Windham opens season with Tobacco Road play
PUTNEY Windham College Theatre begins its fall term with Tobacco Road directed by Joe Greenhoe. Adapted by Jack Kirkland from Erskine Caldwell the piece centers on the Lester family's struggle in 1930s Georgia. Performances run Oct 11 13 19 and 20 at 8 15 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putney
Windham College Theatre
Joe Greenhoe
Windham
Tobacco Road
Jack Kirkland
Erskine Caldwell
New York
Fiddler On
Jeeter Lester
Randy Forsythe
Georgia
Jeeter
Dude
John Cook
Pearl
Liz Gram
Lou Bensey
Dan Sadowski
Lesters
Ada
Micky Vaughn
Susan Stewart
Harold Jonas
Hoosick Falls Auxiliary Hosts Lunch for Health Center Patients
Hoosick Falls Health Center Auxiliary treated about 22 of 30 patients to a home cooked covered dish luncheon last Friday in the dining room. Auxiliary members cooked and served the meal in shifts, with bed patients fed in their rooms. Participants included Hazel Hill, Mary Jenkins, Jane Behan, Louise Wheaton, Viola Carelli, Alma Arnold, Norma Thompson, Margaret Mahar, Frances Stewart, Bertha Chapman, Helen Hogan, and Margaret Lawton.
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Hoosick Falls Health Center
Hazel Hill
Mary Jenkins
Jane Behan
Louise Wheaton
Viola Carelli
Alma Arnold
Norma Thompson
Margaret Mahar
Frances
North Bennington faces questions on trailer zoning
Joseph Corcoran returns with attorney Michael Ryan to North Bennington Zoning Board of Appeal after more than two years seeking to place trailers on his Morris Heights property along Route 67A opposite the Garrison plant. The meeting aims to resolve zoning for the proposed trailers.
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Joseph Corcoran
Morris Heights
North Bennington
Garrison
Zoning Board of Appeal
Corcoran
Michael Ryan
Rutland
Hoosick Grange Notes Showings and Local Zoning Dispute
Hoosick Grange meeting featured films The Vanishing Prairie and Biography of Abraham Lincoln arranged by Arba Brenenstuhl. Overseer David Cornell presided. a bond issue article was read by N Clifford Cottrell. Résolutions of respect for Wendell G Carey were planned. A donation was voted for the Hoosick Rescue Squad. The next meeting October 10 will invite granges from surrounding towns. A zoning issue over mobile homes on Morris Heights was discussed with Corcoran seeking to rent land for a trailer. the board will decide after reviewing deeds and transfers. A variance was granted to George Elwell for a garage on Mechanic Street.
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Abraham Lincoln
Arba Brenenstuhl
Hoosick Grange
David Cornell
Master Wesley Hall
N. Clifford Cottrell
Gov. Rockefeller
Ralph J. Griswold
Ernest Haas
Everett James
John Kennedy
Corcoran
Morris Heights
Monica
Daniel
Fred
Welling
Ryan
Paul Wickes
George Elwell
Mechanic Street
Hoosick Rescue Squad fund drive canvass announced
Shirley Howard announces an October 8 canvass as part of the Hoosick Rescue Squad fund drive. coin cards, each worth five dollars, are being filled for the annual drive with a two week grace period. donation points include Wilcox store Grand Union local firehouse and an ambulance drop in front of The Bank on October 4 and 5. sub chairmen and volunteers listed by wards and areas.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Shirley Howard
Town of
Hoosick
Wilcox
Grand Union
The Wreck of Old 97 History Marker Tale
In 1903 train No. 97 left Monroe Virginia late on a run to Atlanta. Engineer Joseph Broady pushed to regain time as White Oak Mountain loomed. The crash, dramatic and fatal, inspired the folk song The Wreck of the Old 97.
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Charles S. Taylor
Danville, Va
UPI
Southern Railway
Monroe
Atlanta
Joseph
Steve
Broady
White Oak Mountain
North Danville
Saltville
North Bennington Rescue Squad canvassers named for drive
North Bennington volunteers listed for the Rescue Squad annual fund drive include Lucille Crole Mildred Bushee Mrs Edward Myers Mrs Joyce Hedding Mrs James Daigneault Mrs Robert Kellogg Mrs John Briggs Mrs Gordon Kenyon Mrs William Sorenson and Mrs George Donovan plus many more. A train wreck killed eleven including a brakeman Broady after the Old 97 era. A coroner’s jury blamed excessive speed. the line’s site now hosts a four lane highway and a historical marker marks the wreck.
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North Bennington
Lucille Crole
Mildred Bushee
Edward Myers
Joyce Hedding
James Daigneault
Robert Kellogg
John Briggs
Gordon Kenyon
William Sorenson
George Donovan
William Dailey Jr
Julie Bow
Carol Hapgood
Charles Austin
Ann Flood
Mary Mosher
Edwin Luce
Southern Railway
E. H. Coapman
Greensboro
N.C
Broady
Congress
Washington
Atlanta
Virginia
Princeton
Ind
Southern
Vermont official hints at resignation over budget cut
Around Vermont Montpelier UPI reports State Housing and Community Affairs Commissioner Edward Tormay offered to resign after Gov Salmon ordered a $40,000 reduction in the Agency of Development and Community Affairs. Agency Secretary Donald Webster said there is no force compelling a resignation and framed it as Tormay’s personal decision if he chooses to submit one. Webster stressed no rift and praised Tormay’s work.
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Woodstock
UPI
John Alden
Windsor County
Franklin Billings
Alden
Billings
Vermont House
House
Walter Kennedy
Chelsea
John Burgess
James Jeffords
Richard Thomas
GOP
Welfare standards rise debated by Vermont governor
Gov. Salmon signaled support for higher welfare checks to help low income residents cope with rising living costs. He noted Vermont can only fund so much as welfare standards have been stable for four years while a federal suit from Vermont Legal Aid seeks higher standards.
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Colchester
UPI
Salmon
War On Poverty
Francis McFaun
Educational Television
Vermont Legal Aid
Corning defends NYPD amidst SIC scrutiny in Albany
Albany Mayor Erastus Corning pledged a thorough investigation into charges against city police at State Investigation Commission hearings while saying the SIC produced no substantial evidence of misconduct. He criticized the SIC for withholding an anonymous officer's testimony and suggested SIC chief counsel Fisch dislikes cops. Rumors persist of Secretary of State John P. Lomenzo resigning, though he denies plans to leave, noting his $44 175 salary after ten years.
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Albany
Erastus Corning
State Investigation Commission
SIC
Corning
Fisch
John P. Lomenzo
Lomenzo
New York
Usher back in custody after bank robbery attempt
John Usher age 37 of North Adams was recaptured by six officers near the Third National Bank in Springfield after escaping Monroe Forest Prison Camp August 2 from the educational release at North Adams State College. He pleaded not guilty and remains jailed awaiting further proceedings.
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Monroe
John Usher
North Adams
Monroe Forest
North Adams State College
Usher
Springfield
Third National Bank
Hampden County
Walpole State Prison
Hoosac Tunnel Centennial Train Rides Back On
North Adams officials confirm two noon and 3 p.m. rides through the Hoosac Tunnel on October 6. After earlier worries, more than 300 tickets are sold and shuttle tickets are available at Benjamin Apkin's office, 85 Main Street.
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North Adams
Hoosac Tunnel
Boston
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Lyman St
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Joseph Bradley
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Hoosick Rescue Squad
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Hill Road
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Loni Callahan
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Walloomsac
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River Road
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Fox Hollow
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Babcock Lake Road
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North Hoosick Road
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White Creek
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North Petersburg
Old 97
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North Country Hospital
Newport
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Northfield
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Northfield National Bank
Berlin
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Department of Parks and Recreation
Wayne J. Vandergrift
Hoosac
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