Community Welfare Committee Plans Christmas Program
Representatives of the 1962 Community Welfare Committee outline plans for a holiday food clothing and toy distribution to Bennington area families. A noon meeting at the New Englander Restaurant invites volunteers. 1961 donations funded food baskets fed 66 families and 785 children received toys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
New Englander
YMCA
First Congregational Church of
Old Bennington
First Baptist Church of
Armand Lampron
Woman Escapes Injury in Dodge Crash on U S 7
State police report a 48 year old Jennie Skidmore of Sandgate escaped injury after her 1950 Dodge sedan skidded off U S 7 two miles north of the Vermont 67A junction, struck a guard rail and overturned, coming to rest bottom side up. Estimated damage $400.
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Shaftsbury
Jennie Skidmore
Sandgate
U.S. 7
Vermont
YMCA Weekly Activity Schedule
A dense list of youth and adult programs across several locations. Activities include gym classes for junior high to senior boys, chess and wrestling, bowling for grade school and girls, conditioning and volleyball for women and men, baton and industrial clubs, stamp and banner basketball, rifle and outing clubs, and a Lions Club Christmas party. Times vary daily through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury School
Air Force Reserve
North Bennington
North Pownal School
Bennington Brush
Industrial Management Club
Adams _ Clothes
Stamp Club
Bricklayers
Carpenters
Banner
Benhi Evacuation Plan Outlined for Parents
Principal Paul E. Kirsch sent a letter to all Benhi parents detailing an emergency evacuation plan. The plan would send students home only when deemed safe, and requires parents to confirm they discussed the plan with their children and informed them what to do if neither parent is home during evacuation.
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Benhi
Paul E. Kirsch
Union District Seeks Extra Copies of 1962 Report
Union School District No. 14 directors request additional copies of the blue covered report Our Schools Our Towns and Our Future dated March 1962. Donald C. Hicks of GBA says about 45 inquiries arose this summer and fall, 25 seeking teaching or employment information, and the group aims to answer inquiries despite no funds for another printing.
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Union School District No. 14
Greater
Upstate Colleges Plan Episcopal Chapel in Spring
The Rt. Rev. Harvey Butterfield designates UVM and Champlain College Episcopalian work as St Anselm s Chapel at UVM. Ground will break in spring for a chapel funded by 75000 dollars from the Episcopal Development Fund. Rev Donald Boyer serves as chaplain with services at Ira Allen Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey BD. Butterfield
Vermont
Episcopal Church
University of Vermont
Champlain College
Burlington
St. Anselm's
UVM
James Bentley
World Affairs Center
Diocese of Vermont
Episcopal College
Episcopal Development Fund
Diocesan
St. Anselm’s
Donald E. Boyer
Fr. Boyer
van Dyck House
Prospect Street
St. Anselm's Chapel
Ira Allen
Fred Jordans Feted on 50th Anniversary
Fred and Jennie Jordan of Walloomsac Road were honored at a surprise party on their golden wedding anniversary hosted by neighbors Lloyd and Helen Oppenheimer. The couple, married December 5, 1912, received a clock and cake. they formerly lived in Cleveland, Ohio, and Fred served in Benn ington Rural Fire Dept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Jordan
Walloomsac Road
Lloyd Oppenheimer
Helen
Jordans
Cleveland
Ohio
Jordan
Bennington
French Classes Use New Device To Set Marks
Benhi Catamount Benhi's French classes led by Bruce Hodgman adopt a new marking system. Students bring graded tests home for parents to review and sign, then the papers are returned to be recorded. Hodgman says the system connects students with French marking practices and keeps parents informed of progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benhi
Bruce Hodgman
France
Hodgman
Navy Airman Begins Training At Memphis Machinist School
Airman Raymond B. Snow, son of Mr and Mrs Bernard Snow of Star Route, reported to the Naval Air Technical Training Station in Memphis Tennessee Saturday to begin aviation machinist’s school. A Bennington Catholic High School graduate, he worked at A and P before enlisting in the Navy last August through Senior Chief W E Talbert. He trained at Great Lakes prior to assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond B. Snow
Bernard Snow
Star Route
Naval Air Technical Training Station
Memphis
Tenn
Bennington Catholic High School
Navy
W. E. Talbert
Great Lakes
Navy Technical School
Thrift Shop Adds Varied Goods For Sale
Several items of interest are now available including a sewing machine a box camera a large bread board a glass rub board a vacuum bottle faucets a tall lamp lamp shades playing cards electric irons a large iron frying pan a hockey stick and skates. Workers last week were Mrs. Charles Hayward Mrs. Josiah Fuller Mrs. Daryl Adams and Mrs. William Haug. The shop will be closed December 21 22 and 28 29.
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Charles Hayward
Josiah Fuller
Daryl Adams
William Haug
Kentucky mostly dry as liquor bans spread statewide
Louisville based report notes that Kentucky is the driest local option state with 94 of 120 counties banning alcoholic beverage sales, per Kentucky Temperance League director Rev. Walter House.
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Louisville, Ky
Kentucky
Walter House
Kentucky Temperance League
Garden State Stakes Upset Record With Four Favorites Win
In Cherry Hill New Jersey the Garden State Stakes saw only four favorites win across the ten runnings. Notable winners include Summer Bien in 1954 and First Landing, with race outcomes reflecting a rare trend against top picks.
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Cherry Hill
N.J
Summer ‘Ien
First Landing
Bulletin board displays travel images and map of Italy
Grace Crofton and English teacher Miss Crofton showcase Florence scenes and an Italy map in Room 17 to engage English 10 students. They study Farewell Campo 12 by James Hargest about a British POW escape near Florence, tracing routes on the map and learning about Florence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Italy
Europe
Grace Crofton
Miss Crofton
Bulletin Board
James Hargest
Campo
Jarvis Brush
Edmund Hillary
Mt. Everest
John Scott Douglas
Carlsbad Caverns
New Mexico
Never Bend Finishes Third as Crewman Takes Victory
In a 1959 race, Never Bend with 1 to 2 odds placed third behind the second choice Crewman, continuing a sequence that includes Warfare in 1959 and Crimson Satan in 1961. The result highlights Crewman’s upset over favored Never Bend.
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Warfare
Crimson Satan
Never Bend
Manes to Play Mozart Concerto in Clarion Series
Stephen Manes, 22, concert pianist and 1962 Concert Artists Guild Debut Award winner, is invited by Conductor Newell Jenkins to perform Mozart E flat major concerto KV 482 in the second Clarion Concert at Town Hall New York on Tuesday. He replaces Gold and Fizdale and has soloed 25 times with orchestras including the New York Philharmonic Youth Concert. Manes will graduate from Juilliard with an MS degree in 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Manes
Concert Artists Guild
Newell Jenkins
Town Hall
New York
J. H. Manes
Union Street
Gold
U S Red China Talks Watch India China Border War
In Warsaw Poland AP reports the next round of U S Red China ambassadorial talks will occur between John M Cabot and Wang Ping nan. Officials expect discussion of the India China border war in some form.
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Warsaw
Poland
U.S
John M. Cabot
Wang Ping-nan
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Community Welfare Committee
Sayles Aas
Florida
A&p
Elberta
Plaid
By Sue Smith
Union District
GBA
Upstate
Morgan Jones
Nichols
Lloyd
Fred Jordans
By Andrea Kapetan
Thrift Shop
Bennington Bookshop, Inc
Main Street
Manes
Harmonic
Juilliard School of Music
Red China
Madkour
Central
OVA CS SA RA
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