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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1965
Page
6
North Bennington celebrates the season with bright decorations at the library, bank, firehouse and post office. A festive mood envelopes the village as windows reflect Christmas trees and residents share greetings while postal staff endure busy hours with smiles.
A 19 year old Torrington man was injured slightly when his car swerved to avoid an oncoming vehicle and struck a bridge abutment near the state highway garage. Another 19 year old, John Kelmelis, received a head bump and facial cut. Police report the Dinda car traveled about 40 mph and autos involved were a 1963 Plymouth hardtop and a second unnamed vehicle. A prior accident occurred at the same spot on December 15 involving Peter Hunt of Port Jefferson, N.Y.
Arlington plans a town meeting article to decide on funding for a town office building. Selectmen had rejected low bids as too high, while bids ranged from 33 219 to 45 327 dollars. Housing funds are reimbursable to the federal government if built.
The Pownal Center Community Church held its Christmas festival featuring Howard Van Horn as lay reader, Mrs Fletcher Hall as organist, and Mrs Kenneth Gile guiding Sunday School. The event included choir renditions, school recitations, a Nativity pageant, and a Christmas party with gifts, candy, popcorn balls, and films.
A Christmas season celebration includes a story hour at 10 30 a m Wednesday at the McCullough Library for preschoolers, followed by a Young Reading Club film show with a projector loaned by North Bennington School and student Philip Rice. Rev Walter F Miller notes confession times Wednesday and Thursday at 4 and 7 30 p m, no confessions Friday, and Masses at midnight Christmas Eve and 8 9 30 and 11 30 a m Christmas Day.
The Pownal Boy Scout unit will meet tonight at 7 in the Scout Hut for a business session followed by a Christmas party with games exchanges and refreshments. Pvt. Allan Burdick on Christmas furlough visits his North Pownal parents after basic training at Fort Dix and will report to Aberdeen for specialized training. Christmas caroling will spread through North Pownal Wednesday night with a 6 30 meeting at the Congregational Church and refreshments after.
Hoosick Falls center raised over $1,000 for the Cerebral Palsy Telethon held at the National Commercial Bank and Trust Company. The Albany telethon on WTEN drew $166,000 in pledges across a 19 hour broadcast, while 12 bank staffers handled calls locally. Arlington Girl Scouts under Mrs. Horst Bodies meet Thursday at 7:30 pm in Bailey Hall to receive pins and begin a Promise in Action project with a Southern Plantation family, gifts for Itta Bena, Mississippi, and a later party with plays and skits.
The Arlington School Band directed by George Wheeler will give a Christmas Concert Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the high school gym. The program lists Star Spangled Banner Christmas Tidings Winter pieces Santa Claus is Coming to Town White Christmas Frosty the Snowman and other selections by Ortone Kaiser and Dvorak among the titles.
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