Patsy Santo Exhibition at Berkshire Museum in Bennington
Fifty primitive oil paintings by Patsy Santo of Bennington are on display at the Berkshire Museum New Gallery through the month. Three works traveled to Europe. Santo is a self taught folk art painter with prior showings in Berkshire Art Association exhibits and national museums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Patsy Santo
Pittsfield
Mass
Berkshire Museum
Europe
Santo
Stuart C. Henry
Folk Art School
Berkshire Art Association
BAA
Winter View
Peaceful Valley
Corsano
Italy
United States
Albany
N.Y
Hoosick Falls
Adams
Greenwich
Southern Vermont Artists Assn
Manchester
Museum of Modern Art
New York City
Marie Harriman
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C
Albany Institute of Art
Lawrence Art Museum
Williams College
Toledo Museum of Art
Carnegie Institute of Art
Henry
Norman’ Rockwell
Village Water Commissioners Reject Bennington Flats Connection
Bennington Flats residents failed to gain village water service as the Bennington Village Water Department unanimously refused Bellemare & Sons a connection to the Molly Stark School line. Board cited risk to supply reserves and unrealistically low village rates delaying reservoir expansion and paid out 26.75 dollars annual use for non residents.
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Village Water Commissioners
Bennington Flats
Bennington Village
Bellemare & Sons
Molly Stark
Willow Road
Alfred W. Ellert
Main St
Bellemares
Floyd M. Harmon
Gage St
Hilda Hurley
Herbert J. Horst
Prospect St
Water Board
Horst
Bellemare and Sons
Prodigy Ruth Slenczynska Returns as Soloist at 50th SF Symphony
Ruth Slenczynska, once hailed as the greatest keyboard genius since Mozart, appears as soloist with the San Francisco Symphony for its 50th anniversary in Oakland. She recalls a child prodigy life, travels to Berlin Paris and New York, and notes she’d prefer a quiet life as a wife and mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ruth Slenczynska
Oakland
Calif
Bay Area
San Francisco Symphony
Berlin
Paris
Mozart
Ruth
University of California
Europe
College of Our Lady of Mercy
Burlingame
Carmel
San Francisco ‘Symphony
Arthur Fiedler
YMCA Activity Schedule for Bennington and Shaftsbury
The YMCA announces weekly programs across Bennington and Shaftsbury with daily classes and clubs. Activities include physical education, conditioning groups, bowling for various age groups, baton twirling, wrestling, carpenters Local 994 club meetings, ladies auxiliary, Junior High Fun Night, and Junior Rifle Club plus daily indoor recreation at the Y pool and gym with extended hours for intermediate and senior members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
Shaftsbury School
Industrial Management
Vermont Bank and Trust Co
Bennington Brush
Carpenter’s
Ladies Auxiliary
Memorial Ark
Berlin zoo snake theft stuns authorities
Berlin police hunt a thief who stole nine snakes from the West Berlin zoo including several poisonous species. No injuries reported and investigations continue as officials warn of potential danger from the removed reptiles.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Brownies Marigold Blooms Promised Across The Nation
Girl Scouts plan to distribute Brownie Scout Marigolds to 5 million gardens as part of the Golden Anniversary effort Blossoms for the Birthday Years. The dwarf French double marigold, green and gold with brown, was chosen from eleven candidates for easy growth and bright color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scouts of
U.S.A
Girl Scouts
Vermont sketches plan for new youth offender facility
Holger C. Peterson, chairman of the Vermont Board of Institutions, urged funding for a 2 million intermediate corrections institution. He asked the 1963 Legislature to bar offenders to the Department of Institutions and Weeks School, seek scholarships for psychiatric training, and make pre sentence investigations mandatory in court actions.
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Burlington
Vermont
Board of Institutions
Holger C. Peterson
Service Club
Department of Institution
House of Correction
Peterson
Number Change Extends Vt. 100 30 Miles South
The Vermont Highway Department announced a planned numerically extended Vermont Route 100, running from Wilmington to the Massachusetts border at Stamford, while preserving Vermont 8 as a dual designation to maintain continuity with Massachusetts Route 8. The change takes effect by May 1 and will appear on 1962 maps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Massachusetts
Stamford
Vermont Highway Department
Vermont
Weston
Rancher Drives Steers to Market in 65 Mile Cattle Run
Don Hight led 1,800 steers from Westover South Dakota to a live stock center, cutting trucking costs by about 2000 dollars. Five days of severe winter weather reduced weight but the sale, starting Thursday, is expected to net around 360000 dollars. Winds to 40 mph and 15 below zero hindered the final miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.D
Don Hight
South Dakota
Hight
Westover
Sewer Fee Bills To Be Mailed In 1961
Treasurer Michael J. Hogan Jr. announced sewer use bills for 1961 will be mailed this week. Rates are set for domestic units at 10 dollars yearly for single family homes, with tiered charges for multiple units. Commercial and industrial minimum is 37.50 dollars yearly, plus consumption charges. estimated annual revenue is 36 thousand dollars. Bills for 1962 will be issued in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael J. Hogan Jr
University of Massachusetts Leads $2 Million African Education Project
The University of Massachusetts will administer a $2 million aid project in Africa to build a girls boarding school in Tororo Uganda. Dean Albert Purvis leads the team with Elwyn Doubleday and Dean Mary Whyard guiding construction, staffing, and school administration over a multi year period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst
Mass
University of Massachusetts
Africa
U. S
John W. Lederle
Administration For International Development
U. S. Department of State
School of Education
Tororo
Uganda
Albert W. Purvis
University School of Education
Elwyn Doubleday
East Longmeadow
Mary Whyard
Northfield School
Dean Purvis
Alan McOnegal
Ministry of Works
McDnegal
David Anderson
of Drummey, Rosane, Anderson
Boston
Anderson
East Africa
UVM Center’s Brief Yet Powerful Computing Impact
The University of Vermont’s computing center, less than a year old, grew from a rare regional facility to a model discussed by 14 New England universities. Its IBM 1620 system aided 12 departments, saving researchers hundreds of hours, from psychiatry tests on 400 patients to forestry data analyses and bridge design projects including Interstate Highway work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
University of Vermont
UVM
New England
IBM
George W. Brooks
Lelon A. Weaver Jr
Department of Psychiatry
General Electric
Cynosure
Plattsburgh
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
St. Lawrence
Niagara Power
Cupid
Fire destroys Star Haven general store in Methuen
A spectacular fire last night destroyed the Star Haven general store at Marston's Corner Methuen Mass. visible ten miles away. No injuries were reported. Damage was unofficially estimated at 85000. The two and a half story former barn housed a drug store variety store market and auto repair shop.
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Methuen
Mass
Star Haven General Store
Marston's Corner
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Ellert
AP Women’s
Ness
YMCA
Walker’s Food Mkt
Bennington, VT
TEL
College
William R. Adams
Boyd W. Post
Department of Forestry
Insurance
VT. Bank
Bank OF Waterbury
Waterbury, Vermont
F.d.lc
Americas
OLDS
Thurber'’S Garage
Oldsmobile
Snc
Bennington, Vermont
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