Manchester Memorial Day Observances Announced
Manchester plans a Memorial Day program starting 7 p.m. at Manchester Elementary School. The parade proceeds along School Street Bonnet Street and Main Street to Factory Point Cemetery. Participants include Manchester School Band, American Legion and VFW posts, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, and visiting officials. A post parade ceremony features Rev. Robert L. Clayton prayer and Rev. James B. Murray music and acting. Earlier service at Dellwood Cemetery at 6 p.m. includes prayer and address by the clergy. Charles A. Hosley to lead Dellwood events as Harned Fowler Post Commander.
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Manchester
School Street
Bonnet Street
Main Street
Factory Point Cemetery
Center Hill
American Legion
Harned-Fowler
VFW
McBride-Harwood American Legion
Dorset
Manchester Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Legion
Robert L. Clayton
Zion Episcopal Church
James B. Murray
St. Paul’s Church
Mes
Memorial Avenue
Dell
Williams College Receives Ford Foundation Grant
Williams College in Williamstown Mass has been awarded a $30000 Ford Foundation grant to support individual humanities faculty. The program aims to assist scholars and enhance teaching and research across the humanities at major colleges.
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Williams College
Williamstown
Mass
Ford Foundation
Williams
Ford
Students to Attend Northeastern States Youth Citizenship Conference
Arlington Memorial High School juniors Barbara Anne Macksey and Gordon W. Howard with faculty member Kenneth St. Germain will join 300 students and teachers June 5 to 7 at Tufts University Medford Massachusetts for a three day discussion of international relations The Lincoln Filene Center sponsors the event at Tufts
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Barbara Anne Macksey
Gordon W. Howard
Arlington Memorial High School
Kenneth St. Germain
Tufts University
Medford
Mass
Lincoln Filene Center For Citizenship and Public Affairs
Tufts
Friendly Town Fresh Air program invites NYC youth
Local organizers extend a seventh invitation under the Friendly Town Fresh Air program. Mr and Mrs Paul Foster of North Pownal host a 12 year old girl this summer. The guest arrives July 23 and returns August 6 and 20. Inquiries through local chairman Marcel A Langlais. Troop 347 BSA will meet Tuesday at 7 in the Scout Hut.
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New York City
Paul Foster
North Pownal
Pownall
Bennington
Marcel A. Langlais
Dorset Parade Plans Memorial Day Service and Parade
Dorset marks Memorial Day with a United Church service and annual parade. Prof Codman Hislop of Union College will speak. The American Legion parade forms at 2 30 p.m. at the church, marches to Maple Hill Cemetery and returns for a retreat with the flag lowering. Veterans invited. bands and 4 H groups join. Transportation provided.
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Dorset
United Church of
East Rupert
Codman Hislop
Union College
Schenectady
N.Y
McBride - Harwood
American Legion
Maple Hill Cemetery
Fresh Air Child Quota Almost Filled Area urged to invite more
The Shaftsbury region nears the Fresh Air Child quota of 100 with about 90 NYC children already invited for two-week Vermont and nearby New York stays. July 1 is the deadline to accept invites, and town chairs are asked to phone for reservations. Additional hosts across several towns list numerous families from Shaftsbury Bennington Cambridge Pownal Arlington and Manchester Depot among others.
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Shaftsbury
Fred Stacy
New York City
Vermont
New York
eniTaren
Stacy
William Deery Sr
Paul Foster
Pownal
John Lybert
Clement Crowe
Arthur Amick
Cambridge
N.Y
Joseph Curran Jr
James Myslicki
North Bennington
Thomas Sullivan
Theodore Bird
Norman Charette
Arthur Cardinal
Kenneth Skidmore
Niles Callanan
David Berry
Bennington
Francis Lyon
Richard King
Arlington
Robert Porter
Weston
John Myers
Londonderry
Michael Weeks
David Forrest
Manchester Depot
Richard Cuddihy
East Hoosick
James Baldwin
Hoosick
Robert Higgins
Petersburg
Annual Mt Tabor cemetery cleanup by volunteers
Sunday John H West Ray Mer row Philip M Kelleher Albert Kent and Charles A Hosley led an annual cleanup at Mt Tabor Cemetery. They cut brush straighten stones and placed flags on Civil War veterans graves and a new flag on the cemetery pole. The site lies in the National Forest about a mile east of Devil's Den on the Landgrove Danby road. The Banner office will close this week. readers may contact reporter Michael G Miller at The Banner in Bennington 442-2800 or at his home 362-2334.
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John H. West
Ray Merrow
Philip M. Kelleher
Albert Kent
Charles A. Hosley
Mt. Tabor
National Forest
Devil’s den
Landgrove
Danby Road
Banner
Michael G. Miller
Bennington
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William Houghton
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Equinox Nursing Home
Manchester Center
Thomas R. Griffis
Dudley Griffis
U.S. 7
San Francisco
USS
Mount Baker
Pownals
Vera Langiais
BSA
Edith Craig Reynolds
R. Gale
Hoosac School
Raimund Tumberston
Dorset Parade
Legion Post
Boy Scout
Maplewood
Atkins
Jewelers
Main ST
Market Research Corporation
Michael Miller
P.O. Box
Rage
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