Drought Spotty in Vermont Area Amid Early Summer Dry
Bennington County reports spotty drought with Shaftsbury and Bennington areas driest while Rupert suffers little. A U S Weather station on Harwood Hill observed no rain as Bennington Village had a downpour. Crops look generally normal but pastures suffer and second hay cut is slowed. farmers provide cattle feed and weigh emergency aid options.
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New York State
Bennington County
John C. Page
Vermont
Page
Shaftsbury
Bennington
Pownall
Rupert
Bennington Village
Harwood Hill
U. S
Paul Bohne
Mal
Ranger Leads Green Mountain Forest Tour for Garden Club Officials
Sid ney B. Davis district ranger guided a Green Mountain National Forest tour for the National Council of State Garden Clubs president Mrs. Charles B. Nettleton and forest service women’s activities chiefs Mrs. Elizabeth Mason and Mrs. Katherine Mergen. They visited Bromley ski area Hapgood Pond Long Trail and Mad Tom shelter and viewed timber sale areas and deer browse messaging soil erosion at the Jenny Coolidge watershed near Weston. A luncheon followed at the Inn at Weston.
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Sidney B. Davis
The
Forest Service
Manchester
National Forest
Charles B. Nettleton
Garden Club
Elizabeth Mason
Washington, D.C
Katherine Mergen
Philadelphia
Bromley
Hapgood Pond
Long Trail
Mad Tom
Weston
Shushan Crash Claims Life of Third Victim
In Washington County near Shushan a Friday accident killed three people. John Hill 78 of Shushan died in Mary McClellan Hospital after his wife 75 and William Ryan 73 of Albany were killed when their car plunged 30 feet down an embankment. Hill was a retired state Tax Department employee in Albany.
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Cambridge
N.Y
Shushan
Washington County
John Hill
Mary McClellan Hospital
William Ryan
Albany
Hill
State Tax Department
Danes offer camps for American children touring Europe
Copenhagen reports Denmark opens camps and nurseries for American children joining European tours this summer. Local agencies coordinate activities with safety and supervision provided for visiting families.
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Copenhagen
UPI
Europe
Manchester Dorset Tour Highlights 10 Homes and Gardens
The Manchester Garden Club sponsors a tours of 10 homes and gardens in Manchester and Dorset this Thursday July 19 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Highlights include the Pink House once Sarah Cleghorn’s home, Point O View, Deerfield, two new contemporary houses, a rose garden at the 1811 House, and a new garden at Zion Parish House. Proceeds aid Veterans Hospital White River Junction. Tickets from local homes or the Chamber Information Booth.
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Manchester
The
Manchester Garden Club
Dorset
Sarah Cleghorn
Joseph S. Bates
Point O’ View
Bartlett Arkell
Southern Vermont Art Center
Deerfield
John J. Atwater
Charles Isham
Mary Todd Lincoln
Henry B. Robinson
Zion Parish House
Manchester Center
Joan Merrill
Woodstock
New Dorset School
Agnes Houghton
Zion Church
St. Fiacre
Russell S. Fenn Jr
Dorset Hollow
Frederick J. Burghard
Fritz Dillmann
Ned Jobson
U.S. 7
Jobsons
Mexico
Brook House
J. Gillespie Armstrong
Malcolm Cooper
Garden Club
William T. Schwarz
Arlington
G. Murray Campbell
Flowers and Services, Inc. Veterans Hospital
White River Junction
Chamber of Commerce
Arlington Architect 86 Publishes Third Book on Early American Homes
Herbert Wheaton Congdon of Arlington releases Early American Homes for Today a guide to decorative details and restoration aimed at DIY renovators and seniors. The 86 year old author combines architecture photography and practical advice from Vermont and New England houses, with notes on safe fireplace design and improving aging staircases.
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Arlington
Herbert Wheaton Congdon
New England
Congdon
Japan
Bipolar
Charles E. Tuttle Co
Rutland
Tokyo
Vermont
Butch Jelley Hurt In Lebanon Valley Speedway Crash
Clarence Butch Jelley 21 of North Pownal is hospitalized at Pittsfield General with concussion and multiple contusions after his stock car left the Lebanon Valley Speedway track in West Lebanon New York overturned several times and rested on a fence. He had climbed from 10th to third place before the crash. He and his wife Linda Taff of South Pownal are parents to a month old daughter and he is a popular figure at the New York track after two years of racing.
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Clarence
Butch) Jelley
North Pownal
Pittsfield General Hospital
Butch
Lebanon Valley Speedway
West Lebanon
N.Y
Jelley
Linda Taff
South Pownal
New York State
Peru Old Home Day Bazaar and Dinner Planned
The Peru Congregational Church Ladies Aid Society plans the Old Home Day event at the Peru Community House on Saturday July 28. Doors open at 4 p.m. Supper will be served at 5 30 6 15 and 7 p.m. The bazaar features toys baby items grab bags and white elephant gifts for children and adults.
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Peru
Ladies Aid Society
Dorset Spotlight: Births Camp News and Clergy Movements
Dorset area notes celebrate the birth of Paul Hartmann, a 7 pound 14 ounce boy born July 15 to the Hartmann family of Brooklyn. Miss Cheryl Parks returns from 4H Camp Ondawa in Sunderland for a seventh year, with two years as senior counsellor. Camp news includes Helen Warren and Theresa Reed, with others heading to Camp Ondawa. Rev. Thomas Street preaches at Dorset and East Rupert, as Rev. William Chace and family take a two week vacation. the Rev. Mr. Chance plans his final Dorset sermon July 29 before moving to East Hampton, Massachusetts.
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Paul Thomas _ Hartmann
William Hartmann
Brooklyn, N.Y
Paul
Sally Langmaid
Malcolm Cooper
Tom Cooper
Tom
Cheryl Parks
Ray Parks
Ondawa
Sunderland
Helen Warren
Franklin Warren
Theresa Reed
Clara Reed
Bennington County
Thomas Street
Williamstown
Mass
United Church of
Dorset
East Rupert
William Chace
Chance
Easthampton
Dorset Man Ends Ownership of Island Paper
Robert E. Deeley, a part-time Dorset resident, relinquishes his interests in the Inquirer and Mirror Publishing Co. on Nantucket Mass. George W. Morgan, a New York and Nantucket lawyer and F W Dodge director, purchases the paper. John A Stackpole remains vice president and editor.
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Dorset
Robert E. Deeley
Inquirer and Mirror Publishing Co
Nantucket Island
Mass
Deeley
George W. Morgan
New York
Nantucket
F. W. Dodge Cor
John A. Stackpole
Island Newspaer
St John Parish Sets First Annual Lawn Party Plans
St John the Baptist Church in North Bennington outlines a two night lawn party on Aug 3 and 4 in the village park. Frank Hoyt chairs with Lawrence Powers assisting as committees oversee fish ponds games ice cream booth bingo donkey rides and a food sale. The event aims to be a major fund raising effort and to become an annual parish tradition.
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Bailey Hall
St. John the Baptist Church
Frank Hoyt
Lawrence Powers
Dupreee
Ellen
Kathleen Toomey
Merton Snow Sr
St. John’s Parish
Arlington visitors and local hospital notices in Vermont
Arlington Henry Hall and his two sons Frank and Bill visited Jim Hess in Johnson Vermont, a former Arlington resident now in the house of John Powers. Mrs Prosper Deschenes suffered a fall and is under care at Putnam Memorial Hospital. John Whalen is at Putnam Hospital after surgery. Mr and Mrs Paul Urban of Toms River New Jersey visit the Wilfred Wallace household in Battenkill Road.
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Isabel G. King
Pownal Center
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Frank Capparella
Stamford, Conn
501 Club
North Pownal
Henry Hall
Frank
Bill
Jim Hess
Johnson
Jim
Arlington
John Powers
Prosper Deschenes
John Whalen
Putnam Hospital
Paul Urban
Toms River
N.J
Wilfred Wallace
Battenkill Road
Bank Report of Condition Statement Fragment
Audit excerpt shows total assets demand deposits and other liabilities with lines garbled. A bank cashier Arthur F Cronin signs declaring the report correct to best knowledge.
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Arthur F. Cronin
Amed Bank
Israel Jordan Form Joint Border Committee
An Israeli official reports that Israel and Jordan will establish a joint border committee to seek ways to prevent further frontier incidents and improve security cooperation.
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Jerusalem
Jordan
Israel
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Ann Marsh
North Adams, Mass
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U.S
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