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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1966
Page
7
Porter Farwell presided over 17 Wilmington Lions Club members at a Wednesday night meeting at Long Jim Inn. Guest speaker Austin J. MacArthur, a New Jersey elementary school principal and state basketball official, spoke.
Two East Manchester yellow Labradors owned by Mrs. Dorothy Howe dominated four New England dog shows in Stowe Burlington Woodstock and Guilford N H winning best of winners and best of opposite sex. Rupert Glennarvey Barrister and Battenkill Ace in the Hole earned top honors alongside Mrs. Howe’s champion Rupert John Glenn and Battenkill Brass Echo. Auction last Saturday netted about 850 dollars. Community notices include Aug 10 American Legion Ladies Auxiliary meeting. Aug 9 Wilmington ladies aux meeting. Calico Supper Aug 4 at Dover Common. and Summer Bazaar planning Aug 4-5 with committees listed.
Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont will feature Schoenberg Serenade Opus 24 and Handel Cantata Nell dolce dell oblio with notable performers led by Leon Kirchner this weekend. Sunday’s Brahms Sextet and Schumann Quartet will be played by a cast including Jaime Laredo, Madeline Foley, Bonnie Hampton, and Sergiu Luca. Concerts run weekly through Aug. 14 with two shows each weekend. Aug 13 and 14 are sold out.
Williamstown Mass selects The Subject Was Roses by Frank D. Gilroy for the sixth summer production at Williamstown Theatre. Directed by Tom Brennan, the two day period play stars three cast members and features design by Santo Loquasto and Rita Bottomley with Peter Hunt lighting. Performances run Aug 9 to 13 at 8:40 p.m. Tue-Fri and 5 and 9 p.m. Sat, with tickets at local outlets in Pittsfield Adams North Adams Albany Bennington and local box offices.
Reinhold W. Thieme, Vermont Water Resources commissioner, told a Windham Regional Planning Commission meeting that a research firm says Windham County has the greatest population and development potential in Vermont. He noted upcoming state work on sewage treatment will surpass prior efforts and reiterated public awareness for pollution control, while offering few details on federal funds or local sewer steps. The commission plans to ask Gov. Hoff to restore railroad passenger service in Connect-
A Shelburne Museum visit included Mrs. James Mills and Frances Mills of Londonderry and upper Montclair N J, Mrs. Raymond Harris of Landgrove, and Mrs. T R Dibble and children of Peru. The annual game behind Adams Market in Londonderry will be Aug 10 with nine Peru players replacing Westons Fire Department members to play Londonderry firemen. An evening square dance follows as River Valley weighs future service retention amid an ICC ruling threatening Boston and Maine Railroad. The executive committee plans airport publicity in Windham County and a study led by state Aeronautics Commissioner Edward F Knapp to involve all parties.
Hoosick Falls Troop 64 BSA departs Sunday for one week at Camp Wakpominee West Fort Ann arriving by 2 p m Parents night set for Aug 3 and board of review on Aug 5 Readings list includes Rasch Frazier Cullen Thurber Yavaniski Kavage Delarey Levandowski Fleming Zilinsk as Couriers Monahan Sennett Wirmusky Shaw Wrubleski Sennett Severson Thurber and a cast of leaders and staff guiding campfire programs advancement and activities.
East Arlington son Robert Truman Martin, son of Mrs Gladys Martin Wiswell, named to the Harvard Corporation on July 1. A 1934 Arlington Memorial High School graduate, he has served since 1944 on Harvard admin staff as Adams House Food Service manager. In 1950 he became food service director at Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, summers there. He previously worked as bell boy at the Walloomsac Inn and waiter at the Hotel Putnam. He belongs to Food Service Executives Association and is listed in Who's Who in the Food World. Elizabeth Dwyer, 442-4519. Mrs Bradford Klock returns to Carmel, N Y after visiting with her aunt Mrs George Young on Houghton Street.
The Pownall Summer school open house drew a large crowd at Molly Stark School on Thursday night. The public enjoyed films poetry recitals miracle plays and exhibitions by students in CPCD program courses funded by the Ford Foundation. From Pownal Center School the Discovery Through A Microscope class taught by George H Daley and Samuel Carrara participated. Alan Langlais spoke for Pownal, describing the exhibits to visitors.
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