Benhi Teacher Attends New England Classics Session
Bennington area English teacher Miss Grace Crofton represented Benhi at the Classical Association of New England annual meeting held April 2 and 3 at Hotchkiss School Lakeville Connecticut. Highlights included Victor Poschl lecturing on Poetry and Philosophy in Horace and Allen S. Hoey presenting slides Greece in the Spring with remarks on cultural knowledge guiding interpretation. A William Olsen Jr Hotchkiss headmaster urged that great education rests on strong teaching and returning to fundamentals as education grows more complex.
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Grace Crofton
Bennington
Classical Association of New England
Hotchkiss School
Lakeville
Conn
Victor Poschl
Poschl
Virgil
Allen
Hoey
Greece
A. Wiliam Olsen Jr
Hotchkiss
Fundamen
Landscape Designer Urges Year Round Garden Design Plan
Bennington Garden Club hosts H Stuart Ortloff, landscape architect and author, who urges focusing on three zones front foreground and service and garden areas to create a unified design. He stresses observing fixed features, balancing function and beauty, and directing traffic with well crafted walks and focal points.
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Bennington Garden Club
H. Stuart Ortloff
Ortloff
Ing
Bennington
Henry Rayemore
National Council of State Garden Clubs
Arlington
Vermont
Ferdinand L. Mayer
Bennington Banner details newspaper offices and contact numbers
The Bennington Banner lists its offices at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont and provides newsroom advertising and general contact numbers 442 6300 442 2800 442 2684 It notes daily publication except Sundays and legal holidays and that United Press International supplies local and UPI dispatches for republication.
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Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
UPI
Bishop Joyce Speaks In Hartford Observes ecumenism at Mason event
In Hartford, the Most Rev. Robert J. Joyce, bishop of Vermont, told the Connecticut Grand Lodge of Masons that the gathering signals a shift toward grassroots ecumenism. Representing Cardinal Cushing, Joyce praised closer ties and noted no talk of ancient Catholic Mason enmities or Catholic restrictions on lodge membership.
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Hartford, Conn
UPI
Robert J. Joyce
Vermont
Connecticut Grand Lodge of Macsons
Order
Joyce
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Boston
Trustees Meet Twice a Month in Bennington Village
Bennington Village trustees vote to hold two monthly meetings starting in May. First Tuesday hearing constituents on complaints and bills, second Tuesday devoted to committee reports and ongoing business. They aim for more thorough handling and may regularize the practice despite occasional special meetings.
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Bennington Village
Dr S J Smith Joins Marines Dental Corps At Parris Island
Tulsa native Dr Stanley J Smith DDS has graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Dentistry and now serves as a lieutenant in the Dental Corps at the U S Marines Base in Parris Island S C He is the son of Dr and Mrs Murdock C Smith of Tulsa and is married to Carol a fellow dental hygienist who also studied at UT His background includes Edison High School Bennington grade schools and Northeastern State College and he belongs to the Psi Omega dental fraternity.
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Tulsa
Okla
Bennington
Stanley J. Smith
University of Tennessee College of Dentistry
Memphis
Dental
U.S. Marines
Parris Island
S.C
Murdock C. Smith
Cone
Stanley
Margaret Dunklee
Brattleboro
St. Smith
Carol
University of Tennessee
Edison High School
Northeastern State College
UTC of Dentistry
Psi Omega Dental Fraternity
Stamford youth given suspended terms in multiple breaking and entering cases
In Stamford municipal court on Wednesday a 19-year-old youth, Linwood E. Farron, received suspended sentences totaling six to eighteen months on four counts of breaking and entering at night. He also pleaded guilty to driving with a suspended license on Dec. 21, receiving a 30-day suspended sentence to the Bennington County Jail with all sentences to run concurrently. Defense attorney was John P. Morrissey.
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Stamford
Linwood E. Farron
Oliver A. Smith
George M. Fienberg
Farron
Vermont
Bennington County
John P. Morrissey
Thomas B. Mangan
Arlington
Vermont 313
Fienberg
Mangan
House of Correction
Atty
R. Marshall Witten
Harold R. Wilkie
North Bennington
Witten
Wilkie
Bennington Village
Vermont 9
Main Street
Convent Avenue
Washington Avenue
Gerald Battistoni
Russell
Mass
U.S
Pownal
Richard E. Slade
Shaftsbury
Bennington
Slade
Lorenzo W. Bump
North Adams
U.S. 7
Church Women Plan May Fellowship Day Event
Sixteen members attended the United Church Women board meeting in the Methodist Church. Mrs. Jolivette presided as vice president. Plans for the May 7 Fellowship day at Shaftsbury Methodist Church include a 1 p.m. luncheon and a bazaar at Waterbury State Hospital with items such as candy cosmetics and neckties. Dorothy S. MacLeod retires after 17 years as general director. Bennington chapter to contribute $5. Co chairs for Mission class are Mrs. Elwyn Bentley and Miss Florence Moore. Additional officers and members present include Mrs. Gibbs secretary, Mrs. Albert Ray vice president, and Mrs. Jenkins treasurer, among others.
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United Church
Methodist Church
Carl] Jolivette
Shaftsbury Methodist Church
Waterbury State Hospital
Elwyn Bentley
Florence Moore
Bennington
Dorothy S. MacLeod
United Church Women
Jolivette
Albert Ray
George Jenkins
Harold Riemann
Marion Hardy
E. Holton
Henry Bassen
H.W. Beals
Florence Hadwen
Action Vowed On Traffic Planning
Village leaders vow action on traffic planning this spring. Salvatore Santarcangelo urges parking restrictions routes around Putnam Square a walk light and blinker lights at U S 7 and Ben Mont Avenue with recommendations due next meeting. He seeks a special meeting with state highway officials to discuss a U S 7 bypass. Joseph A Pello Jr notes the board represents 68 percent of Bennington residents and carries weight on bypass plans.
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Bennington
Salvatore Santarcangelo
Putnam Square
U.S. 7
Ben’ Mont Avenue
Santarcangelo
State
Village approves Motorola two way radio for police cruiser
Radio purchase voted Tuesday for a Motor ola two way transistorized radio for the Police Department's new cruiser. Trustee Ormal Pierce led the move to accept Motorola Communications and Electronics Inc. bid at $689 including installation and possible $5.50 monthly maintenance add on. Hassam's Aerotron bid at $590 was rejected for not meeting specs as 25 watt vs the advertised 40 watt requirement. Santarcangelo noted 25 watts suffices. Hassam cited 25 watt equipment used by other city police departments.
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Bennington
Ormal Pierce
Motorola Communications and Electronics Inc
William O’connor
Forrest J. Hassam
Has
Hassam
Salvatore Santarcangelo
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