Three Hour Good Friday Service At St Peter's
A three hour Good Friday service begins at noon at St Peter's Episcopal Church to honor the seven last words of Jesus with hymns and prayers. Introduction by Rev Kenneth W Costin with several area clergy including Rev Allen Barnes Rev Richard D Campbell Rev Floyd I LaBombard Rev Nicholas Aye CSC Rev Angus J MacDonald Rev Arvel M Steece and Rev Thomas D Steffen. Attendees may arrive or depart during hymn interludes of the meditations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Jesus
Kenneth W. Costin
Costin
Allen Barnes
the Redeemer Lutheran Church
Richard D. Campbell
First United Methodist Church
Floyd I. LaBombard
First Baptist Church
Nicholas Aye
CSC
Holy Cross Novitiate
Angus J. MacDonald
Shaftsbury United Methodist Church
Arvel M. Steece
First Congregational Church
Thomas D. Steffen
Second Congregational Church
Plain Dirt Gardeners hold conservation meeting at Mt Anthony HS
Plain Dirt Gardeners met at Mt Anthony Union High School to learn about local conservation work. Alan Knapp, involved in vocational training, has guided students who landscaped the greenhouse area and built a fence. The group toured vocational departments and discussed sister-community ties with San Carlo California. May meeting planned at Mrs Joseph Madkour’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plain Dirt
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Alan Knapp
Arlington High School
Vermont Technical School
UVM Morgan Horse Farm
Pennsylvania
UVM
Molly Stark
Norshaft
North Bennington
Knapp
John Page
Jay Zwynenburg
William Castle
Philip Giddings
Calvin Otto
Vermont Federation of Garden Clubs
Civic Garden Club of
San Carlo
Calif
Bennington
Robert Holden
Charles Gould
Harry Eddington
James Merrow
Robert Houle
Joseph Madkour
Fundamentals of designing a garden seminar notes
Bennington Garden Club met in the Sloane Room at the Bennington Museum with Mrs. A J Dewey Jr presiding. The club announced school distribution of its garden packet and highlighted the Student Conservation Association, started by the group in 1955, as thriving in the U S and abroad. A plant clinic meets monthly to study a plant family, ivy and geraniums upcoming. Mrs K A Q Ellem presented Fundamentals of Garden Design tracing garden evolution from primitive fences to Renaissance terraces and English landscape parks, stressing space, cost, unity, harmony, size, light and shade in planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Garden Club
Bennington Museum
A. J. Dewey Jr
Elizabeth C. Titus
Garden Club
Student Conservation Association
U.S
Donald McKee
Civic Committee
K.A.Q. Ellem
France
England
Orient
Bennington Recreation Dept Opens Willow Park Reservations
The Bennington Recreation Department announces that Willow Park Pavilion tennis courts and community ballfields are available for reservations. Weekday tennis bookings require 24 hours notice for 8 am to 5 pm use, weekend bookings need 48 hours notice and a permission slip picked up by Friday 5 pm. One court remains open first come, first served.
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Bennington
Beech Street
Welling
Stark Street
Tansitor
Lions Field
Memorial Park
Recreation Department
Bennington Briefs Highlights Local VA Outreach and Events
Vermont Veterans Affairs will visit the National Guard Armory on South Street Bennington on April 21 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Veterans and dependents may seek VA benefits information or assistance. A youth council dance at Catamount School gym on April 23 from 8 to 11 p.m. benefits the Summer Swim Team with $1.50 admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont State Veterans Affairs Office
National Guard Armory
South Street
Bennington
The
Town Recreation Department
Catamount School
Murray-Snow wedding in Bennington features local residents
Snow Murray Tammy Lee Murray daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest R Murray of Bennington and Kevin Bryant Snow son of Mr and Mrs Merton Snow Jr of Shaftsbury were married at 7 p m Friday April 2 at the bride s parents home. Justice of the Peace Andrew Crosier officiated. Susan McDonald of Shaftsbury was matron of honor and Anthony Myers of Shaftsbury was best man. The bride attended Mount Anthony Union High School and worked for Green Mountain Furniture Co in North Bennington. The groom, a MATHS graduate of 1975, will reside in Bennington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tammy Lee Murray
Ernest R. Murray
Bennington
Kevin Bryant Snow
Merton Snow Jr
Shaftsbury
Andrew Crosier
Susan McDonald
Shaft
Sbury
Anthony Myers
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Green Mountain Furniture Co
North Bennington
Salmon Attacks UVM Tuition Hike and State Appointments
Gov. Thomas Salmon denounces a $100 in-state and $300 out-of-state tuition increase at the University of Vermont as a cost problem for Vermonters. He warns cuts may price Vermonters out of higher education and notes ongoing public rate-case preparations with attorney Fred Parker. Salmon also discusses Vermont Yankee advisory needs, a sheriff successor plan, and possible terms for Highway Commissioner John Gray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salmon
Vermont
Fred Parker
Williston
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
CVPS
Vermont Yankee
Vernon
Public Service Board
Rutland County
J. Fred Carbine
Carbine
John Gray
Engaged Lynn Marie Marshall to Rene Cassano
Mr and Mrs Edward Marshall of 206 Park Street Bennington announce the engagement of their daughter Lynne Marie to Rene C Cassano son of Mr and Mrs Sylvia P Cassano of Coleville Road Bennington The bride to be is employed by Creative Tools Inc A 1967 graduate of the former Bennington Catholic High School her fiancé is an Air Force veteran and is employed by the U S Postal Service An August wedding is planned
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Marshall
Park St
Bennington
Lynne Marie
Rene C. Cassano
Sylvia P. Cassano
Coleville Road
Creative Tools Inc
Bennington Catholic High School
U.S. Postal Service
Easter Social Planned After Card Party Cancelation
The Bennington Senior Citizens Club cancels Friday nights card party due to Good Friday. An Easter social will be held at the center at 1 30 p m on April 18. Last week's winners were Ruth Carpenter in the ladies division Ralph Jackson in the men division and Maud Rogers as door prize winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
IRS
Bennington
Bennington Lanes
the Elks
The
Elks Lodge
Moose Lodge
Bennington Senior Citizens Club
Ruth Carpenter
Ralph Jackson
Maud Rogers
Holy Week gospel readings end Friday on WBTN
A Holy Week gospel series presented by local churches ends Friday Good Friday at 11 10 am on WBTN. The readings rehearse Jesus trial before Pilate, passion, death and burial from John’s gospel, with sponsorship by the Bennington Religious Education Foundation and led by Averell Brown and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WBTN
Christ
Pilate
Jesus
BREF
Bennington Religious Education Foundation
Averell Brown
Fred Parker
Frank O’meara
Kenneth Costin
Joan Costin
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St. Peter’s
Plain Dirt Gardeners’ Conservation Meeting
Nichols
Vibrance
Bennington Briefs
Norman Turgeon
John Courtney
Southern Vermont
Berkshire County
Mass
American Association of Community and Junior Colleges
Racine
Wisc
Supreme Motor Mart
ADV
Griffin Electric Co
Norelco
Willow Park Pavilion
Gladys S. Brundage
North Shaftsbury
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Gibney
Floyd I. la Bombard
Ben Hulett
Douglas Greene
John Wood
Patrick Burke
Center Shaftsbury Cemetery
la Bombard
Shaftsbury Grange
Brundage
Snow-Murray
Tammy Lee and
Kevinsnow
Foster
Safford & Gage
Fienberg
Main ST
Bennington, VT
Marshall-Cassano
Bennington Co-Op Savings and Loan Association
Bennington, Vermont
Equal Housing Lender
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