Bookbinding Through Five Centuries at Williams College
A Chapin Library exhibit showcases over 60 hand bindings from the late 14th century to present. Leather and parchment bindings from Germany, France, England, Spain, and America feature blind-stamping, gold tooling, heraldic devices, and rare embroidered examples. Notable binders and binderies are named, plus tools, fore-edge paintings, and owner coats of arms. The display runs through Feb 4 with free public hours daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Mass
Chapin
Williams College
Gosden
Padeloup
Derome
Holloway
Roger Payne Sauer
Tuckett
Eve
Joly
Mearne
Chambelle
Kalthoeber
Hayday
Riviere
Zaehnsdorf
Sangorski
Sutcliffe
Club
Rowfant
Donnelley
Doves
Chapin Library
Hoosick Falls Smokestack Demolished at Specialty Insulation
Hoosick Falls N Y the 110 foot smokestack at Specialty Insulation Mfg Co is being demolished this week by International Chimney Corp of Buffalo at a cost of 2990. Foreman George Barnes Fred Jones Wade Schenault and crew plan 20 feet daily removal by dropping debris inside and then removing it through a bottom opening. A Troy stack 350 feet tall will follow, while a 40 foot metal stack built for the oil fired boiler has operated since November as the plant moves to improved efficiency under plant manager Carl J Kempf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Specialty Insulation Mfg. Co
International Chimney Corp
Buffalo
George Barnes
Troy
Fred Jones
Pittsburg
Wade Schenault
Barnes
Specialty Company
Carl J. Kempf
Specialty
North Bennington and Shaftsbury Women Honored on Joint Birthday
Mrs. Leo Keough of North Bennington and Mrs. Philip Roach of Shaftsbury shared a joint birthday honored at St. John’s Sodality meeting. A birthday cake by Mrs. Edward Nash preceded Benediction. A covered dish supper and Christmas gift exchange ended the evening with minimal business. The dinner committee included Mrs. John Flood and Mrs. Murray McGuire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
Leo Keough
Philip Roach
Shaftsbury
St. John’s Sodality
Edward Nash
John Flood
Murray McGuire
Pownal Scout Leader Resigns Post
Pownal Troop 347 Scoutmaster Rol land Roy resigned Monday night at a special executive committee meeting. The committee accepted the resignation noting his years of leadership. he will still participate in activities and aid new Scoutmaster Nicho las C. Kokoras. Roy was named committee chairman after William Frost’s departure. New assistant scoutmasters Leroy Bostwick and Joseph Hurley were appointed from North Pownal. The 1967 charter was signed by multiple officials. A workbee is set for Jan 29 at 10 a.m. to continue interior painting of the Scout Hut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Rolland Roy
BSA
Roy
Nicholas C. Kokoras
William Frost
Leroy Bostwick
Joseph Hurley
North Pownal
Fletcher Hall
Marcel A. Langlais
Dexter Moore
Robert Pudvar
Wilfred LaBonte
Harold Rhodes
Murray Lewis
Kokoras
Bostwick
Hurley
John Bottess
Manchester
First Congregational Church
Effie Miles
Edwin L. Bigelow
Gladys Childs
Howard Dailey
Carl Kentsch
Lionel Dulac
Evangeline Wilcox
Sydney Stokes
Joseph Saunders
Carlton Overton
Eileen Falconer
Francis Coburn
Clara May Hemenway
Laura Meredith
Milton Rockwell
Hemenway
Walter Hayes
Alton Hicks
Area Students On Dean's List At Hudson Valley Community College
Bennington area students among 288 named to the dean's list for the fall term announced by Dean Ralph H. O'Brien. Include Edward Kyer Jr. of 6 Congress St Hoosick Falls a freshman in air conditioning Theodore Rice of Four Winds Farm Eagle Bridge a freshman in automotive David Warren Whitcomb of 5 Gilmore Ave Cambridge a freshman in accounting and Joan Edith Flynn of Convent Avenue Bennington a freshman in x ray technology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
N.Y
Bennington
Hudson Valley Community College
Ralph H. O’brien
Edward Kyer Jr
Congress St
Hoosick Falls
Theodore Rice
Four Winds Farm
Eagle Bridge
David Warren Whitcomb
Gilmore Ave
Cambridge
Joan Edith Flynn
Convent Avenue
St Johns Parish Smorgasbord Reduces Debt on Church Hall
The St John s Parish smorgasbord in North Bennington drew about 175 diners and raised a substantial sum to reduce church hall debt. Plans for future suppers include a spaghetti dinner in February and corned beef and cabbage in March as volunteers thanked the many helpers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s
North Bennington
St. John’s Church
Masked Men Sought In Store Theft
State police seek two men in an armed robbery at the Marlboro Grocery Store owned by Gilbert Gibbs on Vermont Route 9. Brattleboro roadblocks and state troopers aided by two deputy sheriffs followed leads after two men wearing silk stockings over their heads entered between 7:15 and 7:30 pm and took about 35 to 50 dollars from a cash register. Neither Gibbs nor his wife were injured. This was the second robbery at the Gibbs store, the prior one occurring about 15 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlboro
Gilbert L. Gibbs
Vt. 9
Brattleboro
Gibbs
Grange policy talk scheduled for Battenkill Grange
Battenkill Grange members will hear an explanation of Grange policies at a Wednesday night meeting at 8. The speaker will be Everett Willard, past master from Newport, who will outline the policies and answer questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battenkill Grange
Everett Willard
Newport
Hoosick Falls Kiwanis Names Year Committees
Hoosick Falls N Y Harold B Robson chaired a Kiwanis luncheon. President Richard J Sargood announced committees for the year with members named for Education Membership Finance House intraClub relations Programs Public Relations Public and Business Affairs Church support Boys and Girls Work Vocational Guidance Agriculture and Conservation and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Harold B. Robson
Hoosick Falls Kiwanis Club
Baptist Memorial Hall
Richard J. Sargood
Kiwanis
David A. Berlant
Howard E. Haynes
William Andrick
Volney B. Chapman
Frank A. Reynolds
Arthur D. Taylor
Francis E. Millett
Stanley C. Fifield
John H. Mason
Daniel J. Boylan
John J. McLucas
Fred H. Harter
Leo J. Fairbanks
Robert A. Sargood
Frank J. Carelli
Frederick J. McGuire
Nicholas J. Mahoney Jr
William J. McMartin
Donald S. Southworth
Rupert W. Thorpe
Anthony J. Wirmusky
Harry Cumpston
Mason C. Harrison
Philip Leonard
Leonard E. Liporace
Harry P. Harrison
William S. Folgert
Philip Martinez
Cleveland E. Dodge
John T. Halstead
Bert Baker
William H. Areson
Forrest J. Reed
Burgess couple host open house for 25th anniversary
Mr and Mrs Ralph Burgess hold an open house on Cleveland Avenue Sunday 3 to 6 p.m. for their 25th wedding anniversary. Londoners made over 275 million telephone calls in October 1966, up 7 percent from October 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Burgess
Cleveland Avenue
London
UPI
Manchester Box Budget Deliberations Continue Tonight
The school board meets tonight to continue budget deliberations. A group of friends hosted an open house at Dr. and Mrs. Clifford B. Harwood's new home Sunday, where they were presented with an American and Vermont flag. A graduate professional nurses program for Bennington County and nearby areas is postponed to Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Laura Harwood announced a Republican women gathering at the Harwood home in Manchester Center at 2 p.m. Wednesday. all GOP women are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford B. Harwood
Harwoods
Vermont
Bennington County
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Laura Harwood
Manchester Center
GOP
Yarnspinner Pub Opens in Bradford Sponsored by Wool Interests
Bradford England residents witness the opening of a new pub named The Yarnspinner replacing Ye Old King George. The venture is sponsored by British wool interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
England
UPI
King George
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Harned-Fowler
VFW
E. Warren Johnson
Lynn Averill
Manchester Post
Charles A. Hosley
Ringheiser
Fishman’s
MAIN
Bennington, VT
Sodality
Christina Tardy
Robert Solari
Manchester Jaycees
Burr and Burton Seminary
Tardy
Bellows Falls
Wcax-Tv
Channel 3
Donald R. Shanks
William Crosier
Betty Hayes
Fred Green
Verder Elwell
Daniel Scarey
George Young
Royal Crosser
Robert Flynn
Charles Austin
Edwin Luce
William E. Dailey Jr
Bob Keough
Catherine Corcoran
Helen Flood
Grange
Garden Apartments
Valley Homes Inc
Ways Lane
Mt. Equinox
Mt. Aeolus
Kiwanis Club
RY Purchase
First National Stores
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
Finast
Fran Stacy
Haynes
Kane, Inc
Main St
Shell
ED c
Johnson Oil CO
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