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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1968
Page
6
Famed cellist Pablo Casals returns to Marlboro for an eighth summer since 1960 to lead the Marlboro Music Festival Orchestra. Concert dates to be announced later.
The North Bennington women's volleyball team will host a match against the Bennington YWCA at North Bennington Elementary School on April 23. Practice is Tuesday night. call Mrs Duane Muckle at 442 5955 or 447 7776 to confirm participation. Bronson P Clark will speak on Vietnam at a Tuesday noon luncheon at Heritage House tied to local Quaker and Unitarian groups. He will discuss Peace in Vietnam, with a $1.25 luncheon, noon to 2 pm. Basildon bank clerk story follows. 60 year old George Burnley dismissed intruders with quick remark after a note demanding money. The 18th Rudolf Serkin festival runs June 24 to Aug 18 with seven weekends, Saturday 8:30 pm and Sunday 3 pm concerts, two Friday shows. Marlboro ticket orders for 16 concerts begin. reserve alternates if sold out.
Arlington Burlington Barre and Bennington residents spent the weekend with families in Arlington and Nashua New Hampshire. Yankee Doodlers Corps plans an outdoor rehearsal Sunday at 2 pm for Loyalty Day in Manchester. Arlington Garden Club meets Tuesday at 2 pm at Mrs. Robert Macksey’s home. Lions Club donation supports Boy Scout Troop 334 tents. Weekly and weekend activities include TOPS Club, Chorale, Fish and Game, rummage sales, and a village spring clean up schedule. Manfred Kincaid transferred to Albany Medical Center after emergency operation. Mrs. John Shaw returned home Saturday.
Williams College launches the Creative Summer Fund to aid socially oriented student projects with $2,000 to $3,000 from the Chest Fund. A seven member committee selects projects on creativity, feasibility, and impact, with faculty members Henry Flynt Dudley Bahlman and John Hyde plus three faculty and four students. Potential projects range from Appalachian conservation work to community organization efforts.
Hoosick Falls volunteers battled three fires on Saturday. An abandoned car burned at the old Colasta Company on Mechanic Street, a grass fire near Anthony Pokines on Snow Street, and another grass fire on the Fabiano lot on Kelly Street. The department requests donations by May 15 to fund the Memorial Day fireworks display, with refunds if funds fall short. Also noted are incoming college-bound seniors announced by the Hoosick Falls Central School guidance office.
At the Taconic Grange March session members voted donations to Camp Goodyear fund Junior Grange and the Vermont Association for the Blind. The youth committee led a spring Easter themed program with Helen Platt on musical accompaniment. Theresa Wood joined the youth committee banquet on April 6. A wedding reception for Mr. and Mrs. Lauzon was hosted at the Grange Hall with Eunice Myers and other helpers. The group urges public visits to view hall improvements funded by member labor.
Minnie Smith, 93, is reported improving and in good spirits at North Adams Hospital after a fall at her North Pownal home. Nearby notes list residents and students moving toward education, public notices, and community activities including a fire wardenship, a banquet, and rescue squad monthly report detailing 49 calls and 1645 miles in March.
Hoosick Falls youths push to improve town recreation by forming committees and planning a Youth Center. A second closed meeting on April 4 outlined golf course site work, pool tables, tennis court blacktopping, and a soda shop feasibility.
Mr and Mrs Michael M Beck of Elizabeth New Jersey have opened their Sunderland Hill home for the summer. Visiting for ten days are Mrs Joseph Gavagan Jr of Seattle and her daughters Margaret and Ellen. Mr Gavagan a former Manchester resident and now a realty specialist with the General Services Administration on the Pacific coast.
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