Fresh Air Special Brings NYC Children to Manchester
Seventy three underprivileged New York City youngsters are visiting Shaftsbury area through the Fresh Air program with Friendly Town hosts. Last Wednesday marked a red letter day as all the children arrived by invited invitation and a bus trip from New York to Manchester went smoothly under the escort of Mrs D L, the town chairman.
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Shaftsbury
New York City
Manchester
New York
D. L
Mattison
Fred Stacy
Bennington
Stacy
Vermont
Arlington
North Bennington
Pownal
Cambridge
Hoosick Falls
Norshaft Lions Fair Prizes Include Stereo TV Display
The Norshaft Lions Club Fair in North Bennington August 11 to 13 features top prizes a stereo phonograph FM AM radio and a portable television. Funds raised support community programs in North Bennington Shaftsbury and surrounding towns including Manchester Arlington and Bennington.
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North Bennington
First National Bank
Norshaft Lions Club
Lions
Shaftsbury
An Evening With Pearl Buck Planned at Manchester
Manchester announces a Sept. 17 fundraiser at Equinox House for the Pearl S. Buck Foundation. Pearl Buck, foundation director Theodore Harris and staff will attend at Forest Farms in Winhall. The tax exempt group aids rejected Amerasian children fathered by U S servicemen in Korea to Vietnam.
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Pearl Buck
Manchester
Thomas Farley
The
Equinox House
Pearl S. Buck Foundation
Vermont
Foundation
Forest Farms
Winhall
Korea
Viet Nam
Time Magazine
Theodore F. Harris
Yankee Doodlers raise funds and awards given
The Yankee Doodlers Drum and Bugle Corps earned 167.25 toward their bus fund from a recent fundraiser. A chaise lounge was presented to August Smith and a folding picnic table to Mrs. Dorothy Coleman of Arlington. Awards went to Deborah Hoyt, Debbie Baldwin, Don Arlington, Sheila Sargood, and Marian and Mark Hall. Calendar notes a Monday game Yankees vs. Orioles at North Bennington Little League Field at 6:15 PM.
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Yankee Doodlers
August Smith
Dorothy Coleman
Arlington
Deborah Hoyt
Debbie Baldwin
Don
Grange News Highlights Scout Trip and August Events
Batten Hill Grange heard home economics talk and a flower exhibit. Robert Lindsey led Philmont Scout Ranch trip recap with Billy Moore and Michael Lindsay of Troop 334 Arlington. Plans included a July 30 bingo restart and Booster Night August 31. Activities list nightly meetings and local events through Saturday.
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Battenhill Grange
Robert Lindsey
Arlington
Billy Moore
Michael Lindsay
Philmont
Cimarron
N.M
Lindsey
Vermont
Battenkill Grange
Lions Carnival
Clarence Decker Sr
Lecurer
Roy Crofut
Tanglewood Concerto Set for Aug 3 by Fiedler
Arthur Fiedler will conduct the Boston Pops at Tanglewood on August 3 with Stan Getz as saxophone soloist for the world premiere of Sauter’s Tanglewood Concerto dedicated to the soloist and conductor. The program includes Sousa Washington Post March Rossini William Tell overture Ginastera Final Dance Strauss waltzes with zither soloist Toni Neichl, Getz saxophone works, and Loewe My Fair Lady selections. Tickets from Festival Ticket Office Lenox MA 01240. lawns on sale at 4 p.m. Aug 3.
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Ginastera
Fiedler
Vienna Woods
Toni Neichl
Getz
Loewe
Fiedler and the Pops Orchestra
Tanglewood
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Lenox
Mass
Cadet Harrington Enrolled in ROTC Summer Camp at Devens
Shaftsbury Army Cadet Gale W Harrington son of Mr and Mrs Gerald F Harrington is at Fort Devens Mass undergoing six weeks of ROTC summer camp. He receives training in military skills to qualify as a commissioned Army Reserve officer upon graduation from Norwich University Northfield. Camp ends July 29.
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Gale W. Harrington
Gerald F. Harrington
Fort Devens
Mass
Reserve Officer Training Corps
Harrington
Army Reserve
Norwich University
Northfield
Visitors and local sports in Brattleboro region recap
Miss Mary Meagher hosted guests from West Brookfield and a local family during a Vermont motor tour. Gary Martin returned to Lake Paran troops after two weeks at Camp Ondawa. Barry Griffith granted a substitute lifeguard duty while visiting Newport for a folk music festival. Henry Gratton and Charles Perkins groups cheered southern regional Little League in Brattleboro. Norshaft Arlington beat them early but fell to Brattleboro in finals.
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Mary Meagher
Houghton Street
Ernest Whitcomb
West Brookfield
Mass
Wayne Smith
Angela
Andrew
Vermont
Gary Martin
Lake Paran
Camp Ondawa
Barry Griffith
Paran
Newport
R.I
Henry Gratton
Charles Per
Kins
Brattleboro
Norshaft - Arlington
Jimmy Gratton
Peter Perkins
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