Dorothy Craig (Barnum) Venter
September 7, 1913 ~ April 27, 2021 (age 107)
Dorothy Barnum Venter, of Southbury, CT, died peacefully in her home at Pomperaug Woods on April 27, 2021. She was 107 years old, and she lived an incredibly rich and meaningful life. She was born six years before women were granted the right to vote, a right she never took for granted. She saw Civil War veterans march in parades as a child, survived two pandemics and two World Wars, attended college during the Great Depression, and witnessed many world-altering events over the last century.
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Born in Naugatuck, CT to the late Earl M. and Louise Hendrickson Barnum, she was a graduate of Naugatuck High School and Sweet Briar College in Virginia. She shared forty-five very happy years with her beloved husband, the late Cdr. Josiah G. Venter, US Naval Academy 1912. Together, they presided over an ever-expanding family from their home on Johnsons Point in Branford, CT, where she was always active gard
Bill Keen ’57, P 89, with two of his classmates, Mary Stu Specht and Diana Bidden Carl.
Author recalls formative places, people; gives back through scholarship fund
By MaryAlice Bitts-Jackson
There was a time when Bill Keen ’57, P’89, wasn’t so sure he wanted to go to college, in part because of the cost. With a little help, he not only graduated from college he kept on going, eventually becoming a professor. Now he gives back to Dickinson to ensure that current students in need of a helping hand also get a chance to discover and pursue bright futures that may otherwise be just out of reach.
Springfield Fortnightly Musical Club offers college scholarship
Two former members of the music club have made the scholarship possible.
Criteria include that the applicant must be a high school senior who resides in Clark County and attends a public or private school in Clark County, or Fairborn High school in Greene County. He or she must plan to major in music in a college or university program after graduation.
The applicant must also give a live performance of two compositions of contrasting styles for judges selected by the Springfield Music Club. The total length of the performance should not exceed 10 minutes.
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Just weeks after making the arduous trek from Granby, Connecticut, to Worthington in 1803, city founders established a subscription library for the community.
Although in its early days, there were no actual staff members, for nearly 125 years, Worthington Libraries has employed people who worked hard to make the library profession, the institution and the city better.
During Women’s History Month, learn more about just a few of the women who made Worthington Libraries the nationally recognized library system it is today.
The Fortnightly Club, a women’s Shakespeare study club, assumed management of the Worthington Reading Room and Library in November 1903. The next month, Mrs. B.C. McCullough, a club member, became the library’s first paid employee. In 1906, she oversaw the library’s move from space it occupied on the south side of the Kilbourne Building into rooms over Leasure’s Drug Store.
25 Years Ago â 1996
After a nine-day run of daily high temperatures, mostly in the mid- and upper 40s with a record of 55 degrees on Feb. 19, area residents were stunned this week to see another 11 inches of wind-whipped snow fall in less than 24 hours. Travel conditions in central and western North Dakota were difficult, but eastern North Dakota received the brunt of the storm, resulting in the closure of I-94 from Jamestown to Fargo. This winterâs snowfall now stands at 54.8 inches. The record snowfall received was 91.8 inches during the winter of 1993-94.
Jeremy Trnka, son of David and Maureen Trnka, a sixth-grader at St. Joseph Grade School, has won the school level competition of the National Geography Bee, answering oral questions on geography. School winners are eligible to participate in the State Bee at the end of March.