Large Crowd Attends Evening of Sacred Music in Manchester
More than 400 singers instrumentalists and music lovers filled First Baptist Church for an all faiths Evening of Sacred Music. The program featured seven choirs from St Pauls First Congregational Zion Episcopal First Baptist and Burr Burton Seminary with soloists Ferene Lorenz Doris Eastman Rigney and Linda Day among others. The congregation performed Rev Edgar Johnsons Christmas Hymn in a surprise finale and Mrs Blanchard Stone conducted with Mrs Walter Rigney assisting.
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Manchester
First Baptist Church
Edgar Johnson
J.B. Powers
Blanchard Stone
Walter Rigney
St. Paul’s Church
First Congregational Church
Zion Episcopal Church
Burr- Burton Seminary
Ferene Lorenz
Sidney Meachem
Carl Parsons
Doris Eastman Rigney
Joseph Stannard
Linda Day
Melanie Otis
Errol Hill
Congregational
Open House Held For Manchesters New Post Office
Manchester Post Office hosts greeted by neighbors and County Senator Reid Lefevre. Postmaster George Lawrence and staff guided guests through the facility while Boy Scouts raised a Capitol banner flag to honor the occasion. Girl Scouts and Brownies provided refreshments as a flag themed buffet centerpiece arrived from the Vermont Branch National League of Postmasters.
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Manchester
Bennington County
Reid Lefevre
New Village
Seminary Avenue
George F. Lawerence
John Lyon
Lois Mattison
Albert Lawrence
Robert Stafford
Capitol
Kelly Nawrath
Alison Otis
Joan Hinkley
Sharaslyn Fowler
Donna Edson
Anne O’leary
Vermont
National League of Postmasters
Lawrence
Woman Resigns From Key Town Post in Williamstown
In Williamstown Massachusetts Mrs Gladys Paro treasurer collector of taxes and town manager s secretary resigns effective May 1 The town also loses Assessor Stuart Graham who quits February 1 Paro was noted for high efficiency in tax collection earning a bond rebate for the town No reason given for the resignation.
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Williamstown
Mass
Gladys Paro
Stuart Graham
Paro
Dorset Red Cross Drive Begins In Dorset This Month
Dorset launches its annual Red Cross drive starting March 1 and running through the month. Chaired by Mrs. R. S. Fenn and Mrs. Ernest Edger ton, the effort relies on house to house solicitation and personal letters to spread the appeal.
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Dorset
Red Cross
R. S. Fenn
Ernest Edgerton
North Bennington Women Host Asian Festival Program
The Women's Fellowship of the Congregational Church hosted guests from nearby churches for a program titled Fun and Festival from the Rim of East Asia. Mrs. Arthur Wicken den spoke on regional problems Korea Taiwan Okinawa and Hong Kong and church aid. The event featured readings on Asian festivals and a chopsticks game session.
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Women’s Fellowship of the Congregational Church
First
Second Congregational
Bennington
Arthur Wickenden
Korea
Taiwan
Okinawa
Hong Kong
Charles Parsley
John Kennedy
Duncan Campbell
Hoosick Falls Home Demonstration Unit Meets on Wills
Members heard Hoosac Village Home Demonstration discuss wills with Atty. James F. Sennett of Hoosick Falls presenting a NYS Bar Association film. A question and answer session followed the talk in the Central School home economics room. President Mrs. Howard Reynolds led the meeting. Edward Kennedy of Winnetka was weekend guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kennedy.
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Hoosac Village
James F. Sennett
Hoosick Falls
Atty. Sennett
New York State Bar Association
Central School
Howard Reynolds
Noted author speaks to Hoosick Falls Catholic group
Kay Toy Fenner, author of Guidance and Manners of Small Children, addressed the Home School Association of St. Marys Academy in Hoosick Falls. She advised on child discipline and temper control, noted Catholic etiquette, and spoke on family influence. Her family includes several Catholic clergy and religious. The program was led by Mrs. Philip Martinez.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Kay Toy Fenner
Home School Association of St. Mary’s Academy
Buskirk Holds Lenten Services at Reformed Church
Buskirk special Lenten services occur Thursday at 8 15 p m at the Reformed Church with Rev Clinton Carter of Cambridge as guest minister The choir offers Mendelssohn If With All Your Hearts and a duet by Ethelbert Nevins One Holy Hour by Mrs Percy A Hall and Mrs Brinard W Hall The Women’s Auxiliary of the Buskirk Fire Company sponsors a card party Saturday at 8 p m in Odd Fellows Hall
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The
Reformed Church
Clinton Carter
Cambridge
Mendelssohn
Ethelbert Nevins
Percy A. Hall
Brinard W. Hall
Women’s Auxiliary of
the Buskirk Fire Company
Odd Fellows Hall
Community notices and 4-H activity update from Wilmington area
Town officials remind dog license deadlines. 4-H events include Junior Leader Planning and Training with 32 attendees and a state conference in June at the University of Vermont. Girls 4-H sew dress reviews, vegetable seed orders proceed, and visitors from West Sayville, N.Y. call on local Lehmann family.
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Carl Boyd
Wilmington
Montpelier Tavern
John D. Merchant
University of Vermont
Boyd
West Hoosick Social Updates From Putnam Memorial Period
Mrs. Frank Gifford returns home after surgery at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Patricia Griswold broke her ankle skiing. C. David Niles was guest of honor at a party hosted by his parents. Dave recently finished Army service. Mrs. William Russell and infant son home from Putnam Memorial Hospital. Miss Mary Elizabeth Robinson ill at home. Mrs. William Murphy home from Putnam Memorial Hospital after three weeks. Duane Muckle and family moving to North Bennington. Mrs. Larry Hubek and children visited from Kingston. The Gleaners met at Mrs. Edward Baker’s. Youth Fellowship hosted Baptist youths from Hoosick and Hoosick Falls. Refreshments served by the Filkins and Brownell families. Mrs. Reinhold Piritz recovering after illness. Mrs. Lawrence Wenzel and son of Scotia spent weekend with the Pines.
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C. David Niles
Charles Niles
Dave
William Russell
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Baptist Churches
Hoosick
Hoosick Falls
Filkins
Brownells
Shaftsbury Recount Defeats Town Manager Measure
Ten members of Shaftsbury’s board of civil authority recounted votes yesterday and confirmed the same totals as election day: 283 yes, 285 no, 52 blank ballots. The two vote margin blocks the article granting selectmen authority to hire a town manager, a recount demanded by Ken Thomson at a $2 cost.
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Shaftsbury
Board of Civil Authority
Shaftsbury Selectmen
Ken Thomson
Dorset Woman Responds to Critics on Town Meeting Remarks
Mrs. Henry Holden of East Dorset writes an open letter to Dorset moderator Guy Stone defending her Town Meeting comments on education costs directed at Supt. Robert B. Vail. She praises democracy but questions how criticism was expressed in The Bennington Banner report.
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Dorset
Henry Holden
East Dorset
Robert B. Vail
Vail
Holden
Stone
North Pownal selects officials and schedules town events
The board of selectmen appointed Norman Strobridge as chairman and clerk and named D Fred Lillie Harry W Beals Jr and Richard Pudvar as fence viewers Vincent Pizzano as surveyor of shingles and lumber A Coleman Mason as sign administrator and Andrew Crosier Robert E Rudd Sr and Charles Palmer as pound keepers A letter from Russell Sage College Troy NY thanked and suggested attendance at the March 4 town meeting with 18 students present Licenses for dogs due April 1 with fees six dollars female and two dollars male or neutered females Delinquent dogs after May 15 incur higher charges and tax lists are turned over to the second constable for collection The first card party raised 20 tables at the fire house and PT A Club and Auxiliary hosted refreshments and meetings were announced for Oak Hill school and the 4 H club at the Mason home
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Board of Selectman
Norman Strobridge
D. Fred Lillie
Harry W. Beals Jr
Richard Pudvar
Vincent Pizzano
A. Coleman Mason
Andrew Crosier
Robert E. Rudd Sr
Charles Palmer
Russell Sage College
Troy N.Y
Leonard Duval
North Pownal
Parent- Teacher Club
Pownal
Oak Hill
Fred Babcock
Wilfred LaBonte
Joseph Comar
Pownal Pioneers
Bennington Area Chorus Rehearsal Tonight at 7:30
The Bennington College Community Chorus directed by Paul Boepple resumes rehearsals tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Carriage Barn on campus. The spring program may include Monteverdi Sonata and Rameau cantata for chorus and orchestra, with a possible Lionel Nowak piece for chorus and brass. The chorus draws townspeople from Bennington and nearby areas and welcomes new members at the first Tuesday rehearsal.
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North Bennington
Bennington College Community Chorus
Paul Boepple
Claudio Monteverdi
Jean Philippe Rameau
Monteverdi
Rameau
Boepple
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Stanley Towsley
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Robert McFall
C.W. Zollars
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Robert Leonard
Sydney Meachem
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Ford Shrader
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Charles Smith
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Elizabeth Dwyer
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Mary Mosher
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Town Road
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Nancy
Dawn
Jeffry
West Sayville, N.Y
Lehmann
Alfred Lehmann
West Hoosick
Jean Pine
Frank Gifford
Patricia Griswold
Eleanor Niles
Mary Elizabeth Robinson
William Murphy
Duane Muckle
Larry Hubek
Kingston, N.Y
George Lobdell
Gleaners
Edward Baker
Lawrence Wenzel
Scotia
William Pine
Vera Langlais
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Main Street
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Viteck
Studebaker
Wagonaire
Avanti
Studebakers
Plourde & Daigneault, Inc
Main St
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