Benhi School Leads With 95 Percent Attendance
Fall term attendance in the Bennington Graded School District shows Bennington High and Bennington Elementary at 95 percent. Cora B Whitney School records 95 percent, with Mrs Porter's first grade leading at 97.1 percent and multiple Bennington Elementary grades at 96.8 percent. A long list of students across grades 12 to kindergarten achieved perfect attendance, with many named by grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Graded
Superintendent of Schools
Bennington
Cora B. Whitney
Porter
Sherwin
Coulter
Miss Senecal
Christmas TV Commercials Vanish As If by Magic
AP TV writer reports Christmas ads fading after Halloween peak as families watch daytime shows with less news and more family talk. Religious services on TV stand out, while Bing Crosby and Mary Martin shares feel subdued. United Nations Children's Choir offers bright note. Marlin Perkins returns with Wild Kingdom on NBC January 6. NBC Sun 3:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bing Crosby
ABC
Mary Martin
United Nations Children’s Choir
U.N
Marlin Perkins
NBC
Miss Shoemaker and Jay Crozier Named Yearbook Editors
Jane Shoemaker daughter of Mr and Mrs Lee Shoemaker 113 Norton Street and Jay Crozier son of Mr and Mrs J Richard Crozier Silver Street have been chosen associate editor and editor for the Class of 1964 yearbook. Both are Honor Society members with club involvement in drama band ski golf rifle math science chorus and literary clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Shoemaker
Lee Shoemaker
Norton St
Jay Crozier
J. Richard Crozier
Silver Street
Miss Shoemaker
Burlington
Crozier
Honor
RTA Holds Tea at Benhi
The Bennington Teachers Association hosted a Christmas tea on December 18 in the Benhi home economics room. Hostesses were Mrs. Joyce Goyette and Mrs. Barbara Houle. Decorations included a large fragile mobile and a “Christmas Around the World” display created by Goyette’s classes. Gifts were presented to Supt Allan Heath principal Paul Kirsch Assistant Principal Carl Williams Guidance Director Stanley Farymarz and several staff and custodial employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Teachers Association
Benhi
Joyce Goyette
Barbara Houle
Hostes
Richard H. Caswell
BTA
Allan J. Heath
Paul E Kirsch
Carl B. Williams
Stanley C. Farymarz
Helen LaRoche
Rita Waite
Arthur Bruneau
Albert Elwell
Francis Fischer
William Mason
Myron Woodward
Donald Fa Uley
Vermont Legion Remembers Vets With Gifts for Yanks
The American Legion Department of Vermont and Hospital Chairman Jewel Young visit White River Junction Veterans Hospital for the Gifts for Yanks program. 102 patients receive a $5 bill and holiday wishes. total distribution this year is $720 across Vermont facilities, funded by posts and auxiliaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen Williams
Earl Thomas
Harry Dugan
Jewel Young
American Legion
Department of Vermont
Veterans Hospital
White River Junction
Vermont
Benhi Students Visit Windsor Prison to Observe Rehab Work
Benhi's "Problems of American Democracy" and "Modern History" classes toured Windsor State Prison. Warden Robert Smith lectured as students viewed shops cell blocks and visiting rooms. They learned about execution history, diet, solitary confinement, inmate work, education, and parole before a chapel briefing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benhi
Windsor State Prison
Robert Smith
Benki
Button Bay
Windsor
Vermont
Smith
Kennedy Pardons Jake the Barber in Christmas Move
Palm Beach AP President Kennedy grants a Christmas pardon to John Factor known as Jake the Barber. The 70 year old Chicago underworld figure turned philanthropist had sought relief from a 1943 mail fraud conviction and possible deportation to England. Factor had served six years of a ten year term and rose to public notice in 1933 after claiming kidnapping by Roger Touhy. Touhy was sentenced to 99 years for kidnapping and later paroled before being shotgunned to death days after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Beach
Fla
John
Jake the Barber
Federal Correctional Institution At
Sandstone
Minn
Factor
Touhy
Chicago
Smiddy Held Immune From Bank Robbery Charge Until 1980
Ennis Smiddy, facing a bank robbery charge in Watonga, Oklahoma, is immune from arrest until 1980 as he will be released from Alcatraz Federal Prison then. The 1934 Okeene bank heist involved John and Richard Doe with $1,165.25 stolen. Smiddy had been caught for another crime before Blaine County could seize him.
Dutch Dig Up Plane Wrecks From Nazi Era
Dutch farmers draining Zuider Zee land uncover 94 World War II plane wrecks with an estimated 200 total. The ME 109G crash in 1943 yielded a blond pilot remains, a spent extinguisher, an intact parachute, and a map case showing northern Holland. Air force experts expect more wrecks as drying continues next summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Hague
UPI
Zuider Zee
Royal Netherlands Air Force
Air Force
Germany
Holland
YMCA Schedule Highlights Weekly Activities
Readable listings show a midweek lineup for grade school boys and girls bowling from 3:30 to 5 PM on Wednesday and Friday. Evening events include Finance Campaign Committee at 7:30 PM and Stamp Club at 7 to 8:30 PM. Additional activities span men’s volleyball, weight lifting, basketball team sessions, rifle club, ice hockey, cross country ski outing, and daily skating at the Y pool weather permitting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamp Club
Adams Clothes
Guide Helps Teen-ager Earn Use of Dad's Car
Lincoln-Mercury division of Ford Motor Co releases a safety booklet to all high schools titled How to Earn the Key to Dad's Car. It offers tip lists on safe driving, attitude, and a Teen-age Driver's Pledge to secure parental consent for using the family car. Send for free by writing Teen Driving, 3000 Schaefer Road, Dearborn, Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln-Mercury Division
Ford Motor Co
Schaefer Road
Dearborn
Mich
Pothole Forecaster Uses Beam to Predict Road Wear
D A Welsh of the North Vancouver district designs a Benkelman Beam device costing about 250 dollars. The 12 foot beam measures road deflection under truck load to forecast pothole formation and guide resurfacing and gravel needs for future traffic, with specific tolerances identified for moderate and heavy use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
D. A. Welsh
North Vancouver
Benkelman
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H. Greenberg & Son
Main Street
Cole Ave
Williamstown
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SAWC
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Charles St
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Bennington, Vt
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Madkour
YMCA
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Sales & Service
North Bennington Road
Rosasco
Main ST
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Shaffel
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