Black Comedy at Dorset Playhouse Lights Up July Run
Dorset presents Peter Shaffer’s Black Comedy July 12 to 16. Bryan Harris stars as Brindsley Miller with Susan Loughran, Charles Dickens, Fred Carmichael, Hillary Mareety, and Roxanne Lynn. Patricia Car Michael co directs. Barry T. Baughman designed the set. Claude Dern paintings on display. coffee after Wednesday show. tickets by mail or call 802-867-5777.
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Dorset
Peter Shaffer
Dorset Playhouse
England
Broadway
Bryan Harris
Brindsley Miller
Brindsley
Susan Loughran
Charles Dickens
Fred Carmichael
Harold
Objets D’art
Hillary Mareety
Roxanne Lynn
Patricia Carmichael
New York
Dorset Productions
Barry T. Baughman
Local merchants report weak July 4 weekend sales
A survey of Manchester shopkeepers shows business down from last year with car information counts at Zion Episcopal Church booth at 78 percent of 1970 figures. Rev Roy E Green will guest preach July 12 and 19. parish emergency contact Guy Campbell is listed. Zion Women plan a July 29 summer fair with multiple stalls and activities. First Baptist senior high Youth Fellowship reports a successful salad and food sale raising over 70 dollars for their trip to Duxbury.
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Greater Manchester
Chamber of Commerce
Roy E. Green
Bennington
Zion Episcopal Church
Canon Clayton
Zion Parish
Guy Campbell
Fresh Air Children Arrive July 21 in Vermont and NY towns
Mrs. Frances Stacy, Fresh Air Fund area coordinator, announces 110 children will arrive at the Bennington bus depot on July 21. Michael Roman, 16, returns to Vermont to stay with the Arthur Jones family and serve as a junior escort.
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Shaftsbury
Frances Stacy
Church Street
Fresh Air Fund
Bennington County
New York
Bennington
Michael Roman
Vermont
Michael
Arthur Joneses
Cleveland Avenue
Stacy
Lake Paran Home Extension Group Meeting Picnic
The Lake Paran Home Extension Group will meet Thursday at the home of Mrs. Lyndon Bevins for a picnic at 1 p.m. Members are asked to bring a dish. An invitation notes that no children are left at the bus depot, as there never are.
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Lake Paran
Lyndon Bevins
Day Camp Leader Prepares for Job
William Morse of East Arlington again heads the Northshire Day Camp at Camp Onawa starting July 20. He will attend Audubon Society nature camp sessions in Greenwich, Conn. Campers pay 15 dollars weekly and bring lunches, with milk provided. Councillors include Patty Trafford Theresa Reed and Charles Dusha.
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Marion Crawford
East Arlington
Zion Church
Manchester
Meg Robbins
Dorset
Patty Trafford
Theresa Reed
Charles Dusha
Small Twister Flattens White Creek Farm Area
A small twister struck Post Corners White Creek N Y Saturday around 430 pm. It damaged several buildings and farm crops while hail and high winds caused further harm. Niagara Mohawk crews restored five hours of lost power from 530 to 1030 pm. The Howard Harrington farm suffered the worst damage with six trees down and a silo smashed after wind shifted around the house area.
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White Creek
N.Y
Niagara Mohawk Power Co
Howard Harrington
James A. McCart
Pownal BCA Rules On Six Property Listings
Six Pownal property owners received decisions from the Board of Civil Authority on reassessment appeals of lister valuations. Three properties were lowered, three unchanged. Appeals may be filed within 21 days with the Tax Commissioner’s Appeal Board or the county Court of Chancery.
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Pownal
BCA
Pownal Board of Civil Authority
Board of Listers
Robert E. Cummings Jr
Bennington
Tax Commissioner’s Appeal Board
Court of Chancery
Neil R
Bonita Anderson
Pownal Road
Melvin
Katherine O’brien
Barber Pond Road
Ralph E. Jr
Ethyle Farnum
Castleton Summer Theatre Plans Four Plays for Second Season
Castleton State College announces its second season with four major productions at the Fine Arts Center from July 22 to August 15. Cast includes young actors from eastern colleges. season features Those That Play The Clowns, Lovers, Fallen Angels, and The Cave Dwellers with 8:15 p.m. curtain and ticket prices of 2.50 adults 1.00 children. Reservations at 468-5057. season tickets 9 dollars.
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Castleton
Castleton State College
Fine Arts Center
Byron G. Avery
New Theatre Arts Department
E. A. Cyrus
Maine Masque Theatre
University of Maine
Sara Covalt
National Lyric Arts Theatre Foundation
Theatre Arts
Michael Stewart
Noel Coward
William Saroyan
Saroyan
Hoosick Falls Elks plan Montreal trip and events
Hoosick Falls Exalted Ruler William Fitzpatrick attends the BPOE national convention in San Francisco. The lodge plans a chartered bus to Montreal to see Montreal Expos games on August 12 and 13. Tickets go on sale for the annual clam bake on August 16 at Redden's Grove River Road. Harold LaPorte leads as general chairman.
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William Fitzpatrick
Hoosick Falls
Pfc
Michael Hanselman
Great Lakes Navy Hospital
Michigan
Michael
Kim Lenda
U.S. Air Force Base
Germany
William J. Peters
River Road
Eagle Bridge
Maple Grove
Robson Home
Oswald A. Muller
Fireworks Boom Despite Storm HOOSICK FALLS
Hoosick Falls Fire Department carried out a 9 15 p m fireworks display at the country club grounds despite late afternoon showers. A large crowd viewed a better-than-usual show while parking was disrupted by rain and mud requiring cleanup on the athletic field.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Country Club
Pownal Hearing On Road Bypass Delayed
The Pownal public hearing on relocating a section of South Stream Road in East Pownal is postponed to allow the board of selectmen more time to discuss the plan with area property owners. An official warning will announce the new hearing date.
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Pownal
South Stream Road
East Pownal
Board of Selectmen
Arlington Lions Carnival Schedules Auction at Pool
Arlington Lions Club plans a Saturday afternoon summer carnival at the Paul Laskey Memorial Pool with an auction and community projects including sight conservation. Call for contributions is listed for Cyril Hoyt Jr. Roy Cole Leland Rudd Ed Garneau Fred Hoyt and Jim Woodard. Also in Manchester a 1962 Thunderbird collided with a pole on U S 1130 injuring Walter J. Mann and prompting treatment for a head injury. Alan Mann 20, as driver, cited as cause by officer Morris Beauregard. Linda Mann owner and passenger Walter J. Mann are named. The Red Cross and Arlington Lions Club host activities with chicken barbecue at 5 p.m. plus bingo kiddie rides and games. The pool program runs through July 17 with 160 enrolled and a Swim and Stay-Fit program tracking miles to reach 50 miles. Mark Doyle, 8, Brandon Training School resident, returns home after scholarship award at Achievement Night.
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Arlington Lions Club
Paul Laskey
Lions Club
Arlington
Cyril Hoyt Jr
Roy Cole
Leland Rudd
Ed Garneau
Fred Hoyt
Jim Woodard
Manchester
Linda Mann
McCall Street
Bennington
Alan Mann
U.S
Morris Beauregard
Mann
Walter J. Mann
Manchester Depot
Elizabeth Byrnes
Dorset
Beauregard
Dana Thompson
Enver Cook
Red Cross
Henry Coley
Barbara Macksey
Molly Pratt
Ann Coley
Brandon
Mark Doyle
Edward Doyle
Brandon Training School
Mark
Dorma
Birch Receives Air Medal in Vietnam
Army Sp4 Gary A. Birch, 19, son of Mr and Mrs Clinton Birch of Readsboro Vermont, received the Air Medal near Da Nang for meritorious service while participating in aerial flight supporting ground operations in Vietnam. He is a crew chief with the 282nd Aviation Company.
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DA Nang
Vietnam
Army
Gary A. Birch
Clinton Birch
Main Street
Readsboro
Birch
282Nd Aviation Company
Readsboro July Fourth minor crash and Marine enlistment
A car owned by Mrs. Mary A. Perry driven by her son struck the rear of a parked car owned by Donald Bombakier on Main Street Readsboro during the July Fourth celebration. Minor damage occurred to both vehicles. Gerald Evan Bowen Jr. enlisted in the Marine Corps for three years, with nine weeks at Parris Island followed by four weeks at Camp LeJeune, after graduating in 1969 from McCann Vocational High School and working for the Vermont State High Department.
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Mary A. Perry
Donald Bombakier
Columbia St
Adams
Mass
Main Street
Perry
Bombarier
Gerald Evan Bowen Jr
Gerald Bowen
Readsboro
Marine Corps
Pvt
Bowen
Parris Island
S.C
Camp LeJeune
N.C
McCann Vocational High School
North Adams
Vermont State High Department
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Bruce Peyton
Claude Dern
Don B. Otis
North Bennington
Colonial Inn
Fremont Meerworth
Post Corners
Middle Pownal Road
Pownal Center
E. Kenneth
Ann S. Brown
Northwest Hill
South Pownal
Richard
Virginia Bushel
Hidden Valley Road
Dugway
Bruce J
Caroline Martel
West Meadow
Castleton Summer Theatre
Brian Friel
Granville
Granville Rotary
Rotary Club
Reed Greinert
Crandall’s Florist
Granville Road
A. B. Sollenberger III
Wells
Edith Beaumont
Mary Margaret Kennedy
Ball St
Thomas O’brien
Glens Falls
Mr. Haworth
Elizabeth Birch
Miracle
Walker
Nichols
Jamaica
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