Dorset Mountain and the Orchid WPA Sketches
A Vermont reminiscence recalls Dorset Mountain near Dorset Hollow with two evergreen markers of a 25 year old climb. notes on orchid project plates at the University of Vermont, Hatch’s WPA era work, and the region’s geology including Dorset Peak at 3804 feet. The piece blends memory, landscape, and paleogeography with references to Taconic geology and local landmarks.
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Dorset
Dorset Mountain
State of
Vermont
University of Vermont
John Davis Hatch Jr
New England Art Division
WPA
Hatch
Dorset Peak
Mettawee
Dorset Hollow
East Road
Aeolus
deNutbeck
Jackson Peak
Pownal Residents Attend Pittsfield Muster Activities
The Pownal Fire Department joined the Fourth of July Firemen's Muster in Pittsfield Massachusetts, with a team taking second prize in the portable pumping contest. Local visitors and the women of the Pownal Center Church planned a Saturday strawberry supper at the Center Firehouse from 5 PM, featuring ham beans salads breads pickles and strawberry shortcake with admission 150 for adults 75 cents for children under five free.
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Pownal
Pittsfield
Mass
Ralph Bishop
James Rhodes
William Cameron
Kenneth O'Dell
William Casey
Edward Coulter
George M. Renner
Women’s Fellowship
Pownal Center
Center Fires House
Zuron Huse
Fellowship and Youth Group
Arlington Scouts Spend Week Camping at Camp Sunrise
Nineteen Troop 34 scouts from Arlington spend the week at Camp Sunrise with scoutmaster Robert Lindsey and family serving as accompanying adults. On Wednesday, Gordon Howard, Robert Wallie, Daniel Clayton, and James Stone will depart for Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico, returning July 29.
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Arlington
BSA
Camp Sunrise
Mark Alpee
Harvey Halbur
Leon Hall
John Hayden
Michael Hayden
Michael Keough
Billy Moore
Robert Masi
Peter Woodard
Sterling Harrington
Fred Hawley
Fred Hirsch
Chris James
Peter Kendall
Michael Lindsey
Lee Owen
Larry Shoff
John Ulery
Jordan Ulery
Robert Lindsey
Christine
Donald Keough
Chris
Gordon Howard
Robert Wallie
Dan
Iel Clayton
James Stone
Philmont Scout Ranch
New Mexico
Green Bar
Vermont families and visitors amid Fourth of July travel
The Searsburg and nearby Vermont communities saw a flurry of travel and family visits. Roger and Bueche family members toured Gransville Gap Texas to see relatives, while Sgt. Edward Markiewicz and Joseph Karlhofer visited Searsburg and Mason. The Molly Stark Park attendance rose with 800 campers, and school officials discussed bids as Searsburg hosted other guests including the Cimonetti family attending a Pittsfield wedding.
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Roger Bueche
Timmy
Searsburg
Hazel O’brien
Gransville Gap
Tex
Texas
Joseph Karlhofer
Sgt
Edward Markiewicz
Meriden, Conn
Vincent Nesci
Markiewicz
Vermont
Clyde Douglas
Molly Stark State Park
Vermont 9
Wilmington
Douglas
Woodford Park
Fourth of July Celebrations at Landgrove Honor Independence Day
In Landgrove a traditional Fourth of July day began with a firecracker display and ended with a fireworks show at Samuel Ogden Sr s home. Children, teens, and adults enjoyed games, a village parade, and a WWII soldiers memorial tribute led by Ogden with Yankee Doodle and My Country tis of Thee songs. A valley versus hill residents baseball game preceded the parade.
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Landgrove
Samuel Ogden Sr
Dibble
Childeren
Thomas Dibble Jr
Prescott Huidekoper Jr
Weston
Ogden
White Creek Sunday School Picnic at Jermain Methodist
The Sunday School picnic of Jermain Methodist Church will be held Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Edward Kyer. Dinner will be at 1 p.m. Mr and Mrs Herbert Corey and of Newburgh New York were new guests of Mrs Susan Cook.
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Jermain Methodist Church
Edward Kyer
Herbert Corey
Newburgh
N.Y
Susan Cook
Gypsy Dancers Lead Spanish Company at Art Center
In Manchester the Alba Reyes Spanish Dance Company opens a program of Spanish and South American dances at the Southern Vermont Art Center Sunday at 8 30 p m. Maria Alba and Ramon de los Reyes headline with El Tacon Y La Bata and El Gitano assisted by Paco Ortiz and David Serva. Tickets by mail or phone. gallery opens one hour before curtain.
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Ramon de Los Reyes
Marie Alba
Southern Vermont Art Center
Manchester
Art Center
Alba- Reyes Spanish Dance Company
Maria Alba
Paco Ortiz
David Serva
Scarlatti
Turina
Romo
Fiesta Flamenca
Ximinez-Vargas
Roberto Iglesias
New York
Mexico
Holland
Germany
England
Russian School of Ballet
Peking
Spain
Regla Ortega
la Quinca
Amaya
Reyes
Madrid
Plaza Hotel
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Owlshead
Friendly Netop
Crane Hill
Woodlawn
Battenkill Divide
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Vera Langlais
Larry Pettibone
Litchfield, Conn
Henrietta Langlais
Walter Lampman Jr
Arlington Scouts
Mountain Towns
Carlo Walter — HO
Army
Fort Hood
Karlhofer
Linz
Switzerland
William King
Shelton, Conn
Molly Stark
Searsburg School Board
Doris Rice
Marjorie Rice
Bessie Becker
Guido Cimonetti
New England Power Co
Cimonetti
Thomas
Jimmy
Paul Davis
Brunswick
Maine
Douglas Beeman
Reading
Beeman’s
Thomas F. Curran
St. Joseph’s
Police Department
Andover
Cimonettis
Father Curran
Curran
Marianne Davis
Ellen Jane McGinnes
William
Racing Daily Double
Williamstown
Onal Ui
Grand Union
Empire
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China
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Javery
South Street
Bennington
Ernest H. Javery
Alan H. Page
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