Strattonites Eye Jeep Link to Wilderness Road
Stratton Development Committee surveyed the old County Road along Stratton Mountain to assess year round use and potential to cut travel time. The plan aims to connect Stratton and Jamaica communities and open access to a wilderness lake and a burned log cabin site near the trail. Members include Mrs. Malvine Cole and Selectmen Ralph E. Pike Fred L. Holton and Stanley S. Samson.
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Stratton
Stratton Mountain
Malvine Cole
Ralph E. Pike
Fred L. Holton
Stanley S. Samson
Jamaica
Stratton Committee
Elementary School Merger Talks Proceed
Arlington Sunderland school study group held its second reporting session at Arlington Memorial High School. Committees reported on curriculum finance legal and publicity. George Wright and Albert Lawrence volunteered to draft a tentative bus schedule for Sunderland and Arlington students to the proposed union elementary. A further meeting is set for Monday July 30 at Memorial School. Everyone is invited.
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Arlington
Arlington-Sunderland
Arlington Memorial High School
George Wright
Albert Lawrence
Sunderland
Memorial School
Estival Quartet Delivers Varied Tempered String Works
A large audience at Bennington College heard the Estival Quartet perform Haydn, Beethoven and Shostakovich. The Shostakovich reached lyric and dance like tones while Beethoven's Opus 59 No.2 displayed depth and tension. Haydn's Riders quartet opened with rustic charm but showed intonation and climaxes that glowed despite initial roughness.
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North Bennington
Bennington College
Estival Quartet
Haydn
Beethoven
Dimitri Shostakovich
The Railroad Isn't Running But the Party Is
NORTH BENNINGTON The railroad may not be running but the old red station will reopen for a few months this fall through the efforts of the Norshaft Democratic Club. At a monthly meeting, Norshaft President Earl Harris said railroad officials granted use of the waiting room and former express office as campaign headquarters for the November election. Members will refurbish the rooms, removing cobwebs and installing window panes where needed.
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Norshaft Democratic Club
Norshaft
Earl Harris
Express
Dorset Theater presents Send Me No Flowers comedy
Caravan Theatre at the Dorset Playhouse shows Send Me No Flowers July 19 to 22. Fred Carmichael stars as George Kimball with Elizabeth Franz as Judy in a farcical medical melee about imagined illnesses. Steve Dunn directs. Judith Page Murray designed the setting. Curtain at 8 40 p.m. Reservations via box office.
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Dorset Theater
Dorset
Norman Barasch
Carroll Moore
Caravan Theatre
Dorset Playhouse
George Kimball
Fred Carmichael
Judy
Elizabeth Franz
George
Brian Pendleton
Williams Mehegan
Barry Dunleavey
John Ryan
Eternal Gardens
Larry Reed
Nick Mass Jr
Deke
Simon
Peggy Kelly
Maria Mundy
Steve Dunn
Carvan
Judith Page Murray
Cambridge Central District elects Booker to five year board term
At the Cambridge Central School District annual meeting Robert O. Booker of Cambridge Road was elected to the school board for a five year term. Also noted were births and adoptions: Rebeca Ruth born July 4 to Rev and Mrs Clinton Carter at McClellan Hospital. Jacqueline Jane born July 5 to Mr and Mrs Henry Mulligan. the Brighams adopt a six month old girl Jane E. Further, Wilbur S. Martin and family plan to move to Sheboygan Wisconsin for new employment.
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Cambridge Central School District
Robert O. Booker
Center Cambridge Road
Wilbur S. Martin
Sheboygen
Wisc
Martin
Algrow Seed Co
Clinton Carter
Embury
Button Bay Battle Fought in Revolutionary War
The 450 acre Button Bay site in Vermont hosted a pivotal yet overlooked clash tied to Benedict Arnold. A U S general fired his flagship, beached and burned it, then led a rear guard action delaying a British expedition while his crews contested from nearby woods.
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Button Bay
Button Mould Bay
Vermont
Benedict Arnold
Twirlers Form New Arlington Baton Class
A new baton twirlers class forms in Arlington on Thursday from 4 30 to 5 30 p m in the Arlington kindergarten room. Elven beginners have joined and more are expected. Mrs Walter Crawford of East Arlington handles arrangements and Mrs Janet K Flynn of Bennington leads the Yankee Doodlers Drum Bugle and Baton Corps twirlers.
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Arlington
Walter Crawford
East Arlington
Janet K. Flynn
Bennington
Yankee Doodlers
Baton Corps
Oscillators and Bass Viols at Bennington College concert
North Bennington free Carriage Barn concert features Charles Whittenberg electronic works with live performers Bertram Turetzky and Maurice Pachman. Pieces include Electronic Study II with Contrabass and Study for Solo Clarinet with Electronic Extensions. Guest performers join in. program blends taped sounds and acoustic instruments. Public invited.
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Charles Whittenberg
New York City
Bennington College Carriage Barn
Whittenberg
New York
Hartford
Bertram Turetzky
Hartt School of Music
Gunnar Schonbeck
Bennington
Maurice Pachman
Radio City Orchestra
Lionel Nowak
Nowak
Henry Brant
Open House for Children at Art Center Friday
Manchester The Southern Vermont Art Center hosts an open house for Manchester and nearby towns Friday July 20 from 6 to 8 p.m. President Carlton Howe highlights Norman Rockwell paintings Flora Burgess Parker drawings and Marger Ryerson portraits. Children may attend the opera rehearsal August 3 with a small charge and adult accompaniment.
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Manchester
Southern Vermont Art Center
Carleton Howe
Norman Rockwell
Flora Burgess Parker
Benningen
Marger Ryerson
Howe
Art Center
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Grace Murphy
Margaret McNamara
Andrick
Cambridge
Margaret Aiken
Lake Champlain
Shaffe Men's Shop
Main Street
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Canvas Casuals
Buster Brown
Bennington, VT
Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center
Columbia University
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American Council of Learned Societies
New Yorker
Ives
Schoneberg
Perentinus
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Dairy Queen
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Wills Building
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