Merck Forest Brims With Summer Wildflowers and Walks
Wet cool weeks give way to summer at Merck Forest where yellow and red hawkweed blue-eyed grass and lesser stitchwort brighten open fields. Deborah Bird UC botany graduate leads volunteer guided nature walks and will help prepare a Merck Forest flora guidebook set for publication next year.
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Merck
Merck Forest
Deborah Bird
University of California
Student Conservation Association
Senior ball at Bennington High concludes festivities
Ernie Murray's 10 piece band provides music with Hoosick Falls singer Ray Eberle for the evening as Bennington High graduates celebrate. Miss Rita A. Gagnon receives a Gregg Co gold medal for tops in shorthand in Vermont, achieving 160 words per minute at 98 percent accuracy. Dr H S Goodall and Mrs Goodall host a class tea marking his Williams College graduation 50 years ago, with 18 classmates returning.
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High School Hall
Bennington High
Ernie Murray
Ray Eberle
Hoosick Falls
Rita A. Gagnon
St. Joseph’s Business College
Gregg Co. of
New York
Vermont
Miss Gagnon
H.S. Goodall
Mrs. Goodall
Main Street
Dr. Goodall
Williams College
Thanks From Elks and Editor Praise Cooper Formula 3 Photo
An Elks lodge thanks John Proud of Adams Clothes Shop for donating a blanket to Silver Towers Camp. The blanket will be raffled the first week of August 1977 with proceeds to the camp on Elks Visitation Day the second Sunday in August. A reader notes Phil Jordan’s photography skills, joking that a spotter would have left a blank page without his Cooper Formula 3 photo.
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John Proud
Adams Clothes Shop
Bennington
Elks
Silver Towers
Silver Towers Camp
The
Phil Jordan
England
Coopers
Washington DC voting rights debate in Carter task force
Sen Patrick Leahy sits on a president’s DC rights task force, meeting mid June to tackle full voting representation for Washington DC. The district currently has one non voting House delegate and no Senate seat, with a population around 750000, larger than Vermont.
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Banner
Patrick Leahy
Carter
District of Columbia
Washington, DC
House of Representatives
Senate
Vermont
Voting rights for Washington D C in Congress
The piece argues D C residents should have full voting representation in Congress, challenging the Senate state representation idea. It notes the near passage of a constitutional amendment in the House, cites President Carter’s human rights stance, and urges Sen Leahy to lead for a Senate vote this session. Waterbury Center.
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D.C
Congress
House
Senate
States
District of Columbia
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C
Sen. Leahy
Carter
Molly Stark School Carnival Thanks and Winners
Molly Stark School carnival success credit goes to teachers, students, room mothers, and volunteers including Mr Colvin Mr Blake Mr Hunt and the Olneys. Prize winners include Ed Haddad Eugene Tupacz and Tizzy Maxham and door prize winners Charles McDonald Donna Moors Tonya Grover. Pocketbook theft was resolved with belongings recovered except funds. Special thanks to local merchants and organizers.
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Molly Stark School
Colvin
Blake
Hunt
Olney
Myers
Allen
Peter
Todd Olney
Bellemare & Sons
Haynes & Kane Colonial Shop
Star Electric
Container
Cinema I & II
Knotty Pine Motel
Moriarty & Sons
Bernie’s Trucking
Ed Haddad
Eugene Tupacz
Tizzy Maxham
Charles McDonald
Donna Moors
Tonya Grover
Mary Lou Maxon
Kim Stowell
Ray Rodrigue
All Night Senior Party thanks community and sponsors
A letter from co chairs Mary Geannelis and Virginia McKenna expresses gratitude to parents, friends, merchants, and others who supported the All Night Senior Party for the Class of 1977. It credits many contributors and hopes the event continues, ending with congratulations to the graduates.
Aldeburgh Festival Faces Change Under Rostropovich
Notes on British change review Aldeburgh England where the greasy-pole carnival links Disraeli to a Victorian sport. The town blends old fishing life with Britten’s festival and new energy as Rostropovich takes artistic leadership seeking renewal while honoring tradition.
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Aldeburgh
England
Disraeli
North Sea
Britten
Mstislav Rostropovich
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Darrell Sawyer
Daniel Sawyer
Jean Downing
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State Employment Service
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Gene Herman
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Pat Olney
Mary Geannelis
Virginia McKenna
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N.Y
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