Swiss Engineer Builds Wilmington's Sole Industry
George Schneeberger leads G. S. Precision in Wilmington, a 1958 startup that grew from a 1200 square foot shop to a 7000 square foot modern plant. The Swiss engineer plans an apprentice training program to sustain skilled labor and enclose a pond fed by plant artesian water while he stresses patience and steady effort as keys to success.
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Wilmington
George Schneeberger
G. S. Precision, Inc
G. S. Precision
Schneeberger
Comepany
Deerfield River
G.S. Precision and Machine Works
Peter Mayenard
Maneager
Ex-Bennington Teacher Attains Home Economics PhD
Dr. Ruth Pestle, former Molly Stark School teacher in Bennington, earned a PhD in home economics education from Cornell University. She taught at State University College Oneonta since 1962 and researched pupil teacher rapport in activity choice.
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Oneonta
N.Y
Ruth Pestle
State University College
Cornell University
Molly Stark
Bennington
Ray I. Pestle
Waitsfield, VI
Pestle
Waitsfield
Dr. Pestle
Proctor
Meserve to Speak at Unitarian Fellowship Meeting
The Rev. Harry C. Meserve D D director of program at the Academy of Religion and Mental Health in New York City will address the Bennington Unitarian Fellowship next Sunday at 10 30 a m on The Liberal Opportunity. He has served as Unitarian minister in Massachusetts California and New York and has spoken at Bennington several times at the invitation of the fellowship.
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Unitarian Fellowship
Harry C. Meserve
D.D
Academy of Religion and Mental Health
New York City
Bennington
Green Mountain Fiddlers to join Vermont orchestra Saturday
One hundred ten string players from Green Mountain Fiddlers of Vermont and Red Barn Fiddlers of Connecticut join the Vermont State Symphony Orchestra at Chandler Music Hall Randolph Saturday April 24 at 8 p.m. under Dr Alan Carter. The program features Bartok Romanian Folk Dances Telemann and Handel concertos Copland Lincoln Portrait narrated by Eric Volkert Dvoraks New World Symphony final Brahms and Strauss pieces. Ralph Hersh of New York City will be the featured viola soloist.
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Randolph
Green Mountain Fiddlers
Vermont
Red Barn Fiddlers
Connecticut
Vermont State Symphony Orchestra
Chandler Music Hall
Alan Carter
Middlebury College
Bela Bartok
Green Mountain
Pandolph
Middlebury
Stanley Eakers
Vermont Symphony Orchestra Association
Bakers
Plantsville
Conn
Ralph Hersh
New York City
United States
Hersh
Aaron Copland
Lincoln
Eric Volkert
Obituary of Lorens C. Kyer longtime Hoosick Falls resident
HOOSICK FALLS NY Lorens C Kyer 71 retired farmer of West Hoosick and Buskirk died Wednesday at Hoosick Falls Health Center after a long illness He was lifelong Hoosick Falls resident son of the late Jacob and Katrina Kyer Survived by wife Hattie Jacobs two daughters Mrs Martin Garahan Defere vestville and Mrs Wesley Brownell West Hoosick two sons Lorens O Kyer Jr Speigletown and Harold Kyer Tomhannock four sisters Mrs Alma LeClair Bennington Mrs Sarah Brezell Stockbridge Mass Mrs Duncan Mee Martin Hoosick Falls and Mrs Joseph Brandaick Buskirk and 14 grandchildren Funeral at 2 pm Friday at Robson Home for Funerals 72 Main St with Rev Taylor B Light West Hoosick Baptist Church officiating Interment West Hoosick Cemetery.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Lorens C. Kyer
West Hoosick
Busekirk
Jacob and
Katrina
Peterson) Kyer
Kyer
David B. Plum
Troy Record
Hattie Jacobs
Martin Garahan
Defereestville
Wesley Brownell
Lorens O. Kyer Jr
Speigletown
Harold Kyer
Tomhannock
Alma LeClair
Bennington
Sarah Brezell
Stockbridge
Mass
Duncan Mee Martin
Joseph Brandaick
Buskirk
Robson Home For Funerals
Main St
Taylor B. Light
West Hoosick Baptist Church
West Hoosick Cemetery
Hearing Planned for Readsboro Bridge Project
Vermont Department of Highways schedules a 7:30 p.m. public hearing on May 4 at Readsboro Village School to discuss reconstructing a bridge over the West Branch of the Deerfield River. The 30 foot wide span includes a downstream sidewalk, with traffic rising from 575 to an estimated 820 daily by 1985. Plans are available in Bennington and Montpelier offices.
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Readsboro
Vermont Department of Highways
Deerfield River
Bennington
Department of Highways
Montpelier
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By Carlo Wolter
Schneeberger Is
Montier
Switzerland
the Mechanical
Bechler S.A
American Bechler Corp
East
Midwest
Charles Bueche
Walter
Robert Bueche
G.S. Precision Inc
Meserve
Nantes
France
UPI
Loroux-Bottereau
University of Vermont
Careswell
George Phillip Telemann
Concerto
Viola
George Friedrich Handel
Lorens O. Kyer Sr
Young
Adah
Coats
NSM Lilery
Bermuda
Coats & Luna
Oung Junior
Children’s Bazaar
Bennington, Vt
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