Canoeing Risks Highlight Safety Steps For New Boaters
The piece warns that canoeing is the leading source of recreational boating deaths per a Coast Guard survey. It urges safety, lists 11 practical tips from life jackets to weather warnings, and notes the Bennington Recreation Department and American Red Cross will offer free canoeing safety courses in spring and summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
U.S. Coast Guard
Bennington Recreation Department
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Kenyon-Short Engagement Planned for Jean Marie Kenyon and Robert Short
Mr and Mrs Gordon E Kenyon of West Street North Bennington announce the engagement of their daughter Jean Marie to Robert Lawrence Short son of Mr and Mrs Harry Short of Morgan Street Bennington The couple are both Mt Anthony Union High School graduates She will graduate from Castleton State College in 1977 and he attended Vermont Technical College in Randolph Both are employed in the family business The Glass Shop in Manchester An August 27 wedding is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon E. Kenyon
West Street
North Bennington
Jean Marie
Robert Lawrence Short
Harry Short
Morgan Street
Bennington
Castleton State College
Mt. Anthony Union High School
She
Vermont Technical College
Randolph
Manchester
Bennington Briefs and Community Notices
The Bennington School District curriculum committee meets Wednesday at 7 PM at the Catamount Learning Center. Moose Lodge 1233 hosts Generals Award Night on Saturday April 17 with a roast beef supper by chef Bryan Oakes at $3.50 per person and dancing with The Rainbows, 7 to 12. ADV: Kennon Morse Outboard Sales & Service remains in business, 442-2393. Griffin Electric Co runs a spring shaver clinic offering $2.50 shaves and a 10 percent discount on Norelco parts and heads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington School District
Catamount
Moose Lodge
Bryan Oakes
the Rainbows
Griffin Electric Co
Norelco
Front Porch Coming Back In Home Building Trends
The front porch is regaining favor as homeowners renovate historic houses and seek outdoor living. Nostalgia, remodeling activity, and high fuel prices drive people to stay home, cut air conditioning use, and invest in real estate. Document notes energy concerns and travel reductions shaping housing choices.
Barbara Lyn Naaktgeboren to Wed Jeffrey Chenaille
Mr and Mrs Gysbertus Naaktgeboren of 129 Grandview Street Bennington announce the engagement of their daughter Barbara Lyn to Jeffrey J Chenaille son of Mr and Mrs Joseph E Chenaille of North Pownal. Barbara Lyn, Mt Anthony Union High School graduate class of 1974, is a nurse's aide. Jeffrey attended Mt Anthony and served four years in the Navy. A July 17 wedding is planned.
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Gysbertus Naaktgeboren
Grandview St
Bennington
Barbara Lyn
Jeffrey J. Chenaille
Joseph E. Chenaille
North Pownal
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Mt. Anthony
Navy
New Books at Bennington Free Library
A catalog of new titles across varied genres lists authors such as Browne Calder Crumley Disney Hall Harcourt Kiefer and Llewellyn. It features mysteries with archaeological flair historic guides and children’s titles along with educational reference works from National Geographic Society and others.
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Bennington Free Library
Browne
Los Angeles
Calder
Crumley
Disney
Winifred
Hall
Harcourt
Kiefer
Llewellyn
Majerus
Grandpa
Frank
Thackeray
van Loon
OES Mt Anthony Chapter Installs New Officers this Saturday
The Mt Anthony Chapter 1 Order of the Eastern Star holds a semi public meeting at 7 30 Saturday night installing Linda Dunican as worthy patron and William Dunican as worthy patron Installing officers are Mable Weller and Fletcher Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Anthony
Order of the Eastern Star
Linda Dunican
William Dunican
Mable Weller
Fletcher Hall
Holy Week readings continue on Bennington radio
The third of five Gospel readings for Holy Week will be heard on Bennington radio Wednesday from 11 to 11 10 am. Presented by local church members, the reading covers Christ's Last Supper discourse and his new commandment to love one another.
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Bennington
Calvary
Hospital Notes Admissions and Births Reported in Bennington Area
Admission list includes Anthony Brooks Louise Porter Mary Ann Hoyt Earl Garrity Addie Mears Lila Williams and others in Bennington North Pownal North Bennington Arlington Jacksonville and surrounding towns. Birth notices include twins and multiple newborns with families in Bennington Pownal North Adams and Hoosick Falls. Births mention Charles Bleau Gary Lamoureaux Martin Bushee Jeffrey La Croix and Patricia Paquin as relatives or parents.
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Anthony Brooks
Louise Porter
Mary Ann Hoyt
Earl Garrity
Bennington
Eric Niles
North Bennington
Edna Burdick
North Pownal
Addie Mears
Arlington
Lila Williams
Jacksonville
Hairdresser loses appeal to stay in United States
WILLIAMSTOWN Mass The federal Board of Immigration Appeals has denied Brazilian hairdresser Luiz Carlos Deaubreu owner of shops in Pittsfield and Williamstown the right to stay in the United States He has 60 days to leave voluntarily The March 26 decision states that as a Western Hemisphere native his status cannot be changed from non immigrant to immigrant or permanent resident under current law
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Williamstown
Mass
Federal Board of Immigration Appeals
Luiz Carlos Deaubreu
Pittsfield
Deaubreu
Deaubieu
Hemisphere
Theodore Jakaboski
United States
Jakaboski
Congress
Green Mountain Gift Show enters seventh year at Catamount School
The seventh annual Green Mountain Gift Show, led by show director Al Bass, runs April 18 to 20 at Catamount School. Walter Lapham announced the non profit association’s plan as exhibitors from New England and beyond converge for the trades. Vendors include Pawnee Bill’s Indian Trading Post and Norcrest China with newcomers Quoddy Moccasin and Maisel Jewelry, while food vendors feature cheese and chocolates. The event targets gift shops and related retailers across regions.
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Green Mountain
Lockport
N.Y
Wiscasset
Maine
New Jersey
Pawnee Bill
Indian Trading Post
Oklahoma
Norcrest China
Oregon
Americraft
Texas
Beachcomber International
Fla
Larson’s
Sweden
Quoddy
Moore Sales
Cape Cod
Maisel Jewelry
Bug House Fast
New England
Vermont
Woodsmith Gallery of
Ye Olde Pepper Co
Kenyon Corn Meal Co
Mary Meyer
Joe Abizaid
Mariner
Bennington Selectmen to discuss Memorial Park plans tonight
Selectmen meet at 7 15 p m in the town office building to act on Memorial Park development plans endorsed by the Recreation Commission. They will also discuss changing building and zoning permit fees and review the landfill with Solid Waste Commission members.
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Bennington
Memorial Park
Recreation Commission
Solid Waste Commission
Funeral Notice for Harry J Sherman and Alice C Keene
The military funeral for Harry J Sherman of Searsburg who died in an automobile accident in Readsboro was held at Mahar Son Funeral Home Bennington. Cremation followed in Troy New York. Alice C Keene of North Bennington had services at Mahar Son with burial in Park Lawn Cemetery Bennington. Mrs Keene died Thursday at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a long illness.
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Harry J.sherman
Harry J. Sherman
Searsburg
Readsboro
Mahar & Son
Bennington
Floyd I. la Bombard
First Baptist Church
Gerald Jacobs
Merton Rice
Social Lodge
Wilmington
Thomas Kinney
VFW
Sherman
Post
Alice C. Keene
Hall Street
North Bennington
W. Matthew Broadbent
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Whitingham Couple Announce Wedding Plans
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Green Sr. of Whitingham announce their daughter Patricia will wed Walter Denny, son of Mrs. Clara Denny of Dover Plains New York. Patricia is a junior at Whitingham High School Jacksonville. Walter is a junior at Dover High School Dover Plains. The couple plan a July 16 1977 wedding.
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Whitingham
Cecil Green Sr
Patricia
Walter Denny
Clara Denny
Dover Plains
N.Y
Miss Green
Whitingham High School
Jacksonville
Dover High School
Boston Area Extended Forecast Sees Mostly Fair Weather
The National Weather Service forecasts fair conditions Thursday through Saturday in New England with a small chance of showers in northern areas on Friday. Daytime highs reach the 60s in the south and 40s to 50s in the north, with overnight lows in the 30s and 40s.
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Boston
UPI
New England
National Weather Service
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Bennington Briefs
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iKare
Ohu
Hoisington Realty
Chenaille
Barbara LL. Naaktgeboren
Boone — “Illustrated
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Fleming
America
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Detroit
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Holt
Russia
LeShan
Moore
Watchers of the Stars
Nat'l Geographic Society
the Craftsman
Nin
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O’brien
Plante
Schultz
Smith
Stevenson
Intrepid
Symonds
Velikovsky
Aarden
Blair
Mary’s Monster
Brindze
Corcoran
Fritz
Plymouth Rock
Godden
Mr. McFallen
Kerr
Lamb
MacDonald
OES
Susan Thomas
Elizabeth Decker
Baby Boy
Hoosick Falls
Charles Bleau
Gary Lamoureaux
Pownal
Martin Bushee
Sawmill Road
North Adams, Mass. Regional Hospital
Bushee
Patricia Paquin
Alice Paquin
Melford C. Bushee
North Adams, Mass
Jeffrey la Croix
Pleasant Street
IH. Greenberg Incorporated
Soni
Green Mt
Silvio C. Conte
House of Representatives Judiciary Committee
Conte
Troy
Elm ST
Qdusthamen. Furniture Inc
Bennington, VT
Green
Denny
Patricia Green
Salem's Super
Hamburg
Turkeys
NBC
Ala
Tom
Carton
U.s.no
SALEM
Pepsi-Colate
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