Meals on Wheels in Bennington County Aimed at Seniors
In Bennington County the Bennington County Nutritional Program For the Elderly aka meals on wheels provides well balanced lunches for seniors 60 and over. Sponsored by United Counseling Service the program emphasizes nutrition and social meals rather than charity. It began after a 1972 meeting of local hospitals social welfare and community groups to establish a regular senior meals service.
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John
South Street
Senior Citizens
Senior Citizens’ Center
Ben Mont Avenue
Bennington County
United Counseling Service
Gordon Walker
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Department of Social Wafare
Bennington-Rutland Opportunity Council
UCS
Bennington Home Health Agency
Bennington County Nurses’ Association
Bennington Elderly Nutrition Program expands meals reach
The Bennington Nutrition Program for the Elderly, run with Paddy's Restaurant, serves seniors 60 plus with hot lunches at multiple sites and home delivery. It operates on a pay as you can basis, aims to boost social contact, and faces limited center attendance despite strong home delivery volumes and state support.
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Claire Santway
The
Home Health Agency
Time
Putnam Hospital
BROC
Bread and Law Task Force
Bailey Hall
East Arlington
Eagles Home
Manchester
Walker
Bennington
Paddy's
Retired Seniors Volunteer Program
RSVP
Offshore drilling focus shifts to Georges Bank area
The Interior Department said 18 oil companies nominated 1,927 tracts off Massachusetts and Rhode Island for a second Atlantic offshore drilling sale. The Georges Bank Trough area contains 10.9 million acres, with leases planned for sale next August after hearings. Several groups objected to specific tracts, while governors sought a six month delay for environmental studies. Major companies named include Exxon, Chevron, Phillips, Shell, Mobil, Amoco, Texaco.
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Washington
UPI
New England
America
Interior Department
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Georges Bank Trough
Maine
Commercial Fisheries Association
Massachusetts State Environmental Affairs Office
Georges Bank
U.S
Mid- Atlantic
New Jersey
Maryland
Connecticut
Vermont
Tenneco
Conoco
Jerome D. Schwartz
Houston Oil and Minerals
Atlantic Richfield
Amaco
Chevron
Cities Service
Exxon
Getty
Marathon
Mobil
Phillips
Shell, Skelly
Sun
Louisiana Land and Exploration Co
Texas Eastern Exploration Company
Atlantic Offshore Fish and Lobster Association of
Narraganset
R.I
Vermont Governor to name Brock to fill Windsor seat
Gov Thomas Salmon announced he will appoint Republican William Brock to the Vermont House seat left vacant by the death of Rep Edward Conlin. Brock was chosen by the Windsor Republican caucus. Salmon said he would not replace Conlin with a Democrat despite calls from Robert Harris.
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Robert Harris
Conlin
Salmon
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South St
Senior Citizens Community Center
BenMont Ave
N.E. Coast
Lorenzo B. Kemmerer
Larry
Short St
Brooklyn
N.Y
Roy C. and
Lea (Botzen) Kemmerer
Jamaica
Peekskill, N.Y
RCA Institute
U.S. Secretarial School
New York City
Edna Phillips
Ideal Fuels
Pacific
Mt. Anthony Lodge No. 13
F & AM
Kemmerer
Mt. Anthony Lodge
Taft Commandery No. 8
DeMolay
Mt. Anthony
Lodge of Perfection
Order of Eastern Star
Edward
Virginia) Frechette
Stanley C. Kemmerer
Durant
Iowa
Robert E. Frechette
E. M
Ethel) Matthews
Harrisburg
Francis V. Jaworski
Danby
Rutland Hospital
Jaworski
Poland
Gregory and
Catherine (Zombek) Kielb
United States
Joseph G. Jaworski
Holy Trinity Church
Richard E. Thompson
Brewster Funeral Home
St. Jerome Cemetery
East Dorset
Dennis (Lea) Cooper
Westport
Conn
St. Peters Episcopal Church
Kenneth Costin
Mahar and Son Funeral Home
Park Lawn Cemetery
Mr. Kemmerer
Bennington Briefs
Green Mountain Homemaker’s Extension Group
Ethel Breese
Shaftsbury
Jacob’s
Jim Thompson
Europe
Berkeley School of
Bennington Lanes
Ben Mont
Labor Day
Fisimans
Main St
Ata
Nichols
White Sale
Brock
Smarctr
Bennington Banner Telephone
Bennington Banner
Banner Publishing Corp
United Press International
New York Times
Matthews, Shannon & Cullen, Inc
Depot Street
PET Dairy
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