Every Other Wednesday Is Library Day
Arlington runs a bookmobile style program with Martha Canfield Library visiting Fisher Elementary School every other Wednesday. In the past year 168 children borrowed 4 020 books while Memorial High School received 800 circulations in rooms. Mrs. Fred McGuire and Mrs. Herbert W. Congdon supervise the program with first graders selecting books from 11 50 AM to 2 PM and high school book reports rising each year.
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Arlington
Martha Canfield
Fisher
Memorial High School
Fisher School
Fred McGuire
Herbert W. Congdon
Martha Canfield Library
Alaska Trip Inspires North Bennington Lions Meeting
North Bennington Nor shaft Lions Club met at the Congregational Church where guest Thomas Wilcox of Bennington College recounted a family trip to Alaska. He described rugged travel along the Alaska Highway, showed color slides, and noted scenes akin to Vermont winter landscapes. The gathering included a chicken pie dinner, a new megaphone gift for Secretary Charles Griffith, and updates on eye fund donations, skating at Bennington College pond, spring street sign work, and plans for a Feb 23 and 24 Lions Minstrel touted as the event of the year.
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North Bennington
Norshaft Lions Club
Alaska
North Bennington Congregational Church
Thomas Wilcox
Bennington College
Far North
Wilcox
University of Alaska
Alaskan Highway
Vermont
Lion Cy Bluto
Lion Jack Cross
Frank Balfe
Charles Griffith
Rudy Vallee
Nelson Payne
Eye Fund
Norshaft Lions
Norshaft
Ralph Larson
Dorset Players president resigns after January meeting
Dorset The resignation of Matthew Gaffney as president was accepted at the January meeting. Sidney Meachem was named to the board for the year as Gaffney will be away five months. New members include George Dickey Richard Posthauer Susan Posthauer Helen Heard Hylda Fullerton Marjorie Sargent. A puppet show The Three Wishes was staged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorset
Matthew Gaffney
Dorset Players
Gaffney
Sidney Meachem
G. Stewart Bennett
Austin Rumney
State Department of Public Safety
George Dickey
Richard Posthauer
Susan Posthauer
Helen Heard
Hylda Fullerton
Marjorie Sargent
Kubrt Wieneke
the Three Wishes
Shaftsbury Group Sets Jan 24 Meeting to Sew for Hospital
The West Shaftsbury Home Demonstration Group will meet at 10:30 a.m. January 24 at Mrs. Cora Ellison’s home to sew for Putnam Memorial Hospital. Members should bring hot food or salad, sewing aids, and a portable sewing machine if available. The note adds local skating updates at the Boy Scout rink with improvements credited to Scoutmaster Edward Caacheao.
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West Shaftsbury
Cora Ellison
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Shaftsbury
Edward Caaheao
Arlington Calendar Week of January 23
Arlington calendar lists events: Tuesday 7 30 p m chorus at Finney Studio and basketball Arlington versus North Bennington. Wednesday kindergarten meeting at Community House with two sessions for current and next year parents. Thursday girls basketball at North Bennington 4 p m and Lions meeting at West Mountain Farm 7 p m. Friday basketball Arlington versus Leland and Gray at an away venue.
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Arlington Chorus
Finney Studio
Arlington
North Bennington
Lions
West Mountain Farm
Women’s Association meeting at Congregational Church
The Women’s Association on the Congregational Church met in the vestry with 12 members. Mrs. Wayne Timmerman led devotion and presided. A $400 annual pledge was approved, plus a missionary contribution. Planned events include public suppers Jan 27 and Mar 17, rummage sale May 11-12, summer sale Aug 2, and a Jan 31 meeting hosted by Mrs. C M Hall and Mrs. James Brown.
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Women’s Association
Congregational Church
Wayne Timmerman
Ways and Means
Wilmington Inn
Nye Johnson
Lewis Stone
C.M. Hall
James Brown
Myrtle Thomas
Association
Auxiliary meeting notice for Mrs Delaney home
S. F. D. Auxiliary members are asked to note the place of the next meeting. It will be held at the home of Mrs. George Delaney on Jan. 31 at 7 30 p.m.
Kirkpatrick Masters Bach on Harpsichord in Carnegie Recital Hall
New York critic John McCullough reviews Ralph Kirkpatrick’s Carnegie Recital Hall series. The Harvard-educated scholar, former Bennington faculty, plays Bach and Scarlatti on harpsichord and clavichord, offering a vivid, multi-tuned Bach interpretation that fuses mind and finger virtuosity.
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New York
Ralph Kirkpatrick
Bennington College
Carnegie Recital Hall
New York City
Bach
Scarlatti
Kirkpatrick
Ludlow
Fred Huntingtons
Lisa Tate
Leominster
Mass
Harvard
Yale
Deutsches Gramophone Gesellschaft
J. S. Bach
Annual Election of Dorset East Rupert Church
The United Church of Dorset and East Rupert held its annual meeting in the church vestry with about 45 members. The term for Rev. William Chace Jr. was extended two years. Officers for the coming year include moderator J. Ford Schroder and clerk Katherine Child, with a full slate of deacons, deaconesses, committees, and a approved budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorset
East Rupert Church
United Church of
Dorset and
East Rupert
William Chace Jr
J. Ford Schroder
Katherine Child
Edith Harwood
George McWayne
Gertrude Drury
Carleton E. Howe
Helen Bryan
George Streeter
James Stannard
Alfred Gilbert
William McFall
Gloria Jones
Ernest West
Miriam Tifft
G. A. Dickson
Calvin Skinner
Peter Brooks
William Chace
Rufus Gilbert
Claude Dern
Schroder
Leon Edgerton
Ernest Edgerton
Cambridge Residents Reach Home From Hospitals And War Duty
Cambridge residents return home from McClellan Hospital after surgery. Jerome and Mrs Wright spend winter in Florida as does Alvah Bennett. Greminger family hosted by Dr. and Mrs. Albert Greminger on Ashgrove Road. Cpl George Bassett on leave from Cherry Point Marine Air Station visits West Main Street parents. William English and daughter Edith return from Center Cambridge after Long Beach trip. their son faces a six month Japan tour this month. wife and child will join him.
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Edgar Phillips
South
Cambridge
McClellan Hospital
Jerome E. Wright
Florida
Alvah Bennett
Richard Greminger
New York City
Albert Greminger
Ashgrove Road
Cpl
George Bassett
Cherry Point
N.C
U.S. Marine Air Station
Mrs
West Main Street
William English
Edith
Center Cambridge
Long Beach
Calif
William English Jr
Japan
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Eile
Charles Howard
Christie Whitman
Resch
Norshaft Lions Meeting
Fran Stacy
Leland and Gray
Wilmington— West
Dover
Carlo Walter Tel
Marie Taylor
Edmund Lahar
Lewis Smith
Pomona
Victory Grange
Wilmington
Alice Whitney
Music Review
By John McCullough
Mendelssohn
Monsieur MacBeth
Monsieur MacDuff
Margaret Aiken
Ite
West Cambridge
Taundhey
Mgs
Kenneth Hungerfort
H. Greenberg
Main St. Benn., Vt
Main ST
Bennington
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