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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1971
Page
6
Manchester Elementary School board discusses taking Peru schoolchildren next year amid dwindling Peru enrollment. A five year plan proposes up to 22 students next year at $910 tuition, with anticipated declines to eight in about five years. MES would accept Peru students on a yearly declining basis. Peru must decide whether to accept the offer.
Silvia Kind, renowned European harpsichordist, presents an early music recital in Thompson Memorial Chapel Williamstown on Wednesday April 14 at 8 30 p m. She will perform works by Rameau Couperin and Bach and conduct the Robert Brink String Orchestra from Boston for the Bach concerto. The Williams College Department of Music and the Starr Danforth Fund sponsor this open to the public event with a small door fee.
Manchester Elementary School directors heard a stark report on drug use after a workshop arranged by Ruth Renaudette Hawes with the New York Boulevard Center. Workshop leaders, ex addicts or parents, warned of widespread marijuana use, easy access to heroin and speed, and minimal parent child communication. They urged adult education and confidential youth counseling, and Hawes sought a salaried counselor as the board reacted with surprise at the note that hard drugs were obtainable.
Pine Cobble Auction set for Saturday May 8 at Mitchell School Gym Williamstown directs plans with Mrs Charles Hoffman as general chair and committees led by Mrs Tom Hall Mrs Andrew Knowland Mrs John Williams and Mrs James Jerome The sale will feature gift certificates Tanglewood tickets and a wide array of books art works and photographs Proceeds support tax deductible donations via Pine Cobble School details for pick up available by calling James Dignon at 802 823 5010 Also notes on youth programs and addiction counseling debated by local school board and social service officials with possible state level changes and funding investigations planned by Superintendent Neil Cross
A bus outing to Cohoes Factory Store in Cohoes New York is scheduled for Monday April 19 leaving 8 30 a m from Wallies Arlington. Lunch facilities are nearby and return will be mid afternoon. Contact Mrs Robert V Jones for reservations. Easter activities include church service at West Arlington Methodist Church and an Easter sunrise service at Swanson home.
Paran Recreations Inc announces 1971 summer staff openings for director and several lifeguards. Applications due in 10 days with resume and Red Cross senior lifesaving or instructor status, including salary expectations. Seasonal operation runs mid June to late August at Paran facility. apply to Mrs. Charles Toomey, Mrs. Sanford Buxbaum, or Richard Dwyer of North Bennington.
North Bennington Tale: Troop 328 has chosen Bob Griffin of Hawks Avenue as scout master to work with three patrol dads Arlin Brown Carl Hess and Harold Shep Shepard. Four Scouts Ralph Wright Perry Sweet Joseph Curran and Scott Frost received awards at a recent ceremony and offered their pins to proud mothers.
Williams College Adams Memorial Theatre and Cap and Bells Inc. launch a joint production of Peter Weiss Marat Sade on Friday April 30 marking AMT’s 13th anniversary and Cap and Bells 16th. Tickets cost 2.00 with group rates 1.50. Williams students admitted free. The show runs April 30 May 1 6 7 8.
Col. Fairfax Ayres led talk to block Humane Society addition on a former Jean Henry barn site. He urged a letter to deny use under interim zoning and a tear-down, while selectmen backed a letter but not demolition. ZBA notes the addition remains illegal for no-permit construction.
Mrs. Duncan Ogden announces Floodbrook School board meetings open to the public on the second and fourth Mondays at 8 p.m. The Vermont Symphony Orchestra visited Floodbrook. Landgrove Library to open in the former one room schoolhouse with shelves being measured this month funded by the Landgrove Community Club. Summer residents will see landscape changes as two old maples were cut down due to rotten branches. new planting is planned.
Hoosick Falls Justice Restino fined residents for driving without a license leaving the scene speeding and other violations. Notices include Policy Advisory Council meeting for the Rensselaer County Commission on Economic Opportunity, Hoosick Legion anniversary, over-65 tax exemptions dates, baptism at Pownal First Baptist Church, and water quality issues at Route 346 North Pownal with tannery water and extended water supply plan.
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