Weston Playhouse stages Prime of Miss Jean Brodie flop
A Weston Playhouse review details a chaotic opening night of Jay Allen's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie directed by Robert Leibacher. Critics condemn muffled lines, set changes, and unsafe staging, noting an unrehearsed feel, audience hostility, and calls to close the production to protect the theater's reputation.
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Weston Mars
Miss Jean Brodie
Jean Brodie
Weston
Edinburgh
Scotland
Miss Brodie
Jay Allen
Robert Leibacher
Weston Playhouse
William Mickley
John Polgrase
Leftbacher
William Gilbert
Jane Burley
Muffy Voutas
Marilyn Tomeo
Brodie
Miss Mackay
Marian Blake
Paran Lake swimmers learn boating safety at ARC session
Young participants in American Red Cross swimming classes at Lake Paran North Bennington learned canoe handling and safety from Richard Dillenbeck ARC field rep. The demonstration covered sinking myths overturned canoes standing gondola technique and urged safety stick with the craft. Graduation recognized 72 youths with certificates in swimming skills and advanced beginners.
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American Red Cross
Lake Paran
North Bennington
Richard Dillenbeck
Burlington
National Arc
Vermont
Red Cross
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Cindy McCann
Dillenbeck
Halstead
ARC
Germany
Waltrude Pierce
Bennington
Pierce
Peter Schultz
Gillian Ryan
Joseph Sorenson
James Ryan
Jennifer Ryan
James Brillon II
Brian Becker
Linda Sue Becker
Vincent Stroffoleno
Florence Levin
Rachel Levin
Serena Dunham
Katherine Mills
Debby Baldwin
Peter Olney
JoAnne Ward
Beth Hansen
Steve Siderakus
David Kosche
Wendy Osgood
Chris Osgood
Stephen Kosche
Daphne Barber
Community guests and local moves noted in Manchester
Manchester residents hosted guests from Barre and nearby families including the Ameden clan. A Wilcox Brothers dairy truck crashed off West Road with no injuries. Local theatre sets and blocking drew critique while a large list of graduates and certificates followed in swimming and life saving at Lake Paran.
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Richard Ameden
John Couture
Barre
Maurice Beauregard
Easton Nuclear Reactor Talk Set for Monday Meeting
Easton residents will hear pro and con on the proposed nuclear fast breeder reactor at an open meeting Monday at 8 p.m. in Shushan Grange Hall. Speakers include George Anastas of the New York State Department of Commerce and local residents Sigurd Rascher and Winfield Huppuch, who seek guarantees on safety, nonuse of plutonium, no radiation discharge, no dam building, and no adverse effects on dairy industry or Hudson River ecosystems. The state authority has four sites under consideration, including Easton, with a decision due soon.
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N.Y
Easton
Shushan Grange Hall
George Anastas
New York State Department of Commerce
Division of Industrial Sciences and Technologists
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Sigurd Rascher
Winfield Huppuch
Rascher
Huppuch
James G. Cline
New York State Atomic and Space Development Authority
Cline
Greater
Hudson River
Lake Paran Folk Festival Kicks Off Tonight
The third annual Lake Paran Folk Music Festival opens at 7:15 P.M. tonight in the lake shelter with a second concert at 6:45 P.M. Saturday. A Saturday afternoon children’s concert is at 2:30 in St. John’s Parish Hall. Festival director Henry Simpatico organizes a diverse lineup to showcase folk music and attract local interest. Tickets are sold at Bird’s and Rockwood’s in Bennington and at the lake today and tomorrow in the Sportsmen’s Building.
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Lake Paran
St. John’s Parish Hall
Henry Simpatico
Simeon Crosier Completes Army Course
Second Lt. Simeon Crosier of North Bennington Vermont completed the engineer officer basic course at the U S Army Engineer School Fort Belvoir Virginia and was assigned to the 593rd Eng Co Fort Sill Oklahoma The nine week program covered engineer equipment topography combat engineering construction engineering and military science Crosier son of Mr and Mrs Royal Crosier of Sage Street North Bennington is a 1968 Norwich University and North Bennington High School graduate
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Simeon Crosier
North Bennington
U.S. Army Engineer School
593Rd Eng. Co
Ft. Sill
Oklo
Crosier
Royal Crosier
Sage Street
North Bennington High School
Norwich University
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