Manchester VFW earns top honors at state conclave
Albert Kent of Harned-Fowler Post No 6471 was named all state commander and captain of the all state commanders at the 34th annual Vermont VFW convention in Brattleboro. He received $25 for the post and a Community Service Scrapbook plaque. Kent and Irving Jones earned individual recruiting awards. Local officers and auxiliary members were installed and the Loyalty Day float, led by Sharon Peck and Judy LaMontagne, appeared in Rutland and Manchester parades.
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Manchester
Albert Kent
Harned- Fowler
VFW
Dept. of Vt
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Brattleboro
Kent
National
Harned-Fowler Post
Irving Jones
Lynn Averill
Maria Wyman
John West
Warren Johnson
Department
Frances Mitchell
Marian Tudor
Mary West
Sharon Peck
Judy LaMontagne
Rutland
Gov. Hoff
John Daley
Joseph Scerra
Gardener
Mass
Weston Playhouse Opens Season July 1 under Grant
Weston Playhouse begins its 29th summer season July 1 under Director Harlan F. Grant with a comedy-heavy slate for ten weeks including two new summer shows Mary Mary and Never Too Late. The lineup runs July 8 through Sept 5 with Thursday to Sunday performances and Saturday matinees, plus a Monday benefit night policy shift and ongoing community-theatre building progress.
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Weston
Weston Playhouse
Harlan F. Grant
Jean Kerr
Jerome Kern
Boston
New York
David O. Selznick
F. Andrew Leslie
Jean Anouilh
Norman Barasch
Carroll Moore
Anna Cora Mowatt
Woodstock Town Hall Theatre
Weston Players
Community Theatre
Playhouse
Sam Lloyd
Peter Serkin
Vermont State Symphony Orchestra
Svetlova Ballet Company
Weston Community Club
Selma Marcher Speech on Poverty and Segregation
New York priest at Zion Episcopal Church in Manchester urged church action against poverty and segregation. Rev. James A. Gusweller praised joint effort, cited slums alongside New York’s cultural heart, and recalled Selma to Montgomery march planning to promote cross racial fellowship. Church Women elect officers and plan sewing project for needy Southern women.
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Manchester
New York
James A. Gusweller
Zion Episcopal Church
City of Light
Father Gusweller
Church of St. Matthew and
St. Timothy
Upper West Side
Gusweller
Marshall Peters
Church Women of Zion Episcopal Parish
Peters
David Robertson
Dan Noble
B.T. Gaillard
Roy Casey
Alison Bright
United Thank Offering
Green and White Mountain National Forest Entrance Fees Adopted
Green Mountain National Forest will charge 25 cent picnicking and 50 cent camping fees at six camp and picnic grounds this summer. Hapgood Pond swimming costs 25 cents. Fees run July 1 to Sept 10. Conservation sticker or seasonal ticket waives the daily fee. White Mountain National Forest also imposes 50 cent daily fees at several designated campgrounds. Group camping at Campton and Dolly Copp costs 25 cents per person. Picnicking at Dolly Copp Gilead Hancock Sabbaday Falls and South Pond costs 25 cents per person.
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Green and White Mountain National Forest
Rutland
Green Mountain National Forest
Paul S. Newcomb
Land and Water Conservation Fund
Hapgood Pond
Peru
Newcomb
Recreation Conservation
National Forest
White Mountain National Forest
Campton
Cold River
Covered Bridge
Crocker Pond
Dolly Copp
Dugway
Hastings
Passaconaway
Russell Pond
Sugarloaf
Waterville
White Ledge
Wild River
Wildwood
Zealand
Campton Group Area
Barnes Field
Gilead
Hancock
Sabbaday Falls
South Pond
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Manchester Vfw
Selma
Gosweller
Jackie Breen
William Jones
Grace Abrahamson
Valley Glen Yarn Shop
First National Stores
Richmond - Light
Peg
OREIN
First National
Father's Day Health&Beauty Aids
Personna Blades
Boy-Ar-Dee
Brookside
Finast
Bessey
Kellogg’s
Finast Flour
New England
Palmolive
Aero Can
Manchester Center
Middlebury
Rochester
U.S. Forest Service
Evelyn St
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