Ex-faculty member to write Utah bicentennial show
Arnold Sundgaard of Williamstown Mass a lyricist and author of Promised Valley has been commissioned to write the book for a Brigham Young University centennial stage musical planned for April 1976. Sundgaard a former Bennington College drama chair will stay on campus until May for research then return to Massachusetts to write. He has authored over 25 musicals and operas and has created TV documentaries for CBS NBC and other networks. involvement spans Bennington connection to BYU founder Whitingham and Sundgaard’s memberships include major authors guilds.
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Provo
Utah
Arnold Sundgaard
Williamstown
Mass
Promised Valley
Brigham Young University
Sundgaard
Bennington College
Bennington
Brigham Young
West
Whitingham
Lorin F. Wheelwright
BYU
Wheelwright
Crawford Gates
Alec Wilder
General Assembly
London
United Nations Secretariat
United Nations Information Centre
Powell
Office of Public Information
Romania
Pownal Community Notices Highlight Local Meetings and Events
Pownal Pamela Blakeman 823-5514 reports youth Roller Rally departure at 6 p.m. from Pownal Baptist Church in Pittsfield. Pownal Fire Protective Association meets at 7 p.m. at the firehouse. Solomon Wright Library hours 7 to 9 p.m. Monday to Thursday. East Pownal Fire Auxiliary meets at 7:30 p.m. with grocery certificate drawing. Pownal Lions Club meets 7 p.m. Tuesday at Charles Kokoras’s home. Alan Palmer, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Palmer, is accepted at UVM for fall term majoring in agriculture. Land use permit forms available from Dennis Austin. land use ordinance copies at town office. Pownal Valley Snowgoers held March 18 meeting. final of season. club patches on sale for $2. contact Helen Tifft 823-7991. Landowners asked to call if snowmobiler fences need repair. VAST convention May 25 in Barre, two delegates. Murray Lewis organizing attendance. PRCC meets to plan bake sale April 20 at P and C Supermarket. demos planned. card party series under consideration. contact Kathy Soucie 823-5576.
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Pownal Valley
Pownal
Helen Tifft
Murray Lewis
Paul Tifft
Clarence Mattison
Mort Knights
Barre
P and C
PRCC
Kathy Soucie
Skating champions headline ice capades performances
Ice Capades returns to RPI Field House from April 2 to 7 1974 led by 1973 World Champion Karen Magnussen with a cast of top skaters including Zsu Zsi Almassey Julie Holmes and Roy and Sandi Wagelein The program features varied acts and special numbers with ticket prices from 3.50 to 5.50 youths under 16 half price on select shows scheduled daily times and venues across the run.
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Troy
N.Y
Ice
Karen Magnussen
Ms. Magnussen
Bratislava
Czechoslovakia
Ice Capades
Canada
Zsu Zsi Almassey
Zsu Zsi
Julie Holmes
U.S
USS
Richard
Roy
Sandi Wagelein
Wageleins
Billy Chapel
Atlantis
Freddie Trenkler
Hans and
Pepe
Albert Lucas
Albert
Richard & Michelle
Rpi Field House
Poultney Girl Named 1974 Cherry Blossom Princess
Debra Lynn Jones of Poultney Vermont has been chosen as the 1974 Cherry Blossom Princess for Vermont. Dana F. Hurlburt announced the selection as Jones, an 18 year old special education major at College of St. Joseph the Provider in Rutland, scales duties at the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington DC through March 30.
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Washington, D.C
Debra Lynn Jones
Poultney
Vermont
Dana F. Hurlburt
Vermont State Society
Miss Jones
College of St. Joseph
Rutland
Poultney High School
Rotary Club
Richard Nixon
Congress
Dorset Historical Society spring meeting plans
Dorset The Dorset Historical Society schedules its spring meeting for Thursday March 28 at 8 p.m. in the United Church vestry. The program will review early Indian activity in Vermont with a University of Vermont color film and notes from Tom Daniels and Arthur Gilbert. It will cover Champlain era to the Revolutionary War and may include a geologist talk on ancient mountain formation.
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Dorset
Dorset Historical Society
Vermont
University of Vermont
Champlain
Historical Society
Arthur Gilbert
Society
Green and Taconic Ranges
The
United Church
Seventeen year olds may donate blood in Arlington
Arlington residents approve Vermont’s new rule allowing seventeen-year-olds to donate blood. The first opportunity will be next Wednesday at St. Margaret Mary’s parish hall with no appointments. A snack bar and free off road parking will be available. Arlington Blood Bank staff list includes Abby Carroll Isabel Chambers Evelyn Cole Nellie Hayden Ingrid Hirsch Jean Kendall Matilda Kenny Janet Keough Ella Pike Mary Pratt and Charlotte Towne.
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Arlington
Vermont
Claire O’neil
Arlington Blood Bank
St. Margaret Mary’s Church
The
Blood Bank
Abby Carroll
Isabel Chambers
Evelyn Cole
Nellie Hayden
Ingrid Hirsch
Jean Kendall
Matilda Kenny
Janet Keough
Ella Pike
Mary Pratt
Charlotte Towne
Brenda Reed
Sharon Towery
Anna Vaughn
Katherine Hirsch
Northshire Senior Center Activities and Funding Update
The Northshire Senior Center reports a successful bake sale and well attended pot luck luncheon. Quilting bees progress with a lace of activities including a lip reading course and a trip to Colonie Center in Albany on April 10. Enrollment stands at 105, supported by a $3,828 revenue sharing grant from Manchester to sustain programs and center maintenance.
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Peg Houghton
Ireland
Walter Bennett
Colonie Center
Albany
Dorothy Kraft
Manchester
Northshire
Len Stokes
Hazel Kitts
Danby
Pawlet
Dorset
Sunderland
Arlington
Peru
Rupert
School Street
Manchester Center
UN Spokesman to Lecture at Windham College
UN official William C. Powell will speak on The United Nations A Personal View in Windham College Thursday Evening Lecture Series April 4. Powell, a 28 year UN veteran and White Plains resident, will draw on his global posts and recent work in Romania Israel and Egypt. The free public talk starts at 8 p.m. in the Science Auditorium.
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Windham College
Putney
William C. Powell
Office of Public Information
United Nations
The
U.N
American University
Washington
D.C
University of Pennsylvania
Powell
Navy
United States Naval Forces
Europe
Bucharest
Israel
Egypt
Chile
White Plains
N.Y
Windham
Bill Powell
Charles Fish
Windham English Department
William Faulkner
Saratoga extends deadline on discounts for festival
Saratoga Festival center extends discount brochure order deadline from April 1 to April 7. Three series offer 10 to 20 percent savings on summer events. Gas supply has eased, boosting orders. bus transportation plans are in development. Send orders and checks to Saratoga Festival, Saratoga Springs NY 12866 or call (518) 584 9330 for a brochure.
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Saratoga Springs
N.Y
New York
Manchester Declared Bicentennial Community in Vermont
Manchester has been designated an official Bicentennial Community by the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration ARBA joining three Vermont towns on March 12. The plan includes updating the Manchester History Book covering 1761 to 1975, adding a geology history by Edwin Bigelow, and launching footpaths along the Battenkill with a guided historical tour featuring trained senior citizens and students.
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Manchester
ARBA
Vermont
Edwin Bigelow
Battenkill
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