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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1968
Page
6
About 200 children from North Bennington school presented a Christmas program in the school gym on Wednesday. Kindergarten and Grade 6 students performed carols and tableaux from Sweden Denmark and Norway and a Grade 5 Christmas play. Parents filled the gym then toured classroom decorations after singing We Wish You a Merry Christmas.
In Shaftsbury the recreation center seeks four or more adults to accompany youth carolers planned for Monday at 7 30 p.m. meeting at the center. Herb Thom, the chaperon, notes adults are needed for voice power and respectability. Call him to volunteer.
Eleven rescue team members who first reached 22 lost hikers plan a weekend trek back into Green Mountain National Forest to restock two Griffith Lake camps. They will replace a broken pane and a damaged lock, covering about $20 in repairs and food costs. The group includes Norman Brown and 9 other volunteers.
Six people sustained minor injuries in a two car head on collision on Route 9 just east of Routes 9 and 100 in Wilmington Center. Mount Snow Ski Patrol and Whitingham Rescue Squad provided care at the scene before transport to Deerfield Valley Health Center.
Hoosick Falls Central School students hosted a tree decorating contest with nine groups entering trees such as a yum yum pine from three seventh graders and a Class of 72 tree by freshmen. Judges named French Club, Scrooge tree, Flower Power, and Cap and Gown among top entries with prizes awarded.
Richard Boyd, supervisor of the Putnam Memorial Hospital blood bank, is installed as Scout Troop 331 leader. A former Eagle Scout, he served in the Army, studied physiology at the University of Maine, and moved to Bennington in 1967. He plans to meet with the five Life Scouts over the holidays to map a program.
Seventeen Brownie girls from Troop 337 attended a Christmas party at North Wal School. A gift exchange and refreshments were part of the event. Mrs. Lillian Gates of Pownal Center assisted with the gathering.
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