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Newspaper

Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Dec 03, 1963

Page

5

Middlebury Alumni Serve in Peace Corps Globally

Middlebury College highlights 16 alumni in the Peace Corps. Posts include two at headquarters in Washington DC and volunteers in the Philippines, West Pakistan, Venezuela, Colombia, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Guinea, Peru, Malaya, and the Ivory Coast. Dalsimer notes Peace Corps service will aid US understanding of world problems.

Middlebury Middlebury College Peace Corps Robert S. Shriver Jr Shriver Nigeria Pakistan Washington, D.C William G. Craig Alyce M. Kelly Don Chouls Philippines Elizabeth Chalmers West Pakistan Audrey A. Kunkel Venezuela James R. Wright Luccinda Thomas Columbia Carolyn Parks Allen Huseband Hayward F. Allen Ethioopia Enid Coel Robert W. Teller J. Bradshaw Mintener Guinea Joan Eisenhart Malaya Stephen J. Green Niger Sandra Carnesale Peru Irene Bristol William R. Dalsimer Ivory Coast United States Dalsimer

Youth Choir to rehearse Christmas music at Pow nal Center

The Youth Choir of the Pownal Center Community Church will meet tonight at 7 30 PM to prepare Christmas music under the direction of Mrs Eleanor Rickert of Williamstown. Over 100 area youths attended the November record hop sponsored by the Women s Auxiliary of the Pownal Fire Department.

Pownal Center Eleanor Rickert Williamstown Rickert Howard van Horn Women’s Pownal Mary Clayborn Janet James Cheryl Andrews Patti George Joel Raetz Linda Haag William Brown Sharon Jelley Stephen Woodcock William Cameron Rolland Roy Milton Pratt George Renner Harry W. Beals Jr Floyd Woodcock Glenn Sweet Women’s Fellowship of the

White Creek Grange Christmas Party Planned

White Creek Grange will hold its annual Christmas Party at the hall on Friday. A 7 30 p.m. covered dish supper and a grab bag for adults and children are planned. Gifts should not exceed 50 cents and each family should bring one program number.

White Creek Grange Maida Bascom Sarah Bouplon Antello Pepe Kevin Denise Frank Bouplon Dewey McCart Mildred James McCart Cora McCart Easton

Manchester Civic meetings and charity sale details

The Board of Civil Authority meets Friday at 8 p m to abate taxes and review taxes paid under protest. A PTA sale of used winter sports gear is set for Saturday at the Elementary School from 10 a m to 4 p m with items left Thursday and Friday Dec 5 and 6. Unsold items must be picked up Dec 9 unless otherwise notified.

Board of Civil Authority PTA George Breen Stephen Bresko Robert J. Fish Thomas Far Earle J. Fowler Manchester Depot Henry Ford Clifford B. Harwood Victor Whitehouse Victor Whitehouse Jr Brewer Maine Roy W. Barstow Brooklyn N.Y Gordon Naylor Brandon U.S. 7 East Dorset Naylor Frank M. Campbell Sharon Conn Thomas Smith Campbell Ernest Mattison Arlington

Arlington Carriers Earn Driver Awards

Arlington Postmaster J. M. McCabe announced that the National Safety Council awarded safe driver pins to Arlington Rural Mail Carriers Robert A. Buck and George L. Pike. Buck received a 13 year pin and Pike a five year pin for accident free records on their routes.

Arlington J. M. McCabe National Safety Council Robert A. Buck George L. Pike Post Office

Thanksgiving Visitors and Local Family Travels

Archineton Helene Thompson 375-2325 reports numerous relatives and friends visiting or traveling for Thanksgiving. Families from Albany, Martinsville, Brockton, Manchester, Conn., Flush ing, L I, Manhasset, N Y, Silver Spring Md, Chepachet R I, Wilton Conn, Schenectady N Y, Barre and Hartford Conn spent time with local residents or traveled for the holiday.

Ethel Hebert Wilbur Corey Albany Harold Putnam Germany Irving Grout Martinsville N.J Manchester Conn Arthur Moody Terrance Rileys Gary VerVoot Flushing L.I H.W. Ver Voot Manhasset N.Y Terrance Riley Jr Hartford Mrs Bernard Cullinan

Holiday Dinner Guests Share Camaraderie

Buskirk Helen C Hall hosted a holiday dinner with Mr and Mrs Howard Jones hosting guests Mr and Mrs Darwin Sherman and Mr and Mrs Clarence Burch. Also present were Mr and Mrs Alfred Rogge and son Carl of Eagle Bridge and Mr and Mrs Albert Wooddell and children of Cambridge.

Howard Jones Darwin Sherman Clarence Burch Alfred Rogge Carl Eagle Bridge Albert Wooddell Cambridge

Thanksgiving Gatherings Across Arlington and Surrounding Towns

Mr and Mrs Dean Houghton and family of Poultney spent Thanksgiving with Mrs Houghton’s parents Mr and Mrs John King. Carl Towery hosted Mrs Towery’s parents Mr and Mrs Jesse Squires for Thanksgiving. Elise Phillips hosted Mr and Mrs C G Belcher Dr G A Russell Arlington and Francis Dunbar Manchester. Families from Martinsville New Jersey visited Mr Grout’s parents. James King and family of South Shaftsbury joined Mr King’s parents. Freeman Grout and family of Randolph visited Mr Grout’s parents Roy and another Grout. The Grouts recently moved to Randolph from Reading Massachusetts.

Dean Houghton Poultney Mrs Carl Towery Mrs. Towery Jesse Squires Elise Phillips C.G. Belcher G.A. Russell Arlington Francis Dunbar Manchester Irving Grout Martinsville, N. J Mr. Grout Roy Grout James King South Shaftsbury Mr. King John King Freeman Grout Randolph Grout Reading Mass Francis Englehart Jr Talcottville

Smith Wins Union League Poetry Prize at Williams College

William Jay Smith, poet in residence at Williams College, receives the Union League Civic and Arts Foundation Prize of 100 dollars for two poems Northern Lights and The Tin Can. Donor is the Union League Civic and Arts Foundation in Chicago.

Williamstown Mass William Jay Smith Williams College Union League Civic and Arts Foundation Northern Lights Robinson Jeffers Robert Penn Warren William Stafford Chicago

Local residents share Thanksgiving visits across families

Ian MacDonald Shaftsbury returned by plane Sunday evening from New York where he spent several days as the guest of his cousins Miss Nancy Hanson and David Hanson. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bunk and children Lee Lois and Lynn spent Thanksgiving with her and Mrs. Whitman Hammond of Ridgefield Connecticut, returning home Saturday.

Ian MacDonald New York Miss Nancy David Hanson Henry Bunk Lee Lois Lynn Whitman W. Hammond Ridgefield, Conn

Teacher Perrotta Reports On Hagerstown ETV Visit

Louis Perrotta BCHS math teacher describes a Ford Foundation funded ETV program in Hagerstown Maryland. He notes that educational television has been used since September 1956 with excellent teachers made available to students in Washington County schools across urban suburban and rural areas.

Hagerstown Ford Foundation BCHS Louis Perrotta Perrotta Washington County Ers Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Maryland Vermont

Thanksgiving Gatherings and Community Notes Across Vermont

Vermont towns report family visits for Thanksgiving from Wilmington Searsburg Bennington and Jacksonville. Dinners featured heirloom dishes and reunions with relatives including Briggs Olsen Davis and Willard families. A separate feature discusses educational television programs showing broad adoption in Maryland and potential Vermont use, with outcomes lessons and teacher attitudes.

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