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Newspaper

Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Apr 08, 1963

Page

5

Beaver Brook P T A Postpones Meeting to April 15

Beaver Brook Parent Teacher Club will not meet tonight and instead gather April 15 at 8 p.m. in the cafe teria for a school band concert. Mr and Mrs William Preston and son from Ste Agathe De Monts Quebec visit Mrs Preston's parents. they will stay until after Easter. Mrs Clara LaTorre heads to France and other European countries for two months joining the Retired School Teachers Association tour. About 18 Girl Scouts Troop 544 meet with leaders for a first aid discussion. Next week's meeting is Thursday at 3 30 p.m. in the cafeteria unless notified.

Beaver Brook William Preston Ste. Agathe de Monts Quebec Preston Wayne Timmerman Clara LaTorre New York City France Germany Italy Austria Holland England Scotland Paris Girl Scouts Troop 544 Peter Barton Wayne Rowell Barbara Mason

Holy Week Schedule and Community Notices in North Bennington

Holy Week services at St. John the Baptist Church include Masses Monday and Tuesday at 7 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday and Holy Thursday and Good Friday at 5:30 p.m. The Easter Vigil begins 11 p.m. Holy Week confessions are set for Thursday and Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 10:30 a.m. plus 3 p.m. for adults. no confession Saturday evening. Reports on a Saturday Firemen’s Auxiliary food sale praise cooperation and donor Mrs Clifford Herrington for use of the Villager Restaurant. rummage sale planned next month with donations welcome. Hat party by St John’s Sodality draws many local women. treasury gains about $50. Palm Sunday flowers attract shoppers to Martys Flower Shop. PTA meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. will feature United Counseling Service staff on child problems. Battenkill Grange marks Youth Week with Easter program and magic acts. next meeting April 17.

St. John the Baptist Church Clifford Herrington Richard Corcoran St. John’s Sodality Sodality Verder Elwell John Billow Helen Flood United Counseling Service Parent Teacher Association PTA Battenkill Grange Jesse Harrington Legislative Committee Montpelier Linda McEeckron Richard King Roy Crofut Ellery Lawrence East Arlington Raymond McEckron Linda

Pownals Community Activities Highlight Fire Dept Dance and Church Services

The North Pownal Fire Department Auxiliary hosted a record hop at the fire house drawing 60 area youths. Prizes were awarded for Twist Jitter Bug Waltz with multiple winners. Auxiliary members assisted, and Palm Sunday services were led by Rev Isabel G King at Pownal Center Community Church with special music. The Pownal Parent Teacher Group plans an April meeting at Pownal Elementary School to receive the library committee report.

North Pownal Pownal Center Isabel G. King Fletcher Hall Pownal Library Committee

Arlington Library Board Reports March Circulation and Funds

The Arlington library shows March circulation at 1634 with 519 for Fisher School books. Eight new subscribers joined. a large sum was added to the Memorial Fund in Richard Hill’s name. An April 19 program Let’s Have a Closer Look by Mrs. Frank T. Churchill is funded by the Friends of the Library.

Martha Caufield Library Fisher School Richard Hill Friends of the Library Frank T. Churchill Burlington

Tarzan's Nightmare to headline Hoosick Elks Minstrel Show

Walt Wirmusky wrote Tarzan's Nightmare for the Jesters group formed to stage the Elks minstrel show in Hoosick Falls. The cast includes Kay Chapman Mary Green Price Milam Joe Walsh Frank Kennedy and Jane Cappellino with roles Tarzan Jane Roy and Mr and Mrs Smedley. Meanwhile local youngsters suffer injuries skiing and falling.

Walt Wirmusky Jesters Kay Chapman Mary Green Price Milam Joe Walsh Frank Kennedy Jane Cappellino Tarzan Jane Roy Mrs. Smeedley

Dwyer Advanced to Second Class in Scout Troop 28

At a Troop 28 board review in North Bennington Jonathan Dwyer was advanced to second class and becomes the first member since reorganization last fall. He leads Flaming Arrow patrol and will receive badge at a future Court of Honor. Plans exist for an April 26 27 patrol leader overnight at West Mountain and a May 24 25 26 troop spring camp at Lake Emerald State Park, with 24 members signed for Camp Sunrise July 14 21.

North Bennington Jonathan Dwyer Dwyer Flaming Arrow Patrol Sanford Buxbaum Kenneth Johnson Barton Jenks

Hoosick Falls Spring Concert Presented Tuesday Evening

Hoosick Falls Central School will present its annual spring concert in the school auditorium at 8. A total of 258 students will perform in four groups under H. Luther Everly and Eloise Canzeri. The junior and symphonic bands recently earned A ratings from the NYSSMA in Hudson Falls, with the symphonic band four points from a perfect score. The program mixes popular and classical works, with the junior choir performing The Little Worm and The Bells of Saint Mary’s and soloists Glenda Harrington and James Whittet highlighted in the senior choir.

Hoosick Falls N.Y Hoosick Falls Central School H. Luther Everly Eloise Canzeri Hudson Falls Saint Mary’s Glenda Harrington James Whittet

Dorset visitors and local travels noted in Dorset diary

Dorset residents report extended visits in St Louis Washington and California while others return from winter trips to Florida Arizona Oregon and California. Bruce Meachem recovers from mumps after several days in Putnam Memorial Hospital and Mrs Harney completes 110 days of skiing at Big Bromley before spring work resumes.

Bruce Meachem Sydney Meachems Putnam Memorial Hospital William Harney Big Bromley Wild Boar Wilburton Inn

Manchester Hosts Guests and School Baseball Plans

Manchester hosts Mr. and Mrs. Richard Blanchard and three children from Convent New Jersey and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rodgers from Franklin Michigan. Mrs. Cornelia Harwood and Mrs. Robert Hathaway have returned from Rutland Hospital. Carl Rice at Burr and Burton Seminary reports 25 candidates for the season opening April 23 against Chester with two weekly games through May 24. Replacements are needed for Jamie Campbell Bill Porter and Brien Powers. Edgar W Johnson Jr. will chair the annual Loyalty Day parade April 28, sponsored by Harned Fowler Post Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Raymond Brown Richard Blanchard Convent N.J Walter K. Rodgers Franklin Michigan Carl Rice Burr and Burton Seminary Chester Jamie Campbell Bill Porter Brien Powers Edgar W. Johnson Jr Harned- Fowler Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars

Local residents take spring trips and church duties

Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Guthier return to Harvest Inn after winter in Florida. Atty. and Mrs. James Campbell depart for a three week vacation visiting Mrs. Campbell's mother in Savannah and the Simcox family in Tampa. Mrs. Campbell attends a Greenwich meeting for Church Women of the Province of New England representing the Diocese of Vermont. An auxiliary Civil Defense police and survival class hosts a roast beef dinner on Thursday April 18 at Mt. Equinox Grange Hall.

Rudolph Guthier Harvest Inn Florida Atty James B. Campbell Campbell Edgar Tison Savannah Carroll Simcox Tampa Fla Manchester Greenwich Conn Church Women of the Province of New England Diocese of Vermont Civil Defense Police Mt. Equinox Grange Hall

Truck rolls over in Vermont incident injures driver in Woodford

Robert F. Avery, 28, of Greenfield, Massachusetts, escaped injury Friday night when his eastbound truck ran off Vermont 9 in Woodford, rolled onto its side and sustained extensive damage, state police said.

Robert F. Avery Greenfield Mass Vermont 9 Woodford Avery

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