St. Mary School enrollment is 260; Claremont Babe Ruth team unbeaten

1976

CLAREMONT

A Goshen woman has received national recognition for her activities in conversation education at the Stevens Annex for the past five years. Lillian Scranton, a ninth grade teacher, won the Allis Chalmers Co. National Association of Conservation Districts Award for the 12-state Northeast Region.

Junior Sports League Chairman Arthur Palmer is looking for volunteers to help spread three coats of urethane on the Junior Sports League building’s floor this week. Palmer has asked volunteers to show up at the building on School Street at 7:30 p.m. Work will be going on tonight and for the next two nights.

An enrollment of about 260 pupils is expected this fall at St. Mary School, according to Sister Carol Clifford, principal. Five or six will be non-Catholics, a trend that has picked up in the recent two or three years. The staff will consist of lay teachers Gary Lambert, Louis Gangi, and Margaret Walker. The religious staff includes the principal as well as Sister Denise Therriault, Sister Rosemary Burnham, Sister Linda Trafton, Sister Terence Gallagher and Sister Mary Denise Bourgeois.

CORNISH

Newport’s Cathy Baker probably has the best job at the 27th Annual Cornish Fair and she was not even getting paid. She was the girl in the dunking stall. In one hour eight people threw a ball accurately enough to send her flying into a tub of cold water. Thousands jammed into the Cornish Fairgrounds to enjoy the two-day fair and Baker was one of the few who managed to beat the heat.

Joe Lemieux of Raymond on the other hand might have had the worst job. People were paying 25 cents each to see Lemieux sit in a cage filled with snakes. So far in the two days he has been bitten five times by the 40 Yellow and Red Rat snakes lying in pans of water and crawling around between his legs. Thanks to the heat, the snakes were too tired to bit him, whereas at the Cheshire Fair they nailed him more than 25 times.

LEMPSTER

As part of the Lempster Old Home Day celebration, a three-act comedy, “A Ready-Made Family,’ will be presented at the Town Hall. The directors are Batch Wirkkala and Mary E. McCullough. The cast includes Ruth LeClair, Phil Tirrell, Sharon Faulkner, Ann Faulkner, Rachel Tirrell, Gilbert Pinkney, Cindy Fellows, Everett Seale, Mary McCullough and Bob Allen. Phyllis Howard is stage manager; Linda Downing, costumes; Rhoda Allen, makeup and Ruth LeClair and Phil Tirrell, stage set.

UNITY

Residents of the Sullivan County Home are pictured working on craft projects for their annual outdoor bazaar. They are Edwin Carriel, Mrs. Elizabeth Kennedy, Per Adolph Carlson, Miss Cecile Houde, Mrs. Gladys Putnam, Mrs. Ruth Stacy and Edward Raymond.

State Democratic leaders came together for the Sullivan County Democratic Committee’s Candidate Night at Dick Palmer’s barn on Saturday. House Minority Leader Chris Spirou, gubernatorial candidates Hugh Gallen, Jim Connor and Harry Spanos and Congressional hopeful Joseph Grandmaison took turns speaking and answering questions from the crowd of 60.

1961

CLAREMONT

Blister rust, the infectious fungus that preys on white pine trees, is under control: in the United States though it will never be stamped out, according to John Q. Adams, field supervisor with the State Department of Forestry. City Manger George Benway and forestry employee Wesley Witham toured the Strobidge Hill area in northwest Claremont with Adams and Kenneth Flewelling, another field supervisor. Claremont has contributed $250 to help stamp out the disease in this area. The U.S. Forest Service provides supervisors and supplies and the cities provide labor and actual work in the field.

Claremont’s Babe Ruth League champions set a record by wining both halves in loop play and finishing their regular season undefeated. They are Tom Buinicky, Jim Miles, Ricky Carr, Dale Gage, Mike Adamovich, Howard Fellows, Freddy Martell, Russ Gray, Phil Cohen, Clyde Debay, Wayne Malhoit and Larry McElereavy. Frank Nareau is the manager.

Playing in the All-Star game were Wayne Michaud, Larry Ruest, Billy Henault, Steve Billings, Ron Joyce, Mike Denis, Gary Bissonnette, Al Lavoie, Tommy Franklin, Tommy Davis, Matty Ferriter, Mike Feeney, Ray Lambert, Wayne Reed, Ken LaClair and Nick Adamovich under manager Ray Lambert.

Pvt. Richard W. Girard, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Girard of 24 Chellis St., has been assigned to A Company of the 2nd Training Regiment at Ft. Dix, N.J., for eight weeks of basic training in conjunction with the 1955 Reserve Forces Act.

CHARLESTOWN

Ninety-seven members of the Willard family enjoyed a reunion here. Mrs. Frizzell was in charge of taking them around Charlestown. They visited the flower show and Old Fort No. 4 and held the meeting in the church. Mrs. Blodgett was in charge of the dinner served by the Congregational Ladies in the Pine Room.

Charles Child and Gary Wallace report that the “Heartland” Fair earlier this month earned $32.90 for the Heart Fund. Mr. Comstock printed flyers and tickets and Mrs. Sherwood assisted with the fair.

MERIDEN

Dana Crowe is collecting autographs on the cast of his left arm, which was broken in a fall.

Meriden Baptist Church reports an excellent Vacation Bible School with 60 enrolled in the two weeks. Teachers and helpers included Mrs. Wallace Williams, Mrs. Willis Downing, Mrs. Ralph Bruce of Claremont, Mrs. Frank Sullivan, Miss Champoux, the Rev. Ray Leavitt and Mrs. Bror Grondal of Belmont, Mass.

NEWPORT

Kenneth Bennett, grandson of the late Joseph Dubuque and Mrs. Miriam Dubuque of Claremont Road, went to the Cornish Fair where he showed his horse, Golden Champ. He received two blues, three reds, two yellows and one white ribbon for his acting and riding in the horse show last Saturday.

1946

CLAREMONT

Progress was reported in the formation of an American Legion Drum Corps at a well-attended meeting at Legion Hall with Commander Ray Franklin presiding. Tentative plans have been formed by Harold Crossman to have the drum corps in a parade in Windsor in September.

News that Roy Webster and Harold Dunham were at their homes and recovering from their illnesses was heard with enthusiasm and the hope was expressed that Arthur Thibodeau, who has received a painful injury while at work in his shop, will be well soon.

A committee of J. Adamovicz, L. Franklin and E. Townsend has been formed to organize a basketball team for the coming season.

NEWPORT

The annual fair of the Sullivan Grange will get underway Aug. 30 under the direction of Fred Karr. Grange players will present “Tommy” in the Newport Opera House Friday night with a cast including Duane Fitts, Priscilla Hastings, Armidas Viger Jr., Earl Chase, Eleanor Chapman, Hordoe Herlihy A.R. Hinze and Della Pike, under the direction of Mrs. A.R. Hinze. A parade, an all-day horse pulling contest and a program for children at the Newport Playground is scheduled. Mrs. Ethel Peabody is chairman of the baked bean supper on Saturday evening.

Miss Winifred Kennedy, airline hostess, arrived at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Kennedy, Thursday evening from California. She left Friday for Boston, where she will spend a few days.

Mrs. Richard Armstrong and her baby returned to their home from the Carrie F. Wright Hospital Thursday.

Mrs. Vivian Duling has accepted employment at the Winston Hotel.

Mrs. Ted Nebrydoski and daughter Joan have returned to their home, 87 Sunapee St., from visiting friends in Rhode Island.

West Unity

During the coming week the Methodist Church of East Unity will celebrate the centennial of its dedication. The present meeting house, dedicated Aug. 26, 1846, will be the scene of the celebration. In charge of the services will be the Rev. Howard H. Hamlin, pastor. A musical concert is planned with Claremonters Joseph Richardson, first violin; Alfred Hall, second violin; Joseph Osgood, viola and Marion Gowdy, cello.

1931

CLAREMONT

More than 300 members of Theta Chi, a national college fraternity, will make a pilgrimage to Claremont next Saturday to honor two Claremont men, founders of the fraternity. Arthur Chase and Frederick Norton Freeman were students at Norwich University when they founded Theta Chi. They will be honored in ceremonies during the fraternity’s 75th annual convention.

The “pilgrims” will arrive at Claremont Junction on a special train and board buses to be taken to Moody Park for a clambake. They will then make their pilgrimage to unveil a bronze marker on Chase’s grave at the Pleasant Street Cemetery. A delegation will unveil a similar tablet over Freeman’s grave in Plainfield.

They will then make a brief tour of the town, visiting Chase’s boyhood home on Broad Street, in the building now occupied by the Purple Pitcher, and Freeman’s early home at 60 Sullivan St.

Daniel G. Griffith, one of Claremont’s four living Civil War veterans, is at the Claremont General Hospital today suffering from bruises and shock suffered when a truck hit him near the corner of Pine and Pleasant streets Friday afternoon. Examination at the hospital revealed no broken bones and his condition is not considered serious.

Claremont housewives fared well in the recent statewide competition conducted by W.F. Schonland and Sons Inc. of Manchester, makers of meat products, winning three of the 14 prizes for original recipes. Mrs. Clarence Ainsworth was awarded second prize of $7.50 while two of the 10 fifth-place prizes of $1 each were won by Mrs. J.J. Archibald and Mrs. Fred Prudhomme.

Miss Peg Johnson has been entertaining girlfriends from Wheaton College and two boys from Virginia over the weekend.

Gene Isabelle is enjoying a two-week vacation from his duties at the Broad Street First National Store.

Miss Rosamond Warren of Charlestown is spending a few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Warren, Myrtle Street.

UNITY

Mrs. Ella F. Smith of Claremont visited her daughter, Mrs. C.W. Reed from Tuesday until Thursday and attended Old Home Day exercises at Acworth with the Reeds on Wednesday.

Edmund Johnson is cutting hay for Mrs. Nellie Straw.

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Putnam and children from Claremont were visitors at F.H. Brittons on Monday evening.