Bennington Schools Plan Open Day Enrollment Details
The Bennington School District expects 1,388 students in grades K through 6 on Sept 7 as it begins a new merged elementary operation. Kindergarten enrollment tops 283 with class sizes varying in grades 1 to 6, hiring of three new teachers approved, and a plan for lunch, buses, and staff orientation.
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The
Bennington School District Inc
Raymond C. Roy
Roy
Bennington
John A. Boykin
Molly Stark
Green Mountain College Wins Two Alumni Awards
Green Mountain College and its more than 7,000 alumni received two awards from the American Alumni Council at the recent national conference. An honorable mention in the 1966 alumni giving incentive awards. a photo from the April 1966 Alumni Bulletin recognized as among the best in the 1965-66 year. The sustained performance award noted five years of rising alumni gifts and increasing contributors, with a $250 certificate and check from the United States Steel Foundation.
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Poultney
Green Mountain College
American Alumni Council
Association
Alumni Bulletin
The
United States Steel Foundation
Sister Timothy Retires After Long Nursing Career
GREAT FALLS Mont. Sister Timothy of the Sisters of Providence retires this month after 46 years at Columbus Hospital. A former Maria Des Neige Bellemare of Bennington, she leaves after 23 years in the emergency room plus years as telephone operator. She helped raise funds for the poor, played organ for 18 years, aided the Gamelin Sewing Circle, and making hand puppets for child patients. Now bound for Mount St Joseph’s Spokane, she leaves a hospital crew she brightened with daily smiles.
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Timothy
Order of Sisters of Providence
Bennington
Columbus Hospital
Great Falls
Mont
Hermine Betit
Frant
Theodule Betit
Betit
Estelle Hoth
Frederic Hoth
Christopher
Order of the Sisters of Providence
Maria Des Neige Bellemare
Glastonbury
Theodule
Hermine
Eli
Lucy) LaPorte
Frank
Evelyn
Dragon
Paul
Emile Bellemare
Marcellin Philip Bellemare
Lanesboro
Mass
Hormidas
Joseph
Marcellin Bellemare
Mount St. Joseph’s
Spokane
Wash
Raymond Arthur
Sacred Heart
Montreal
Gamelin
Emily Gamelin
Vermont VDCT Summer Meet Plans at Johnson State College
The Vermont Department of Classroom Teachers annual summer conference, led by VDCT directors Mrs. Marian Taylor and Mrs. Aline Sandrin of Bennington, will convene at Johnson State College on Saturday to set goals and plan projects for 1966 1967. VDCT president Mrs. Marie Farnham announced additional statewide meetings on Teachers and Their Contracts with multiple sessions in September and October. Richard Morgan of the NEA will attend to discuss national rights and security, with expected turnout around 100 teachers per meeting.
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Vermont Department of Classroom Teachers
Marian Taylor
Aline Sandrin
Bennington
Johnson State College
Marie Farnham
Shoreham
VDCT
South Burlington High School
Middlebury Inn
Bellows Free Academy
St. Albans
Orleans Municipal Auditorium
Spaulding High School
Barre
Vermont
Bellows
Bennington Rural Fire Department
Beech Street
Carol Palmer
Karen Littlefield
Rural Fire Department
Rutland
Shaftsbury
Willow Road
Florence Fonteneau
Lillian Rice
GOP Candidates Attend Bennington Luncheon Aug 26
The Bennington Republican Women's Club sponsors a lunch for GOP state candidates at Mt Anthony Country Club on Friday Aug 26 at 1 pm. Speakers include Thomas Hayes and Richard Snelling for governor, Perry Merrill for lieutenant governor, Byron Hathorn and Rudolph Smith for secretary of state, Ward Bedford and John Perry for state treasurer, David Anderson for state auditor, James Oakes and Gerard Trudeau for attorney general. Local candidates invited. Bennington ladies committee names and ticket chairs listed. The event aims to unite Republican and Independent voters and is the sole gathering where all candidates will speak.
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Bennington
Republican Women’s Club
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Thomas Hayes
Richard Snelling
Perry Merrill
Byron Hathorn
Hartford
Rudolph Smith
Lake Elmore
Ward Bedford
Middlebury
John Perry
South Barre
David
Rare Glass Exhibit At Mill Museum In Pawtucket
The National Early American Glass Club shows 13 Steuben pieces loaned by Mr and Mrs Joseph W Limric of Medfield Mass at Slater Mill Museum Pawtucket through Aug 28. The exhibit features early blown and pressed glass and is open Tue Sat 10 to 5 and Sun 2 to 5 with no admission. A second item notes East Africa Anuak chiefs like Father of the Land may be blamed for crop failures and faced death under tribal customs.
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Pawtucket, R.I
National Early American Glass Club
Old Slater Mill
Joseph W. Limric
Medfield
Mass
Bennington Museum
Limric
John E. Johnson
Pawtucket
Dorothy Lee Jones
Wellesley Hills
Douglas Hill
Robert H. Lawson
Washington
UPI
East Africa
National Geographic Society
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Mt. Anthony
Faclty
Union High School
Richard Sleeman
James Shea
Anthony Pello
James Farmer
Supervisory Union
Farmer
Pello
Citizens Committee
South Supervisory Union
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Virginia McKenna
Leon E. Wagner
Riddle
Honiker’s Mobil
H. Greenberg & Son
Dial
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Smirnoff
Smirnoff Mule
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Atkins and Gould Jewelers
Main St. Bennington
GOP
Portland
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Pairpoint
Pittsburgh
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Inet Est
Latham Circle
Eddie Rich
Troy Donahue
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Latham
Walter Slezak
Oliver
Fred and Patricia Carmichael
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Dorset Playhouse
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Cadillac, Inc
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