College Local Musicians Sing Mozart Requiem May 6
Bennington College Community Chorus and Orchestra rehearse for Mozart Requiem to be staged May 6 at 2 30 p m in Bennington Catholic High School auditorium. Conducted by Paul Boepple the mixed town and student group includes four New York soloists Sara Endlich Betty Allen Blake Stern and Paul Matthew. Tickets at Nevecks Bennington College Bookstore Williams Bookstore.
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North Bennington
Bennington College Community Chorus
Bennington Catholic High School
School Street
Paul Boepple
Bennington College Music
Manchester
Dorset
Hoosick Falls
New York
Sara Endlich
Betty Allen
Blake Stern
Paul Matthew
The
Carnegie Hall
New York City
Dessoff Choirs
Boepple
Noveck’s
Bennington
Bennington College
Williams
Williamstown
Battenkill Grange Youth Night Held In Arlington Vermont
Battenkill Grange held a April 18 meeting in Arlington with Youth Chairman Leroy Davis and Alford Clayton presiding. A sewing contest ends April 30 with dresses due May 1 at Mrs. George Cooledge home, knitting contest uses Coats and Clark thread and Red Heart yarns, and a baking contest is planned. A spaghetti supper to aid juveniles is set for May 5 at 6 p.m. Prizes were awarded in a juvenile scrap book contest and there were talent and dairy prize awards. Next meeting May 2 includes a Mothers Day program.
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Arlington — Battenkill Grange
Leroy Davis
Alford Clayton
Helen Condon
George Cooledge
Coats and Clark
Red Heart
Raymond McEckron
Ifye Fund
Battenkill Grange
Mettowee Valley
Pawlet
Battenkill Juvenile Grange
Mt. Equinox Juvenile Inspection
Betty Clayton
Grange
Edward Curran
Randy Clayton
Susan McEckron
Melinda Grover
Wildwood
Belle Decker
Dorothy Waite
Mabel Crofut
Army tanks at Tucson Reserve Center damaged by BB gun fire
Officers at the Tucson Army Reserve Center report vandals used BB guns to break periscopic and telescopic lenses on seven 48 ton tanks. The incident prompted an investigation into who fired the pellets and how the damage occurred.
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Tucson
Ariz
Tucson Army Reserve Center
Peru Mabel Whitney and Easter Service Update
The Peru School is on vacation this week and Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Beattie are likewise enjoying time off from their schools. Snow from last week was 18 inches deep, and town crews cleared roads and driveways. Ralph Washburn and Richard Powell of Marion Mass are visiting at their camp. Conrad and Stewart Beattie recovered from measles. Easter service with Rev Jordan Dickenson will be held at 11:15 a.m. next Sunday.
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Peru
Baker
Beattie
Ralph Washburn
Richard Powell
Marion
Mass
Conrad
Stewart Beattie
Jordan Dickenson
Three Williams Students Receive Fulbright Grants
Williams College announces three seniors Andrew Hero Kenneth Kehler and Frank Wolf have been awarded Fulbright Grants for graduate study abroad in 1962 63. The awards come from the U S Educational Exchange program supported by foreign currencies owed to the U S Treasury.
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Williamstown
Williams College
Inia
Department of State
Andrew W. Hero
Colorado Springs
Colo
Kenneth C. Kehrer
Orange
U. S. Treasury
U. S
Baby Whooping Crane Dies During Leg Operation
A 10 day old baby whooping crane died during a Wednesday operation to repair a crippled leg. The chick had been flown from New Orleans to St. Louis for treatment at the Ralston Purina animal research center. The species’ world population stood at 45. The bird hatched at Audubon Park Zoo in New Orleans.
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ST. Louis
New Orleans
Ralston Purina Co
Williams College Alumni Loan Exhibition Opens for Preview
A large response to the May 5 Williams College Alumni Loan Exhibition prompts a May 4 preview from 7 30 to 9 30 in the Lawrence Art Museum for undergraduates and friends. The show runs May 6 to June 17 with free public access featuring 130 works including Gothic Renaissance and modern art by 56 lenders.
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Williamstown
Williams College
Lawrence Art Museum
S. Lane Faison Jr
Williams
Student Union
Lawrence Hall
John E. Sawyer
James P. Baxter III
Karl E. Weston
Department of Art
Williams Professor Peck Receives Harvard Doctorate
Williams College religion instructor William J. Peck earned his doctor of theology from Harvard University in absentia. The dissertation compares Bonhoeffer and Sullivan, tracing personal simplicity in theology and psychiatry. Born Arlington Mass Peck studied Yale Princeton Theological Seminary Goettingen and Cambridge, later serving refugee work and research on religion and mental health.
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Williamstown
William J. Peck
Williams College
Harvard University
Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Yale
Princeton Theological Seminary
Henry
Cambridge University
Munich
Innsbruck
Trieste
World Council of Churches
Goettingen University
First Presbyterian Churh
Weatherly
Harvard
Peck
H. Dudley Peck
Ostaacalco
Guatemala
Central America
William Jay Peck
Joyce Bainton
New Haven, Conn
Christopher Martin
Timothy Bainton
Steven Dudley
Oxford targets Dogwood Festival to crown world capital
Dogwood Festival planned in Oxford Mississippi with a civic drive planting over 2,000 dogwood trees to brand the town as the Dog wood Capital of the World. The initiative aims to boost tourism and community pride in Oxford.
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Oxford
Miss
Mississippi
Vermont poet William Jay Smith tours Chicago in debate over Vermont image
Rep William Jay Smith of Pownal Vermont spreads his Vermont story in Chicago lecturing at Lake Forest College and speaking at the Chicago Arts Club about modern poetry hoaxes. The Chicago Daily News describes him as the banana belt representative and notes controversy over his portrayal of Vermont. He plans another lecture April 24 at Bennington College theater.
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William Jay Smith
Pownal
Vermont
Chicago
Lake Forest College
Chicago Arts Club
Smith
Chicago Daily News
Bennington College
Campus’ Commons
Williams College
Rutland Herald
Stamp War Blues: Trading Stamps Drive Shopper's Life
New York writer laments how collecting trading stamps reshapes shopping and time. He details comparing store ads for extra stamps, choosing multi-store deals, and chasing double stamp days, turning everyday errands into a full time strategy.
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New York
Taconic Grange Holds Regular Meeting in Shaftsbury
Taconic Grange No. 491 met in Shaftsbury with Worthy Master Lillian Wood presiding. Reports on finances from Merton Snow Jr. and plans for a Community Service Contest, May 19 social, April 25 neighbor night, and upcoming degree ceremonies were announced.
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Shaftsbury
Taconic Grange No
Lillian Wood
Merton Snow Jr
National Grange Insurance Company
Metowee Valley Grange
Roberta Snow
Ethan Allen
Pomona Grange
Stamford
Randolph
Adenovirus Linked to Hamster Tumors Findings
A Baylor University study notes adenovirus 12 causes malignant lung tumors in hamsters when injected, though no evidence links the virus to cancer in humans. Researchers Dr. John J. Trentin and Dr. Yoshiro Yabe describe high malignancy and possible liver spread, with rats showing gender differences in alcohol consumption.
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Reevers
U.S
John J. Trentin
Yoshiro Yabe
Baylor University
Margaret L. Clay
University of Michigan
Congregational Women's Meeting and Local Group Activities
The Congregational Women's Association meets April 25 at 1 30 p m in the vestry with Mrs Carl Ball and Mrs Charles Smith hosting. The West Dover School Board meets the same day at 8 p m in the school. Grange attended by 12 members with Marie Taylor presiding votes a Cancer Drive donation. A card party set for April 24 at 8 30 p m at the Willards home. The next Grange supper is May 2 at 6 p m followed by guessing games and refreshments by Marie Taylor.
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Congregational Women’s Association
Carl Ball
Charles Smith
West Dover
Marie Taylor
Herbert Willard
Grange
Doctors discover medal lion in patient’s larynx
Muskogee Oklahoma AP reports Heskill Tilley, 53, recovering from burns, gained a clearer voice after doctors found a medal lion lodged in his larynx. He does not recall swallowing it, but his condition improved after removal.
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Muskogee
Okla
Heskill Tilley
Tilley
Charlatans by Fredericks Open in New York
Two one act plays by Claude Fredericks of Bennington College open April 26 at the Van Dam Theatre New York directed by Herbert Machiz. The works On Circe's Island and A Summer Ghost explore who the charlatans are in Odysseus Circe episode and a Houston youth tale.
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North Bennington “Charlatans
Claude Fredericks
Bennington College
van Dam Theatre
New York
Circe’s
Herbert Machiz
Machiz
Tennessee Williams
Garden District
Williams
Circe
Odysseus
Houston
Texas
Fredericks
Living Theatre
Berlin
Barbara Gibbs
Bennington
Francis C. Golffing
Chaucer
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