Garden Club begins bicentennial season at Park-McCullough House
The Bennington Garden Club held its first bicentennial season meeting at Park- McCullough House in North Bennington with Mrs. James M. Toolan presiding. Members discussed restoring the Victorian garden at the house, phases include removing excess features and rebuilding paths and benches, funded by commemorative donations tax deductible to Park- McCullough House. Rebuilding aims to create an educational garden that enhances the house and supports community events.
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Bennington Garden Club
Park- McCullough
North Bennington
James M. Toolan
Park- McCullough House
K.a.co. Ellem
Timothy Smith
Bennington Senior Citizens Club
North St
Maude Rogers
Robert Harrington
Bernadette Sausville
Ellem
Victorian Society
America
Philadelphia
Virginia Bell
McCullough House
Elmer Johnson
Calvin P. Otto
William R. Scott
Garden Club
Walter A. Lapham
Buckley condemns Vermont Sunday Blue Law as unconstitutional
Former Senate Judiciary Chairman T Garry Buckley a Republican from Bennington County calls Vermont s updated Sunday Blue Law blatantly unconstitutional and says it will be struck down if challenged in court. He criticizes the law for creating a hostile business climate favoring smaller shops, argues the state should have kept the old ban or repealed it, and notes potential tax revenue losses while hinting at a future gubernatorial bid.
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Dorset
UPI
Vermont
Senate
T. Garry Buckley
Bennington County
Buckley
GOP
Engagments Announced for Bennington Area Couples
Area families announce engagements for Arlene Frances Petras and Melinda Lee Kinney, both Bennington graduates. Arlene Petras plans a Sept 18 wedding to Douglas Lynn Davison. Melinda Kinney to Scott Edwin Dickie. Karen J Gibbons of Hoosick Falls to Paul W Adams of Cambridge, with work at Reis Mills and NYSDOT.
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Paul Petras
West Main St
Bennington
Arlene Frances
Douglas Lynn Davison
Edith Davison
South Londonderry
Charles Davison
Miss Petras
Bennington Catholic High School
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Robert J. Kinney
Carpenter Lane
Melinda Lee
Scott Edwin Dickie
George Dickie
Orchard Road
Four Squires
Hoosac
N.Y
Southern Vermont College
Grand Union
Hoosick Falls
Chester Gibbons
Karen J. Gibbons
Cambridge
Paul W. Adams
Martha Adams
Major Adams
Saratoga
Miss Gibbons
Reis Mills
State of New York Department of Transportation
Bennington Pony Club shines at Skidmore riding event
On March 28 the Bennington Pony Club opened its spring season at Skidmore College in Saratoga N Y. Six of 36 entrants earned ribbons across three levels with two adults medaling at training. Kim Pierce placed third in introductory on Tammuse Denise Film took fifth on Red Papoose. Laurie L heureux won blue in pre training with Penelope and Lynn Bellemare was third on Jack. Janet Schurink won training on Just A Plain Spot Eve Worthington was third on Oz Phillip Dewey sixth on Orean and Rene Schurink seventh on Delilah Funny Girl. Judge Cindy Mikolka of Pembroke Mass. Also announced is the Doornhof Farm Horse Trials and Dressage Show a two day three phase event planned for June 20 at Shaftsbury farm owned by Mr and Mrs Henry Schurink.
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Bennington Pony Club
Skidmore College
Saratoga
N.Y
Mohawk Pony Club
BPC
Pony
Laurie L’heureux
Penelope
Lynn Bellemare
Jack
Janet Schurink
Eve Worthington
Phillip Dewey
Orean
Rene Schurink
Delilah Funny Girl
Cindy Mikolka
Pembroke
Mass
Henry Schur
Vermont jobless rate edges down to 7.3 percent
Vermont's unemployment rate eased to 7.3 percent last week from 7.5 percent, as the Employment Security Department reported. About 17,000 people filed for regular extended and supplemental benefits totaling roughly $1 million, with Burlington recording the lowest rate and St Johnsbury the highest among district offices.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Employment Security Department
DES
Burlington
St. Johnsbury
Bennington
Brattleboro
Middlebury
Morrisville
Newport
Rutland
St. Albans
Springfield
White River Junction
Butler to head Snelling staff in Vermont campaign
Richard A. Snelling announced Charles Butler Jr. of Berlin will become staff director for the Snelling for Governor Committee. Butler, 30, will resign his Blue Cross public relations post to work full time starting May 1, and brings experience from the Vermont Young Republicans and the 1968 Deane Davis campaign. He has served as a Times Argus reporter and a United Press International Montpelier bureau chief before joining Blue Cross in 1974. Butler is married with three children.
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Shelburne
Richard A. Snelling
Vermont
House
Charles Butler Jr
Berlin
Dick Snelling
Butler
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Snelling
Vermont Young Republicans
Deane C. Davis
Davis
Barre-Montpelier
Bennington Garden Meeting Set for April 5
A meeting is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Monday April 5 at the McCullough Library in North Bennington for residents interested in gardening this summer at the Community.
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McCullough
North Bennington
Kidnaped heir Samuel Bronfman II marries in Westwood
Samuel Bronfman II the Seagrams heir who was kidnaped and released on a $2.3 million ransom last summer married Melanie Ann Mann a 21 year old college acquaintance Saturday at St. Albans Episcopal Church in Westwood. Bronfman 22 was kidnapped last August from his mother's Purchase New York home and released unharmed after his father paid the ransom. The Money was later recovered and two men face charges in Garden on the Bennington College campus.
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Massachusetts
Bronfman
Melanie Ann Mann
Los Angeles
St. Alban’s Episcopal Church
Westwood
Purchase
N.Y
The
Seagram Co. Ltd
Big House schedule at Park Bennington arts events
Park Bennington hosts free arts events April 1 to 11 including an open exhibit by Laurie Sargent and Walter French with masks paintings and sculpture. Music and talks feature Polly and Erica van der Linde piano duo Wayne Dalton and Ed Lawrence baritone and pianist, Francis Poulin talk on The Westinghouse Family of Vermont, David Bort Apocalyptic Dimensions of Modern Films, a benefit jazz concert with Chris White Jimmy Owens and Plus Three at Bennington Armory, and a concert by Composers Ensemble with Alison Nowak among six young composers.
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Park- McCullough
North Bennington
Laurie Sargent
Walter French
Polly
Erica van der Linde
Wayne Dalton
Ed Lawrence
Francis Poulin
Westinghouse
Vermont
David Bort
Hospital Notes Admissions Across Several New York Towns
Admissions include Timothy Cahill Kathleen Kelly Shirley Garrity Cathleen Chapman from Bennington Shaftsbury Holly Jones Hoosick Falls N Y Jeremy Waters Cambridge N Y Carmella O Donovan Petersburg N Y Charles Schaffer Berlin N Y dated 3 27 Discharges Florence Stemp Bennington Marion Pokines Hoosick Falls
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Timothy Cahill
Kathleen Kelly
Shirley Garrity
Cathleen Chapman
Bennington
Karina Easter
Shaftsbury
Holly Jones
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Jeremy Waters
Cambridge
Carmella O’donovan
Petersburg
Charles Schaffer
Berlin
Florence Stemp
Marion Pokines
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New York
Duncan Campbell
Wendy Walsh
DAV
Gordon W. Garrison
Disabled American Veterans
Howard L. Jepson
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Sonccess
HAM
Fairdale Farms
V. Gal
Safford & Gage
Main Street
Arsene F. Petras Petras-Davison
Sidney Hausman
Melinda L. Kinney
Karen J.gibbons Gibbons-Adams
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Skidmore
Bennington Briefs
Samuel Bronfman II
Seagrams
Bennington College
Bennington Opportunity
Court St. Andrew
Catholic Daughters of America
Mahar & Son
Mary B. O’brien
Ladies Auxiliary of Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie 1861
Eagles
Susan Chilelli
John Chilelli
Regis College
Weston
Chris White
Jimmy Owens
Bennington Armory
Composers Ensemble
Alison Nowak
Washington, D.C
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U.S. Office of Education
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