Birthday Memoir of Historian John Spargo in Old Bennington
Old Bennington marks John Spargo's 89th birthday as he recalls a lifetime among presidents and prime ministers. He recounts hearing Churchill once in 1901, meeting Randolph Churchill, and witnessing Gladstone speak in Camborne, which inspired his lifelong eloquence and career as a famed orator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Bennington
Liverpool
United States
Plymouth
Clara
Churchill
New York
Britain
Spargo
Truro
Cornwall
Winston Churchill
Lord Randolph Churchill
Camborne
Randy
Gladstone
Ireland
Lord Randolph
United Kingdom
Liberal Union Party
Randolph Churchill
Jennie Jerone
Clara, Hall
Ambrose Hall
Williamstown
Churchills
Winston
Benjamin Disraeli
Lord Beaconfield
Disraeli
Georgina
Nell
London
Mr. Spargo
William Ewart Gladstone
John Spargo
George Otto Trevelyan
Thomas Babing
Bennington Museum
Bevins Chapman Engagement Is Announced In Asheboro
Mr and Mrs Lyndon E Bevins of 123 S Randolph Ave Asheboro announce the engagement of their daughter Suzanne Cynthia Bevins to Robert Wallace Chapman son of Mr and Mrs Donald Chapman of 67 Broad St Plainville Conn Suzanne a North Bennington High School 1957 graduate attended the University of Vermont Greensboro College and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro she teaches in Asheboro city schools Mr Chapman a University of Vermont graduate served in the Army in Germany holds a masters in education and works as a teacher coach in the Massachusetts public school system at West Bridgewater No date for the wedding has been set.
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Asheboro
N.C
Lyndon E. Bevins
S. Randolph Ave
North Bennington
Suzanne Cynthia Bevins
Robert Wallace Chapman
Donald Chapman
Broad St
Plainville
University of North Carolina At
Greensboro
Mr. Chapman
University of Vermont
Germany
Massachusetts
West Bridgewater
Mass
Married Dryfoos Heiskell ties in New York society
Mrs. Morgan Sulzberger Dryfoos widow of New York Times founder Orvil E. Dryfoos wed Andrew Heiskell, Time Inc. director, in Manhattan. The ceremony at the Sulzberger home was conducted by Bernard Botein. The couple will live at 1010 Fifth Avenue and in Darien Connecticut after a Virgin Islands honeymoon.
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New York
N.Y
Arthur Hays Sulzberger
Park Ave
Bernard Botein
State Supreme Court
New York Times Co
Interstate Broadcasting Co
WQXR
Adolph S. Ochs
New York Times
Virgin Islands
Fifth Ave
Darien
Conn
The Bennington Banner Telephones and Contact Info
The Bennington Banner lists its offices and staff numbers for business news newsroom and advertising. It notes publication daily except Sundays and holidays and provides subscription rates for Vermont and U S addresses with special serviceman rates.
Bennington Homemakers Plan Tours and Education
Bennington County Extension Homemakers Council met at Mrs. Walter Finney’s in West Arlington to chart tours and education for the year. Planned trips include Cathedral of the Pines in New Hampshire with Rhododendron Park, fall Plymouth and St Johnsbury visits, and a Washington DC Citizenship Tour May 28 costing 70 dollars with some extras. Two preschool sessions are set for March 17–18 in Bennington and Manchester, plus a county delegate meeting March 30 in West Arlington. A regional spring host effort ties to Shaftsbury groups. Also printed is an economical Arabian Stew recipe using pork chops, rice, tomatoes, onion, and peppers.
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Bennington County Extension Homemakers Council
Walter Finney
West Arlington
Walter Jones
Dorset
Cathedral of the Pines
Rindge
N.H
New Hampshire State
Plymouth
Calvin Coolidge
St. Johnsbury
Natural Science Museum
Cary
Washington, D.C
Bennington County
Washington
4-H Foundation
Frederick Simmons
North Bennington
Bennington
Manchester
Shaftsbury
Double SS
North Shaftsbury
West Shaftsbury
Labor Support For Arthritis Drive Urged
Burlington Vermont Labor Council secretary treasurer Carroll P Comstock Jr urges all United Labor Organization unions to back the arthritis campaign run by the Vermont Arthritis Foundation. He says at least 90 percent of funds stay in Vermont and he is mailing letters to local unions to seek support.
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Burlington
Carroll P. Comstock Jr
Vermont Labor Council
Afl-Cio
United Labor Organization
Vermont Arthritis Foundation
Comstock
Vermont
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Churchill, Gladstone, Trevelyan
Ton Macauley
Sir George Otto Trevelyan
Trevelyan
Mr. Black
The
Cornish Post
Arthur Balfour
Herbert Asquith
Joseph Chamberlain
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Suzanne C. Bevins
Scriven-Phillips
Petersburg
Lewis Scriven
Virginia Ann
Lynwood Rowe Phillips
Marie Phillips
Berlin
George Phillips
Scriven
Hoosick Falls Central School
Comptroller’s
Watervliet Arsenal
Phillips
Berlin Central School
U.S. Air Force
Adirondack Bottle Gas Corp
Grafton
Hoosick Falls
N. Y
Dominick Beninall
Phyllis Susan
William Lee Bushner
Boyntonville
William C. Bushner
Beninali
St. Mary’s Academy
Nancy Shoe Co
Grand Union of
John F. McGrath Sr
Maureen J
Dennis C. Keegan
John Keegan
Miss McGrath
Dodge Fibers Corp
Mr. Keegan
East Hoosick
William J. Hewson Jr
Mary Eileen
Arnold E. Jones
Hoosick
Hewson
J. M. Callahan Corp
Mr. Jones
Hudson Valley Community College
Dodge Machine and Tool Co. of
Francis T. Marceau
Elm St
Jeanne
Bruce V. Mark
John
M. Mack
Imperial Ave
Marceau
Bennington Catholic High School
Elie Academy of Beauty Culture
Vogue
Williamsburg High School
U.S. Marine Corps
Ben Hulett
Andrick
Virginia A. Scriven
Andrick Phyllis S. Beninati
Beninati-Bushner
Maureen J. McGrath
McGrath
Keegan
Lloyda
Mary E. Hewson
Jeanne Marceau
Marceau-Mack
Bennington Banner
Main St
Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
UBJ
U.S
Dial
Better TV
Main Street
Wild Flowers of America
Dna St. Vincent Millay Furniture Treasury
Wallace Nutting
American Heritage
Cook Book
Bennington Bookshop, Inc
Nichols
Your Ymca
Union St
Banner
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