Hancock Shaker Village hosts herb cookery and spinning workshops
Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield Mass under Martha Dahlen offers a two day herb cookery with beef workshop on Aug 18 19 from 10 am to 2 pm 7.50 per person advance payment required followed by an Aug 16 spinning workshop led by Beverly Gordon from 9 30 am to 4 30 pm materials provided bring own yarn and tools cost 12 per person details by call The Manchester sixth annual Horse Show runs Aug 17 at Manchester Fairgrounds at 9 am to benefit the Manchester Recreation Commission special Future Champion trophy leads the 7 and under lead line class Judges are Mrs John R Darnell and W Lyman Orcutt Jr Morgan horses famed Orcutt farms noted.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Hancock Shaker Village
Martha Dahlen
Hancock
Beverly Gordon
Manchester
Manchester Fairgrounds
John R. Darnell
Verbank, N.Y
W. Lyman Orcutt Jr
Newbury, Mass
Columbia County Fair offers advance bargain ticket for 1975 Fair
In Chatham the Columbia County Fair Society sells a $5 advance bargain ticket for unlimited admission to all days of the 1975 Fair opening Aug 28 and ending Labor Day. The ticket covers gate admission for one person and car daily. Send checks to Cliff Hodge, Secretary, Chatham NY 12037. Marlboro Music Festival raises funds Aug 16 8:30 pm and Aug 17 2:30 pm at Marlboro College dining hall for local organizations. Tickets range from $2 to $5 by section. Information calls to local volunteers.
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Chatham
N.Y
Columbia County Fair Society
Cliff Hodge
Marlboro
Marlboro Music Festival
Marlboro College
Marlboro Volunteer Fire Company
Marlboro Historical Society
Marlboro Meeting House
Mendelssohn
Mozart
Roger MacArthur
Emery Evans
Manchester School Board Accepts Milk and Oil Bids
The Manchester School Board approved a milk bid from Wilcox Bros. Inc. at nine cents per half pint for the coming school year and a fuel bid from Wilcox Fuels Inc. at 33 cents per gallon. They will task the three local oil dealers to design a rotating contract plan for next year. Also approved was extending bus service to Bentley Hill Road, an eighth grade Long Trail overnight trip for Sept. 26 27 with a rain date of Oct. 3 4, and other town notices including a Thursday Board of Selectmen meeting and Pownal United Methodist Church peach supper chaired by Mrs. Daisy Dorman.
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Manchester
Burr and Burton Seminary
Wilcox Bros. Inc
Wilcox
Wilcox Fuels Inc
George Clay
Bentley Hill
Skyline Drive
Pownal United
Boil Water Advisory Issued for Hartford System
About 5,000 residents of White River Junction were urged to boil their drinking water after Hartford municipal samples showed high bacteria counts. The system serves 1,450 customers with a gravel well and several reservoirs, state health officials said.
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White River Junction
UPI
State Health Department
Hartford Municipal
Oil price rise plan seen as gradual by official
Montpelier based Energy Advisor Forrest Orr says Ford administration and major oil firms secretly agree to ease price increases. He cites conversations and observations and says the aim is to avoid consumer uproar by using a slow, gentle approach rather than a sharp hike.
Detour on I-89 Northbound Near Richmond Williston
Northbound traffic on I-89 between Richmond and Williston will detour onto U S 2 due to repaving. The state Highway Department said the detour runs today and resumes Monday while northbound traffic will be allowed on the interstate over the weekend. Officials rejected a two way southbound option because the grade and curves create hazardous conditions in bad weather and darkness.
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Montpelier
UPI
Richmond
Williston
U.S. 2
State Highway Department
Pittsfield Post Office bars mail to Elizabeth St. James Co
In Pittsfield the post office will no longer deliver mail to Elizabeth St. James Co due to an unfulfilled 1972 agreement over questionable advertising for a bust enhancement device. The firm tied to Lee Hirsey of Hancock marketed an isometric exerciser with a provocative image, drawing postal objections. Safari East job program reinstated. Outward Bound restored. jail site debate stirs controversy as commissioners discuss rehabilitation efforts and proposed Valentine Road locations.
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Pittsfield
Elizabeth St. James Co
U.S. Postal Service
Elizabeth St. James
Lee Hirsey
Hancock
Hirsey
Postal Service
State Office of Manpower Affairs
Safari East
Stockbridge
Vishnu Wood
Wood
Outward Bound
Valentine Road
Charles L. Smith
Henry Como
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Co-O Foley Insurance
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Kent’s Corner
Kent Tavern Museum
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Arlington
Helene Thompson
American Legion Post 69
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Oxford Kosher Spears
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Richard Devane
Uncle Sam Mall, Inc
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