Public Hearing Planned on Woodford Searsburg Road Relocation
Vermont Department of Highways announces a public hearing at Woodford Town Hall at 7 30 p m on Thursday Aug 9 to discuss a 24 foot bituminous Route 9 relocation project between Woodford and Searsburg. The 2 2 mile plan improves curves grades and adds a truck lane to ease cross state traffic and ski traffic with daily traffic expected to rise from 950 to about 1520 by 1980. Officials will answer questions before the 7 30 p m meeting opens.
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Montpelier
Vermont Department of Highways Today
Woodford
Searsburg
Vermont
Searsburg Village
Highway Department
Winter brochure and lodging directory details announced
The Dover Wilmington Vacation Council announces winter brochure copies are due August 1 with an August 31 deadline. The 1962-63 lodging directory will be mailed soon, three new lodges The Silos Marlboro House and the Hermitage join the group, and new Valley of the Inns signs were erected on Vermont 9 and Route 100 directing tourists to the council office.
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Wilmington
Dover- Wilmington
Silos
Marlboro House
Hermitage
Valley of the Inns
Vermont 9
Council
Two Veteran Employees Retire from Eagle Square
Shaftsbury E g a l e Square Manufacturing Co announces the retirement of Elizabeth Hard and Rupert Harwood after 68 years of combined service. Hard served 42 years in various shop roles and was feted with a purse and luggage, while Harwood, dating to 1911 and returns since 1936, earned a 25 year watch award and plans retirement to enjoy time with his wife on Cleveland Avenue and their three children and 12 grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Eagle Square Manufacturing Co
Elizabeth Hard
Rupert Harwood
Church Street
Harwood
Eagle Square
Cleveland Avenue
Harwoods
Elizabeth King
Victor Harwood
Ft. Benning, Ga
Sgt
Raymond Harwood
Charleston
S.C
Jennifer Boyd at 14 to star in Bad Seed at Dorset
Dorset Theatre welcomes 14 year old Jennifer Boyd of Wayne New Jersey as the youngest guest performer in the Caravaners production of Maxwell Andersons Bad Seed. The aspiring actress balances school with rehearsals and envisions a liberal arts college drama program. She previously trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and appeared in The Women and The Loud Red Patrick. The Dorset run is August 2 3 4 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennifer Boyd
Dorset
Caravan Theater of
Wayne
N.J
Caravaners
Maxwell Anderson
Jennifer
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
New York City
Little Mary
Helen Hayes
Red Patrick
Bergen County Players
Frank Fay
Roy Fant
The
Lamb’s Club
Actors’ Club of
New York
Mahoney
Bits of America at Button Bay Roundup
Girls from Akron to Alaska demonstrated arts and crafts on the Village Green during the Button Bay Roundup. Exhibits included salt water distillation, totem pole carving, Eskimo dance, and Vermont industries such as maple furniture and gift wrap. A granite marker from Barre commemorates 8,500 visiting Girl Scouts.
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America
Button Bay
Akron
Ohio
Kansas
San Diego
Calif
Pennsylvania
West
Washington
Alaska
Cobbler’s Elves
Milwaukee
Wisc
Maine
Penobscot
Africa
Bennington County
Hale Co
East Arlington
Hale
Benmont
Vermont
Granite Industry
Barre
Community News From Pownal and Nearby
Rural carrier Charles W. Rounds takes a week off with A Coleman Mason as substitute. North Pownal residents Dennis Bisson and Ernest Langlais vacationing in Rotterdam New York. Mr and Mrs Andrew Crosier attend Girl Scout Roundup at Button Bay. Betsy Slingerland marries John Blaisdell at Coeymans Reformed Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Rounds
Bennington
David Wright
Clearwater, Fla
Charles Rounds
Jenniver
Harold Andrews
Harry Andrews
Betsy Slingerland
John Blaisdell
Coeymans
N.Y
Coeymans Reformed Church
Petite Paris
Albany
Smith Alumnae Benefit Tea in South Londonderry
Smith College alumnae and guests gather at Miss Rosamond Praeger’s home in South Londonderry on Aug 1 for a benefit tea and sale to support the Smith College Scholarship Fund. Items include antiques and nearly new books. officers and members from Vermont assist as hostesses and sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith College
Rosamond Praeger
Londonderry
Smith College Scholarship Fund
Smith College Club of
Vermont
Leila Knapp
Victor Harrison
Dorothy Cole
Brattleboro
Sherman Baldwin
John Shuell
Peru
Myron Wright
South Londonderry
Herman Young
Perkinsville
Francisca King Thomas
Woodstock
Marjorie Adams
Edward K. Gleason
Burlington
Arlington Meeting Seeks Input On Merged Elementary Grades
Arlington residents are urged to attend a reporting session on the proposed Arlington and Sunderland elementary grades merger at 8 p.m. Monday July 30 in Memorial School. Firemen hosted a lawn party despite cold weather with proceeds supporting equipment upgrades.
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Arlington
Sunderland
Memorial School
Prosper Deschenes
Alvin Hemenway
Melrose
Mass
Hemenways
Hemenway
Norma Deschenes
Dorothy Totten
Hale Co
American Legion
William Howell
Arlington Calendar of Events for July and August
Arlington schedules baseball games and community events. On Monday July 30 the Orioles face the Cardinals and the Senators meet the Cubs at 6 p m in Arlington and North Bennington. A reporting meeting for the Arlington Sunderland School Study Group is at Memorial School at 8 p.m. On Tuesday July 31 the Arlington Garden Club meets at 2 p.m. at Mrs. Robert Miller Smith’s home for a pre flower show demonstration. On Wednesday August 1 Red Sox play Pirates at 6 p.m. A Saturday August 4 turkey supper is served by the Ladies of St James on the church lawn at 5 30. Giants play Indians at 6 p.m. in Arlington.
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Orioles
Cardinals
Arlington
Senators
Cubs
North Bennington
Arlington-Sunderland
Memorial School
Arlington Garden Club
Robert Miller Smith
Dodgers
Red Sox
Pirates
Ladies of St. James
Church Lawn
Giants
Indians
Writer Lee Wulff Sells Shushan Home
Lee Wulff of Hinsdale N Y has sold his summer home here to Greg Willet of New York City The nationally known sports writer wildlife hunter and photographer was represented by broker Herbert Douglas of Arlington
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Lee Wulff
Shushan
N. Y
Hinsdale
N.Y
Greg Willet
New York City
Wulff
Herbert Douglas
Arlington
Bach Concert at Marlboro Delivers Introspective and Exultant Cantatas
The Marlboro Friday program features Cantatas Ich Bin In Mir Vergnugt sung by Benito Valente and Nimmi Mir Jesu with Ara Berberian and Jon Humphrey. Blanche Moyse conducts a responsive ensemble, while Louis Moyse and Claude Frank open with a Bach flute and piano sonata.
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Marlboro
Bach
Benito Valente
Miss Valente
Blanche Moyse
Mir Jesu
Me Jesus
Jesus
Mrs. Moyse
Ara Berberian
Jon Humphrey
Louis Moyse
Claude Frank
Visitors from Downingtown Make Lake Champlain Stop
Shaftsbury Rev. and Mrs. Howard Mattison and two children Sandra and Scott of Downingtown Pa arrived Thursday to spend two weeks with his family Mr and Mrs Albert Mattison. They plan to visit Owen Bay House on Lake Champlain. Mrs George Hard and Mrs Chapman of Pittsfield Mass and Mrs William Hard and four children of Wayne Pa spent Tuesday with Elizabeth Hard at her Church Street home.
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Howard Mattison
Sandra
Scott
Downingtown
Albert Mattison
Owen Bay House
Lake Champlain
George Hard
Chapman
Pittsfield
Mass
William Hard
Wayne, Pa
Elizabeth Hard
Church Street
Art and Artists Shine in Southern Vermont Exhibit
Jay Connaway led a painting demonstration amid the 33rd annual Southern Vermont Artists show in Manchester. The exhibit features 300 canvases with varied styles, including works by George Hughes, Leo Ehrich, Edmund Yaghijian, M. Sharpe, and Juliet L. Smith, plus sculptures by Robin Spry Campbell. The day also included a Debussy centennial concert by Philip Lorenz, highlighting audience impact on live art appreciation.
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Manchester
Jay Connaway
Southern Vermont Art Center
Southern Vermont
Connaway
George Hughes
Arlington
Leo Ehrich
Vermont
Dean Fausett
Anna
Juliet L. Smith
Dorset
T. Reilly Dibble
Guy Hughes
Jack Roberts Smith
Robin Spry Campbell
Putney
Philip Lorenz
New York
Debussy
Dukas
Scriabin
Rachmaninoff
Lorenz
Mountain Towns visitors from Florida and North Adams
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Duerwald of St. Petersburg Florida and formerly of Whitingham visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dearcopp. They were accompanied by Mrs. Armand Beauchamin of North Adams.
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Bert Duerwald
St. Petersburg
Fla
Whitingham
Charles Dearcopp
Duerwalds
Armand Beauchamin
North Adams
Sisters to Open Vermont Retreat House at Shaftsbury
The Sisters of St Thomas of Villanova will begin a Vermont retreat operation in September at the former Russell Pinkham homestead in West Shaftsbury. The Our Lady of Peace Retreat House will host 29 retreatants on weekends and will be used for girls camping in summer months. Based in Norwalk Connecticut, they represent the only diocese in the country with their order.
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West Shaftsbury
Sisters of St. Thomas of Villanova
Vermont
Russell Pinkham
Our Lady of Peace
Sisters of St. Thomas
Norwalk
Conn
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Vera Langlais
Ann Marsh
Music Review
By Lisa Tate
Fran Stacy
Art Review
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Virginia Webb
Edmund Yaghijian
M. Sharpe
Lea Ehrich
Sargent
Mountain Towns
Carlo Walter Tel
Sisters Plan Retreat Home
Icentral
Vermont Public Service Corporation
Nichols
Union Street
Burt Bros
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