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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1962
Page
8
A large turnout is expected for Shaftsbury's special town meeting called by the selectmen for Tuesday August 7 at 7 30 p m in Cole Hall. The warning includes reports on town finances and options to raise funds via a 1962 special tax or by borrowing any needed additional money.
Shaftsbury residents host relatives from Essex Junction Saginaw and North Bennington while visitors arrive from Taunton Mass and New York City. The Board of Civil Authority announces a meeting on Friday August 3 at 8 p.m. to review the checklist ahead of the August 7 special Town Meeting. Edward Woodard attends a three week pulp tech summer institute in Orono Maine from July 30 to August 16.
A 40 member group of New England area school administrators and superintendents attends a two day conference at Bennington College to observe the Summer Institute for High School Music Teachers. The six week program runs July to August and features composition vocal and instrumental studies plus curriculum planning. The public concert tonight showcases participant works and the conference considers applying the program to secondary education.
Leo Emery announced his candidacy for representative on the Democratic ticket. A World War I veteran, Emery was commissioned in the field and has long served Wilmington as constable for 15 years. He was born in St Albans and educated at the Bellows Academy in Fairbanks.
Milan Oren of Kibbutz Givath Brenner spoke in Searsburg about communal child rearing where mothers work in fields while children stay in nurseries and homes. Families live in private huts but daily life and schooling are communal with mandatory army service and shared housekeeping.
The next Victory Grange meeting is set for Wednesday night with Royal Cutts of Townshend as the special guest. Refreshments will be served. A daughter Dianna Lynn was born to Pfe Bruce Hopkins and Anita Reynolds Hopkins on July 22 in Munich Germany.
Hoosick Falls organist Joseph Sourcliffe III mourns four relatives including his father stepmother and aunt Doris Sourdiffe and Mrs Earl Loker who died in the Berlin disaster. Fire Chief Frank Jones lost his home and is brother of local business owners. Community events support relief with a party at the Hoosick Falls Country Club raising funds and planning future socials.
Arlington news notes expert arrangement tips from Mrs. Chester Way of Middlebury to Arling ton Garden Club members. Preparations for a flower show at Fisher Elementary School on Aug 21 were outlined, with Mrs. Way introduced by club president Mrs. Donald Trachte at a West Arlington gathering hosted by Mrs. Robert Miller Smith.
The Ethan Allen Pomona Grange held its Go to Church service and picnic last week at 4H Camp Ondawa with about 40 attendees. A picnic followed and the next Pomona meeting is at Tacon ic Grange Hall South Shaftsbury on Aug 14 at 8 15 p m labeled Neighbor's Night.
Eleanor Niles and Bonnie Marsh were taken to Putnam Memorial Hospital for treatment. Albert Harrington had surgery at Putnam Memorial Hospital last week. Donna George and Eileen Taber are at Skye Farm Warrensburg NY this week for a Methodist Youth Camp.
William T. Burns of South Dorset filed yesterday at the East Dorset town clerk as a candidate on both the Democratic and Republican tickets for town representative to the 1963 General Assembly in Montpelier. He is an ex-utility executive and long-time Dorset resident active in local and state professional societies.
Woodstock Garden Club hosts an exhibition of pictures and flower arrangements at the Woodstock Historical Society House on Saturday from 1 30 to 4 30 Tea will be served Proceeds go to Flowers and Services Inc which delivers flowers to patients at the Veterans Hospital White River Junction Mrs Prescott Wellman is general chairman with aids from Mrs Otis Guernsey Jr of Woodstock
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