Ice-Fishing Derby Set at Hoosac Lake in Cheshire
Berkshires Our. Cheshire Rod and Gun Club sponsors an ice fishing derby on Hoosac Lake for Feb 9. Entry $1, prizes $25 for heaviest fish and $10 for most fish. Registration 7:30 to 12 at Hoosac Lake Restaurant or with club members. Derby closes 3:30 with prizes at 4:15. judging by derby committee. Weather may postpone to Feb 11.
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Cheshire Rod and Gun Club
Hoosac Lake
Cheshire
Simeon Wood
Derby
Mr. Wood
Lake Champlain
Hoosac Lake Pike Derby and Related Contests
Hoosac Lake hosts a pike derby tied to a testing program at the lake outlet near Cy Le Beau’s store. State officials tagged fish before release while community figures promoted fishing events in Vermont and New York. A two year ban on pike in Hoosac aided population growth. 247 fish were caught, with 102 released back, including a 12 4 pounder prize catch.
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Cy le Beau
Johnson
Dick Stroud
Stroud
Sport Fishing Institute
Housac
Vermont
New York
Himmy Frank
North Street
PAL
Adams
Cheshire
Kelloge’s Bay
Lake Champlain
Hoosac Lake
Hoosac
Philip Janchuk
Lenox Ave
Peter Frank
Derby
Mijly
Vergennes
Champlain
Quotes on fighting for tomorrow from Governor Johnson
Mississippi Governor Paul B. Johnson declares that any conflict will not be a rear-guard defense of yesterday but a fight for a fair share of tomorrow, emphasizing forward-looking patriotism and progress.
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Paul B. Johnson
Mississippi
Nixon Draft Prospects Draw Sparse Republican Support
The piece notes a nationwide silence among Republican leaders toward a Nixon draft, with Goldwater Rockefeller opposition and Scranton as an unexpected alternative. Wesley Powell adds a write in option in New Hampshire while Stassen Smith Lodge and other candidates vie for delegates in a complex contest. Nixon’s core base remains, but party professionals show little enthusiasm, complicating any renewed bid.
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Barry Goldwater
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Goldwater
Powell
New Hampsire
Nixon
New Hampshire
Harold Stassen
Margaret Chase Smith
Henry Cabot Lodge
Gov. Blood
Lodge
Your Money's Worth Spending Patterns Changing As Living Standard Goes Up
New York analysis notes rising US spending in 1944 across travel auto education medical and services while belts tighten on tobacco and certain luxuries. After tax incomes rise with wage hikes and tax cuts. average consumer allocates about 93 cents of each dollar to spending and 7 cents to savings. Rising services dominate expenditure as home ownership and health care grow, with autos near peak sales as 7 to 8 million units expected.
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New York
U. S
Fife
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Berkshires
Bob Johnson
State Division of Fisheries and Game
Pittsfield Anglers League
Johnny McCluskey
Peck
Bill Pollack
District Wildlife Manager
Fishing Derby
Gene Moran
Hubbard Avenue
Hillcrest
Ken Wicks
Bill Eckart
Pentacsue Lake
John Bartels
Dalton
Massachusetts
Dick Moon
Fenn Street
John
Goose Pond
Eddie Feitgner
New York Coliseum
California
Vermont Fish & Game Department
Cortland Industries, Inc
Cortland
N.Y
Dick Jennings
Courtland
NEW England Furniture
Hammonton Park
Rosenfeld
Pittsfield
Joseph Alsop
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Pat Brown
By Sylvia Porter
Springfield
Great Barrington
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