Bread Loaf Writers Conference Opens At Middlebury
The 50th Bread Loaf Writers Conference at Middlebury College opens August 12 for two weeks with 210 student writers and a distinguished staff. Robert Pack directs with Edward A. Martin administrative director. Noted guests include Marvin Bell John Gardner Anthony Hecht Maxine Kumin Lore Segal Nancy Willard and many others across poetry and fiction.
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Middlebury College
Bread Loaf Writers
Robert Frost
Bread Loaf
Robert Pack
Edward A. Martin
Marvin Bell
University of Iowa
George P. Elliott
Syracuse University
Seymour Epstein
University of Denver
John Gardner
Bennington College
Walter Goodman
Arts and Leisure
New York Times
Anthony Hecht
University of Rochester
John Irving
Mt. Holyoke College
Donald Justice
Iowa
Maxine Kumin
William Meredith
Connecticut College
Lore Segal
Columbia
Princeton
Nancy Willard
Vassar
Georges Borchardt
Shirley Fischer
McIntosh and Otis Agency
David Price
Paul Gray
Time Magazine
Richard Marek
Dial Press
Stephen Brook
Godine Press
Hilda Gregory
Prairie Schooner Magazine
Penelope
Library board hearing on Vermont library services Aug 19
The Vermont Board of Libraries will hold a public hearing on the future of Vermont library services on August 19 at the Northwest Regional Library in Georgia. The session runs from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. All interested people are invited to attend and share views, with focus on the new state Minimum Standards for Vermont Public Libraries.
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Vermont Board of Libraries
Vermont Library Services
Northwest Regional Library
I-89
U.S. Route 7
Georgia
Vermont
Bennington Recreation offers fall winter lifeguard posts
The Bennington Recreation Department seeks part time lifeguards and instructors for fall and winter. Applications available at Stark Street Playground. Also noted are local ads for Wickstock Farm corn and reduced gas prices. The Vermont Department of Libraries seeks public input on Federal Library Services and Construction Act funds and library services with a meeting on August 19 at 10:30 at the Northwest Regional Library. speakers must register by contacting 111 State St Montpelier VT 05602 828-3265.
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Stark Street Playground
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State St. Montpelier
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Northwest Regional Library
Bennington Friends plan meeting on aiding mentally retarded citizens
Bennington Friends for Retarded Citizens prepare to press Vermont's plan to educate handicapped children. A strategy session is set for Monday Aug 18 at 5 p.m. at the Work Activities Center on Benmont Avenue. They cite 81 Brandon Training School residents ready for community return but lacking placement and clear responsibility for services.
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Benmont Avenue
Vermont
Brandon Training School
Bennington County
Funeral honors for Mrs. Lawrence Sumner in Bennington
The funeral for Mrs. Lawrence Sumner formerly Florence Elwell was conducted at Mahar and Son Funeral Home with Rev Myra T Borden officiating. Bearers were Floyd Fleming William Houran Clifford Carpenter Thomas Dwyer Gordon Rose and Nelson Sumner. Vermont State Police Auxiliary and Bennington County Sheriff's Department attended the calling hours and the service. Burial was at Park Lawn Cemetery. Mrs Sumner died at her home on Beech Street in Bennington.
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Florence Elwell
Mahar and Son Funeral Home
Myra T. Borden
Floyd Fleming
William Houran
Clifford Carpenter
Thomas Dwyer
Gordon Rose
Nelson Sumner
Vermont State Police Auxiliary
Bennington County Sheriff’s Department
No Interest Seen in CVPS Ripple Control Plan
CVPS officials in Rutland report little public response to the ripple control system test. They cite concerns over lifestyle changes and the $150 to $200 installation cost as main deterrents. A caller blamed a credibility gap with customers and the public.
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UPI
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Vermont
CVPS
WSYB
Boston Massacre scene near Old State House
Old print shows a party of the British 29th Worcestershire Regiment amid a 1770 clash in Boston that left five Bostonians dead. March 5, 1770, date. Monument on Boston Common honors the dead. John Adams and Josiah Quincy defended the soldiers. seven were acquitted, two found guilty of manslaughter and branded on the thumb. The incident intensified resistance to England. Photo courtesy Mass Dept of Commerce and Development.
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29Th Worcestershire Regiment
Boston
Boston Common
John Adams
Josiah Quincey
England
Mass. Dept of Commerce and Development
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