SVAC Hosts Officers and Arts Councils meeting
Three executives of the Arts Councils of America joined Vermont Council on the Arts trustees for a day long exploratory meeting at Southern Vermont Art Center to plan programs and discuss setting up state arts councils. The national group aims to offer part time advisory service this fall to help councils with limited staffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont Council On the Arts
Arts Councils of America
Southern Vermont Art Center
SVA
Carleton G. Howe
Vermont Council
Howard Adams
Missouri Council On the Arts
National Group
Omar K. Lerman
New York Council
National Council
Joe Farrell
Vermont Council On
Alan Carter
Middlebury College
William Bales
Bennington College
Harlow Carpenter
Bundy Art Gallery
Waitsfield
Edward J. Feidner
UVM
Brian Harwood
WDEV
Waterbury
Arthur Williams
Fayston
Frank Hensel
Stowe
Vermont
New Bowling Chief Learns The Ropes
Ronald P. Greene of Bonnet Street will manage Center Lanes at Manchester Shopping Center on Vermont 1130. He is in Muskegon, Michigan for a three week course in lanes management and machinery to run the new facility and teach bowling. Mrs. Greene reports about 25 teams showing interest in the winter leagues, with 15 from Arlington area and others contacting them daily. Formal registration at Mt Equinox Grange Hall is set for Thursday and Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Friday August 19 at the same location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Ronald P. Greene
Bonnet Street
Muskegon
Mich
Greene
Mt. Equinox Grange Hall
Hoosick Falls Plans Queen Contest And Celebration Parade
The Town of Hoosick Board approved 200 in celebration funds for a queen contest and banner day on September 18 tied to Rensselaer County’s 175th anniversary. The Gillespie store hosts headquarters, with Nancy Shoe Co offering display space. festivities include about a dozen queen contestants, four bands, and floats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Rensselaer County
Ernest Malo
Gillespie
Nancy Shoe Co
Margaret Frazier
Malo
Hoosick
Walter Wirmusky
Frank Irick
Beaumont
Manchester Garden Club Meets at Zion Parish House
The Garden Club of Manchester will hold its August meeting at Zion Episcopal Church parish house on Aug 18 at 2 p.m. Guest speaker Mrs. David Mackie of Somerset Hills New Jersey, former club president and Garden Club of America director, will discuss Gardening with Flowering Shrubs and Trees with seasonal photo illustrations. She leads a 17 acre arboretum and has won horticultural awards. novices will create herb entries for kitchen windows to be judged during the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Garden Club of
Zion Episcopal Church
David Mackie
Somerset Hills
N.J
Garden Club of America
Mackie
Garden Club of New Jersey
Howard G. Marsden
Helgi Mets
Peru
Area DAR Members Attend Membership Commission
Mrs G Murray Campbell of Manchester vice regent of Ormsby Chapter DAR attended an all day membership commission meeting in Rutland sponsored by the Vermont State Society NSDAR. About 40 women from 14 of Vermonts 29 chapters joined the session at Mrs Alton Swans home to learn lineage research for new members. Instructor Mrs Francis A Booth stressed precise dates and documented records and noted major DAR libraries in Washington DC and Salt Lake City as national resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
G. Murray Campbell
Ormsby
DAR
Joseph A. Wilson
Shaftsbury
Genealogical
Bennington
Vermont State Society
NSDAR
Rutland
Alton Swan
Dar State
National Society
Vermont
Francis A. Booth
Huntington
N.Y
Booth
NSCAR
Washington, D.C
Society
Guest Star At Dorset Returns as Jesse Bard in The Desperate Hours
Edward Powell resumes a fourth season at Dorset Playhouse as Jesse Bard in The Desperate Hours. Cast by Fred and Patricia Carmichael, the policeman chases three criminals Aug 11 to 14 at Cara van Theatre. Powell previously appeared as the father in Come Blow Your Horn, the tax collector in Janus, and the grandfather in The Pleasure of His Company. Powell studied at Brown University in Rhode Island, active in both musical and non musical productions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorset
Edward Powell
Dorset Playhouse
Fred and
Patricia Carmichael
Jesse Bard
Caravan Theatre
Powell
Janus
Brown University
Rhode Island
White Creek Old Home Day marks town and church history
About 1000 attendees from across the country gathered for White Creek’s 39th Old Home Day. The event celebrated the town's 150th anniversary and the 200th anniversary of Methodism in America. Highlights included a 30 artist outdoor art show with 200 works, an heirloom exhibit, vintage autos on display, and impromptu folk music featuring Sophia Healy and Wilfred Robertson with son Joseph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Creek
N.Y
San Diego
Calif
Oklahoma City
Okla
New Brunswick
Can
America
Jermain Church
Sophia Healy
Wilfred Robertson
Joseph
Miss Healy
Robertson
Stanley
Shaftsbury Women Tour Fort Collins for Extension Meeting
Mrs. Fred Stacy and her mother Mrs. Mary Mattison with Mrs. Janet Mattison left Thursday on a bus tour to Fort Collins Colorado to attend the National Extension Homemakers Council Meeting at Colorado State University. Shaftsbury residents may call The Banner at 442-2800 or mail items to 425 Main Street Bennington for county desk coverage during Mrs. Stacy’s absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Stacy
Mary Mattison
Manchester
Janet Mattison
Fort Collins
Colo
National Extension Homemakers Council
Colorado State University
Stacy
Banner
Shaftsebury
Main Street
Bennington
County Desk
Community Guests and Local Visits Highlight Summer in Winhall
Cedar Grove’s Frank Manhart and family spend time at Taylor Hill residence while Cambridge bringers Peter Castle enjoy the Winhall Hollow Road home. Huntington’s Harold Roberts visits with his mother Lola Roberts as Roberta Shattuck returns from Hartford. Visitors from Hingham, Westbury and Cos Cob stay at local homes. a Winhall Firemen sale yields $175. Bonnie and Betsy Walker visit grandparents Vernet Slason in South Londonderry. Families from Bennington and Hartford. Taylor Hill and Winhall Jamaica line noted for arrivals and weekend stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Manhart
Cedar Grove
N.J
Taylor Hill
Peter Castle
Cambridge
Mass
Winhall Hollow Road
Harold Roberts
Huntington
N.Y
Lola Roberts
Roberta Shattuck
Robert Shattuck
Frank Martindale
Hartford
Ethel van Emden
Herbert Saul
Hingham
Elmer Wendt
Westbury
Lyle Robbins
Winhall
Jamaica
Bonnie
Betsy Walker
Edward Walker
South London
Derry
Vernet Slason
Theodore Brophy
Cos Cob
ROTC Cadet Completes Training Returns to Norwich University
White Creek’s Thomas D. Nesbitt has finished six weeks of ROTC training at Fort Devens and returns to Norwich University in Northfield for his senior surveying course in civil engineering during August. Joseph Hunt broke his ankle and crushed his foot last week after his pony spooked and dragged him. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hunt. Pvt. James Brown of Benning, Ga. returned after leave with his grandmother Mrs. Catharine Harrington. Mr. and Mrs. Jerald Leonard and family of Westbury, L.I. were guests of the Hare family last week. Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Taber and family visit relatives in Hopewell, N.J. this week. Maurice Andrew and family vacationed in Maine last weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas D. Nesbitt
Fort Devens
Mass
Norwich University
Northfield
Joseph Hunt
Ralph Hunt
James Brown
Benning
Catharine Harrington
Jerald Leonard
Westbury
L.I
Maurice Taber
Hopewell
N.J
Maurice Andrew
Maine
Physics teachers named for Worcester Tech certificates
Mountain Towns Grant L. Moyer of Wilmington will join 41 other secondary school physics teachers receiving certificates from Worcester Polytechnic Institute on August 19 at the Massachusetts College. Moyer completed a NSF sponsored summer institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant L. Moyer
Wilmington
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Massachusetts College
Moyer
National Science Foundation
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SVAC
The
Bales
Rocky Mountain
New England
Adams
N.H
New Hampshire Council On the Arts
Massachusetts
Connecticut
State Council
Sweet Trumpet
Dukes of Dixieland
Frank Assunto
General Office
Ee Furniture CO
Main ST. Bennington
Town of
Manchester Garden Club
Area Dar
Eugene Kosche
Clyde Ryder
Earl Aldous
Glens Falls
David Baker
South Glens Falls
Brooks Jones
Gansevoort
Iran
Arlington Street Fair
Richard Hoyt
Thompson
Bondville
John O. Slade
Esso
Depot ST. Bennington
Colonie Summer Theatre
Latham Circle
Eddie Rich
Rudy Vallee
Latham
Troy Donahue
Owl and
Pussycat
Patrica Carmichael
Joseph Hayes
Eleanor Niles
Aig
Carlo Walter HO
Harte Theatre
Walt Disney
Robin Crusoe
Oick van Dyke
Nancy Kwanaxim Tamiroff
Walt Disney Productions
USN
Dick van Dyke
Nancy Kwan
Technicolor
Walt Disneys
Rain Alpatoosa
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