Bennington election law talks draw limited support
Bennington legislators at a special meeting showed some backing for changing state election law to allow absentee ballots to be counted before polls close, but most town delegates remained noncommittal awaiting the final bill. Only Rep. Michael F. Silver pledged definite support. others held back as weather disruptions and late meetings hindered full discussion.
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Bennington
Carroll
BCA
Foster
Montpelier
Silver
UCS Holiday Appeal Seeks $5,000 to Reach 1974 Fund
United Counseling Service of Bennington County urges late donors to complete the 1974 annual fund drive with $5,000 still needed to reach $20,000. UCS president Charles G. Bennett thanks volunteers and appeals for year end gifts to aid hundreds in the area.
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United Counseling Service of Bennington County, Inc
Charles G. Bennett
UCS
Bennett
UCS Board of Trustees
Bennington Youth Council to Screen Dracula Film
The Bennington Recreation Youth Council presents Dracula Has Risen From the Grave this Saturday Dec 21 from 10 to noon at Catamount Gym. Admission is 25 cents. Airman Robert R Leonard, son of Mr and Mrs Raymond L Leonard of Ana Bella Park Bennington, has been assigned to Chanute AFB Illinois for specialized fuel services training after completing six weeks basic at Lackland AFB Texas.
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Bennington Recreation Youth Council
Dracula
Catamount
Robert R. Leonard
Raymond L. Leonard
Ana Bella Park
Bennington
Chanute Air Force Base
Illinois
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
Women's Commission chairwoman resigns
Montpelier resident Karen Kent, chairwoman of the Governor's Commission on the Status of Women, resigns to become managing director of the Vermont Retail Association and will lobby. Gov. Salmon appoints Martha Forsyth to complete Kent's term, ending June 30, 1978, and does not announce a new chairperson. He also names Raymond Perry to the Connecticut River Valley Flood Control Commission, replacing Edward Welchman.
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Montpelier
UPI
Karen Kent
Governor’s Commission On the Status of Women
Blue Cross Blue Shield information center to visit Bennington
A team of Blue Cross and Blue Shield customer service specialists will be at the Bennington Senior Citizen Center Thursday December 19 from 10:30 to noon and 1 to 3 30 p.m. to answer questions on claims benefits eligibility enrollment transfers and new programs including Medicare CHAMPUS CHAMPVA and federal employe health plans. The district manager James Tobin will lead the event, part of outreach to regions far from full time offices. The plans serve about 630 000 regular members and 150 000 through government programs, with offices in Burlington Montpelier and Rutland.
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Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Bennington
James Tobin
Senior Citizen Center
Tobin
Health Insurance
Uniformed Services
Veterans Administration
Medicare
Advanced swimming course at Rec Center titled Advanced swimming at Rec Center
A 10 week advanced swimming course begins Jan 8 at the Community Recreation Pool. Taught by Pat Schaffer, it covers springboard diving inverted breaststroke and butterfly. Red Cross certificates require current junior or senior lifesaving certification. Registration via Pat Schaffer at 442-5446.
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Pat Schaffer
Red Cross
Obituary notices for Barnham II and Helen K. Allen
Thomas C. Barnham II of Carver Massachusetts and formerly of Pownal died recently. Funeral services were private in the Carver area. He was a rare books collector and educator who edited a Pownal weekly and taught at Lyndonville Teachers College Williamstown High School and Silver Lake Regional High School Kingston where he was assistant to the principal. He is survived by his widow two sons a daughter and several grandchildren. Helen K. Allen 79 Wilmington widow of Harold G. Allen died Sunday evening at Putnam Memorial Hospital Bennington. Born August 13 1895 in Springfield she taught 28 years in Wilmington and belonged to the Middlebury Alumni Association the Wilmington Congregational Church and the Mayflower chapter of the Eastern Star. She leaves two sons Max of San Francisco and Paul of Wilmington and four grandchildren. Burial will be Riverview Cemetery Wilmington. Memorials to the Wilmington Congregational Church or Deerfield Valley Rescue Inc. may be made via Covey Allen Funeral Home.
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Thomas C. Barnham II
Carver
Mass
Pownal
Lyndonville Teachers College
Williamstown
Silver Lake Regional High School
Kingston
Helen K. Allen
Wilmington
Harold G. Allen
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Wilmington Congregational Church
John P.R. Morgan
Springfield
Timothy and
Nellie (Beckwith) Kendrick
Middlebury College
Middlebury
Mayflower
Order of the Eastern Star
Max
San Francisco
Paul
Riverview Cemetery
Deerfield Valley Rescue, Inc
Covey & Allen Funeral Home
Thrift Shops Schedule and Featured Items
Thrift shops in Bennington and North Bennington operate this week from 1 to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday with both locations closed next week. North Bennington offers suitcases, children’s clothes, puzzles, sterling teaspoons, a small hand-washer, and record albums. Bennington shop sells clothing for 1 dollar on Friday, featuring a Toastmaster Hairdresser and four Barbie dolls with wardrobe cases.
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Bennington
North Bennington
Boyle murder appeal postponed to February 17
Media Pennsylvania UPI Boyle former United Mine Workers president W A Boyle’s appeal of his first degree murder conviction in the slayings of rival Jock Yablonski his wife and daughter was delayed to February 17. A county court judge granted the postponement at the request of Special Prosecutor Richard A Sprague and defense counsel A Charles Peruto after Sprague reported his firing and loss of two assistants and that the murder case files are now in storage.
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Sprague
Philadelphia
Boyle
Joseph
Jock) Yablonski
Christmas Carol comes to Oldcastle Theatre this weekend
Oldcastle Theatre Company presents Charles Dickenss A Christmas Carol at Monument School with performances Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and a Sunday matinee at 2 30 p.m. The family friendly show invites audiences to meet Scrooge and the famous Ghosts in a celebration of Christmas.
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Oldcastle Theatre Company
Charles Dickens
Monument School
England
Dickens
Martin Chuzzlewit
London
Surviving Lange sextuplet shows slight improvement
Jolene Lang nine days old at Valley Medical Center weighs just over two pounds and has mild respiratory issues. Two of her siblings, Jason and Brian, died from hyaline membrane disease. Mrs. Lange previously gave birth to four other babies who also died, after fertility drug use.
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Charlotte Lange
Jolene
Jason
Brian
Mrs. Lange
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Thomas H. Foster
Charles Sauer
David B. Shaffe
Michael F. Silver
Robert E. Cummings Jr
Bennington Board of Civil Authority
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John C. Barrett
Rutland
Barrett
Bennington Brief
Women’s Commission
Salmon
Raymond P. Perry
Brattleboro
Connecticut
Burlington
Rec Center
Bennington Banner
Main St
Banner Publishing Corp
United Press International
New York Times News Service
Matthews, Shannon & Cullen Inc
Vermont
U.S
Bellemare
Kmtex
Northside Drive
Monument Plaza
Sluxu
Italy
Gall
Bennington, Vt
Colonial Shopping Ctr
Oldcastlers
Scrooge
Jacob Marley
Tiny Tim
Poinsettias
Brittell’s Florists
Pleasant St
Vichors
Ike Chris
Pando
Jacquard
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