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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Oct 01, 1973

Page

6

Weston hosts Manchester composer benefit concert

Musical benefit at Weston Playhouse featured Gertrude Bell of Manchester with songs from Songs of Faith Love and Country. Leonard Stokes led a quartet and trio including Bell Wilcox Patricia Dupree and Carol McClure. The Bucketeers performed The Happy Bells Polka. Donations were collected in the lobby.

Weston Manchester Gertrude Bell Weston Playhouse Country Leonard Stokes Ellen Bell Wilcox Gertrude Patricia DuPree Carol McClure Green Mountain Music Club James Willis Rudy Heiland Alexander Bell Bucketeers Herbert Bell Bell’s Pat Nixon

Dover selectmen discuss town plan and local meetings

Attorney William Price advised omitting appendices from the Dover town plan for now and adding needed ones later. Town manager James Laseter outlined changes for the planning board. Tucker Chapter 38 CBS will meet Oct 4 at the Masonic Temple North Bennington with a supper at 6 30 p.m. and visitation by district deputies. Mattors include a resignation letter from Ellen Reiss and the appointment of Donald Albano to the planning board. Lee Jorgensen urged revisions conflicting with state law and offered a winter activity background report. Dan Purjes offered services through All Seasons Unlimited for West Dover rentals and painting. Dover town hall painting contract awarded to Prestige Painters and Decorators of Wordsboro. Next selectmen meeting Oct 2 at 7 30 p.m.

Dover William Price Selectmen’s Philip Ross Price James Laseter Tucker Cbs Masonic Temple North Bennington Ingrid Hirsch Robert McFall Tucker Chapter Mt. Anthony Laseter Ellen Reiss Planning Board Dwight Blakeslee Donald Albano Lee Jorgensen Mt. Snow Ski Vermont Jorgensen Ski Education Foundation Dan Purjes All Seasons Unlimited West Dover Dover Town Hall Wordsboro Selectmen West Dover Town Office

Vermont hearings schedule shows public interest meetings this week

Venturing into public schedules, Montpelier hosts key hearings and sessions. The House Health and Welfare Committee meets at Weeks School, while the Senate Finance Committee convenes in State House room 11. Gov Salmon’s weekly news conference is set for Pavilion Auditorium. Other sessions cover environmental waste discharges at Bemis Paper Co. mill East Vergennes and a series of board and public hearings across Montpelier and Burlington including UVM Board of Trustees meetings and a no fault auto insurance hearing.

House Health and Welfare Committee Weeks Vergennes Senate Finance Committee State House Montpelier Governor’s Commission On Higher Education Pavilion Auditorium Agency of Environmental Conservation Pavilion Bemis Paper Co East Ryegate State Emergency Board Thomas P. Salmon Hoff Electrical Energy Commission Holiday Inn Waterbury Vermont Transportation Authority Highway Board House Agriculture Committee University of Vermont Board of Trustees Memorial Waterman UVM Burlington Public Service Board Green Mountain Power Corp House Judiciary Committee Burlington City

Pownal Community Notices and Meetings Schedule

Multiple town groups announce upcoming meetings and activities. The Solomon Wright Library hours, fire department and fire protective association meetings, a school board session, a YMCA women’s slimnastics class at Pownal Elementary, fire auxiliary gathering, and a Halloween dance at Oak Hill School with details on cost, chaperones, and contact numbers.

Ie Vanes Oak Hill

Arlington Community Meetings and Events Schedule

Arlington events list across Monday to Saturday include church meetings at St James and Battenhill Grange, hockey game Arlington vs Leland and Oar, chorale gathering at Bailey Hall, American Legion Vestry, VFW Auxiliary roast beef benefit, and Battenkill Grange social. The Well Baby Clinic is postponed until October 16.

Arlington Leland & Oar Arlington Chorale Bailey Hall East Arlington Battenhill Grange Grange Hall West Arlington St. James Episcopal Church American Legion Post 69 Legion Rooms VFW_ Auxiliary Brandon Training School Battenkill Grange Arlington Well

Marlboro seeks new rural delivery route from Marlboro

At the Marlboro selectmen meeting it was suggested to establish a local rural delivery route operating from Marlboro to serve residents currently receiving mail from Brattleboro Wilmington or South Newfane. Postmaster Harvey Dix said such a route would be economically impractical, but a petition could show interest.

Brattleboro Marlboro Selectmen’s Wilmington South Newfane James Herrick Harvey Dix Herrick William Davisson Richard Mallary R-Vt South Road Marlboro College Cross Road Butterfield Road Selectmen Brattleboro Music Center College

French troupe to perform Moliere play in Williamstown

The French Theatre Com pany Le Treteau de Paris will present Moliere L Avare in French at Adams Memorial Theatre Williamstown at 8 30 p m on Tuesday Oct 9 This American premiere starts a coast to coast two month tour of universities and cultural centers. Tickets are 3 dollars available at the box office and by mail orders with priority to treasurer Robert Bartlett.

Williamstown Mass le Treteau de Paris Adams Memorial Theatre United States Canada Department of Romanic Languages Williams College Moliere L’avare Pierre Dux Comedie- Francaise

Color and Black and White Photography Courses at Big House

The Park-McCullough House Association in North Bennington offers six week color and black and white photography courses this fall under freelance photographer David Scribner. Color class starts Oct 8 with two weekly sessions and a $30 fee. black and white begins Oct 9 with weekly meetings and active darkroom use. Enrollment limited to 12 per course, contact 802 442 2747 or 442 4230.

David Scribner Park-McCullough House Association North Bennington Big House Association

Reception Honors Two Parsonage Couples at West Arlington

At the West Arlington Methodist Church a reception for the Rev and Mrs David Bort and the Rev and Mrs Oswald Mueller was held recently. About 60 attendees included guests from outside the area. Sandwiches were served by Brenda Shelly Christie Hess and David Bort. Punch table presided by Mrs Millard Vaughn.

Kay Weeks David Bort Oswald Mueller West Arlington Methodist Church Brenda Shelly Christie Hess Allen Hess

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