Historical Society Elects Leaders at Hoyt House Meeting
Carla Kentsch was chosen president and treasurer of the Manchester Historical Society at the annual gathering held at the Hoyt house once home to Frances and Grace Hoyt. Walter Clemons announced a plan to create a memorial cole section for the sisters and their father, with new officers including Stanley Ineson and Hubbel Lathrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Carla Kentsch
Manchester Historical Society
Hoyt
Frances
Grace Hoyt
Sousa
Walter S. Clemons
Russell P. Hoyt
Clemons
The
Historical Society
Stanley B. Ineson
Hubbel Lathrop
G. Murray Campbell
Edwin L. Bigelow
Kentsch
Burr, Burton Enrolls 300 Students at Manchester Seminary
Burr and Burton Seminary opened this week with exactly 300 students, a gain of 25 from last year and a record for the time. Opening assembly speaker Walter Hard, a trustee and class of 1900 member, reviewed the school's history and joked about incidents from his student days. The freshman through senior class counts are 82, 71, 78, and 67 respectively.
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Manchester
Burr and Burton Seminary
E.H. Henry
Walter Hard
Seminary
Sylvia Porter
Manchester PTA to convene fall meetings and teacher reception
Manchester Mrs. Robert Jordan will preside at the first fall meeting of the PTA executive board Thursday September 12 at 8 p.m. at the elementary school. Plans will be made for a reception for all new Manchester teachers at the first regular meeting September 18. Sunday rally day at the First Congregational Church will register church school children before the 11 o'clock sermon.
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Robert Jordan
PTA
Manchester
First Congregational Church
Ferdinand Bongartz
Bernie Wilcox
Kenneth Hill
David Fielding
E.H. Nickerson
Howard Dailey
Oscar Johnson Jr
Joseph Saunders
JoAnn Johnson
Diana Wilcox
Susan Saunders
Ted Day
Robert Fowler
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Bennington
Community News Highlights From North Bennington Area
North Bennington residents and visitors are noted in a roundup of local happenings. Winners at the Schadyticoke Fair include Terry and Joyce Hoag in open and 4-H, with multiple blues. Others travel, visit relatives, or return from events such as the States Exposition in Syracuse. The Congregational Church resumes 11 a.m. worship as regular schedule returns.
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Terry
Joyce Hoag
John Hoag
Walloomsac
Betty Green
Springfield
Mass
James Green
Loren Becker
Dover
Del
Walter Becker
Margaret Hoag
Syracuse
Rensselaer County
John McGuire
Paul
Huntington
Long Island
John MecGuire
Billy
Betty Ann Baldwin
Eugene Slavin
Glens Falls
Hazel Baldwin
Boston
Fred A. Hoag
Breese Hollow
Gordon Hoag
Ernest Abbot
Johnsonville
North Bennington
Aspern Papers on Stage at Dorset Playhouse
The Cara van Theatre presents Henry James’ The Aspern Papers adapted for the stage by Michael Redgrave at the Dorset Playhouse. Fred Carmichael directs a polished cast including Patricia Carmichael, Anne Boultbee, Paul Mueller, Elizabeth Franz, Susan Kaslow, and Patriciozzo, delivering a haunting, tension filled interpretation of deception, memory, and art.
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Michael Redgrave
Henry James
Dorset Playhouse
Caravan Theatre
Fred Carmichael
Assunta
Susan Kaslow
Prest Elizabeth Franz Henry Jarvis Paul Mueller
Tina Anne Boulthee
Juliana Bordereau
Patricia Carmichael
Patriciozzo
Anne Boultbee
England
America
Miss Boultbee
James
Paul Mueller
Elizabeth Franz
Aspern
Miss Franz
Europe
Miss Kaslow
Aspern Papers
Carol Foster
Dorset School Reopens As Enrollment Tops 200
Dorset students return to the new Morse Hill Road building with a total of 200 elementary pupils across eight grades. Enrollment marks a busy year for eight teachers including a music instructor, as the town notes bright classrooms and waxed floors reflecting the fresh start.
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Dorset School
Morse Hill Road
Manchester Garden Club Elects And Presents Winners' Awards
Mrs William F Hayes was named president of the Manchester Garden Club at a luncheon at Equinox House. New officers include Mrs Warren R Smith as 1st vice president and Miss Anne Mauger as 2nd vice president. Awards went to Mrs Ray P Foote and Mrs Harold H Boswell for excellence in arrangement and horticulture. The meeting included prize recognitions in Easter birthday and Christmas divisions and notes on gifts to the Mark Skinner Library.
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Mark Skinner
Manchester
William F. Hayes
Manchester Garden Club
Equinox House
Warren R. Smith
Anne Mauger
R.W. Higbie Jr
G. Murray Campbell
Paul Fowler
R.F. Burgoyne
Dorset
Hayes
Ray P. Foote
Harold H. Boswell
East Dorset
Reginald E. Heard
Rachel Mauger
Mauger
Lois Higbie
Theodore Hastings
Louis R. Soderberg
William Erney
Garden Club
Mark Skinner Library
Soderberg
Eugene Gibbs
Mendon
Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont
Convention Hall
Alan Carver
Sermon on The Sliding Ethical Scale at Local Church
Rev James H Bagley announces a Sunday sermon titled The Sliding Ethical Scale Curse or Blessing on September 8. A choir rehearsal is set for September 12 at 8 p.m. The Wesleyan Class meets September 13 at Mrs Otis Dorman’s home with Mrs Warren Mason and Miss Harriet Beals leading the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Bagley
Wesleyan
Otis Dorman
Warren Mason
Harriet Beals
Dorset residents attend events and openings in New York
Dorset Mrs. G A Dickson returned Thursday from the Bennington Hospital where she had been a patient for a little over two weeks. Mrs. Marjorie Sargent left for New York City Tuesday to arrange a display of her paintings and ceramic work in the Vermont Development Commission office window there. Her work may be seen at Clay 'n Canvass on Route 30 in Dorset.
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G. A. Dickson
Bennington Hospital
Marjorie Sargent
New York City
Vermont Development Commission
Route 30
Dorset
Pownal drive launched to aid fire victims
A community effort led by Mrs. Rolland Roy Mrs. Glenn Sweet and Mrs. Grace Hill asks for clothing furniture household items and canned goods to help the Pratt family after a South Pownal fire that destroyed their home The Pratts three children and neighbors will store large items at Alan Morrison's barn Donations may be left with the Pownal Fire Department or its auxiliary and coin boxes were set in the firehouse. Arnold Palmer turned professional in 1954.
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Pownal
Daniel Pratt
South Pownal
Pownall
Rolland Roy
Glenn Sweet
Grace Hill
Pratts
Alan Mor
Rison
Pratt
Daniel
Frank
Beverly
Roy
Sweet
Hill
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