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Newspaper

Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1962

Page

5

Bishop's Company brings Pooh and Lewis to North Bennington

The Bishop's Company of Santa Barbara performs Winnie the Pooh at 4 30 p m and The Great Divorce by C S Lewis at 8 p m in North Bennington Congregational Church on August 19. Admission is free with offerings to offset expenses. tickets available at local churches library and bookstore. Merle Harbach and Minna Caldwell return to the summer cast.

North Bennington Bishop's Company of Santa Barbara Calif Bennington Congregational Church A. A. Milne C. S. Lewis Bishop’s Company Merle Harbach Minna Caldwell

Second Concert by Composers Group at Bennington College

The Peelley Composers Conference in residence at Bennington College presents the second of four concerts tomorrow night at 8:30 in the Carriage Barn on the campus.

Composers Conference Bennington College

Thief Steals From Garden Patch At Maine Senior Home

A garden patch at a Bath Maine senior home was raided without detection for several days. The thief harvested beet bottoms and carrot tops and replaced the stems in the soil.

Bath Maine

Art Exhibit for Old Home Day At White Creek

White Creek hosts Old Home Day featuring J Geoffrey Jones art exhibit. Jones invites area artists to exhibit on August 26 starting at 11 a.m. A hobby show, photo exhibits, buffet lunch and church service accompany the day with public invitation. Contact 686-7114.

White Creek J. Geoffrey Jones New York Jones

Mrs Streeter of Wilmington Heads Toward 101 Birthday

Mrs Mabel Smith Streeter of East Main Street Wilmington reaches 101 tomorrow a party planned with neighbors and many cards. The longtime resident born in Sharon Vermont in 1827 has lived in Wilmington since 1888 and will be joined by great great great grandchildren. She credits her health to abstaining from smoking and drinking and notes her mother lived to a ripe old age.

Smith Streeter East Main Street

Broadway Shows May Be Telecast

Estinghouse Broadcasting Co plans to televise six forthcoming Broadway shows free of charge in five cities. The productions will be taped and aired to audiences in Boston Pittsburgh Baltimore San Francisco and Cleveland as the live New York performances unfold.

New York Estinghouse Broadcasting Co WBZ TV Boston Kdka-Tv Pittsburgh WJZ TV Baltimore KPIX San Francisco Kyw-Tv Cleveland

FitzGeralds and friends visit from across region

Shaftsbury residents Gerald FitzGerald and family return to Saginaw Michigan after two weeks visiting relatives in the area and northern parts of the state. Ralph Reed and family from Essex Junction spend weekends with siblings in North Bennington and Hoosick Falls connections. Boy Scout Troop 31 members conclude a week at Camp Sunrise Orwell with taps for the Order of the Arrow and Aquatic Award honors. Eagle Scout Brad Stevens returns from Camp Sunrise as councilor. A Board of Civil Authority meeting is set for August 18 to review the Primary Election checklist.

Gerald FitzGerald Ralph Ruth Saginaw Mich Ralph Reed Essex Junction FitzGerald David Rowland North Bennington Ivan Elwell Amity Quackenbush Hoosick Falls Helen Bain White Plains N.Y Elwells Reed Rowland Elwell Boy Scout Troop 31 Christopher Williams Sadie’s Brad Stevens

Community votes on town hall bond and vault project

A pre discussion meeting in West Dover considered two Australian ballot questions for Tuesday. Voters approved a $2,000 bond to improve the Dover Hall on the Dover Common with running water and toilets but rejected the town clerk office vault project. Victory Grange hosted a quiet Wednesday with performances by members and guests. Lions Club planned Deerfield Valley Farmers Day Fair with District Gov. Ed Handley on Aug. 22. A drivers clinic for 44 Vermont school bus drivers at Wilmington High School covered safety laws and possible state legislation.

West Dover Town Hall West Dover Dover Hall Dover Common Board of Director Lions LaMorders Deerfield Valley Vermont Wilmington High School State Motor Vehicle Department Robert Spencer Richard Curtis Robert Kinney Vermont School Board Charles Nichols

Birthday wishes for Dorset area residents celebrate multiple ages

The notice wishes several local people a happy birthday. Andre Alexieu turns 10, Kenneth Wood reaches 19, and Mrs. Donald Bas haw with Stuart Gilbert both share the day, noting former Dorset residents and extending greeting from Mr and Mrs Sydney Meachem.

Andre Alexieu Stephen Alexieus Kenneth Wood Cliff Woods Donald Bashaw Stuart Gilbert Rufus Gilberts Dorset Sydney Meachem

Camping Families Camp at Follensby Pond in New York

Tel 154 R and their three children camp in upstate New York for a week at Follensby Pond where Emerson and Thoreau once pitched tents. Mr and Mrs Willis Abbott and their children also spend a week at Old Orchard Maine.

New York Follensby Pond Emerson and Thoreau Old Orchard Maine

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Bishop's Company Lewis N. Bennington Peelley Mabel Smith Streeter West Rd Manchester Bennington Composers Conference Alan Carter Max Pollikoff George Finckel Robert Bloom Melvin Kaplan Marilyn Laughlin Flute Yardley Yardley A Main ST Launcht For You Wilmington Mabel Shaftsbury Fran Stacy Tel Arrow Byron Danforth James Prouty Richard Lyons Carl Stacy Howard Stevens Scout Committee Orwell BCA Board of Civil Authority Dover Carlo Walter Victory Grange Marie Taylor Alice Whitney Susan Clough Linda Forbush Lewis Smith Elec Ted. HO WalKer’s Food Mkt Bennington, VT Marcen Skinner Mrs. Willis Abbott Greenberg Main Street Zenith FM E.T. Williams Prince's Bennington, VA Bennington Boync.s Bermuda Green MT. Park Taconite Racing and Breeding Assoc Noveck-Shultz, Inc Quinlan's Drug Store M. E. Rudd Saul's Vermont Bank and Trust Vermont National and Savings Bank
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