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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1966

Page

2

Vermont Music Teachers Plan Second Annual Convention

In Plainfield the Vermont Music Teachers Association begins its second annual convention with a Friday and Saturday schedule. Prof Louis Crowder of the University of Connecticut leads a piano workshop this afternoon and Imelda Delgado of the Vermont faculty will perform a Friday recital featuring the Ginastera sonata. In Montpelier a secret crime inquiry into Canadian rings was held behind closed doors at the Washington County Courthouse with no press access.

Plainfield Vermont Music Teachers Association Louis Crowder University of Connecticut Crowder Clavier Montpelier UPI Canada Washington County Canadian Crime Commission John Moran Windsor State John P. Connarn Crime Commission Vermont Edward Boggis Jr Claremont N.H

Adams High to Name Acting Principal as Short-Term Move

In Berkshire, Adams High School will appoint Wilfred DeBlois as acting principal through October 31 or until a permanent principal is chosen, with formal approval to follow at the School Committee meeting. Also in the region, Hinsdale seeks 3500 for a 35 acre land purchase, contingent on state approval and 50 percent reimbursement. Berkshire County Fair opens Sept 19 in Hancock with agriculture and racing. Pittsfield plans double sessions for 1966-67 at Pittsfield High while a new building is due in 1968. Ralph Church, 32, of Adams, dies in Northampton from injuries after his tractor-trailer plunged into a gully near Williamsburg. he was trapped for 45 minutes.

ADAMS Adams High Wilfred DeBlois Supt Rolland G. Duval Hinsdale The Conservation Commission Pittsfield Berkshire Berkshire Downs Hancock Ralph Church Northampton Williamsburg Mr. Church

Welfare program changes approved by Vermont committee

Vermont Legislative Council Social Welfare Committee approved 12 of 14 consultant recommendations including extending Title 19 Medicare to medically indigent residents and consolidating welfare services under the State Welfare Department. Rejected a $5 head tax. transfer town officers to the state. remove general assistance cap. pursue 68.44 percent Medicaid-style matching. abolish settlement laws. distribute surplus commodities to Food Stamp towns. plan to file with HEW for funds. Meeting set for Sept. 7 to discuss remaining items.

State Welfare Department U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare

Camp Thorpe Ends 40th Season

Camp Thorpe for physically handicapped children of Goshen closed its 40th season with 73 campers leaving, 25 staff wrapping up, and a banquet honoring achievements in swimming crafts and sports. A play, The Ugly Duckling, showcased the season with director Jan Jones of Lubbock Texas. Memorial entrance gate honors Gertrude Wolcott. Camp directors Basil Walsh and Benjamin Heath mark 34th year in charge. most campers Vermont residents. FT, LAUDERDALE, Fla. (UPI) Wigs expected to boom in 1966 as Chevar International chief notes price drops raise demand.

Brandon Camp Thorpe Goshen Goodby Texas Wisconsin Jan Jones Lubbock Vermont Gertrude Wolcott Roland L. Wolcott Benjamin W. Heath Newport Basil B. Walsh Ft, Lauderdale Fila UPI John P. Christopher Chevar International Corp

Middlebury Professor Cited by College Age Magazine

Middlebury College professor Reginald L. Cook, Jul ian Willis Abernethy Professor of American Literature and department chair, is featured in College Age magazine’s A Noted Educator. The piece highlights his teaching philosophy, biographies he authored, and his long tenure since 1929, including leading the Bread Loaf School of English for 19 years.

Middlebury College College Age Magazine Middlebury Reginald L. Cook Julian Willis Abernethy Middlebury American Literature Departement Cook Walden Thoreau Robert Frost Ralph Waldo Emerson Oxford University England Phi Beta Kappa Kappa Delta Rho Fraternity The College English Association Thoreau Society Who Middlebury Bread Loaf School of English

Police Pay Plan Set for Burlington Officers Holiday Pay

The Burlington Board of Aldermen will consider a unanimous recommendation next Monday to pay double for policemen working 10 holidays this year. The plan, backed by the Finance Board and Alderman Salary Committee, would be retroactive to July 1 and is part of a six point pay and benefits package, boosting sick leave and vacation pay as well.

Burlington UPS

Poet Robert Lowell Attacks Johnson At Newport Award

New England poet Robert Lowell used a literary prize event in Newport to attack President Johnson's public image and rhetoric. He called Johnson's speech racy and obscene and said his public addresses are written for him by others. Lowell, a WWII conscientious objector, had previously protested U.S. involvement in Viet Nam.

Newport N.H UPI New England Robert Lowell Johnson Lowell Sarah Josepha Hale Newport Library Festival Lic

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