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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1967

Page

6

Outstanding Young Woman of America selects Polly Armstrong Watt

Polly Arm strong Watt of Richlands North Carolina formerly of Hoosick Falls is named for inclusion in the 1967 Outstanding Young Women of America biographical compilation. Local groups mark Christmas events with dinners gifts and activities at Cambridge and surrounding churches as part of holiday observances.

Polly Armstrong Watt Richlands N.C Hoosick Falls Mystery Sisters Marilyn Cook William F. Baker Philathea Society of First Baptist Church Cambridge Hotel

Pownal Abates Taxes In Town Board Session

Pownal officials abated taxes totaling 584.83 in a three hour Saturday night session at the town office. The meeting also discussed possible dispositions by tax sale for long outstanding real estate taxes and post January 1 action to report nonpayers to Montpelier for motor vehicle license revocation. Attendees included A Cole, Mason, Arthur E. George, Perle Hibbard, town officers and board members, with town clerk Rachel Mason and others present.

Pownal Montpelier A. Cole Aan Mason Arthur E. George Perle Hi

Area Skiers To Attend Ski Camp

Two skiers from the Manchester area Ronald La Montagne of Manchester Depot and Neal McNealus of Pawlet are among the top 40 junior East skiers invited to a Cannon Mountain camp in Franconia New Hampshire December 20 to 24. The USEASA camp aims to develop Eastern racing for Olympic level talent with training on the C 93 trail now known as Killy Trail and compares with Madonna Mountain December 15 to 24 for top class A juniors.

Littleton N.H Manchester Cannon Mountain Franconia U.S. Eastern Amateur Ski Association Useasa Ronald la Montagne Manchester Depot Neal McNealus Pawlet

Special Sale Offers Silver Shadow Rolls Royce in NY

New York buyers can save 1000 to 1500 on a custom Silver Shadow coach as the pound devalues. The price for a Silver Shadow in New York drops to 31600 dollars due to the exchange rate change.

New York UPS

Hoosick Falls Central School Christmas Concert

Hoosick Falls NY hosts its annual Christmas concert in the school auditorium Sunday at 2 PM. About 200 students perform across Senior High Band Junior High Band Clarinet Choir and choirs under director H Luther Everly Gaillard Canzari and Pederson with a finale of Handel Hallelujah Chorus. Two organ students play carols during intermissions and donations for Christmas boxes aid the needy.

Hoosick Falls N.Y Hoosick Falls Central School H. Luther Everly William Gaillard Gaillard Eloise Canzeri Calvin Pederson Hendel

Alert Truck Driver Prevents Fire at Manchester Lodge

In East Manchester fire officials report an alert truck driver helped avert a catastrophe when a fire broke out at the Track-Fore Motor Lodge on Vermont Route 11-30 earlier today.

Manchester

Prospect School Open House Set for Tuesday

Prospect School in North Bennington hosts an open house Tuesday from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. showing the film A Typical Classroom Day every half hour starting at 8:15 p.m. Teachers will be in classrooms for discussions and projects will be on display. Refreshments provided. Also reported is a separate fire at Track Fore, involving a tractor trailer operator George Daniels of Walpole New Hampshire, who aided occupants and helped extinguish the blaze. Fire officials say damage was light, confined to the stairwell and walls, with no cause given.

North Bennington Prospect School Jennifer Andrea Ruth Schrieber Jessica Howard George Daniels Walpole N.H Holmes Transportation Company Troy N.Y Daniels John Ward Track- Fore Ward

North Bennington St Johns Sodality Meets At Parish Hall

North Bennington St Johns Sodality will meet Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the Parish Hall Miss Alice Hobart from the Elizabeth Lund Home Inc Burlington will show slides discuss the home and answer questions Refreshments will be served Christmas program The Sights and Sounds of Christmas a play with musical accompaniment will be presented by North Bennington School Friday at 7 30 p m Every child in the school will have a part in the production directed by Robert Godfrey music director for North Bennington and Arlington elementary schools The production in which children act sing or work in the stage crew explains much of the origin of Christmas traditions McCullough Library will have a full week beginning with decoration of the Christmas tree by Girl Scouts Tuesday afternoon and evening The preschool story hour on Wednesday will be held as usual The annual Christmas tea will be held at the library on Thursday from 3 to 5 with refreshments and guests will see the tree

Clara Elliott St. Nick Sarah Shaw Johnson Hill Road American Legion Auxiliary Cambridge Arminda Kenny Boys Santa Claus Josephine Beaumont Lurie’s St. John’s Sodality Alice Hobart Elizabeth Lund North Bennington Robert Godfrey Arlington McCullough Girl Scouts Frank Butcher Hoosac Shepherds of Bethlehem Gerard Wood Bedford Village N.Y Meredith B. Wood Muriel Hannah Roger Moseley PTA St. Mary’s Home School Association Hfcs Pta William C. Waterhouse HFCS Robert C. Hall Margaret Farrara Charles Kavage Donald J. Sutton William Areson

Falls Student Wins Annual Science Award

Miss Carol George, a Hoosick Falls Central School senior, wins the Bausch and Lamb honorary science award for top science scholastic standing. She is eligible for a Bausch and Lamb scholarship at the University of Rochester. The bronze medal winner will receive the award at HFCS graduation in June.

Hoosick Falls N.Y Carol George Hoosick Falls Central School William C. Waterhouse Miss George University of Rochester George HFCS

Hoosick Falls PTA Plans Founders Day Dinner

Hoosick Falls N Y An executive meeting of the Hoosick Falls Central School PTA was held at the president Mrs Robert L Mihuta home. Plans were formulated for the annual Founders Day dinner and related activities.

Hoosick Falls PTA N.Y Hoosick Falls Central School Pta Robert L. Mihuta

Yule Log Pageant at Hoosac School Shines with Elizabethan Splendor

Hoosac School in Hoosick Falls hosts an elaborate Boars Head and Yule Log Pageant, tracing decades of tradition since 1892. The two part festival features authentic Elizabethan costumes, sacred carols, and a candlelit finale, with a public dress rehearsal and family dinners in the old English style.

Hoosac School Hoosick N.Y

Marble Valley League hosts cheerleading clinic at Burr and Burton

Forty varsity cheerleaders from nine Marble Valley League schools gathered at Burr and Burton Seminary for a morning cheerleading clinic. Six guests came from Ludlow Poultney Chester Prodlington Wallingford, with Michael Miller of Brattleboro and Woodstock High School leaders unable to attend, plus a movie shown during the event.

Marble Valley League Burr and Burton Seminary Ludlow Poultney Chester Prodlington Wallingford

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