VFW Derby Attracts 100 Youths On Munsons Brook
More than 100 youngsters fished the VFW annual derby on Munson's Brook under sunny skies. Prizes went to Mike Bentley for biggest catch and heaviest fish, Douglas Gemmell second, Emil Zoufaly third. Other winners included Suzanne Kelleher and Debbie Kent among girls. Prizes donated by local businesses. VFW Post 6471 handed out quarters to all participants.
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Manchester
VFW
Munson
Mike Reynolds
George Payne
Suzanne Kelleher
Debbie
Donna Kent
Bambi Fisher
C. F. Orvis Company
Leo’s City Service Garage
Walker’s Hardware
Combination Cash Store
Garrow’s
Purdy’s. Harned-Fowler
Vermont Medical Society To Celebrate Sesquicentennial In Manchester
The Vermont State Medical Society will observe its 150th anniversary in Manchester at the Equinox House May 23 to 26. Four days of scientific sessions, business meetings, exhibits, social events, and banquets feature speakers from the U.S. medical community and government agencies. Getty Page is convention manager.
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Manchester
Vermont State Medical Society
John Hogle
M.D. Brattleboro
Vermont Nursing Homes Association
Ralph R. Jardine
M.D. Lydenville
House of Delegates
Sinclair T. Allen Jr
M.D
Duane E. Graveline
USAF
Brooks Air Force Base
Texas
Cape Canaveral
Lester J. Wallman
Burlington
Vermont
Getty Page
Rutland
Retired RR Executive to Address Manchester Graduates
Retired Baltimore and Ohio Railroad vice president G Murray Campbell will speak at Manchester Burr and Burton Seminary commencement on June 9 at 3 p.m. Valedictorian Eric Rosencrantz and salutatorian Barbara Bryant also deliver remarks. The baccalaureate is June 2 at 3 p.m. and alumni events run through June 8.
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Manchester
G. Murray Campbell
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Burr and Burton Seminary
Eric Rosencrantz
Dorset
Barbara Bryant
Jennie Fowler Celebrates 88th Birthday in Pownal
Mrs Jennie May Hicks Fowler longtime Pownals resident marked her 88th birthday on Mother's Day born May 22 1875 eldest of six children to Erous and May Ellen Hicks taught at Rock Seminary later ran a Carpenter Hill farm after marrying Loren I Fowler They have three children 14 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren A family dinner honored her with gifts and a decorated cake She attends the Second Congregational Church in Bennington
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Springfield
Mass
Fowler
Second Congregational Church
Bennington
Community News Briefs From Manchester VT
Local and regional notices list eighth graders Cynthia Fleming Pamela Fisk Diane Dufresne and Barbara Farnum at an industrial arts fair in North Benninast with teacher Mrs J Burton Powers. Other items cover town clerk arrangements and a Fitchburg dinner for Ralph Weston retiring as president of the State Teachers College. Also noted are visits by Ethel Battenberg Lynbrook Barbara Powers and other residents with church and scouts events and a Troop 33 camporee at Camp Sunrise.
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North Benninast
Cynthia Fleming
Pamela Fisk
Diane Dufresne
Barbara Farnum
J. Burton Powers
B.M. Toomey
Fitchburg
Mass
Dorset News Briefs and Local Moves Reference
Dorset marks the advent of dial telephone service as Mrs. Francis Scott plans to leave June 1 for Rutland training and return to clerical work in Burlington. Several East Dorset residents share visits and land sales. the Morrill Homestead opens May 30 as a public landmark with daily hours.
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Dial
New England Telephone
Dorset
Francis Scott
Rutland
Burlington
John Fay
Michael
Bruce
UVM
Andover Academy
Andover
Mass
G. M. Anders
Clifton
N.J
Cornelius O’donovan
East Dorset
J. Wilbur Secour
U.S
Jane Leary
Nicholas Penna
New Rochelle
Malcolm Cooper
Greensboro
N.C
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Morrill
Hoosick Falls Musicians Earn High State Contest Ratings
Hoosick Falls Central School Music Department with 150 students competed in the New York State Music Association Spring contest in Saratoga Springs. Junior Band earned an A rating with 110/120 points. Senior Band won a B rating with 96/120. Senior Chorus earned a B rating in grade four. Selections included works by Handel, Mendelssohn, Enders and others. 21 soloists also received A or B ratings.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosick Falls Central School
New York State Music Association
Saratoga Springs
H. Luther Everly
Bennett
Handel
Dedrich
Everly
Metcalfe
Chorale
Haner
Clifton Williams
Eloise Canzeri
Receiv
Israel
Elijah
Mendelssohn
Glenda Harrington
Robert Malo
Harvey Enders
Thomas Chapman
Local Socials and Parish News From Buskirk Area
Buskirk residents host visitors including Donna Prat at UMass Amherst and Mr. and Mrs. George Bleser from Schenectady. Reformed Church choir to rehearse at Dyer home Thursday at 7 pm. Community guests include the McClellans and Sadie Case from West Hills. Auxiliary card party winners listed. Memorial Day parade plans and a rural food sale next Saturday. Guests returning from travels include Jr. and Mrs. George Lobdel. Other weekend visitors include Marion Dean and Miss Rose Marie Niles with Marjorie Fitzsimmons.
North Bennington Youths Plan Evening Film Trip
Meth-Con Youth Fellowship juniors and seniors from North Bennington meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Congregational Church to travel to Bennington for the film Question 7 at Harte Theater. Shaftsbury participants gather at the Shaftsbury Methodist Church at 6 p.m. The column also notes U.S. citizenship naturalizations in Brattleboro and social visits in Florida, plus local residents welcomed as new citizens.
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Congregational Church
Meth-Con Youth Fellowship
North Bennington
Hesd
Bennington
Harte Theater
Shaftsbury
Shaftsbury Methodist Church
David Blutos
Nicky
Terry
Florida
U.S
United States
U.S. District Court
Brattleboro
Alain Michere
Ernest C. Gibson
Piano recital planned at Bennington College Carriage Barn
Bennington College senior Constance Holden granddaughter of Mrs Arthur J Holden of Old Bennington will present a piano recital Wednesday at 8 15 p m in the Carriage Barn. She is daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard S Holden of 87 Round Hill Northampton Mass and studied at Emma Willard School in Troy NY Her mother is an alumna and her grandmother helped found the college The program includes Bach Prokofiev Debussy and Bach with titles Toccata in F sharp minor Estampes Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue.
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Miss Holden
Richard S. Holden
Round Hill
Northampton
Mass
Bennington
Emma Willard School
Troy
N.Y
College
Holden Sr
A.ea
Johann Sebastian Bach
Serge Prokofiev
Claude Debussy
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Sunnyvale
U.S. 7
David S. Hosley
Manchester Center
Christopher Swezey
Otis
Jason Balch
John Balch
Jason
Vermont Medical Society
The
American Medical Society
George W. Fister
Ogden
Utah
Awad
Medical Economics
Canadian Medical Association
Council of the New England
Medical Societies
American Medical Association
New Hampshire - Vermont
Clyde H. Bryant Jr
Athletic Association
Glee Club
Seminary Gymnasium
Godfrey H. Parker
First Baptist Church
Donald Kelly
St. Paul’s Church
E. H. Henry
Paran Heads
Paran Recreations Inc
Theer
Equinox House
Henry
Robert Edward West
West
Lynn Alden
Weston
Lorraine Harrington
Mary Bushee
Jennie Fowler
Nancy Otis
Ethel Battenberg
Lynbrook, L.I
Orrin Boynton
Barbara Powers
Portland
Greater Portland
Marjorie Witt
Samuel Greenberg
Clara May Hemenway
Witt
Oakley K. Porter
Carroll Nelson
Montpelier
Michael Datillio
South Burlington
William Johnson
Manchester Depot
St. Johnsbury
James B. Campbell
William C. Nawrath
Robert L. Clayton
Donald McCubbin
Theodore Weinz
Arlington
Zion Parish
Clayton
Diocese of
Barbara Nawrath
Troop 33
BSA
Marden Skinner
Tel
Homestead
Tor
New York City
Williamsburg
William Hartmann
Malcolm
Tom
Dorset Players
Playhouse
State Music Association
Buskirk
Helen Hall
Mrs. G. Webster Prat
Donna
University of Massachusetts
Amherst
Brainard W. Hall
George EE. Bleser
Schenectady
Reformed Church
Dyer
Harry McClellans
Sadie Case
Edna Lewis
West Hills
William McCauley
Lewis McClellan
Shushan
Kenneth McClellans
Women’s High
Judy Young
Low
Julie Donahue
George Morgan
Wells Eddy
Larry Barton
Women’s Auxiliary
Hoosick
Buskirk General Store
Eleanor Niles
Rose Marie Niles
State University of New York At
Plattsburg
Marjorie Fitzsimmons
New York
Elizabeth Dwyer
Charles Vail
Water Street
Daytona Beach
Fla
Key West
Michael Powers
Tarpon Springs
Leon Snow
Hobe Sound
Duane Peacock
Glen Falls
Clarissa Peacock
A&p
Bennington College
Pea
Constance Holden
Arthur J. Holden
Old Bennington
Sealy
Haynes & Kane Inc
Main St
Volkswagen
Volkswagen OF America, Inc
Liggett- Bosworth
Motor Sales Inc
Hunt Street
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