Easter Ball at K of C Hall Offered by Fourth Degree
The annual Easter Ball will be held Saturday night at K of C hall with dancing to Joe Salerno's orchestra starting at 9 p.m. Faithful Navigator Mrs Leo Plourde leads the grand march followed by the deluxe midnight buffet prepared by BCHS caterers. Tickets are available from Leonard Anzivino and other officers and organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K of C Hall
Leonard Anzivino
Fourth Degree Assembly
Joe Salerno
North Adams
Legislative Frustrations Described by Sen Wilson
State Sen. Robert M. Wilson spoke to the Bennington Branch AAUW on April 19 detailing his frustrations as a new lawmaker and the slow startup of sessions. He outlined Gov Hoff’s regional planning focus, education, welfare, conservation, and highway initiatives, plus reapportionment issues and committee work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Wilson
Bennington
American Association of University Women
George Plumb
Jefferson Heights
Sen. Wilson
General Assembly
Hoff
Wilson
State Department of Education
Bennington County
Senate
Legislative Council
N.Y. DuHamel
AAUW
Mary Hutton
Alan Page
John Paulson
Food Service Group To Meet In Montpelier Vermont
The Vermont School Food Service Association holds its seventh annual meeting on April 24 at the Tavern Motor Inn in Montpelier. Registration starts 8:30 AM with coffee, followed by a 9:45 AM opening session led by Mrs. Ethel Atkins. Dr. Rupert J. Spencer will address the group, and Mrs. Dorothy Neal of Portsmouth will speak at the noon luncheon. A tour of the National Life Building's food services department closes the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont School Food Service Association
Tavern Motor Inn
Montpelier
Ethel Atkins
Charlotte
Rupert J. Spencer
Department of Education
Dorothy Neal
Portsmouth
N.H
School Food Service Department
National Life Building
Food Services Department
Obituaries for Annie Bradley Sargent and Edwin C McDermott
Annie Bradley Sargent 81 widow of Winfield D. Sargent died Saturday at her Ludlow home after a life in Ludlow and Arlington where her husband worked at Mack Molding. Born July 8 1883 in Ludlow she taught locally and was active in Universalist Church Eastern Star Ludlow Women’s Club and local schools. Funeral in Ludlow United Church with burial in Pleasant View Cemetery. Edwin C McDermott 82 brother of Ira McDermott of Bennington died at his Sunderland home after local work as a teamster. Born May 28 1882 in Sunderland he leaves two sons James and John of Sunderland a daughter Mrs Evelyn Brace of Waterbury and other relatives. Funeral Thursday at Hanson-Walbridge Arlington with burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Friends may call today at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludlow
Annie (Bradley) Sargent
Winfield D. Sargent
Arlington
Mack Molding Co
Sargent
John and
Ada (Grahm) Bradley
C. Arthur Hazen
Ing
Pleasantview Cemetery
Sunderland
Edwin C. McDermott
Ira McDermott
Bennington
Andrew
Mary (Thurber) McDermott
James
John
Evelyn Brace
Waterbury
Frank McDermott
Bennington Selectmen Hold Brief Meeting on Road Work
The Bennington selectmen limited business Tuesday night, planning follow ups with McNab Construction Co. of Williamstown and the state Highway Department on re paving shoulders along North Bennington Road after last fall’s water main work at Globe Union plant. They also mulled purchasing a passive road sweeper, not the village self propelled type, awaiting cost data. Agent Alma Langlois said notices will be prepared announcing new speed limit restrictions on Burgess Road and in Clarks Woods.
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Bennington
McNab Construction Co
Williamstown
Mass
State Highway Department
McNab
Globe Union
James Cross
Cross
Selectmen
Alma Langlois
Burgess Road
Clarks Woods
Dufresne 75 Dies of Heart Attack in Manchester Parish
Manchester-Champlain area resident Du fresne 75 died suddenly Tuesday from a heart attack. Lifelong Manchester Depot businessman owner of Dufresne Mills, born East Dorset Feb 9, 1890, son of Louis and Marie Pelham Dufresne. Survived by wife Edna Belisle, two daughters Mrs Raymond Benson and Mrs Douglas Baker, a son Howard, a sister., a brother, 13 grandchildren. Funeral at St Pauls Church Manchester Friday 9 a.m. Rev Kelly officiates. visitation at Brewster Funeral Home Thursday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
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Manchester
Chama
Dufresne
Mancheter Depot
Duefresne Mills
Mr. Dufresne
East Dorset
Louis and
Marie (Pelham) Dufresne
Edna Belisle
Raymond Benson
Weston
Douglas Baker
Pawlet
Howard Dufresne
Manchester Center
Roselma Hennesesey
Troy
N.Y
Almon Dufresne
Bennington
St. Paul’s Church
D.C. Kelly
Brewster Funeral Home
Bible Library to Open as Major Feature in 1966
New Bible House to house an American Bible Society collection of about 100000 volumes devoted to the Bible. The library in roughly 1200 languages will be the largest in the Western Hemisphere and marks the society’s 150th anniversary year. The current 22000-volume library has been a top visitor draw per the New York Convention and Visitors Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
American Bible Society
Society
New York Convention and Visitors Bureau
Ben-Mont Union Adopts Anti-Secrecy Resolution
The Bennington County Central Labor Council resolution urging publication of voting records on state senators and town representatives was approved Tuesday by Local 534 of the Printing Specialties and Paper Products Union at Ben-Mont Papers. The card party at State Line House April 26 invites all, with prizes and games, while four members will attend a labor education seminar sponsored by the county council this weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Bennington
Sisterhood of
Temple Beth el
State Line House
Sisterhood
Harold Kramer
Jerald Greenberg
Joseph Lachant
Ben-Mont
County Council
U.S
School Board Seeks Donations for Bennington Planetarium
The Prudential Committee of the Greater Bennington School District will accept tax deductible contributions for a planetarium and observatory for local schools and the public. Donations go into a special bank account while state and federal funds are pursued. No school funds will be used. a full fundraising drive will begin soon with checks payable to Greater Bennington Schools Inc Planetarium Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prudential Committee
Greater
Bennington
Paul W. Bohne
Greater Bennington Schools Inc
Panel to Discuss Viet Nam War in Bennington
A panel discussion on the Viet Nam war will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday April 29 in the Bennington High School all purpose room. Arnold Ricks Thomas P Brockway of Bennington College and two local attorneys John H Williams II Manfred W Ehrich Jr will speak with Eugene V Clark moderating. The event is sponsored by the Bennington World Affairs Center with the Vermont Council on World Affairs and will include a Q and A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Crystal
Viet Nam
Bennington Area
Bennington High School
Bennington World Affairs Center
Vermont Council On World Affairs
Arnold Ricks
Thomas P. Brockway
Bennington College
Bennington
John H. Williams II
Manfred W. Ehrich Jr
Eugene V. Clark
Robert B. Condon
Tony Hall to star in UVM world premiere play
Tony Hall—son of Dr and Mrs Woodhull S Hall—joins the Bailey Library staff at the University of Vermont to perform Edmond in The Look of Eagles by Jer ry L Crawford. The three act drama follows eight pioneers westward and their reactions to human frailty on an island in the Mississippi. previews run Thursday through Saturday, April 22 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Bennington
Bailey Library
University of Vermont
Stanton
Tony) Hall
Woodhull S. Hall
Edmond
Jerry L. Crawford
Nevada Southern University
Mississippi
Crawford
Hall
Syracuse University
North Adams
Harvard Divinity School
Vermont
Bennington Players
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K of
Vogue and
Vanity Hotel
Putnam
Colonial Shopping Ctr
Food Service Group
Mrs. Winfield D, Sargent
Parade
Family Weekly
Tangier
Gladstone Shoes
Main Street
American National Red Cross
Cham A, Dufresne
Ben-Mont Union
Benhi
Tony Hall
RF Governors Club
Fime
Governor's Club
J.A. Dougherty’s Sons, Co., Distillers
Philadelphia
PENNA
Lemont, Ill
Paragon
Yellow House
Shaftsbury, VI
U.S. Route 7
Tri-City
Watervliet-Shaker Rd
E. Francis Jones
Southern Vermont Real Estate Agency
Shaftsbury
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