Bennington Pony Club Horse Show Crowds Dust Up Wins
The sixth annual Bennington Pony Club Horse Show at Doornhof Farm drew a large crowd and 86 riders. Junior Champion Debby Jesseman on Nifty and Senior Champion Gwen Wisell on Maundy led a slate of class winners across I XXII with Wisell also taking Grand Champion and Ledge Spring Farm Trophy. Officials included Judge Joseph Madden and ringmaster Henry Schurink.
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Shaftsbury
Bennington Pony Club
Doornhof Farm
Debby
Jesseman
Gwen Wisell
Barbara Myhrum
Debbie Dorr
Jack Shainman
Janet Schurink
Debbie Jesseman
Jane Worthington
Renee Schurink
Jennifer Brown
Missy Bongartz
Greer Cornell
Edie Pullman
Judy van Wormer
Jean Lasser
Chanda Gurley
Sara Ineson
Dorothy Briggs
Molly Hapgood
Debbie Mattison
Ian Grant
Joseph Madden
Henry Schurink
Steve Jesseman
Win Frantz
Pownal Local Meetings This Week
Andrea Bowen announces a senior citizen meeting tonight at 7 at Oak Hill School with Dorothy DeMarco leading a seasonal crafts workshop. Participants may bring pine cones for a holiday wreath project and to join arts and crafts for fun and profit.
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Andrea Bowen
Oak Hill School
Dorothy DeMarco
Country Music Awards Sing Roy Clark Entertainer of Year
Roy Clark, star of Hee Haw, was named entertainer of the year at the seventh annual Country Music Awards at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. Charlie Rich won three awards, marking a notable comeback in country music with his 41 years.
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Nashville
One killed three Vermonters hurt in crash
A Valley Falls man was killed and three Manchester residents injured in a two car crash near Johnsonville on Route 67 Saturday night. William A. Lagenbach 21 died at the scene. James Hand 25 and his passengers Richard Crumb 24 and Anne 23 were in fair to serious condition at Albany Medical Center.
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Johnsonville
N.Y
Valley Falls
Manchester
William A. Lagenbach
Albany Medical Center
James Hand
Richard Crumb
Anne
Lagenbach
Fall Camporee at Camp Ondaga tops Scout event
Taconic District leaders from Green Mountain Council enjoyed a busy weekend at the Fall Camporee in Sunderland. The Stag Patrol of Troop 324 Pawlet won the Skilloree on Saturday afternoon, with Lightning Patrol of Troop 331 Shaftsbury in second and Flying Eagle Patrol of Troop 350 Bennington in third. Saturday night featured a Brotherhood Campfire with songs skits and stories.
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Sunderland
Green Mountain Council
Boy Scouts of America
Camp Ondaga
Pawlet
Lightning
Shaftsbury
Flying Eagle
Bennington
Brotherhood
Ethan Allen fund campaign aims to net thirty thousand
Ethan Allen Community College announces a fundraising drive targeting fifty thousand dollars. Campaign chair Sidney Stokes of Arlington with co-chair Frederick Taylor of Dorset leads a committee including Helen Townsend Joseph Billo James Kardas Robert E Deeley Patricia Lambroune Thomas Rogers Bradford Craig and Paul Schwindt. The drive has raised thirty four thousand two hundred fifty dollars in gifts from local donors. The college, opened Sept 17 as a private institution, offers vocational, liberal arts, and enrichment courses to 200 plus students from Bennington Rutland and Windham counties. Classes meet in churches businesses homes and the Manchester Elementary school with tuition kept affordable. All gifts are tax deductible per IRS rules.
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Manchester
Ethan Allen Community College
Community College
Sidney Stokes
Arlington
Frederick Taylor
Dorset
Stokes and Taylor
Helen Townsend
Joseph Billo
James Kardas
Robert E. Deeley
Patricia Lambroune
Thomas Rogers
Bradford Craig
Paul Schwindt
Bennington County
Rutland
Windham
Ethan Allen
Internal Revenue Service
Shushan Bazaar Art Show To Feature 55 Artists
The 12th annual United Presbyterian Church bazaar in Shushan New York named Collection Plate for Oct 27. A main exhibit will display 145 pieces by 55 artists including Betsy Cochran Richard E Dawson Joyce Decker Dorothy Hommel Henry Musser J Geoffrey Jones Margaret Oatman and Marjorie Young. Local artists may apply to participate.
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Shushan
N.Y
United Presbyterian Church
Thomas S. Steele
Betsy Cochran
Richard E. Dawson
Cambridge Central School
Joyce Decker
Mechanicville Central
Albany
Dorothy Hommel
Henry Musser
Adirondack Community College
J. Geoffrey Jones
Margaret Oatman
Marjorie Young
Steele
Roy Brown
Louise Peck
Local man witnesses Arab kidnapping of Jewish emigrants in Vienna
Edith Beaumont reports Hoosick Falls resident William McGuinness an eye witness to the Sept 28 Vienna hostage crisis. He and Copenhagen salesman Jack Laursen watched diplomats negotiate as two Arab terrorists held three Jewish emigrants in a Volkswagen van for eight hours at Schwechat Airport. Kreisky brokered a deal to close Schonau Castle transit facilities in exchange for the hostages, prompting global protests. The pair later found a hotel room as no flights operated that night.
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Edith Beaumont
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
William McGuinness
Harrison Avenue
Bennington
Dodge Fluorglas
OAK Materials Group
Europe
Vienna
McGuinness
Jack Laursen
Copenhagen
Schwechat
West Berlin
Bruno Kreisky
Kreisky
Schonau Castle
Israel
Time Magazine
Brownie Troop 123 To Meet At St John’s Church
Brownie Troop 123 in North Bennington will hold its first meeting of the year on Wednesday October 17 from 3 30 to 4 30 p m at St John s Church All girls ages 7 through 9 or in Grades 1 through 3 are invited Leader is Mrs Ronald Nadeau.
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North Bennington
St. John’s Church
Ronald Nadeau
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Kelly Muckle
Susan Agard
Michelle Eastman
Felicity Costin
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Scott Gallett
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Chonda Gurley
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Liz Allen
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Pownal
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Berkshire Ymca
Pownal Baptist Church
Women’s Fellowship of the
Pownal Center
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Dick Gagan
George Andrews
Alfred Chenaille
Harry Andrews
Mike Lewis
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Alan Taylor
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Clint Hutchins
Roy Clark
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Loretta Lynn
Tiny Brunette
Butcher Hollow
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Miss Lynn
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Main ST
Bennington, VT
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William Rice
Newport
UVM
Jane Lindley
Montpelier
Lynchburg College
Congress
Washington
Longworth House
D.C
Monument Plaza
Fairdale Farms
Umno Furniture Inc
Nnington
Vermont
New York State
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