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Newspaper

Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Mar 27, 1962

Page

5

Sculptor Moselsio to Lead Manchester Outdoor Garden Exhibit

Simon Moselsio of Old Bennington directs the Sculpture in the Garden Exhibition at the Southern Vermont Art Center in Manchester. The June 23 to October 14 show features New England and New York sculptors, displaying works amid center gardens to inspire home garden sculpture use. Moselsio, longtime Bennington College art division member, also pursues painting with a New York solo show March 31 to April 21.

Manchester Southern Vermont Art Center Theodor Haig New England New York State Art Center Simon Moselsio Old Bennington Art Center Sculpture Committee Moselsio Art Division Bennington College New York Juster Irving Fineman

Civil War Letters on Microfilm Reveal Vermont Soldiers

Public record division in Montpelier completed two microfilms of Civil War letters. Microfilm 18 contains letters by George and Samuel Fitch from 1861 to 1864 with Windsor enlistment on Sept 26, 1861 in Co. C Sixth Vermont Infantry. George Fitch was wounded June 3, 1864. Microfilm 19 records Edwin R. Brush, assistant surgeon in the Second Vermont Infantry. Letters provided by Mrs. A. S. Skinner of Windsor.

Vermont Public Record Division Department of Administration Montpelier Richard G. Wood George Samuel N. Fitch Windsor Co. C Vermont Infantry A. S. Skinner Edwin R. Brush Second Vermont Infantry

Hoosick Falls Pack 64 Plans Events and Awards

Cub Scout Pack 64 meeting themed Islands of the World honors Wolf badges for Dennis McGuire and John Harrington and notes service stars for all. Den mothers urge more volunteers as plans arise for a car wash fundraiser and June overnight camp at the Loudhico Fair Grounds. Additionally, confessions in Polish and Lithuanian are scheduled for April with clergy from Cohoes.

Immaculate Conception Church Den Doris McGuire Shirley Scarey Tillie Dwyer Hawaiian Islands Webls Stanley Arasim Dennis McGuire John Harrington Joseph Cullen Cullen Troop 64 Pack 64 Lcughticoke Fair John J. Lamond O.S.A Church of the Immaculate Conception Sigmund F. Olszewski St. Michael’s Church Cohoes Bernard J. Gustas St. Agnes Church

Cambridge Area Residents Share Winter Travels and Local News

Cambridge area residents report winter travels including New York City Southern Pines N C and Acapulco Mexico. Community events include a March 31 American Legion turkey dinner with March 29 ticket deadline and Open house for a 25th wedding anniversary at North Cambridge.

Robert Orr Hoyt House East Main Kenneth Randles Richard Latham George Roby Frederick Zimmerman Metuchen N.J Anthony Russo Center Cambridge Acapulco Mexico Tuscan Ariz Jack Ronnie Chris John Russo Maxson American Legion David C. English Ben English Cobble Road Cambridge Central School Agricultural and Technical Institute Cobleskill George Chapeaux Holyoke Mass Roscoe McEachron Martin Kenoesian Albany Arnold McGroaty Argyle Leroy Kane Herbert MacCauley Bennington Earle Sutherland Douglas Scotia Graham Sutherland Arlington Road William N. Burnett Walter Dunbar Lee Thomas North Cambridge

Five Day Forecast For New England And Maine

The U S Weather Bureau projects five day temperatures from Tuesday to Saturday will run 3 to 8 degrees above normal in northern New England Massachusetts and Rhode Island with Maine seeing more than 8 degrees above normal in the north and east. Day to day changes remain minimal.

Boston U.S. Weather Bureau New England Massachusetts Rhode Island Maine

New Library Books Listed In Arlington

Arlington announces new acquisitions for the Martha Canfield Library across genres. Fiction includes Private Demons Harris Devil Water Seton I Met a Lady Spring Mary Emma and Co Moody Throw Wide the Door Spring Too Long in the West Rajan and The Next Fine Day Yates Non Fiction features The Classical Handbook Edited by Avery America s Historyland National Geographic Society The Cardinal Spellman Story Gannon Poetry In the Clearing Frost Here Comes Christie Brock The Horse That Took the Milk Around Sterling Cammie s Choice McIlvaine The First Time I Saw Paris Pilgrim The Slaver s Apprentice Knight Ethan Allen Green Mt Hero Ripley The Girl from Jonnycake Hill Voight The Last Little Cat DeJong The New Nutcracker Suite and Other Verses Nash Once Upon a Time Milne Mystery Chinese Lake Murders Van Gulik Haunted Monastery Van Gulik A Twig is Bent Thompson.

Arlington Martha Canfield Library Harris Seton Spring Mary Emma and Co Moody Rajan Yates Classical Handbook Avery America’s Historyland National Geographic Society Cardinal Spellman Gannon Frost Christie Brock Sterling Anderson Cammie McIlvaine Paris Pilgrim Knight Ethan Allen Ripley Johnnycake Hill Voight DeJong Nash Milne

Women Called To Aid Shortage Of Space Experts

New York AP report notes NASA recruiter William Howe says women may solve the engineering gap for aerospace and missile work. He cites efforts to interest high school and college girls in engineering amid a large interview drive during the 1962 Institute of Radio Engineers convention.

New York William Howe National Aeronautics and Space Administration Howe Aerospace and Electronics Industries Institute of Radio Engineers

North Bennington NEHS delegates plan sale to fund New England trip

Ten North Bennington High School music delegates chosen for the All New England chorus will attend the New England Music Festival in Kingston Massachusetts April 5 to 7. A fundraising food sale is planned March 31 from 10 am to 2 pm in the school gym to cover travel and lodging costs.

North Bennington North Bennington High School All New England Chorus Kingston Mass Mary Ann Larson New England Vermont NEHS

North Bennington Pack Honors Cubs at Monthly Meeting

Pack 28 awards given for advancement with Wolf and Lion badges and arrows. Denner’s bars earned for den meeting help. Den 2 3 5 skits featured island and presidential themes. Fire siren ends event as trucks depart. Community notices include First Aid class March 26 at the firehouse and a Shaftsbury Association spring meeting April 4.

Edgar Matteson David Buxbaum Douglas Holley Alan McWaters James Wickenden Spencer Sweet Edward Turner Gary Matteson Billy Flood Denner Den John VanOrman

Fire Chief Warns of Grass Fire Danger

Arlington report says a grass fire started by boys with matches burned lightly on Emmet Smith property. Fire Chief C. Lee Marsh warns that drier spring days and wind could cause serious, needless damage if cautions are not followed.

Arlington C. Lee Marsh Emmet Smith Marsh

Weekend visits and new arrivals noted across towns

Dorset Miriam Tifft and others are listed with relatives visiting in New Haven Connecticut, Schooley Mountain New Jersey, and Northampton Massachusetts. A birth is announced for Clyde Baker and wife in Putnam Memorial Hospital, a daughter born March 25 weighs nine pounds. Teresa Blanch Eaton was born March 24 at Springfield Hospital. Other mentions include readers visiting family in Newington Whethersfield Stoughton and Shelton.

William Horridge Peter Schooleys Mountain N.J Russell Parks Roger Rumney Weldon Rye U.S.S. Camp Boston Austin Rumney Richard Foley William Wilson Mount Hermon School Foley Roy Tifft Shelton Mass Bessie Tifft Clyde Baker Putnam Memorial Hospital Harold Jones Newington Conn Walter Jones Ethel Matson Northampton Ernest Holt Irving Eaton Whethersfield Teresa Blanch Springfield Hospital Eaton Nancy Coolidge Dunning Harwood Stoughton Olive Dern

Williams Alumni Loan Exhibition at Lawrence Art Museum

The Williams Alumni Loan Exhibition runs May 5 to June 17 at the Lawrence Art Museum Williams College marking the first show of alumni owned art. 130 works including 86 paintings 16 drawings and 28 sculptures from 56 collectors across classes 1913 to 1957. Masterpieces span Gothic Renaissance 18th and 19th century and 20th century works with noted pieces by Picasso Matisse Leger Miro Kandinsky Klee Feininger Hopper Pollock de Kooning and Rodin among others.

Williamstown Williams Williams College Lawrence Art Museum John E. Sawyer James P. Baxter Karl E. Weston Department of Art Baxter Munich Los Angeles New York Boston Cleveland Washington, D.C Gordon N. Washburn Pittsburgh Edgar P. Richardson Detroit Charles P. Parkhurst Jr Oberlin Gordon M. Smith Buffalo James Thrall Soby New Canaan

Vermont Delegates Attend Rutland Assembly

Mr Percy Farrington and Mr and Mrs Leonard Farrington of Bennington visited the Rice home in Searsburg. Preston Bruce of Readsboro attended the Vermont Association Assembly in Rutland, serving as a delegate for Windham County Southwest Teachers Association.

Searsburg Percy Farrington Leonard Farrington Bennington Merton Rice Preston Bruce Readsboro Vermont Association Rutland Bruce Windham County

Bennington Teachers Demonstrate Instructional Techniques

Vermont teachers will gather for two all day conferences on March 31 at Riverside Park School Springfield and April 7 at South Burlington High School. Dr. Max Barrows will summarize each conference with keynote speakers Harv ey Scribner and Ralph Grover leading sessions on grouping individual instruction and team teaching. Demonstrations will feature teaching machines programmed learning and audio visual aids with a slate of educators presenting at Springfield and South Burlington.

Montpelier Vermont Education Association Riverside Park School Springfield South Burlington High School VEA Lucille White Burlington Max Barrows Harvey B. Scribner Teaneck N.J Ralph N. Grover Plattsburg College of Education South Burlington Phillip Viereck Bennington Muriel Link Josephine Conway Bellows Falls Land Paul Davis

New Hampshire Mother of the Year 1962 Named

Mrs. Fletcher E. Dole of Peterborough, a 70 year old farmer’s wife, was named New Hampshire Mother of the Year 1962 by judges at the State Farm Bureau Federation office in Concord. She raised four daughters who funded through college, three earning medical degrees and one with a bachelor’s degree. she deflects credit to her children.

Concord N.H Peterborough New Hampshire Fletcher E. Dole New Hampshire Farm Bureau Federation

Wilmington Dover selectman named to fill late term

John Mumford Jr was appointed to serve the unexpired term of the late Fred Thomas as selectman in Wilmington Dover. Karma Putnam was named to replace the late Leon Wheeler as sister. Lions plan a supper and meeting at Old Red Mill Restaurant with prize announcements. Red Cross Drive lists local chairmen and solicitors. An earlier Banner error misstated Mrs Richard Boyd leaving. Myra Borden received a farewell teapot at the Baptist Evening Guild meeting.

John Mumford Jr Fred Thomas Karma Putnam Leon Wheeler Lions Red Mill Red Cross Drive John Mumford Red Cross Charles Severy Russel Fitch Raymond Lavoy H. Mills Charles Staib P. Wimmelmann Jr Ray Corkins Lauren Clough Stella Bickford Wayne Timmerman Robert Greene David French Alwin Braun Charlotte Lansing Roland Borkman Robert la Mordier Catherine Mills Chanley May Lincoln Haynes Lavilla Bromley Ralph Woods Jr The Baptist Evening Guild Richard Boyd Myra Borden

Africa Talk At Middlebury Ties Personal Ties to Africa

Three Middlebury College students from Nigeria Senegal and Uganda found personal meaning in the 1962 conference theme The Emerging Nations Their Future. Their fathers work with UNICEF Ford Foundation and the U N in Uganda Nigeria and Senegal.

Middlebury Middlebury College Nigeria Senegal Uganda Perry O. Hanson III Peter J. Kingsley Barry R. McClelland Africa U.S. Department of State United Nations Hanson Perry O. Hanson Jr Unicef Ripton Kampala Congo Kingsley John D. Kingsley Ford Foundation Lagos Barry McClelland Dakar

Williams students win NSF graduate fellowships in science

Williams College announces four seniors and two graduates receiving National Science Foundation graduate fellowships in physics and chemistry. Recipients are Jere Behrman Richmond Indiana Deane Merrill Jr South Orange New Jersey Alexander Fetter Philadelphia Scott Mohr Warren Pennsylvania. Honorable mention goes to Donald Pelletier North Adams Albert Milton Washington Conn Jeffrey Rosendal Holliswood New York and William Sommerfeld New York City. Pelletier studies mathematics while the others pursue physics.

Williamstown Williams College National Science Foundation Williams NSF Jere R. Behrman Richmond Ind Deane W. Merrill Jr South Orange N.J Alexander L. Fetter Philadelphia Scott C. Mohr Warren, Pa Donald H. Pelletier North Adams Albert F. Milton Washington, Conn Jeffrey D. Rosendal Holliswood N.Y William F. Sommerfeld New York City Pelletier

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Hoosick Falls Edith Beaumont St. Mary’s Academy Hoosick Falls Central School Jimmy Bobby McGuire Fred McGuire Richmond Avenue Cambridge Margaret Aiken William Laubach Hoosick Falls Health Center George E. Brewer East Main Street Charles Thomson Coila Southern Pines N.C Kenneth Luke Greenwich William Morrison Cossaguna Thomas Gladys Geelan Peter Geelan Howard Warner Jackson Road Robert B. Jr Womack Army Hospital Fort Bragg Robert B. Headwell Donald Small Hudson Falls Lodge F & AM Masters and Wardens Council Washington District Masaic Temple Fort Ann Kenneth A. Gottrey Cambridge Valley Lodge Burton Gillis Albany Medical Center Walter Collamer Myron Collamer Ashgrove Road Malcolm Lyons Board of South Cambridge Methodist Church Chinese Lake van Gulik Thompson Nehs Music Festival Elizabeth Dwyer Den 3 Den 2 Den 5 White House Coolidge North Southside Circle Meeting Edward Worthington Southside Baptist Church St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Shaftsbury Association Poultney Treasury Worthington Maynard Hedding Dr. Armstrong Gladys Barney J. C. Armstrong Dorset Miriam Tifft George McWayne Ada Nichols Howard Johnson New Haven Herbert H. Lehman Charles Bolles Roges Lawrence K. Miller Pittsfield John Singleton Copley Worcester Art Museum John P. Sedgwick William Jennys Benjamin Simonds Arthur B. Perry Milton Barbara Hepworth Frederick Rauh College Mountain Towns Carlo Walter Tel Zilpha Billings Helena Jackman Essex Junction Faith Sholes Emma S. Sargent Northfield William J Lewis UVM John Ragle Arthur Babick Goddard College Geoffrey Graham Edward W. Stefaniak Johnson Teachers’ College Esther J. Urie Alan Weiss Karlene Russell State Department of Education Doris A. Spencer N.H. Farmer Wilmington Dover Carlo Walter Tel Clelland United States France America
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