Northshire Day Camp Opens Amid Clouds and Mosquitoes
About 20 youngsters aged seven to 12 from Manchester Arlington Sunderland and Dorset arrived for Northshire Y Day Camp first session at 4 H Camp Ondawa under counselors Peter LeGrand Sandra Pickering and Kathe Dillmann. The program runs two two week sessions five days weekly with registrations open for the second session as Loomis Dana praised camp leadership and the upbeat start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northshire Day Camp
Sunderland
Bennington Ymca
Robert Northrup
Kathe Dillmann
Sandra Pickering
Peter LeGrand
Otis
Northshire
Manchester
Arlington
Dorset
Ondawa
LeGrand
Miss Pickering
Arlington Memorial High School
Miss Dillmann
UVM
YMCA
Northrop
Bennington
North Shire
Loomis Dana
Flora Bump urges parade uniform shirts for state convention
Shaftsbury Mrs Flora Bump president of the fire company auxiliary says all members marching in the Barre state convention parade Sunday must have new uniform shirts finished. For parade schedule and details call Charles Becker at 442 9020.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Bump
Fire Company Auxiliary
Barre
Charles Becker
Burr and Burton teachers attend gifted student seminar
Two Burr and Burton Seminary teachers, John E. Fay and William Bell, returned from a two week Bennington College seminar observing methods for teaching gifted students. They joined 12 Vermont high school teachers and earned four certification credits, with coursework in social sciences natural sciences English and music. Susan Miller previously attended the program last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Burr and Burton Seminary
Bennington College
John E. Fay
Dorset
William Bell
Arlington
State Department of Education
Vermont
Travis Harris
Manhasset
N.Y
Fay
Leonard Rowe
John Finlay
Burr and Burton
Susan Miller
Local Notices from Manchester and Bennington Area
Dr Isley Zecher returns home after hospital stay from an automobile accident in Bennington. District Ranger Sidney Davis and Mrs Davis return from a York Beach family vacation in Maine. First Baptist Church Service Club holds summer sale on church lawn Friday 1:30 to 7:30 pm. Atty and Mrs James Campbell announce son First Lt James B Campbell Jr has arrived in Di An Vietnam after service at Fort Benning Fort Carson and Fort Lewis. Lt Campbell a Burr and Burton graduate and 1966 Dartmouth honors graduate. Board of Selectmen names Casper Pike new custodian of Manchester Dorset town dump. Casper Pike of Arlington takes over last week. R J Nicholls highway planning engineer will speak at Manchester Rotary Club at Worthy Inn. Ivor Pelsue of Bennington district engineer and Rotary district governor expected. Town Manager James Woodard takes two days vacation Monday and Tuesday.
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Isley Zecher
Bennington
Sidney Davis
U.S. Forest Service
James B. Campbell Jr
di An
Republic of Vietnam
Fort Benning
Fort Carson
Colo
Fort Lewis
Wash
Burr and Burton Seminary
Campbell
Dartmough College
Board of Selectmen
Manchester-Dorset
Casper Pike
Arlington
R.J. Nicholls
State Highway Department
Manchester
Community gatherings and church drives in Arlington area
The Youth Groups of the Baptist and Congregational Churches plan a 6 pm weiner roast at the quarry with 5:45 pm departures. Our Lady of Lourdes leads a 1967 Bishop's Fund Drive for Burlington Diocese charities. Local visits include Fresh Air program trips to New York City and a four week stay. church pledges and envelopes noted.
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Baptist and
Congregational Churches
Our Lady of Lourdes Church
Ladies’ Guild
Burlington
Milo Green
Wilbraham
Mass
Benjamin L. Powell
North Pownal
William Hunsicker
South Pownal Church
Manchester Sets Tax Rate for 5.17 per 100 Billions
Manchester board sets a tax rate of 5.17 per 100 and will mail tax bills this month. The Board of Civil Authority finished hearings on tax appeals with 22 reductions on 45 properties for 35 claimants. Hearings began July 10, spanning eight evenings, with members spending over seven hours in committee. Unsatisfied taxpayers may appeal to the state tax commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Board of Selectmen
Board of Civil Authority
Weston stages Show Boat at Weston Playhouse Aug 3–6
Weston The entire Weston Playhouse company prepares a riverboat production of Show Boat from August 3 to 6. The revival features Robert L. Hobbs as Cap'n Andy, Jean Goodale as Parthy, Linda Shea as Magnolia, Robert Calvert as Ravenal, Molly Harris as Julie LaVerne, and Herbert Hankinson as Joe, with Hankinson making his Weston debut after Tanglewood studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weston
Weston Playhouse Company
Mississippi
Cotton
Bill
Cap’t
Andy
New England
Parthy
Magnolia
Cap’n
Gaylord Ravenal
Julie
Cap’n Andy
Robert L. Hobbs
Hobbs Studio
New York
Jean Goodale
Linda Shea
Princess Winnifred
Robert Calvert
Linda
Ravenal
Molly Harris
Lady Larken
Julie LaVerne
Helen Morgan
Herbert Hankinson
Joe
William Warfield
Paul Robeson
Hankinson
Tanglewood
Richard Hall Wins $1500 Stanley Works Suggestion Award
Richard Hall a sanding lathe operator at Eagle Square Mfg Co received the largest local plant suggestion award of 1500 dollars from plant manager Richard Mason. Hall who lives at 205 Benmont Ave Bennington began working at the plant in 1965. He credited a simple idea using refinite cloth on sanding belts to a longer lasting better finish and submitted the suggestion realizing only modest value at first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Hall
Richard Mason
Eagle Square Mfg. Co
Shaftsbury
Francis Elwell
Wood Department
Hall
Benmont Ave
Bennington
Eagle Square
Stanley Works
Stanley
Stanley Tools
New Britain
Conn
Winhall Fire Dept. nets $300 from sale of food and rum mage
Winhall Fire Department raised three hundred dollars from a recent sale of odds and ends including food and rum mage. Treasurer Lola Roberts credited contributors with thanks and appreciation for all donations and help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winhall
Lola Roberts
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John Colvin
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Thomas Hevey
Mark Squires
Eric Hayes
Jeff Fleming
Erin
Gavin Cornell
Darcy Cherbonneau
Randy Fleming
David Barney
Greg Bartholomae
Susan Davis
John O’leary
Keith Ellis
Karen Jane Ritchie
Fran Stacy
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Vera Langlais
Nancy H. Otis
Helene Thompson
Bishop’s Fund
Edward King
Hunsicker
Ladies of the First Baptist Church
Harold Rhodes
Frank L. Haley
Lloyd Rathbun
Cleon Rice
New York City
Marcel A. Langlais
Pownal
Charles’ Brentnell
Hackettstown
N.J
County Road
New Jersey
Paul Brentnell
Lewis Strocklein
Ora McLellan
Herald Tribune Fresh Air
Wallie
Arlington Fire Company
Dinette
Hale Co
J. Thorest
Milltown
Donald
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Donald Crofut
Mark
Crofut
Merwin Crofut
Atkins
Atkins & Gould Jewelers
Adams
Clothes
Bennington, VT
John O. Slade
PET Supply
H. Greenberg & Son, Inc
DIAL
Your Gift
Noveck - Shultz Inc
Ford
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Wilson Ford, Inc
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