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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1968
Page
7
Arlington group Yankee Doodlers assemble 3:30 p.m. at Crawford home to ride to Rupert Fire men’s Carnival then noon Sunday at Arlington School grounds for Arlington Horse Show exhibition. They travel to Londonderry for a firemen’s event, and a food stand at the Arlington Horse Show will fund a New York Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade invite via proceeds.
Weston's production of A Streetcar Named Desire opens at Weston Playhouse. Harlan Grant directs a cast led by Glenne Grant as Blanche DuBois and Edward LeClair as Stanley Kowalski, with Debi Tompkins Eunice Hubbell and Joan Kirby Stella Kowalski. Critics fault set lighting and acting, calling Blanche miscast and the overall production a disaster, urging immediate closure.
Tax bills for Manchester will be mailed the week of Aug 12. A regular bill due Sept 1 1968 for town and school, plus a second bill due March 1 1969 for the first half of the 1969 school year, will be included. Poll tax payments are split into two. Voter checklists are posted in post office lobbies and the town hall. The Board of Civil Authority meets Aug 13 at 8 pm to revise the list and add names of new eligible voters. Contact Town Clerk Clara May Hemenway or attend the meeting if not listed but eligible.
In North Bennington voters approved a kitchen renovation at North Graded School District saving about 3600 dollars. The project, totaling roughly 12138 dollars, converts the former chemistry lab and boys’ toilet into a modern hot lunch kitchen with folding wall tables in the gym. The measure also authorizes electric drinking fountains costing about 650 dollars, with state aid of 30 percent on approved costs.
Arlington Garden Club previews its flower show scheduled for August 20 at Fisher Elementary School from 2 30 to 8 30 p m. Led by Board of Gardeners chairwoman Mrs John L Whalen and supported by Mrs Fernand E Gendron Mrs Richard F Stolz and Mrs Thomas E Weakley with president Mrs C Robert Given, the event features an artistic arrangement division and a detailed schedule prepared by Mrs Christian W Schafer.
Descendants of William Betsy Brown and Wilbur Frances Brown of Murray Hollow plan their annual reunion at Roy Brown’s home in Murray Hollow on August 18. A picnic lunch at 1 p.m. Features include a horticulture division led by Mrs. Hastings and junior division chairmen. A new school kitchen project design by Richard B. Diamond Associates aims for bidding soon and completion by November 1.
Hoosick Falls Central School District invites bids for ice cream milk bread and for fuel oil for the upcoming school year with bids due to John M. Frier clerk of the board by 2 p.m. August 20 and board action slated for the same day's 8 p.m. meeting. Nancy Hillman 1968 graduate of Hoosick Falls Central has been accepted to Putnam Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Bennington. Dr. and Mrs. Volney Chapman hosted a housewarming at Classic Street with about 20 guests and presented a gift to the newly married couple.
Thomas N. Rumney son of Mr and Mrs Austin R Rumney is a Norwich University student attending Army Reserve Officers Training Corps summer camp that began July 8 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation Annville Pennsylvania
There will be a meeting of the Shaftsbury Fish and Game Club Monday at 7 30 p m in the 1 40 Club rooms on East Street. All sportsmen are invited to attend.
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