Dorsetites and Visitors in Dorset News
Dorset residents and guests are noted in late summer updates. Fay prepares to teach high school English in Hardwick after Labor Day. Sarah Winter returns from Philadelphia to visit family. Susan Ellen Pennock earns nursing degree at Mary Fletcher School in Burlington and studies at Bryn Mawr. Kent Moore and son Peter visit then depart for Carbondale. Mrs Earl heads to Maine for ten days. A fashioning session transforms Dorset Hollow into a paper flower garden for an Evening with Pearl Buck hosted by Mrs Taylor with local and visiting committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Fay
Hardwick
Fay
Sarah Winter
Philadelphia
Gibson Winter
Bryn Mawr College
Kent Moore
Peter
Underhill Moore
Carbondale
Samuel Earl
Maine
Pearl Buck
Frederick Taylor
Dorset Hollow
Equinox Hotel
Michael Powers
Manchester
William Gilbert
Dorset
John Shrader
Utah
Taylor
Businessmen To Discuss Track Formula In Pownal
Pownal and Green Mountain Park area businessmen asked the legislative council's subcommittee investigating the parimutuel racing tax formula to meet Thursday September 8 at 7 p.m. at the Pownal Center Town Hall. The meeting invites all interested to discuss the tax formula and its impact on local economic development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Legislative Council
Pownal Center
Green Mountain Park
Baskets Welcome New North Shire Teachers in Manchester
Manchester report on Taconic Teachers Association first meeting at Manchester Elementary School. New district teachers received welcome baskets from local merchants during a luncheon at Avalanche Motor Lodge. Association president James West notes another meeting is planned for late September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington - Rutland Supervisory Union
Manchester
Avalanche Motor Lodge
Taconic Teachers Association
Karen Duffy
Philip Lidstone
Union District
John Schumacher
Mt. Laurel
Robert Northrop
West Rupert
Wendy Wadsworth
Mary Taillon
Dorset
William Barry
Seldon Brown
Jeanette Roy
Mt. Pleasant
Sunderland
Ringheiser
Bermington-Rutland Supervisory District
Avalanche
James West
Association
West
Pownall donors and local group activities noted in Bennington area
The article lists donors for welcome baskets including Brewster and Sons, Cain's Flower Shop, Combination Cash Store and others. It notes Boy Scout Troop 347 scrap metal drive at Pownal Tanning Co. and a Williams College banquet with Francis McDonald and Ed Connolly attending. It names local Little League players, home moves, and area businesses such as Grand Union, Purdy's, Reeds, The Hub, and Bank/Library listings. West expresses gratitude for community support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewster and Sons, Inc
Cain’s Flower Shop
Combination Cash Store, Inc
Dellwood Greenhouses
Factory Point National Bank
First National Bank of North Bennington
Garrow’s Variety Store
Heinel’s
Horton Plumbing and Hardware Co
E. J. Markey Inc
McWayne Jewelers
William Frost
Boy Scout Troop 347
Pownal Tanning Co
North Pownal
Pownal
Williamstown
Little League
Baxter Hall
Williams College
Francis McDonald
Berkshire County
Ed Connolly
Pittsfield
Red Sox
Ted Church
Perry’s Agency
Randy Moore
Howard Johnson
John Pudvar
Holy Name
Gary Niles
Gerald LaCroix
Lions
John Pole Lett
Richard Worden
The
Grand Union
Purdy’s Inc
Reeds Store
Southwick’s, Ltd
the Hub
Walker Hardware
Hill and Dale
Vermont Bank and Trust Co
Mark Skinner Library
Gaudette’s Children’s Shop
Mad Tom Books
Leonard Couple Honored At Williamstown Dinner
Hoosick Falls School Superintendent and Mrs Philip Leonard were guests of honor at a dinner hosted by 12 Estabrook Avenue neighbors at Elwal Pines Williamstown. They will move this month to the Charles Hut ton home on Richmond Avenue. A handmade table centerpiece was presented. Mr and Mrs V Briggs Shaw Jr of Church Street returned from a two week vacation at Lake Bomoseen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Leonard
Elwal Pines
Williamstown
Estabrook Avenue
Leonards
Charles Hutton
Richmond Avenue
V. Briggs Shaw Jr
Church Street
Lake Bomoseen
North Bennington Cub Scouts Visit State Fish Hatchery
North Bennington Pack 328 led by Cubmaster Joseph Curran visited the Bennington state fish hatchery where 23 cubs explored ponds and hatch basins in a look but touch tour. New members may join this fall as dens form. thanks noted to transporting mothers and parents. scout activity highlighted at Camp Sunrise with merit badges and Order of the Arrow tap for Alan McWaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
Joseph Curran
Bennington
Robert Kier
Curran
Paul Becker
Robert Lerner
Robert Mackey
Mary Mattison
You Cant Take It With You at Weston Playhouse
Weston Playhouse opens George Kaufman and Hart comedy You Cant Take It With You with a large cast led by Linda Licklider Deborah Cole Harlan Grant Jean Goodale and Paul Menzel. Critics praise the cast but note restrained performance and need for livelier spontaneity as the show closes Weston’s 30th anniversary season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George 8. Kaufman
Moss Hart
Weston Playhouse
William Lacey
Charles Schneeweis
I Tnll Penelc
Essie Glenne Grant Rheba
Deborah Cole
Paul Sycamore
Ted Henning
Mr. DePinna
Lee Sparks
Ed Peter Dee Donald
Fred Ewers
Martin Vanderhoff
Harlan Grant
Alice Karen Carbon
Weston
George S. Kaufman
Linda Licklider
Wellington
Donald
Rheba
Jean Goodale
Paul Menzel
Alice
Record Enrollment in Pownal As School Opens (Too) Early
Pownal Town District opened with a record 304 pupils in kindergarten through Grade 6. Parents, teachers, and students voice dissatisfaction with the early start, hoping for a one week later June finish to reach 175 days. Seventh and eighth graders begin at Bennington High School via Mt Anthony Union District this week. A kindergarten at Center School, led by Mrs Patricia Gile, enrolls 52. Morning session serves East Pownal and Pownal Center pupils. afternoon session covers North and South Pownal students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph
North Pownal
Worden
Mt. Anthony Union High School
North Pownal School
Randolph School
Pownal
Pownal School
Pownal Town
Labor Day
Bennington High School
Mt. Anthony Union
Patricia Gile
East Pownal
Pownal Center
Paul Clark
Joseph Houran
Maryanne Brassard
Dennis Brodeur
Ricky Hayes
Kimberly Roberts
Bonnie Vien
Wendy McLenahan
Peggy Barber
Michele Freeman
John Armstrong
Danny Lucier
Jo-anne Comar
Pamela Gile
Casey Mattison
Robin Greene
Kathy LaCroix
Colleen Andrews
Clifford Gaudette
Lynn Hattat
Cathy Gallant
Leslie Ware
Anna Shays
Debbie Patterson
Sidney Dufresne
Colleen Gray
South Pownal
Mark Andrews
Pete Miller
Alesia Beals
Laurie Harrington
Jennifer Tornabene
Angie Lingner
William Thomas
Roberta Hurley
Gail Hewson
Brenda Burdick
Lisa Bull
Tammie Burdick
Annette Pratt
Paul
Florence Field
Florence Harries
Irma Shoff
Lynda Mosher
Center School
Mae Bostwick
Richard Singleton
George H. Daley
Martha Rudd
Ruth Mason
Dennis Joy
Rolande Bruneau
Theodore Cook
Madalyn Green
Shushan Dope Meeting Changed to September 12
Shushan New York residents learn the dope law discussion meeting postponed from Sept. 6 to Sept. 12. The panel includes Cambridge figures Dr. George Digman Judge John Day Briggs Rev. Robert Gordam Rev. Oliver J. Warren Assemblyman Lawrence E. Corbett and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shushan
N.Y
Shushan Grange
George Digman
John Day Briggs
Robert Gordam
Cambridge
Oliver J. Warren
Lawrence E. Corbett
Fort Edward
Vermont Auxiliary Leader Wins National VFW Honor in NYC
Mrs Lynn Averill former community service chairman for the Department of Vermont Auxiliary VFW and wife of Harned Fowler Post 6471 past commander won a cash award at the National VFW Convention in New York City for leading the only department in the country with a 100 percent documented record of community service. She also earned two other Vermont auxiliary awards in the Northeast. Sunderland Democratic Caucus Set U September 6 at 7 p.m. at John Keough home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Averill
Department of Vermont Auxiliary
VFW
Harned-Fowler
New York City
Averill
Vermont Auxiliary
Northeast
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Marcen Skinner
Susan Ellen Pennock
Malcolm Pennock
Mary Fletcher School of Nursing
Miss Pennock
Burr and Burton Seminary
First National Stores
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vt
Finast
Rand
Main ST
Vermont
North Street
Kaufman & Hart
KODAK
Frost’s Pharmacy
North ST
New North Shire
Vera Langlais
Hoosick Falkts
Edith Beaumont
Elizabeth Dwyer
World of Scouting
Troop 328
BSA
Orwell
Alan McWaters
Scott Tinney
Jim Gratton
Fred Driscoll
Eddie Riley
Harold Henningsen
Michael Moriarty
Jerry Cook
Keith Carroll
Riley
Tenderfoot
Order of the Arrow
Ronnie Shepard
Bruce McWaters
Leslie Ester
Harold Shepard
Viet Nam
Lance Cpl
Bruce Mears
Arlington
Arthur Godfrey
Oran Air Strip
South Viet Nam
Mears
Philip Mears
Godfrey
the Tollowine
Ype Sycamore Marian Blake
By Paul Hurlburt
Erich Forsythe
China
Forsythe
Boris Kolenkhov
Glenne Grant
Olga
Child
Shushan ‘Dope
Shaftsbury
Fran Stacy
Elizabeth King
Ing Furniture CO
Main St. Bennington, Vt
Fred
Patricia
Carmichael
Sun
Bennington Drive-In
Peter Fonda
Nancy Sinatra
Hell’s Angels of
Venice
California
Getters
Chet Ringheiser
P.O. Box
John Keough
Sunderland Town
Democratic Committee
Harte Theatre
Paris
Panavision
Metrocolor
Hal Ues BS
Edward Albee
King Par
Y Vtores
Harase
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