Area Grangers Among Top Winners in Baking Contest
In Middletown Springs on July 17, Bennington County Grangers dominated the regional baking contest. Winners include Mrs. George Foster Middlebury and Mrs. Mary Cadoret Manchester for bread. Mrs. Shirley Moyer Middletown Springs and Mrs. Florence Simonds Weston for cake. Mrs. Jennie Stewart Pawlet and Mrs. Everett Lillie Bennington for cookies. Nelsor Rudd of North Bennington won first in the milk poster youth division. Judges were Bethia Munger, Loretta Mulhern, and Margaret Bliss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eral Bennington County
Clarence J. Decker
Home Economics Committee of
Vermont State Grange
George Foster
Middlebury
Mary Cadoret
Manchester
Harriet Denko
Pawlet
Shirley Moyer
Middletown Springs
Florence Simonds
Weston
Elsie Drysden
Rutland Valley
Jennie Stewart
Granger’s Delight
Everett Lillie
Bennington
Mildred Chase
Chester
Mt. Equinox
Lucy Kent
Nelsor, Rudd
North Bennington
State Grange
Battenhill Junior Grange
West Arlington
Bethia Munger
Benson
Rutland
Loretta Mulhern
Margaret Bliss
West Rutland
Arlington Girl Scout Delivers Commemorative Stamp Tribute
Ann Brush of Arlington a Catamount Patrol member at the Button Bay Round-up was chosen to represent 8 500 Girl Scouts at the stamp dedication during the 50th anniversary birthday program. She noted officials will send first day covers with messages, including one to Gov Ray Keyser of Vermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Brush
Arlington
Catamount
Button Bay
United States
Ann
Ray Keyser
Vermont
Dondero Wins Soil Award for “26 Hour Day” Paper
Louis J. Dondero of Sunderland, a soil scientist with the U S Soil Conservation Service Bennington office, won first place at the Northern New England Soil Conservation Society of America meeting in Caribou Maine for his paper A 26 Hour Day. He also received an award for travelling the farthest distance nearly 600 miles after his car broke down en route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis J. Dondero
Caribou
Maine
Harry Long
Sunderland
New England
Soil Conservation Society of America
Dondero
Bennington
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Dorset Field Club Invites Seven Clubs to Tennis Tourney
The Dorset Field Club tennis committee sponsors its first Invitational to be played Saturday and Sunday July 28 and 29. Seven clubs from Williamstown Pittsfield Glens Falls Bennington Brattleboro Stowe Rutland and Dorset were invited to compete, aiming to showcase the finest amateur players in the state and to start an annual event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorset
Dorset Field Club
Williamstown
Pittsfield
Glens Falls
Bennington
Brattleboro
Stowe
Rutland
Pownall Church Notes Plans and Guest Speakers
The Pownall Methodist Church notes Rev. James H. Bagley will speak on When Your Bible Becomes Your Own this Sunday. During August vacation, guest speakers include R Marsden Kitley Aug 5 19 and 26 and Rev. Anton Beza Aug 12. Also updates on local residents and hospital news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Bagley
Bagley
R. Marsden Kitley
Grace Methodist Church
Troy
N.Y
Kitley
North Carolina Wesleyan University
Anton Beza
Pittstown
Hoosick Falls Mothers Ball Draws Local Mothers Softball
Hoosick Falls town hosts a Mothers Softball game Saturday August 4 at 6 30 p m at League Field. Ages 16 to 60, managers named Francis Downing and Douglas Ogilvie. Umpire Pockets Gorman and announcer Rip Burns noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town of
Hoosick
Little League Auxiliary
Isabell McGuire
Francis Downing
Douglas Ogilvie
Gorman
Rip’ Burns
Scout Award for Aquatics Given To MacDonald
Ian MacDonald of Shaftsbury son of Rev and Mrs Angus J MacDonald was one of four Scouts out of 400 to receive the Green Mountain Council aquatic award at Mohegan Camp Camp Sunrise. The presentation Sunday afternoon honors merited by high standards in swimming boating canoeing lifesaving and lifeguard badges plus five hours daily waterfront instruction. He is an Eagle Scout member of Memphremagog Lodge Order of the Arrow and Troop 31 BSA Shaftsbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orwell
Ian MacDonald
Angus J. MacDonald
Shaftsbury
Green Mountain Council
Mohegan
Boy Scouts of America
MacDonald
Memphremagog Lodge
Order of the Arrow
Troop 31
BSA
North Pownal Camp Destroyed by Fire
North Pownal Fire Department responded to a 10 15 am alarm to finds a small camp on the Sarkis property burning. The wooden floor canvas shelter was destroyed. The camp had hosted migrant workers drawing lumber from the Sarkis land for weeks. Cause of fire unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
North Pownal
Old Home Day Sale Planned for July 28 at Peru
Peru residents outline plans for the annual Old Home Day event with a sale starting at 4 30 and a supper at 5 30 on Saturday July 28 Miss Rose Aldrich visited Beulah Cox in Springfield Vermont last week Beulah was a patient there and later stayed with her parents Mr and Mrs Clarence Aldrich Mrs H J Adams now of Wilmington Delaware spends time with her daughter and son in law at their Landgrove summer home Malcolm B Lord remains home two weeks with a virus infection and Mr and Mrs Edward Patch and son Brian of Wallingford visit relatives in the area Mrs Delmer B Stone is recovering after surgery at Rutland Hospital Mr and Mrs Russell K Lord and two daughters of Eagleville Pennsylvania visited Mr and Mrs Mal Lord on the way to Cape Mr and Mrs Keith Collins and children of Seneca Falls New York visited their uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Robert C Beattie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Langlais
St. Albans
Marcel Langlais
Joseph A. Watts
North Adams Hospital
Watts
Norman Dickinson
Ernest Welch
Ellen McShane
Joseph Tornabene
Pownal
James Pairton
Hollywood
Fla
Hoosick Falls
Painton
Mary Nowak
Frank Kennedy
Patricia
Carthage
N.Y
Kenneth Kennedy
U.S.A
Arlea J. Brenenstuhl
Orlando, Fla
Ira Fiske
North Hoosick
Rose Aldrich
Springfield
Beulah Cox
Cox
Clarence Aldrich
H. J. Adams
Wilmington
Del
Landgrove
Malcolm B. Lord
Edward Patch
Brian
Wallingford
Malcolm Lord
Delmer B. Stone
Rutland Hospital
Russell K. Lord
Eagleville
Mal. Lord
Cape
Keith Collins
Seneca Falls, N. Y
Robert C. Beattie
Dorset Church Fair Tea Aug 1 and community notes
The Dorset Church Fair annual tea and gift shower will be August 1 from 3 to 5 pm at Mrs. Matthew P. Gaffney’s home, gifts to be sold at the fair on August 9. Miss Jane Moore of Washington, DC visits Dorset. The Chace family moves to Easthamption and Rev. Chace will preach his last Dorset sermon July 29. Route 30 garden notes highlight pink Artemisia and delphinium. Carl Parsons looks for apple crop due to limited rain. employs local pickers. Dr. Matthew Gaffney mentions sons Dr. Matthew Page Gaffney in Europe with Naval Research and Dr. Merrill Mason Gaffney joining University of Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorset
Matthew P. Gaffney
William Chace
Chaces
Easthampton
Mass
Chace
First Congregational Church
Matthew Gaffney
Matthew Page Gaffney
Europe
Office of Naval Research Headquarters
England
Merrill Mason Gaffney
University of Missouri
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Baptist Ladies Aid Plans Summer Sale Event
Plans were completed for the Baptist Ladies Aid Society summer sale to be held Wednesday August 1 at 1 30 p m in the church vestry with a mystery package table for adults. About 10 members attended and refreshments were served. A note of thanks was received from Brattleboro Retreat for gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Ladies’ Aid Society
Womens Association of the Congregational Church
Peck
Mount Snow
Wayne Timmerman
Brattleboro
Timmerman
John Mumford Jr
Marlboro
Lions Club
Old Red Mill
Mumford
Dover
Susan
Robin Kaemmerlen
Jay Corvan
Erwin McLaughlin
Harry Spicer
S. Pownal Club Fails To Disband Over Attendance
POWNAL The South Pownal Community Club debated disbanding due to lack of interest and a desire by some to merge with a parent teacher group in the fall. The vote was postponed due to low attendance. Francis E. Haley, the president, plans to reconvene next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
South
Local Social Notes Highlight Visits and Households
North Bennington residents host relatives from Jaffrey and Buffalo while others move or visit. Mrs. Nora Stanley relocates to Prospect Nursing Home. Girl Scout Round-up at Button Bay draws visitors including Toni Vince and family with ties to Michigan and Colorado. Mrs. Royal Crosier recovers at home after heart surgery in Hanover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Smyntek
Sylvia
Buffalo
Bess Woodlock
Mechanic Street
Nora Stanley
Hoosick Falls
Prospect Nursing Home
Button Bay
Stephen Vince
Toni
Vince
Chester Pinkiewicz
Rock Island
Ill
Janet
Not in Earnest at Dorset attracts mixed reviews
The Caravan Theatre at Dorset presented Not in Earnest a musical version of The Importance of Being Earnest with a cast led by James Stinson Suzanne d Autremont Patricia Wyn Rose and Maria Mundy. Critics praised some performances but found the music and lyrics fail to elevate Wilde’s play and noted an uneven, fractured production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosalie
Tony Calabrese
Dorset Playhouse
Caravan Theater
Carmichael
Judith Page Murray
John Worthing
James Stinson Algernon Moncrieff
Brian Pendleton
Canon Chausble
Barry Dunneavey Lane
William Mehegan
Lady Bracknell
Patricia Wyn Rose
Gwendolen Fairfax
Suzanne d'Autremont
Cecily Cardew
Miss Prism
Elizabeth Franz Merriman
Maria Mundy
Deke Simon
Larry Reed
John Ryan
Caravan Theatre
Dorset
Oscar Wilde
James Stinson
Suzanne d’ Autremont
Wilde
Barry Dunleavey
Patricia McGuire
Elizabeth Franz
Larry Read
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Y. Price
PLAID
RADIO
Fienberg
Main Street
Bennington, Vt
Ann Marsh
Ned Aas
Dial
L. J. Dondero
The
Vera Langlais
Methodist Church
William Jey Smith
Montpelier
Edith Beaumont
League Mothers
Tee
Peru
Mabel E. Whitney
Tel
Ceum Art Center
Music Pavilion
Philip Lorenz
ART Center
Jay Connaway
N.A
Marchen Skinner
Jane Moore
Washington, D.C
Federal Reserve Board
Underhill Moore
Route
Ernest Edgerton
Dorset West
Lincoln Isham
Vincent Hughes
Apple Outlook
Carl Parsons
Parsons
Wilmington-Dover
Carlo Walter Tel
Elizabeth Dwyer
Tania Antilla
David
Jaffrey, N.H
Charles Vail
Manchester Center
Manchester Lion’s Club
Wilson
William Gilbert
Florence Hayle
Margaret Meachem
Joseph Stannard
Nick Mass Jr
Sargent
Greenbergs
Greenberg
Sitzmark
Stevens
Hanson-Walbridge
Drake
New York State
Walbridge Company
E.L
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