South Mountain Concert Series Opens Autumn Run Sept 22
Pittsfield mass five concert series marks fifty years of South Mountain music with chamber programs starting Sept 22 in the auditorium. Dorian Woodwind Quintet opens, assisted by pianist Zita Carno, followed by the Fine Arts String Quartet on Sept 29 with Coolidge Prize works and Mozart Schubert pieces. The Beaux Arts Trio also performs as part of the anniversary season with opera galas by the Metropolitan Opera Studio on Oct 12 and Schubert in a new program on Oct 13. Local notices cover screenings and community events as well as college news and new residents.
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Pittsfield
Mass
South Mountain
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
Dorian
Zita Carno
Fine Arts String Quartet
Coolidge Chamber Music Prize
Schubert
Mozart
Beaux Arts Trio of
New York
Tanglewood
Haydn
Beethoven
Brahms
Metropolitan Opera Studio
Wahconah
Dalton
Franz Schubert
Berkshire Lyric Theatre
Friends of South Mountain
Willem Willeke
Box 23
Mt. Pittsfield
Variety Offered in SVAC One-Man Shows
A group of five one man shows at the Southern Vermont Art Center runs through Sept 22. Four artists trained at the Art Students League in NYC. June King Nichols from Manchester and NYC studied at the National Academy and won the Julius Hallgarten Award in 1966 and the Edward Mooney Traveling Scholarship in 1967. Nichols is an arts graduate of Bennington College and formerly worked at the Denver Museum of Art. Other artists with shows include Dean Fausett Sue Fuller Horace Day and Evelyn Butterfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Southern Vermont Art Center
Art Students’ League
New York City
June King Nichols
National Academy School of Fine Arts
Julius Hallgarten
Edward Mooney
Bennington College
Museum of Art
Denver
David Nichols
Dean Fausett
Sue Fuller
Horace Day
Evelyn Butterfield
Fausett
Hoosick Falls DAR hosts fall meeting and art exhibit
Hoosick Falls N Y The Hoosac Walloomsac Chapter DAR meets in Baptist Memorial Hall with a 1 30 luncheon under Miss Catherine Coughing ham of Mechanicville assisted by Miss Charlotte Record Miss Marion Webster and Mrs Ruth Slade Mrs Henry R Sheldon of Berlin presides A membership and magazine reports plus Constitution Week are planned The event also features art from Metropolitan Museum of Art and other galleries with pieces by Grandma Moses Horace Day and Sue Fuller and galleries hours 10 to 5 daily except Monday
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Hoosac- Walloomsac
Dar
Baptist Memorial Hall
Catherine Cookingham
Mechanicville
Charlotte Record
Marion Webster
Ruth Slade
Henry R. Sheldon
Berlin
Regent
Almon W. Hewitt
Joseph A. Wilson Sr
Bennington
Constitution Week
Hazel M. Hill
Eagle Bridge
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum of Modern Art
Whitney Museum
Wildenstein
New York
Grandma Moses
Forrest
Sue Fuller
Christian Science Monitor
Horace Day
Henry Street Settlement
Herbert Institute of Art
Augusta
Mary Baldwin College
Staunton
Saint Me
Art Center
Village
Bennington County Shares in U S Forest Land Receipts
Bennington County received 47075.56 dollars as its share of Vermont's National Forest receipts for fiscal year 1968. The figures, announced by Senator George D. Aiken, show 64 444 acres of Green Mountain National Forest in the county and total state receipts of 172 072.24 dollars. Funds are for road and school programs and come from timber sales and recreation fees.
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Bennington County
State of
Vermont
Green Mountain National Forest
George D. Aiken
Aiken
Addison
Rutland
Washington
Windham
Windsor
Six Months To Live 62 Years Ago Shoeman's Near 91
Balti more shoe salesman William Thaxton was given six months to live in 1906 due to tuberculosis. He moved to Albuquerque for its climate and built a long life as a real estate businessman a mortgage company founder and even a state senator. Now 90, he muses on the possibility of death as he nears his 91st birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
N.M
Baltimore
William Thaxton
Thaxton
New Mexico Territory
New Mexico
Dutch police players fined for illegal parking in Delft
In Delft on Tuesday members of police teams in a national soccer contest received tickets from the state police for illegally parking their cars near the playing field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delft, Holland
UPD
Delft
Trustees approve third vote on Hoosick Falls parking lot
Hoosick Falls village trustees moved the downtown public parking lot project forward for a third time. The board approved the plan with a proviso tied to the estimated cost for purchase of buildings and lands and demolition. The proposal had prior backing from the Village Planning Board.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Conservation Group Would Buy Pikes Falls
The Conservation Society of Southern Vermont has a short term option to preserve Pikes Falls on Stratton Mountain by raising 16000 for 16 acres. Donations are sought from Bondville and Winhall residents, with tax deductions noted. Public meetings and local officials discussed related town finances and property issues.
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Jamaica
Conservation Society of
Vermont
The
Stratton
Society
Bondville
John Stevens
Winhall
George E. Dougherty Jr
Richard Severson
Thomas Davock
John A. Murphy
Barbara Kane
Munsell Street
Severson
Joseph Sohl
Church Street
Raymond Wilson
Beard fundraising marks South Cambridge centennial
The Rev. Oswald A. Muller and South Cambridge parish celebrate 100 years with a two day event beginning Saturday at 11. Judges award the most original male beards. A written history is exhibited, a 1 pm parade, 2 pm horse show, and folk singing. Sunday features a 10 am worship in period garb with Bishop Wicke preaching.
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South Cambridge
N.Y
Oswald A. Muller
North Hoosick
Eagle Bridge
Goodrich
Yesteryear
Lloyd C. Wicke
John C. Rhinesmith
Bennington-Troy
Hoosac Headmaster Addresses Hoosick Falls Kiwanis
Hoosac School will open with 100 plus students from 20 states and three countries, adding 22 freshmen and 22 upper grades thanks to a new dormitory. Donn Wright, headmaster, described Hoosac as an independent school with emphasis on small classes and campus life. He noted an Episcopal heritage, daily chapel, and a $300,000 budget benefiting Hoosick Falls and Bennington communities.
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Hoosick
N.Y
Hoosac
Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls Central School
Wright
Bennington
Britain Tastes Vary Widely Across Regions, Study Finds
Londoners show highest neurosis levels while Northerners favor darker foods and puritan tastes. East Anglia loves seeds and vegetables, Westerners favor fresh dairy and many cats, Scots and Welsh display strong regional traits. Research by David Elliston Allen covers 10 years and 8813 square miles.
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London
Britain
Massachusetts
David Elliston Allen
North
Midlands
South
Hutchinson of
Allen
East Anglia
Devon
Cornwall
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Helene Thompson
United Women’s Group
First Congregational Church
Enterprise Society of
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Pontifical Mission
Jerusalem
Arlington Chorale
West Arlington
Mathilda Kenny
Sandgate
Pat O’neil
Neil Knapp
UVM
Sharon Snow
Judy Coulman
Thomas Macksey
Linda James
College of St. Rose
Albany
Donald Marshick
Putts
Chris Moody
Northeastern
Susan Mahler
Clark University
Worcester
Mary Ann Lawrence
Sheila Wade
Roy Holton
Castleton State College
Sandy Rice
Debbie Hoth
Dick Hoyt
St. Joseph College
North Bennington
Norshaft Lions Club
Russell Barber
Ralph Barber
Dunham Avenue
Laura Pratt
Lloyd Pratt
West Street
University of Vermont
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Ernest Salvatore
Church and
Bank Streets
Arthur Hyde
Houghton Street
Hyde
Jewel Tea Co
Marion Frost
Women’s Fellowship of the Baptist Church
St. John’s Church
Alfred Scott
David Kenyon
Merritt Hewitt Jr
Ralph Lindsey
Olive Williamson
Leo Maxonits
Ringheiser
Forrest Moses
Mary
SVAC
Hoolick Falls
Co. C
New York Army National Guard
Grafton
Troy
William B. Watson
Lawrence Hunter
Thomas Finnen
Hoosick Range
Case Farm
Equinox House
Beis Ennington
Houss
Williamstown
U.S. Forest
Group
Pikes Falls
Main Street
Houghton College
Don St. Hilaire
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
Fourth Ward
Michael Miller
P.O. Box
Harriet Parsons
Judy Cone
Charles Wick
Fotene MacBride
Harvey Butterfield
Vermont Ecumenical Council
Kiwanis
Yorkshire
Aluminum
Rollaway
Haynes
Kane, Inc
Dial
Main St
Bennington, Vt
A Mart
Monument Plaza
Shaftssbury
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