Scholarships Granted to 16 for Composers Conference
Sixteen young American composers receive tuition scholarships to the 24th annual Composers Conference at Bennington College from Aug 10 for two weeks. Winners join seven other attendees for daily seminars with Mario Davidovsky and Donald Erb, with works read and taped by selected instrumentalists and top pieces featured in five campus concerts.
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Bennington College
Mario Davidovsky
Donald Erb
Bennington
New York City
Max Pollikoff
National Endowment On the Arts
Martha Baird Rockefeller
150 State Delegates Due At Annual CYO Congress
Burlington Vermont prepares for the 18th annual CYO Congress at Camp Holy Cross on Lake Champlain August 17 to 19. About 150 delegates from across Vermont will explore leadership, group processes, communication and motivation under a new program emphasizing youth input and the Impact method. The Most Rev. Robert F. Joyce will address youth leadership in the diocese, with James Antell of Burlington delivering the keynote and other leaders guiding workshops on communication motivation and leadership tasks.
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Burlington
CYO
Camp Holy Cross
Lake Champlain
Vermont
Robert F. Joyce
Junior Chamber of Commerce
James Antell
Antell
Council On
Robert Smith
Haveg Industries Inc
Stanley Reczek
Vergennes Union High School
Basil Nichols
Michael Donoghue
Nell Rowley
Kathy Lewis
Ralph Walsh
David Martin
Joseph Smyrski
Father Nichols
Two Picnic Hazards By Marion Harris Home Demonstration Agent
Picnic safety tips warn against bacterial growth and toxin formation in foods left out in heat and humidity. Refrigerate egg and potato salad promptly, mix dressing separately, and keep leftovers chilled. Outdoor barbecues indoors with briquettes risk carbon monoxide. ensure ventilation or move outside.
Ecologist LaMont Cole To Be Given UVM Honor
Cornell professor LaMont C. Cole will receive an honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Vermont on Aug. 18 as part of the American Institute of Biological Sciences meetings at UVM. He chairs a panel on Biologists and the Public Attitude Toward Science and is known for work on pollution and population cycles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaMont Cole
UVM
Burlington
Cornell University
University of Vermont
American Institute of Biological Sciences
LaMont C. Cole
Cornell
Lyman S. Rowell
Ira Allen Chapel
Milton Potash
Cole
AIBS
Harvey Brooks
Division of Engineering and Applied Physics
Harvard
Sidney Galler
Smithsonian Institution
J. Roger Porter
Department of Microbiology
University of Iowa College of Medicine
University of Chicago
University of Utah
Indiana University
Earth
Campaign Starts Sunday For 11th Bishop Fund
Burlington reports the 11th Bishop Fund for Charities and Development will begin general solicitation Sunday August 10. Over 30,000 residents across Vermont are to be visited during the appeal period. Last year’s third phase raised $173,949.46, contributing to a 1968 total of $377,631.29, the highest since the fund’s start.
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Burlington
Bishop’s Fund For Charities and Development
Vermont
Obituaries from West Rupert and nearby areas
Obituaries report Gordon Mullen of West Rupert 52 dying after a long illness at Mary McClellan Hospital in Cambridge New York. Survived by Olive Mullen Loretta Rodgers and two grandchildren. Funeral at McClellan Funeral Home with burial in Evergreen Cemetery Salem. Other notices include Frank Lerch Jr in Jackson Heights and Rosario Foucher of North Adams with family survivors.
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West Rupert
Gordon Mulen
Mary McClellan
Cambridge
N.Y
Mr. Mullen
Oney Mullen
Grace Mullen Rafter
Olive Herrick Mullen
Loretta Rodgers
McClellan
Salem
Catherine Chiffelle
Rupert Congregational Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Frank H. Lerch Jr
Jackson Heights
Manchester
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Mahar and Son
Walter B. Cooke
Roosevelt Ave
North Adams
Mass
Rosario Foucher
Quebec
Nazaire and
Marie (Ricard) Foucher
Rita Courtemanche
Anne Marie Foucher
Oblate
Delcambre
Rita Foucher
Sisters of
St. Anne
Holyoke
Rosario
Joseph Foucher
Westfield
Roy Thibodeau
Germaine Foucher
George Martin
Bennington
Rose Tripp
Lee
Armand
Laurent
Holy Family Church
Southview Cemetery
Campers Thank Carnival Hosts
The staff and 65 children of Sunny Hill Camp express thanks to Mammoth Mart and Save-Way for a carnival held in the shopping center lot. Campers enjoyed three rides each with the elephant ride a favorite among attractions. Fifteen counselors supervised the group, and all had a great time.
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Sunny Hill Camp
Mammoth Mart
Save- Way
Leslie Rice Honored On 72nd Birthday
A 72nd birthday surprise party was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Douglass Greene for their uncle, Leslie Rice of Benn ington. Cake, ice cream and punch were served guests by Miss Lisa Greene. Rice received several useful gifts of clothing and money. Guests honoring him included Mrs. Emily Greene, Mrs. Jennie Bishop, three sons, and extended family with Richard Greene home on leave from the army and his fiancee Anita Cross.
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Douglass Greene
Leslie Rice
Bennington
Lisa Greene
Dog Club Graduation in North Adams Next Wednesday
The Northern Berkshire Dog Training Club will hold graduation for the beginner class next Wednesday evening in the old Hunter's Machine Shop on Main Street North Adams Mass. The program includes a demonstration of the beginner class completed in ten weeks and an advanced class drill. Graduates receive engraved diplomas from club president Fred Brook. Refreshments will be served and the public is invited. Registration for the next class is Friday at 7 30 p.m. in the same location with club members answering questions about the training class.
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Northern Berkshire Dog Training Club
Hunter’s Machine Shop
Main Street
North Adams
Mass
Fred Brook
Transplanted Red Clover Learns New Pot in Vermont Move
A memoir of moving from Vermonters with Benjie’s teething and a penicillin pill aiding the trip. The author recalls decades in Bennington and the emotional upheaval of leaving familiar soil, while joking that Vermont’s green mountains outshine any transplanted clover finding new roots.
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Bennington
Vermont
Higgins Home on Leave After Vietnam Service
Spec. 5 Ronald J. Higgins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Higgins of 3 Tel Road, returns from a year in Danang, Vietnam, on a 30 day leave before rejoining Fort Lewis, Wash. He received the Bronze Star for meritorious achievement. His wife is Maurene Simons of North Adams, Mass. His father chairs Bennington's Board of Selectmen.
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Ronald J. Higgins
Joseph Higgins
3 Tel Road
Danang
Vietnam
Fort Lewis
Wash
Higgins
Maurene Simons
North Adams
Mass
Bennington
Board of Selectmen
Man Marries Penny Wise In Piccadilly Screen Display
Alan Margolis spent 120 to reveal his wedding news on a Piccadilly Circus screen during his reception. The message will flash every four minutes for four hours, Penny Wise approving of the public account of their nuptials.
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London
UPI
Alan Margolis
Piccadilly Circus
Penny Wise
Weekend Food Buys for the Second Weekend in August
A UPI summary from USDA and Interior notes ample displays of meat and poultry and good vegetable stocks in stores for the second August weekend. Broiler-fryer chickens turkeys and beef and lamb roasts are plentiful with pork items bacon and smoked picnics abundant. Popular fish buys include Maine sardines canned tuna and fish sticks. Fresh vegetables such as cabbage corn lettuce potatoes onions and tomatoes are in best supply along with peaches and watermelons.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Interior
United Press International
USDA
Consumer and Marketing Service
Maine
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Vermont State Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Bendel
Stephen Chambers
Marcia Cohen
Skokie
Ill
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Bellerose
Clare Franco
Paul Hedwall
S. Pasadena
Calif
Hank Johnson
Chamber Music Center
George Grossman
Antonia
Lavanne
Efrain Guigui
David Gilbert
Melvin Kaplan
Charles Russo
Allen Blustine
Maurice Pachman
Albert Richmond
Ronald Anderson
Jay Shanman
Warren Smith
Robert Miller
Zita Carno
Joel Berman
Joseph Schor
Ernestine Briesmeister
Jack Glick
Ynez Lynch
Peter Rosenfeld
Michael Finckel
Christopher Finckel
Barbara Wilson
Alvin Brehm
Ervin Auchter
Composers’ Conference
Dr. Carter
Pollikoff
Ernest Stires
Phyllis H. Franze
Leslie M. Bigelow
Y. Price
Ernst Ties
Deel
American Gem Society
Main St
Marion Harris
Aibs-Campbell
Frank P. Cullinan
Gordon Mullen
Paul M. Bresnehan
Mercy
Charity
Mate Oyu Bankamericard
Han Worthmore
Richard T. Worthmore
Richard If
Worthmore
Soon Mau & OO
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Ami
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Ray
Madeline Rusiloski
Benjie
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Lincoln
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Triple “‘S
Grand Union Empire
Nichols
Sturbridge
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