English Lord Guest to Visit Shelburne Vermont for 200th Anniversary
The 23 year old English earl will meet President Kennedy and tour the White House next week as Shelburne Vermont marks its 200th charter anniversary. The Earl of Shelburne will arrive at Idlewild, fly to Washington, and join a luncheon with Senator Aiken. The town celebration includes a parade, bag pipers, barbecue and fireworks, with local committee greetings at Idlewild.
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Shelburne
Kennedy
White House
Vermont
Earl of
Wiltshire
England
Idlewild
New York
U.S
Earl
Washington
George D. Aiken
R-Vi
J. N.O. Curle
Boston
Black Watch Regiment
Montreal
Lord
Benjamin Franklin
George III
Carl
Marquess of Lansdowne
Harold Stuart Chase
Santa Barbara
Calif
Unsinkable Molly Brown at Colonie Tuesday
Barbara Gilbert stars in The Unsinkable Molly Brown at Colonie Summer Theatre Tuesday evening. She replaces Dorothy Collins due to illness and has toured coast to coast, previously in Molly Brown, Fiorello and The Boy Friend. Meredith Willson’s musical follows the rise of a ragamuffin to high society from Missouri to Denver and Paris salons.
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Latham
N.Y
Molly Brown
Barbara Gilbert
Colonie
Miss Gilbert
Dorothy Collins
New York
Fiorello
Three Penny Opera
Meredith Wilson
Colorado
Wilson
Richard Morris
Backwood
Missouri
Denver
Paris
UVM to Train Peace Corps Volunteers for Guinea
The University of Vermont prepares to host 36 Peace Corps volunteers arriving Sunday. They will receive two weeks of classroom instruction totaling six hours daily, focusing on agriculture in Guinea, farm management, and other topics, while continuing their study of French at the Experiment in International Living in Putney.
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Burlington
University of Vermont
Peace Corps
Guinea
Experiment In International Living
Putney
UVM
Former Bennington College Instructor In Stage Role
George Ebeling, Williams College alumnus and former Bennington College drama instructor, returns to Williamstown Summer Theatre to play Ranevskaya’s aging brother in The Cherry Orchard. The production runs Tuesday through Saturday under Nikos Psacharopoulos, with Ebeling’s prior stage highlights including Lopahin in New York and Shylock in 1934 Williamstown.
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Bennington College
Williamstown
Mass
George Ebeling
Williams College
Ranevskaya
Nikos Psacharopoulos
Ebeling
Lopahin
Fourth Street
News York City
Shylock
Williams
The
Cap and Bells Inc
Northwestern
Moscow Art Theatre
New York
Civic Repertory Theatre
Eva le Galliene
England Brothers
Pittsfield
Smith Studio
Adams
Peebles Jewel Shop
North Adams
Bennington
John Mistletoe
Albany
N.Y
Adams Memorial Theatre
Vermont’s slow-poke law and speed rules on major highways
The article explains Vermont’s approach to speed limits and the slow-poke problem. It notes the state Traffic Committee settings, based on traffic patterns and safety factors, and cites the 1961 law requiring slower drivers to pull off to let others pass. It also discusses enforcement challenges on interstates and limited access roads.
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Vermont
Commissioner of Public Safety
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
Commissioner of Highways
Chekhov's Cherry Orchard Headlining Williamstown Stage
Williamstown Theatre stages Chekov's Cherry Orchard Tuesday through Saturday. Cast includes William Hansen Carolyn Coates Tom Brennan Joyce Ebert Michael Ebert and George Ebeling with Resident Equity Co. members in key roles.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williamstown Theatre
Anton Chekov
Tanglewood Opens With Open Rehearsal And Leinsdorf Concerts
Open Rehearsal today at 10:30 a.m. benefits the Orchestra Pension Fund. At 8 p.m. Leinsdorf conducts Prokofiev Overture War and Peace with Silverstein Mayes plus Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream. Sunday 2:30 p.m. features Bolet with Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.3 and Kodaly Hary Janos Suite. Tickets at local shops and theaters. performances Tue through Fri 8:40 p.m. and Sat 5 and 9 p.m.
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Mendelssohn
Jeanette Scovotti
June Genovese
Patricia Peardon
Leinsdorf
Eroica
Tanglewood
Jorge Bolet
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Prokofiev
Hary Janos
Kodaly
Copper Jewelry Craft Exhibition At Weston
Visitors to Weston this weekend can view copper and enamel jewelry by Marjorie Hart at the Old Grist Mill as part of a Vermont Craftsmen Inc. demonstration series. Hart, a Rhode Island College of Education graduate, is a member of Vermont Handcrafters Inc. and the Society of Vermont Craftsmen with shows today from 10:30 to noon and 2 to 4 p.m. and Sunday 2 to 4 p.m. Admission is free.
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Weston
Vermont Craftsmen Inc
Marjorie Hart
Rhode Island College of Education
Hopkins Center Closes Season With Joint Concert
Hanover New Hampshire campus arts wrap up a summer season of 12 concerts in Spaulding Auditorium. Mario de Bonaventura will conduct a joint orchestra chorus program at 8 30 p m. the Dartmouth Summer Chorus directed by Paul R Zeller features Juilliard School musicians and local residents. The program draws from Baroque classical and romantic works by Couperin Haydn Mozart and Brahms.
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Hanover
N.H
Spaulding
Hopkins Center
Mario de Bonaventura
Dartmouth Summer Chorus
Paul R. Zeller
Dartmouth Glee Club
Juilliard School of Music
Dartmouth
di Bonaventura
Zeller
Couperin
Haydn
Mozart
Brahms
Folk singer George Britton to perform at Saint-Gaudens Museum
Cornish New Hampshire concert features George Britton presenting American folk songs Sunday at 4 30 PM in the museum studio. He has a catalog of over 1500 songs in 10 languages and a 13 year career with records for Folkways and 20th Century. Visitors can also tour Saint-Gaudens grounds and exhibits.
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Cornish
N.H
George Britton
Saint-Gaudens Museum
Pennsylvania
Reading
Britton
University Museum
Long Beach Art Foundation
Henry Street
Saint-Gaudens
New Hampshire
Windsor
Anonymous Grant Funds Marlboro Lectures Series
Marlboro College receives a $6,000 anonymous grant to finance a Monday evening series of 28 scholarly lectures on campus during the coming academic year. Eminent professors from other colleges and Marlboro faculty will present. The aim is to boost faculty research and exchange with outsiders, while enriching students and the college’s intellectual climate. Friday public lectures will continue as in the past.
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Marlboro
Marlboro College
Construction Contracts Up In Vermont
June 1963 contracts for future construction in Vermont totaled 4.01 million dollars, up 10 percent from June 1962, with nonresidential at 1.874 million up 416 percent, residential at 1.543 million up 29 percent, and public works and utilities at 595 thousand down 72 percent. First six months total reached 26.627 million, up 3 percent from 1962, with nonresidential 8.205 million up 78 percent, residential 8.816 million up 41 percent, and public works 9.606 million down 36 percent.
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Boston
Vermont
F.W. Dodge Corporation
Dodge
Woman's World fragment reveals domestic musings and everyday chatter
A series of brief, playful quotes from a Woman's World section capture household concerns. Snippets touch dessert choices, parenting dynamics, organization, and family routines, ending with casual requests to talk and stay up. The tone reflects domestic life and familiar humor.
Old Stratton Church Group Set for Sunday Reunion
The Old Stratton Church Association will hold its annual reunion and service Sunday in Stratton. A picnic at 12:30 p.m. precedes a 2 p.m. business meeting and 3 p.m. service led by Rev. Douglas H. Pierce. Music from Wordsboro Choir and soloists Mrs Mildred Temple and the choir. Interior renovation noted. Officers include Miss Ethel Eddy president and Ralph Pike treasurer.
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N.Y
Old Stratton
Ethel Eddy
Rose Pike
Lela Diekamper
Ralph Pike
Pianist Fleisher Debuts at Marlboro in Dvorak Quintet
Marlboro schedule lists Leon Fleisher making his Marlboro debut tonight at 8:30 with Michael Tree and Ling Tung in the Dvorak Piano Quintet. The program also features the Martini Trio with Moyse Serkin Soyer and Brahms Vocal Quartets Op. 64. Sunday's 4 p.m. concert includes Mozart String Quintet and Stravinsky Octet under Moyse. The festival runs Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:30 and Sundays at 4 through Sept 1 with a Labor Day concert.
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Marlboro
Leon Fleisher
Dvorak
Michael Tree
Ling Tung
Karen Tuttle
Madeline Foley
Samuel Rhodes
Sidney Curtiss
Bonnie Hamptonello
Stravinsky
Marcel Moyse
Ruth Wright
Harold Write
Gerald Corey
Robert Moore
Louis Opalesky
Glen Bowling
Douglas Edleman
Don Hunsberger
Stage listings for Williamstown and surrounding venues this weekend
Williamstown Summer Theatre presents Long Day’s Journey Into Night final show at 8 tonight. Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard runs 8:40 weekdays at Tanglewood with Boson Symphony Orchestra concerts 8 tonight and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Colonie Summer Theatre features Wildcat with Margaret Whiting at 5:30 and 9:15 tonight and 8 p.m. Sunday. Pinocchio at 3 p.m. Sunday. The Unsinkable Molly Brown on stage 8:40 weekdays. Dorset Playhouse offers The Marriage Go Round at 8:40 tonight and Sunday.
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Williamstown
Mass
Chekov
Cherry Orchard
Tanglewood
Lenox
Boston Symphony Orchestra
BSO
Mendelssohn
Colonie Summer Theatre
Latham
N.Y
Margaret Whiting
Molly Brown
Barbara Gilbert
Dorset Playhouse
Dorset
Real Estate Transfers in Woodford Weekly Report
Woodford town records show July 31 transfers: Jesse and George Bugbee sell 18 acres of lot No. 3 to Exard and Winifred Duffresne of Bennington. August 8 Lillian C. Becker Maidt and Vivian Keller transfer Christmas Tree Lodge and Cabins to Ralph L. and Kathryn R. Leyrer of Bright Waters New York. Leyrers will keep lodge open through October and reopen full time next spring.
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Woodford
Nedra Hager
Jesse
George Bugbee
Exard
Winifred Duffresne
Bennington
Lillian C. Becker Maidt
Vivian Keller
Woodeford
Ralph L
Kathryn R. Leyrer
Bright Waters
L.I
N.Y
N.Y. the Leyrers
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