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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Jul 17, 1969

Page

3

League of Vermont Writers Holds Summer Institute

About 75 members and guests attended a two day Vermont writers institute at the University of Vermont. Erwin deGraff urged material to fit readers, while Robert Jutson stressed accuracy in mysteries. Highlights included a round table, children's literature talks, a banquet, and a prize list led by Carlo Walter.

League of Vermont Writers Burlington Waterman University of Vermont Alfred B. Rollins Jr College of Arts and Sciences UVM Erwin E. deGraff McGraw-Hill Publications New York City deGraff Clarence Day Robert P. Jutson Pittsfield Bertha S. Dodge Betty Bandel Murray Hoyt Vermont Life Lillian Baker Carlisle Writer’s National Writer” Club Hoyt Summer Institute Hi-Hat Marguerite Harvey Wolf League Janet Byington Craftsbury Common PTA Dorothy Canfield Fisher Mary Pearl Anne Baker Charlotte Vermont Lawrence Clayton Clinton Andrews Burlington Free Press Carlo Walter Searsburg Summer H. McIntire Northfield Katherine Blakeley Montpelier Kitty Parsons Rockport Mass

Adventists Hold Tag Day This Friday

Bennington Seventh-day Adventist Church will conduct its annual tag day drive this Friday with police approval. Selected solicitors will wear a ribbon, button, and special flower emblem to show authorized status as they gather donations for medical, educational, mission, and welfare work worldwide. The fundraisers will operate around Main Street Putnam Square and nearby shopping plazas.

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Thrift Shop Sale Offers Varied Household Goods

A thrift shop listing highlights items for sale including a bowling ball and slippers, work pants and shorts, ladies blouses sweaters and bras, two bird cages, a Sunbeam mixmaster and crutches. Shoppers are asked to bring canning jars and large plant pots at least nine inches deep.

Thrift Shop Sunbeam

Marlboro Music Festival presents Haydn to Rossini concerts

Marlboro Music Festival offers chamber works by Haydn Rossini Schoeck and Schumann in weekend programs at 8 30 p m Saturday and 3 p m Sunday all remaining festival concerts are sold out A performer Leslie Guinn plays Schoecks Gaselen Also featured pianists violinists and wind players in quartets and a Rossini woodwind quartet Chairs in a side canopied area are offered one hour before concert time for those seeking tickets Information Marlboro Music Festival Box R Marlboro 05344

Marlboro Haydn Rossini Schoeck Schumann Othmar Schoeck Bernard Goldberg Leonard Arner Larry Combs Wilmer Wise Fred Buda Luis Batlle Mileczyslaw Horszowski Masuko Ushioda Scott Nickrenz Vermeer Quartet Miklos Perenyi Hungary Marilyn Dubow Alexander Schneider Nancy Virillo Nathaniel Rosen Paula Robison Sylvester Harold Wright William Winstead Richard Solis

Manchester notables and officials gather in local notices

Manchester residents receive tax notices while several social visits are noted. Mr and Mrs Rudy Heiland together with Mr and Mrs Eric Swind spent two weeks in Colorado and Utah visiting archaeologist Robert Swind of Union Carbide. Mr and Mrs Albert Danzig of Schenectady visited the Perkins home on Seminary Avenue. The Ormsby Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will meet at Katharine Terrill's Arlington home. Town Clerk Clara May Hemenway says tax bills are being prepared for mailing to Manchester residents early in August. The tax rate due September 30 is 3.91 dollars and the rate due March 1 is 1.85 dollars.

Rudy Heiland Eric Swind Colorado Utah Robert Swind Union Carbide Albert Danzig Schenectady Perkins House Seminary Avenue Danzig State of New York Ormsby Daughters of the American Revolution Katharine Terrill Arlington Clara May Hemenway Town of Manchester

Montpelier Day Care Licenser Appointed in Vermont

Mrs Enna M Bates has been named supervisor of licensing for the Vermont Department of Social Welfare by Commissioner John J Wacker man She supervises three inspectors covering Burlington Middlebury Montpelier Morrisville St Albans St Johnsbury Newport and southern districts The Day Care Advisory Committee chaired by Julie Lepeschkin set standards for licensing foster homes and day care The department urges licensed facilities to reassure working mothers that their children are safe and well cared for and invites families to consider becoming foster homes with licensed providers and continued consultation offered through Montpelier and 12 district offices

Health, Education, Labor , Welfare Julie Lepeschkin University of Vermont Bates Maryanne Foley Burlington Middlebury Montpelier Mary Anne Hulick Morrisville St. Albans St. Johnsbury Newport Rolland Gerhart Jr Department of Social Welfare

Capt W C Paquin Decorated For Air Heroism

U S Air Force Capt William C Paquin of Shaftsbury received the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroic aerial achievement in Vietnam. He was cited for forward air controller actions aiding friendly forces ambushed by the enemy while serving as an instructor pilot at Eglin AFB Florida.

U.S. Air Force William C. Paquin Shaftsbury Vietnam Paquin Eglin Afb Fla North Bennington High School University of Vermont Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps Edward H. Paquin Patricia Campbell Brattleboro

Senior Citizens Offer Picnic and Events at Soldiers' Home

A schedule for senior activities lists a July 24 picnic for ages 55 and up at Soldiers' Home Deer Park with transportation and food donations requested. A July 25 card party at the center features prizes and refreshments, plus a July 31 trip to Candle Mill and Flower Barn in East Arlington. Transportation advice by July 29. Bowling Friday at Bennington Lanes at 6 p.m.

Soldiers’ Home Deer Park Candle Mill East Arlington Bennington Lanes

Kennedy May Step Down From Majority Leader Post

Montpelier UPI Kennedy Walter Kennedy of Chelsea hinted he may resign as House Majority Leader. He told the GOP state committee he may not be majority leader in 1970 and noted he took the role midway through the last session for one year. He said he would likely accept the job if offered when the Republicans caucus next January.

Dutch engineer dies in 248-degree steam bath trap

A 29-year-old Dutch research engineer died in a steam bath after a door lock jammed leaving him trapped inside. Police reported the accident in Goteborg Sweden and said they would release the victim’s name after notifying relatives in the Netherlands.

Goteborg Sweden UPI Netherlands

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By Carlo Wolter Jacqueline Jackson Rocheford Ill Veremont Abelard Schuman New York Jackson Honduras Griffin Inc Nabe Heritage Dick and Betty Manning North Bennington Road Weston Weston Playhouse Murray Schisgal Musical Theatre Company George M. Cohan Broadway Mary Basin Street Blues Mobile Robert Bowden Palace Robert Leibacher Tom Pockette Manchester Melanie Otis P.O. Box First National Stores Bennington, Vermont Scott W.C. Paquin Kennedy Ben Mont Ave Wickes Vanity Nec Madira Lauan North St. Shopping Center
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