Eight-Year-Old Experiment Drives Vermont Fiddlers Change
In Bennington College rooms, the Green Mountain Fiddlers, 90 Vermonters aged 6 to 18, rehearse difficult works under Stanley Eakers and Alan Carter. The project proves any normal child can learn stringed instruments with parental support and joyful practice, aiming for authentic musicianship rather than professional careers.
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Green Mountain Fiddlers
Bennington College
Alan Carter
Vermont State Symphony Orchestra
Buckler
North Bennington
Bach
Mozart
Booth House
Stanley Eakers
Youngseters
Vermont
Eukers
Symphony Orchestra
Fiddlers
Eakers
Hindemith
Carter
Eaker
Hartford
New Haven
Conn
Euckers
Middlebury
Randolph
Brattleboro
Hartland Girl Denies Marijuana Charge in Hartford Court
A 19 year old Hartland girl Serena Ware pleaded innocent in Hartford Municipal Court to possession of marijuana alleged on July 15. She posted a $500 bond and awaits a further court date on August 31 before Judge Peter Plante.
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Woodstock
UPI
Hartland
Hartford
Serena Ware
Peter Plante
Burlington
Antony Shull
Schull
Plante
Sleeman Named Acting Superintendent and Principal
Trustees of the Bennington Graded School District named George Sleeman as temporary acting superintendent to replace Allan J. Heath who retires September 1. Sleeman, already district guidance director, becomes acting principal of Bennington High School and oversees all Village schools as the union district absorbs grades 7 12 this July.
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Bennington Graded School
George Sleeman
Allan J. Heath
Sleeman
Bennington High School
Ralf S&s. Kates
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Union
Benhi
Gemini crew plans eight day flight splashdown
The Gemini missions crew Conrad and Cooper planned the eight day flight with humor despite water issues from fuel cells. They discussed a Sunday splashdown while Russia accused spies in the sky and officials focused on medical data to test weightlessness for future moon missions.
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Elliot M. Lee
Houston
Conrad
U.S
Cooper
Ex Bennington Couple Arrested on Bond Charges
Philadelphia police arrested three people on Wednesday with 17250 dollars in stolen U S Savings Bonds. Police identified two as Olive M. Morey 48 and another former Bennington resident.
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Bennington
Philadelphia
U.S
Olive M. Morey
Bennington District Seeks Counsel and Superintendent Plans
The Mt Anthony Union School Board huddled over hiring the new superintendent first, with Heath aiding initial screening. They also discussed hiring a temporary financial controller or contracting an accounting firm to support merger and construction needs, including bus routing and record-keeping. Meanwhile Philadelphia police detained Donald R Cunningham 40 and Mrs Morey after a bond crime involving Series E bonds tied to Gene Budini, with Cunningham later linked to burglary cases and prior trials.
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Heath
Greater Bennington
Village
Bennington
Arthur E. Wickenden
Supervisory Board
Wickenden
Power Chief Says He Can Produce It Cheaper
Albert A. Cree of the Electric Coordinating Council of New England and Central Vermont Public Service predicts a 40 percent drop in New England electric costs by 1980 without federal funds. He promotes nuclear and hydro pumped storage, claims it would cost 25 percent of the Dickey-Lincoln project, and urges rejection of the federal plan as costly.
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Rutland
Albert A. Cree
Electric Coordinating Council of
New England
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Cree
House Public Works Committee
St. John River
Maine
F and I
Dickey-Lincoln
Congress
Federal
Treasury
Interior Department
Stock Averages and Trading Summary at Noon
Dow Jones averages show the Industrials at 891.24 up 0.39, Railroads at 218.36 up 0.07, Utilities at 154.90 down 0.34, with a composite of 314.58 down 0.01. Sales total 2,400,000.
Elizabeth N J Negroes In Fire Bomb Raids
Police in Elizabeth New Jersey placed the 300 member force on alert after disturbances in Elizabethport where bands of Negro marauders hurled Molotov cocktails and rocks at stores homes and firemen. Chief Roy blamed a few misguided individuals for the riots and noted difficulty in catching them.
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Elizabeth
N.J
UPI
Michael Roy
Elizabethport
Roy
Pownal Man Recovers After Suspected Self Harm Incident
Harold Burdick 26 of North Pownal is described as in good condition at Putnam Memorial Hospital after authorities believe he attempted to take his own life. He was found behind Powell's Store in South Pownal in a semi conscious state following an hours long search by volunteers and state police. He had slashed his forearm and swallowed aspirin after disappearing Tuesday evening, and was later transferred to Bennington hospital. Burdick is separated from his wife Joan. they have three children.
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Cunningham
Morey
Bennington
New York
Troy
Woodford
Brattleboro
John A. Burgess
Pownal
Harold Burdick
North Pownal
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Burdick
Powell’s
South Pownal
Clarence Burdick
Bennington Hospital
Bennington Municipal Court
Joan
Hospital Notes August 25 Admissions and Births
Admissions include Mrs Blanche Rackliffe Shafts bury Mrs A Elizabeth Frazier Eagle Bridge NY Mrs Grace Gardner Hoosick Falls Discharges list several Bennington area residents and a Manchester Depot patient Births note two baby girls born August 25 to families in North Bennington and Hoosick Falls NY.
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Blanche Rackliffe
Shaftsbury
A. Elizabeth Frazier
Eagle Bridge
N.Y
Grace Gardner
Hoosick Falls
John Ogert
North Bennington
William Bakaitis
R. D
Bennington Corrects Incorporators and Local Notices
In Bennington notes, Lauzon Mac h ine and Engineering Inc names William E. Lauzon Mary D. Lauzon and Stephen H. Gilman as incorporators after a mistaken report. Also corrected are Legion post 13 leadership and a funeral service in Fort Fairfield Maine plus local youth group meet and a school board meeting at Bennington Elementary School.
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Northeast Moose Association
Moose Hall
Red Seal
Newport
N.H
Lauzon Machine and Engineering Inc
Bennington
William E. Lauzon
Mary D. Lauzon
Stephen H. Gilman
Lauzen
Stephen Pike
Jobless Rate Falls to 2 Percent in Vermont
Vermont unemployment improved as jobless pay claims dropped 11 percent last week. The insured rate fell to 1,922 and the jobless rate to 2 percent, the lowest weekly mark since November 1956. Claims for the year are down about 50 percent.
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Montpelier
UPI
Vermont
Department of Employment Security
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Walter Morrissey
Gerald E. Morrissey
Dewey Street
Vermont Association of Student Councils
St. Michael's College
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John Donoghue
St. Michael's
BCHS
Stranley Eakers
The
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von RY. Ans Express
Elvis
Panavi Sun
Metro Color
Cliff Robertson
Supt
Gemini
James H. Morgan
Ford Foundation
Henry O’donnell Jr
Youth Corps Project
Supt. Heath
Depot St
Donald R. Cunningham
Stephen G. Shaughnessey
Watervliet
Gene Budini
Albany, N.Y
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Budini
Franklin Motor Inn
Rhode Island
Providence
R.I
Washington County
Rensselaer County
Anthony
Tony Fats) Regina
Long Island
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Gallo
Louis Mariani
Regina
Rensselaer
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Franklin Compney Jr
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Charmagne Gibbons
James LaCroix
Linda Ayer
Edna Wright
Manchester Depot
Bennington Briefs
John W. Vander Groef
Fort Fairfield
Marion Kimball Stone
United Parish Church
Don Cornell
Bronson
Ted DeMarco
Sporting Goods
First Baptist Youth Group
Janis Vince
Bank Street
Old Bennington
Soo Ho Han
American Legion
Victor
Constance) Blake
Mt. Anthony Union
Fred and
Patricia Carmichael
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