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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1962

Page

3

Vermont's Nostalgic Green Mountains Promote Quiet Beauty

Manchester Vermont presents a travel feature celebrating nostalgic tranquility through colonial landmarks, scenic byways, and fall foliage. The piece highlights East Arlington candle making, Chiselville kissing bridge, Manchester Village Green, Equinox House, Southern Vermont Art Center, and Weston crafts, with the Magic Circle route and Bromley ski area framing a seasonal tour.

Manchester America Vermont Albany East Arlington Remember Baker Green Mountain Boys Ethan Allen Chiselville Roaring Branch U.S. 7 Southern Vermont Art Center Mt. Equinox New England New York State Art Center Gardens Symphony Ballet Art Center New Music Shed

Cambridge Area Busy Summer Visits and Gatherings

Cambridge area residents and guests share time at farms, camps, and family gatherings. Howard Herrington Dale Jacobson return from Skye Farm after four weeks. Several visitors from Greenfield Center Center Falls Merritt Island Cocoa Florida Potsdam Bay Village Okla. City join Cambridge households for visits and vacations.

Howard Herrington Dale Jacobson Skye Farm Thomas Scott Hoosick Falls Gerald Kenneth Aiken Paul P. Virtue Dorothy Katie MacNeill East Randolph Rose Marie Virtue George Austin Greenwich Malcolm Lyons Otis Harrington Sr Gordon Gallysha Greenfield Mass Monroe Waite Center Falls Harry Harrington Merritt Island Fla Florence Blair Saratoga Douglas Ashton Cocoa

Wilmington Dover Notes on House Sale and Visits

The Wilmington Goodfellows Clubhouse in West Dover sold to Sandor Gere and Ibolya Gere of Woodside New York and Lascola and Katalin Kild of Huntington Long Island. Transaction handled by Mrs Lovilla Bromley. Joan Manley of New York joined her parents at Mrs Alice Whitney's home. Manleys returned to Needham Heights. Leo Berry visited Roy Hipple in Rochester, former Wilmington resident now retired in Vermont Rochester West Virginia Forestry Dept transfer and retirement.

Wilmington Goodfellows West Dover Sandor Ibolya Gere Woodside Lascola Katalin Kild Huntington L.I Lovilla Bromley Wilmington Joan Manley New York City Walter Manley Alice Whitney Peter Reando

Shaftsbury Auxiliary Meeting Notice

Shaftsbury Fire Department Auxiliary will meet Wednesday August 29 at 7 30 p m at the home of Mrs Julia Booth Co hostesses are Mrs Florence Beebe and Mrs Marion Becker. Mr and Mrs Herbert Hulet traveled to Long Island with their daughter Mrs Sally Borger and family who have been spending a few weeks there.

Shaftsbury

Miriam Piper Cast in Once Upon a Mattress at Williams Theatre

Mrs Miriam Piper wife of Williams College professor Anson Piper is cast in a singing role for the Williamstown Summer Theatre production of Once Upon a Mattress. Piper a Williams graduate heads the college Spanish department and lives on Baxter Road with three children.

Williamstown Mass Nikos Psacharopoulos Williamstown Summer Theatre Miriam Piper Anson C. Piper Williams College

Five Day Forecast For New England Warms Slightly

The U S Weather Bureau predicts five day temperatures in northern New England Massachusetts and Rhode Island will average 2 to 5 degrees above normal. Rain totaling 0.1 to 0.6 inch is expected mainly as showers Tuesday into midweek with warmer conditions thereafter.

Boston U. S. Weather Bureau New England Massachusetts Rhode Island

Brick Wall Collapses Kills Pa. Boy in Abandoned School

In Easton Pennsylvania a two story brick wall collapsed on six youths playing in an abandoned school being torn down. Fifteen year old Eugene Guzzo died after being crushed beneath bricks while crossing a plank over a ten foot basement hole. Firefighters and rescue teams pried him free after several minutes.

Easton Eugene Guzzo

Stefanie Powers Plays Student Nurse in The Interns

Stefanie Powers, who dreamed of nursing as a child, will portray a student nurse in Columbia's The Interns. Her role marks a new film or stage project described by UPI sources.

Hollywood UPI Stefanie Powers Columbia

Raynolds to Visit North Bennington Area in Bennington

Democratic candidate Ron Raynolds of Woodstock is slated to visit North Bennington on Tuesday August 28 as a guest of the Norshaft Democratic Club at its old railroad station headquarters. He plans coffee hours in Bennington area and will speak at a public meeting in the Bennington Free Library Thursday night. The club invites the public to drop in after 7 30 p.m. to meet the candidate.

North Bennington Harold Ron) Raynolds Woodstock Robert T. Stafford Norshaft Democratic Club Raynolds Bennington Bennington Free Library Norshaft Club

Winners at Tanglewood Berkshires Award Top Students

The Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood ended its 20th session with cash prizes for outstanding students. 270 music students from 30 states and 16 countries participated in the 1963 summer program. Louis Angelini from Utica New York and Volkmar Fritsche from Essex West Germany won Koussevitzky Tanglewood composition prizes. Fritsche studied with Iain Hamilton and Angelini with Witold Lutoslawski. The 1963 session opens June 30 for eight weeks, aligned with the Berkshire Festival.

Lenox Mass Berkshire Music Center Boston Symphony Orchestra Tanglewood Koussevitzky Tanglewood Louis Angelini Utica N.Y Volkmar Fritsche Essex West Germany Koussevitzky Music Foundation Fritsche Iain Hamilton Angelini Witold Lutoslawski Berkshire

Arlington High School student registration dates set

Arlington High School opens registration August 29 30 and 31 with hours 10 to noon and 1 to 3. Freshmen register August 29 sophomores August 30 and juniors and seniors August 31. Books and activity and athletic dues are due. athletic dues cover all games and must be paid to participate.

Arlington Arlington High School Athletic Association

Arlington School Registration at Fisher School

Mrs. Marie Mattison, principal, will register new and first graders Wednesday to Friday from 1 to 4 p.m. at Fisher School. Children entering first grade must register and any new or re entering students. First graders must be six by January 1, 1963. birth certificates required if birth not in town records.

Arlington Marie Mattison Fisher School

Arlington Calendar Sept 28 Social, PTA, and school registrations

Arlington events list the American Legion Auxiliary social and picnic at Marion Squiers home on Tuesday. Wednesday covers freshmen and first graders registrations at Fisher and the high school. Thursday brings a district PTA meeting and sophomore registration. Friday adds junior and senior registration slots.

American Legion Auxiliary Marion Squiers Fisher School

Library memorial fund set up for Celia Deschenes

Ann Marsh reports on a hospital surgery for Mrs. William Mack in Brattleboro. The Martha Canfield Library board established a memorial fund for Celia Deschenes, longtime board member with lifelong library interest, and received several other gifts added to the fund.

William Mack Margaret Killian Brattleboro Martha Canfield Library Celia Deschenes

Mountain Towns family returns from vacation home

Mr and Mrs Vincent Nesci and sons Ralph and Davis of Meriden Connecticut and Frankie Markiewicz of Rahway New Jersey with a nephew returned to Meriden after spending a week at their vacation place.

Vincent Nesci Ralph and Davis Meriden

Tanglewood season ends as Munch retires from Boston Symphony

Charles Munch conducts Beethoven's Ninth at his farewell as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra before Erich Leinsdorf takes over. More than 15,000 attend the final concert with Adele Addison Donald Gramm and others delivering a powerful performance. Burgin retires as concertmaster after 42 years. Munch departs after 13 years guiding the ensemble.

Lenox Mass Charles Munch Beethoven Boston Symphony Orchestra Munch Erich Leinsdorf Berkshire Festival University of Montreal Adele Addison Donald Gramm Miss Koploff Norman McCollum Richard Burgin Boston Symphony

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