Bean Day at Shaker Village Wins Over Judges in Hancock
Hawker Village hosts Shaker Kitchen Festival with judges Astrid Hagenguth and Katherine Annin savoring Vegetarians' Delight casserole and Greek Beans while skipping a stored frozen Curator's Casserole hoax. Dinner features Sister Mary Whitcher pot roast and pumpkin loaf as 88 diners, including William Lassiter of Albany, share a grand Shaker dining room experience.
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Hancock
Mass
Shaker Village
Berkshire County
America
Astrid Hagenguth
The
Berkshire Eagle
Katherine Annin
Eagle
Viola Letterer
New York City
Avis D. Boice
Pittsfield
Persis Fuller
Berkshire
Shaker Kitchen Sisters
William Lassiter
Albany
Hancock ‘Twell
Lassiter
Mary Whitcher
Playground Chatter at Stark Street Carnival Winners Named
Community circle residents win prizes at Stark Street Playground event for Muscular Dystrophy benefit. Top awards include Most Unusual Regis Mayhew and Mark Caslin. Most Complete Costume Linda Garand. Shabbiest Donna Ottaviano and Garand trio. Activities include Sponge Throw Bingo duck pond and food sale from 1 30 to 4 p m with proceeds aiding Muscular Dystrophy victims.
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Stark Street Society
Regis Mayhew
France
Mark Caslin
Kevin Ahearn
Philip Reilly
the Garands
Barbara Reilly
Terry Caslin
Linda Garand
Angela Foster
Margaret Ottaviano
Richard Garand
Diane Davignon
Mark Briggs
Donna Ottaviano
Peter
Steven Garand
Mark
Stark Street
Memorial Park
Distracting Talent Show Auditions And Hobo Show Prizes
Aug 24 Parents Night features auditions at both playgrounds at 10 am. Lucky Bucks auction starts 1 30 pm with items for highest bidders. Playground picnic Aug 22 at Bennington Battlefield. bus 10 30 am to 3 pm, bring lunch. Hoboes shown in Memorial Park with prizes listed for many categories.
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Bennington Battlefield
Snelling Urges Enactment of Vermont Sales Tax
Vermont gubernatorial hopeful Richard Snelling argues the state overfunds state government and underfunds local services. He calls for a limited sales tax whose proceeds aid towns and reduce local property tax burdens, urging politicians to face tax reform honestly and push action.
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Snelling
Rutland
GOP
Richard Snelling
Vermont
Reading list blurbs and library hours excerpt
A catalog of books with brief notes on fictional romance tragedy and biographies including Hall Monfreya in the Morning Columbella Two Under the Indian Sun Papa Hemingway and A Thousand Days. Library hours at Old Academy Library are Tuesday evenings 7 30 to 8 30 and Thursday afternoons 3 to 5.
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Monfreya
Whitney
Columbella
Near East
Godden and Godden
India
Hotchner
Papa Hemingway
Montgomery
Jeane Dixon
Kennedy
Phelps
Colette
Schlesinger
Old Academy
Bennington School Board to discuss reassessments and ballot rules
The Bennington School District board meets Wednesday at 7 PM to review the impact of a 1966 grand list rise from a statewide reappraisal on state aid and Local Effort. They will also consider petition and party label requirements for district candidates and plans for an August meeting with the Citizens Committee on a proposed new elementary school bond issue. Additional housekeeping items fill the agenda at 604 Main St.
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Bennington
Trict
Citizens Committee
Main St
Hayes Proposes Four-Year Term and Other Vermont Reforms
Republican guberna torial candidate Thomas L. Hayes called for a four year governor term with no immediate reelection. He urged Senate consent for department heads, longer senatorial terms for continuity, elevated speaker status, and split legislative sessions to attract more Vermonters to state government.
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St, Johnsbury
Thomas L. Hayes
Vermont
Hayes
Senate
House
London comedian defines atheist as Beatle John Lennon teen
British television comedian on Sunday night described an atheist as a teenager who does not believe in Beatle John Lennon, using a provocative joke to spark discussion about belief and pop culture.
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London
UPI
Sunday Night
John Lennon
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