Hoosick Falls Pool Tax Protest Shifts to Village Board
Hoosick Falls pool owners protested a $25 annual assessment on permanent pools drawing village water. A 3-3 tie blocked abolition, with Mayor Albowicz casting the deciding vote to carry the motion. The board also hired engineers for a water survey and reappointed planning board members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
Village Board
Charles S. Crowley
Waldron Ave
Peter Vash
Saratoga Street
Guy Milliman
Abbott Street
Leo J. Albowicz
Golden wedding anniversary open house in Eagle Bridge
Mr. and Mrs. Loren March of Eagle Bridge celebrate fifty years of marriage with an open house from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday September 15. The event is organized by their daughter Mrs. Ward Snyder and helpers Mrs. Robert Bushee and Mrs. James Snyder. Friends and relatives are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Bridge
N.Y
Loren March of
Ward Snyder
Robert Bushee
James Snyder
Pownall Rural Carriers Picnic and Vermont Dem caucus
The Vermont Rural Letter Carriers Association picnic drew 135 members and families at Emerald Lake Dorset. Attendees from Bennington County included the Rounds Harringtons Powers Ross Buck Pike and Kelleher. Miss Jennifer Rounds was elected secretary treasurer in the junior division. A Pownal Democratic caucus is set for Sept 25 at 7 30 p.m. in the Town Hall to form a town committee and elect officers under chairman Mrs Ann Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Rounds
Vermont Rural Letter Carriers Association
Emerald Lake
Dorset
Bennington County
Walton Harrington
John Powers
North Bennington
Clarence Ross
Readsboro
Robert Buck
George Pike
Arlington
Philip Kelleher
Manchester
Jennifer Rounds
Pownal
Democratic Party
Ann Thompson
Fowler Family Heads to College in 1961
Norma Fowler leaves for the University of Missouri Columbia for a language arts MA after earning a BS in education. Carl Fowler enrolls at New York State University Cobleskill to study agricultural engineering. Mrs Fowler, entering sophomore history at North Adams State College, plans to teach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Fowlers
Skiparee
North Pownal
Norma Fowler
University of Missouri
Columbia
Norma
Stephen's Junior College
Carl Fowler
New York State University
Cobleskill
Carl
Hoosick Falls Central School
Future Farmers of America
Syracuse
Fowler
North Adams State College
Gas ranges dominate home economics classrooms study
A nationwide study by the Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association shows more than 83 percent of cooking ranges used in high school home economics classrooms are gas operated. The survey covered about 22 000 ranges across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association
Hoosick Falls PTA Holds First Meeting of Year
Hoosick Falls Central School PTA convenes in the school cafeteria on Monday at 8 p.m. to welcome new teachers and recognize staff, with Kasmer Stempek outlining the Summer Enrichment Program for grades 3-5. Members may join, and refreshments are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Parent - Teachers Association
Hoosick Falls Central School
Kasmer Stempek
Frank Buswell
Frank A. Reynolds
John Halstead
John McLucas
John Keough
Fred Miller
Marjorie Newe
James F. Nelson
Buswell
Harold Kristiansen
Ways and
Gerry Marchand
James Baldwin
Roger Mosley
Milton Cross
William E. Burns
William Gilchrest
Philip Leonard
Wesley Durkee
Elfreda McGuire
Frank Reynolds
Wilder Avenue
Miranda at Dorset Playhouse in Limited Fall Run
Dorset Playhouse presents Mirand a fall color season comedy about a London physician who mentors a mermaid discovered during a fishing trip. Elizabeth Franz stars as Miranda with Fred Carmichael and Judith Booth in key roles. Performances are at 8 40 p m Thursday Friday and Saturday with reservations via the box office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorset
Dorset Playhouse
Miranda
Peter Blackmore
London
Elizabeth Franz
Fred Carmichael
Judith Booth
Dorothy Lancaster
Tony Alyward
Community notices from Hoosick parish and visitors
Local church groups plan Monday night meetings at 7 with the McNeilly and Stevens couples. All Saints Parish Club hosts Irving Stevens group on Sept 16. Visitors include Mrs Jens Carlson of Scarboro Maine and Miss Ellen Susan Jones who sails to Syracuse University nursing school. A church chicken barbecue is set for Sept 21 with tickets via vestrymen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korners Klub
the Baptist Church
Gordon McNeilly
All Saints Parish Club
Irving Stevens
Jens Carlson
Scarboro
Maine
Harrison J. Philpott
Casper Josh
Staten Island
George W. Bovie
Finger Lakes
Ellen Susan Jones
Syracuse University School of Nursing
Winchell Hall
University Place
Syracuse
Ellen
Mary S. Jones
Colburn Jones
Audna B. Cipperly
Troy
Charles E. Breer
All Saints Episcopal Church
Vestrymen
Phone
Walter Kerr
Lillian Broughton
St. Petersburg
Fla
Walter Winney
North Bennington Auxiliary Calendar Entries Close
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the local fire department urges North Bennington Shaftsbury residents to submit listings for the Community Calendar. Co chairmen Mrs Sanford Buxbaum and Mrs Edwin Luce announce entries will close Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Cochairmen
Sanford Buxbaum
Edwin Luce
Shaftsbury
Lions Club Steak Roast Sets Tone For New Year
NORTH BENNINGTON The Norshaft Lions Club resumes work after a two month break with a steak roast at the Rod and Gun Club Shaftsbury attended by 40 members and guests. Cooks Len Powers Jim Bow with Barney McCarthy Cy Bluto served steaks corn on the cob and salad as the group endorsed an upcoming light bulb sale. The auxiliary met at the Fire House with 11 members present and planned a Toy Party in November and a drive for new members. The group urged women in the community to join and help fund kitchen needs for a possible new fire house. Refreshments followed a social hour led by Mrs. Charles Butler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
Norshaft Lions’ Club
Rod and Gun Club
Shaftsbury
Norshaft
Len Powers
Jim Bow
Barney McCarthy
Cy Bluto
Richard Corcoran
Leroy Loomis
Earl Hedding
William Carroll
Clifford Harrington
Corcoran
Charles Butler
Orwin Coonz
George Bushee
Nora Powers
Lawrence Powers
Nora
Leo Keough
Troy
Waterford
N.Y
Manchester
Bennington
Toni Vince
Burlington
UVM
Williston
Burr Burton Sends 58 Percent of 63 Class to Higher Education
Manchester Headmaster E H Henry reports 25 seniors, about 58 percent of Burr and Burton Seminary class of 1963, have been accepted to college or professional schools. Listed are Barbara Bryant Victoria Fleming Eileen Fontana William Jones Edwin Norse Robert Waite Gerald Wilcox Terry Hosley Fred Viault Janice Wide Awake Albany Business College Ann Beebe Hosley Luella Connolly Putnam Memorial Hospital Joan Beattie Russell Sage College Harold Croft New England Linotype School Mitchell Dondero State Teachers College Castleton Brian Hill Catawba College Judith Hill Champlain College Nadine Ingerman Rhode Island School of Design Susan Martin Susquehanna University Carl Niendorff Georgetown University Thomas Osmer University of Florida Susan Pennock Mary Fletcher Hospital Eric Rosenecrantz Brown University Jutta Schopf University of Denver John Stannard Paul Smith College
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Burr and Burton Seminary
E.H. Henry
Barbara Bryant
Vicetoria Fleming
Eileen Fontana
William Jones
Edwin Norse
Robert Waite
Gerald Wilcox
University of Vermont
Terry Hosley
Fred Viault
Janice Wideeawake
Albany Business College
Ann Beebe Hosley
Luella Connolly
Putnam Memorial
Local Notables and Scouts In Weekend Activities Across Region
Jean Tuttle of Manchester Center remains hospitalized in Albany as a surgical patient. Colburn House will have Mrs Richard Posthauer as desk clerk and hostess in her absence. About 35 district teachers with guests dined Tuesday at Chateau Lafayette Granville NT. William MacDowell and Mrs Naw rath hosted Ridgefield Park guests at their home. Richard Goodell, Worcester Polytechnic Institute student, visited his parents Edmund and Mrs Goodell. Boy Scout Order of the Arrow initiates at Camp Sunrise included Roger Fowler Rudy Van Vegh ten Donald Hinkley Ricky Harwood and Donald Kinney of Troop 33 and others. Work weekend attendees included Fred Miller Robert E West Dennis and David Edson Bert Hink ley and Mike Nawrath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Tuttle
Manchester Center
Albany City Hospital
Richard Posthauer
Colburn House
Chateau Lafayette
Granville
William MacDowell
Ridgefield Park
N.J
William C. Nawrath
Richard Goodell
Worcester Polytechnical Institute
Edmund Goodell
Order of the Arrow
Boy Scout
Camp Sunrise
Roger Fowler
Rudy van Veghten
Donald Hinkley
Ricky Harwood
Donald Kinney
Robert Fowler
Andy Toomey
Explorer
Bob McFall
Stephen Rosencrantz
Tom Rumney
Orwell Camp
Fred Miller
Explorer Post
Robert E. West
Dennis and
David Edson
Bert Hinkley
Mike Nawrath
Hoosick Falls Legion Auxiliary Elects Officers
The Hoosick Falls Hoosick Post American Legion Auxiliary elected officers Thursday night. Helen Restino named president succeeding Helen Bakaitis. Elected: Eleanor Rancourt first vice president Roberta Cramer second vice president Jean Dewar secretary Dorothy Roys treasurer Ethel Barrier chaplain Mann Fox sergeant at arms Mae McGarvin historian Restino Barrier Carver Brenestuhl to County Committee. Installation by Emma Gaefken past president. An upcoming food sale Sept 27 at Thorpe’s vacant John Street store 10 a.m. Stella Shaw chair. Shaw and Perreault chaired the prior covered dish supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Hoosick Post
American Legion Auxiliary
Helen Restino
Helen Bakaitis
Eleanor Rancourt
Roberta Cramer
Jean Dewar
Dorothy Roys
Ethel Barrier
Mann Fox
Mae McGarvin
Restino
Barrier
Blanche Carver
Gertrude Brenestuhl
Emma Gaefken
Thorpe
John Street
Stella Shaw
Shaw
Ann Perreault
Pearl Buck Guest Of Women's Club At Manchester
Pearl Buck and her daughter Henriette attended the BPW Club dinner at the Worthy Inn in Manchester where Buck was made an honorary member. Mrs. G Murray Campbell presented an illustrated talk on New Zealand with photos from a February trip. The club, with about 50 members, discussed scholarships and dropout studies, and planned a Sept 21 State Federation gathering and a members only Oct 2 meeting to vote on a civil rights resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Pear S. Buck
Henriette
Business and Professional Women's Club
Worthy Inn
Miss Buck
Ormsby Hill
New Zealand
G. Murray Campbell
World Affairs Committee
Butterfield
Sun Valley
Queenstown
Caroline Butterfield
Henry Reynolds
Ethel Wells
BPW
Clifford Graham
Robert Zentz
Governor’s Council of Apprenticeships
State Federation
Equinox Hotel
Elwell Purchases Village Store in North Bennington
Mrs Dorothea Elwell has bought the Village Store in Morris Block Main Street from Mr and Mrs Fred Naef and will operate it as Elwell's Village Store. Store hours remain 8 am to 9 pm daily except Sunday 10 am to 1 pm and 4 to 7 pm. She plans to keep groceries beverages clothing and notions as before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothea Elwell
Morris Block
Main Street
Fred Naef
Elwell
Shaftsbury Elementary School enrollment rises since 1957
Shaftsbury Elementary opened recently with 266 pupils and the roll has climbed to 308, 42 more students than at the 1957 opening. The steady rise reflects growing local enrollment and community needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Shaftsbury Grange elects officers and plans Sept meeting
At the Ta conic Grange regular session Bertha Snow named master Linda Landon steward John Wood gatekeeper and Roberta Humphery Flora. Auditors named Merton Snow Harold Cross Alden Harbour Executive Committee members chosen plus a lunch crew. Civil Defense unit meets Tuesday at the Elementary School for a class on Radioactive Fallout and Emergency Health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taconic Grange
Bertha Snow
Grange
Linda Landon
John Wood
Roberta Humphery
Flora
Merton J. Snow
Harold Cross
Alden Harbour
Burton Cross
Julia Booth
William Myers
Grange Hall
Lillian Wood
Shaftsbury Civil Defense Unit
C.D
Joseph Gee
Bennington
Riley
Holliday Drive
Gee
Molly Stark
Shaftsbury School
Warren Cole
Meriden, Conn
Ivan Elwell
Infant Clinic Aids 108 Children in Wilmington Area
The Deerfield Valley Health Center hosted an infant and pre school clinic at Wilmington High School gym on Aug 29 and Sept 5. Attending physicians were Dr. William Worthington and Dr. Milton Wolf with Bennington pediatrician present. Area counts included 83 Wilmington, 18 Dover, 3 Whitingham, and 4 Halifax. A large team of state department nurses and local volunteers assisted, led by Wilmington town nurse Barbara Mason and Mrs. Russell Fellows of West Dover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deerfield Valley Health Center
Wilmington High School
William Worthington
Bennington
Milton Wolf
Dover
Whitingham
Halifax
Wilmington
State Department
Ruby McKewen
Janice Jackson
Jennie Sterley
Barbara Mason
Betty Wolf
Lincoln Haynes
Carl Ball
Harold Rice
Nicholas Harvey
Ralph Howe Jr
Henry Meyer Jr
J.T. Moore
Robert Waters Jr
Frank Brooks
Russell Fellows
West Dover
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Dorset Hollow
Debbie Schramm
Kent Moore
Richard Armstrong
Morrell Vrooman Engineers
Joseph Buckley
William Ruditis
Village Planning Board
Board of Appeals
Silas Kimball
Carey Ave
Kimball
Bett
Sauinge
Vera Langlais
Fowler Family Otto School
Mack Recreation Club
Adv
PTA
POLE
Dunhams Furniture, Inc
Elm Street
Hoosick
Ada M. Breer
North Village
Burr
Burton
Wancy Otis
Edith Beaumont
Pearl Buck
Women’s Club
Campbells
Auckland
Islands
Bill Butterfield
Burr and
Burton Semin
Elizabeth Dwyer
Congregational Church
Merritt Hewitt, Jr
the Paradise
Double T Farm
Miriam
Fran Stacy
Civil Defense Meeting
Denise Allen HO
Stand
Liggett Bosworth
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vt
Cecelia Greene’s
School OF Dance
Main ST. Arlington
U.S. Post Office
Dance Educators OF America
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