New England Vignettes: Misadventures and Holiday Lights
A quirky collection of small town scenes from New England. Trapper Erich Ilinitch endures a soggy trek in Royalston and a stuck car on a snowy road near Winchendon. In Boston, a British skyscraper sign riffs on shared jokes about taxes. Dover District Court hands out $180 in fines for minor charges. A Barre sighting features a French speaking dog at a humane shelter. South Hadley’s university theater ties a local student to a beast role. Newport ships blaze with Christmas lights on every mast, a yearly rivalry among crews. Springfield court notes parking woes for fines payers.
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Janice Elliott
Associated Press
Boston
New England
Erich Ilinitch
Ilinitch
Royalston
Mass
Winchendon
Nee Nah Council Elects Officers at Odd Fellows Hall
Nee Nah Council of Pocahontas met at Odd Fellows Hall with Carrie Whittemore presiding. Officers elected include Carrie Whittemore re elected Prophetess Rose Fournier Leona Murray collector of Wampum Catherine Bass keeper of Wampum Priscilla Bibber recorder Evelyn Lunder trustee two years Avanell Pettengill trustee three years Rose Frechette. Debate to the Great Council Evelyn Lander alternate Geneva Petrin. Meeting recesses until January 20 due to holidays. Christmas basket donations and awards noted. party ends with carols led by Whittemore. AMHERST Mass Safety man Bill Shevlin Wakefield and Keith Goggin Magnolia named co captains of Amherst College football with Dorrance Penfield Wheeler soccer captains and Mays Bethesda Carter Albany cross country captains.
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Old Orchard Beach
Nee Nah Council
Pocahontas
Odd Fellows Hall
Carrie Whittemore
Rose Fournier
Wenonah
Leona Murray
Catherine Bass
Priscilla Bibber
Powhantan
Emery Bibber
Evelyn Lunder
Avanell Pettengill
Rose Frechette
Great Council
Evelyn Lander
Geneva Petrin
Amherst
Mass
Bill Shevlin
Wakefield
Keith Goggin
Magnolia
Today Inc
Chris Dorrance
Penfield
N.Y
Randy Wheeler
Durham
N.H
Stuart Mays
Bethesda
Bill Carter
A I
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State Street Bank
Guy Fawkes
Dover
Ovila Gregoire
Central Vermont Humane Society Shelter
Wrightsville
la Belle Bh
Barre
Larry Jakmouth
South Hadley
Jakmouth
University of Massachusetts
Newport
R.I
Newport Naval Base
Charles D. Sloan
Springfield
Beverly Bryant
Clara Demers
Bibber
Ney
Tee
Cologne
Smave
Carroll Cosmetics
Main ST
Biddeford
Benoit
Orion
Banton
Arrow
Masonic
U.S. Senate
Andrew Summers Rowan
Sagamore Hill
Oyster Bay
Manhat- Garcia
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Theodore Roosevelt
Dacron and
Dacron Blend
Dacron
Ernst
California
Ing
Reis
Out
Pendleton
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