African Dancers Bring Intensely Rhythmic Show To SVAC Manchester
A near full house at Southern Vermont Art Center enjoyed Babatunde Olantunji and 14 performers presenting African folk and modern dance. From Fanga to Batakoto the program fused drums, talking drum, sanza, and expressive movement in a vivid, immersive display that energized audience and performers alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Vermont Art Center
Babatunde Olantunji
Olantunji
Africa
Ferekoba
Guinea
Israel Philharmonic To Aid Relief Fund in Saratoga
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra will headline a benefit performance at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center on Wednesday under guest conductor Eugene Ormandy with soloist Rudolf Serkin. The 110‑member ensemble, backing Abba Eban, votes to donate proceeds to the Israel Emergency Relief Fund, part of a three‑week North American tour sponsored by Columbia Artists Management. Seats range from 4 to 15 dollars, lawn tickets 8 dollars, with phone reservations at 518 584 8450.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Eugene Ormandy
Philadelphia Orchestra
Rudolf Serkin
Israel
Abba Eban
Israel Emergency Relief Fund
Columbia Artists Management
Saratoga
New York
Philadelphia
Palestine Symphony
Toscanini
Tel Aviv
Frederic R. Mann
Beethoven
Brahms
Pownal Notices Include Guest Visit and Church Supper
Grover Bostwick of Oneonta N Y visits his daughter and son in North Pownal. The Pownal Methodist Church WSCS hosts an annual peach shortcake supper starting 5 30 p m with meat loaf ham scalloped potatoes baked beans salads vegetables rolls tea and coffee. The Warren Wire Company sponsors a clams team event Saturday at Barber's Pond recreation area from 1 to 6 p m. Three Pownal men Harold Hicks Seifried Tolle and Marcel Langlais enroll in a state police plane rescue course in Old Bennington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Bostwick
Oneonta
N.Y
Robert J. Buck
North Pownal
Pownal Methodist Church
WSCS
Otis Dorman
Warren Wire Company
Barber’s Pond
Pownal
Harold P. Hicks
Seifried W. Tolle
Marcel A. Langlais
Old Bennington
Area Road Work Scheduled This Week
Montpelier reports surface retreatment under way this week in Bennington and Rutland counties on Vermont routes 30 between Bondville and the Vermont 11 junction and between Dorset and Pawlet, and on Vermont 149 between North Pawlet and Granville New York. Traffic will be maintained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
State Highway Department
Bennington
Rutland County
Bondville
Dorset
Pawlet
North Pawlet
Granville
N.Y
Wilmington Legion Installs Officers
The Nelson E. Pickwell Post 15 American Legion and Ladies Auxiliary met at the Legion Home for a buffet supper and officer installation attended by 30 members and guests despite heavy rain. Speakers Melanie Pike and Arthur Ball shared Boys and Girls State experiences, stressing citizenship and state government understanding. New auxiliary officers were installed by Mrs. Ruth Spalding with outgoing president Jeannette Brown honored, and Legion officers were sworn in by Hial Lobdell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Nelson E. Pickwell
American Legion
Ladies Auxiliary
Legion
Melanie Pike
Arthur Ball
Ball
Lindsey Emery
Jeannette Brown
Leo Wright
Brattleboro
Ray Greenwood
Montpelier
E. Richard Spalding
Ludlow
Dorset and Area News Briefs Show Busy Summer End
Local families plan East Coast trips and family visits to Hagerstown Urbana and Wilton. Dorset Elementary hosts a two week social studies workshop with 17 teachers revising the district curriculum under SUNY Plattsburgh direction. Bank mothers fund coffee for teachers as bus trip to Expo 67 proceeds. Dorset School re surfaces driveways and playgrounds. Community notes also include visits from Basel to Lausanne and three great grandchildren, and charity efforts by the Vermont Arthritis Foundation chair in Dorset Hollow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.S. Fenn
Fenns
Hagerstown
Janet
Jacqueline
Dorset Hollow
Chicago
Winter
Dorset School
Dorset
Frank McKeefe
State University of New York At
Plattsburgh
Bank
Women of Zion Episcopal Church
Manchester
Russell Parks
Deborah Ferenc
David Gilbert
Ralph Stiles
Karen Bovey
Gladys Lodge
Nelle Williams
Mary
George McWayne
Ivy Lee
Rotary Carnival Raises Funds For Manchester Pool
Manchester Rotarians closed a three night carnival that boosted gross proceeds to about 5000 dollars for the Rotary Swimming Pool. Philip Harrigan of East Dorset won a 1967 Ford Mustang. the event included rides from Prince Arthur Shows and city fireworks. Proceeds beyond expenses to be calculated after bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Clarence E. Comar
Rotary Swimming Pool, Inc
Comar
Philip B. Harrigan
East Dorset
Jericho
N.Y
Harrigan
Rotary
Dorset
Rotary Pool
Brattleboro Man Falls From Car In Manchester Accident
A 35 year old Brattleboro man formerly of Sunderland was taken unconscious to Putnam Memorial Hospital Monday night after falling from a moving car on Richville Road. Stuart W. Bacon, in fair condition at Bennington hospital, rode on the rear deck of a convertible driven by Leonard Ward of Richville Road Manchester when he fell to the road striking his head. The crash occurred at 7 23 p m near Battenhill Dodge Garage. Also in the car were Bacon's father Giles and Ward's wife. Manchester police and rescue squads along with Dr F E Harrigan were at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Brattleboro
Sunderland
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Richville Road
Bennington Hospital
Stuart W. Bacon
Leonard Ward
Bacon
Ward
Battenhill Dodge
Giles
F.E. Harrigan
Manchester Rescue Squad
Library Plans Special Treat For Small Fry
NORTH BENNINGTON Mc Cullough Library wraps up a summer reading program with a final session at 1 30 p m Wednesday and a Thursday movie program starting at 1 p m featuring One Wish Too Many, Venice prize winning film for best children’s film in 1956, plus Madeline’s Rescue from the Bemelmans book. All area children are invited to attend this closing event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madeline
Bemelman
Large Tract Farm Bought In Wilmington
Vermont based Vermont Land Corporation and Vermont Lumber Company bought the 335 acre Roswell G Hebard farm on the Wilmington Whitingham line for 90000 dollars. The firm leaders noted rising land demand and noted regional interest from New York buyers. Hebard family retains residency rights on the property until next June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington — Vermont Land Corporation
Vermont Lumber Company
Roswell G. Hebard
Wilmington - Whitingham
Robert G. McCafferty
Vermont Land Corp
Vermont Lumber Co
New York
McCafferty
Dover - Wilmington
Lake Paran Folk Music Festival Planned for Sunday Evening
Lake Paran hosts a Sunday evening folk music festival directed by Henry Simpatico of Bennington. Musicians from Williamstown Pittsfield Schaghticoke and nearby towns will perform starting around 7 pm. Admission is free and the public is invited for a relaxed community event at the lake with family picnics encouraged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Paran
Bennington
Henry Simpatico
Simpatico
Williamstown
Pittsfield
Schaghticoke
Paran Recreations
Paran
Manchester Lt Cmdr Giddings to join Naval Hospital staff
Lt Cmdr Jack Giddings USN is spending time with his parents after a three year internal medicine residency at Philadelphia Naval Hospital. He will join the Naval Hospital Corpus Christi Texas staff until January, then move to the Naval Hospital Ship Sanctuary off Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Giddings
USN
H. E. Giddings
Dr. Giddings
Philadelphia Naval Hospital
Naval Hospital
Corpus Christi
Tex
Naval
Sanctuary
Vietnam
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SVAC
Olantundji
Art
Dr. Olantunji
Israel Philharmonic
Main ST
Peggy Maclay Beauty Shop
Jean Giraudoux
Amphitryon
Wilmington Playhouse
Wilmington, VT
The
Pownals
Vera Langlais
Wilmington Legion
Ruth Spalding
Judith Morrell
Hannah Sullivan
Lena Emery
Geraldine Boyd
Mary Maynard
Ruby Parsons
Elaine Brooks
Grace Fowler
Sullivan
Spalding
Martha Greenwood
Hial Lobdell
Hartland
Leo Emery
Frank Brooks
Albert Wurzberger
Earl Brown
Eugene Sullivan
Leonard Boyd
Wayne Timmerman
Greenwood
Valley Forge
Cmdr. Wright
Wilton
Conn
Lausanne
Switzerland
Frederick J. Burghard
Dorset Mail
Vermont
Arthritis Foundation, Inc
Sally Hartman
Boston
Mass
Paul
Malcolm Cooper
Michael Miller
Bennitel Business Newsroom
Bennington Banner
Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
UPI
U.S
Bennington, Vt
Adams
Adams Clothes Shop
Nichols
MELE
American Gem Society
Diamond Importers
Johnson
North Bennington Road
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