Fourth-graders from Miss Amy Magazu and Mrs. Cheryl Southwick’s classes at Riverbend School celebrated Earth Day by cleaning up the school grounds.
Plants grew, or didn’t, in abundance at Athol Middle School’s math-science fair and open house. The projects display and the warm weather combined to produce a large crowd for the activity.
Stan Paliulis, owner of Stan’s Auto Repair and Towing Service, was the winner of the 1995 D.A.R.E. Canoe donated by Steve Savoy, owner of Athol Automotive Supply. Proceeds from the raffle will go toward Athol’s D.A.R.E. students.
Paul H. Landry Jr., son of Paul and Wanda Landry of Athol has been promoted to lance corporal in the United States Marine Corps. He is a 1994 graduate of Monty Tech.
Sen. Robert D. Wetmore has announced the towns of Athol and Orange have been successful in securing grants to help revitalize their downtown areas.
Kindergarten and first-grade students planted a flowering crab tree at Fisher Hill School, Orange, in observance of Arbor Day. The tree was dedicated to the children who lost their lives in the Oklahoma City bombing. The tree was donated by Noel’s Nursery.
Wal-Mart will contribute $110,000 toward the cost of extending the sewer line to beyond their retail store under construction on East Main Street, Orange.
The former Batch’s Red Rooster Restaurant is undergoing renovations by the new owner, Tony Paitaris of Hadley. Paitaris said the establishment will have a family-type atmosphere and offer breakfast, lunch and supper. Paitaris has been in the restaurant business for 30 years and owns two establishments in Hadley — the Fort River Grill and the Campus Pizza Restaurant.
Nineteen students from Mahar Regional School embarked by car for a bicycle tour on Cape Cod and the islands. The trip is for students who participated in the S.O.S. (Save Our Schools) program.
True to their long-time dedication to helping fulfill various needs throughout town, the Warwick Women’s Guild pledged $1,000 to the Warwick Free Public Library building fund recently. Hoping to build an addition to the 150-year-old building, library trustees submitted an application to the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners after three years of research and planning. The MBLC offered grants of matching funds, to be awarded in July, to encourage towns with old libraries to be enlarged and renovated.
Gary Cullen and Larry Besanko, members of Troop 18, Boy Scouts, swept the sidewalks and driveway at the Athol Historical Society, In. as part of a community service project.
Armed with rakes and shovels, Cub Scouts of Den 3, Pack 38, sponsored by the YMCA, observed Earth Day by cleaning up trash, cans and bottles on a segment of land between Anzio Road and Silver Lake Street.
Miss Ruth M. Bidwell, teacher at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church School on South Athol Road together with the pupils showed their concern for environmental pollution by picking up trash, cans and bottles along a segment of South Athol Road.
A group of 25 Boy Scouts and leaders from the American Legion sponsored Troop 16 spent the weekend at Cape Cod, camping along the Cape Cod Canal near Bourne.
Stephanie Younger, daughter of Mrs. Margaret Younger of Athol, captured two trophies in the Miss Montachusett competition. Miss Younger, one of two girls sponsored by the Athol Jaycees, Inc., was second-runnerup as well as being named Miss Congeniality by the other contestants.
Antique dealers and collectors from the six New England states and New York are displaying their wares in the Athol Historical Society antique show in the Athol High School gymnasium.
Timothy Atherton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Atherton of Orange, was awarded a second prize in biology at the state science fair held at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. Atherton, a junior at Mahar Regional School, won the prize for his experiment on the regeneration of planaria.
Four bands will compete at Mahar Regional High School in the “Battle of the Sounds” sponsored by the Senator Boosters. Scheduled to compete for $200 in prize money are two groups from South Deerfield, the Odyssey and Nimbus, The First Hog Blues of Greenfield and The Charlie Scott Quartet of Athol and Orange.
The Mahar Regional School Committee took an initial step towards establishing an expanded vocational education program at the regional school in Orange. The committee voted $16,000 from surplus revenue to cover costs of architects fees and general expenses of preliminary planning for possible construction of a vocational wing.
Students, politicians, housewives — thousands of people from all walks of life throughout New England — joined in the common cause of demanding a clean environment.
Athol School Band Association’s tag day brought in a total of $389, one of the largest sums gathered in the history of the organization, and this amount will be placed in the uniform fund for which $1,200 to $1,500 is needed to outfit both senior and junior bands.
Scouts of both Troops 38 and 17 are trying to earn $500 with which to purchase a Sound Moving Picture Projector for use at the “Y”. The first project to earn the money will be the scrap paper drive. The Scouts hope to collect at least 30 tons of newspapers, magazines and cardboard in their drive.
Earle L. Wright, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Wright of Athol, recently graduated from the Columbus Army Air Field, Mis., and received the silver wings of a flying officer and appointment of Flight Officer.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Chaisson of Athol have received news that their son, Leo J. Chaisson, has been promoted from corporal to sergeant.
Lt. John D. Regis of Athol, has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal for “meritorious service in connection with military operations against the enemy.”
Pfc. Norman Cummings, 24, a paratrooper with the 17th Airborne Division, of Athol, has been “missing in action in Germany since April 8,” according to a telegram received by his wife, the former Faith F. Legrand.
Eight thousand pounds of clothing have been collected from Athol residents for the United National Clothing Collection. In Orange, 9,000 pounds have been collected, sorted and packed, and are in the freight yards ready to go.
Pfc. Alfred Desrosiers, son of Napoleon Desrosiers of Orange, was slightly wounded somewhere in Germany on April 2, according to a telegram received by his father.
Mrs. Charles Shatos of Orange has received a telegram from the War Department that her husband, Pvt. Shatos, was slightly wounded on April 8 somewhere in Germany.
Civilians will get even less meat next month — and they’ll have to give up red points for all kinds except mutton. In addition, margarine and most cheeses will cost more points, as will some meats.
President Truman called on Americans to plant more victory gardens to augment the nation’s food supplies for hungry peoples in liberated areas.