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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1964
Page
5
Bromley Mountain hosts an Easter celebration with a breakfast from 7:45 to 10:30 a.m. followed by an egg hunt on skis at 11:45 a.m. A 1 p.m. costume parade and a funny bumper race for costumed skiers crown the festivities. Prizes honor best Easter themed outfits.
All patrols in Boy Scout troop 28 meet at the fire house at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The North Bennington Fire Department appeals for old brooms to fight grass fires and asks residents to leave usable brooms at Percey's Newsroom.
Soprano Alice Marie Nelson will present a recital of classical to modern vocal works at the Countee Cullen Branch of the New York Public Library on March 25 at 8 30 p.m. in 104 West 136th Street. The program includes Brahms Schubert Schumann Wolf Poulenc Bach Vivaldi and four English folk songs with pianist Leonard Taffs.
Mrs Leroy Graves and Mrs William Hamilton have returned from Mary McClellan Hospital. Miss Donna Aiken and Vera Mae Welling came home from Schenectady for the weekend. A 24 hour prayer vigil runs through the North Hoosick circuit and Buskirk Reform Church with Maundy Thursday services and an 8 15 p m communion at North Hoosick. Easter sunrise at Eagle Bridge 6 30 a m with If The Cross Could Speak pageant. Easter service at local church 11 30 a m. Dale Jacobson joined the church. Pleasant Valley Grange to host a public card party March 31 at 8 p m. last week over a dozen tables.
The Williams College library was presented with an autographed copy of My Years With General Motors by Alfred P Sloan Jr. Sloan, former GM president and chairman, noted the book’s bestseller run. A separate clinic section covers polio vaccine administration and community plans include a church rummage sale on April 25 with food items and a silent auction supporting local groups and missionary work in Liberia.
A Palm Sunday vesper service at Pownal Center Community Church was led by Rev. Leon Oliver with Lay Speaker Howard Van Horn. The event featured palms, spring flowers, lighted tapers, special choir music, baptisms and confirmations. Community church activities include meetings, fire training, and plans for Easter sunrise services led by local clergy and staff.
Alice Smiley violinist headlines the faculty concert at Bennington College Carriage Barn with Mozart K 526 and Gideon Three Biblical Masks plus Hinde mith. Lionel Nowak assists on piano while Henry Brant accompanies tenor Frank Baker for Debussy Ariettes Oubliees. Finckel and Boepple complete the program with Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in A minor. Concert begins at 8:15 with free admission.
NORTH BENNINGTON The Norshaft Lions Club aims to sponsor a mammoth outdoor carnival August 6 7 and 8 in the railroad station lot. The meeting noted 53 members with a cap at 55 for bi monthly dinners. New certificates went to Eric Adler Donald Burc hard and Marvin Sanborn. Guests included Gordon Kenyon Earl Harris and Donald Knapp. A new show to replace the Norshaft Minstrel was discussed. The club underwrites school chair projects for North Bennington and Shaftsbury. They bought raincoats for the school patrol and plan Scotch light bicycle tape. Boy Scout Troop 28 is sponsored by the Lions with plans for a spring camporee in Glastonbury. The club reports solvency pending new community projects. Columbus Ohio UpI Total purses at the nation s harness racing tracks rose from 18 832 740 in 1953 to 41 028 936 in 1963.
Williams College undergraduates skip beaches for service and cultural exchange. About a score join programs with Howard University Virginia Union University Lincoln University and Morehouse University. Two students will deliver Williams Bennington clothing donations to Hazzard County Kentucky.
The Easter service at Church-on-the-Green moves to 10 a.m. from 11:30. Meantime, students from Mead Fund participate in Washington seminars on poverty policy. Other events include a Cluett Center trip to Puerto Rico and D C, a Glee Club tour of five colleges, and various athletic preseason games. Church activities include a sunrise service at 6:30 a.m. and a 9:30 a.m. service with 10:30 a.m. church school program.
A wind driven grass fire on Watergate Farm near the New York line burned over two meadows and spread to woods. About 39 Arlington firemen and eight from Sandgate fought the blaze from 2:30 p.m. until 6:45 p.m. No timber damage and no occupants home at the time.
Rudy Goff takes over as golf professional at Taconic Golf Club with duties starting April 6 as Williams College ends spring recess. Former pro at Stockbridge, he succeeds Dick Baxter who retired after 40 years. Stanley Tworig assists as course superintendent. office to be revamped for wider golf equipment supply.
The report notes 150 sisters from Searsburg joined the town officers at the Elementary School in Manchester. Walter Dearcopp of West Milford and Mrs. Brandenburg of Midvale were weekend guests at the home of Charles Dearcopp. The piece also mentions a trio of birds arriving with spring.
Arlington notices a talk by Mrs. A. J. Hastings on midget vegetables developed in Korea to address limited space. The session focused on compact varieties suited for small gardens and urban plots in Arlington.
Arlington Fire Department answered a false alarm Sunday afternoon after bystanders reported a blaze on U.S. 7 near Miller's suge arhouse. Community notices include alumni meetings, veterans events, family travels, and garden club talks on vegetables and planting.
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