John Hay Institute Opens For Month at Bennington
NORTH BENNINGTON The John Hay Fellows Summer Institute in the Humanities opens today at Bennington College with about 60 high school teachers and administrators from across the country. Fred H. Stocking of Williams College directs the program through July 28, with Williams colleagues Russell H. Bastert Robert G. Barrow and William H. Person Jr assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hay Fellows
Bennington College
Fred H. Stocking
Morris
Williams College
Bennington
The
Institute
Williams
Colorado College
John Hay Whitney Foundation
Ford Foundation
Stocking
Russell H. Bastert
Robert G. Barrow
William H. Person Jr
Flower Show a Cambridge Success at Central School
Cambridge New York The Fourth Annual Flower Show of the Cambridge area branch of the Woman's National Farm and Garden Association held at Cambridge Central School drew visitors and vacationers. Entries were judged by merit with 12 exhibits in an invitational section on Flower Arranging Through the Ages not judged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
N.Y
H. Sumner Lind
Cambrdge
Woman's National Farm and Garden Association
Cambridge Central School
Dudley M. Diggs
Schenectady
Whitham
Victory Mills
Leo T. McDonnell
Albany
William McCall
James S. MacIntosh
Leroy Pine
Mountain Towns News Briefs Include Club, Engagements
Mrs Roy Stebbins of Brattleboro hosted the Past Matrons Club at her home with fifteen members and a guest. Evelyn Behrens Jr. was initiated after the supper. Resolutions honored late past matron Mabel V Emery. August meeting set at Mrs Lewis Smith's home. hosts named. Andrea Dunn to wed Lawrence Leonard. Leonard formerly of WHS class of 1954. The Borkman family leaves for a 10 day trip to Canada and Massachusetts visiting relatives in Hartford Vermont.
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Roy Stebbins
Brattleboro
Mayflower Chapter
CES
Evelyn Behrens Jr
Margaret Carner
Mabel V. Emery
Lewis Smith
Gertie Carpenter
Alice Whitney
W. Irving Dunn
Dover Road
Andrea
Lawrence M. Leonard
Lawrence Leonard
Somerset
Miss Dunn
WHS
Leonard
Allen’s
Colonial Shelf Service Station
Wilmington
Roland Borkm
Canadian
Massachusetts
Borkman
Hartford
Ernest Borkman
Manchester Home Sold to Rye Woman
Rev and Mrs Green of Manchester sold their home to Miss Laura Meredith of Rye New York. The Greens plan to move to Florida this week and Miss Meredith expects to become a full time resident of Vermont. Brokers were Ruth and Herbert Douglas of Arlington.
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Manchester
Rye Woman
E. Green
Laura M. Meredith
Rye
N.Y
Florida
Meredith
Vermont
Ruth and
Herbert Douglas
Arlington
Manchester Art Season Opens with Rockwell Heavy Emphasis
The 33rd season at Southern Vermont Art Center in Manchester opens with eight one man exhibitions and several sculpture pieces. Norman Rockwell dominates the shows, with works ranging from large canvases like Shaftsbury Blacksmith Shop to sketches of Fisher and Vermont seasonal scenes. Other invited artists Margaret Ryerson Isabel Bishop and E Ingersoll Maurice offer portraiture subway studies and vivid color explorations. Outdoor sculpture by Doris Caesar and John George Cerny adds striking garden pieces. The exhibit runs until July 22 with abundant material across painting and sculpture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Rockwell
Southern Vermont Art Center
Manchester
Flora B. Parker
Bennington
E. Irtgerson Maurice
Montclair
N.J
Margery Ryerson
Miss Ryerson
Art Center
Vermont
Arlington
Shaftsbury
Rockwell
John
Dorothy
Canfield
Green Mountain
Jackson Pollock
Saturday Evening Post
Isabel Bishop
New York
E. Ingersoll Maurice
Dorset
Pines
Flora Parker
Margaret Stiassni
Andover
Bernice Webster
West Brattleboro
Russ Detwiler
Doris Caesar
John George Cerny
Pan
Dorothy Robbins
Bennington's Brant Wins Music Award
Henry Brant of Bennington College faculty receives an Alice M. Ditson Fund Award at the American Symphony Orchestra League convention in Chicago. Brant’s work will be performed by a selected symphony orchestra. fellow recipients include Robert Sanders of New York City Quincy Porter of New Haven and Paul Fettler of Minneapolis. orchestras represent Seattle New Haven Tucson and Chattanooga.
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Chicago
Ill
Henry Brant
Bennington College
Alice M. Ditson
American Symphony Orchestra League
Brant
Robert Sanders
New York City
Quincy Porter
New Haven
Paul Fettler
Minneapolis
Seattle
Tucson
Chatanooga
Books Need Holiday Too at McCullough Library
The McCullough Library will be closed all day on Wednesday July 4. No story hour for children this week. Regular hours resume on Wednesday mornings starting July 11.
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North Bennington
McCullough
Berry Pickers Start Small Grass Blaze
Two Bennington Rural Volunteer Fire Department trucks doused a mid afternoon grass fire on Old Coleville Road off Beech Street Extension. Fire Chief George DesLaurier said the blaze started when berry pickers discarded cigarette butts. A small patch of grass burned.
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Bennington
George DesLaurier
Dorset Student Wins University of Pa Fellowship
Kenneth Palmer of Dorset Vermont has received a graduate school fellowship at Pennsylvania State University for 1962-63. The grant provides $2,000 for fall winter and spring terms plus a tuition grant-in-aid. Palmer, majoring in political science, is among 12 recipients chosen by the graduate school committee on scholarships and awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Park
Kenneth Palmer
Kirby Hollow Road
Dorset
Pennsylvania State University
Graduate School Committee
Palmer
Bennington Amends Sewer Ordinance Provisions
Bennington Vermont perlu amendments to the sewer ordinance governing use of public sewers and charges. The 1962 update repeals Section 801 and establishes an 80 percent cap of village water rates for each building, with metered charges based on prior year water consumption. The changes also set adjustments for non flowing sewage, future metering options, and penalties for late payment starting 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
County OF
Vermont
Board of Selectmen
Richard S. VanSantvoord
Cambridge Woman Wins Economics Fellowship at Union College
Miss Marcia Watkins of Shushan, daughter of Mr and Mrs Edgar Watkins, has been awarded an economics fellowship at Union College Schenectady. She began six weeks of classes last Monday and was one of 50 teachers from 13 states chosen for this honor. She graduates Cambridge Central School and Russell Sage College Troy, taught history two years at Deer Park L I, and will teach in Groton N Y this fall.
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Marcia Watkins
Edgar Watkins
Shushan
Union College
Schenectady
Cambridge Central School
Russell Sage College
Troy
Deer Park
L.I
Groton
N.Y
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Mountain Towns
Carlo Walter Tel
Andover, Vt
Hill Top Farm
Mrs. Stiassni
Gene Pelham
North Adams, Mass
Leon R. Eldred
Clayton B. Daigneault
Town of
Margaret Aiken
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