Mt. Anthony Budget Faces Scrutiny At Board Meeting
Mt. Anthony school officials debated a lean 360-student growth plan as they weigh seven new teachers, staff reorganization, and costs for summer help, equipment materials, and transportation. Budget items include five more teachers, a combined language post, a librarian, and new classroom mobilitations with voter approval looming in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
Keir
Sleeman
George
BTPA
Mt. Anthony
Arthur S. Faris
Old Catholic High School
Anthony
Houghton Lane
Bennington Meetings and Business Notices
The Bennington Little League requests attendance at its monthly meeting at the YMCA Thursday at 7 30 p m. The Elks hold a regular meeting tonight at eight in the lodge rooms with free snacks offered after. The Hairpin Beauty Salon closes until Thursday May 1 due to illness ADV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Little League
YMCA
The
Elks
Gourmet dinners at Beau-May Restaurant and Lounge
John Ratelle notes cooks face a dilemma with fancy dinners and urges familiar recipes. Beau-May Restaurant & Lounge serves family dinners, Sunday specials, and lunchtime businessmen’s lunches from $1.10, inviting casual attire and memorable hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beau-May
North
Bennington Road
Pittsford Man In Draft Case
A Pittsford man, Eugene Coursey, was released on $1,000 bail after a federal court appearance on charges of violating a draft board order to report for induction. The case was continued to a future date for arraignment and plea, with a court to appoint an attorney to represent Coursey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
UPI
Pittsford
Eugene Coursey
Coursey
U.S. District Court
Bernard Leddy
Two Expelled For Drug Use At Vermont Technical College
The campus paper reports two Vermont Technical College students were expelled for drug use last month. President Pierre Kieffer said the students violated campus drug prohibition and were asked to leave. identities are withheld though both are said to be residents of Vermont.
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Randolph
UPD
Vermont Technical College
Pierre Kieffer
Vermont
Trudeau Hosts Vermont Delegation at Ottawa Parliament
Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau welcomed Vermont Governor Deane C. Davis and a 100-member delegation to Parliament. Trudeau joked about wearing ski clothes for a Vermont visit. he praised Vermont’s political traditions and natural beauty and noted long Canadian-Vermont ties. The Vermonters attended question period, observed parliamentary procedure, and met with Speaker Lucien Lamoureux. they then traveled on to Montreal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
UPI
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Vermont
Trudeau
Deane C. Davis
Davis
Canada
Lucien Lamoureux
John Burgess
Jaycee Prizes Await Owners At Home Show
Seven more prize winners at the Jaycee Home Show may claim by presenting ticket stubs to Paul Bohne III of Harwood Hill Orchards this week. Items include Cushman's deacon's bench won by 056329, toaster 056412, mixer 056464, transistor radio 056163, mirror 056074, bathmat set 056022, flashlight 011397, with donors Star Electric Haynes Kane Union Carbide and H Greenberg & Son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycee
Paul Bohne III
Harwood Hill Orchards
Cushman’s
Star Electric
H. Greenberg & Son
Haynes & Kane
Union Carbide
Renaissance Music Choir at Bennington College Concert
The Manhattan Voice Quintet will perform Renaissance polyphony at Bennington College on April 30 at 8 15 p m in the Carriage Barn. The program features motets and madrigals by Machaut Josquin Lassus Victoria and Palestrina with accompanists George Finckel and Marianne Finckel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan Voice
New York
Bennington College
Machaut
Josquin
Lassus
Victoria
Gibbons
Gesualdo
Palestrina
George Finckel
Marianne Finckel
Marlys Trunkhill
William Wiederanders
David Jarratt
Margaret Toews
Frank Baker
Miss Trunkhill
Statewide Cleanup Day Announced for Next Year
Vermont Governor Deane C. Davis announces a nine member panel to plan a statewide voluntary cleanup day next spring. He says the effort targets snow-hidden refuse dumped along highways and cites a $200,000 budget for winter debris removal. Agencies and civic groups will participate under the leadership of Theodore Riehle as vice-chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Department
Civil Defense, National Guard
To Love You Alice B Toklas at Harte Theatre
A barbed social satire stars Peter Sellers as Harold Pine a Jewish lawyer turned hippie. Screenings at the Harte Theatre are 6:30 and 8:30 p m with the film approved for general release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice B. Toklas
Peter Sellers
Sellers
Harold Pine
Harte Theatre
Parochial Schools Close Amid Teacher Shortage in Vermont
Diocesan officials shut several Catholic schools including St. Marys in Fair Haven and St. Marys in Middlebury due to financial strain and lack of teacher funding. Msgr. Lynch cites the 1969 legislature’s failure to pass lay teacher legislation as a factor. A $250,000 lay-teacher fund bill stalled in Senate committees as the legislature adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s School
Fair Haven
Middlebury
Msgr
Lynch
St. Albans
Senate
Students Named For Math Awards 2 county high schools win best paper
Two county high school students Dale S. Wilson of Mt Anthony Union and Stephanie I. Mahler of Arlington Memorial won best paper in the 12th annual mathematics prize contest. About 2,000 students from 71 schools statewide took the exam, which covered algebra geometry and trigonometry and tested ingenuity as well as knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Life Insurance Co
University of Vermont
Dale S. Wilson
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Stephanie I. Mahler
Arlington Memorial High School
Thomas K. Roney
UVM
Anniversary highlights North American Rebekahs in Burlington
Three attendees from Excelsior Lodge Manchester joined Miss Carolyn Clark and Mrs. Bessie Cobleigh and Miss W Minerva Holmes of Bennington at the 150th anniversary of the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs on Friday and Saturday in Burlington. Degrees were conferred by lodge and assembly with the Rebekah Council of Vermont and Grand Lodge of New Hampshire. A parade followed on Saturday afternoon. The Rebekah Assembly meets May 8-9 and the Vermont Grand Lodge May 10 in Montpelier, with officers to be elected.
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Carolyn Clark
Bessie Cobleigh
W. Minerva Holmes
Bennington
Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Burlington
Grand Lodge of
New Hampshire
Rebekah Assembly
Vermont
Tavern Motor Lodge
Montpelier
Welfare Dept Begins Voucher Payment System
The Social Welfare Department starts a voucher payment system for recipients deemed financially irresponsible. Deputy Commissioner Paul Philbrook said some switched from monthly cash payments following Gov. Deane C. Davis era. Starting July 1, Aid to Dependent Children families will receive cash every two weeks to aid budgeting, with further plans to reduce medical costs and simplify eligibility.
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Deane C. Davis
Philbrook
Norwich University to honor Warren and Westmoreland speakers
U S Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren will be the commencement speaker for Norwich University as it marks its 15th anniversary. On May 24 General Westmoreland, former commander of American forces in Vietnam and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will speak at a military convocation.
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Northfield
UPD
U.S. Supreme Court
Earl Warren
Norwich University
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Vermont population up 10 percent to 429,500 in 1968
Vermont's July 1 1968 population estimate shows a 10 percent rise to 429,500 from 390,000 in 1960. Chittenden Addison and Rutland counties lead growth. four counties slight declines with Caledonia Essex Grand Isle and Orleans down. Bennington County totals 27,227 with age breakdowns provided.
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Ment and Central Planning Office
Chittenden
Addison
Rutland County
Caledonia
Essex
Grand Isle
Orleans
Bennington County
Health Department
Local Questions Permitted At Con Con Referendum Time
Vermont communities may place local questions on the June 3 statewide referendum on a constitutional convention set for October 6. Attorney General James Jeffords clarified there is no legal objection to using the same day for local questions if it does not interfere with statewide voting. Towns must watch differing statutes for checklists and procedures. Rutland mulls a June 3 vote alongside a May 20 school tax issue. Springfield weighs a June 3 vote on abolishing a full-time sister city arrangement.
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Montpelier
Rutland
Springfield
Funeral notices for Daniel J Keeler and James F LaPlante
Funeral services were held for Daniel J Keeler formerly of Bennington who resided in Watervliet and Troy New York area for 25 years. A Requiem High Mass was offered at St Francis de Sales Church. Also noted is the funeral of James F LaPlante World War II Navy veteran held at Sacred Heart Church with a Requiem High Mass. Both services included Knights of Columbus participation and prayers led by local clergy. Relatives from Niagara Falls Watervliet N Y Framingham Mass Adams Lawrence Mass Hampton Laurelton New York City Scarsdale N Y Colonial Heights Va Dallas Texas and the local area attended. The LaPlante funeral noted he was a U S Gypsum Co sales representative and former resident of Merson Street County Street. Burial for Keeler was at Park Lawn Cemetery and for LaPlante at an unspecified cemetery after services.
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Daniel J.keeler
Bennington
Watervliet
Troy
N.Y
St. Francis de Sales
Francis B. Flanagan
Mahar & Son Funeral
Sisters of St. Coleman’s Convent
Watervnlet
Keeler
Leonard Hospital
William S. Daley
John F. Pierce
Matro Beeble
K of C
Flanagan
Bennington Knights of Columbus
Father van Rensselaer General Assembly
Troy Area
Park Lawn Cemetery
Msgr
Niagara Falls
Watervilet
Framingham
Mass
New York City
Sacred Heart Church
Charles Wallen
C.S.C
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
LaPlante
U.S. Gypsum Co
Chicago
Merson Street
County Street
Henry Bourgeois
Knights of Columbus
Father Wallen
Adams
Lawrence
Hampton
Laurelton
Scarsdale
Colonial Heights
Dallas
Tex
Hospital Notes Admissions and Birth Announcements
Admissions list includes Grace Costorf Manchester Center Master Christopher Earnhardt Alice Longtin Master Troy W Joseph Bennington John J LaFountain Shafts bury Robert Harris North Pownal Discharges include Kathryn Rood North Bennington Denise Allen Wilmington Floyd Marsh Bennington Mr and Mrs John F Galvin 8 High St Hoosick Falls a son April 28 Mr and Mrs George Green P O Box 108 Hoosick Falls a son April 28 Mr and Mrs Albert Goodwin 11 Birchard Ave Hoosick Falls a daughter April 28 Mr and Mrs Donald Clough Dorset a daughter April 28 Mr and Mrs Larry Davis Arlington a daughter April 28.
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Grace Costorf
Manchester Center
Christopher Earnhardt
Alice Longtin
Troy W
Joseph
Bennington
John J. LaFountain
Shaftsbury
Robert Harris
North Pownal
Kathryn Rood
North Bennington
Denise Allen
Wilmington
Floyd Marsh
John F. Galvin
High St
Hoosick Falls
George Green
P.O
Albert Goodwin
Birchard Ave
Donald Clough
Dorset
Larry Davis
Arlington
Obituaries for Germain and Shepard (Conn and N H)
Leo Charles Germain 63 former Bennington resident dies in Manchester after a long illness. Born Rutland May 14 1905 he leaves wife Phyllis and children Christine Michele Gregory Leo David. funeral Thursday St James Manchester. Cora Abrams Shepard 88 Enfield widow of Louis Shepard dies April 19 in New London hospital. Survivors include sons Carl Reynolds John Reynolds daughter Dorothy Scurlock five great grandchildren. funeral at Chadwick New London.
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Manchester
Conn
Leo Charles Germain
Bennington
Rutland
Peter Charles Germain
Anna Gauthier
Gage St
Germain
St. Peter’s School
Allen-A
Connecticut
St. James Church
Phyllis Brodski
Michael
Christine) Linders
Michele
Gregory
Leo David
Mary Norbert
Order of Providence
Oregon
Irene Marceau
Mary Beatrice
The
Sisters of St. Joseph
Sacred Heart School
Albert R. Gauthier
Enfield
N.H
Cora (Abrams) Shepard
Louis Shepard
New London
Kansas City
Carl Reynolds
John Reynolds
Clermont
Fla
Gene
Dorothy) Scurlock
Winslow, Ariz
Chadwick Funeral Home
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Bennington Briefs
John Ratelle
Lloyd
Bennington Lions Club
King Lion
Edward G. Crealese
E. T. Williams
Ace Amusements
Parliament
William Doyle
Fred Laliberte
Montreal
Marlys
Margaret
William
Wiederanders
Anders
Holy Trinity Church
Manhattan
Robert Shaw Chorale
Jarratt
Tom Jones
Miss Toews
Margaret Hillis
Internation Church Center
Baker
Charles Ives
Piedmont Lyric Theatre
Theodore Riehle
Michael Caine
Anthony Quinn
Zorba
Quinn
Alan Bates
Mediterranean
Williamstown Cinema
Max von Sydow
Liv Ullman
Ingmar Bergman
Welfare Dept
Norwich
State Health Depart
Daniel J. Keeler
James F. Laplante
Leo C,. Germain
Giblets
Ise
Holsum Angel
Nestle Instant
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