Manchester Loyalty Day Parade Draws Broad Outing
With ten days left before Manchester’s 43rd Loyalty Day parade on April 30, a near final list of participants was announced by the Harned-Fowler Post VFW. The 40th Army Band of Burlington will accompany Division 1, while Division 2 follows with the VFW Thunderbirds Junior Drum and Bugle Corps of Saratoga Springs. The Thunderbirds are a new group. BU band members are ages nine to 13, sponsored by the Gurtler Brothers Post 420 VFW of Arlington. A Mass of Thanksgiving will be sung at St. Mary’s Church in Arlington for returning Vietnam veterans.
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Manchester
Harned-Fowler Post
VFW
40Th Army Band
Burlington
Divison 1
Thunderbirds
Gurtler Brothers Post 420
St. Marperet Mary's Church
Arlington
Vietnam
James PF. O'Nallon
Petrick Thompson
Saratoga Springs
Fair Haven
Seminary Avenue
Taconic
Prospect Avenues
Seminar Avenue
Franklin Avenue
Dillingham Avenue
Franklin
Dillingham
Dorset Sportsman's Club
Mt. Warnox Grange
Benjamin Spock to Lecture During Library Week in North Adams
North Adams Mass April 20 Dr Benjamin Spock will lecture on Dissent and Social Change in the college gymnasium He is Yale trained with a Columbia medical degree author of Baby and Child Care His activism spans SANE New Politics and Civil Liberties Fund He criticizes war and draft policies and supports peace efforts Public invited free funding comes from student activities fees
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North Adams
Mass
North Adams State College
Benjamin Spock
Spock
Yale
Columbia University
National Committee ‘For A Sane
SANE
National Conference For New Politics
Civil Liberties Legal Defense” Fund
Dr. Spock
Vietnam
North Adams State
Student Government Association
Tavonle Grange No 491 Announces Rehearsal and Meeting
Shaftsbury Latti Tobler officers are notified of a Second Degree rehearsal on Thursday night April 2 at 7 30 at the Grange hall A regnar meeting is set for Tuesday April 25 at 7 p m Worthy Deputy Marion Thompson will attend and assess ritual work All members urged to attend
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Shaftsbury
McCullough Library Invites Visitors During National Library Week
McCullough Library staff in North Bennington invites area friends and patrons to visit the library during National Library Week. The children’s room showcases Newbery Medal Caldecott lists and Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award titles with easy books for young readers, plus music recordings. Hours vary by day, with several midday and evening slots, and the library emphasizes more than 70 years of community service.
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McCullough Library
North Bennington
Florence Field
Caldecott
McCullough Library Wins $1,000 LSCA Grant
The Vermont Department of Libraries awards a $1,000 grant to McCullough Library in North Bennington under the LSCA program funded by federal and state money. The library must meet standards including 12 hours weekly, telephone access, free service to Vermonters, cataloguing, certified librarian, and interlibrary cooperation. Funds may buy books, equipment, and remodel reading rooms. the board plans a lighting upgrade led by Chairman Fred Welling.
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McCullough Library
North Bennington
Vermont Department of Libraries
Federal Library Services and Construction Act
McCullough Library Board
Fred Welling
Vermont Sage Collection Highlights at McCullough Library
The McCullough Library showcases its Sage Collection of Vermont books donated by Harold Sage. The adult room on the first floor houses young adult and adult sections with a reference and magazine area. Recent upgrades include large print books Reader's Digest large type format easy readers magnifiers and magnifying sheets for readers with limited sight.
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McCullough
Sage
Vermont
Harold Sage
Ubrary
Williams accepts 834 in next freshman class
Williams College in Williamstown Massachusetts announces that 226 women and 603 men were admitted for the class of 1976. Early decisions added 68 women and 103 men. About 145 women and 330 men are expected to enroll, with some accepted students choosing other schools. decisions due by May 1.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
Hoosick Falls Community Meeting and Scholarship Data
The Ladies Auxiliary of Hoosick Falls Aerie No 2467 meets next Wednesday April 26 at 8 pm to nominate officers and a delegate to the state convention in Utica. A fund drive for a cerebral palsy child proceeds, with cookbooks on sale. Hoosick Falls VFW Post 8417 holds a regular Thursday night meeting. Applications and scholarship data reveal 842 to 1086 women and 2442 to 2821 men applied, with 216 students awarded average 2700 dollars. 35 women and 32 men are black. Berkshire County residents and Western Massachusetts students are listed among accepted scholars with various school affiliations.
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Hoosick Falls
Aerie of
Hagles
Utica
Sweet
Organization For No Benefit
John Thurter
Carey Avenue
Aerie
Harold Thomas
Gordon Brenenstahil
Willams
Alwans
Berkshire County
Williamstown
Pittsfield
Lanesboro
North Adams
Adams
Delton and
Becket
Berkshire
Mr. Greylock
Taconic High School
St. Joseph's
Hoosac Valley
Drury
Massachusetts
Longmeadow
West Springfield
Amherst
Agawam
South Hadley
Deerfield
Holyoke
Northampton
Shelburne Falls
Westover Air Force Base
Westfield
Wilbraham
Deerfield Academy
Mt. Vermon School
Buxton School
Williston Academy
Berkshire School
North Bennington Library History Highlights Growth
The North Bennington Free Library Association began in 1900 with books from founders homes Mrs E B Howe and Mrs W G Shaw. Books later moved to the village library upstairs in Powers Store area and finally to the current Main and West Street site built in 1921 as a memorial gift from Mrs. John G McCullough for Gov. McCullough.
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John G. McCullough
Gov. McCoullough
Choirs Rehearsals and Planning Meeting Set in Pownal
Choir rehearsals at Pownal Center Community Church begin 6 20 p m on Thursday. Fownel United Methodist and North Pownal Congregational hold Thursday classes and parsonage meetings. Bennington County Regional Planning Commission meets 7 30 p m Thursday at the Pownal Center firehouse to discuss the Bennington to Massachusetts Route 7 proposal with residents urged to attend.
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Pownal Center
Fownel United Methodist Church
North Pownal
Bennington County Regional Planning Commission
Bennington
Massachusetts
Free Jazz Ensemble Concert at Williams College Chapin Hall
The New England Conservatory Jazz Ensemble directed by Carl Atkins performs in Chapin Hall Williams College on Wednesday April 26 at 8 30 p m. Twenty musicians from NEC majors present improvisational pieces influenced by Black and New Orleans jazz. The concert is free and open to the public with a North Adams Holyoke Springfield tour to follow.
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Williamstown
Mass
New England Conservatory Jazz Ensermble
Chapin Hall
Willams College
Carl Atkins
New England Conservatory
Boston
They
Mey
England
Conservatory
Atkins
University of Indiana
Massachusetts
Lowell
North Adams
Holyoke
Springfield
North Bennington Cub Pack 328 Monthly Meeting Summary
James Kenyon crossed from Cubs to Boy Scouts and joined Troop with Joe Qurran and Carl Hess. James Newman earned the Wolf badge. Richard Hice and Mark Cherbonneau received awards. Meeks were presented to Ann Newman and Edna Curran. The old flag retired, new flag presented. Den 2 performed a circus skit.
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Noel Bennington
James Kenyon
Joe Qurran
Carl Hess
Gooden Kenyon
James Newman
Richard Hice
Mark Cherbonneau
Meeks
Ann
Newman
Edna Curran
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Woodford
Liza Davis
Gill
New York
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Leona Prouty
Sunderland
Gerald Raftery Steel
Arlington Community House
Fister School
Arlington Nursing Association
Belle Saunders
Vogue and
Vail
Hotel Pubory
Colonial Shopping Cer
W Mass
Tod P
Williams
Edith Beaumont
Hooslek Valley
Gladstone
Gladastones
The
Pownals
Blakemap
Shufisbury Crib
Cleveland Avenue
Sycamore Lane
Holliday Drive
Main Street
Brian Heehe
Peter Levin
John Harrington
Alan Beebe
Lilly Colvin
Jim Watson
Marc Eyina
Paul Breen
John Myers
Burduea Colvin
Florence Heche
Williams College Department of Music
Den 2
Den 1
Shaffe's
Tollar
Shaffe's Men's Shop
Maid ST
the Theatre
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