Grave of Robert Frost draws visitors to Old First Church
Visitors to Old First Church in Bennington Vermont increasingly come for the grave of Robert Frost. Guides note rising inquiries after a National Observer article, with tourists from Virginia Illinois Quebec and Connecticut visiting the simple granite grave amid a Colonial era interior and carvings by teens 150 years ago. The church, dating to 1763 and rebuilt in 1937, seats 650 and is tended by hosts Mildred White Mabel Weller and Evelyn Fuller. Frost died 1963 and once sat in the congregation.
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Old Bennington
Old First Church
America
Eate
Robert Frost
Mildred White
National Observer
Frost
Virginia
Illinois
Quebec
Connecticut
Babcock suggests Mrs. Howard for reapportionment panel
Vermont attorney Robert S. Babcock releases his letter to Gov. Hoff proposing a nonpartisan panel to advise on reapportionment. He lists candidates including Mrs. Lucia Howard and Justice James Holden and urges a special citizens group to frame court questions ahead of the 1965 session.
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Babcock
South Burlington
Robert S. Babcock
Philip H. Hoff
Austin Foster
Derby
Hilton Wick
Burlington
A. Luke Crispe
Brattleboro
Lucia Howard
Bennington
Joseph McNamara
Walter Bogart
Weybridge
Andrew Nuquist
Ernest Gibson III
Montpelier
Robert Gannett III
Vermont
Summer Drama Workshop Presents Classic Plays at Molly Stark
Summer class at Molly Stark School stages scenes from Liliom Antigone One Sunday Afternoon and The Importance of Being Earnest in a Ford Foundation funded workshop. Mrs Pat Sherman leads fourhour daily sessions as Betty Fonteneau Julie Liliom role and other students perform with public free admission at 8 p.m.
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Molnar
Anouilh
Hagan
Wilde
Molly Stark School
Ford Foundation
Pat Sherman
Molly Stark
Betty Fonteneau
Marie
Lilian
Pat Prandini
Julie
Liliom
Debbie Taylor
Antigone
Kathy Farnham
Ismene
France
Amy
Ann Pizzano
Virginia
Lillian Hurlburt
Jo Henry
Gwendolen
Cecily
St Peter's Parish Fair Plans Country Store Feature
St Peter's Episcopal Church Parish Fair on July 25 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. will include a country store replica with pies cakes cookies rolls jams preserves and penny candy. The event on church lawn and in the cloister features a flower and vegetable market with fresh garden produce and arrangements.
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St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Bennington
Fred H. Welling
Joseph A. Wilson
Marion Hardy
James A. Horne
James G. Randlett
Elizabeth Armstrong
Chester Wadsworth
Juliette McC. Shields
Kelley Cole
Richard B. Leake
E.E. Sarcka
Manchester
VFW Auxiliary Sets Meetings and Picnic Events
The VFW Auxiliary schedules regular Tuesday meeting at the VFW Home followed by a white elephant auction. A July 28 picnic supper at Edna Lloyd’s 906 County St precedes a meeting. A August 2 family picnic at Barber’s Lake pavilion includes games swimming and boating. Sign up at the club rooms or call Esther Greene or the conductress.
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VFW
Edna Lloyd
County St
Barber’s Lake Pavilion
Esther Greene
Watermelon Stunt Aids Milk Truck Heist in Pittsburgh
Milkman Joseph Skinger reported a thief used a watermelon as an accessory to the crime. The intruder smashed the windshield with the fruit then grabbed a gallon of milk before fleeing when Skinger went to report the incident.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Joseph Skinger
Connie Marie Lewis to wed Kenneth Hall in Bennington
Engaged Connie Marie Lewis daughter of Dr. and Mrs Marcel J Lewis of Pageant Street and Kenneth A Hall son of Mr. and Mrs Albert J Hall of 111 North Branch St announce upcoming marriage. Miss Lewis is a Green Mountain College graduate and Mr Hall holds a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Syracuse University. The wedding is set for July 25 at 10 a.m. in the First Methodist Church Bennington.
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Marcel J. Lewis
Pageant Street
Connie Marie
Kenneth A. Hall
Albert J. Hall
North Branch St
Miss Lewis
Green Mountain College
Hall
Syracuse University
First Methodist Church
Bennington
Local Boys To Attend National Scout Jamboree
Eugene Damon Jr. and James Rounds of Bennington will represent Troop 45 Sacred Heart parish at the National Jamboree in Valley Forge Pa. They depart July 16 and return the 24th. Both are active scouts with leadership roles and ties to Bennington High School and Bennington Catholic High School.
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Eugene Damon Jr
Damon
Pratt St
James Rounds
Samuel Rounds
West Main St
Sacred Heart Parish
Valley Forge
Eugene
Memphremagog Lodge
Order of the Arrow
Bennington High School
Frost’s Pharmacy
James
Bennington Catholic High School
Camp Sunrise
Orwell
Green Mountain Council of
Vermont
Bennington Banner Adopts Daily Publication Schedule
The Bennington Banner announces daily publication excluding Sundays and holidays. Billing details include office hours, contact numbers for Newsroom Advertising and general inquiries, plus subscription rates for Vermont and nationwide mail delivery.
Union Carbide To Build New Plant in Louisiana
Union Carbide will construct a 1300 acre Taft Louisiana petrochemical plant on the Mississippi about 20 miles above New Orleans. Initial ethylene and ethylene oxide units planned for completion in 1966 with over 50 million dollars investment. Ground breaking date not set.
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Union Carbide
Louisiana
New York,n.y
Union Carebide Corporation
Taft
Binny Mason Jr
Mississippi
New Oresleans
Petrocheme
United States
Mason
St. Charles Parish
John McKeithen
Jules Mollere
Joel T. Chaisson
U.S
Union Carebide
Mississippi Valley
Union
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Bigton
Triple ‘‘S
Grand Union Empire
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St. Peter’s Fair
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Connie Marie Lewis
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