Art Center Prepares 33rd Manchester Season
The Southern Vermont Art Center reopens June 23 for its 33rd season of art music and dance with new sculpture displays in the gardens. Upcoming gallery shows feature Isabel Bishop Norman Rockwell Margery Ryerson and solo exhibits by Russ Detweiler Eleanor Ingersoll Maurice Flora Parker and others. The season includes extensive music and ballet programs led by Alan Carter and Myra Kinch with Svetlova company performances.
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Manchester
Southern Vermont Art Center
New England
New York State
Art Center Gardens
Simon Moselsio
Old Bennington
Doris Caesar
Litchfield
New York
Virginia Burns
Boston
Amelia Peabody
Dover
Mass
SVA
Janet Gregg Wallace
Brattlesboro
Mary Eldredge
Springfield
Bernice West Byers
Chittenden
Carl Ackley
Isabel Bishop
Norman Rockwell
Margery Ryerson
Russ Detwiler
Eleanor Ingersoll Maurice
Montclair
N.J
Flora Parker
Bennington
Margaret Stiassni
Chester
Bernice Webster
West Brattleboro
Manhattan
Art Center
Vermont State Symphony Orchestra
Alan Carter
Natalie Derujinsky
Myra Kinch
Bennington Composers Conference
Svetlova Ballet Company
Aurora
Connaway
Two Area Students Are Wentworth Grads
John R. Benedict of Arlington and Thomas W. Kingsley of Readsboro were Bennington County graduates at Wentworth Institute in Boston Sympony Hall. They joined 593 seniors receiving associate degrees or certificates, the largest class in the school's history. Robert C. Seamans Jr. of NASA was the commencement speaker.
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Boston
Mass
John R. Benedict
Arlinton
Thomas W. Kingsley
Readsboro
Bennington County
Wentworth Institute
Symphony Hall
Robert C. Seamans Jr
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Dorset church notices and community updates in Dorset and East Rupert
The Women's Fellowship of the United Church of Dorset and East Rupert plans its annual meeting on June 20 at 11 a.m. at Mrs. Ford Shrader's Lake Street home with a picnic after and officer elections. Rain date is June 21. Dorset area residents attend graduations, rent houses, and prepare for summer activities. funeral services were held for Lloyd Barrick in Jersey City. A marigold border will color Dorset Church all summer as seedlings given to Sunday School children boost youth involvement.
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Women’s Fellowship
The
United Church of
Princeton University
Lee
University
Mary Pillsbury
Ralph Craig
Hague
N. Y
Lake George
C. B. McCullough
Summit
N.J
D.A
Dorset
Bunnell Funeral Home
Jersey City
Barrick
Henry Snyder
Minerva W. Barrick
Walter Rowland
Roy E. Crane
Dorset Church
Peter Brooks
Brooks
Banquet Highlights At Hoosick Falls Central School
Hoosick Falls students and townspeople gathered for a junior senior banquet at Mt Anthony Country Club Bennington. Faculty master of ceremonies Bertram Stritch presided while Fern Buswell performed solo and Miss Buswell teamed with Raymond Wilson Jr. for a duet.
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Hoosick Falls
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Bennington
Bertram Stritch
Fern Buswell
Miss Buswell
Raymond Wilson Jr
Mr. Stritch
Doris Mason
Billie Ward
Shirley Fairbanks
Dutch Grange guest shares slides on agriculture
Hessel Bouma of Holland visiting Shafts bury with Mr and Mrs Henry Schurink presented slides on Dutch farming and livestock. James Woodard showed a color film and cartoons. a schedule of Grange events and contests across Vermont followed, including fairs, teas, picnics, and a September lecturer conference.
The Nearsighted Robin And an Unlucky Snake
In Searsburg a writer notes pests from black flies and a robin mis catching a snake. The robin swallows the snake after attempts to cut it, toppled by its fullness. A pond frog is freed when the snake is killed. the frog survives with a bruised leg.
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Robin
Searsburg
No Webster Celebration This Year in Stratton
The Dan l Webster Committee in Stratton says it cannot sponsor a celebration this year due to its small size. Chair Mrs. Malvine Cole and co chair Paul Brazer offer to guide any group wishing to stage the biannual event, noting the 122nd anniversary of Daniel Webster's 1840 speech for William Henry Harrison. The site, along Kelley Stand Road, is state owned and requires Vermont Historic Sites Commission permission.
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Malvine Cole
Paul Brazer
Stratton
Daniel Webster
William Henry
Tippecanoe
Vermont Historic Sites Commission
The
Stratton Corp
Hoosick Falls Man Feted At Stag Party
Richard Bogardus of Hoosick Falls was honored at a stag party at the parish hall for his upcoming marriage to Miss Jo anne Pilling of Bennington. Attendants Charles Weir Richard Fleming and William Gaefka arranged the event for about 60 guests who gave a purse as a gift. The wedding is set for Saturday in Bennington.
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Loretta Banks
Jackson
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Francis O'Neill
Willow Street
St. Clair’s Hospital
Schenectady
Alphonso Salluzzo
Rochester
Joseph Salluzzo
First Street
Paul O'Keefe
Lois Jean Kempf
Sons of Italy
Classic Street
Marcus Kipp Jr
San Diego
California
Marcus Kipp Sr
Ball Street
Hoosick Falls
Richard Bogardus
Joanne Pilling
Bennington
Charles Weir
Richard Fleming
William Gaefka
Annual Flower Show Opens in Cambridge NY
The Cambridge Area Branch of the Women’s National Farm and Garden Association hosts its fourth annual flower show on Thursday June 28 from 3 to 8 p.m. at Cambridge Central School. Exhibits labeled and placed by 10 a.m. to noon. not removed before 8 p.m. Four categories include arrangements horticulture conservation and education and floral art. Co chairs are Mrs Hollis E Cornell and Mrs H Sumner Lind. Market table overseen by Mrs Walter Dunbar and Mrs Ivan Cheney. refreshments by Mrs Edward Horton and assistants. Open to all amateurs.
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Cambridge
N. Y
Cambridge Area
Women’s National Farm and Garden Association
Cambridge Central School
Hollis E. Cornell
H. Sumner Lind
Walter Dunbar
Ivan Cheney
Edward Horton
Garden Club Hears About Holland Bulbs
Manchester Garden Club heard Sylvia Earle describe Holland's flower trade and bulb export focus, with Dutch arts and crafts on display. She noted tulips are mainly for bulbs, and the next meeting will feature photographer Donald Sultner-Welles after July events. Four new members from Dorset were welcomed.
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Garden Club
Holland
Manchester
Sylvia Earle
Manchester Garden Club
Zion Parish House
Readsboro GI Ends Training At Armor Center
Army Pvt Ronald P. Gordon, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Gordon of Readsboro Vermont, completed eight weeks of advanced individual armor training under the Reserve Forces Act at The Armor Center Fort Knox Kentucky. He learned tank driving and 105 millimeter gun loading and firing after basic training at Fort Dix New Jersey and is a 1961 Whit ingham High School graduate.
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Fort Knox, Ky
Ronald P. Gordon
Henry F. Gordon
N. Hill Readsboro
Armor Center
Fort Knox
Gordon
Fort Dix
N.J
Whitingham High School
Wilmington Students Tour White Mountains Field Trip
Linda Becker and classmates from Wilmington High joined a science class outing to Lost River Gorge and Cannon Mountain in New Hampshire. The group traveled by school bus with Russell Hanson and Carl Johnson, visiting tramway areas and other sights Saturday.
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Linda Becker
Ward Becker
Wilmington High
White Mountains
New Hampshire
Lost River Gorge
Cannon Mountain
Wilmington
Russell Hanson
Carl Johnson
Five Professors Added To Bennington Faculty
Bennington College in North Bennington announces five new faculty members for the September reopening. The class of 1966 includes 113 girls with 62 percent from public schools. 14 students are “related” to the college. New hires include Georges Guy teaching French, Mrs. Gregory Edson as director of the college nursery school, and Dr. James Toolan as consulting psychiatrist. Literature welcomes Saul Maloff and Mrs Bar bert Herrnstein. Marc Blitzstein becomes John Golden Playwright in Residence. Kenneth Burke returns for a fall lectureship.
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Nington College
Bennington
Gregory Edson
Putney
Arlington
James Toolan
Toolan
New York University
Bellevue Hospital
Old Bennington
Saul Maloff
New School For Social Research
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Junius Allen
Thomas Reilly Dibble
Peru
Stuart Eldredge
James Monague
Pawlet
Caroline
Art Ballet Schools
School of Art
Jay Connaway
Marina Svetlova
Miss Svetlova
Wentworth Grads
Hoosick
Ada M. Breer
A.C.H. Banquet
Order of Hibernians
John J. Lamond
Mary Lamond
Lawrence Mass
Fr. Lamond
Ryders
Earnest Ryder
Fifth Avenue
Troy
N.Y
East Arlington
Federated Church
Ryder
Annapolis
Harvey Hard
Paul
Donald Hard
Naval Academy
Ters
Air Force
University of Illinois
Carolyn Hard
Sara Ann Weeks
Virginia
Medric
Jean
Florida
Ethan Allen Grange
Hessel Bouma
Henry Schurink
Shaftsbury
U. S. Department of Agriculture
James Woodard
Soil Conservation Dept
Neighbors
Bennington Grange
Stamford Valley
Korea
Taconic
Japan
Mt. Equinox Grange
State Grange
Warren
Pomona
Bennington Grange Hall
Pomona Grange
Bernard Whitman
Camp
Ondawa
Clarence Decker III
Harold Potter
Roxsbury
Clarence Decker
University of Vermont
Camp Ondawa
Taconic Grange
By Carlo Wolter
Dan’l Webster
Webster
Earle
Harrison Hoyt
Harold B. Child
Federated Garden Clubs of
Vermont
Equinox House
Donald Sultner-Welles
State Department
World
India
Taj Mahal
Near East
George Dicky
Russell Parks
John Sawyer
Rachel Mauger
Readsboro GI
PWCSL
Bennington Pottery and Porcelain
Richard It Barret
Bennington Bookshop. Inc
Tel
North Bennington Road
Plaid
Mountain Towns
Carlo Walter Tel
Pvt
David E. Jannicky
H. Co., 4Th Training Regiment
Army Training Center, Infantry
Ft. Dix
N.dj
Ellsworth E. Jannicky
North Bennington
Ben
Georges Guy
Hunter
Barnard Colleges
Guy
Kenneth Burke
Burke
Westinghouse
Ders BF
Central
Ned Aan
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