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Panther Vale Business Meetings

The Shire of Panther Vale holds  monthly business meetings.  They are normally held on the first Sunday of the month at the Worcester Town Hall, Worcester, Vermont starting at 12:00 noon.  However, meeting times and places change from time to time. For up-to-date information, please go to the Meetings section of the  Home page or contact the Panther Vale Seneschal;

Lady Siubhan Wallace (Judi Tazelaar)
642 West Street
Brookfield, VT 05036
siubhanwallace@yahoo.com

Anyone interested in learning more about the Society for Creative Anachronism in general, or Panther Vale in particular, is welcome to attend.  The meetings usually start with a pot luck lunch.  Visitors are welcome to contribute to the lunch but  a contribution is not necessary to attend.

Directions to the Worcester Town Hall.

From the south and west, drive to Montpelier and take VT Rt 12 north for about 8.8 miles.  This will bring you to the center of Worcester.  The Town Hall is on the right as you drive north.  It is about 2/10th of a mile north of the LBJ's store and gas station and is at the intersection of  Rt 12 and Calais Road.

From the north, drive to Morrisville and take VT Rt 12 south for about 17.5 miles.  This will bring you to the center of Worcester.  The Town Hall is on the left as you drive south and is at the intersection of  Rt 12 and Calais Road.  If you reach LBJ's store and gas station, turn around and backtrack about 2/10th of a mile to the Town Hall, which is now on your right.

From the east, (you can't get to Worcster from there, at least not conveniently) take US Rt 2 west to Montpelier. Then take VT Rt 12 north for about 8.8 miles.  This will bring you to the center of Worcester.  The Town Hall is on the right as you drive north.  It is about 2/10th of a mile north of the LBJ's store and gas station and is at the intersection of  Rt 12 and Calais Road.  
Or for the more adventureous types, tun off US Rt 2 in Marshfield and go cross country to Worcester.  This is the route recommended by Google maps as the quickest.  See the link to Google maps below.

Google Map for the Worcester Town Hall


Directions to Christ Church, Montpelier


1. Take your best route to the Montpelier exit (No. 8) from I89.
2. Drive along Memorial Drive for about 0.8 miles to the second traffic light.
3. Turn left onto Bailey Avenue and drive about 0.2 to the traffic light.
4. Turn right on to State Street and drive about 0.4 miles.
5. Turn right just before getting to the church, which is partially hidden behind some trees, into the parking lot.
6. Drive past the Church, which will be on your left, and the church parking lot is just behind the church on your left.

Google Map for the Christ Episcopal Church, Montpelier, VT  

Directions to Concord Town Hall

From the Barre-Montpelier area:
Take your best route to Rt 2 heading eastward toward St. Johnsbury. Continue following Rt 2 through St. J (follow the signs, Rt 2 takes some strange turns in town). The town hall is a large brown building with a clock tower in the middle of Concord. You can park either along the road in front of the town hall or in the small lot next to the post office just down the street.
From points south: Take I-91 north to the junction of I-91 and I-93. Take the exit onto I-93, and follow that and take the first exit. Turn left off of the ramp. You'll come to a T-intersection, turn right onto Rt. 2 and follow that into Concord. 

Google Map for the Concord Town Hall

Directions to Camp Farnsworth

From the Barre-Montpelier area:Take your Washington Street - US 302 heading eastward. Continue following US 302 for about 11 miles to junction of Rt 25 in Orange. Follow Rt 25 about 16.5 miles to Bradford.  Take I91 south about 13.5 miles to exit 14 and Rt 113.  Take Rt 113 west toward Chelsea about 1.5 miles and Camp Farnsworth is on the right.

From points south: Take I-91 north to exit 14 and Rt 113.  Take Rt 113 west toward Chelsea about 1.5 miles and Camp Farnsworth is on the right.

From points north: Take I-91 south to exit 14 and Rt 113.  Take Rt 113 west toward Chelsea about 1.5 miles and Camp Farnsworth is on the right.

Google Map for Camp Farnsworth

Directions to Wheelock Town Hall

From the Barre-Montpelier area:
Take your best route to Rt 2 heading eastward toward St. Johnsbury. Just befor reaching St Johnsbury, take I-91 north toward Newport.  Follow I91 fpr about 9.7 miles and exit it at Exit 24   At the end of the Exit 24 ramp turn right onto Rte 122 and follow it for about 3.8 Miles.  The town hall is a large white building on the right with a gazeebo in the front park.  There is a graveyard on the opposite side of the road.

Google Map for the Wheelock Town Hall

Directions to Goodrich Castle

Take I89 to exit 4, Randolph.  Turn west on Rt 66 (down the hill) and go about 1/2 mile to Fish Hill Road, which is on the left. Go out Fish Hill Road about 1/3 mile the Voghell Road, which is also on the left.  Go up Voghell Road about 1/3 mile to the Csatle, which is (that's right) on the left.

Google Map for Goodrich Castle



Directions to Tom Dent Cabin

Take your best route to the Norwich, VT exit (exit 13) on I91.   At the end of the ramp turn east on VT Rt 10A toward Hanover.  Cross the Connecticut River and immediately turn left at Tuck Drive which is the first side road.  Travel about 100 feet and turn left on to Boathouse Road (There is no street sign, however and the Google map doesn't show the road accurately and calls it Tuck Drive).  Follow Boathouse Road (it isn't marked with signs however)around the crew building (where they keep the rowing boats) to the end and park at the cabin  

Google Map for the Tom Dent Cabin, Hanover, NH   Note that Boathouse Road is shown as a second Tuck Drive on the Google map.



Directions to Collis Center

Take your best route to the Norwich, VT exit (exit 13) on I91.   At the end of the ramp turn east on VT Rt 10A toward Hanover.  Cross the Connecticut River and continue to the first traffic light.  Collis Center is on the left.  However, to reach it you will need to drive around the common.  Parking can be tricky. There are spots by the Green (common), but also behind Collis.

Google Map for the Collis Center, Hanover, NH  


; Directions to King George School in Sutton, VT : (Adapted from the School's website)

If you plan on using a navigational system (GPS) or internet directions (mapquest), please STOP! You need to follow the directions listed below or you will be sent onto Hard Scrabble Road. Hard Scrabble Road is not a maintained road.

Take your best route to I91 in the St Juhnsbury area.  Take  Exit 23 off I-91N – Lyndonville, Burke, Route 5 North. Take a right at the bottom of the exit ramp onto RT. 5 N
Follow RT. 5 N through the town of Lyndonville.  The road winds through the downtown area, but is well marked. Continue to the edge of town (less than a mile.) You will come to an intersection with stoplights.  This is the intersection of Routes 122, 5, and 114.  Go straight through the lights to stay on RT 5 N.
Continue on RT 5 N for 2.7 miles.  You will travel through the flats, then start to go down a hill.  At the bottom of the hill, turn left onto Calendar Brook/Sutton Road.  There is a triangle of grass/snow by the turn off.  
Follow Calendar Brook Road for 5.2 miles.  This will bring you into the town of Sutton (Calendar Brook Road turns into Underpass Road in front of the firehouse in the center of town). You will go up the hill to the right of the firehouse.  Follow this road for about .5 miles until you see a dairy farm on your right.
Take the first left after that farm onto the King George Farm Road (Note: this is a maintained winding dirt road).
Follow King George Farm Road for about 1.5 miles – when you come to a fork in the road, turn left.  After the fork in the road, the school is approximately 3 miles out.  The school looks like a farm. The Admissions Office is in the white house on the right. Parking is located in front of the building or across the street at the educational building.


Google Map for the King George School, Sutton, VT

Arts and Sciences Meetings:

Generally, Arts and Sciences (A&S) meetings are held immediately following a Shire business meeting.  This is arranged ahead of time by one of the artisans of the Shire.  Some times the meeting is designed to provide the Shire or the Kingdom with some useful product, such as tokens for a local event or scrolls for kingdom awards.  At other times, these meeting are an opportunity for one of the members to teach a class that is of interest to other members.  More detail about next month's A&S activity may be available in the meeting section in the upper left corner of the Home page.

In the past the topics have included: scroll making (illumination and calligraphy), silk painting, pewter casting, making medieval shoes, fletching (arrow making), naal binding (early Norse knitting), brewing, cooking, singing, and dancing.

Directions to Christ Church, Montpelier


1. Take your best route to the Montpelier exit (No. 8) from I89.
2. Drive along Memorial Drive for about 0.8 miles to the second traffic light.
3. Turn left onto Bailey Avenue and drive about 0.2 to the traffic light.
4. Turn right on to State Street and drive about 0.4 miles.
5. Turn right just before getting to the church, which is partially hidden behind some trees, into the parking lot.
6. Drive past the Church, which will be on your left, and the church parking lot is just behind the church on your left.

Google Map for the Christ Episcopal Church, Montpelier, VT  

Directions to Orchard Valley Woldorf School, East Montpelier, VT

From Montpelier:
1. Head north on Memorial Dr (US-Rte2) for 1.2 miles.
2. Continue onto Berlin St (US-Rte2) for 0.5 miles.
3. Slight left onto River St (US-Rte2) for 1.2 miles.
4. At the traffic circle, continue straight to stay on River St  (US-Rte2) 0.2 miles.
5. River Street becomes onto E. Montpelier Rd  (US-Rte2).  Travel another 4.7 miles.
6. At the blinking light just above E. Montpelier, go straight ahead onto VT-14 N for 2.2 miles.
     The Orchard Valley School will be on the left.

From Barre:
From the corner of Main Street (VT-Rte 14), Maple Street (VT-Rte 14), and VT-Rte 62
   
1. Head northeast on Maple Ave (VT-Rte 14) toward Corti St for 0.4 miles
2. Turn right onto Maple Ave (VT-Rte 14) for 4.7 miles
3. Turn right onto US-2 E/VT-14 N  for 0.2 mlies through E. Montpelier.
4. At the blinking light go straight ahead onto VT-14 N for 2.2 miles.
     The Orchard Valley School will be on the left.

Google Map for the Orchard Valley Woldorf School, East Montpelier, VT

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