Bennington Battle Bicentennial events calendar
A comprehensive list of commemorations for the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Bennington. Activities span Donkey baseball games, parades, Channel 12 previews, tavern reopens, museum exhibits, outdoor dances, bird club meeting, lectures, chicken barbecues, dances, fireworks, 18th century encampments, water polo, demonstrations, reenactment, press conference, ball, Kids Day, marching bands, brunches, pancake breakfasts, parade routes, militia gatherings, and a full day of events at Willow Park, Park-McCullough House, and the Battlefield sites in Vermont, New York, and Shaftsbury.
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Bennington
Mt. Anthony
Rural Fire Dept
Bennington Fire Dept
Bennington Police
MAU
Main Street
Spinelli Field
Channel 12
Peter Matteson
Vermont
Dartmouth College
Hanover
N.H
Vermont Veterans’ Home
Willow Park
Kocher
New England
New York
Mt. Anthony Field
Park- McCullough House
Mettawee Players
Children’s Museum
Bennington Horn Society
Battlefield State Park
Walloomsac
Walloomsac-Bennington Battlefield Park
Bennington event guide lists museum demos and ceremonies
From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. two gunsmiths build muzzle loaders at Bennington Museum Parmelee Gallery through Friday. 11 a.m. DAR memorial service at Old First Church Bennington with Town Manager Louis Savelas guest speaker. 12:15 p.m. New Gen Stark marker dedication near Battle Monument with Gov Meldrim Thomson and Lt Gov T Buckley. 1 p.m. Luncheon at Mt AnthonyCC for distinguished visitors chaired by Judge Holden with Sen Leahy speaking. 3 p.m. Commemorative service at Battlefield State Park Walloomsac featuring William Murphy. 7–8 p.m. WAST-TV to air Aug 13–14 festivities documentary.
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DAR
Old First Church
Old Bennington
Louis C. Savelas
Gen
Stark
Battle Monument
Meldrim Thomson
N.H
T. Garry Buckley
Mt. Anthony Country Club
James S. Holden
U.S
Patrick J. Leahy
Battlefield State Park
Walloomsac
N.Y
William J. Murphy
Rensselaer
Wast-Tv
Channel
Vermont Veterans Home names Hicks as adjutant
Trustees of the Vermont Veterans Home announced the appointment of Donald C. Hicks as adjutant, succeeding John E. Ahearn who was named commandant in May. Hicks, 51, is a Bennington native with a history of public service including leadership roles at the Bennington Village Board of Trustees and the Greater Bennington Chamber of Commerce, and since 1966 has served as business manager for the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles. The board also named Annette Morrissey secretary to Ahearn, replacing Janet J. Henningsen who is on medical leave.
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Vermont Veterans Home Today
Donald C. Hicks
John E. Ahearn
Hicks
Bennington Village
Ahearn
Chamber of Commerce
Greater Bennington Association
Quinlan’s
TV crews film Bennington Battle reenactment for WAST documentary
TV crews led by John Wolfe shoot scenes at Bennington Museum Blackfriar Restaurant and Old First Church for a WAST-TV documentary on the Bennington Battle reenactment. The 1000 to 1400 participant event at Willow Park runs Saturday from noon to 4 pm with a 7 to 8 pm Aug 16 airing.
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Channel 13
John Wolfe
Bennington
Wast-Tv
Blackfriar
Old First Church
Willow Park
Eugene R. Kosche
Bennington Museum
Bruce Beh
Newswatch
Wolfe
Blackfriar Tavern
Paul Secor
Mark Ryan
Snelling Buckley clash over Addison County aid plan
Rutland governor Richard A. Snelling and Lt. Gov. T Garry Buckley clash over drought relief for Addison County farmers Buckley proposed purchasing land or development rights to provide cash while Snelling urged federal aid and opposed land purchases Buckley suggested irrigation aid and the governor seeks disaster declaration from President Carter.
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Rutland
Richard A. Snelling
T. Garry Buckley
Addison County
Snelling
Buckley
Carter
Addison
Lloyd calls for cool heads over Snelling papers
In Montpelier Rep. Samuel Lloyd urges Democrats to set aside partisanship to allow the Governor's Cost Control Council study on state government to proceed. He warns the debate risks turning the report into a political football amid calls for access to background papers and notes. Sen. Robert Daniels schedules a public forum at St Michaels College in Winooski to address the issue.
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Richard Melling
Council
Granai
Snelling
Robert Daniels
Dchittenden County
St. Michaels College
Winooski
Obituary Helen Conway of Yonkers N Y 83
Helen Conway of Yonkers New York formerly of Hoosick Falls New York died August 7 at St Johns Queens Hospital Queens She was the wife of the late John F Conway Jr of Hoosick Falls She is survived by nephew Edward Twohill Funeral Wednesday at 930 am from Robson Decker Funeral Home Hoosick Falls to Immaculate Conception Church Hoosick Falls Liturgy at 10 am Interment at St Marys Cemetery Hoosick Falls Friends may call 7 to 9 pm this evening She resided at Forest Hills Nursing Home Yonkers for several years
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Helen Conway
Yonkers
N.Y
Hoosick Falls
St. John’s Queens Hospital
Queens
John F. Conway Jr
Edward Twohill
Robson-Decker
Main St
Immaculate Conception
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Forest Hills Nursing Home
Hospital Notes August 8 1977 Admissions and Births
On Monday August 8 1977 admissions include Paul Shena Darlene Gallant Ruth Carpenter Bennington Carlton Sprague Sr Eagle Bridge NY Erica Stanley Mildred Maynard Arlington Irene Kepler Cambridge NY Ernest Reamer Sr Greenwich NY Bernice Hull Pownal Lars Jansen Petersburg NY Maria Schneider Wilmington Betty Rufus West Halifax Discharges list Alvin Aiken David Bowen Betty Quackenbush Bennington Connie Bullock and baby boy South Dorset Lori Harrington North Pownal Births include a boy to Dana Woods and a boy to Randy Schnoop Petersburg NY
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Paul Shena
Darlene Gallant
Ruth Carpenter
Bennington
Carlton Sprague Sr
Eagle Bridge
N.Y
Erica Stanley
Mildred Maynard
Arlington
Irene Kepler
Cambridge
Ernest Reamer Sr
Greenwich
Bernice Hull
Pownal
Lars Jansen
Petersburg
Maria Schneider
Wilmington
Betty Rufus
West Halifax
Alvin Aiken
David Bowen
Betty Quackenbush
Connie Bullock
Gas Stove Sold 24 APARTMENT SIZE Glenwood gas stove
24 inch Glenwood apartment size gas stove sold on first night ad ran. Hardly used and $65. Call 000-0000. Several families in The Banner-Extra classifieds seek good used ranges. person to person ads are free and effective.
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Glenwood
Bennington
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