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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1966
Page
8
Maundy Thursday service at 7 30 tonight at East Arlington Federated Church. Sunday 11 o clock service features cribbery and classes for three year olds only. Clarinet quartet plays and Grade 1 2 and 3 choirs sing at 11 o clock. Other choirs sing at both rites.
Donors gave 15 dollars to the Vermont Association for the Crippled in Searsburg chaired by Doris Rice. Wilmington High School tickets for The Conda Smile by Aldous Huxley go on sale from students or at the door for April 13 and 14 at Memorial Hall with Elaine Antonovich directing. Donkey basketball pits faculty against students at 8 p.m. Higley Hill Home Demonstration Club met. Ruth Hertzberg spoke on nutrition. Mothers Club hosted a sugar on snow party at the high school with 25 members. Easter parade followed. Next meetings set for May 2 and May 3 with program coordinators named.
Shaftsbury directors announced the next school year’s teaching staff. Returning teachers include Marie Daley kindergarten Ruth Martin Grade 1 Dorothy Bailey Grade 2 Eleanor Smith Grade 3 Mary Walker Grade 4 Alice Gulley Grade 5 Jessie Hulet Grade 6 plus Rolande Bruneau French Theodore Cook music Dennis Joy physical education and June Nicholson speech and hearing therapy. New hires are Helena Carrara Grade 1 Geneva Lariviere Grade 4 and Samuel Carrara Grade 5, who will teach part of Grade 5 and serve as principal. Because of enrollment, two sections will exist for Grades 1 4 and 5 next year. Estimated K-6 enrollment is 257.
Eleanor Niles and Donald Niles greet a daughter Heather born April 3 at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Kendall Turner, infant son of Kenneth and, baptized at Jermain Methodist Palm Sunday service. Marion McCart returns to University of Buffalo after spring break with Ralph and Mrs. McCart. Dr and Mrs Frank Oktavec reside in Shaftsbury Hollow after wintering in Michigan.
Weekend state police report cites vandalism to the Bondville ski area sign with the large bear figure stolen and letters damaged. Jamaica lodge fire causes extensive damage. Bondville Church to reopen Easter service. Also notes births, travels, Grange gathering, a Jamaica accident injuring five, and local social updates.
Walloomsac area notes the return of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Le Blanc after a month at their Florida winter home. Leonard Arnold comes home from Fort Hood Texas for a 10 day leave with his parents before eight weeks of training. Mary Ann Luke and Sandra Hoag enjoy Easter vacation. Mrs. Roscoe Austin and Miss Alice Gruden visit Troy, returning to a birthday gathering for Mrs. Austin on April 1 with family and friends. She receives three birthday cakes baked by Loretta Austin, John Austin and William Austin.
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