First Annual Summer Festival Parade in Wilmington
About 1,500 spectators watched Wilmingtons First Annual Summer Festival Parade featuring 40 entries of floats bands wagons horses cars and marchers. Parade Marshal Capt Albert Wurzberger led the procession from G S Precision to the high school with Lt Gov John Daley among dignitaries and nearby entries including Whitingham School Band and Yankee Doodlers of Arlington. Stanley Carner and Bob Cove y dropped 1000 paper streamers weighted with nickels as planes flew overhead.
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Wilmington
G.S. Precision Company
Four Seasons
Main Street
Albert Wurzberger
American Legion
John Daley
Whitingham School Band
Yankee Doodlers of
Arlington
Princess Maria-Sue Crawford
Brattleboro Fire Department
Stratton Mountain Scout Reservation
Stanley Carner
Bob Covey
Airman stationed in Germany links with local families
Arlington Airman C Bruce C Grover son of Mr and Mrs Harold Grover is stationed about 10 miles from his brother Dwight in Germany. They were donated by fliers local and area merchants and lodges. Lt Gov Daley threw first ball for Little Leaguers games. Players from Wilmington Readsboro Jacksonville Whitingham and Guilford. Parade prizes went to Whitingham High School best band with Wilmington High School honorable mention. Best marching units were Readsboro Golden Gaters and Wilmington Alumni Class of 1956. Best commercial float Haystack Ski Area with Adamsville Farm runner up. Best horse unit Frank Warner family with Daughters of Bill Brown runners up. Yankee Doodles won special recognition as did Chet Hegedorn with antique car and Wilmington Auto Sales Larry Goodnow first prize for best bicycle entry and sister Nancy won honorable mention. Luncheon served at high school cafeteria by American Legion Auxiliary committee led by Hannah Sullivan with tickets donated by members.
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Frank Warner
Bill Brown
Yankee Doodlers
Chet Hegedorn
Wilmington
Larry Goodnow
Nancy
American Legion Auxiliary
Hannah Sullivan
Jeanette Brown
Alberta Coleman
Irene Pratt
Levina Mowe
Geraldine Boyd
Shirley Sullivan
Ruby Parsons
Firecracker Festival Termed Financial Success
At a regular Fire Company meeting in Shaftsbury the Firecracker Festival was deemed financially successful though exact profit awaits receipt of all bills. Kiddie rides and advance tickets boosted turnout while the mock fire truck drew full capacity. Chief Charles Becker announced the Rutland state firefighters convention in August and county delegates, with alternates named. The group will skip a drill on July 20 and plan to buy a gas plate used at the festival. Mrs. Ellen Harwood received a money corsage from the Fire Company Auxiliary.
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Shaftsbury
Charles Becker
Rutland
Henry Buak
Buak
William Kelley
Wesley Bump
John Wood
Robert Booth
Becker
Friddle Drops To 225 Pounds To Become Policeman
Charlotte man David Friddle, 32, pursued a lifelong dream of joining the police. He shed 113 pounds, from 338 to 225, and left a higher paying railroad job to enter policing, citing dedication to public service.
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Charlotte
N.C
David Friddle
Friddle
Williamstown Designer Reports on Theater Tour
Williamstown designer Robert Darling, after a Europe tour that left him excited and shocked, shapes the first half of Williams town Theatre's 12th season. He observed Prague opera and the Berliner Ensemble, cites censorship in East Germany, and explains his work on You Cant Take It With You plus J.B. The Seagull and The Night of the Iguana. He also collaborated with Broadway set designer Will Steven Armstrong on The Three Sisters and works for the NY City Opera.
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Williamstown
Mass
Robert Darling
Europe
Williamstown Theatre
Darling
Czechoslovakia
Pittsfield
Prague
U.S
East Germany
Berliner Ensemble
Bertolt Brecht
Kaufman- Hart
Here
Will Steven Armstrong
Armstrong
The
New York City Opera
Open House Held for Cullinan Anniversary in Arlington
An open house for Mr and Mrs Orlando Cullinan celebrates their 25th wedding anniversary at the Cutleaf Maples in Arlington scheduled July 17 from 3 to 8 p.m. Neighbors and friends are invited to greet the couple.
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Arlington
Orlando Cullinan
Mozart Weekend at Tanglewood Performed by Boston Symphony Players
In Lenox Massachusetts a Mozart weekend at Tanglewood featured a chamber orchestra of Boston Symphony players under Erich Lerhsdorf, presenting a broad mix of famed and lesser known works in three concerts. The new Friday prelude concert at 7 p.m. preceded the main 9 p.m. program, with Claude Frank and Lilian Kal on piano for the Sonata for Two Pianos K 448 in the prelude.
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Mozart
Tanglewood
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Erich Lerhsdorf
Claude Frank
Lilian Kal
Arlington Garden Club Plans Meeting
Arlington The Arlington Garden Club will hold its regular monthly meeting at 2 p.m. July 19 at the home of Mrs. Allan B. Angney Jr. The program features competitive arrangements in identical containers by Mrs. George E. Albee Mrs. Eugene Pelham and Mrs. Donald Trachte. Members are asked to bring miniature arrangements not to exceed five inches. Hostesses are Mrs. W. W. Williams Miss Anne Flanders Miss Julia Shipman Mrs. Frank McFarland Miss Katherine Terrell and Mrs. Scott B. Campbell.
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Arlington
Arlington Garden Club
Allan B. Angney Jr
George E. Albee
Eugene Pelham
Donald Trachte
W. W. Williams
Anne Flanders
Julia Shipman
Frank McFarland
Katherine Terrell
Scott B. Campbell
Community Notices Highlight Local Meetings and Upcoming Concerts
In Wilmington and surrounding towns, church and grange groups plan meetings and guest talks. The Marlboro Music Festival memories and a piano concerto review are followed by notes on next weekend’s Bach programs and concert selections.
Area Cellist To Play At Cummington Concert
In Cummington Mass on July 17 at 3 30 p m the 43rd season concert will feature visiting violist Karen Tuttle in Two Madrigals by Martini for violin and viola Sonya Monosoff and William Wittig join for Reger’s Trio for flute violin and viola The program ends with Boccherini Quintet in C with cellist George Finckel first chair Soloist from Bennington College and Vermont State Symphony Orchestra No tickets but contributions expected
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Cummington
Mass
Cummington School of the Arts
Karen Tuttle
Miss Tuttle
Sonya Monosoff
Martini
William Wittig
Reger
Boccherini
George Finckel
Bennington College
Vermont State Symphony Orchestra
American flags distributed by Shaftsbury Troop 331
Shaftsbury Fran Stacy Troop 331 Scout Committee Chairman Philip Roach reports the American flags have arrived and are being moved from a Albany trucking terminal to Bennington for distribution. Orders not yet contacted should call Roach at 442 9597. Also notes travels of local families visiting relatives in Michigan Massachusetts Indiana and Niagara Falls.
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Troop 331 Scout Committee
Philip Roach
Albany
Bennington
Roach
Donald Strong
Detroit
Mich
Jesse Strong
James Myers
North Bennington
Strongs
William
Lanesboro
Mass
Edward Livingston
Holliday Drive
John
Indianapolis
Ind
Chris Wright
Niagara Falls
Community Notes From South Cambridge And Surroundings
South Cambridge reports Margaret Aiken contact 677 3049. The Odesss move into Edward Harrington house. Freeville visitors James Whyte and James Landon stayed with John Hamilton. Pleasant Valley Grange to meet Friday 8 30 p m and host a public card party Tuesday 8 p m. Union Church service at Eagle Bridge Methodist July 17 10 a m for North Hoosick circuit with Rev Oswald A Muller. Decker family sells Durfee Road home and will move to Burlington Vermont where he becomes assistant principal of a junior high school.
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Charles Decker and Sons
Durfee Road
Burlington, Vt
All Saints Parish Club Picnic At Babcock Lake
Hoosick Ada M Breer 686 7275 reports All Saints Parish Club will host a picnic Monday night July 18 with Mr and Mrs Carl Stevens at their Babcock Lake cottage. Other local notices include families vacationing in Long Island Maine and Florida visiting relatives, plus weekend family activities at Beaver Cross Camp and at the Prebble cottage.
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All Saints Parish Club
Carl Stevens
Babcock Lake
Raymond R. Sharkey
Long Island
Maine
Ralph Philpott
Florida
William Stearns
South Street
Harold C. Prebble
Daniel Webster
Prebble
Nancy L. Hillman
Beaver Cross Camp
Episcopal
Springfield Center
N.Y
Helen Cantelo
Jean Blair
Jeffrey Blair
Richard Hillman
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Wolter
Helene Thompson
C. Bruce C. Grover
Harold Grover
Germany
Dwight
Ellen Harwood
Economy Auto Stores, Inc
Arlingtonians
Music Review
Lenox, Mass
Carlo Walter HO
Women’s Association of the Congregational Church
Wayne Timmerman
Victory Grange of
Grange Hall
Vermont Grange of
Wordsboro
North River Grange
Jacksonville
Marie Taylor
Richard K. Fox
Bellows Falls
South Eastern Vermont Community Action, Inc
Lions
Long Jim Inn
Austin J. MacArthur
New Jersey
Sir
Frank
Mr. Frank
Leinsdorf
Bach
School of the Arts
Adams Clothes Shop
Fran Stacy
South Cambridge
Margaret Aiken
Hoosick
Ada M. Breer
Fienberg
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Bennington, VT
Grand Union
Triple
Grand Union Empire
DIAL
Bennington Travel Agency
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