Young Dorset Room Opens With 80 Kids at Library Open House
Dorset Village Library launches the Young Dorset Room with more than 80 students from Grades 1 to 8 attending an open house. Activities included punching cookies photos and flag-themed giveaways. The room will host weekly open houses and special exhibits while waiving library fees for local youths.
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Young Dorset
Dorset
Vermont
Mary McFall
Anita Rosencrantz
Barbara Towsley
Charles Gladstone
Richard Sprague
John Mack
Glenn Sprague
Founders' Show Recalls Early Southern Vermont Artists
Manchester readers tour the Southern Vermont Art Center exhibition honoring the 35th anniversary of the Southern Vermont Artists. Over 60 works by founders and notable figures including Homer progeny, Hilda Belcher, Jay Connaway, J. J. Lankes, Carl Ruggles, Henry Schnackenberg, the Meyers, Cordelia de Schweinitz, Luciani, and Julie Kahle showcase prints, watercolors, and paintings. The reviewer notes varied quality, little overt humor, and a quiet moral thread echoed by the artist Joseph Conrad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winslow Homer
Vermont
Mets
SWAC
Homer
Center
SVA
Manchester
Hilda Belcher
Subway
Jay Connaway
Maine
Robert Frost
J.J. Lankes
Dartmouth College
Carl Ruggles
Henry Schnackenberg
Meyers
Herbert
Anne
Felicia
East River
John Lillie
Cordelia de Schweinitz
Luciani
Julie Kahle
Edward Powell Returns as Guest Actor at Dorset Playhouse
Dorset Playhouse announces Edward Powell will return as guest actor in Janus the first production of the 1964 summer season. Powell previously starred in Come Blow Your Horn and has a varied background from Brown University summer stock to off Broadway and the Hotel Plaza Emerald Room. He and wife Lee Powell plan to perform together in The Boyfriend in New Brunswick Canada this summer.
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Dorset
Caravan Theatre
Edward Powell
Mr. Harper
Janus
Caravaners
Powell
Patricia Carmichael
Caravan
Edward Albee
Rhode Island
Brown University
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Finian
New York
Arnold Weinstein
Hotel Plaza Emerald Room
Lee Powell
New Brunswick
Canada
North Bennington Families Headed To Vacations And Trips
North Bennington residents report a flurry of travel plans. Allen Simmons and family return to Tennessee after a two week visit with his parents in North Bennington. Helen Harris goes back to Brandon Training School with her mother. The Parsleys sail for India to serve five years, while the Elmers and Mrs. Jones visit New York and the fair before their departure. The Sandrins fly to Europe and Yugoslavia. Penny Rich attends UVM orientation in Burlington, Diane heads to Paris for a six week course, and Kendall joins a Vermont conservation workshop at Smugglers Notch. Mrs. Rich plans a Fenway Sox vacation.
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Allen Simmons
Nancy
Sally
Lawrenceburg
Tenn
H.M. Simmons
Charles Harris
Helen
Brandon
Myron Jones
Harold Elmer
Dorothy Elmer
Middlebury
New York
Charles Parsley
England
India
Elmers
Station Road
Ahmednaggar
Maharashtra
Anton Sandrin
Overlea Road
Europe
Sandrin
Yugoslavia
NBHS
Kendall Rich
Penny
Burlington
UVM
Diane
Paris
Sorbonne
Kendall
Smugglers’ Notch
Vermont Educcation Association
Sportsmen’s Club of Vermont
Mrs. Rich
Red Sox
Fenway Park
Boston
Manchester Village Developments Highlight Local Plans
A mixed use development rises on U.S. 7 across from the Holiday House site with a travel bureau and gift shop run by Mr and Mrs T W Keller of Hanover New Hampshire. Bertha James leaves Manchester for a reading consultant post in Canandaigua New York this summer. The First Congregational Church bazaar and chicken barbecue set for July 11 plus Flower Sunday scheduled for August 16 are announced. Fire crews battled a hayfield blaze on West Road with booster lines. The Chamber of Commerce reports progress on a forthcoming country fair at the Manchester Fair Grounds in September. Village and town leaders discuss possible sewer system merger to cut rates. decision due at the July 13 village meeting.
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Manchester
U.S. 7
Holiday House
T.W. Keller
Hanover
N.H
Bertha James
Canandaigua
N.Y
Plymouth State College
Plymouth
First Congregational Church
Chamber of Commerce
Manchester Fair Grounds
Bennington County
Chamber
Village of
New Rules Issued For Hapgood Pond in Peru
Two new rules aim to protect swimmers and curb vandalism at Hapgood Pond Peru. Lifeguards will supervise swimming daily 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. EDST with 7 p.m. cut off. An entrance gate will restrict cars after 8 p.m. Campers may use the area. picnickers may stay until dusk. no area charge.
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Manchester
Hapgood Pond
Peru
Sidney B. Davis
Green Mountain National Forest
Davis
Shaftsbury Cancer Crusade Adds Three Helpers
Mrs Edward Horst and Homer Shaver co chairmen report three more names to join the list of invaluable helpers for the Shaftsbury Cancer Crusade. The additions are Miss Lenore Bradley Miss Stella Hawkins and Mrs Fred Stacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Horst
Homer Shaver
Cancer Crusade
Shaftsbury
Lenore Bradley
Stella Hawkins
Fred Stacy
Improved Quarters Sought For Post Office in Shushan
The Post Office Department invites competitive bids to provide improved quarters for postal operations in Shushan New York. Postmaster General John A Gronouski announced a lease construction plan awarding a contract to the bidder who furnishes a suitable building, upgrades it to department specs, and leases it for five years with three two year renewal options.
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New York
N.Y
Post Office Department
Shushan
John A. Gronouski
Manchester's School Census Up As Enrollment Climbs
Manchester Elementary School faces rising first year ungraded primary enrollment with a possible 170 already set and a September total near 180. Librarian growth adds 828 volumes and 62 paperbacks bringing total to nearly 3,000 with 215 funded by Jane Foley. Bids for postal equipment capital under private ownership due by July 24.
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Manchester
King B. Frazer
Frazer
Robert B. Vail
Jane Foley
Thomas D. Noone An
P.O. Box
Federal Building
Albany
Arlingtonian In Aerospace Development
First Lieutenant Donald G. Hard of Arlington Vermont received special recognition from U S Air Force Secretary Eugene M Zuckert during the 10th anniversary observance of Air Force missile and space progress He serves as project officer for the manual orbital laboratory at the Space Systems Division SSD headquartered in Los Angeles He is among more than 850 officers and airmen recognized for work directly related to SSD s mission Hard is a Naval Academy graduate with a U N Illinois study and Arlington Memorial High School background.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Donald G. Hard
Harvey A. Hard
Arlington
U.S. Air Force
Eugene M. Zuckeert
Air Force Missile and Space
Hard
Manual Orbital Laboratory
Air Force Systems Command
Space Systems Division
SSD
Zuckeert
Arlington Memorial High School
University of Linois
U.S. Naval Academy
Academy
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Joseph Conrad
Main Street
Bennington
National Is Bank
Bennington Windham
Windsor Counties
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Econ. Auto Stores, Inc
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Founders
Elfriede Abbe
Richard Comins
Samuel Ogden
George Hughes
Adele Godchaux
Marjorie Sargent
Sun
State Symphony Orchestra
Alan Carter
Geo. Finckel
Sigurd
Karin Rascher
North Bennington
Elizabeth Dwyer
Constance M. Jordan
Overton
Hapgood
H. Greenberg & Son, Inc
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Dairy Queen
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