Tibet Is My Country Autobiography Review
A review of The Autobiography of Thubten Jigme Norbu translated from German. It profiles Norbu’s child life in Tibet, monastery schooling, and the 1960s context of Chinese control, noting Tibet’s 3 million population and cultural focus over modern industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tibet
Country
Thubten Jigme Norbu
Dalai Lama
Heinrich Harrer
E. P. Dutton and Co., Inc
New York
Kyeri
Tagtser Labrang
Dorset Dorset residents and visitors share local notices
A collage of local updates lists Dorset residents visiting relatives in Brattleboro and Sandusky, a motorcyclist from Boston, a weather house move in progress, and summer plans for students. It also recounts a Tibet overview describing the Dalai Lama lineage and Norbu’s travels, China’s stance, and the Dalai Lama’s exile.
Camp Ondawa 4-H Camp Registration Opens in Pownal
Pownals Camp Ondawa 4-H enrollment forms are available for summer sessions in Sunderland. Deadline is June 18. juniors July 8–14 seniors July 15–21. 12 year olds may join either. Registration $14 covers sickness and accident insurance payable to James A. Edgerton. Contact Bennington County Extension Office for details. East Pownal Community Club ends season and will disband to join a proposed united club next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Ondawa
Sunderland
James A. Edgerton
Bennington
Green Mountain Valley
Pownal Pioneers
Ondawa
East Pownal
Weekend fishing trip and local notices in Vermont and Connecticut
Vincent L. Nesci and his sons Ralph and David of Meriden Connecticut spent a weekend at their summer house with friends on a fishing trip that yielded no bites. In New York City Max Stolz visited friends Charles Dearcop and family after receiving the Merit Cross from Germany. the Stolzes now tour southern Vermont as Mrs Stolz paints. Sunday School groups from Pownal Center Church plan a 1 pm picnic at Barber's Lake with recreation coordinated by Fletcher Hall and volunteers. The church board discussed replacing two basement windows and a new wood scroll sign. renovations and exterior painting were completed with future interior redecorating planned. Since 1794 services have been held at the town hall, and Union Church was organized in 1849. Hoosac Valley Home Demonstration met to discuss Modern Banking with officers named for the coming year. Meetings resume in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Rumney
U. S. Navy
Newport
R.I
Boston
Austin Rumneys
Ruth Whittaker
Brattleboro
Della Hazelton
Mary Williams
Sandusky
Ohio
Camp Wynakee
Kurt Wieneke
Francis Ayers
Susan
Chris
Briton, Mich
Ann Arbor
Robert Green
Danby Mountain
Northfield School
Vincent L. Nesci
Ralph
David
Meriden
Conn
Max Stolz
New York City
Charles Dearcopp
Stolz
J. Henry Schrader Banking Corp
Board of Control
Pownal Center Community Church
Town Hall
David Ricker Sr
Fletcher Hall
Charles Rounds
Union Church
Hoosac Valley
Harry W. Beals
South Pownal
Marion Harris
Rhoda Ostrander
Ralph Walk
Harriet Beals
Harry W. Beals Jr
Faxon Bowen
Dorset seventh graders named for graduation honors
Seventh grade marshalls for the graduating class in Dorset are Miss Nini Lee and Ezra Smith. They were chosen for top academic standing among girls and boys. The piece also notes robins nesting in Skinner's spruce, a Dorset Legion update, a big State Legion convention plans, and local strawberry crop prospects with deer damage and fencing efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorset
Nini Lee
James Lees
Ezra Smith
James Smiths
Dorset American Legion
Danby
State Department
Owen Williams
Springfield
Albert Grazini
Rutland
Reginald Martin to Lead Wilmington Church Services
Reginald Martin of Andover Newton Theological Seminary accepts call from the Church in Wilmington. His first service is set for Sunday July 8, with two North Adams laymen guiding services until his arrival. William B. Andrews Jr and Willard Buss to preach on successive Sundays. Mr and Mrs William Phillips of Stoke on Trent sail for Canada and will join daughter Mrs Herbert Long in West Dover after arriving June 19. The East Dover Ladies Aid Society hosts a strawberry supper June 23 at Dover Comm Town Hall with tickets at arrival. committees include Mrs Ronald Johnson Mrs Carro Jones and Mrs Leon Mundell.
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Reginald Martin
Andover Newton Theological Seminary
Wilmington
North Adams
Martin
William B. Andrews Jr
Willard Buss
William Phillips
Stoke On Trent
England
Montreal
Canada
Herbert Long
West Dover
Phillips
Longs
East Dover
U.S. Markets Offer Bargains on Dad's Day
Supermarkets roll out Father’s Day specials across categories with low prices on steaks lettuce tomatoes and potatoes. National chains highlight sirloin at 79 cents per pound and porterhouse at 85, while regional deals cover dairy fruit and breakfast items. Pork rib and whole broiler options are common as shoppers plan weekend cooks.
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the Nations
New York Area
Cambridge Area Graduates from Local Institutions Named
A list honors numerous area residents who earned degrees from Middlebury Boston University SUNY Cobleskill Paul Smith's Wesleyan Oneonta St Lawrence Cornell and Albany programs Rev Virgil Cruz returns from Amsterdam after Higgins Scholar award Students also home for summer from Ohio Wesleyan Vermont Maine and more. Local guests include Burnett Nennstiels and others with regional travel and civic events noted.
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Carol Brewer
George E. Brewer
East Main Street
Middlebury
Greta I. Duan
Edo Duan
School of Nursing
Boston University
James Kazimes
Joseph Kazimes
State University of New York Agricultural and Technical Institute
Cobleskill
Lyman White
Cambridge Road
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Conn
James Estramonte
Oneonta State Teachers College
Oneonta
Richard Evans
Ruth Evans
St. Lawrence University
Mary E. Watkins
Edgar Watkins
Cornell
John A. Mace
John Mace
Virgil Cruz
Martha Adams
Cobble Road
University of Amsterdam
Holland
Higgins
Anne Thiessen
Ohio Wesleyan University
Richard McLenahan
George Morse
John Lylis
University
Old Red LEXINGTON Derby Legend At Faraway Farm
In Lexington Kentucky AP reports that Man o War, buried at Far Away Farm, did not race in Kentucky but drew thousands to visit his grave. The legendary thoroughbred was named “thoroughbred of the Century” in 1950 and won $249,465 in 20 of 21 starts in 1919 20. His progeny have won more than $3 million.
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Lexington
Faraway Farm
Annual election held by N. Bennington Church unit
Members of the Congregational Women's Fellowship met at Mrs. Campbell's home for a covered dish supper and annual meeting. Officers for next year were installed, with Mrs. Henri Riemann and others named to the executive board. The group reported 22 readers totaling 304 books read and voted to transfer a $78 parsonage fund balance to church trustees for painting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
Congregational Women’s Fellowship
Duncan Campbell
Parsonage Fund
Charles Parsley
Atkinson House
Newbury
Hans Friedrich
Police Chief Search After Nine-Man Force Resigns
Vergennes Mayor Benjamin Gould and residents push opposite views on mass resignation of the nine man police force. Petitions seek reinstatement while Gould states the issue is closed and accepts applications for a new force and chief. The former unit reportedly resigned over clashes with city officials.
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Vergennes
Benjamin Gould
Gould
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Book Review
Ethel S. Drummond
Martha Canfield
Lowell Thomas
Himalayas
Thomas
Lhasa
Norbu
Buddha
Shartsong Ritro
Kumbum
Tagiser Labrang
Panchen Lama
Incarnation
the Dalai Lama
Lhassa
India
America
The
Pownals
Vera Langlais
Tel
Mountain Towns
Carlo Walter Tel
Stolzes
Vermont
Oak Hill
New Pownal Center
Pownal Center
Barber’s Lake
Harry Andrews
George Andrews
Board of Control Plans
Marcen Skinner
Williams
Legion
St. Albans
George Streeter Jr
North Carolina
George Streeter
South Dorset
Leon Edgerton
Claude Dern
Edgerton
Dover
Carle Walter Tel
U.S
Associated Press
Cambridge
Margaret Aiken
William N. Burnett
Albany
Walter Dunbar
Virginia Nennstiel
R. N
Ellis Hospital
Schenectady
William Nennstiel
Troy
Rex Rogers
Washington, D.C
Kenneth Everett
Los Angeles
Calif
W. A. Leonard
John McClarty
North Union Street
Marion Chesbro
John Nitsky
Pine Ledge Iris Gardens
Belle Road
Sumner Lind
Charles Cole
Harold Dewey
C. W. Post College
Long Island
Kathy Dunn
Becker Junior College
Dan Severson
Donald Vitello
University of Maine
Sheryl Knapp
State University At
Genese
Burton Woodward
Smith College
Dinwood Strout
Canoe Island Lodge
Lake George
Eastern Star
United Presbyterian
Lois Harris
Christian Science Group
Kenneth Loveland
Coila United Presbyterian
Philip Baker
Baptist Church
Frances Voerman
Embury Methodist
George Ridler
St. Luke’s Episcopal
Pete Williams
Wrgb-Tv
Arlington Memorial High School
Yankee Doodlers
N. Bennington
George Randall
Arthur Jones
J. Edward White
Theodore Thomas
Lloyd Pratt
Joseph Nadeau
Walter Whitman
William Nolan
Maurice Ball
Clarence Mallory
Kennedy Jr
Reading
Freiderich
F. M. Simmons
Milton Mackey
Riemann
United Church Women Council
Leroy Watson
Parsley
Thelma Gaul
Dartmouth College
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Christopher Columbus
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