Sleep of Prisoners staged by Dorset Players next weekend
Dorset Playhouse presents Christopher Fry's one act drama A Sleep of Prisoners. Cast includes Carl Parsons Sydney Meachem William Gilbert Peter Blodgett with Blodgett also serving as set designer. Curtain 8:40 p.m. March 30 31 and April 1 with a pre show student seminar Friday at 8 10 p.m. Tickets from posters and at the playhouse.
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Dorset
Christopher Fry
Dorset Playhouse
Dorset Players
Carl Parsons
Sydney Meachem
William Gilbert
Menber
Peter Blodgett
Marlboro College
Shaftsbury Dog Licenses Due by April 1 in town reminders
Shaftsbury Town Clerk Mrs Pauline Knapp reminds dog owners to license pets by April 1 with a 50 percent penalty after deadline. She will hold an after-hours session Friday March 30 from 6 pm for workers. Also notes recent visits, vacations, births, and a grass fire responded to by Shaftsbury Fire Department at the Iron Kettle Motel.
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Shaftsbury
Pauline Knapp
Edward Chabanovich
Iron Kettle Motel
Chet Denio
Kokoras Feted Before Starting Army Training
Nicholas Charles Kokoras 23 son of Mr and Mrs Charles Kokoras of North Pownal will be inducted into the U S Army on April 2 for two years He reports to Fort Dix N J for an eight week basic training course Kokoras attended North Pownal Graded School and Hoosick Falls High School class of 1958 where he played baseball and basketball He worked in maintenance at Pownal Tanning Co and is active in the North Pownal Fire Department More than 50 guests attended a farewell stag party at the firehouse Saturday night
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Pownal Tanning Co
North Pownal
Wilmington and Dover visitors travel to Canada for home search
Mrs William Preston and W E Timmerman journeyed 700 miles round trip to St Sauveur in the Laurentian Mountains Canada to seek a new home as the Prestons plan a near future return to Canada. Boston Flower Show at Wonderland Amusement Park Vere Mass draws Wilmington flower lovers with Wednesday visitors Mr and Mrs Leon Berry and Mr and Mrs Larry Willard. Thursday guests include Mrs James Grant with Mrs Robert Chase Mrs Helen Worden Mrs Margaret Hall Dr Hazel Hauchey and Mrs Claire Woods from Wilmington.
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William Preston
W. E. Timmerman
Wilmington Inn
St. Sauveur
Laurentian Mountains
Canada
Prestons
Boston
Wonderland Amusement Park
Revere
Mass
Mountain Towns Birding on the Mountain
The writer notes a spring hint after a long winter with six feet of snow in places. Birds arrive at the feeder including four red wings a redpoll two starlings and a brown capped chickadee the first seen on the mountain. Seed usage is down from last year.
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Bennington
Birdland
Arlington Lions Pool Contract Awarded to Dailey
William E Dailey Inc of Shaftsbury wins the contract to dig a 165 by 185 foot natural pool north of Arlington off U S 7. The project, sponsored by the Arlington Lions Club, costs about 2100 dollars with work starting immediately.
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Arlington
William E. Dailey Inc
Shaftsbury
U.S. 7
Arlington Lions Club
Richard Pelsue
Lawrence H. Pratt
James L. Woodard
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Canfield
Lions Club
Dailey
County Democrats Adopt Bylaws and Plan May Dinner
At a county courthouse meeting the Bennington County Democratic Committee adopted by laws based on Rutland rules, ended proxy votes, planned copying the bylaws for officials, elected David Adler secretary, and authorized a May 29 dinner at Mt Anthony Country Club with a national figure as potential guest speaker. all candidates were invited.
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Bennington County Democratic Committee
Rutland
David Adler
Steven Vince
Spencer Haynes
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Soil Expert to Speak at North Shaftsbury Club Meeting
Lawrence Pratt, U S Soil Conservation Service county adviser, will discuss soil conservation principles and benefits at the North Shaftsbury Community Club. He will show slides of work in Bennington County and outline steps landowners can take with available office assistance. The event runs Wednesday at 8 p m at the former little white church by the old Shaftsbury depot.
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Lawrence Pratt
Bennington County
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
North Shaftsbury
Little White Church
Shaftsbury Depot
Scouts deliver Easter Seals in Pownal neighborhoods
Troop 47 and Pownal Pioneers 4-H members toured North Pownal and Pownal Center on Saturday morning delivering Easter Seals and explanatory letters on behalf of the Vermont Association for the.
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Scouts
Troop 47
Pownal
Community Notes From Sandgate and Nearby Areas
Funeral attendance in Manchester for Mrs. Orrin Wilcox with Charles D. Bentley Jr. and Sr. present. Local syrup producers report decent runs though sap is less sweet this year. Deer and buck noted chased by dogs near Bentley Farm and Green River. Rehabilitation group linked to National Society for Crippled Children and Adults seeks contributions via Mrs. Cleveland E. Dodge and Mrs. Charles W. Rounds. South Pownal 4H Club to visit next Saturday. Hospital stays noted for Mrs. Emile Bisson and Dennis Bisson. Card party series at Oak Hill School raises 150 for school activities and graduation event funds.
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Charles D. Bentley Jr
Orrin Wilcox
Manchester
Charles D. Sr
Fred Lemberg
Floyd Bentley
C. D. Bentley Jr
Lincoln Brothers
West Sandgate
John McCarthy
West Amityville
L.I
Sandgate Road
Arlington High
James F. Rees
Norwalk
National Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Rutland
Pownal
Cleveland E. Dodge
Charles W. Rounds
South Pownal
Mountainside
South
Rensselaer County Music Festival Plays to Capacity Crowd
Hoosick Falls hosts the ninth annual festival at Hoosick Falls Central School drawing a full audience. Conductors were H Luther Everly Jane Peerless and Allan Gillespie. The program featured elementary and junior high pieces followed by senior high band numbers and choral selections.
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County Music Festival
Hoosick Falls
Rensselaer County
H. Luther Everly
Jane Peerless
East Greenbush
Allan Gillespie
University of Connecticut
James H. Beaverson
M. Knighton
Eloise Canzeri
Renssalaer County Music Teachers Association
Holy City
Keefer
Regional contest yields three state finalists in Vermont
Arlington students bowed out of the one act play contest as Springfield Vermont hosted regional stage events. Middlebury Union High School Woodstock Union High School and Rutland High School advanced with plays The Lark The Crucible act two and The Player Queen. Judges were Mrs. C Tazewil Karl Tischer and Saul Elkins.
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Arlington
Springfield
Middlebury Union High School
Jean Anouilh
Woodstock Union High School
Arthur Miller
Rutland High School
William B. Yates
Charles Tazewil
Karl Tischer
Saul Elkins
Garden Club Hears About Greenhouses
Arlington Garden Club members met at Mrs Prosper Deschenes home for spring first meeting. Mrs Donald Trachte led a brief business session and Mrs Charles Canfield introduced guest speaker Mrs Burnham Bowden horticulture chair of zone three Garden Club of America. Bowden spoke on greenhouse practices and referenced American Greenhouse and Commercial Growing by Ernest Laurie.
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Arlington
Arlington Garden Club
Prosper Deschenes
Donald Trachte
Charles Canfield
Burnham Bowden
Zone Three
Garden Club of America
Ernest Laurie
Clement Belcher
Frank Churchill
Bennington Banner Publication Details
The Bennington Banner operates daily except Sundays and holidays from 425 Main St Bennington Vermont. It is a member of the Associated Press with exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches. Home delivery 7 cents per day. Subscriptions by mail vary by region with 3 months costing $4.25 and 6 months $15.00 and a year rate listed.
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Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
Vermont
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
Rensselaer
Washington Counties
N.Y
Massachusetts
Arlington Community Calendar March 26 27 and 2
Ladies sew at Mrs. Max Grout home. Public meeting on union school district at Molly Stark School at 8 p.m. Pack Night at Fisher School 7 p.m. Firemen meet 8 p.m. Arlington Chorus 7:30 p.m. Finney's Studio. First Aid class 7:30 firehouse. Kindergarten parents meet 8 p.m. Community House.
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Ladies of the Federated Church
Max Grout
Union
Molly Stark
Fisher School
Arlington Chorus
Finney
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Dog Licenses
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Parsonage
Victor Watson
Colon
Panama
Albert Raphael
New York City
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Troy
N. Y
Ian MacDonald
Buxton Preparatory School
Wil
Liamstown
Francis Mattison
Bobby
Lestyn
Weatherfield
Montpelier
Vermont Transit Lines
Washington Ave
Kokoras
Nicholas C. Kokoras
Wilmington
Dover
Carlo Walter Tel
Mountain Towns
Searsburg
Arlington Lions
N. Shaftsbury
Pownals
Vera Langlais
Tel
Sandgate
Caroline M. Haas
Emile Bisson
Hillcrest Hospital
Pittsfield
Everett Smith
Anne Pudvar
Gloucester
Dennis Bisson
Diddwov
Ion Tid
Kenneth
Valance
Union Street
Ann Marsh
Arlington Science Fair
Memorial School
Bennington High School
Bruce Mears
Ann Scott-Smith
John Secor
Helen Aaron
Carol Heald
Anne Pelham
Mary Margaret Henning
Barbara Aaron
Tom Poulin
Robins
Orange Baker
Bill Burton
Baltimore Sun
Martha Canfield
John Brush
Arthur Liebers
Legion
Legion Rooms
America Legion and Auxiliary
Frank Brownell
Alaska
Garden Club
the Bennington Banner
Dunham’s
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