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Newspaper

Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Feb 02, 1967

Page

7

National Arts Club Honors SVAC Artist Sculptress

SVAC members receive national recognition at New York awards dinner where Eleanor Niles of SVAC joins Elfriede Abbe and Ogden Pleissner in top honors for painting and sculpture. Attendees include Margery Ryerson and several SVAC supporters from Vermont and New York.

National Arts Club SVAC New York Ogden Pleissner Pawlet Norman Kent Elfriede Abbe Ithaca N.Y SVA Miss Abbe Art Center Margery Ryerson Bruce Stevenson Club

All Saints Guild Events Highlight Hoosick News

Mrs Otto Piritz spends a week in New York City. All Saints Guild to meet Feb 9 with Mrs George W Bovie. Ladies Aid of the Baptist Church to meet Feb 3 at 2 pm with Mrs Frances Prince. Mrs Ellsworth Stevens hosted a pink and blue shower for Mrs William Stearns. Prizes to Mrs Ruth Stearns, Mrs Ann Brown, Mrs Shirley Stevens. Hoosick Fire Auxiliary met at Mrs Robert Breese's home. baby shower for adopted daughter Bonnie. All Saints Guild hosted another shower for Mrs Breese at Mrs Bowie's home. About 40 friends attended a shower for Miss Joyce Cloke of Schenectady at Mr and Mrs Frank Cipperly's home.

Otto Piritz New York City All Saints’ Guild George W. Bovie Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist Church Frances Prince Ellsworth Stevens William Stearns Ruth Stearns Ann Brown Shirley Stevens Hoosi

Noted Friend Pays Tribute To Stephen R Currier

A New York Times letter from Heckscher memorializes Stephen R Currier missing since January 18 with Audrey Currier after a chartered twin engine plane vanished en route from Puerto Rico to St Thomas. Heckscher recalls Currier as philanthropist, social reformer, and energy to improve urban life, noting his priority of racial justice and culture.

Stephen R. Currier New York August Heckscher Bennington College Mrs. Currier Puerto Rico St. Thomas Virgin Islands New York Times The New York Herald Tribune Currier Heckscher Stephen Currier Audrey San Juan Stephen

Two Area Authors Named in National Book Awards Poetry

Area writers Barbara Howes of Pownal and William Jay Smith of Williams College are among 31 books named for five National Book Awards categories. Howes’s Looking Up at Leaves is Knopf. Smith’s The Tin Can and Other Poems is Delacorte. James MacGregor Burns of Williams College chaired the history and biography jury. Awards carry 1000 dollars and cover fiction poetry arts and letters history and biography and science philosophy religion.

Pownal Barbara Howes William Jay Smith Williams College Miss Howes Alfred A. Knopf Smith Delacorte James MacGregor Burns National Book Committee

Heart Fund letters and local meetings row

Letters will be mailed this week for the Heart Fund chaired by Mrs Doris Rice of Searsburg. Donations may be mailed or given in person. Girl Scout Troop 499 met at Mrs Robert Porter's home to rehearse a play co written by Porter and Miss Helen Rowell and will perform in French March 8 at the school cafeteria. Meetings begin today at 7:30 p.m. at the school cafeteria through March 6.

Doris Rice Searsburg The Heart Fund Girl Scout Troop 499 Robert Porter Porter Helen Rowell Wilmington High School Lisa Berkley Holly Wolf Wendy Fajans Windham Southwest School District Durand Taylor Nina Lendry Howard Mills

Arlington News Briefs Include Holiday Visit and Senior Center Offer

Mr and Mrs Earl LaBatt and three children spent the weekend with Mrs LaBatt s parents in Brighton Massachusetts for belated Christmas celebrations. Arlington Fire Company may offer use of firehouse rooms to local seniors. Those interested in starting a senior group may contact Edward J Doyle or Lyle Salter. Lamplighters 4 H Club plans a rummage sale February 25 at the East Arlington firehouse and seeks donations by calling 375 6494.

Earl LaBatt East Arlington

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Manchester Southern Vermont Art Center Eleanor Niles WSCS Jermain Methodist Church Dewey McCart Warren Taber Thomas D. Nesbett Norwich University Clarence Tommy) Hunt Putnam Memorial Hospital Aram Zelveian Salem Margaret Cook Bartlett Arkell John Boyer Ernest Stiassni John Orteig Orland Campbell Caroline Wadsworth Ann Grimes William Resor James S. Dawson Hoosick Ada M. Breer HOB Nob Restaurant Manchester, Vermont George Schetzel Taconic Foundation Urban America Architectural Forum Potomac Institute of Washington Vergennes Vermont Educational Theater Association Vergennes High School Vermont Theater Guild Vermont John Altobell Twentieth Century Fund Kennedy Winhall Peter Andrus Burlington Naval Reserve Sprague B. Lyons Lexington Mass Frederick E. Lyons Mountain Home Grange Allene Capen Euphemia Clark Henry Paquette Gigi Chicopee Falls Bromley Janet Keith Donna Atkins Harry Atkins Howard P. Horton William Slade Leon Dyke John Ewing Peapack N.J Taylor Hill Eric Sibourg Niantic, Conn Kendall Farm Road Rawsonville John O. Slade Christopher Wickenden USN Arthur E. Wickenden Mechanic St North Bennington Navy Naval Training Center Great Lakes Orvis Company ORVIS Sadie Red & Reel Hip Boots OAVIS Hunters’ Boots Battenkill Dodge Manchester Depot Area Writers Mountain Towns Carlo Walter — HO Wilmington Congregational Women’s Association Wayne Timmerman Harry Fisler Helen Allen Margaret Hall Congregational Church China Williamstown Red Peter K. Frost Frost Harvard University Williams William Cullen Bryant House Ladies Aid Wilmington Baptist Ladies Aid Society Ethel Southworth Edna Carpenter LIONS Milton Wolf Wilmington Lions Long Jim Arlington East Arlington Helene Thompson Phooey Dodge Boys
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