Arlington community meeting and club schedule summary
Arlington and surrounding groups publish a weekly slate of meetings and events. Highlights include VFW Auxiliary, American Legion Auxiliary, AA meetings, Battenkill Grange, FOE auxiliary, and community programs at the Community House, high school, and Grange halls with times from Monday to Sunday. The Primary Election polls run 9 am to 6 pm.
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VFW
VFW Rooms
Manchester
Community House
Arlington School Board
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Rooms
St. Margaret Mary Hall
Friends of Fisher
E.L.F
Battenkill Grange
Grange Hall
West Arlington
FOE
Eagle Rooms
Arlington Fire Co
Arlington Rescue Squad
Farm Museum
Pownal area fire groups meet and local polls open
The Pownal Fire Protective Association and East Pownal Volunteer Fire Department hold meetings tonight at their firehouses with 7 and 7 30 start times. The Pownal Planning Commission convenes at 7 30 p m at the Town Office as polls open for Tuesday's primary from 10 a m to 7 p m at Town Hall. Carl Johnson, son of Chester and Mrs Johnson of Pownal Center, attends Vermont Technical College after Mount Anthony Union High School graduation. Religious education registration for Our Lady of Lourdes communicants at St Francis de Sales Parish Center runs 9 30 to 11 30 a m and 1 to 3 p m today Tuesday and Wednesday with a Tuesday night session 7 to 9 p m. Registration deadline is Wednesday. For more information call 442 3141.
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East Pownal
Our Lady of Lourdes Church
Pownal
St. Francis de Sales Parish Center
West Main Street
Bennington
Carl Johnson
Chester Johnson
Pownal Center
Vermont Technical College
Randolph
Mount Anthony Union High School
Wickenden Retires From Catamount Bank After 47 Years
Arthur E. Wickenden of North Bennington retires after 47 years in banking. He joined in 1945 and rose to president of Catamount National Bank, leaving with a desk and wall clock as farewell gifts. He remains active as vice chairman of Putnam Memorial Hospital and in several local organizations. Wickenden values his honorary native status and a GED earned after arriving in Vermont. He notes modern banking is heavily regulated and more complex than in his early years.
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Arthur E. Wickenden
North Bennington
Wickenden
Park Ridge
N.J
Central Hanover Bank
New York City
First National Bank of
Catamount National Bank
Trenor Park
FBI
Vermont
Putnam Memorial Hospital
State Ymca Board
Sage City Syndicate
Vermont Bankers Association
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Catamount
Hoosick Grange installs officers and holds annual plan
The Hoosick Grange installed officers led by Master Ralph J Griswold with Barbara Bonesteel and Ralph Warner as emblem and regalia bearers. Deputy Mrs Gordon Sherman presided as the officer list included Master Ralph J Griswold Overseer David Cornell Lecturer Mrs Wilfred Knapp Steward Sanford Hewitt Assistant steward Allen Cornell Lady assistant steward Edna Cornell Chaplain Donald S Hewitt Treasurer N Clifford Cottrell Secretary Mable W Hewitt Gatekeeper James Maston Ceres Analda Griswold Pomona Lucy Williams Flora Marion Brenenstuhl. Committees for 1977 listed and plans announced for Booster Night September 29 with guests invited from nearby Granges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ToIaCs Hawith
Barbara Bonesteel
Ralph Warner
Leona Warner
Cheryl Croll
Gordon Sherman
Hoosick Grange
Ralph J. Griswold
David Cornell
Wilfred Knapp
Sanford Hewitt
Allen Cornell
Edna Cornell
Donald S. Hewitt
N. Clifford Cottrell
Mable W. Hewitt
James Maston
Ceres
Analda Griswold
Pomona
Lucy Williams
Flora
Marion Brenenstuhl
Wesley Hall
Schaghticoke Fair
Rensselaer County
Bennington
Shaftsbury
Vermont
South Cambridge
Washington County
Omer Brenenstuhl
N. Clifford
Sunshine
Ernest Haas
Harold Prebble
Pownal Little League holds awards banquet
Members of the Pownal Little Baseball League and their families gathered at the Pownal firehouse for the annual banquet. Trophies went to the Red Sox champions and all star players, with multiple graduates listed for each team. Sponsors and volunteers were thanked, and a post banquet movie followed the presentations.
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Pownal
Red Sox
Allstar
Jamie Bushee
Jody Clark
Tom Clark
Peter Rhodes
Greg Hattar
Rolf Wittern
John Gibb
Cary LaBonte
Richard Pollard
Ricky Clark
Anson Mason
Joe Bisson
Paul Clark
Milton Hattat
Richard Johnson
William Cota
Dave Johnson
James Houran
Danny Leonard
Howard Armstrong
Rick Hoag
Bill Cota
Paul DesMeules
Jeff Leonard
Ken Roberts
Bob Pudvar
Greg Hattat
Dennis Horan
Dale McLenahan
James Winchester
North Bennington Sergeant Aids Wing Training in Spain
North Bennington native Sergeant Glen C. Buehler, son of Mr and Mrs Edward Buehler, serves in the 36th Tactical Fighter Wing at Bitburg AB Germany. The unit's three squadrons recently conducted combat training in Spain with F-4 Phantom crews and support personnel taking part in the Zaragoza AB mass exercise.
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Glen C. Buehler
Edward Buehler
North Bennington
36Th Tactical Fighter Wing
Bitburg AB
Germany
Spain
Buehler
Zaragoza AB
Burlington Vermont energy conservation study kickoff planned
Burlington the University of Vermont and Medical Center Hospital in Burlington have been selected for a federal energy conservation study funded by the Department of Health Education and Welfare. UVM spokesman Larry Snyder said the study will begin on November 1 and assess energy waste from campus steam systems before HEW consultants propose efficiency upgrades.
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Burlington
UPI
Grand Isle Health Council Adds Dental Care Services
Grand Isle Health Council will start dental care next week. President James Falley announced Dr. Gregory Arnold will arrive Wednesday to begin practice. Arnold, a University of Pittsburgh graduate, will run dental education programs in county schools with an office renovation funded by a 138000 grant from HEW.
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Grand Isle
UPI
Vermont jobless rate revised downward to 4.6 percent
The Department of Employment Security said last week’s insured unemployment rate was really 4.6 percent, down from 4.9 percent the prior week. It had originally reported a rise to 5.1 percent. The rate a year earlier for the same week was 6.3 percent.
Miltons Mary Ladue killed in Route 7 head on crash
Mary Ladue 25 of Milton died in a Friday head on collision on Route 7 when her northbound car hit a southbound vehicle driven by Thomas Lester 18 of Colchester. Lester and Ladues daughters Kathy 6 Melina 3 were treated and released. Brenda Turner 18 of Milton a passenger in the Lester car was in satisfactory condition with multiple injuries.
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Milton
UPI
Mary Ladue
Lester
Car crash kills Bellows Falls man on Route 121
Westminster police said 41 year old Donald Jeannette of Bellows Falls died when his car failed to navigate a sharp curve and struck a tree on Route 121 about a half mile from the U S 5 intersection Friday.
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Westminster
UPI
Donald Jeannette
Bellows Falls
U.S. 5
Rutland boy 11 dies after bicycle accident
Paul Aquistapace, 11, of Rutland, died Saturday at Rutland Hospital from severe head injuries after being struck by a car while riding his bicycle across the street on Thursday. The car, driven by Mrs Leone Williams, struck a telephone pole following the collision.
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Rutland
UPI
Paul Aquistapace
Rutland Hospital
Acquistapace
Leone Williams
Albany Park Honors Fallen Marine From Mayaguez Action
A new children's park in Albany was dedicated to Lance Cpl. Ashton N. Loney, a local who died during the Mayaguez rescue mission. His mother Mrs. Virginia Loney accepted the bronze star, one of two medals awarded at the ceremony attended by Gunnery Sgt. Lester McNemar, with the park created by volunteer labor and a graduate student from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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Albany
Marine Corps
Lance Cpl
Ashton N. Loney
U.S
Mayaguez
Virginia Loney
Brooklyn
Lester McNemar
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Tragedy strikes Whitehall worker at railroad yard
Mark Grady 22 of Whitehall was crushed to death Friday morning in a freight yard accident at Delaware and Hudson. Co workers found his body jammed between two railroad cars. Grady worked for the Delaware and Hudson inspecting car couplings.
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Whitehall
Mark Grady
Delaware and Hudson
Grady
Berkshire Hills School District Faces Charges Over Student Electrocution
Berkshire Hills Regional School District may face up to four criminal charges after 18 year old Jonathan E. Berks died on July 21 while washing windows at the school. An aluminum ladder in his possession touched a 4 800 volt line supplying the campus. Commissioner Nicholas Rousas of the Department of Labor and Industry stated Aug 11 that charges were possible.
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Great Barrington
Berkshire Hills
Stockbridge
Jonathan E. Berks
Nicholas Rousas
Department of Labor & Industry
Fire department tests revived Maxim pumper at station
Pittsfield firefighters reuse a 10 year old Maxim pumper from the West Housatonic Street substation. The rehabilitated vehicle costs 10000 dollars and is painted bright yellow or chartreuse for higher visibility at night.
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Pittsfield
West Housatonic St
Great Barrington Fair Opens With Record Exhibitors
A crowd near 20 000 gathered for the 136th annual Great Barrington Fair on opening Sunday. A record 4200 exhibitors entered showcasing cattle sheep canned goods flowers vegetables 4 H club exhibits foods home sewing seed and maple goods.
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Great Barrington
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Elizabeth Dwyer
Snoopy
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Theodore G. Chingos
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Pownal Little League
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Astros
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Pownal Fire Protective Association
Harold Rhodes Jr
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Green Mountain Park
General Cable Corporation
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