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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

May 29, 1964

Page

5

1 000 Expected Manchester OES Prepares For Grand Session

The 92nd annual Grand Chapter session of Vermont Order of the Eastern Star will be in Manchester June 2 to 4 at the Manchester Elementary School. Governor Hoff will give greetings. Mrs. Margaret Marsden and Morris Perry are grand matron and patron. Attendance expected 900 to 1,000 from across Vermont, the U.S., and Canada with guests including George Hastings and past grand patrons.

Manchester Philip H. Hoff Grand Chapter Vermont Order of the Eastern Star Margaret G. Marsden Morris D. Perry Bradford Canada George F. Hastings Colorado National General Howard P. Hill Carlos G. Otis Marsden Eastern Star Adoniram Howard G. Marsden PGP Nancy R. Perry PGM Masonic Temple Zion Church Parish House Marion I. Button South Royalton George K. MacDonald Col Vernon C.D. Pinkeham Norwich University Northfield May Wallace Quebec Miona McWitney Poultney Tennessee A. Horace Winchester Brattleboro Bingham Mildred Durham Burlington Columbia Oakley K. Porter Grand Lodge of Vermont F&am Frank Brownell Townshend Nellie Pierce Margaret G Marsden Wgm Morris D Perry Wgp George MacDonald Agp Marion I Buteton Agm Perry OES Harwood Porter Cochairmen Pauline Todtschinder Muriel Hicks Dorothy Treat Laura Harwood Phyllis Wilcox Evelyn Stearns Pawlet Jennie Griffith Elizabeth Johnson Helen Bigelow G. Stewart Bennett Adelaide Eastman Dorothy Hartwell Stanley Hinkley Harold Waters Ira L. Hartwell Lloyd B. Eastman Paul Todtschinder G. Frederick Lawerence Marjorie Porter Eleanor Hayes

Roger MacBride to Speak at Dorset Memorial Day Service

Roger MacBride of Halifax, Vermont gubernatorial candidate, will address the Dorset Memorial Day service. The event, hosted by the McBride-Harwood Post, is set for Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in the United Church of Dorset and East Rupert. MacBride, born August 1929 in New York, has been active in politics since moving to Vermont in 1960.

Dorset Roger MacBride Halifax McBride - Harwood United Church of East Rupert MacBride New York Vermont Waldorf Astoria Coll Thomas Brockway Bennington College Vladimir Nabokov David Smith Cheryl Crawford Buckminster Fuller Leonard Bermstein Ruggles Marion Mass Carl Ruggles UVM National Institute of Arts and Letters

Judge Fienberg To Speak At Readsboro Memorial Day

Readsboro observes Memorial Day with a 9 30 parade followed by ceremonies on Memorial Bridge and at the Main Street area. Judge George Fienberg will address. musical selections, prayers, and recitations accompany the service conducted by Rev. Robert Dana. The parade includes veterans groups, Boy Scouts, and the Manchester Band. A 2 p.m. ceremony at Maple Hill Cemetery precedes the flag lowering at the Village Green.

Readsboro George Fienberg Bennington Municipal Court St. Joachim’s Church Memorial Bridge Fienberg Main Street Joseph Stannard Manchester Robert Dana James Stannard South Dorset Buddy MacBride Alan Sheldon Weston Dorset Flanders Fields Rose Koch Bonnie Jones Irving Jones Dana McBride-Harwood Post American Legion Women’s Auxiliary Manchester Vfw and Auxiliary Troop 32 Boy Scouts Manchester Band Maple Hill Cemetery

Arlington Legion Parade Forms Saturday With Grand Marshal

The American Legion will lead a parade forming at 1 p.m. on School Street with veterans and groups invited to march. Col. Manfred Ehrich Jr. is grand marshal, and the Arlington School band along with the Yankee Doodlers will perform. John Hannon will speak at Memorial Field. Open house at Legion rooms is approved and graveside flags are noted. Report missed flags to Richard Evans.

American Legion School Street Manfred Ehrich Jr Arlington School Band Yankee Doodlers The Legion John Hannon American Legion Post 69 Memorial Field State Liquor Board Legion Rooms Richard Evans

Interfaith Dinner Opens Equinox House Season in Manchester

Nearly 400 diners, mainly from Manchester churches, attended the Equinox House interfaith dinner opening the 1964 season. Rabbi Solomon Goldberg lauded unity. Thomas J. Farley of Farley Co. led praise as local clergy shared capsules of church histories and community leaders expressed hopes for lasting ecumenism.

Manchester Solomon Goldberg Rutland Israel Thomas J. Farley Manger Equinox House Farley Benenington County Reid Lefevre E. H. Nickerson G. Stewart Bennett Zion Episcopal Church Margaret Dougherty St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church Nate Kamber Israel Congregation of Otis

North Bennington Memorial Day Parade Plans Announced

The North Bennington Memorial Day parade begins at 9 a.m. from the Church Street side of the school with 8:30 a.m. unit arrival. John J. Ryan, WWI veteran of Main Street, will be grand marshal. Clergy Rev Alfred Scott and Rev A J MacDonald will lead services at the park and cemetery. The NBHS Band leads the parade through West Street Main Street to the Honor Roll, then to Grandview Cemetery and back to the school. Local scouts fire and Little League units, students, and Shaftsbury and North Bennington fire departments will participate.

North Bennington Church Street John J. Ryan Main Street Alfred Scott North Bennington Baptist Church A. J. MacDonald Shaftsbury Methodist Church NBHS West Street Grandview Cemetery Bank Corner Bank Street Church Shaftsbury

Carl Ruggles Honored as Musical Pioneer

Arlington ceremony honors Carl Ruggles with medal for distinguished achievement in American contemporary music. Brandeis University Creative Arts Commission selects him after a composers jury praise his pioneering work shaping modern composition.

Arlington Carl Ruggles Brandeis University Creative Arts Commission Ruggles

Bishop Joyce To Dedicate New Church in Arlington

The new St. Margaret Mary's Church on U S 7 in Arlington will be blessed and dedicated Memorial Day at 10 30 a.m. by Bishop Robert F Joyce of Burlington. The sermon will be by Rt Rev Msgr William A Crowley from Rutland and the ceremony features a marble glass diamond design with 350 seats and visiting clergy expected.

Rutland Joyce

Shaftsbury Fire Aux Plans Memorial Day Parade

Members of the Shaftsbury Fire Dept Auxiliary are reminded to meet at the high school parking lot at 8:30 a.m. for the Memorial Day parade in North Bennington, which begins at 9.

Shaftsbury

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Manchester Oes Margaret Marsden Worthy Morris D. Perry Worthy Nature Nadeau No. Benn Sales—Service M.C. Clark CO E. Arlington Center Specia Ben Mont Avenue Bennington Helene Thompson Music Review Joan Boepple Calabro Paul Boepple Bennington College Music Lou Calabro Orient Beethoven Garden Club of Colburn House Hylda Fullarton Reginald Heard Diane Smith Vermont College Susan Hitchcock Fisher Secretarial School Boston Peace Corps First Congregational Church Father Kelly Robert L. Clayton Wayfarer Godfrey Parker First Baptist Church J. Burton Powers Eugene V. Kayatta Kayatta Nickerson Goldeberg Lefevre Clayton Parker Clement G. Belchher St. James Episcopal Church Joseph F. Connolly Sammy Greenberg Carlton Winslow Eugene Kayatta Vermont Bank North Village Manchester, Vermont Burr & Burton Seminary Glee Club Shaftsbury Frank Vichaels Sissy Sweet-Orr Clothes Vermont Transit Bus Washington Avenue New York City of Aves Vermont Trawnsit Lines
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