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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1968
Page
7
Mrs. Robert Porter circulates a letter announcing a Head Start program in Weston and London derry. Twenty one pre school children from low income families enrolled and parents show eagerness. funds and a building are needed. Donations of professional help are pledged locally. commitments must be secured soon to apply for federal funds. Contact numbers 824 3732 and 5533 for contributions.
Postmaster A. J. Wirmusky announces extended parcel post and stamp windows at Hoosick Falls for the Christmas period. Hours vary from December 14 to December 24 with additional dates and a closure on Christmas Day.
A Vermont Department of Highways topographic survey of U.S. Route 7 and Vermont Route 11 30 near the Center bridge in Manchester is finished. Officials say the work is preliminary and a recommendation may come within a month, potentially involving widening the Mill Pond bridge if necessary.
Manchester Elementary School will close for Christmas vacation on December 20 at 3 p.m. A free Christmas dinner will be served to the student body on December 19.
Hoosick Falls central School Guidance Office reports visits by college representatives over the past three months. Colleges include Davis and Elkins College, State University Colleges at Cobleskill Oneonta and New Paltz, Fisher Junior College, Albany Business College, Maria College, Central City Business Institute, Albany, and Boston University. An RPI representative and local alumni also spoke. The school administered tests to juniors and seniors, including the PSAT, Regent Scholarship, and College Board exams. The next test is the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test on February 15. parents may contact guidance director William Folgert for data.
North Bennington alumna Alice Marie Nelson appears Saturday night with the Opera Theatre of Manhattan School of Music in Mozart’s Lucio Silla. Nelson, a mezzo coloratura and Bennington College graduate, has trained with Frank S. Baker Eleanor McLellan and Lottie Lehmann. She plans to join Grass Roots Opera in 1969 for Southeast tour roles.
A group of Grade 5-8 students will present their annual Christmas concert on December 18 at 7 30 p m in the school gym. On December 19 Grade 7-8 students will carol in the Manchester area traveling by bus to the Equinox Nursing Home Manchester Shopping Plaza and the Mark Skinner Library.
Young residents of North Bennington are invited to join the Prospect Mountain junior ski program this winter. Registration is at the New Englander Motor Inn Meeting Room this Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon, no school registration. Open to boys and girls 8 and up. registration fee is $2. Each child must be accompanied by a parent and permission slips are required. Lessons start in the second week of January.
Peru Alice Dibble reports a school Christmas program set for Thursday evening December 19 in the basement room. A local club gathering called The Six, led by Mrs Floyd Davis, held a Christmas party at the Davis home with presents songs and a Santa Claus cake. The Bromley Ski Club trains under Horsey Hoyt with about 25 youth under 14 practicing Saturdays and Sundays.
Gary A. Shortlidge, a 1958 Williams College graduate, is named assistant director of development at Williams College. A former insurance broker, he taught history and math, coached varsity football and lacrosse at Governor Dummer Academy, and co-founded Marblehead Midget Football League. He resides in Williamstown with wife Joyce Lynn Huling and three daughters.
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