Costume Exhibit at Park McCullough House Opens
A free exhibit features more than 300 19th century garments and accessories from 1865 to the early 1900s at the Park McCullough House. Opens Oct 1 with a 7:30 p.m. talk on Oct 4 by Susan Peters of Williamstown. Open weekdays 12 to 3 and daily tours 10 to 4 through Oct 15.
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Park- McCullough House
Susan Peters
Williamstown
Mass
McCullough House
Peters
Dorothy Aja
Bennington
Williams College
Sterling and
Francine Clark Art Institute
Clark Art Institute
Dot Aja
Nolan's Tractor Pull at Nolan Farm Sunday
White Creek New York host the second annual Post Corners Tractor Pull at James Nolan's farm on Lincoln Hill and Delevan roads starting 10 30 a m. Competition will include 5 000 7 000 9 000 11 000 and 12 000 pound tractors plus an open class. Last year drew 80 entries with no admission or prizes. Competitors in the open class should bring weight slips.
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White Creek
N.Y
Post Corners
James Nolan
Lincoln Hill
Delevan Roads
Nolan
Pownal Community Calendar Highlights Local Meetings
Pownal PTA meets Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Pownal Elementary School. Senior Citizens host a Wednesday noon lunch at the Pownal Center. Hunter safety course runs tonight 6 30 to 8 30 at Pownal Center firehouse. Reservations by calling Rose Mattison at 823 7282. James Englebretson of Pownal attended the International Glass Blowers conference in London. Fire at a barn in Burdick's trailer park destroyed the building with minor damage to a nearby trailer. no injuries. Volunteers assisted at a summer Costume Conservation Workshop at the Bennington Museum. Ms Peters, a Sarah Lawrence graduate, plans museum work.
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Pownal Center
Pownal
Rose Mattison
James Englebretson
London
Upcountry Glass Works
Windsor Mill
North Adams
Mass
Red Brick School Renamed Forman Center in Shaftsbury
The Red Brick School in Shaftsbury is renamed the Forman Center in honor of Rev. W. Earl Forman at a Sept 26 dedication attended by more than 50 people. Dr. Dorothy Hager highlighted Forman's persistence and community work with Bennington Friends of Retarded Children Inc. Joins include the Rev Angus MacDonald and Sr. Gertrude Conway as speakers and a plaque unveiling honoring Forman.
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Forman Center
Shaftsbury
Alvan Lawrence
Ezekiel S. Cross Jr
Avis Whitman
Gertrude Conway
Bennington
Earl Forman
Dorothy Hager
North Bennington
Pownal
Arlington
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Red Brick
Bennington’ Friends’ of Retarded Children Inc
Forman
Angus MacDonald
Shaftsbury United Methodist Church
Hager
Frank Gartland
C.S.C
Holy Cross Novitiate
Merton Snow
Sr. Gertrude Conway
S.S.J
St. Joseph College
Lawrence Glass
Chester Stockman
The
Bennington Friends of Retarded Children
Glass
McDonald's New Hotcakes and Sausage Breakfast
A bold breakfast pairing features large syrup drenched hotcakes with a pat of Grade A butter served alongside a hearty pork sausage patty. The combo promises a filling start to the day with classic fast food flavors.
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McDonald’s
Petersburg Youth Commission names Donald Nichols director
Pearl Wallach, chairwoman, hired Petersburg resident Donald Nichols to lead the fall youth program to start Oct. 13 with registration Oct. 4 from 7 to 9 p.m. Nichols, Berlin Central School graduate and Taconic Plastics employee, has worked with Petersburg teens in a summer baseball program. Wallach said she interviewed him for assistant director but impressed enough to offer the director role while noting the group seeks a qualified woman for the assistant post.
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Petersburg
N.Y
Pearl Wallach
Donald Nichols
Nichols
Berlin Central School
Taconic Plastics
Berlin
Hawley Family Reunion to Meet in Newtown on Oct 2
The Society of the Hawley Family will hold its 54th consecutive reunion at Hawley Manor Inn in Newtown Connecticut on Saturday October 2. The gathering traces back to Joseph Hawley who arrived in 1630 and built a Connecticut lineage now spanning North America. The event is open to all Hawley descendants and those interested in Hawley history with reservations through Susan Hawley Novak.
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Harwinton
Conn
Hawley
Hawley Manor Inn
Newtown
Hawleys
Bridgeport
Connecticut
New York State
Westchester
Duchess
Columbia
New England
North America
Texas
West Virginia
Michigan
Minnesota
California
Connecticut Reunion
Society
Susan Hawley Novak
Windmill Road
Two Held Over Alleged Handgun Smuggling at Vermont Facility
In St. Albans two people were ordered into Vermont District Court today on suspicion of smuggling handguns into the state Correctional Center. A .25 caliber automatic and a .22 caliber derringer were found hidden in a television during a routine check. Names withheld pending arraignment as state police investigate.
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ST. Albans
VPI
Vermont District Court
State Correctional Center
Franklin County
Ronald Kilburn
Kilburn
Vermont Bar Association weighs prepaid legal plan at meeting
The Vermont Bar Association will discuss a prepaid legal services plan that would cover attorneys' bills like medical insurance. A Montreal meeting is to decide on a pilot program while a consultant notes rising interest from worker groups. Alec Schwartz says no group is ready to start, but a pilot with one group could start in six to ten months. Judges' ratings will also be sought.
Housing shortfall in Chittenden County hits low income families
A UPI report from Burlington notes a serious housing shortage for low and middle income residents in Chittenden County. Only 6 percent of market units are available to families earning $10,000 yearly or less, a group comprising more than half the population. Officials say 3,000 more units are needed now and 6,500 by 1980.
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Burlington
UPI
Chittenden County
Dole Visits Vermont for Campaign Lunch Event
Republican officials outline Dole’s Vermont stop on Saturday with a $6.50 a plate GOP luncheon in Essex Junction as part of a candidates workshop. Vermont stands to gain up to about $1 million in federal flood relief if a House bill providing $12 million to disaster areas clears the Senate.
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Burlington
UPI
Robert Dole
Vermont
Dole
Essex Junction
Washington, D.C
Congress
James Jeffords
R-Vt
Jeffords
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Belle
House
Senate
Parents weigh appeal after girl barred from all boy soccer team
Marla Pecor, a 14 year old South Burlington High freshman, may appeal a school ruling that denying her a tryout for the all boy soccer team did not violate federal sex equality rules. Principal Bruce Ledeau urged a girls soccer team may be formed and an appeal to the superintendent is possible.
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South Burlington
UPI
Marla Pecor
Bruce Ledeau
Marla
Ledeau
Pecors
New York Board bars Anti-Lulu Party on ballot
Albany reports the state Board of Elections ruled a Democratic candidate for the New York Assembly cannot place the Anti-Lulu Party name and emblem beside his name on the November ballot. Michael McNulty, endorsed by the one issue party, planned a Lulu image with an X through it, but officials said it could be construed as electioneering.
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Albany
State Board of Elections
New York Assembly
Michael McNulty
Lulu
Board of Elections
United Way aims 740000 for Mohawk Hudson area
The United Way of the Mohawk Hudson Area launched a month long campaign to raise 740000 for 31 agencies including Red Cross Girl Scouts and seniors centers. The drive runs through November 7 with a victory luncheon on November 5.
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Troy
United Way
Mohawk-Hudson
Red Cross
Girl Scouts
Berkshire Truck Theft Thwarted. Two Arrested
Lee State police arrested Albert Wood, 18, of Palmer, and Raymond Grenon, 19, of Holyoke, on Route 20 in Becket after a motel theft at Lakeview Motor Court. Harland Bailey, the motel caretaker, said the pair, staying at the motel, took the truck at gunpoint after Bailey declined a ride to a liquor store. A trooper spotted the stolen pickup eastbound on Route 20 minutes after the theft report, leading to a Becket highway blockade and arrests at 6 30 p.m.
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Lee
Lakeview Motor Court
Harland Bailey
Bailey
Lee Town
Becket
Russell Barracks
Albert Wood
Palmer
Raymond Grenon
Holyoke
Berkshire Community College to Vote on Strike Authorization
The Berkshire Community College faculty union council unanimously recommends endorsing strike action. The BCC local will vote today on strike authorization protesting the legislature's failure to fund raises in the contract that took effect September 1.
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Pittsfield
Berkshire Community College
BCC
Massachusetts Community College Council
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