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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1974
Page
6
The Hoosick Falls Central School Clarinet Choir directed by William Gaillard will perform its eighth annual concert at St. Mark's Episcopal Church on Main Street Sunday evening December 15 starting at 7 30. Public invited.
Mayor Richard A. Severson proclaims December 15 as Honor Thy Parents Day noting it sits between Thanksgiving and Christmas observances. The event honors family, with Home and Family Month recognized by the Fraternal Order of Eagles, and features a sixth grade addition to a local clarinet choir performing Handel and Bach pieces.
A Siena College seminar examined jail conditions in Albany, Rensselaer and Schenectady counties with keynote by Robert Bonn of Rochester Interfaith Jail Ministry. The panel discussed unsentenced young men, public intoxication, idleness, inmate communication, and needs for informed citizens, bail funds, and more volunteers to aid reentry efforts.
William Nuchow, Teamsters official and WWII veteran, will fly to West Berlin to testify that soldiers may wear long hair and beards as 17 men of Battery C, 94th Artillery Berlin Brigade, face mutiny charges for a 24 hour strike after being told to shave. Local 840 members back son Pvt. Robert Nuchow, 19, amid petition support from 1,200 GIs.
The Christian Science Monitor will switch to tabloid pages on April 1 and replace the daily London edition with a weekly, amid rising costs. Editor John Hughes says the format halves page size but doubles pages, with no shrinking of news gathering staff, though some staff reductions will occur. Subscription rates rise to 40 dollars annually, and London becomes an international weekly at 25 dollars. Modest staff reductions involve retirements, not filling vacancies, and some severances.
JOAN JOHNSON outlines a busy schedule for the North Shire Senior Center. A Friday trip to Creations by Generations Craft Shop departs at 1 p.m. Reservations for the Sunday Christmas party at 1 p.m. in the Eagles room are due. Ceramics, quilting, and craft-item drives run through December with a sing-along and trim-a-tree party, plus Santa at Arlington Variety Store. Free gifts, Treasure Chest signups, and meal services are noted with dietary needs and transportation arrangements.
Residents and guests are invited to a Sunday December 15 7 p.m. Christmas caroling walk starting at Eagle Square, pausing at a live Nativity at Cole Hall with Barbara and Andy Bacchi as Mary and Joseph and their baby. Girl Scouts as angels and Cub Scouts as shepherds participate. A donkey and a sheep appear, with youth choirs and refreshments at the firehouse afterward.
Hoosick Falls Central School Senior High Music Program presents its annual Christmas concert on Monday at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. The Senior High Brand is conducted by H. Luther Everly, the Senior Choir directed by Calvin Pedersen, with accompanist Mrs. Cathy Corcoran and students Cathy Marker and Stewart Peckham.
A Pownal well baby clinic will be held at Second Congregational Church Bennington Friday 1 to 3 p.m. Complete preventive health screening now offered through EPST. Appointments via Betsy Yung 442-5429. In pass Thursday Dec 19 a Christmas show The Spirit of Christmas by Richard Singleton and William Jones classes at Pownal Elementary School 7:30 p.m. Two other showings Wed Dec 18 for school children and accompanists. The program includes It Never Rains in Southern California The Group Lisa Pedersen Stewart Peckham Jeff Kulas Cathy Marker John Kulas Donald Wilwol and more. Senior Band performs Chaconne The Happy Sounds of Christmas and March of The Little Lenofn Soldiers. Senior Choir performs Silver Bells Do You Hear What I Hear I Wonder as I wander The Twelve Days After Christmas Sleigh Ride. Senior Band concludes with Opening No 1 from Pineapple Poll Presto Haydn and A Carol Festival with Joy to the World We Three Kings It Came Upon the Midnight Clear O Little Town of Bethlehem Hark the Herald Angels Sing Silent Night O Come All Ye Faithful. Public invited to attend.
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