Arlington Street Fair sets 33rd annual event Aug 12 in town
Arlington volunteers from nearly a dozen groups prepare for the 33rd Arlington Street Fair on Thursday Aug 12. West Arlington Grange Roy Crofut will run games, AARP with Robert Jones handles home cooked foods, Arlington PTA runs the white elephant, and transportation for donations is available by calling Judy Meyer or Marge Hanson. Roberts Womer oversees the library book sale with proceeds going to the Community House. Moons led by Phil Bahan dispense hot dogs and hamburgers, Eastern Star with Dale Bahan handles ice cream, Boy Scouts sell soda, Garden Club manages a plants and decorative items booth, and Enterprise Society of East Arlington Federated Church runs the fish pond counter. Roberta Keough. overall chairwoman, expects a bigger crowd than any year since the Street Fair moved from the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Arlington Grange
Roy Crofut
American Association of Retired People
Robert Jones
Canfield Library Board
Moons
Phil Bahan
Order of the Eastern Star
Dale Bahan
Boy Scouts
Marian Dyett
Garden Club
Arlington
Enterprise Society of the East Arlington Federated Church
Mary Best
Roberta Keough
Soloists shine in seventh Berkshire Pownal weekend at Tanglewood
Opening concert of Berkshire region events features Colin Davis leading the Boston Symphony Orchestra with four soloists and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus in Schubert Mass in G. K 167. Elgar Symphony No. 1 follows. Weekend preludes include Christoph Eschenbach Beethoven piano sonata Op. 106. Open rehearsal Saturday under Ozawa with Judith Raskin soprano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Tanglewood
Davis
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
John Oliver
Elgar
Christoph Eschenbach
Hammerklavier
Seiji Ozawa
Boston Symphony
Ozawa
Pleasant Valley Granges and WSCS Set Meetings In August
Mrs Francis Wade returns from McClellan hospital. Pleasant Valley Granges meet August 6 at 8 30 p m at their hall. WSCS United Methodist church meets August 5 at 8 p m at Mrs James D Austin's home. Bailey family reunion July 24 at Desmond Bailey home Son Johns onville Forty attend with relatives from Syracuse Fort Bragg and local area. Church services August 8 9 30 a m at South Cambridge United Methodist with Rev Albert Stanley. Special flute solo by Joy Hamilton. Revival speakers for four Sundays. contact Rev Lohnes for Aug 2 15 emergencies 235 0216. After August Rev Muller at North Hoosick parsonage or 753 6545. Aug 18 action committee to plan Sunday school room nursery at church.
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Asa
Emily Bailey
Desmond Bailey
Johnsonville
Syracuse
Harry Bailey
Bruce
Barbara
Stephen
James
Fort Bragg
N.C
Tike
Anneth
Charles
Harvey Bailey
Amy Graves
Teresa Beadle
Bailey
South Cambridge United Methodist Church
Albert Stanley
Joy Hamilton
Muller
Paul Lohnes
North Hoosick
Action Committee
Philadelphia Orchestra Highlights Saratoga Second Week
The Philadelphia Orchestra returns to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center for an Aug. 11 to 14 span headlined by Seiji Ozawa Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos and Stanislaw Skrowaczewski leading tours. Ozawa Conducts Prokofieff and Tchaikovsky with Malcom Frager as soloist. Burgos leads Dvorak and Stravinsky August 12. Orff Carmina Burana with Nadja Witkowska Kenneth Riegel and more on August 14. Skrowaczewski conducts Mozart Brahms and Sibelius August 13 with Garrick Ohlsson soloist. Concerts feature Benny Mancini and Carpenters events and box-office ticketing details available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Saratoga
Seiji Ozawa
Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
Philadelphia Orchestra
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Japan
Prokofieff
Malcolm Frager
Nadja Witkowska
Kenneth Riegel
William Metcalf
Saratoga-Potsdam
Brock McElheran
Carl Orff
Beethoven
Garrick Ohlsson
Warsaw
Mozart
Brahms
Jean Sibelius
Jack Benny
America
Henry Mancini
The
Carpenters
NBC
S.P.A.C
Mac Davis
Arlington hearing on mobile home permit decision looms
Arlington selectmen hear new evidence on Evelyn Sinay's mobile home on River Road after denying a permit. Neighbors seek removal, threat of court action looms whether permit is granted or denied. Sinay plans a retirement home in about five years and argues flood plain rules do not bar building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bonenti
Arlington
Evelyn Sinay
Pittsfield
Mass
River Road
Selectmen
Ehrich
Vermont
Board of Adjustment
John Simson
Bennington County Regional Planning Commission
Simson
Old Home Day in West Arlington Sunday August 8
The Sandgate Methodist Church plans its annual Old Home Day with a 1:30 p.m. hymn service led by Virginia Andrews and others, followed by a 2:00 p.m. address by Dr. Norris Tibbetts, a retired West Arlington resident. Local pastor Rev John Geer assists, and church ladies will offer refreshments after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandgate Methodist Church
Virginia Andrews
Ed Nurdge
Phil Elwell
Richard Geer
Norris Tibbetts
Tibbetts
West Arlington
Greenwich
N.Y
Chicago
Riverside Church
New York City
John Geer
Sandgate Church
Adams Summer Festival Parade Opens Five Day Event
Adams Massachusetts hosts a five day festival beginning Wednesday with bicycle races and a beard contest. The Sunday parade features ten drum and bugle corps from Canada Connecticut Massachusetts New Jersey and New York plus leading Hoosac Valley High School Band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
Mass
Canada
Anthony P. McBride
D-Adams
Ruth
Rolland G. Duval
Katherine
VFW
Lions Club
American Legion
Park Street
Cheshire Stompers
Adams Super Market
Renfrew Field
Lexi Cavaliers
Les Eclipses
Les Vaillants
Connecticut
Centurions
Enfield
Golden Crusaders
Southington
Fife and Drum Corps
Bristol
Massachusetts
Royal Columbians
Granby
Valley Airs
Northbridge
New Jersey
Dukes
New York
Continental Cadets
Hoosac
Arlington area Girl Scout Day Camp seeks volunteers
Arlington volunteers are urged for a Girl Scout Day Camp from August 16 to 27 at Camp Ondawa Sunderland. Mothers may attend with their daughters, with a program for younger children. Contact Mrs Walter Crawford at 375-6022 for details. Vacation Bible School starts this Monday at Federated Church East Arlington 9 to 1130 with Judy Hunt directing and teachers named for each grade. A standard first aid course is offered August 10 8 to 10 p.m. at Bailey Hall with instructors Jim Manser and Molly Pratt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp
Ondawa
Sunderland
Walter Crawford
Vacation Bible School
Federated Church
East Arlington
Judy Hunt
Linda Smith
Sharon Davis
Sue Douglas
Betty Toone
Bailey Hall
Jim Manser
Molly Pratt
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Arlington Fair
Judy Meyer
Marge Hanson
Henry Clay Burgess
Fr. Ellingwood
Robert Womer
Martha
Sue Tenner
AIM, Inc
Manchester
Manchester Elementary School
Vermont Bottlers' Association
Lenox
Colin Davis
Berkshire
Pownals
Vera Langlais
Pownal
Rachel Mason
Fletcher Hall
Women’s Fellowship of the Pownal Baptist Church
Susan Bull
Etta Harris
South Cambridge
Margaret Aiken
Francis Wade
McClellan Hospital
Pleasant Valley Granges
WSCS
United Methodist Church
James D. Austin
Mia
Bennington
Main ST
Tereo OY
Baratus
Grafton Lakes State Park
TAL District State Park CO
Grafton
Mason
Freeland W. Littlefield
North Bennington
York Cross of Honor
York
Littlefield
Hiram Lodge
Portland
Maine
Hiram Chapter
Taft Commandry
Lodge of Perfection
First United Methodist Church
Eagle Square Company
Shaftsbury
U.S
Sandgate
Kay Weeks
Daniel Cadiz
Maurice Wynn
Sinay
Bernard Haley
Walter Blucher
Blucher
Duvals
North Adams
Lewis Cuyler
Auto Stores Inc
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