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Babylon Village resident and Beacon reporter Janine Logan has been named editor of Hospital and Health News, which is published by the Nassau Suffolk Hospital Council (NSHC). NSHC is the association that represents the interests of Long Island More ... Once again the Steinberg Family "jazz" boat featuring Santa Claus, members of the United Methodist Choir, the Babylon Rotary and the USCGA will be cruising up and down the canals Saturday, December 15, beginning at 5 p.m. and ending in the basin next to the gazebo in Babylon Village at approximately 6 p.m. More ... The Babylon Travelers Club met November 26 in the home of Ms. Patricia Dwyer. The first paper of the evening was a book report entitled Seven Years in Tibet presented by Ms. Jane Wilson. The author, Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian mountaineer, was with a German climbing expedition when World War II broke out in 1939. He was imprisoned in India by the British. Harrer and his teammate Peter Aufschnaiter escaped to Tibet in 1944. Two years later, after an exhausting journey over mountain passes and across the Tibetan plateau in the middle of winter, they arrived in Lhasa where they were warmly welcomed. Harrer eventually became the friend and tutor of the young Dalai Lama. Soon after the Chinese invaded Tibet in 1951, Harrer left and wrote the book in 1953. More ... Mr. and Mrs. Robert Van Schaick of Babylon Village, announce the marriage of their daughter Vicki to Raymond Keyes. The wedding took place at St. Andrews Church on Block Island, Rhode Island followed by a reception at the Sullivan House overlooking New Harbor and the Atlantic Ocean. More ... |
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