Bennington Museum adds outdoor exhibit and silver study
The Bennington Museum marks its year open with over 150000 visitors and plans a permanent collection search while new exhibitions unfold. Upcoming outdoor show Animals in Marble by Jane Armstrong runs May 15 to Nov 1, with Vermont silver ware and other works highlighted. Open 9:30 am to 4:30 pm daily, summer 9 am to 6 pm starting June 21.
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Grandma Moses
Bennington
Jane Armstrong
Armstrong
Manchester
New York
Middlebury College
Art Students League
Pratt Institute
Deely
William Rogers
Barret
Vermont
Bennington Museum
McColl
Dartmouth To Install New President Sunday
Dartmouth College will install its 13th president, mathematician John G. Kemeny, Sunday at Alumni Gymnasium. Kemeny, a pioneer in computer time sharing for education, succeeds John Sloan Dickey after being chosen January 23 by the board of trustees. About 2,500 students, faculty, staff, and alumni are expected to attend the 2:30 p.m. ceremony.
Omnibus Bill Advances in Vermont House Debate
The House Appropriations Committee unanimously backed a 109.893 million omnibus budget with education and welfare the largest items. Increased tax projections funded most changes, raising school building aid and boosting college budgets while trimming educational television. A highway budget remains 34.4 million. Debate set for Friday.
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Educational TV
House
Luther Hackett
South
Burlington
Dartmouth President Dickey to retire after 25 years
The Bennington Briefs note Dartmouth College president John Dickey will retire after 25 years and become the institution's first Third Century Professor of Public Affairs. His successor, Kemeny, is the fourth non alumnus to lead Dartmouth. The formal installation will transfer the Wentworth Bowl Flude Medal and 200 year old charter to Kemeny.
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Dickey
Ernest Martin Hopkins
Kemeny
Dartmouth
Flude
John Flude
Wentworth
Hayes Decision May Affect Daley's Plans
Rutland report notes former Lt. Gov. John Daley says Thomas L. Hayes may shape his own gubernatorial plans. Hayes announced a bid but declined to reveal party, leaving Daley to weigh whether to pursue a second Democratic run. Daley calls Hayes entry another factor in a decision driven by party interests.
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Rutland
UPID
John Daley
Thomas L. Hayes
Hayes
Daley
Democratic Party
Four seek two Pownal school director posts
Four candidates vie for two three year and one year terms as Pownal searches for a solution to a long running school problem. Gordon Dyndor Barbara Burrington Vincent Pizzano and Janet Wilcox debate duties tax impacts and plans for elementary to high school education.
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Pownal
Gordon Dyndor
Barbara Burrington
Vincent Pizzano
Janet Wilcox
Gordon F. Dyndor
Ma ‘Sd
North Adams
Braytonville
Drury High School
Funeral for Mrs Amy Maher N Bennington Maiden Name
The funeral of Mrs Amy Maher widow of Thomas Maher and mother of Mrs Edward Sibley of North Bennington was held at St Francis de Sales Church with a Requiem High Mass by Rev Msgr Francis B Flanagan. Interment followed in St Marys Cemetery Crompton Rhode Island with committal prayers. Mrs Maher died Wednesday at Monroe Park Nursing Home.
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Amy Maher
Thomas Maher
Edward Sibley
North Bennington
St. Francis
R.I
Win ter Camporee Planned by Pownal Scout Troop 347
Fifteen boys of Pownal Troop 347 plan a winter Camporee for second and first class scouts this weekend at a campsite on the property of Scoutmaster Edward Reynolds in East Pownal. The North Pownal Congregational Church Board of Trustees says Sunday worship will be omitted due to unfinished furnace repairs. members are asked to attend 9 a.m. service at Pownal Center Community Church.
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Boy Scouts
Pownal
Edward Reynolds
East Pownal
North Pownal
Snowmobile Race Set at Manchester Fairgrounds
The Manchester Lions Club sponsors the first annual snowmobile race at the old fairgrounds Sunday March 1 starting at 12 30. Four races drag cross country speed oval and a ladies powder puff with four stock and five modified classes. Prizes awarded to top three in each class. Entry 5 per machine men 3 for women. Admission 1 and 50 cents for children under 12. Registration 10 to noon. Refreshments available. For more information call Harvey Turner or Paul Schwindt.
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Ing
United States
Snowmobile Association
Harvey Turner
Paul Schwindt
Manchester
Eagles Notes and Week Four Bowling Standings
The Eagles chart members bowled Sunday for the fourth week with a good turnout. High singles went to Douglas Sweet for a 40 game and high triples were by Douglas Sweet with 90 and Alph er ie Ross with 78. Standings show Tifft Pushers 58 points, Doug Wolff 51 14, Ripley Raiders 51, Don Eagles 49.
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Eagles
Douglas Sweet
Alpherie Ross
Tifft
Doug Wolff
Ripley Raiders
Don Eagles
Word of Life Rally Recommends Jack Wyrtzen's Event
Shaftsbury Vermont resident Phyllis P Bronson endorses the Word of Life Youth Rally 7 urging participation by all ages, highlighting its appeal beyond youth audiences.
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Jack Wyrtzen
Phyllis P. Bronson
Shaftsbury, Vermont
House Eyes Development Control Plan in Vermont
The Vermont House backed a bill to create a state Environmental Control Commission and eight district panels. Developers would need district permits for subdivisions, with local plans taking precedence over state or regional ones. Senate amendments require House concurrence.
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Montpelier
UPI
House
Davis
Environmental Control Commission
Deane C. Davis
Vermont
House Natural Resources and Appropriations
Senate
Walter Blucher
Arlington
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Guma
Arthur S. Faris
Shaftsbury
American Academy of General Practice
Getty Page
Vermont Medical Society
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Academy
Page
Richard Fabricius
Bennington Briefs
John XXIII Institute
Bennington - Rutland
Opportunity Council
Oak Hill
Burrington
Massachusetts
Iowa State University
Pizzano
Northeast Wood Products, Inc
Pizzano Construction Co
John XXIII Institute Board of Trustees
Bennington County Industrial Corp
Hoosick Falls
St. Joseph
Thomson Mfg. Co
Wilcox
DRY Cleaning
P.m
Benmont Avenue
Bennington, Vermont
Main ST
Bennington, VT
Thomas F. Maher
The
Pownals
Vera Langlais
Fairgrounds
Echo
Manchester Lions Club
Rac
Jack
Wyrtzen
Mount Anthony Union High School
First National Stores
North Bennington Road
Finast
Creen Stampsy
Town & Country
Monument Plaza Shopping Center
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