50 Year Legioners Recognized at Hoosick Falls meeting
Forty members attended the American Legion County meeting in Hoosick Falls with reps from Post 731 Schaghticoke Post 1 585 Hoosick Post 40 Taconic Valley 937 Berlin Castleton Post 738 Walter Adams 1021 Averill Park Noble Callahan 237 Troy Nassau Post 1268 Gerald O'Neil 1683 Rensselaer Melvin Road Post 1231 Clinton Heights Fort Crama Post 471 Rensselaer and Troy Post 28 North Greenbush Memorial. Dominic Iannie county commander presided with Charles La Hait Larry Wilhelm George Robinson William Walsh and Herman Harrington speaking on unity safety and veterans’ needs. 50-year charter members were John F Cahill Walter G Durfee Sylvester N Corbin and Henry Stemp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosek Falls
N.Y
American Legion County
Legion Rooms
Chas. Waldron
Schaghticoke
Petersburg
Hoosick
Taconic Valley
Berlin
Castleton
Walter Adams
Averill Park
Noble Calahan
Troy
Nassau
Gerald O’neil
Rensselaer
Melvin Road
Clinton Heights
Fort Crama
North Greenbush Memorial
Dominic Iannie
Charles la Hait
Larry Wilhelm
George Robinson
William Walsh
Herman Harrington
American Legion
U.S.A. Unity Service For America
John F. Cahill
Walter G. Durfee
Sylvester N. Corbin
Henry Stemp
Kiwanis to Sponsor Boys Town Choir in Hoosick Falls
The Boys Town Choir from Father Flanagan's Home in Boys Town Nebraska will give a concert at Hoosick Falls Central School on Oct 17. Sponsored as a community project by the Hoosick Falls Kiwanis Club, the single performance has no profit intent with tickets set at 2.50. Kasmer Stempek Kiwanis president says proceeds cover costs and invites local residents to attend.
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Boys’ Town
Boys Town
Nebraska
Hoosick Falls Central School
Hoosick Falls
Hoosek Falls
N.Y
Father Flanagan
Boys
Hoosick Falls Kiwanis Club
Kasmer Stempek
Kiwanis
Baptist Fellowship Highlights Burma Mission Talk
Mrs Alfred Scott spoke on missionary work in Burma at the First Baptist Church Women’s Fellowship meeting attended by about 30. The group planned 24 dirty bags, voted 25 for fillings, and discussed White Cross needs including dolls, blankets, clothing, and patchwork pieces. Scott noted no missionaries in Burma since March 1966, about 200 pastors and 2,000 churches, with Buddhism as the state religion and at least half a million Christians known in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Scott
Burma
Women’s Fellowship
First Baptist Church
Mamie Paddock
Bernard Whitman
Bellrose jailed for contempt in Hoosick Falls
Gene Bellrose sixteen, son of Mrs Jean Hackett, was jailed five days for contempt of court after violating a live-in order to stay with uncle Philip Couch for a year. He left two days after the order. He is on six months probation after a June auto crash in which one youth died and six were injured. He faces two more charges driving without a license and driving at an unreasonable rate.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Gene Bellrose
Jean Hackett
School St
Rensselaer County
Town of Hoosick
Thomas G. Restino
Philip Couch
Church Street
Bellrose
Restino
Shaftsbury and Pownal Community Notices and Elections
Shaftsbury Fire Department Auxiliary meets Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the Shaftsbury firehouse. Republicans elect Edwin Colvin co chair and Thomas Hall acts as temporary chairman. Victor Harwood declines renomination. Democrats caucus Wednesday Sept 24 in Cole Hall at 8 p.m. for town committee. High Hopes 4 H Club elects officers led by Margaret Harris and meets Oct 3 at 8 p.m. in Susie Williamson’s home. Pownal Taxpayers Association names Harry Johnson president Fletcher Hall vice president Leonard Horton treasurer Northway Abbott secretary. Upcoming meetings Sept 30 at 7 30 p.m. in Pownal Center Firehouse featuring Vincent Pizzano on Center School addition. Tickets via Stempek or Kiwanis and Central School Band members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Colvin
Thomas Hall
Hall
Victor K. Harwood
Cole Hall
High Hopes Daily 4-H Club
Margaret Harris
Lisa Mead
Gail Bishop
Doug Jesseman
Linda Mead
Kristine Flynn
Robin Flynn
Susie Williamson
Robert Flynn
Pownal
Stempek
Kiwanis
Central School Band
Bennington Man Arrested Charged On Three Counts
Charles Mueller of North Street Bennington was arrested at Out A Way Restaurant Route 7 Hoosick and jailed for public intoxication. He faced three charges in court including a guilty plea to public intoxication and a not guilty plea to misdemeanor menacing with $50 bail set, and a felony possession of a dangerous weapon with bail to be set by county court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Charles Mueller
North Street
Bennington
Route
Hoosick
Rensselaer County
Mueller
Thomas G. Restino
Art Center Fall Exhibition Opens Sept 27 in Manchester
The 13th Fall Exhibition of the Southern Vermont Art Center opens Saturday September 27 with a 3 to 5 p.m. reception. Featured are invited works from Grand Central Galleries New York and Rockport area plus pieces by Ilse Bischoff Paul Sample and many associate members. The juried show drew 321 entries, 170 paintings and 21 sculptures were accepted, with numerous listed artists including Wallace Bassford John DeTore Lamar Dodd Emile Gruppe Priscilla Roberts Eric Sloane Jack Callahan and many others. The center lists hours 10 5 daily except Monday 1 5 Sundays admission 50 cents free for members children under 12 and Tuesdays.
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Manchester
Southern Vermont Art Center
Art Center
Grand Central Galleries
New York
Rockport
Wallace Bassford
John DeTore
Lamar Dodd
Emile Gruppe
Priscilla Roberts
Eric Sloane
Grand Central
Jack Callahan
S. Carlson
Tom Nicholas
Don Stone
John C
New York City
Robert D. Barrett
Morrisville
Otis D. Baldwin
Salem
N.Y
Nord Bowlen
Greenfield
Mass
Evelyn C. Butterfield
Fairfield
Forest payments to Vermont towns total 67 cents per acre
Green Mountain National Forest revenue for 1969 reached 637,385 dollars with 25 percent ($159,346) paid to Vermont towns for schools and roads. The per acre return is 67 cents, down from 73 cents in 1968 due to a harsh winter. Mt. Tabor receives the largest share at 16,484 dollars.
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Rutland
Green Mountain National Forest
U.S. Treasury
Vermont
John E. Alcock
Alcock
Mt. Tabor
National Forest
Vermont Forest
Portant
Bennington County
Dorset
Landgrove
Manchester
Peru
Readsboro
Searsburg
Sunderland
Winhall
Woodford
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Boys Town Choir
Baptist Fellowship
White Cross
Msgr
Francis P. Schmidtt
Father Schmitt
Shaftsbury
Sheilah Miller
Shaftsbury Fire Department
Shaftsbury Firehouse
A. J. MacDonald
Greenwich
Bennington-Troy
United Methodist Church
Harry Johnson
Taxpayers
Arlington
Helene Thompson
Gerald Monroe
Greenfield Center
Frank Labadie Jr
Samuel Shoff
Suffolk County
England
Katherine Marie
Shoffs
East Arlington
Dunbar Hall
B. Hiteman
West Winfield
Andrei Hudiakoff
Newton
N.J
Halcyon Heath Teed
Luneburg
Phillip B. Tiger
East Granby
Conn
Lyndey Willis
N.H
Patricia Wright
Keene
Adolph Walser
Southbury
Ruth H. Levine
Lowell
Beonne Boronda
Mystic
George Echweiler
Louise Arkell
John F. Berthelsen
J. Randall Burt
Eve Dawson
Horace Day
George Cherepov
Lea Ehrich
Marion Eldredge
Stuart Eldredge
Jack Harrington
Arthur K. D. Healy
Diana Heiskell
Anne Hochstader
Arthur Jones
Gene Pelham
Alice Pauline Schafer
Harry Shokler
Maxwell Stewart Simpson
Burton H. Turner
Virginia Webb
Polly Wright
Elfriede Abbe
Beverly Bender
Jane Armstrong
Robin Spry Campbell
Mary Eldredge
Georgia Mitcham
Sam Ogden
Renzo Pal
Merini
Marjorie Sargeant
Lars Turin
Frances Shanahan
SVA
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Bennington, VT
Hollywood
Haynes & Kane, Inc
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PLAZA
Bradford
Cae Noound
Buick
Buick Motor Division
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