Vaughn family joyous over missing mare home in West Arlington
West Arlington-Sandgate update from Batten area notes Cariel Vaughn’s yearling mare returned after weeks away near Black Hole Hollow. The animal haltered near Bates Farm and led home, where a new saddle horse Dixie joined the Vaughn barn. Other local news includes hospital recoveries, community visits, and church services.
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Vaughn
Battenkill Farm
West Arlington
Cariel Vaughn
Black Hole Hollow
Millard
Bates Farm
Sheree Vaughn
Dixie
Frederick Woodcock
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Freida Lomberg
Sandgate
Fred Lombergs
Matteson Reunion Scheduled in Shaftsbury
The Matteson Historical Congress of America meets Sept. 29 to Oct. 1 at Cole Hall Shaftsbury with main speaker Clayton H. Mathewson of Quincy Mass on My Trip to Alaska. A Miss Matteson Congress of America contest will crown a teen, and Saturday features a tour of Bennington sites and Maple Hill Cemetery historic area visit. Registration opens Sept. 29 at 4 p.m. and again Sept. 30 at 9 a.m.
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Shaftsbury
Matteson Historical Congress of America
Cole Hall
Clayton H. Mathewson
Quincy
Mass
Alaska
Matteson Congress of America
Mathewson
Matson
Mattheson
Four Corners
180 Scouts Expected At Camporee
About 180 Boy Scouts from the Taconic District will gather at the Vermont Forest and Farm Foundation in Rupert for their fourth conservation camporee. The event runs Friday to Sunday with church services planned and morning conservation sessions led by Hugh T. Putnam Jr. and David C. Barton, plus ranger Sidney B. Davis. Afternoon patrol competitions highlight Scout skills as Taconic District includes Bennington County troops and southern Rutland County units.
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Rupert
Taconic District
Vermont Forest and Farm Foundation
Foundation
Hugh T. Putnam Jr
Bennington County
David C. Barton
National Forest District
Sidney B. Davis
Rutland County
Peru school club to elect new officers next week
The Peru School Club Executive Committee met Monday at Wiley Inn to plan the first meeting of the club next week. New officers will be elected and yearlong activities arranged.
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Peru School Club
Wiley Inn
Catherine Mann
Masters School
Dobbs Ferry
Phoebe Myhrum
Walnut Hill
Mass
Polly Myhrum
St. Timothy’s
Maryland
Chris Myhrum
Milton Academy
Sandra Black
Northampton School For Girls
Samuel Ogden
Landgrove
Mary Hitchcock Hospital
Hanover
N.H
Norman Anderson
New York City
A.M. Pitcher
John Stamford
Essex
Dorset Diversions Rehearsal for Local Variety Show
In Dorset a parents group plans a two night variety show Dorset Diversions at Dorset Elementary School September 29 and 30. The event features Arlington guest Princess Maria Sue Crawford along with local acts and a faculty skit by Grade 1 teacher Marion Jones. Proceeds support the Dorset Band supporters group with advertisers and refreshments coordinated by local residents.
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Dorset
Dorset Band
Princess Maria-Sue Crawford
Arlington
Dartmouth bound Geoffrey Gilbert visits Vermont kin
Dorset Marden Skinner reports Geoffrey Gilbert of Arizona stopping with his grandparents in Vermont before heading to Dartmouth College in Hanover New Hampshire for his sophomore year. He visits his other grandmother nearby as Brenda Parsons plans return from British Columbia with her grandson and his wife. A highlight is lunch outdoors at J K Adams Co with picnics under tall pines, a valued Vermont perk.
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Geoffrey Gilbert
Arizona
Wilfred Gilbert
Hanover
N.H
Dartmouth
Hunt Gilbert
West
Wilfred Gilberts
Brenda Parsons
British Columbia
Geoffrey
J.K. Adams Co
Manchester
Vermont
Shaftsbury Democrats Name Town Committee Members
Twenty two members of the town Democratic party were named to two year terms on the Town Democratic Committee at Cole Hall. Town chairman Bernard McCarthy, vice chairman Spencer Haynes, and secretary treasurer Mrs. Marion McCarthy were listed along with a roster of couples and individuals including Louis Moriarty Laura Montgomery Lou Levin Alfred Wade Pearl Hoyt Roberta Haynes the Daileys William Dailey Sr. and Jr. Donald Dailey Frederick E. Harvey Audrey Jones Henrietta Billow Margaret Crossman Bernard Knapp Betty Riley and Abel Harrington. Delegates to the Bennington County Democratic Committee include Haynes Mrs Mildred Dailey and Mr and Mrs McCarthy.
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Shaftsbury
Democratic Party
Cole Hall
Bernard McCarthy
Spencer Haynes
Marion McCarthy
Louis Moriarty
Laura Montgomery
Lou Levin
Alfred Wade
Pearl Hoyt
Roberta Haynes
William Dailey Sr
William Dailey Jr
Donald Dailey
Frederick E. Harvey
Audrey Jones
Henrietta Billow
Margaret Crossman
Bernard Knapp
Betty Riley
Abel Harrington
Bennington County
Democratic Committee
Haynes
Mildred Dailey
McCarthy
Hoosick Falls News and School Meeting Plans
Hoosick Falls reports Miss Kathleen Gorman has returned home after an injury from an auto crash on Hill Road. St Mary’s Academy schedules its first Home and School Association meeting Sept 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the high school hall with new faculty introductions and slides of summer travels. Annual dues to be collected. pickups by students if parents cannot attend. refreshments to be provided by Mrs. Evelyn LaPorte. HOOSICK FALLS area notes include Women’s Auxiliary booth plans for the Mary McClellan Hospital at the Antique Flea Market on Sept 30, requests for antiques donations from surrounding towns, and pickup points. MILWAUKEE dispatch reports police seeking a warrant for a man alleged to spiked three coworkers’ hot chocolate with LSD to induce productivity. all three were hospitalized after reporting intoxication.
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Herbert Woodard
Rutland
Marie Briggs
William Harriman
Waterford
N.Y
Harry Skidmore Sr
Brian Arthur
Leroy LaCross
Bennington
A.D. McCurdy
Alec
Philadelphia
Walter Finneys
Finney
McCurdy
Richard Mears
Atlanta
Leon Mears
Sandgate
Mears
Methodist Church
Sidney Lambert
Mary and
Martha
Alfred Young
Upper Montclair
N.J
Taylor Hill-Pikes Falls Road
Caroll Ford
Nelson
N.H
E.P. Jones
Akron
Ohio
New Hampshire
Nancy Ameden
Alwin Ameden
Champlain College
Burlington
J.S. Campbell
Fort Lee
Frederick Kantor
Walter Raim
New York City
James Hoe
Weston
Edward Janas
Darlene Fielding
Manchester
Chuck Holden
Marion Jones
Robert McFall
Dave Brooks
Buddy
Webb
Donald Johnson
Herbert Trafford
William Barrows Jr
Edward Tarbell
Irving Jones
Henry Holden
St. Mary’s Academy
Helen Nugent
Margaret Wirmusky
Sandra Pappas
Thomas Keeley
Evelyn LaPorte
Hoosick Falls
Mary McClellan Hospital
Washington County Fair Grounds
Cambridge
Cornell
Raffertys
Center Cambridge
Greenwich
Berton Tillotson
Salem
Salem Hardware
Robert Maderer
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Betty Trachte
Windall
John O. Slade
Matteson
Isonotone Hearing Aid Center
Walter H. Whitney
Sonotone
Carroll Drug Store
Peru
Alice Dibble
Health Center
Danforth Street
Marden Skinner
Pete” Williams
Drysdale’s
Democrats
Peggy Maclay
Beauty Shop
Main ST
First National Stores
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
Imaxwell House
Edith Beaumont
Kathleen Gorman
Edward V. Gorman
Mrs. Gorman
Nixon St
Albany Medical Center
Gorman
Hoosick
Milwaukee
UPI
Fienbergs
Wrgb TV
David Allan
Nick
Grants
Cit
Cale
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