Blakelys leave Topping Tavern after long tenure at museum
Mr and Mrs Blakely, custodians and host couple of Topping Tavern Museum since 1969, depart Jan 21 to pursue other business. Peter W Cook of Bennington Museum says replacements are being interviewed. a caretaker will reside at the tavern temporarily. Blakelys are noted artist designer and craftspeople with broad museum connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dudley M. Blakely
Topping Tavern
Shaftsbury
Bennington Museum
Peter W. Cook
Blakely
Royal Society of Arts Manufacturing and Commerce of Great Britain
American Museum of Natural History
New York City
Africa
Cranbrook Institute “of Science
Bloomfield Hills
Mich
Boston Museum of Science
Bishop Museum
Honolulu
Museum of Philippine History
Government of
Tonga
Polynesia
Franklin Mint
Pennsylvania
Gosford
Topping
Green Mountains
Montshire Museum Opens in Hanover New England Region
The Montshire Museum of Science opened Jan 10 in Hanover New Hampshire with 3 to 6 pm ceremonies led by Board Chair Walter and attended by hundreds from towns along the Connecticut River. Dr. Robert Chaffee will direct, with Dr. Howard Sargent as associate, as the museum pursues field trips lectures and rotating exhibits to study flora fauna minerals and anthropology of New Hampshire and Vermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
N.H
Connecticut River
Montshire Museum of Science
Walter
Upper Valley
Dartmouth
Boston
Museum of Science
Bradford Washburn
National Geographic Society
Grand Canyon
Washburn
Montshire Regional Museum
New England
New Hampshire
Vermont
Robert Chaffee
Lyme
Dartmouth College Museum
Howard Sargent
Georges Mills, N.H
Dartmouth College
Montshire Museum
Agnes Sura displays her doll collection
Hoosick Falls New York Mrs Agnes Sura of Wilson Hill Road presented the Hoosick Township Historical Society program showing about 100 antique dolls collected over five years. She described each doll background noting items from a 16th century Queen Anne doll bought by William Penn for his granddaughter to modern 20th century pieces and lawsuits over the By-low Baby Doll pattern. The meeting also approved purchasing seeds from Washington era poplar trees at Mount Vernon for a bicentennial project and planned a July 4 exposition and parade with an antique car, plus a fund raising card party for February and the next meeting on February 5 at St Marks Parish Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Beaumont
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Agnes Sura
Wilson Hill Road
Hoosick Township
Germany
Sura
Berlin Central School
Historical Society
Christina Stevens
Mount Vernon
George Washington
Kevin Thibodeau
Joseph Holloway
Armory
Lasardi
Fred
Regional plan update meetings announced for four towns
Arlington hosts the first of four public meetings by the Bennington County Regional Commission to update the regional plan. Sessions follow January 20 at Arlington town hall, January 27 at Bennington County Courthouse, and February 4 in Stamford Elementary School conference room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Bennington County Regional Commission
Manchester
Arlington Town Hall
Bennington County
Bennington
Stamford
Ugly fish may help New England fishing industry
URI marine biologists study ocean pout as a marketable alternative to depleted cod and flounder. Tasting panels found pout indistinguishable from flounder in chowder tests, with fillets selling for about 1.19 to 1.89 per pound in local markets. Fishermen report nets containing mostly pout, yet waste much of it. brokers and retailers plan to market the plentiful species to widen consumer choices and stabilize income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Narragansett, RI
UPI
University of Rhode Island
New
URI
Soliman Shenouda
Srabiak Inventivetarees
New York
Manchester Wins EPA Grant for Sewage Design Project
The U S Environmental Protection Agency awards Manchester a 150 080 grant to design water pollution control facilities serving both the town and village. Final plans and specs will prepare a sewer collection and treatment system, upgrading the village plant to provide secondary treatment and converting the town plant into a pumping station. Total project cost is 200 107 and aligns with the state permit requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Manchester
John A. S. McGlennon
EPA
Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Sunderland 4-H Club Adds Five Members at January Meeting
The Sunderland Covered Bridge 4-H Club held its Saturday meeting at Mrs. Ellery Lawrence's home. Five new members joined as new leaders for sewing crafts crocheting and knitting were announced. Agnes Salisky spoke on small animal care and forestry program plans include a February film on forestry by Bruce Caler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunderland
Ellery Lawrence
Jane Aaron
Rose Stone
Sandra Morse
Agnes Salisky
Bruce Caler
Lawrence
Son Succeeds Father on Bank Board in Arlington
Manchester Factory Point National Bank announces the resignation of John L. Whalen as director effective January 1. Thomas P. Whalen, son of Whalen, will replace him on the board. Thomas is an attorney and Arlington town moderator with a background at Holy Cross College and St Louis University Law School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Factory Point National Bank Board
Christian W. Schafer
John L. Whalen
Arlington
Whalen
Schafer
Thomas P. Whalen
Arlington High School
Holy Cross College
St. Louis University
United States
District of Vermont
Mary R. Schroeder
St. Louis, Mo
Buck Hill Road
Trout Unlimited to Host First 1976 Meeting in Manchester
The Battenkill Chapter of Trout Unlimited screens a film at the Manchester Rod and Gun Club on Route 30 west of Manchester. The event on Tuesday January 20 at 7 30 p m aims to inform on fishing and improve trout fishing for members and their children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Battenkill
Trout Unlimited
Hoosick Home Bureau Plans Two Months Of Crafts
Hoosick New York January regular meeting outlines upcoming craft lessons. Lucille Page will host string pictures on January 19 in Bennington. Sandra Phillips teaches doll bassinettes January 26 on Troy Bennington Road Hoosick. Nancy Miner to lead shingle painting February 17. Next meeting February 3 at Diane Davendanis Hoosick Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick
N.Y
Lucille Page
Bryant Street
Bennington
Sandra Phillips
Troy-Bennington Road
Nancy Miner
Bovie Hill Road
Susan Lohnes
Rose Morrissey
Diane Davendanis
Church St
Hoosick Falls
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Blakelys
Mr. and
Mrs
Main St
Cor
William Ballard
Norwich
George D. Wrightson
Hanover Center
Gregory Prince
Union Village
Aliie Quinn
Ludwig Greiner
Philadelphia
Springfield
Uncle Mose
Aunt Jemima Mills
USA
Grace Storey Putnam
Shirley Temple
General MacArthur
St. Mark’s Parish Hall
Elm St
Benn
Brattleboro
Cape Cod
North Carolina
National Weather Service
Post Stroke Assoc
Post
Putnam Memorial Hospital
G. Murray Bell
Campbell
Eileen Carrier
Mrs. Lawrence
Home Bureau
Fienberg
Bennington, VT
Walker
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