North Bennington Couple Honored on Anniversary
North Bennington relatives gathered at the Hewitt home to honor Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Hewitt Jr. on their 25th wedding anniversary. Their four children hosted an open house and later joined friends for the celebration. Mrs. Hewitt, formerly Shirley Smith of Lee, Massachusetts, and the couple wed June 27, 1942, at the First Congregational Church in Lee.
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North Bennington
Merritt Hewitt Jr
Sandra
Malcom
Karen
Brian
Hewitts
Manchester and Area News Highlights from Local Notices
Marine Pvt Renaud J Gau thier son of Mr and Mrs Lud ger Gauthier is in recruit training at Parris Island South Carolina. Manchester Floor Covering closed until further notice due to a death in the family. Guests at the silver wedding celebration included best man Wayne LeClair of White River Junction and maid of honor Mrs Robert Bracknell of Stockbridge Massachusetts. Ushers included Edward Searle of South Hampton Massachusetts. Hewitt family involved in local farming and civic life with Hewitt former Vermont legislator. Mrs Hewitt active in Baptist church PTA and Scouting.
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Manchester
Adv
Wayne LeClair
White River Junction
Hewitt
Robert Bracknell
Stockbridge
Mass
Edward Searle
South Hampton
Hewitts
Double T Farm
Vermont
Saratoga Art Fair to Select Top Works for Indoor Show
Former Arts Magazine editor James R. Mellon will judge the 12th Saratoga Springs Art Fair opening July 2 in Congress Park. He will pick the top 60 outdoor pieces, with indoor display at the Casino July 3-7. Prizes total 800 dollars with first prize 300, second 200, third 100 and four 50 awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Arts Magazine
Congress Park
James R. Mellon
Mellon
Industrial Design Magazine
New Leader
Art International
Northwestern University
Commonweal
New York Times Book Review
le Arti
Saratoga Springs Chamber of Commerce
Woodford Sets Rate At $12.31
A special Woodford town meeting set a new tax rate of 12.31 dollars to address listing procedures under the Knowles system and Mt Anthony Union High School assessment. About 30 to 35 residents attended at Woodford Hollow School with listers Harold Cook and Joseph Smith presenting. Police reported a stolen car found submerged in 15 feet of water at Wolf Lake with lights still on.
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Woodford
Woodford Hollow School
Charles E. Dewey
Knowles
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Harold Cook
Joseph Smith
Chicago
UPI
Wolf Lake
Mosquito Control Seen Problem at Shaftsbury
Shaftsbury officials met to review the zoning ordinance draft from the zoning commission and plan a joint meeting next month with Atty. John H. Williams II to discuss suggestions. The board noted mosquitoes near a Cleveland Avenue pond and a lack of speed limit signs on Hawks Avenue, with a 35 mph sign set to be erected. The town will treat the mosquito issue as a community project, and Road Commissioner Harrington offered support for local control measures. George E. Matteson sought hall rental for the Matteson Family reunion at Cole Hall from Sept 29 to Oct 1.
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Shaftsbury
Board of Selectmen
Zoning Commission
John H. Williams II
Selectmen
Selectman L.D
Cleveland Avenue
Leo Harrington
Ralph Prouty
George E. Matteson
The
Matteson Congress of America
Cole Hall
Matteson
North Bennington Visitors Attend Expo 67 Trip
North Bennington residents the Nash family from Woodbury New Jersey visited last week en route to Expo 67 in Montreal. While the parents and two older daughters toured the fair the younger Nash girls stayed with their grandmothers Mrs Edward Nash and Mrs Leo Keough.
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Edward C. Nash
Woodbury
N.J
Montreal
Nash
North Bennington
Edward Nash
Leo Keough
Clarence Barney
Malone
N.Y
Carl Barney
Official Board Meeting at Methodist Church Scheduled
An official board meeting will be held at the Methodist Church on June 26 at 8 p.m. in South Cambridge. Margaret Aiken is listed as a contact at 677-3049 for further details.
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South Cambridge
Margaret Aiken
The
Methodist Church
Grievance Hearings Draw 150 Taxpayers in Town Sessions
About 150 taxpayers are expected to appear before the town's three listers as grievance proceedings run nightly since starting June 12. Hemenway says sessions aim to finish by Wednesday night and notes that parties dissatisfied can seek a Board of Civil Authority hearing by applying within nine days after the listers mail written results.
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Manchester
Clara May Hemenway
Board of Civil Authority
Listers
Northeastern student resumes studies after work period
Carl Stacy resumed his studies at Northeastern University Monday after a 13 week work period at Sprague Electric Co in North Adams Massachusetts. Troop 331 Boy Scouts plan a paper drive Saturday at 8:30 a.m. to fund a trip to Expo 67. Residents asked to place old papers by driveways. Fire Company Auxiliary to meet tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at the firehouse to discuss July 4 plans.
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Carl Stacy
Northeastern University
Sprague Electric Co
North Adams
Mass
Fire Company
Language Students To Carry Pottery to France
Four St Marys Academy students from Hoolick Falls New York depart June 30 for six weeks in France to study French. The group includes Margaret Wirmusky Helen Ann Nugent Karen Pappas and Thomas Keeley. They will tour three weeks on university campuses in Zillard and Reins with 200 students. A Rome weekend includes an audience with the Pope. They return August 10.
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Europe
St. Mary’s Academy
Hoosick Falls
France
National Foreign Language League
Karen Pappas
Helen Ann Nugent
Thomas Keeley
Margaret
Meg) Wirmusky
Hoolick Falls
N.Y
Margaret Wirmusky
Walter Wirmusky
Elm Street
William Nugent
Grafton
Anne Pappas
Danforth Street
Richard Keeley
Petersburg
Kennedy Airport
Saratoga
Albany
Mary Constelata
Mercy School
Zillard
Reins
Bennington Pottery
Rome
Italy
Two St Marys Academy Students to Study in France on Tour
Hoosick Falls honors for Margaret Wirmusky and Helen Nugent as they depart for France next week. They will study and tour for six weeks under the Foreign Language League. A Flag Day ceremony by Hoosick Post, American Legion, presented a flag to St Marys Academy at noon outside the high school with Rev George Callaghan accepting for the school.
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St. Mary’s Academy
France
Hoosick Post
American Legion
St. Mary’s High School
Joseph Auering
Donald Bogardus
George Callaghan
O.S.A
Marlboro Hosts Theater Directors Conference in Marlboro
Northern New England theater directors met June 17 at Marlboro College to plan a fall tour exchange. Participants from Bennington, Goddard, Johnson, Middlebury, Dartmouth, Hawthorne, Burr and Burton, Stowe, Windham, and other institutions discussed next year’s touring plays and dance programs. A summer bulletin will list tour events and facility details, with distribution in October to conference members and interested schools. Funds for the gathering came from the Rockefeller Foundation.
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Marlboro
Marlboro College
New England
Geoffry Brown
Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York
Brown
Bennington College
Goddard College
Johnson State College
Middlebury College
Dartmouth College
Nathaniel Hawthorne College
Burr and Burton Seminary
St. Johnsbury Academy
High Mowing School
Windsor Mountain School
Pownall notices seek host families and tax appeal updates
The town plans two week hosting invites for Fresh Air children with a July 5 deadline and July 19 acceptance. A lengthy Board of Civil Authority session reviewed 25 real estate appeals with committees reporting findings to the full board.
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Vera Langlais
Board of Civil Authority
Pownal
State Tax Commissioner
BCA
Charles F. Mason
Marcel A. Langlais
Florence Towslee
Harold P. Hicks
Ellen Lillie
Burton Peckham
Rachel Mason
A. Coleman Mason
Arthur E. George
Perley Hibbard
Margaret Lillie
David Adler
Thomas P. Hurley
Rolland Roy
Saratoga Box Office Opens for Performing Arts Center Tickets
The Saratoga Box Office began window sales at the Performing Arts Center with daily hours 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. until performances begin June 29 and extended hours on performance days. Telephone reservations are available at (518) 584-8450 for next week, and tickets are sold at numerous local banks, stores, and travel desks. A New York City Reservations Center also opened at 250 West 57th St. for the NYC area.
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Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
N.Y. 50
National Commercial Bank and Trust Co
Albany
American Travel Bureau
Thruway Motor Inn
van Curler
Schenectady
Boston
Latham
Heusen’s Men’s Furnishings
First National Bank of
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Mrs. Merritt Hewitt Jr
Michael Miller
Triple ‘‘S
Grand Union Empire
Elizabeth Dwyer
Church Project
St. John’s Church
Richard Borden
Paul Harris
LeRoy Becker
Lew Levin
Edward Legacy Jr
John Lasso
Andrew Harrington
Texas Hall
Edward Wansbury
Robert Flynn
Edwin Luce
James King
George Delaney
John Kennedy
Sherwin- Williams Co
Romeo Cote
George Shea
William E. Dailey Jr
Donald Dailey
Betty Hayes
Washington, D.C
Carole Hayes
Washington
BCHS
J.T. Hayes
Firestone
Fae Blackwall
Fed
Nylonaire
Economy Auto Stores, Inc
Main ST
Bennington, VT
Fdith Beaumont
Helen Nugent
Patricia Kennedy
Abbott Street
Miss Wirmusky
Miss Nugent
Miss Kennedy
Sandra Pappas
Mirror Players
Stowe Playhouse
Castleton State College
UVM
Windham College
Franconia College
Stowe School
Williams College
Lucien Hanks
Reinhoud van der Linde
Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences
Jacqueline Sidle
Vermont Council On the Arts
Dorothy Olson
Brattleboro
Rockefeller Foundation
Mount Anthony Union High School
Gail Ware
Elizabeth Buck
William Brownell
Edward Raetz
Karen Allen
David Walsh Jr
Gary Littlefield
Janet Ger
Adams Clothes Shop
Atkins
Jewelers
Main ST. Bennington
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