Swedish student visits Niagara Falls and Canada trip
Leif Blender a 19 year old Swedish Experiment in International Living participant, toured Niagara Falls with Dr. Theodore Harwood and relatives in North Tonawanda and Montreal. He plans medical or agricultural work, admires US sights, and will join a group heading to Paris before military service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Niagara Falls
Leif Blender
Leif
Stockholm
Theodore Harwood
Walter Hayes
Clyde Bryant Jr
Harwood
North Tonawanda
N.Y
Buffalo
Isley Zecher
Falls
Shelburne Museum
New York
Paris
United States
Rotary Club
James Campbell
Clifford Harwood
Mason Barney
Joseph Fowler
AMHS Class of 1953 Holds Tenth Reunion Weekend
Arlington Memorial High School’s class of 1953 held its tenth reunion weekend on August 17 and 18 with twelve of twenty graduates attending. Highlights included a cocktail party in Sunderland, a Cambridge banquet with class poems and prophecies, awards for longest marriage and most children, remarks by Brezinski, and a family picnic the next day attended by about forty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington Memorial High School
Norman J. Mattison
Sunderland
Cambridge
N.Y
Hazel Squiers
June Squiers Sher- Win
Parcia Tudor Cross
George Hess
Hazel
Squiers
Nancy Rice Foster
Earl LaBatt
Brezinski
Salem
Philip Sherwin
Wilmington Art Show Highlights Old Home Day
Old Home Day at White Creek drew about 300 people with focus on a five year running art show. Attendees enjoyed a luncheon and a special church program, with area artists such as Mrs. John Wirmusky and Joe Barber among those displaying work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Creek
John Wirmusky
Elwin Armstrong
William Ruditis
Frank Irick
Joe Barber
Hoosick Falls
Paul
Bill Moses
Eagle Bridge
Amy McIntosh
Helen Thompson
Cambridge
Widows of Vermont Vets Eligible for Pensions
Vermont widows of war time veterans who died without service connected disability may qualify for pension if income falls under limits. Charles L. Jacobs, director of the VA Center at White River Junction, notes eligibility now equalizes for World War I World War II and Korean War widows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White River Junction
Vermont
Charles L. Jacobs
Jacobs
Ascot Draws Horses and Royal Meet History
A historical overview traces Ascot Racecourse origins in 1711 Queen Anne hunting days near Windsor. It notes the venue’s evolution to a grand modern grandstand, Royal Ascot traditions, and the sport’s royal patronage alongside social pomp and racing stakes. It also covers veteran widows’ pension rules and VA contact details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Queen Anne
England
Windsor Castle
Ascot Heath
Ascot
Ascot Racecourse
Royal Enclosure
Nell Gwyn
London
Royal Ascot
Elizabeth II
Duke of Edinburgh
John
James I
Epsom Downs
Louis Young
Selectmen To Seek Pollution Report In Bennington
Bennington selectmen plan to contact a state Water Resources Board official to verify follow-up on pollution abatement in the Walloomsac River basin. They seek clarity on notices given to property owners and local responsibilities after WRB inspections last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
State Water Resources Board
Walloomsac
WRB
First
Faris
William H. Fox
Firemen in Arlington Respond to Smoldering Attack at Memorial Field
Arlington Fire Chief C. Lee Marsh reports firefighters were called Tuesday evening to Memorial Field to quell a smoldering attack by the Arlington Pony League baseball team. The flames and smoke prompted a brief Mutual Aid consideration, but the Pony League scored in the first and third innings as firefighters extinguished the flare and left the field under control after the fifth inning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
C. Lee Marsh
Memorial Field
Arlington Pony League
Smoke Eaters
Pony League
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Bennington Banner
Sweden
Mary Dillmann
Niagara
1949
Canada
Toronto
Montreal
Vergennes
Turkey
UVM Medical School
Dillman
AMHS
Jerome Sargood
June Squiers Sherwin
Columbia
Chatham, N. Y
D. C. Buck
Myron
Floren
Lawrence Welk
Martin
Harte Theatre Oe Vt
Jaudition
Mirisah Dean Martin
Geraldine Page
Ivvette Mimieux
Iwisson
Trey Ted awsisTs
AMC
THE
Three Stooges
Hercules
Ian Fleming
Technicolor
Eleanor Niles
Wilmington
Denise Allen HO
Congregational Church School Guild
J.F. Manton
Frank Childs
Childs
J.F. Maneton
Lensey Cole
William Preston
Stanley Carner
High
Etoimh
North Hoosick
Elvis Presley
Athur O'Connell
Flaming Star
Eivis Presley
Barbara Eden
Walloomsac River
WRB Cmsr
Reinhold Thieme
Thieme
South Street
Greater Bennington Association
Bennington County Industrial Corp
Harriet Davis
Old Bennington
Berkshire
Nichols
Union Street
Madkour’s
Central Market
S&h
Main St
Lettal
Borden Glacier Club
Sherbert
Gal
America
Stickney & Poor
Spice St
Boston
Milas
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