cambridge
Henry Bromirski
Charles E. Bauman
O.S.A
Immaculate Conception Church
DeForest Pitt
Anthony Moore
O.F.M
Siena College
Fr. Moore
Japan
Leo Albowicz
Joseph
Keyser to Visit Dorset for Tea
Dorset governor F. Ray Keyser will visit Dorset on Thursday September 6 for a 3 o'clock tea at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Osborne Halsted. Citizens may attend to discuss informally state problems with him.
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Dorset
F. Ray Keyser
Osborne Halsted
New York Rescue Squads Set Annual Convention in Troy
The seventh annual New York State Volunteer Ambulance and First Aid Association convention will be held in Troy at the Hendrick Hudson Hotel September 13 to 15. District No. 2 hosts, with squads from Waterford Clifton Park Halfmoon Mechanicville Stillwater Hoosick Falls Schaghticoke Berlin and Malta. The program features orientation, a masquerade ball, morning meetings, and a parade.
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Troy
N.Y
New York State Volunteer Ambulance and First Aid Association
Hendrick Hudson
Lee Hafensteiner
Waterford
June Wooster
Frank Marmillo
Stillwater
Earl Grote
Mechanicville
Robert Chase
James Hayden
Henry Wooster
Royal Howard
Hoosick Falls
District No
Clifton Park
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Dorset Field Club
Grammer
Mabel E. Whitney
Tel
Matty Blake
Adams
Leo Plante
Schenectady
North Bennington
Blinstrub
Bromirski
Orville Sprague
Joseph Blinstrub
William Greenwood
Austin Barber
Frank Stuka
Joseph Moore
Keyser
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