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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1970
Page
6
MANCHESTER The Carthusian Monastery on Mount Equinox will open to the public this Saturday from 2 to 5 PM, a rare chance to visit a charterhouse normally closed to visitors. Access via Skyline Drive toll road. directions at toll house at Route 7 bottom.
A large crowd attended the Arlington Garden Club Flower Show at Fisher Elementary School. The event's theme was The Good Life on Earth, with Artistic Design classes inspired by the joys of our good earth. Winners in multiple divisions were announced, including first second and third prizes and honorable mentions in Class I junior division The.
Descendants of Harrison Peckham gathered Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Peckham Sr. in North Adams. Ninety five members were served a buffet luncheon before a business meeting led by Thomas Peckham Jr. Senior historian Ethel Peckham Haswell donated the three volume Haswell Collection to Bennington Museum, tracing the Peckham lineage back to 1199 with roots in England and origins possibly from Southern Baltic lands. Gifts honored longmarried couple Harry Niles and wife, youngest attendee Julie Lynn Witter, and Rachel Packham Andrews family traveled farthest. Officers for next year include Alfred Rice president and Nancy Rice Foster secretary treasurer. The event featured a flower show with multiple classes judged by local women and public voting on one class.
Jay Allen's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie opened at Dorset Playhouse to run through Sunday. Elizabeth Franz shines as Miss Brodie while Alan Tongret and Bruce Peyton elevate the ensemble in a sharp, troubling study of a destructive teacher and her impact on students and lovers.
Voters are reminded to vote on the Manchester Zoning Ordinance on Sept 8 with absentee ballots available from the Town Clerk. The Post Office will advertise for bids on Sept 10 for a central building lease, with bids opened Oct 6. The Harned-Fowler Post auxiliary donates to Brandon Training School. Community Band concert is Aug 25 at Manchester Elementary Shell. Family picnic is Aug 23 at Lake Saint Catherine State Park with park admission paid by the post. Families are to bring snacks.
The Dorset Elementary School office will be open the weeks of August 24 and 31 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Children not previously registered may complete enrollment then. Also noted are social items about Walloomsac residents and a Mary McClellan Hospital patient.
About 70 teenagers and several adults filled Hoosick Falls Municipal Building to discuss reducing teen congregations at Wyman's Corner. Mayor Severson led a debate proposing a youth canteen, expanded youth activities, and a visited plan for summer and evening entertainment with community input.
Town water officials urge South Pownal residents to curb lawn watering and pool filling as a dry spell strains the reservoir. Owner Mrs. Murray Lewis says supply is adequate but continued draining could cause shortages before fall rains. Drinking water remains suitable with purification. Barber's Pond in East Pownal earns an excellent report for residential water, boating and swimming.
The Women’s Fellowship plans another summer food sale starting at 10 a.m. on Saturday. It will be held in the park at Bankquare weather permitting, with rain moves to the Catamount National Bank portico.
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