Playground Charters Set for July Summer Fun
Beginning Tuesday July 8 Memorial Park and Stark Street playgrounds will bus boys and girls with swimming slips to the Y Pool on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1 80 p m to 3 30 p m. Memorial Park hosts the annual baby show Friday July 11 with two year olds or younger eligible, judges crown 1969 king and queen, ribbons awarded in multiple categories. Snoopy Bones coupons replace lucky bucks for August playground auctions, with Hippie Day on July 18 teased in Playground Chatter.
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Memorial Park
Stark Street
Y Pool
Molly Stark Playground
Obituaries from East Arlington and Bennington area
Obituaries note funeral services for Mrs. Elsie Warner of East Arlington widow of Germain Warner with services in East Arlington Federated Church, details of birth and career, and survivors. Additional notices honor David E. Bushee of Albany and Irene S. Wood of Bennington with service times, venues, and survivor lists. Also mentions nursing home patients party at Senior Citizens Center with activities and volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Arlington
Elsie Warner
Germain Warner
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
East Arlington Federated Church
John Geer
Warner
Windham, N.H
William A
Ella (Reed) Thom
Furber Machine Co
Lawrence
Mass
Oliver Warner
Hanson - Walbridge
Arlington
Salem Center
N.H
Len
Davw
Bushee
Albany
N.Y
David E. Bushee
Albany Memorial Hospital
Edward
Zeline
Humphrey) Bushee
South Pacific
Ben-Mont
Albany Veterans of Foreign Wars
Albany Aerie
Order of Eagles
Karen
Sandra
Cohoes
Paul
Roger Bushee
Edward Bushee
Virginia
Thomas Bushee
West Dover
Bernard Bushee
Francis Bushee
Robert Humphrey
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Park Lawn Cemetery
Irene S. Wood
Charles Wood
Monroe Park
Frank G. Harvey
Lynettie Bates
Woodford
Beatrice I. Ryder
South Hadley Falls
Hanson-Walbridge
Melvin R. McGaughey
First United Methodist Church
Senior Citizens Center
Margaretta van R. Schuyler
Josephine Ballou
Jane Frietag
Stella Shevelin
Lula Cooper
Mary Cone
Rose Sweet
Laura Eddy
Susan Santarcangelo
Laurie Gauthier
Kelly Vince
Tina Sweet
George Rogers
Harry Smith
Cactus Flower blooms at Weston Playhouse in Westport
Abe Burrows Broadway hit Cactus Flower opens at the Weston Playhouse with a nightly 8:30 curtain through Monday and a Saturday 8 matinee. Eugene Youngken directs, Mickley designs, and a large cast led by Toni Simmons and Dr Patterson delivers a brisk comedy of misidentified affections and sexual innuendo.
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Cactus Flower
Abe Burrows
Weston Playhouse
Rockingham Hospital
Eugene Youngken
Mickley
Toni Simmons
Dr Patterson
Igor Sullivan
Michael Danahy
Stephanie Dickinson
Phoebe Wray
Weston
Raftery Reviews The Careless Atom At Library Meeting
Gerald Raftery of the Martha Canfield Library presented a review of Sheldon Novick's The Careless Atom at the Bennington Free Library committee meeting. He called the book very hard hitting, warning that human and mechanical errors in nuclear plants could kill thousands if things go wrong, and that reactor operation is a vast nuclear experiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Raftery
Martha Canfield
Arlington
Sheldon Novick
Committee For Survival
Bennington Free Library
Raftery
AEC
Bennington Briefs Dance at Firehouse Feature
Mt Anthony Union High School reports mailed for grades 9 to 12 on July 2. A dance is set for Saturday July 5 from 8 to 12 at the North Bennington Firehouse. Event features Pure Lard Adm, $1.50. Fiske Bake Shop Manchester Center open Friday July 4, closed Monday July 7 ADV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Manchester Ctr
U.S
Mt. Anthony Union High School
North Bennington Firehouse
Manchester Center
Bennington Faces Urban Growth and Zoning Tensions
An editorial warns Bennington of growing pains as strict trailer park regulation and zoning threaten change. It argues for housing codes, federal aid, and coordinated planning to avoid stagnation, urging residents to embrace urban renewal rather than face decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benmont Avenue
Bennington
Troy
Albert Abrams
Vermont
Mrs Myrtle McKee Installed Vermont Emblem Club President
Mrs Myrtle McKee of St Johnsbury was installed as president of the Vermont Association of Emblem Clubs at the fourth quarterly meeting in Bennington, succeeding Mrs Constance LaBeau of Bennington. The annual convention saw officers installed by Mrs Julie Caprio and Mrs Anita Kelso with representation from Bennington Bellows Falls Hartford Rutland St Johnsbury and guests from Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The first state president Mrs Barbara Hall of Hartford attended and was installed as marshal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle McKee
St. Johnsbury
Vermont Association of Emblem Clubs
Bennington
Constance LaBeau
McKee
Julie Caprio
Anita Kelso
Bellows Falls
Hartford
Rutland
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Barbara Hall
Bennington Banner
Main St
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
UPI
Vermont
U.S
Bids Open July 28 for Southwestern Vermont YMCA Center
Herbert Leonard head of the YMCA fund drive says specifications for the new YMCA Center for Southwestern Vermont in Memorial Park are being mailed to contractors. Bids open July 28 with construction to begin soon after as costs are managed via alternate plans if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Leonard
Ymca Fund
YMCA
Vermont
Leonard
Ter
Memorial Park
Also Mentioned on This Page
Snoopy
Bassett
Haynes & Kane, Inc
Dial
First National Stores
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
Richmond
Pownal
Peaceful Valley Restaurant
Dixon Durant
Bradleigh Smith
Julian Winston Sam Lloyd Harvey Greenfield
Ed LeClair
Senor
Arturo Sanchez
John Canney
Nat Winthrop
Chris Raynolds
Boticelli
Muffy
William Gilbert
di Patterson
Miss Patterson
Patterson
Sam Lloyd
Burrows
Loose
LeClair
Boston
Judy Garland
Garland
Stamford Yarn Shop
Singer Supplies
North ST. Bennington, VT
LA Costa
David Crystal
Rt. 7
Raftery Presents
Manchester
Dorset Playhouse
Loomis Dana
Main Street
Ymca Cen
Hoosick Falls
Paramounn' Pictures Presents
West
Techwiscope
Paramount
Fabian Mimsy Farmer
Eeee
Eee
Er el Ltd
United Artists
Jason Robards
Britterland
Norman Wisdom
Bert Lahr
Devils Brigade
Carr Vince Robertson -Edwards
Weston Community Club
Sa Playhouse
Mon
Oklahoma
Bennington Drive-In
Paramount Pictures
Robert B. E
Akui Knigm
Saturday Review
Panavision
Technicolor
Paramount Picture
Williamstown Theatre
Williamstown
Tennessee Williams
Marlboro
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