3000 Vermont Legionnaires at Annual Convention
Officers plan a four day event in Bennington for the 47th annual Vermont American Legion convention with about 3000 Legionnaires expected. The program includes business sessions Thursday and Friday, a Mt Anthony Country Club dinner dance Friday night, a golf tournament Saturday, and a Sunday parade with registration at the Putnam Hotel starting Thursday 1 PM.
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Department of Vermont American Legion
Bennington
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Department
Legion Hall
Moose Hall
Oakerwood
F.C. Eagles
American Legion
Green Mountain Park
Pownal
Marlboro Festival to Export Overseas After 15th Year
Marlboro Music Festival will export 39 soloists and chamber players on a five week U.S. State Department tour ending in late September. Performances begin in Lucerne Switzerland then Jerusalem Tel Aviv Florence Athens Paris and Geneva. Rudolf Serkin conducts with notable collaborators including Jaime Laredo and Leslie Parnas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolf Serkin
U.S. State Department
Switzerland
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Israel
Florence
Italy
Athens
Paris
Geneva
Alexander Schneider
Budapest Quartet
Puerto Rico
Serkin
Jaime Laredo
Leslie Parnas
Laredo
Belgium
United States
Parnas
Peter
Irene
Adolf Busch
Marlboro
Herman Busch
Marcel
Louis
Blanche Moyse
John Browing
van Cliburn
Leon Fleisher
Malcolm Frager
Claude Frank
Gary Graffman
Horszowesky
Eugene Istomin
Budapest
Galimir
Juilliard
Kroll
Quintetto Boccherini
Woodwin
New York
New Ad Salesman Joins Banner of Palmer Mass
Mrs. Robert Morey of Palmer Mass has taken over the duties of Mrs. Arthur Patten in The Banner’s advertising department this week. Patten awaits the birth of her sixth child. Morey, a St Lawrence University alum, has worked in Forbes & Wallace and Thalhimers ad departments. She will handle display ads and is living in Adams Mass while her husband serves in the Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Jane) Morey
Palmer
Mass
Arthur
Rita) Patten
Banner
Patten
Morey
St. Lawrence University
Canton
N.Y
Bennington Banner Telephone and address note
The Bennington Banner lists its telephone numbers for business and newsroom and advertisement. It notes daily publication at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont and its status as a United Press International member with exclusive republication rights for local news and UPI dispatches.
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Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
UPI
Auxiliary Sponsors Kids Puppet Project at Putnam Memorial
The Women’s Auxiliary of Putnam Memorial Hospital sponsors a puppet project for hospitalized children. Volunteers from church and club groups supply fabric scraps, patterns, and trimming, with gifts from local shops. Do not show puppets to children. contact Mrs. Leonard Black at 325 Elm St to help.
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Women’s Auxiliary
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Carriage Trade
Wessner
Manchester
Leonard Black
Elm St
Methodists Plan Vacation Bible School at Bennington
The First Methodist Church at Bennington will sponsor a Daily Vacation Bible School at the White Chapel from August 2 to August 13. Open to children of all denominations, the program runs weekdays 9 to 11:30 a.m. for ages through Grade 6, with study, worship, recreation and crafts. Two workers from Vermont Church Council’s Summer Project Program lead, Miss Pamela Pendergast of Andover, Mass. and Miss Kristine Branch of Florence, Mass., will direct and stay at the Gaylord Harrington home on East Road during their two-week stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont Church Council
Pamela Pendergast
Andover
Mass
Boston University
Kristine Branch
Florence
NAACP Art Sale in Lenox Funds Civil Rights Project
The Berkshire County Branch of NAACP hosts an art sale on Saturday July 31 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Community Center Walker Street Lenox featuring sketches prints photographs jewelry and pottery donated by regional artists. Proceeds support the Mississippi Summer Project promoting Civil Rights Act implementation voter registration and adult education with three Berkshire civil rights workers involved.
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Lenox
Mass
Berkshire County
NAACP
Walker Street
Massachusetts
Vermont
Mississippi
Vacation Church School directs at Pownal Center Church
Bennington reports that Vacation Church School will be directed at the Pownal Center Community Church, outlining plans for activities and participation in the upcoming session.
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Bennington
Pownal Center
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Convention
Putnam Hotel
Carmirelli
Toby Saks
Harold Wright
National Symphony
Washington, D.C
Ruth Laredo
Jaime
Ornulf Gulbrandsen
Norway
Endel Kalem
Jorge Mester
Samuel Rhodes
Harry Zaratzian
Marleboro
London
British Shoe Corporation
Russia
Bennington Armory
American Legion Auxiliary
John Daley
Roy Sweet
Jane Morey
Forbes & Wallace
Springfield, Mass
Thalhimers Inc
Richmond, Va
U.S
Methodists
First Methodist Church
White Chapel
Berkshire
Helena Rubinstein
Beauty
Deep Cleanser
Oil’s Store
Nudit
Heaven
Nichols
Wealav
Wamsutta
Yenson
Ea, Or
Dacron
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