Coolidge Foundation to mark 48th year since inauguration
The Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation will observe the 48th anniversary of Coolidge's homestead inauguration on August 1 at Union Christian Church in Plymouth Notch Vermont. A 11 a.m. service leads to a 11:45 a.m. business meeting and a talk on Tyson Furnace by Webster Van Buren Slack, a local history teacher and descendant of early settler Joel Slack. A picnic lunch follows at Wilder House, then an informal ground breaking for a new Coolidge memorial reception center and museum to be completed for Coolidge’s birth centennial in 1972.
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Plymouth
Homestead
Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation
Union Christian Church
Plymouth Notch
Vermont
Tyson Furnace
Webster van Buren Slack
Slack
Joel Slack
Slack Hill
Plymouth Five Corners
Mt. Abraham Union
Bristol
New York State Historical Association
Cooperstown
N.Y
Tyson
University of Vermont
Wilder House
Coolidge
Vermont Board of Historic Sites
Stephen Manes to Perform Gershwin at Mt Snow Festival
Stephen Manes will play Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with the Vermont Symphony Festival Orchestra at Mt. Snow on July 31 under conductor Dr. Alan Carter. The event caps a day of activities to benefit the Vermont Symphony Orchestra's Symphony Day programs for southern Vermont students. Proceeds support education efforts, with tickets available at Snow Lake Lodge and in Bennington, Wilmington, Brattleboro, and Middlebury.
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Bennington
Springfield Orchestra
Stephen Manes
Gershwin
Vermont Symphony Festival Orchestra
Mt. Snow
Alan Carter
Julius Manes
Stephen
Vermont Symphony
Statehouse
Montpelier
The
Symphony
Sousa
Schubert
Copland
Sydney Meachem
Jerome Kern
Tchaikovsky
Vermont Light Artillery
His Majesty
North America
Vermont Symphony Orchestra
Bennington Board Delays Sidewalk Policy Decision
Bennington Selectmen defer action on a Grove Street sidewalk petition amid memory gaps on whether a new sidewalk policy was adopted. They plan to discuss next week and note no funding is budgeted this year. Grove Street lies between Saf ford and Charles Streets in the former village area.
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Bennington
Grove Street
Safford
Charles Streets
Vermont Sisters School opens to all for two sessions
The 22nd annual Vermont Sisters School runs August 9-13 at the University of Vermont in Burlington and August 20 at Vermont Technical College in Randolph Center. Course II covers land valuation and the market approach to value with lodging and meals on site. Registration is 9-10 a.m. each location, with contact details for Arthur W. Bradshaw provided.
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Lister
Vermont
Vermont Sisters
Arthur W. Bradshaw
Department of Taxes
Montpelier
Manchesters court fines Landon on reduced charge
In Manchester session of Bennington District Court on Tuesday William C. Landon 28 pleaded guilty to a reduced careless and negligent driving charge. He was fined 100 dollars with an 89 day suspended sentence and probation through the court with weekly payments. His license was suspended six months. Also cited, Carl R. Bendig 31 of South Londonderry pled guilty to intoxication in Manchester March 14 and was fined 15 dollars.
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Londonderry
Manchester
London
John P. Morrissey
State
Rutland
Landon
Carl R. Bendig
South Londonderry
Fresh Air youngsters depart area Thursday for home
The first group of Fresh Air youngsters will leave the Bennington Vermont area by bus Thursday at 1 p.m. from the Washington Avenue terminal after a two week vacation with Vermont friends. Town hosts should have guests at the terminal by 12 45 p.m. Escorts traveling with children include Mrs Joyce Clark and daughter Nancy Mrs Geoffrey Chapman and Mrs Fred Stacy.
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Vermont
Bennington
Washington Avenue
Joyce Clark
Nancy
Geoffrey Chapman
Fred Stacy
State tests deer yard in Vermont forest plan
Vermont's Fish and Game Department pilots a 38 acre deer yard within Hurricane Brook Wildlife Management Area to study private state led habitat management. The project aims to improve winter shelter and browse for deer by thinning hardwoods and shaping softwood cover, hoping to inspire private owners to follow guidelines if successful.
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Montpelier
Vermont
State Fish and Game Department
Fish and Game Department
William Sladyk
Hurricane Brook
Old Vermont photos sought for historical album
Vermont photographs from 1850 to 1920 are being sought for a forthcoming album by Vermont Life, the Stephen Greene Press, and the Vermont Historical Society. About 25,000 photos have been examined, 500 selected for potential use, with collector Walter Hubbard hoping for a few more blockbuster images to enhance the collection.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Vermont Life
Stephen Greene Press
Brattleboro
Vermont Historical Society
Walter Hubbard
Vermont Chamber Reports Tourist Registration Change and Photo Archive
Hiram G. Savage notes July tourist registrations at the new Main Street office are slightly down from 1970 figures, offset by a rise of about 1000 with a Route 7 info booth. The Vermont Historical Society archives historic photos, seeking more collections and providing access via Montpelier. Walter Hubbard invites contact for unknown collections.
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Hiram G. Savage
Greater Bennington
Walter Hubbard
Vermont Historical Society
Montpelier
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