Soldiers' Home Plans 22-Bed Nursing Unit in Vermont
Col. Edward H. Giles announces preliminary plans for a 22 bed nursing care unit at the Vermont Soldiers' Home in Bennington. Construction and funding are to be shared by federal and private sources, with the project aimed to meet growing needs of aging veterans under a new federal aid program and in line with non discrimination provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Vermont Soldiers’ Home
Edward H. Giles
Bennington
Giles
Veterans Administration
Soldiers’ Home
Congress
Vermont
Headstart program in Vermont aids 2000 children this summer
Bennington College sponsors Bennington County Headstart serving 30 children with $7,000 in federal funds. Vermont totals 2,000 children across nine regions, part of a statewide effort that will enroll over 10,500 youngsters starting school in September 1965.
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Bennington County
Bennington College
Montpelier Office of Economic Opportunity
Northeast Kingdom
Orange County
Vermont
Vermont Department of Education
The
College
Windham
Bennington
Windsor
Rutland
Addison
Chittenden
Franklin
Orange
Washington
Lamoille
Orleans
Essex
Caledonia
Marsden Wins Postal Award at Local Post Office
Moscow dispatch reports Roy Marsden received a $15 cash award for a carrier clerks planning form system. Postmaster Stanley J. Pekalski presented the prize, marking a second award after January 4. Meanwhile the Soviet Union released several million pounds of wheat flour for May Day in Moscow, not sold retail since 1963 harvest shortfall.
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Roy Marsden
Marsden
Stanley J. Pekalski
Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Russia
Clarendon
Bennington
Albany
Burlington
U.S
Malcolm Bleau
Slingerlands
N.Y
Merrill E. Swift
Edward Connally
Troy
N,y
George Lemieux
Voorheesville
N. Y
Obituary of Bennington businessman Frank L. Potter
Frank L. Potter 80 longtime Bennington businessman and estate investor died Thursday at Crescent Manor Nursing Home after two months as a patient. He owned a North Street hardware store and a River Street furniture shop and dabbled in real estate. Survivors include daughter Lois Potter of Orlando and son Everett Potter of Harrisburg, sister Mrs. Harry Goddeau, and cousins. Funeral Saturday at Mahar & Son Funeral Home with Rev. Melvin R. McGaughey officiating. burial Park Lawn Cemetery. Visiting hours today 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
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Frank L. Potter
Bennington
Crescent Manor Nursing Home
West Main Street
Daniel and
Viola (Jackson) Potter
North Street
King Shoe Repair
River Street
Lois Potter
Orlando
Fla
Everett Potter
Harrisburg
Harry Goddeau
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Melvin R. McGaughey
First Methodist Church
Park Lawn Cemetery
Beetho ven Chamber Works At Bennington College
A Bennington College Carriage Barn concert devoted to early chamber music showcased pre World War I aims. Alban Berg four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano Opus 5 (1913) impressed with dense tonal shifts and wide clarinet lines, while Charles Ives 1908 Unanswered Question contrasted string chords with trumpet interjections.
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Bennington College
Alban Berg
Gunnar Schonbeck
Henry Brant
Regiser
Mr. Schonbeck
Mr. Brant
Charles Ives
Albany Concert to Feature Stephen Manes in Albany NY
Albany Symphony Orchestra plans the final 1964-65 season concert on Monday May 3 at 8 30 p m in Philip Livingston High School Albany with pianist Stephen Manes soloing in Brahms Second Concerto. Edgar Curtis conducts a program including Sibelius Fifth Symphony the Bee thoven Fidelio Overture and Calabro Night Piece. Dated reports note Manes recent accolades and his U S tour history along with local ticket details.
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Albany
N.Y
Albany Symphony Orchestra
Philip Livingston High School
Stephen Manes
Bennington
Manes
United States
Vienna
Concert Artists Guild Town
New York Times
Christian Science Monitor
The
Washington Post
Edgar Curtis
Brahms
Noveck-Shultz
J. H. Manes
Brant
Erik Satie
Vivian Fine
Frank Baker
Louis Calabro
Schonbeck
YMCA Closed On Saturday In Hartford Meeting
The Bennington YMCA will be closed all day Saturday May 1 while officers and staff attend the New England Area Council of YMCAs annual meeting in Hartford Connecticut. Attending from the locals are James F. Davis president Harry J. Eddington vice president Waldo C. Holden World Service chairman and member of the New England council Mrs Holden General Secretary Leonard J. Black and Mrs Black Associate Secretary John P. Riddle.
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Bennington
New England Area Council of Ymcas
Hartford
James F. Davis
Harry J. Eddington
Waldo C. Holden
World Service
New England Council
Holden
Leonard J. Black
World War I Unit Seeks WW II Veterans for Reunion
The 3rd Armored Spearhead Division seeks combat veterans for its 18th annual reunion in Los Angeles on July 15. It has 1500 members from all states and abroad, and urges members to contact secretary Paul W. Corrigan in Lynn, Massachusetts, for joining details and reunion costs. In Istanbul, Turkey a tornado killed three people and damaged buildings near a mosque.
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Princeton
N.J
Third Armored
First
France
Belgium
Germany
Los Angeles
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Unitones
H. Greenberg & Son, Inc
Main St
Dial
NING
Acery
Penny
Bennington Savings, ‘and Loan
Bennington, Vermont
Hoff
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Joseph Provost
John
Buck) Jenkins
Birmingham
Ala
Harry White
National
William Ross
Sabin Morris
Richard Curtiss
Joseph Scerra
Fred C. Nutt
Music Review
Sgt. Andrews
Army
Roger L. Andrews
Percy H. Andrews
Route 1
Grafenwehr
Andrews
3D Infantry Division
64Th Armor
Reno, Nev
Washoe County
YMCA
Association
Paul W. Corrigan
Exchange St
Lynn
Mass
Istanbul
Turkey
Eskisehir
Drysdale’s
Carroll’s Drug Store
Clairol
Sola LY
Imp
Rootes
Sunbeam
Sunbeam Imp
Paulin's
Hillman
RTE
East Poe
Shaftsbury, VT
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