VFEW Notes Schedule Buddy Poppy and Loyalty Day
VFEW Notes set Buddy Poppy days for April 30 and May 1 to fund relief projects next year. Loyalty Day programs run May 1 and 2 with Ernest Costa and Alfred Arnold as chairmen. Mrs Ernest Costa announced Charm School meeting March 23 with Donna Knights as guest speaker and a May 1 Charm School graduation planned.
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Ernest
Wilma Costa
VFW
Ernest Costa
Alfred Arnold
Auxiliary
Textile composition notes for fabric blend
The fabric is described as 44 percent Kodel Polyester, 32 percent Nylon, and 24 percent Cotton excluding decorations. This composition outlines the material mix without counting any decorative elements or trims.
Jericho Road Lenten Play Showcases Local Talent Firsts
The Union Lenten Service presents The Jericho Road at First Baptist Church this Sunday 7:30 p.m. in Bennington. Local writer Mrs. Norton Barber of Monument Avenue created the biblical youth tale, with Mrs. Breard Hawks as director and Wallis Smith as production manager. The cast features Paul Riddle as Jesus, with multiple local residents in key roles, and Gunnar Schonbeck aiding shepherd piping from Bennington College. The event marks the first time a locally written play is used in such a church service and the first time area youth participate so fully in the council's Lenten program.
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Temple
Elaine Witten
Mary
Robert Hagerman
Joseph
Paul Riddle
Jesus
Jerusalem
Nazareth
Jericho Road
Norton Barber
Bennington Council of Churches
Breard Hawks
Ricky Howe
James
First Baptist Church
Prandini
Bennington
Council
Christ
Old First Church
Wallis Smith
Hunt Street
Berkshire Playhouse
Stockbridge
Mass
Goodman Theatre
Chicago
Community Theatre
St. Louis
Smith
H. Glenn Payne
Marvin Sutton
John Riddle Jr
Asriel
William Rowe
Gamaliel
Katherine Geer
Rachel
John Riddle
Richard Howe
Little Susanna
Rosamond Burnham
William Harrington
Marilyn Cone
Bruce McWaters
John Goyette
Timothy Stratton
McWaters
Scott Dickie
James Wickenden
David Riddle
Sutton
Viola Goodyear
George Gilman
Bruce Howe
Thomas Coe
Franklin Frantz
Gunnar Schonbeck
Bennington College
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Funeral service for Mrs Pearl LaFlamme Putnam
The funeral for Mrs Pearl LaFlamme Putnam who died at Sourcliffe Nursing Home was held at St. Peter's Episcopal Church after a Mahar & Son Funeral Home service. Father Wolf performed committal prayers. burial is planned at Park Lawn Chapel later. Bearers were Walter LaFlamme, William Colvin Jr, Edwin Colvin, and Donald Farrar. relatives attended from North Bennington Shaftsbury and surrounding areas.
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Pearl (LaFlamme) Putnam
Sourcliffe Nursing Home
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Frederick B. Wolf
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Father Wolf
Park Lawn Chapel
Walter la. Flamme
William Colvin Jr
Edwin Colvin
Donald Farrar
North Bennington
Shaftsbury
BCHS and Union Boards Set For Thursday Meeting
Mt. Anthony Union School Board prepares for its annual session with Bennington Catholic High School under a shared time agreement. Discussion topics include subcommittee reviews, the 1966 meeting agenda, and potential disruption of Alumni Field from summer union school construction affecting fall football games.
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Mt. Anthony Union
Bennington Catholic High School
Mt. Anthony Union District
Marian Taylor
Supt
Allan J. Heath
Vincent J. Spinelli
BCHS
Bennington
Union School
Regional Bus Bill Introduced in Senate
The Hoff Administration introduced in the Senate a regional New England bus registration plan. Democratic Sens. Marshall Dunham of Franklin County and Robert Wilson of Bennington County propose pro rated fees based on miles covered in six New England states. The measure seeks closer New England cooperation in transportation.
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Montpelier
Hoff
Senate
New England
Marshall Dunham
Franklin County
Robert Wilson
Bennington County
Vermont
Philip H. Hoff
District Teachers First In Union High Hiring Policy
The Mt. Anthony Union District will give first hiring priority to teachers in the six member districts for Grades 7 to 12 who are under contract or on an authorized leave of absence for 1965-66. Recruitment for the Mt. Anthony Union High School opens after January, with principal hiring by May and associate principal by next January.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
Union School Board
Arthur E. Wickenden
North Bennington
Allen J. Heath
Heath
Union High School
Marian Taylor
Bendi
Mt. Anthony Union
Wickenden
Bennington Graded
Greater Bennington
Shaftsbury
Pownal
Woodford
Supt
State Department of Education
Harvard
University of Maine
University of Connecticut
Columbia
Taylor
Army Fezzes Flip From Sale to Mail Order Bargain
London reports that after the government sold 7 815 army surplus fezzes at low prices businessman Leslie Cables bought them at about 35 cents and resold at 60 cents each. A mail order firm now advertises government surplus fezzes for 2 94 dollars each with 35 cents postage.
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London
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