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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1962
Page
8
Shaftsbury officials pressed for a town manager to fix mounting expenses and centralize finances after a debt scare and tax-anticipation loan limits. The plan aims to restore solvency with an expanded budget and centralized accounting, with elections in March for new selectmen candidates.
Arlington hosts a Community House event featuring Catamount Patrol members sharing Roundup experiences. The girls display swaps and slides, with a kitchen box Arlington helped supply on view. Proceeds aid Community House upkeep and library heat. fair runs Thursday night on the lawns, rain date Friday.
Hoosick Ada M Breer leads local Scouts at Camp Wakpominee in West Fort Ann with several assistants including Charles Williams Jr. and Peter Holzhauer. The report lists multiple family visits to Massena and Williamstown and notes All Saints Vestry meeting August 9 in the Parish House.
Father Charles A. Bauman, newImmaculate Conception Church pastor, spoke at the Hoosick Falls Lions Club dinner. He summarized a 3000 youth survey finding most teens are optimistic, with low interest in foreign events, high college plans, and strong church attendance.
About 40 stations were out following a storm early last night. Harry G. Marshall of the N E Tel and Tel office overseeing Bennington Arlington Dorset and Manchester said service was knocked out mainly in Manchester and Dorset. Crews worked overnight and full restoration was expected by late morning or early afternoon. The rain continued through the afternoon but caused no road damage in Manchester or major additional impacts.
Dorset school census lists 15 children entering first grade this fall from the west side, naming families such as Abbott Gleason Harney Kinneys Mooney Monahans OLeary Parker Prouty Phillips Wells Wyman Warren and Lake Jr. The district asks for any overlooked names or new movers ages 6 to 18 to contact Mrs. Skinner.
Dorset Playhouse presents The Imaginary Invalid Thursday through Sunday Aug 9 12 at 8 40 p m with Patricia Carmichael directing and Fred Carmichael as the hypochondriac The cast includes Patricia McGuire Maria Munda and James Stinson Reservations are available Dorset 33 and opening night coffee will follow the curtain.
Mr and Mrs Charles Turner returned from a Colorado Springs language school at the Air Force Academy and headed to Thule Greenland. The Pettersen couple, staying at the Turner home, returned to Whitestone New York. Red Cross July swimming class results include Junior lifesaving passers Robert Greene and Glenn Coggins and swimmers Louise Coggins Cynthia Gillmore James Harvey Walter Davis Susan Allison. Beginners who passed include Eleanor Moore Eugenia Sullivan Dennis Younger Carol Boyd Robert Poor Ralph Howe Jr Barnie Thomas Kim Stenson Raymond Penson Lisa Berkley Brent Thomas Stephen Rowell Deborah Brown Lynn Boyd William Boyd Stephen May Thimothy Whitney David Grenger Glenn Brown Gail Allison. Jane Schouler of Northfield Mass taught the course.
Michael J Keough Jr son of Mr and Mrs Michael Keough earns Chief Radioman rating after a Navy career spanning Bainbridge Corpus Christi Meinheim Rhine patrols and duty on O Hara Abbott and PT boats. He married Jutta Reiband in Meinheim and plans retirement in 1965 after 20 years of service.
Jean Henry overseer of the poor announces surplus commodities for eligible Shaftsbury residents will be distributed tomorrow from 2 to 4 30 p m. The event aims to assist eligible locals with essential items in a brief afternoon window.
At Grist Mill Weston Vermont Craftsmen host Aug 11 demonstrations by Ann and Jane Gordy of Stonemeadow Studio Bennington. The mother daughter team will show casting hand modelling glazing and firing from 10 30 to 12 and 2 to 3 30. Admission is free.
Hoosick Falls residents Miss Elsie Ehmler and Chris Ehmler prepare to return to Europe where Ehmler works for the U S government. Mrs Isabell McGuire suffers a broken wrist in a Mothers Softball game at the Little League field sponsored by the Little League Auxiliary.
Eleanor Niles and Mrs Margaret Hulshow entered Albany Medical Center for treatment. Susan Tanner returned home after a vacation with relatives in Connecticut. Christine and Jennifer Harris of North Bennington were weekend guests of their aunt Claudia Blake. Mr and Mrs John Olsen and family of Newburgh New York were weekend guests of George Lobdell and wife.
North Bennington piano students of Irwin Freundlich present their second and final concert Friday at 8 PM in the Carriage Barn. The group, after a rousing success two weeks earlier, will depart the college Saturday marking this farewell appearance.
The University of Vermont bulletin reports rural Vermont residents aged 65 or older show women more prepared for retirement leisure than men. It notes many men have not considered retirement, while women already engage in leisure activities and family-focused plans.
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