Mt Anthony thespian group advances to state finals
Mt Anthony Union High School became one of three southern regional finalists in the annual one act play competition after its performance in the Southern regional at Otter Valley Union High School Bran don. The Sandbox directed by John Carlton with Deb Taylor and others starred in the winning production. Regional winners also included Middlebury Union High School and Mt St Joseph Academy of Rutland. Finals set for Vergennes April 15. The regional event at Arlington Memorial High School on March 18 featured Hello Out There by Middlebury and Balcony Scene by Mt St Joseph. Thetford Academy Hartford High and Braintree Randolph High were eliminated. Competition sponsored by the Vermont Headmasters Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon
Mt. Anthony Uneion High School
Otter Valley Union High School
Mr. Anthony
Edward Albee
John Carton
Marlene Stratton
Deb Taylor
Leon Martell
Ray Granger
Deb Scott
Marty Gil
Middlebury Union High School
Mt. St. Joseph Academy of Rutland
Mt. Anthony
Vergennes
Middlebury
William Saroyan
Eugene Ross
Mt. St. Joseph’s
Donald Elser
St. Christopher
M. Martin
Arthur J. Crandall
Thetford Academy
Hartford High School
Braintree- Randolph High School
The
Vermont Headmasters Association
Abe Ruskin Dies at 68 in Bennington VT
Abe Ruskin 68 a World War I veteran with the Purple Heart and local taxi and moving businesses died Saturday at Putnam Memorial Hospital in Bennington He was active in the American Legion VFW Lions Club and Congregation Beth Israel He leaves a daughter Nancy M Nataupsky and a grandson Steven Nataupsky with surviving siblings and nieces and nephews Funeral services were held at Congregation Beth Israel in North Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe Ruskin
Purple Heart
American Legion
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Jacob and
Ruth
Levine) Ruskin
New York City
U. S. Navy
Bennington
North Street
Main St
Ruskin
Interstate Moving
Everett Wager
Diehl Moving Co
Albany
N.Y
Co.b. Vermont State Guard
Harry S Truman
Nation Polio Foundation
Bennington County
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Bennington Lions Club
The
Elks
Congregation Beth Israel
North Adams
Esther Kronick
Hymon H. Kronick
Mr. Kronick
Eva Axelrod
Morris
Fannie) Levin
Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue
Earl Fishhaut
Beth Israel Cemetery
Mahar &Son Funeral Home
Raymond J. LeBlanc
Lafayette St
Bennington Council
Knights of Columbus
Fitchburg
Mass
Albert and
Eva
Leger) LeBlanc
Sacred Heart
Bennington High School
Ben-Mont
Helen Hogan
St. Francis de Sales Church
Francis Gately
LeBlanc
Co. I
South Pacific
K of C
K of Calleys
Bradford Hook & Ladder Co
St. Francis Holy Name Society
Diane
Peggy
Eva LeBlanc
Evelyn Cook
Edmund
Henry LeBlanc
Bennington Briefs and Local Community Notices
Bennington residents receive a roundup of local events and notices. Meetings of St. Jean the Baptist councils are set for Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. at Mrs Edward Pinsonneault’s home. Mrs Bessie Becker departed for a Fort Lauderdale vacation. Multiple school and club activities fill the week from Monday through Saturday including Gym, Bowling, basketball finals, Duplicate Bridge, and a VFW rummage sale. Obituaries include Mrs Nora E Lorette and Mrs Ida W Sturgess with funeral arrangements and survivors listed. Memorials honor Clarence Mark Hebbert with details of his career at Bell Labs and academic background.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Jean the Baptist
Edward Pinsonneault
Park St
Bessie Becker
Gage St
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Vermont Bank & Trust
Air Force Reserve
Slimnastics
Shaftsbury
Woodford
Jr. Hi
St. Peter’s Church
North Bennington School
Adams
Married Miller Marlows Nuptials Celebrated in Washington
Miss Sheilah Marlowe daughter of Mr and Mrs Sanford S Marlowe of Washington and Hong Kong became the bride March in a Washington ceremony. The event linked to the Marlowe family and marked by a formal wedding with local social circles in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Washington, D.C
Sheilah Marlowe
Sanford S. Marlowe
Washington and
Hong Kong
China
Engagement announced in Pittsfield for Mary Gauthier and James Ward
Mrs. Bett of 75 Cole Ave Pittsfield announces the engagement of her daughter Miss Mary E Gauthier to James N Ward of 422 West Housatonic St Pittsfield son of Mr and Mrs James A Ward of Altoona Pa Also notes Marys education nursing career at Hillcrest Hospital and James Wards GE apprenticeship foreman position Army Reserve service and family details from the Boston area wedding planned for Notre Dame Church in Pittsfield with June 10 date and other local notices from the same page including a separate wedding in Washington and related family travels
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Mass
Commodore Bett
Cole Ave
Mary E. Gauthier
James N. Ward
West Housatonic St
St. Luke’s Hospital
Hillcrest Hospital
Ward
Altoona High School
General Electric
Army Reserve
New York Man Posts Bail in Driving Under Influence Case
District Court records show a New York man posted bail of 250 dollars on Sunday after being charged with driving while under the influence. He faces further court action as the case proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Richard M. Melchione
Levittown
Dorset
Urges Lowering Voting Age
A Bennington Catholic High School senior urged Rotary Club members to support lowering the voting age to 18. He cited a Vermont student council resolution sent to the state House of Representatives and the idea that those eligible for military service should vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Rotary Club
Timothy Powers
North Bennington
Vermont
State House of Representatives
Powers
Congress
Fire Contained in Blanket Play House Saturday Night
A small fire in a blanket at the play house was extinguished around 11:30 p.m. Saturday. Authorities believe a light bulb caused the blaze, with older children helping to put it out. Chief Sika reported no evidence of children playing with matches. Mr. and Mrs. Everall planned to return home immediately after the tragedy became known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sika
Virgo and Libra in the night sky
The Virgo constellation rises in the southeast with the bright star Spica making it easy to locate. Virgo is linked to Astraea the goddess of Justice in mythology, who is weighed by the scales of Libra appearing later in the evening below and east of Virgo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgo
Spica
Jupiter
Themis
Astraea
Libra
Stout Elected Rotary President in Bennington
Robert Stout was unanimously elected president of the Bennington Rotary Club for the coming year succeeding Dr. Willard Goyette. In his brief speech Stout thanked members and looked forward to an exciting, challenging year. Officers elected include Earl Patterson as first vice president Robert Harrington as second vice president John Page as secretary and John Rothrock as treasurer. Directors named are Goyette Richard Jollivette Ronald Knapp and Alfred Torrisi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Stout
Bennington Rotary Club
Willard Goyette
Stout
Earl Patterson
Robert Harrington
John Page
John Rothrock
Goyette
Richard Jollivette
Ronald Knapp
Alfred Torrisi
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Bennington Area
Union School
Thespians
Albertha Gratton
Alice Gurley
North Pownal
Mamie Lake
Jessie Curtice
Hoosick Falls
Scott O'Dell
Petersburg
Patricia Fillmore
Cambridge
Isabel G. King
Pownal
Gladys Mitchell
William Bartolepta
Louise Beaupre and Son
Matthew Cross
Joan Derosia
Ida Marcoux
Patricia Wilcox
Marguerite Rufus
Wilmington
Steven Brown
Jamie Bushee
Linda Havreluk
Jacksonville
Joyce Finch
Granville
Adeline Naef
Arlington
Leone Postesif
Barbara Parize
Dorothy Chenaille
Mary Becker
Anna Shanahan
Beatrice Brown
Deborah Gallant
Philips Marcoux
Agnes Carrier
Gloria Burdick
Shellie Carroll
Eagle Bridge
Calvin Snide
Raymond Huether
Jefferson Ave
Robert Tifft
Crow Hill Road
James Sullivan
Richard Keyes
Manchester Center
Ronald Whitton
R.D
North Pennington
William Slade
Scott St
Leo Cross
Richville Road
Manchester Depot
Exilda Mercier
Warner Nursing Home
Caroline
Gibney, Haynes & Kane Funeral
Sacred Heart Church
Robert J. Mangan
Rutland
Tremont St
Bennington Briefs
YMCA
Mount Anthony
Bennington College
American Legion Post No. 13
American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 13
American Legion Auxiliary
1-40
Dorothy Gaye
Gaye
Therese Goodermore
Dunham’s of
Pittsburgh
Reader’s Digest
Life
TV Guide
T. A. Carpenter & Sons, Inc
W. S. Hall
Thomas and
Mary (Dowd) Mangan
New England Telephone Co
Christ the King Church
Calvary Cemetery
Clifford Funeral Home
Frank E. Lorette
Nora E. Lorette
East Main St
Readsboro
John D
Caroline (Harvey) Carpenter
Lorette
James
Schenectady
N. Y
Frank
Bethel
Douglas
Alice) Laker
White Creek
Lewis
Gertrude) Monroe
Myrtle Carpenter
St. Albans
Raymond
Dorothy) Conant
Gilbert Carpenter
Ervin Carpenter
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Frederick B. Wolf
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
George A. Sturgess
Tonawanda
Ida W. Sturgess
Lynbrook Ave
Buffalo
Hobart
Ind
George
Helen) Vaughan
Pasadena
Calif
Forest
Janet) Hunter
Linda Hunter
Elmer G. Carlson
Esperance
Clarence M. Herbert
Clarence Mark Hebbert
Mr. Hebbert
Lamar
Hiram
Josephine (Stiles) Hebbert
Otterbein College
University of Illinois
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
Zion Episcopal Church
Manchester
Robert L. Clayton
Gauthier
Kelton B. Miller II
Lawrence K. Miller
Williams St
John E. Schramm
Lutheran Chapel
Sans Souci
Joseph B. Phillips
Thomas Marlowe
Marlowe
U.S
Miller
Chincoteague Island
Nicholas Casanaus Gymnasium
Bonn
Germany
Bush-Davies School
Sussex
England
Bennington Banner
BCHS
Rotarians
Ronald C. Smith
Paul Holmberg
Hillside Street
Dial
Harte Theatre
Sat
Sun
Walden Theatre
Williamstown
Sweden
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Acarlo Pont
David Lean
Boris Pasternaks
Doctor Zthiivago
Panavision
del Monte
Walker
Vermont Bank
Brattleboro
Bellows Falls
Chester
Adler
Adams Clothes Shop
Rotary President
TNA Stores, Inc
Bennington, Vt
Hamburger
Ibs
Oneida
Abigail
America
Henry
Mayflower
Grove Street
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