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Equinox Gala Opens Mark Skinner Library Benefit
Manchester marks the Equinox House opening with a gala dinner to benefit the Mark Skinner Library book fund. Since 1963 the dinners have raised funds for local groups. this year supports the library which has relied on private gifts for 73 years. The article recounts donors Frances Skinner Willing and Sarah Given Larson and recalls the 1897 dedication with notable speakers and a village choir. It notes long-time trustees and honors Sgt Richard H Squiers, Bronze Star recipient in Vietnam.
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Manchester
Richard Skinner
Vermont
Mark Skinner
Manchester Valley
Equinox House
Grand Hotel
Thomas Farley
Equinox Corporation
G. Murray Campbell
Campbell
Frances Skinner Willing
Chicago
Sarah Given Larson
Lake Forest
Given
John L. Given
B. Sherman Fowler
New York City
John C. Whipple
Manchester Center
Dellwood Cemetery
Burr and
Burton Seminary
First Congregational Church
Neghboring
Willing
Swifts
Hemenways
Hards
Fowlers
McDevitts
McBrides
Dorset
Katharine Perkins
Seminary Avenue
Willings
Judge Munson
Atty. Isham
F.H. Orvis
The
Jesse Hard
Walter Hard
D.K. Simonds
Manchester Journal
Murray Campbell
Claude A. Rich
Rich Lumber Company Fame