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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Aug 29, 1968

Page

3

Sunny Hill Day Camp Season Ends at Hapgood Pond

The Sunny Hill Day Camp operated by Bennington Friends of Retarded Children ended a six week summer program with a picnic and swim at Hapgood Pond in Peru. Fifty children attended with 13 staff and volunteers. The event was prepared by Mrs Ina Damon and Mrs Betty Myers. A Kennedy Foundation grant funded the program and plans for next summer include finding a new location and staff.

Sunny Hill Friends of Bennington Ina Damon Red Brick Betty Myers Silver Towers Brookfield Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation

Carbide Transfers Russell to St Albans Plant

Union Carbide Corp. announces E. A. Russell will transfer from Bennington to the St. Albans plant effective Sept 1. Russell joined UC in March 1967 as an office accounting trainee. He and his wife Susan and their three children will live on Swanton Road after their new home is completed.

Carbide Russell St. Albans St, Albans Union Carbide Corp E. A. Russell Bennington Susan Christine Charlene Cindy Swanton Road

Vermont Music Teachers Elect Leader At Bennington Meet

Mrs. R. H. van der Linde was elected president of the Vermont Music Teachers Association at its fourth annual convention in Bennington. New officers include Frank Lidral as first vice president Lauria Grantley as second vice president Norma Auchter as secretary treasurer and Albert Tepper as eastern division chair. Sixty percent of statewide members attended including convention chairs Mr. and Mrs. van der Linde and local delegates Mrs. Geneva Montle Moore and Mr. and Mrs. William Hain. A Sunday recital featured Judy Crane Dorothy Douglas Bruce Fuller Ingrid Halvorsen Julia Hermstein Teddy Hess David Kantrowitz Nancy Mackey Irene Midurski Dennis Pratt Brauna Rosen Barbara Russ Victoria Scott Polly van der Linde and Tasha van der Linde.

R. H Rosamond van der Linde Vermont Music Teachers Association Bennington Frank Lidral The University of Vermont Lauria Grantley Burlington Norma Auchter Geneva Montle Moore William Hain Judy Crane Dorothy Douglas Bruce Fuller Karen Ingrid Halvorsen Julia Hermstein Teddy Hess David Kantrowitz Nancy Mackey Irene Midurski Dennis Pratt Brauna Rosen Barbara Russ Victoria Scott Polly Tasha van der Linde

Oakes to Tour Western Vermont Friday Campaign Ride

Vermont attorney general James L. Oakes Republican candidate for governor will fly through the western region this Friday August 30 with stops planned in Middlebury Rutland Manchester and Bennington as part of his campaign tour.

Montpelier James L. Oakes Vermont Middlebury Rutland Manchester Bennington

Brattleboro man compiles Royall Tyler poetry collection

Marius B Peladeau a Brattleboro native and press secretary notes his interest in Royall Tyler sparked by Dr Jeremiah K Durick at Winooski Liberal Arts College The book The Verse of Royall Tyler published by University Press of Virginia covers poems from 1770 to 1826 Tyler a 1807 Vermont Supreme Court chief justice also ruled that slavery could not be legalized in Vermont Peladeau attended Loyola High School and Loyola College before St Michael s College

Winooski St. Michael’s College Royall Tyler New England Marius B. Peladeau Tyler Jeremiah K. Durick Winooski Liberal Arts College University Press of Virginia Vermont Supreme Court Peladeau Joseph P. Vigorito

Prince Harald of Norway to wed Sonja Haraldsen in Oslo

Oslo reports Prince Harald of Norway will wed Sonja Haraldsen, a commoner, after a decade together. In Bennington Vermont, Oakes plans a public coffee hour at 5:30 p.m. and a 6:30 cocktail at David Buzzell’s home before departing for Montpelier, part of a final campaign swing toward the September 10 primary.

Oslo Prince Harald of Norway Sonja Haraldsen Oakes Bennington Republican Putnam David Buzzell Montpelier Vermont

Parrot's Profanity Causes Neighborhood Complaint

London resident Ronald Bowen filed a Noise Abatement Society complaint over Charlie the parrot's alleged use of obscene language while chained near Miss Heather Standring's home. Bowen says the bird swears near children and wants it removed or relocated, though Standring disputes the claim.

London VPD Charlie Ronald Bowen Bowen Heather Standring

Final Happening set at Ripton Arts Project

The COPA festival runs Friday and Saturday August 29 and 30 in Ripton with free admission. It features youths art works ceramics music and theatre plus the Red Rodgers Dance Company from New York. A concert by students resident and guest artists is set for Friday at 7 30 p m with art workshops Saturday 1 30 to 6 30 and a second concert Saturday at 7 30 p m.

Ripton Community of Performing Arts COPA New York City Vermont Red Rodgers New York

Sgt Guetti Honored For Vietnam Assignment

GREENFIELD Mass Sgt Curtis C Guetti son of Mr and Mrs Charles Guetti who moved here from Bennington Vt four years ago was accorded a meritorious mast in Vietnam recently praising his actions and accomplishments while filling in on a special assignment He is a 1963 Bennington Catholic High School graduate and serves with Marine Attack Squadron 121 First Marine Aircraft Wing The commanding officer lauded his organization efficiency and tireless effort in handling ordnance duties under combat conditions.

Bennington Catholic High School Gt. Guetti Ordnance

Rostow Daughter Jessica Weds Dana Stevens in Peru Garden

Jessica Rostow daughter of Eugene V. Rostow and Ros tow and Dana N. Stevens son of Carl Stevens of Alexandria Va were married in a garden ceremony in Peru on a Wednesday afternoon. The bride, a Bennington College sophomore, will transfer to the University of Santa Clara. The groom, Williams College graduate with honors, is a Stanford economics graduate student. Rabbi Victor Riechert officiated at the Rostow summer home with benediction by Rev Sidney Lovett.

Peru Jessica Rostow Eugene V. Rostow Rostow Dana N. Stevens Carl R. Stevens Alexandria Bennington College Stanford University Williams College Victor E. Riechert Hebrew Union College University of Cincinnati Sidney Lovett Yale University Yale Law School Sterling Yale Kathy Fitzsimmons Barbara Green

Bar Officials Endorse Ted Riehle For Secretary of State

The Vermont Bar Association leaders Hilton Wick and Waldo Holden endorsed Theodore M. Riehle Jr. for the Republican nomination for secretary of state. In a letter they cited his record in administration and efficiency, experience in government and law, and vision for modernizing services and governance.

Ted Riehle Vermont Bar Association Theodore M. Riehle Jr Association Hilton Wick Burlington Waldo Holden Bennington Riehle

Doctors revive four year old after pond submersion

In London at Brompton Hospital doctors revived Graham Palmer, four, who was pulled unconscious from a pond after twelve minutes underwater. A spokesman said he should have died after eight minutes. Heart massage via relays lasted four hours until a heartbeat returned, then he was placed on a respirator and gradually recovered.

London UPD Brompton Hospital Graham Palmer

Women for Nixon names in state chairmen list

Mrs. Richard Thurber of Charlotte the state chairman of Women for Nixon has completed appointing county chairmen except Rutland County Each will form town chairman committees to mobilize Republican and independent women and raise funds for Nixon television programs The named chairmen cover Addison Bennington Caledonia Chittenden Essex Franklin Lamoille Johnson Grand Isle Orleans Morgan Orange Rutland Windsor and Windham counties with several towns listed for each.

Charlotte Richard Thurber Nixon Rutland County Richard Nixon Addison R. D. Goss Middlebury Bennington Leon Cole Arlington Caledonia William Robinson St. Johnsbury Chittenden Howard Dubacek Burlington Essex Harold Locklin Canaan Franklin S. T. Hudson Georgia Lamoille George T. Fisher Johnson Grand Isle William Nicoll Orleans Ward Barrup Morgan Orange Horace Lasell Williamstown Rutland Pending Windham A. Luke Crispe Newfane Windsor Neal Mudgett South Royalton

Fringe benefit aiding Ford workers in Halewood

Working wives at the Ford Motor Co plant in Halewood receive a rare fringe benefit as a special company truck delivers and collects bread orders from local bakeries for women employees who otherwise could not shop.

Halewood England UPD Ford Motor Co

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George Stockman Laurie Jackson Paul Aite Judith Manes Barbara Lawless Gail Rita Eileen Dwyer Billy Igger Belsixcroy For All Igger Ennington Albert Tepper Music Teachers National Association Muriel Rowe Hoff Lindsay Sgt. Guetti Vietnam Curtis Guetti Eugene Rostow Jessica Robert Kim Stevens Victor A. D. Rostow Charles N. Rostow University of Santa Clara California Prospect Hill School New Haven New Haven Assembly Office of Health Affairs Office of Economic Opportunity Walt Whitman Rostow Phi Beta Kappa Williams Berkshire Symphony Orchestra Federal Aviation Agency Ted Master Rule Stanley J. Pekalski Gulbransen Silas Shaftsbury Atkins Jewelers Your Diamond Center Main ST
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