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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Apr 22, 1969

Page

7

West Arlington Extension News Highlights Visitors and Meeting

West Arlington residents share maple syrup labor with Woodard family. Rev Harold E Green Sr visits from Leighton New Jersey for Vermont vacation with daughter Mrs Walter Finney. Extension delegates attend Middlebury meeting. Finney leads state council as first vice president. April meeting moves to North Shaftsbury Community House April 30 at 2 pm to discuss Modern Laundering Problems.

Leighton, N.J Harold E. Green Sr Vermont Walter Finney West North Shaftsbury

Shaftsbury Selectmen Initiate Cole Hall Beautification Plan

Shaftsbury town officials led by Selectmen Merton Snow Lorenzo Sam Sanborn and Roy Whitman approved flagpole placements replacing a decayed pole near the town clerk's office. New flags from the Norshaft Lions Club and 1 40 Club will adorn Cole Hall and its entrance. They also consider a copper plaque monument for veterans, a glass case with gilt letters, and potential relocation when a park is built. Meetings discuss Cole Hall beautification, garage-style structures, and zoning, with plans to form a zoning commission amid 1968 act concerns. The board also arranged May 10 grievance day access for sisters, studied insurance pooling, and noted a new town truck arrival and a favorable fire marshal report pending battery purchase for emergency lighting.

Shaftsbury Selectmen Merton Snow Lorenzo Sam’ Sanborn Roy Whitman Norshaft Lions Club 1-40 Club Cole Hall Whitman Fire and Light District Snow Sanborn

Area Dead Deer Count Shows Upswing This Year

By Kay Weeks Arlington Fifty dead deer were found on the north side of Route 313 in West Ar. The count indicates an upswing over last year as wildlife officials assess causes and safety risks for motorists in the area.

Arlington Route 313 Lington Fish and Game Dept Tory Lane Lawrie Hess McCabe Norman Brown Brown North Side Ladd Brook Mason Hill Pownal Red Mountain Canfield Terry Brook Sandgate Lemberg Property Equinox Mountain Wilcox Flats

Williams Accepts 571 For 69 Applications Up 18 Percent

Williams College mailed 571 acceptance letters from a record 2,492 applicants for next fall. The class size is expected near last year's 330 after May 1 replies. Applications rose 18 percent, with more black applicants and 47 black students accepted.

Williams Williamstown Mass Williams College Williams Afro-American Society Berkshire County

Local News From South Cambridge and Nearby Areas

Mrs. Harold Baker has returned home from McClellan hospital. John Hamilton spent Sunday in Schoharie with Thomas Przysiecki. Mr and Mrs Norman D Bott of New Jersey spent the weekend at their farm. Mr and Mrs Malcolm Hamilton visited her parents at Charleton. Mrs Peter Matcovich underwent surgery at McClellan hospital and returned home Saturday. Mrs Leon Foster Sr and Mrs Foster Thayer of Bennington plus Miss Marion Dick and Irving Dick of West Hoosick were recent visitors at Gertrude Aiken. Area students on the Cambridge Central School third quarter honor list include Clifford Darfler Walter McNall Edward Harrington David Wilmot. United Methodist church service at 11:30 a.m. Rev Oswald A Muller pastor. Sunday school at 10:30 a.m. Food and rummage sales set for May 10.

Harold Baker McClellan Hospital John Hamilton Schoharie Thomas Przysiecki Norman D. Bott New Jersey Malcolm Hamilton William Hamilton Charleton Peter Matcovich Leon Foster Sr Foster Thayer Bennington Marion Dick Irving Dick West Hoosick Gertrude Aiken Cambridge Central School Clifford Darfler Walter McNall Edward Harrington David Wilmot United Methodist Church Oswald A. Muller

Medical-Legal Seminar Sponsored by Vermont Medical Society and Bar Association

A joint committee of the Vermont Medical Society and the Vermont Bar Association will hold a Medical-Legal Seminar on April 24 at 1 30 p.m. at Pico Lodge Mendon. Co chairs Dr R E Bouchard and Atty Robert D Rachlin lead committees with guest speaker Atty Albert Averbach of New York City. Panels cover Professional compensation and Impartial Medical Testimony. Reception and dinner follow. arrange with Getty Page Rutland.

Mendon Vermont Medical Society Vermont Bar Association Pico Lodge R.E. Bouchard Burlington Robert D. Rachlin St. Johnsbury Atty Albert Averbach New York City Jects Bouchard Atty, Rachlin Donald Hackel David Toll Lester J. Wallman Frederic Allen Dr. J Bishop McGill Edward Simpson Atty. R Allan Paul William Mikell Getty Page Merchants Row Rutland Page C. John Holmes

Pownal youth sports programs draw community effort

In North Pownal and surrounding areas, youth activities expand with a spring baseball program for boys ages 9 through 12 at Center School, aimed to form four local teams as 31 boys sign up. community volunteers step forward to coach, while Cub Pack 347, Boy Scout Troop 347, and Lions Club activities schedule meetings and camping plans for Brownies, Junior Girl Scouts, and summer at Sugarbush Day Camp with 18 local scouts registered.

Pownals Center Pownal Charles Betit Maurice Hight Edward Reynolds William Paradise Leo Harris James Quinn John Bottess Harold McLenahan Mr. Hight Mr. Bett North Pownal Boy Scout Rolland Roy South Pownal Anson Pratt Dallas Texas Thomas C. Bluto Nor-Shaft Club Pownal Brownies Sugarbush Day Camp West Mountain Road Shaftsbury Ronald Martin Pownal Center

Arlington student elected secretary at Vermont Tech

Ma linda J. Grover of Battenkill Drive Arlington has been elected secretary of the Vermont Technical College Student Activity Committee. A graduate of Arlington Memorial High School she originally enrolled in mechanical technology but has transferred to the architectural and building technology course opening this September.

Randolph Center Malinda J. Grover Battenkill Drive Arlington Vermont Technical College Miss Grover Arlington Memorial High School

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