Proper Image for Laity Emphasized by Vermont Catholic Women
The Vermont Council of Catholic Women Bennington District held a spring gathering at Bennington Catholic High School drawing about 150 from St. Columban Arlington St. Francis de Sales Sacred Heart Bennington St. Jerome East Dorset Holy Trinity Danby St. Paul Manchester and St. John the Baptist North Bennington. Father Joseph Nugent assistant chancellor spoke on public relations urging laity to bolster the church image. Rev Joseph Connolly East Dorset opened with a blessing.
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Vermont Council of Catholic Women
Bennington
Bennington Catholic High School
St. Columban’s
Arlington
St. Francis de Sales
Sacred Heart
St. Jerome’s
East Dorset
Holy Trinity
Danby
St. Paul’s
Manchester
St. John the Baptist
North Bennington
Joseph Nugent
Roberta Snow Wins Dairy Princess And Talent Contests
Miss Roberta Snow of the Taconic Grange won first place in both the dairy princess and talent contests held Tuesday by Ethan Allen Pomona Grange. She will represent Ethan Allen Pomona in the state contests at Randolph Center on May 20, with judges including Mrs. Henry Stoddard and others. Second place in dairy went to Elinor McCory and third to Linda McEckron. talent second was a duet by Mrs. George Wright and Linda.
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Roberta Snow
Taconic Grange
Dairy Princess
Ethan Allen Pomona Grange
Stamford Valley Grange
Albert Bowen
Belle Decker Snow
Ethan Allen Pomona
Miss Snow
George Wright
Linda
Red Cross
Lillian Wood
Belle Decker
John Thompson
Alford Clayton
Charles Matteson
Jesse Harrington
Killington Pomona
Wallingford
Elaine Decker
Battenkill
Bennington
Stamford
Rose Gleason
Pomona
Valentine Street
Main Street
Taconic Grange Hall
Lillian Ward
Freida Pello
Harold Cross
Grange
Frost and Skinner Lead Bread Loaf Lecturers
Robert Frost and Cornelia Otis Skinner headline the Bread Loaf Writers Conference at Middlebury College on the mountain campus August 15 29 with a roster including Theodore Morrison William Hazlett Upson and many teaching staff noted writers and editors. The program covers fiction non fiction poetry and juvenile literature with lectures workshops and conferences led by Richard Ellmann Dudley Fitts Nancy Hale David McCord John Walter Ross William Sloane and others. The conference began in 1926 at Frosts suggestion and continues to be a major literary event each summer.
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Middlebury
Robert Frost
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Middlebury College
Miss Skinner
John Ciardi
Theodore Morrison
Harvard
William Hazlett Upson
Alexander Botts
Saturday Evening Post
Richard Ellmann
Dudley Fitts
Nancy Hale
David McCord
John Walter Ross
William Sloane
Richard Yates
Eunice Blake
Miss Blake
J.B. Lippincott
William Raney
Bobbs-Merrill Co
Sloane
Rutgers University Press
Funk and Wagnalls
Henry Holt
Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference
Lion’s Club Trophy Winners Named At Banquet
Ivars Vit enburgs and Martin Keith won the Lion's Club Athletic Trophy at the annual banquet last Tuesday night. Ivars is a Bennington High School senior and Martin a Catholic High School senior. Plans for the Junior Prom Senior Ball begin with class meetings to set dates bands and themes.
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Ivars Vitenburgs
Martin Keith
Lion’s Club
Ivars
Bennington High School
Martin
Catholic High
Bennington Students Explore Union High School Options
Seniors from Bennington Village North Bennington Arlington Shaftsbury and Greater Bennington form groups to study benefits and drawbacks of a union high school. Each pupil must attend at least one county meeting and interview residents to gauge public sentiment.
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Bennington Village
North Bennington
Arlington
Shaftsbury
Greater Bennington
Spring Sports Begin As Teams Hit Practice Fields
Spring has arrived as the girls softball team begins practice alongside the boys baseball and track teams.
Controversial Film Shocks Driver Ed Class
Sergeant Curtiss from Montpelier screened the film Signal 30 for Driver Ed students last week. The movie portrays a fatal accident, and four students were so shaken they were excused from class.
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Curtiss
Montpelier
Signal 30
Signal
Sophomore Class Sets Plans for Dues and Fundraising
The Sophomore Class met last week to discuss unpaid dues, citizenship projects, class rings, and money making projects for a citizenship project. They decided to sand auditorium desks and plan a spring car wash to raise funds. Students with unpaid dues will be fined.
Area Students Win First Awards in County Science Fair
James Crozier Nancy Thompson Barbara Pacquin Ralph Lindsey Bill Harmon and Edward French ette earned top honors at the Ben nington County Science Fair. Several winners advance to the state science fair in Burlington on April 27 28.
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Bennington County
James Crozier
Nancy Thompson
Barbara Pacquin
Ralph Lindsey
Bill Harmon
Edward Frenchette
Burlington
Cat Staff Food Sale on Good Friday at Quinlans Drugstore
The Cat staff hosts a food sale at Quinlan's Drugstore from 3 to 9 p.m. on Good Friday offering cookies cakes bread brownies fudge and pies to raise funds for the group.
Bendi Catamount Staff Sells Books for Class Work
The Bendi Catamount staff sponsors a book sale to fund access to The New York Times and The Herald Tribune used in class assignments.
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Bendi Catamount
New York Times
The
Herald Tribune
College Book List and Kennedy Fitness Test
The article notes a College Book List for items for sale and describes girls in gym classes at Ben di undergoing a Kennedy era physical fitness program test. Students perform up to 50 sit ups and 40 pullups as part of the regimen.
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Bendi
Kennedy
Ben hi Senior Class Starts Three Citizenship Projects
The Senior Class of Ben hi begins three citizenship projects. Each week members will clean and set up the showcase by the main door, clean the trophy case and trophies, and daily raise and lower the American flag at the school entrance.
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Benhi
Wallet stolen in New York City prompts mail return
A classmate received an envelope in the mail containing all photos and ID cards from her stolen wallet in New York City. The wallet and eleven dollars were not returned, and the incident remains unresolved.
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New York City
Coach Sawyer Views 1961 World Series Film
The gym class and coach watched a color movie recounting the 1961 World Series between the New York Yankees and the Cincinnati Reds. The film summarized plays and fast action from the games.
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Sawyer
New York Yankees
Cincinnati Reds
Foucher couple marks 50 years in Bennington
Mr and Mrs G Foucher quietly observed their golden wedding at 1016 County St Bennington on Sunday They wed April 14 1912 at St Francis de Sales Church in Bennington The couple raised three children and have grandchildren and great grandchildren A low key anniversary with well wishers and gifts noted.
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George Foucher
County St
St. Francis de Sales
Father Barron
Bennington
Hogan
Mr. Foucher
Gaston
Florence Foucher
Georgie Hogan
Edward Cummings
Pleasant Street
Foucher
Lara Slade
Norman
Hattie Slade
Fatima
Chiildren
Kenneth ‘Blanche Criag
Saratoga
N.Y
Walter
Charlotte Foucher
West German Space Study Group to be Formed
Bonn AP reports West Germany will establish the Space Research Commission to propel space travel efforts. Atomic Minister Siegfried Balke says the body must start from scratch since West Germany joined the space race late.
Challenge To Church Faces Racial Communion Split
Ralph McGill argues in The Episcopalian that Christian churches risk losing congregants who refuse to worship or take communion with colored persons, a conflict highlighted in Philadelphia AP dispatch.
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Philadelphia
Ralph McGill
The
Atlanta Constitution
Episcopalian
Bennington Banner Establishes Local Postage and Delivery Rates
The Bennington Banner lists publication details, contact numbers, and advertising newsroom address at 425 Main St. Bennington Vermont. It documents subscription rates by mail to Vermont and nearby counties plus special servicemen and truck route delivery pricing.
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Bennington Banner
Bennington, Vermont
Newsroom
Main St
Bennington
Vermont
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
Rensselaer
Washington
N.Y
Massachusetts
Purchase Tax on Cars May Top $1 Million
Montpelier Vermont AP reports receipts from the motor vehicle purchase and use tax are expected to exceed 1 million dollars this month with annual revenues possibly over 1.5 million. March brought 148 209 dollars and nine month total to 989 519. Last year’s month saw 85 964 under a 2 percent rate before a 1961 increase to 3 percent.
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Montpelier
Italy Aims First Satellite Orbit In 1963
Rome announces Italy will launch a 200 pound research satellite from a platform in the Indian Ocean in 1963. The satellite would be Italy’s first and relay data on atmospheric density changes caused by solar radiation.
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Rome
Italy
Indian Ocean
Italian Space Research Commission
Interracial justice group says clubs must admit all citizens
The National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice board states no ethical grounds exist to exclude qualified citizens from social clubs or fraternities due to race religion or ethnic origin in Chicago AP report.
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Chicago
The
National Catholic Conference For Interracial Justice
Bennington Labor Market Remains Unfavorable Despite More Placements
The Bennington area shows higher placements than February and last year but continues to face weak labor conditions. Manufacturing and construction lag, the Ben-Mont Paper Co. strike affects hiring, and 814 jobseekers are registered. New unemployment claims rise to 397 led by paper goods apparel and construction.
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Bennington
Department of Employment Security
Ben-Mont Paper Co
Rebekah Notes Card Party Winners and Upcoming Meetings
A successful card party at the hall awarded first prize to Mrs. Lucy La Porte and second to Miss Wilhelmenia Hicks with Polly Harbour and Miss Hicks receiving special prizes. PNG Club meets Monday April 23 with Sisters Damon and Newton as hostess and co-hostess at 7 30 p m on North Street. Miriam Rebekah Lodge meets Tuesday night April 17 at 5 p m neighbors night with guests expected from Readsboro Jacksonville and Manchester refreshments to be served.
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Lucy LaPorte
Wilhelmenia Hicks
Polly Harbour
Miss Hicks
PNG Club
Damon and
Newton
North Street
Miriam Rebekah Lodge
Readsboro
Jacksonville
Manchester
New Healing Substance Shrinks Hemorrhoids Without Surgery
Special report from New York describes a new healing substance that reduces hemorrhoids without surgery. Case after case shows gentle pain relief and actual shrinkage, with remarkable results and no surgical intervention.
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New York, N. Y
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Mary Ann Roy
Julie Betit
Eileen Flynn
Rural Life Committee
Fr. Nugent
United States
Pope John
New Yorker
Yates
Columbia
New School For Social Research
Walter Ross
Northwestern University
Guggenhheim
Rockefeller
John Frederick Nimms
University of Illinois
Poetry Magazine
Paul M. Cubeta
DIAL
Marian Norcross
College
Wast-Tyv
Albany
WBTN
Four Corners
Bob Harrington
Dick Orellana
Wast-Tv
Bernard Shulman
Mrs. G. Foucher
Margaret (Hogan) Gagne
Frank Sweeney
Barron
Patrick Hogan
Maple Street
Berkshire
North Adams
Fienberg
Bennington, Vt
Rebekah
Triple “S
Grand Union
F. Co. E
Harry Sunday
Harry Eastman
Bennington Olixir
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