Burr and Burton Alumni Banquet at Equinox House
Nearly 175 alumni attended the Burr and Burton Seminary banquet and commencement dance at the Equinox House in Manchester. The hotel gifted an acre of land for a future football and baseball complex as Robe rt West presented the gift. West was re elected president as others updated officer roles and a scholarship of at least 100 dollars was approved for seminary use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Burr and Burton Seminary
Equinox House
Robert Edward West
Ryan, Smith and Carbine
E. Robert Wilcox
West
Gerald Wilcox
Mary Bushee
Lorraine Harrington
Orrin Beattie
E.H. Henry
Paul H. Bullock
Wilcox
John Fay
Roy W. Barstow
43 Graduated From Burr and Burton During Exercises Held Sunday Night
43 graduates from Burr and Burton Seminary were recognized during a 130th commencement at Williams College site events. G Murray Campbell cited integrity and perseverance as key, while Frederick C Baker received top honors with valedictory remarks urging broad education and original thought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burr and Burton
Burr and Burton Seminary
Campbell
Seminary
B and C Railroad
Eric John Rosencrantz
Barbara Bryant
UVM
Miss Bryant
Loveland Munson
Otto R. Bennett
Victoria Fleming
Rosencrantz
Bausch and Lomb
Bryant
Shaftsbury Six receive 25 year pins at Taconic Grange meeting
At the June 4 regular meeting Taconic Grange members Shaftsbury Six were awarded 25 year pins. Attendees included Mrs. Alfred La Tour and Mrs. Robert Booth along with Mr. and Mrs. John Alexonis and Charles Becker. Neighbors night featured guests from Stamford, Pawlet, Manchester, Arlington and Bennington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taconic Grange
Alfred la Tour
Robert Booth
John Alexonis
Charles Becker
William Allen
Harley
Charlotte
Merton Snow Jr
Stamford
Pawlet
Manchester
Arlington
Bennington
Alta Callahan
Alfred LaTour
Pownall David Emerson Smith Graduates With Honors
David Emerson Smith son of Mr and Mrs William Jay Smith graduates ninth grade with honors at Pine Cobble School Williamstown. He receives the Scholarship Award and is valedictorian. Dr Smith Williams College delivers commencement address. He will study next fall at Andover Academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Emerson Smith
William Jay Smith
Pine Cobble School
Williamstown
Smith
Williams College
David
Andover Academy
Andover
Mass
Glee Club Thrills Capacity Audience at Art Center
Burr and Burton Seminary Glee Club 125 voices under Doris Eastman Rigney performed at the Southern Vermont Art Center in Manchester. Despite thunder storms, solos and ensembles impressed. notable numbers included Beautiful Saviour, Cary Me Back to Old Virginny, Mozart movements, and Maria from West Side Story. Intermission featured remarks by Theodore Haig and James Campbell. the evening closed with flowers, dancing, and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Burr and Burton Seminary
Doris Eastman Rigney
Southern Vermont Art Center
Glee Club
Conrad Beattie
Peru
Sharon Peck
Ely
Joseph Stannard
Jeannie Goodell
Mozart
Maria
Theodor Haig
Art Center
James B. Campbell
Manchester Missionary Society Meets in Stalled Session
Evangeline Wilcox presided as officers stalled last week at Mrs. Cutler Severance home. Fourteen members voted to move future meetings to 7 30 p.m. Alicia Bishop named guest speaker for September. Florence Taylor and Imelda McNamara remain at home in the Village after a win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangeline Wilcox
Baptist Missionary Society
Cutler Severance
Alicia Bishop
Florence Taylor
Imelda McNamara
Dorset and Nichols College Graduates and Local Youth News
Dorset Alan Wood earns B A at Middlebury College and plans biology graduate study at Purdue University while teaching there. Nancy Nichols earns a University of Vermont dental hygiene degree and will work in Lexington Massachusetts. Burr and Burton class of 1953 holds a 10th reunion July 4 at Worthy Inn with Barbara Lombardy Keough arranging. Explorer Post 33 camps at Hapgood Pond and plans an Adirondack shelter project at Ferdin Bongartz home. Local students return from colleges for summer. Harvest Inn hires Mary Ann Shattuck from the Culinary Institute of America with a scholarship from the National Association of Hotel and Restaurant Meat Purveyors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan Wood
F.C. Wood
South Dorset
Middlebury College
Wood
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
Nancy Nichols
John Nichols
Nichols Hill Road
University of Vermont
Lexington
Mass
Howard Aserkof
Miss Nichols
Burr and Burton Seminary
Worthy Inn
Barbara Lombardy Keough
Explorer Post
Hapgood Pond
The
Post
Dorset Hill
Danby
Ferdinand Bongartz
Manchester Depot
Nancy Beckwith
Barbara Nawrath
UVM
Richard Goodell
Worcester Polytechnical Institute
Peter Henry
Middlebury
Joann Hill
Catawba College
Diane Smith
Vermont Junior College
Mary Ann Shattuck
Culinary Institute of America
New Haven
Ladies of Hoosick Falls Eagles Install Officers
Hoosick Falls Aerie of Eagles Auxiliary installed officers in its club rooms. State auxiliary president Mrs. Veronica Rouse of Glens Falls and Mrs. Evelyn Deyo of Glens Falls served as installing officers. New officers include Frances Guber president, Mary Brenenstuhl junior past president, Marion Redden vice president, Agnes Hanselman chaplain, Mary Hagadorn secretary, Gloria Parker treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosick Falls Aerie of Eagles
Veronica Rouse
Glens Falls
Evelyn Deyo
Frances Guber
Mary Brenenstuhl
Marion Redden
Agnes Hanselman
Mary Hagadorn
Gloria Parker
Norma Callahan
Joan Pokines
Virginia McCart
Mary DeJernes
Ann Kyer
Lois Hanselman
Hoosick Falls Students Dine At Mt Anthony Country Club Banquet
Hoosick Falls Central School hosts a banquet for 155 students and staff at Mt Anthony Country Club. Raymond Niles presides as master of ceremonies while seniors perform skits and songs. Class rings are handed out and yearbook staff receive certificates. Awards for perfect attendance and service are announced by faculty and past presidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
William Jones
Edwin Norse
Pascal Wilkins
Janice Widewake
Gerald Wilcox
Robert Waite
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosick Falls Central School
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Raymond Niles
Glenda Harrington
Steven Sorkin
Joseph Rancourt
Glen Eyting
Mike McCoubrey
Ralph Sternberg
Walter
Rev Gerrity Feted in Hoosick Falls
Rev Lawrence J Gerrity of the Church of the Immaculate Conception marked the 25th anniversary of his priestly ordination in Hoosick Falls with a Jubilee Mass officiated by Rev Joseph Hyson. A luncheon for about 200 attendees followed, then a tea and reception at St Marys High School gymnasium for local parishioners and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Lawrence J. Gerrity
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Joseph Hyson
Mechanicville
Carthage
Long Island
Father Gerrity
St. Mary’s High School
William G. Burns
Morgan Burke
Derby
North Bennington Approves 157,935 Dollar School Budget
North Bennington School Board approved a 157,935 dollar operating budget for the coming year and reviewed the district’s financials. The vote affects tax rates with or without the 4 percent discount and includes Mt. Anthony Union District assessments totaling 8,952.60 dollars. The board also authorized custodians to attend a workshop and discussed converting the Leamy house upper floor into classroom space at an estimated 1,400 dollars within the current budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
Bennington
Mt. Anthony Union
Fred Knapp
Raymond Greene
Castleton
William E. Dailey Jr
Leamy House
Dailey
Face Reality Urged by Rev Scott at North Bennington Grad
North Bennington High School graduates listened as Rev Al fred Scott of the local Baptist Church urged the 39 seniors to face reality and think straight amid a confused world. He warned that basic values are being treated lightly, laws are bent to fit individuals, and secularism encroaches on education while Bible reading declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
Alfred Scott
Local
Baptist Church
North Bennington High School
Scott
America
Amer
North Bennington Church Activities and Graduation Reflections
Local church groups meet in North Bennington with the Miriam Derwacher Missionary Society gathering June 12 at 7 30 p m at Mrs Maynard Heddings home The St John s Sodality plans an 8 p m film screening The Lake Paran Home Demonstration Club meets Thursday at 1 30 p m at Mrs Alfred Scotts to discuss Speeding Up Housework A baccalaureate service for the Class of 1963 features liturgy choir music and remarks from Rev Scott highlighting youth ambition and faith
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federated Church
Bailey Hall
Pirates
Red Sox
North Bennington
Arlington Chorus
West Arlington Community House
Indians
Dodgers
Arlington
Masonic Temple
Memorial School
Bennington County Mutual Aid
Hale Co
Lions
Green Mountain
Miriam Derwacher
Betty Hayes
Carole Hayes
Edward Powers
Lake Paran
Alfred Scott
James Bassett
New York City
Bess Woodlock
Scott
Marjorie Porter
Penny Rich
John Lancour
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BBS
Equinox
Wilmington
Dover
Carlo Walter Tel. HO
Newfane
Leo Laures
G. Murray Campbell
Josiah Burton
Frederick Cecil Baker
Hugh A. Baker
San Rafael
Argentina
Frederick C. Baker
South Shaftsbury
Lauris Norstad
NATO
Baker
Royal Military Academy
England
Delta Upsilon Fraternity
Balfour
Susan Martin
DAR
Manchester TV Corp
Janice Wideawake
Christine Rosencratz
RPI
Franklin and Marshall
Patience Brooks
Mark Skinner
Munson
Virginia Carpenter
Susan Saunders
Elizabeth Lake
Stephen Rosencrantz
Harold N. Cross
E. Roger Wilcox
Robert G.dana
Dorset
Barbara Jean Goodell
Neil Pierson
Anne Beebe
Linda Bushee
Mark Casey
Daniel Chapman
Susan Chapman
Luella Connolly
Howard C. Dailey III
George Cocos
Mitchell Dondero
Francoise Galland
Brian Hill
David Hosley
Sage Kristiansen
Lillian Lightfoot
Mary Mattison
Barbara McLaughlin
Carl Miendorff
Fred Sheldon
Richard Smith
John Stannard
Russell Taxter Jr
Fred Viault
Shaftsbury
Fran Stacy
Alexander E. Shotwell
Fairlawn, N.J
Joseph A. Labravico
Bella Vista
Galusha Road
Vera Langlais
Tel
First Baptist Church
South Pownal
Harold Rhodes
Harold Rhodes Jr
Ronald Paul
Ralph Walk
Dennis
Joseph
Katrina
Samuel Watts
Darlene
Linda Bouttell
Christine Pratt
Miles
Richard
Jean Rogers
Christine Church
Stephanie Ti
James H. Bagley
Pownal Methodist Church
Betsy Anne Bassen
Henry W. Bassen
Rebecca Lynn Shields
Albert Sheilds
Gary Bishop
Francis E. Haley
Warren Mason
Alleluia
James Quinn
Harry W. Beals Sr
Harriet Beals
Bonnie Beals
Pownal Town
Pownal Fire House
Oak Hill School
Center School
Lake Lauderdale
Sandra Schoenfeld
James Gallagher
Jan Peter Smith
PTG
John van Horn
Howard van Horn
University of Massachusetts
Pownal Center
Women’s Fellowship of the
BBS Glee Club
Art,Center
Sheila Reynolds
Robert Harrigan
Michael Dooley
Richard Coburn
Charles Goodwin
Susan Hoard
William Harveys
John Amato
William Bell
Nancy Otis
Ter
St. Petersburg
Fla
Florida
Mrs. J. Sperry Kane
H.F. Eagles
Brenenstuhl
Janet Brenenstuhl
Guber
Hagadorn
Ann Foster
Callahan
Gertrude Brenenstuhl
Gerrity
Edith Beaumont
John Pokines
Oswego
John Pokines Jr
Oswego State Teachers College
Alchester Albergine
Fifth Street
Mary McClellan Hospital
Cambridge
Mike Stempek
Stevie Bradley
Stevie Cluett
Jill Stempek
Gary Miller
Peter Robson
Kiwanis Club
Léonard Liporace
Joseph Shaw
Garry Miller
Beaumont
Yal dl
Nive
Gregory Prok
Rev
N. Bennington Grads
Elizabeth Dwyer
George H. Elwell
George Jr
Elizabeth
Wooster
Ohio
Deborah Elwell
Wooster College
Ioa
Theatre Harte
Glenn, Hope Ford
Leto
United
Rjartisis
Montues
Ree
Anthony Quirn
Silvana Mangan
Arthur Kennedy
Katy Jurado
Jack Palance
Ernest Borghine
Technicolor
Technirama
Paris
Joey Dee
Gary Kay Crosby
Medford
Colonie
the Wee
Latham Circle
Eddie Rich
Ethel Merman
Sun
Latham
Tab Hunter
Jose Greco
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