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Newspaper

Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Mar 28, 1967

Page

5

Symphony Programs Set for Annual Festival

Boston Symphony Orchestra opens an eight week Berkshire Festival at Tanglewood Lenox June 30 with a concert led by Erich Leinsdorf. Weekend shows run Friday 9 pm Saturday 8 pm and Sunday 2 30 pm with Preludes at 7 pm. Notable guest conductors include Mester Janigro Kubelik Ozawa Schuller Steinberg and Steiner. Fidelio Verdi Requiem Wagner Beethoven Mozart pieces are scheduled along with two benefit events for the Pension Fund and Berkshire Music Center. A brochure is available from Festival Ticket Office Boston Symphony Hall.

Boston Mass Boston Symphony Orchestra Tanglewood Lenox Erich Leinsdorf Bach Mozart Vivaldi Leinsdorf Jorge Mester Antonio Janigro Chamber Orchestra Tanglewave Rafael Kubelik Seiji Ozawa Gunther Schuller William Steinberg Arthur Fiedler Boston Pops Orchestra Boston Symphony Pension Fund Berkshire Music Center Festival Symphony Hall

Church Society Honors Couple Wed 50 Years

ARLINGTON Mr and Mrs John Ouhl celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a surprise reception at Bailey Hall hosted by the East Arlington Federated Church Enterprise Society. They married March 19 1917 in Estavan Saskatchewan Canada. The couple has five children and a niece attended. The event featured a cake by Hazel Kelley and gifts including a purse of money.

Arlington John Ouhl Bailey Hall Enterprise Society of East Arlington Mass James D. Wilder Hawaii Hazel Kelley Oahl

Local Residents Host Visits And Church Events In Hoosick Falls

Hoosick Falls residents host relatives from Minnesota Vermont Colorado and New York over Easter weekend. All Saints Guild to host a roast beef supper at the Parish Hall with public attendance at 5 PM. Various groups plan church meetings around early April including Home Bureau Crusaders and neighborhood gatherings.

Edward Kearney Hopkins Minn Watson White Ruth Gokay Burlington, Vt Annette L. McLaughlin Home Bureau Otto Piritz Pine Valley Road Crusaders of the Baptist Church Phebe James Rogers Ave Hoosick Falls George Cloke John W. Winegard John Young Cannon City Colo Freda Weaver Blanca Harold G. Lohnes Roy Warren Stella Spencer Rensselaer Irving Stevens Elinor Verda Philpott Ellsworth Stevens Ralph Philpott Florida William Stearns William Dougherty Brunswick Harold C. Prebble

Clerk Cherbonneau given Superior Accomplishment Award

In North Bennington Donald Cherbonneau of the local post office received a Superior Accomplishment Award and a bonus for leading a project at the Polygraphic Company of America. The new system he devised speeds sorting and stamping mail, handling hundreds of thousands of card shipments through the post office.

North Bennington Donald Cherbonneau Post Office Department Cherbonneau Polygraphic Company of America Polygraphic Company

Church Women Plan Showing Of Foreign Film

Williamstown Massachusetts parish house of the First Congregational Church hosts a showing of Red Desert on April 9 at 8 p.m. The Italian production by Michelangelo Antonioni features Monica Vitti and Carlo Chionetti with English subtitles. Sponsored by the church’s Women’s Fellowship, tickets are one dollar and reservations can be made via the church office or Mrs Peter Welanetz 458 5022.

Williamstown Mass Red Desert First Congregational Church Michelangelo Antonioni Women’s’ Fellowship Antonioni Monica Vitti Carlo Chionetti Italy Peter Welanetz

International House hosts foreign exchange students in Salem

Four students of Salem Central School Mayo Demus David and Daniel Lourie from the Donald C Lourie family of West Pawlet Vermont welcome guests from seven countries across five continents. Their latest visitor Jose Silva of Sao Paulo Brazil has returned home. The Louries correspond with most guests and one Chinese student remains in Beijing. Mrs Laurie a graduate of John Brown University teaches special education and health at Granville High School while her husband is tied to Merck Foundation. Their son Donald Jr a Peace Corps alumnus and daughter Margaret study at their mother's alma mater in Arkansas.

Salem N.Y Salem Central School Mayo Demus David Daniel Lourie Donald C. Lourie West Pawlet Jose Silva Sao Paulo Brazil Lourie Red China Peking Laurie John Brown University of Arkansas William Booth Memorial Hospital New York City Granville High School Merck Foundation Rupert, Vt Donald Jr Peace Corps Margaret Arkansas

Bon Voyage Parties Honor Hoosick Falls Travelers

Miss Marie Bouplon of Dodge Machine Company and Miss Marilyn Keyes of the National Commercial Bank were feted at separate bon voyage parties as they prepare to leave April 5 for Frankfort Germany. Both take leaves of absence. Keyes was honored at Mount Anthony Country Club with a bank staff gift and Bouplon at Sharkey's Hotel where Dodge Industries colleagues presented a gift and purse.

Hoosick Falls N,yy Marie Bouplon Dodge Machine Company Marilyn Keyes National Commercial Bank and Trust Company Frankfort Germany Bouplon Sue Bouplon Miss Keyes Mount Anthony Country Club Frank Buswell National Commercial Bank

Sponsor of Abortion Law Change Draws Support In Maine

Senator Margaret Sproul reports growing backing for a bill to widen Maine abortion access to protect the mother’s health. The measure would require a licensed physician and two other doctors sign certificates of need, tightening current law that allows abortion only to save the mother’s life.

Augusta Maine UPI Margaret Sproul Bristol Senate Sproul

Five New Stars For Hero From Hoosick Falls

Capt. Lewis C. Watt of Hoosick Falls was awarded four gold stars and a silver star on March 13 replacing his ninth through thirteenth Air Medals. He serves with Marine Aircraft Wing at Marble Mountain Air Facility near Da Nang Vietnam as a helicopter pilot. The medals honor heroic aerial achievement as MAG-16 helicopters lift troops evacuate wounded and fly supplies in support of U S and Allied forces in combat operations.

Hoosick Falls N. Y Lewis C. Watt Alice Haswell Pine Valley Road Polly Armstrong Marine Aircraft Wing Marble Mountain Air Facility da Nang Vietnam Watt U.S

Dorset Dorset Dorset Northeastern Vermont Church News

Dorset and East Rupert church activities fill Easter week with baptisms and new members. Geoffrey Gilbert visits grandparents during spring break after a chess tournament in Philadelphia. Robins greet Dorset Elementary as plans form for a May 10 rummage sale and dog licensing rules take effect with rabies shots required. Francis Shepard visits Barrows family to become godfather at Kirsten Wood’s Easter christening.

Robert Sheridan Rochester N.Y Hollow Bertha Brophy East Dorset Edward Eggleston Sherman Hitchcock Geoffrey Gilbert Dartmouth College Wilfred C. Gilbert East Dorset Geoffrey Philadelphia Vernon Allport West Hartford Conn Gary Joanne Leon Edgerton Margaret Abbott Willis Abbott Teresa Reed Harold Snow United Church of Dorset and East Rupert Robert Dana Charlotte Irene Eaton Melinda Sue Eaton Gladys Park Lisa Ann Marietta White John White Jr Clifford Deborah Kirsten Maria Wood Alan Wood West Lafayette Ind William G. Barrows Jr Audrey Mach Sap Women’s Fellowship Austin Rumney Helen E. O’donovan Francis Shepard New York City Mr. Dana David Eaton Wallingford Edward S. Treat Vermont the United Church of Christ

Arlington Legion supper and magazine drive plea

The Arlington Legion hosts a birthday supper at 6 30 for members and wives and auxiliary members and husbands. Arlington Memorial High School library requests numerous magazines spanning 1963 to 1966 including Life Time Newsweek Saturday Review and more. contact Mrs. Martin Hirsch at 375 2809. In England, Village Council candidate John Muckleston received no votes in a campaign slogan Dont Vote For Me.

Legion Legion Rooms Arlington Memorial High School Library Life Saturday Review U.S. News and World Report Time Magazine Time Newsweek Saturday Evening Post Urday Evening Post New York Times Scientific America Atlantic Monthly Atlantic Vermont Life Consumers Report Martin Hirsch Guenther Mahler All Stretton, England UPI John Muckleston Muckleston

Easter Activities and Local Notices in South Cambridge

The community reported the first robin of the season, Easter guests visiting families, and several church events. Crystal Clover 4-H Club meets Saturday at 8 p.m., and several residents travel or host relatives from Russell Sage College and Ridge LI. A Good Friday prayer vigil ran 2 to 6 pm, with local participants, followed by an Easter sunrise service at Eagle Bridge Methodist Church featuring an instrumental quartet.

Gerald Cronk Kimberly George Cronk Crystal Clover Town Hall John Hamilton Cornell Malcolm Hamilton Walter Korb Ridge, L.I Bonnie Pratt Russell Sage College Troy Wilson H. Pratt Harold Donisthorpe Glens Falls Hospital Peter Matcovich New York Matcovich Mary McClellan Hospital Burton Welling Alfred Stannard Oswald Muller Vera Mae Welling Mary Aitken Bonnie Andrea Pratt Eagle

Burr and Burton Easy Lead Over Cambridge Central on TV Quiz

Burr and Burton Seminary defeated Cambridge Central 240 to 130 on WRGB TV in The Little Red Schoolhouse. The BBS team included Ann Kollen der Susan Miller Paul Bullock and John Finlay with Mary Mattison as alternate. they advance to Schenectady April 10 under quizmaster Dave Kroman.

Manchester Burr and Burton Seminary Cambridge Central School WRGB Burr

Pownal LWV Meeting Nominates Local Leaders

A Pownal League of Women Voters unit meeting is set for Thursday at 8 in the Solomon Wright Library to nominate candidates for chairman membership chairman and voter service chairman. The nominating committee includes Mrs. Marcel A Langlais Mrs. Irving Tanzman and Mrs. Donald Rogers. Also on the page Troop 347 BSA meets tonight at 7 in the Scout Hut. Seven youths were received as members of Pownal Methodist Church during Easter worship: Susan Casey Dolores Kimball Alan Palmer Cheryl Andrews Debra Palmer Bernice Beals Patricia Andrews. Pfc John Welch USA serving in Germany is on a 30 day leave with family in North Pownal. Lance Cpl Joseph Sabastino Mrs Sabastino and twin sons Mark and Matthew visited Edward King in North Pownal over Easter weekend.

Pownal League of Women Voters Solomon Wright Marcel A. Langlais Irving Tanzman Donald Rogers BSA Pownal Methodist Church Susan Casey

Navy captain divorces wife over ten year log of drunkenness

London report says navy Captain Godfrey Cooke retired from the sea then kept a log on his wife recording her drinking habits for ten years. A judge granted a divorce on grounds of drunkenness but urged the captain to have helped her rather than merely jotting down her shortcomings.

London UPI Navy Godfrey Cooke

Hoosick Grange hears Dutch guest and Easter bonnets

Bert Zwart an exchange student spoke at Hoosick Grange about the Netherlands and displayed Dutch dolls blue ware and wooden shoes. The program titled Hobbies and Easter Bonnets featured fashion bonanza with original Easter bonnets, hand crafts and baked bread sold for the Service and Hospitality Committee.

Bert Zwart Greenwich Central School American Field Service Hoosick Grange Netherlands Frank Humphrey White Feather Farm Middle Falls Swart Donald Hewitt Sr Waldo Cipperly Sanford Hewitt Harry VonHaggin Sr Malcolm Hall Omer Brenenstuhl Messrs. Hewitt VonHaggin Hall Brenenstuhl Lloyd Pine John Y. Elliott Robert Kipp Wesley Hall

Little Concert at North Bennington School

Mount Anthony Union High School Music Department presents the third Little Concert on Wednesday at 8 pm in the North Bennington School. The program features MAUHS band, instrumental ensembles and soloists conducted by Paul Williams and Warren Robinson. Admission is free for a public audience including local school children.

North Bennington Mount Anthony Union High School Paul Williams Warren Robinson MAUHS

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