Concert To Benefit Red Cross In Manchester Vermont
Arrangements are made for a Sunday June 29 concert at 3 30 p m in the Southern Vermont Art Center music pavilion Manchester to aid the Bennington County American Red Cross 1969 budget Joseph Stannard will lead a 30 member choir in light Italian pieces with soloist Miss Alice Marie Nelson daughter of Mr and Mrs Gerald D Nelson of North Bennington who recently toured with the National Opera Company of Raleigh NC The Southern Vermont Art Center is hosting with Carleton Howe as president and Mrs Bartlett Arkell as vice president and music committee chairwoman Admission is 2 50 further details forthcoming Co chairmen for Bennington are Mrs Bette Jane Turner and Joseph J Tartell
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Southern Vermont Art Center
Manchester
Bennington County
American Red Cross
Joseph Stannard
Alice Marie Nelson
Gerald D. Nelson
North Bennington
National Opera Company
Raleigh
N.C
Carleton Howe
Bartlett Arkell
Bette Jane Turner
Joseph J. Tartell
Bennington
Senate panel backs bill to limit constitutional convention
Senate judiciary subcommittee approved a bill to set procedures for a constitutional convention, restricting topics to those state applications. It would keep petitions valid four years and assign delegates equal to each state's congressional delegation, totaling 535. The move aims to curb risks amid debates over reapportionment.
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Washington
UPI
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Dn.c
Senate Judiciary
Ervin
House
Senate
Certificates Awarded In Mt Anthony Adult Class
Adults aged 23 to 60 received certificates in the Mt Anthony Union High School ABE program held upstairs as the class, taught by Mrs Breard Hawks of Bennington and Mrs Jean Gavagan and Mrs David Armstrong of Hoosick Falls, celebrated with friends and light refreshments. Several participants, including Lea Benguigui and Brigette Niles, became U.S. citizens this week in Brattleboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Abe
Breard Hawks
Bennington
Jean Gavagan
David Armstrong
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
U.S
U.S. District Court
Brattleboro
Lea Benguigui
Brigette Niles
Robert E. Houle
Dominique Andriano
Westfield
Mass
Vicki Cupples
Obituary: Robert J. Leonard Jr. 61 of Dorset dies in Peru
Robert J. Leonard Jr. 61 died unexpectedly Friday in Peru while en route to his summer home in Marion Massachusetts. He was born December 14 1907 in Newtonville and was a Groton School and Harvard graduate. A World War I Army major, he later lived in New Haven Rye and New York before moving to Dorset in 1948. He survived by his wife Edith Gray Leonard and three daughters Phyllis Collins Anne Riker Evelyn Montant and three sons Robert III Francis and James. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at St. Jerome’s Church East Dorset with burial in Maple Hill Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the Vermont Heart Fund.
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Dorset
Robert J. Leonard Jr
Peru
Marion
Mass
Newtonville
Robert J
Ruth Richards Leonard
Groton School
Harvard University
LaSalle University
U.S. Army
Philippines
Vermont
IGA
Manchester Center
New Haven
Conn
Rye
N.Y
Corn Exchange
New York City
Evelyn Montant
Virgin Islands
Robertiii
Francis 66
Buffalo
Yand T
el Paso
Texas
Elizabeth Cezza
Chester
Ruth Wehrham
Rochester
James R. Leonard
New Conn
Bennington Y Pool opens and summer activities listed
Weekend hours set for the Y pool with Saturday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday 1 to 8 p.m. Vacation Church School starts Monday at First United Methodist, running five days weekly until June 27 from 9 to 11 15 a.m. Registration on opening day. DAR meeting planned Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Shaftsbury. Flag Day program and Elks Father’s Day supper follow ceremonies. Funeral notice for Fred D. Winn details his death in Woodford while on an errand, his survivors, and services planned at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home.
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Vacation Church
First United Methodist Church
Youth Arraigned On Four Counts In Bennington Court
Leo Parker Jr., 21, of 117 Pratt St., pleaded not guilty in a special Bennington District Court session to four charges including driving while intoxicated and driving to endanger, plus two counts of breach of peace for obscene language, resisting arrest, and threatening Theodore and Mary Senecal on Route 9 in Bennington June 12. Bail was set at 500 on the DWI charge. unsecured bond or own recognizance released for the others. Atty. Robert Cummings represented Parker before Judge John P. Morrissey.
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Bennington
Leo Parker Jr
Pratt St
Parker
Theodore
Mary Senecal
Atty
Robert Cummings
John P. Morrissey
Fight Over Dime In Bronx Court
New York UPI reports off duty Patrolman David Waksman moved to his parked car after a double parked truck blocked it. Meter maid Arme Ma Lacey 31 ticketed the vehicle sparking a dispute leading to Lacey’s arrest for disorderly conduct. Court hearing on July 31. No injuries in two separate Beltton Village traffic accidents on Friday night.
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New York
UPI
Bronx
David Waksman
Arme- Ma Lacey
Waksman
Miss Lacey
Davis considers Ripton Center as environment institute
Governor Deane C. Davis discussed converting the deactivated Ripton Job Corps Center into a specialized environmental institute with federal and state officials. The $700,000 facility faces expiring maintenance funds on July 1 and no fixed disposal deadline, with renovation and operating costs as major hurdles. Davis noted state interest but gave no clear funding commitment.
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Davis
Mrs. Barber Named President of Vermont Garden Federation
Mrs. Norton Barber of Old Bennington was elected president of the Feder ated Garden Clubs of Vermont at the Springfield meeting. New officers include Mrs. Theodore Schreyer Newfane first vice president and Mrs. Richard Brown Middlebury second vice president. Awards highlighted Arlington and Rutland clubs with top honors and Sears Roebuck grants of 100 dollars each went to Manchester, Barre Granite Center and St. Albans clubs for projects and landscaping efforts.
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Springfield
Norton Barber
Old Bennington
Federated Garden Clubs of
Vermont
Weathersfield Lodge
Robert Brogdale
Theodor Schreyer
Newfane
Richard Brown
Middlebury
Charles Clark
Bellows Falls
William E. Bellinger
Burlington
Merrill Armstrong
St. Albans
James Levie
Barre
Barber
Brogdale
Unite
Waldo C. Holden
Bennington
Essex Junction
Manchester
Arlington
Rutland
Federation
National Council
Harold E. Porter
G. Murray Campbell
Vermont Garden Club
Arlington Club
C. Robert Given
Sears Roebuck
Granite Center Club
St. Albans Club
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Red Cross
First National Stores
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
Calo
Mammoth Mart
Ine UN
Minol
Atlanta
UPID
National Committee of Black
James Forman
Joseph A. Johnson Jr
Shreveport
African Methodist Episcopal Church of the USA
Congress
Main ST
Laza Shopping Center
South America
Dad
Noah’s Ark
East
Bennington Briefs
Nina Kittel
East Road
Mary Hitchcock
Hanover
N.H
Daughters of the American Revolution
Joseph A. Wilson Sr
Shaftsbury
Elks
Brewster Funeral Home
Fredd. Winn
Fred D. Winn
Grandview St
Woodford
Danville
Albert
Clara (Morrell) Winn
Maud Shores
St. Johnsbury
Maurice
Stanley
Freda) Kowaleski
Rolland
Boston and Maine Railroad
Hanson - Walbridge
H. Glenn Payne
First Baptist Church
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Bennington Banner
Banner Public Corporation
United Is International
Bennington, Vt
Bennington Village
Robert W. Phillips
East Dorset
Stuart F. Johnson
Morgan St
South
Elm Streets
Anne M. Ogert
White Creek
John A. Dane
School St
Pleasant
School Streets
Tome Furniture CO
Drysdale’s
Davis Eyes Environment Institute
Richard Miles
Woodstock Club
VA Hospital
Mt. Laurel School
Panavision
Anavision
20Th Century-Fox Presents
Pride Panavision
DE Luxe
Trule
Elk Street
Berkshire
Wimming Pool CO
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