Christmas Fellowship and Tea at North Bennington Church
The Baptist Women’s Fellowship will meet at Heritage House on December 8 at 6 30 p.m. for a Christmas dinner with a gift exchange valued around one dollar or a kitchen gift. The North Bennington Congregational Church Women host a holiday tea Tuesday at 3 30 p.m. for shut ins and all church women, with Mrs Harold Riemann in charge. Nearly all the Fred Simmons family gathered at grandparents’ home for Thanksgiving.
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The
Baptist Women’s Fellowship
Heritage House
North Bennington
Fred Simmons
Frederick Simmons
Amherst
N.H
Simmons
Bill
Brenda
Pamela
Polly
Harriet Barrows
Dorset
Belinda
Northfield School For Girls
Susan Lasher
Pasadena
Calif
Barrows
H. Alan Wood
Manchester Town Clerk Notes and Local Updates
Manchester Town Clerk catalogs art loan program and winter exhibits, outlines social welfare eligibility and hunting fishing license gifts, promotes sale of Manchester History volume, and clarifies zoning legality with court oversight. Nearby road work on Main Street tied to railroad and Vermont Highway Dept, parking rules, and North Bennington gym schedule announced for Saturdays starting December 5.
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Vermont
Social Welfare
Bennington
Shaftsbury Design for elementary education approved at meeting
About 20 attendees approved the Shaftsbury Elementary Education design with in place elements: no marks in Grades 1-4, a speech teacher, a summer pre kindergarten class, volunteers for kindergarten, living plants and animals in science, and more instrumental music. Debate centered on homogeneous grouping and grades. Remedial reading teacher remains, pre primary class proposed with North Bennington. Budget cuts affect art and lunch programs and a school addition. land purchase may be avoided due to a favorable state report.
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Shaftsbury
Wilbur Fiske
Des
Tony Altobell
Phillip Viereck
Viereck
Altobell
Hoosick Falls High School
Samuel Carrara
Dumes
Carrara
Mary Moriarty
PTA
Mt. Anthony
North Bennington
Joseph Crossman
Merton Snow
Tannery held in contempt of anti-pollution order
The Superior Court judge in Montpelier ruled the Pownall Co tannery in contempt for failing to meet water quality standards. Water resources cited lack of adequate waste treatment, despite assurances equipment would be installed. A hearing is set later this month with no penalty yet, as the Hoosie River’s heavy pollution last summer caused thousands of fish deaths.
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Hoosie
Water Resources
West Arlington Ladies Aid Changes December Meeting
The West Arlington Methodist Church Ladies Aid will not meet on the usual first Monday in December. The Christmas Party and business meeting are set for Monday evening December 14 at 8 p.m. at Mrs. Eric Swanson's home. A December 8 session at 10 a.m. in Sandgate will discuss a potential Arlington Sandgate Sunderland day care center with Judy O'Brien of the Bennington Rutland Opportunity Council speaking.
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Ladies’ Aid of the
West Arlington Methodist Church
Eric Swanson
Sandgate
Arlington - Sandgate - Sunderland
Judy O’brien
Bennington-Rutland
Dorset Board Adopts 15 Minute Earlier School Start
Dorset officials approve a budget aware plan to start classes 15 minutes earlier on Monday by trimming two bus routes to one while expanding a minibus run to Burr and Burton Seminary. The plan costs $7 daily, adds 15 minutes of class time, reduces wear on buses, and eliminates a 45 minute wait for earlier riders.
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Charles Bonenti
Dorset
Leon Edgerton
Edgerton
Burr and Burton Seminary
Bennington- Rutland Supervisory District
Neil Cross
Main Street
Manchester Center
Cross
Helen Mack
Mack
Bennington
New York State
Terry Tyler
Tyler
Sunderland School Board member resigns effective March 1
Sunderland Albert H. Lawrence chairman of the Sunderland School Board resigns effective March 1 citing personal reasons. He served as a write-in election winner for the elementary school board. The new elementary school will be dedicated December 18.
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Sunderland
Albert H. Lawrence
Lawrence
Arlington Girl Scout Troop 26 Plans Christmas Caroling
Arlington Girl Scout Troop 26 met at Dunbar Hall last Wednesday to work on the world games badge. Donna Grey brought a book on games from around the world to aid the project as the troop prepares for Christmas caroling at Putnam Memorial Hospital and two weeks of making presents. The Arlington Chorale Christmas festival is set for Sunday, December 13, at the high school gym at 7:30 p.m.
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Arlington
Dunbar Hall
Donna Grey
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Arlington Chorale
Scouts Visit Pownal For Holiday Projects
Junior Troop 391 led by Mrs. Tomasello and Mrs. Nutting toured Candle Mill and Noah's Ark in East Arlington on Monday afternoon with shuttles by several volunteers. Brownie Troop 419 met Tuesday in the North Pownal Firehouse to start Christmas centerpieces while Brownie Troop 337 gathered in Pownal Center Firehouse for a flag ceremony. The groups planned Christmas mobiles and a party for December 15. Wesleyan Class rummage sale at Pownal United Methodist Church runs Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. Daisy Dorman chairs. sale features clothing, household items and more.
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Tomasello
Andrew Nutting
Candle Mill
Noah’s Ark
East Arlington
Nutting
Donald Roy
Harold McLenahan
Gordon Ware
Albert Whitman
Delmer Norman
Leroy Andrews
Sherry Smith
North Pownal
Robert Pudvar
Donald Rogers
Pownal Center
Amy Pratt
Susan Peckham
Susan Brown
Pownal United Methodist Church
Daisy Dorman
Shaftsbury Garden Club Christmas Show at Cole Hall
The Shaftsbury Garden Club hosts a Christmas Show at Cole Hall Sunday from noon to 8 p.m. featuring handmade decorations and festive gifts for sale. Admission is free and refreshments will be served.
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Shaftsbury Garden Club
Cole Hall
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Clara May Hemenway
Nancy Otis
Edwin Bigelow
Rutland Herald
Railroad and Vermont Highway Department
Village Highway Department
Fred Welling
By Sheilah Miller
Antioch College
Ments
David Scribner
Harvey Scribner
Kelton Miller
Miller
William Miller
New Jersey
Fiske
Joel Sugarman
Dolorous Mead
Alan Cross
Sabina Tobler
Edna Wright
Robert Reen
Aeritage House
North Bennington Road
Betty Manning
West Arlington
Kay Weeks
Williams College
Thomas Pierce
John Eusden
Vassar College Choir
Williams Choral Society
Kenneth Roberts
Helene Thompson
Pownals
J.K. Adams Co
Dorset, Vt
Basket Barn
Manchester, Vt
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