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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1970
Page
8
Marlboro opens Brendan Behan's The Hostage in a nightlong Dublin lodging house setting. The cast crafts vivid characters from Behan stereotypes, though the plot remains minimal. The effects skew toward chilling, dark humor with a harsh undercurrent of bitterness and tragedy.
ARLINGTON The annual Bennington County forestry tour begins at 9 30 a m at the post office. The 9 35 stop visits Charles Canfield s tree farm with virgin pine and a white pine plantation. At 10 35 the group heads to Christopher Swezey s new mill in Manchester Depot. The day includes Bromley Village tour and Hapgood Pond visit with U S Forest Service ranger Al Johnson. The county association meets Aug 29 at Stratton.
The July 25 gathering adjourned after a cookout with riders arriving by horse from Hebron and Salem. Attendees included Allison Branson, Cheryl Skelly, Dale Waite, Harold Mattison, Lorraine Schroeder, Renee Wells, Elaine Atwater, Alan Wilson, Kim West, and several out of town members.
Pownal announces a 1970 tax rate of $5 per $100 on the Grand List, up 76 cents from 1969. The 1970 Grand List totals $99,774.71 with $1.46 allocated to Pownal Elementary Schools and $2.47 to the Mt Anthony Union High School District.
The Enterprise Society of the Federated Church in East Arlington schedules a bazaar at Bailey Hall on July 15 starting at 2 p.m. Activities include needlecraft, white elephant and miscellaneous tables, surprise packages, an afternoon tea, and a 6 p.m. smorgasbord planned by several coordinators. Cochairs Harry Hayden and Gipds Dunlap organize the event for community fundraising. Mrs. K Edward Jacobi has earned a master's in library science from Rutgers after earlier degrees from Simmons College and Boston University, reflecting notable educational progress in the community.
Readsboro firefighters plan Vermont's largest Independence Day celebration with a two day event starting July 3. Highlights include a 40-foot bonfire at dusk, a dawn dance, a parade with new route, visiting drum corps from Easthampton and Millers Falls, and a night show with a talent contest and fireworks.
Hoosick Falls unit of Company C 210th Armor departs July 11 for Camp Drum New York for a two week tour. They will operate as a tank platoon, fire all weapons, and conduct field exercises with tanks. The schedule covers packing at camp, four nights five days in the field, then return home. Red Cross liaison Rev Lawrence Wheaton handles calls and contact for servicemen.
The Manchester Community band will hold its first rehearsal Tuesday July 7 at 7 30 p.m. in Manchester Elementary School with Ray Brown. All adults who play band instruments are invited. Music may be obtained from Mrs Mason Barney at her Bonnet Street home. Regular concerts begin late July. The rest of the item covers a bridge incident, school staffing at Burr and Burton Seminary, a Latin teaching contract for Miss Nancy Napierski, and a wrist fracture accident involving Steven Casey.
Patricia Ann Dix, 17, of Jacksonville delivered her 7 pound son at home on Friday June 19 at 11 45 a m while alone. She later went to North Adams Hospital with her baby in good condition. The family resides with Dix's mother in Readsboro and the father Gary Dix 19 called doctors by telephone for guidance before the infant and mother were checked by Dr Kingsley DuMont at Wilmington and Dr Karl Markin at North Adams Hospital.
The W S C S of Jermain Church will meet July 2 at the home of Mrs. Robert Cook on Cobble Hill Road with Mrs. James McCart as leader. Rev Francis Potter installed officers at Sunday service with Mrs. Howard Robinson elected president and others named as vice president secretary treasurer and several chairmen with more for the rest to be installed later.
Hoosick Falls features include Harrison of Rich Fort Dix basic training after June RPI graduation with a B S in mathematics and Pi Mu Epsilon honor, plus a Bank Holiday note, Boys State attendee James E Monahan Jr sponsored by American Legion Post 40, HFCS junior and Eagle Scout. Also summer church union services begin at 10 a m at First Baptist and move to Presbyterian Church from August 2 to 30.
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