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Newspaper

Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1961

Page

5

All Saints Guild to Elect Officers in Parish Hall

All Saints Guild will hold its annual meeting and officer elections in the Parish Hall on Thursday night January 11. The Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist Church also meets Friday January 12 at 2 p.m. with Mrs Ethel Pierce.

All Saints Guild Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist Church Ethel Pierce Shirley A. Dickie Samaritan Hospital Harry Dickie Harold S. Corlett New Brunswick N.J Cambridge Hoosick Grange George Sigmund Bernard Stinner Ivan Purdy Leon Bevis C. Warren Filkins Grover Rogers Harold Gardner Delton Hewitt New Grange Hall Charles E. Breer Layton D. James Hoosick Falls Laura E. James

Cadet Wilcox Wins Commission in Signal Corps

Keith B. Wilcox of Manchester, a Norwich University senior, is chosen for appointment as a second lieutenant in the Regular Army Signal Corps after graduation. He is Distinguished Military Student, regimental medical officer, Honor Signal Platoon member, E E major, Burr and Burton Seminary 1958 graduate, son of Mr. and Mrs. Erwin R. Wilcox.

Northfield Keith B. Wilcox Manchester Norwich University Army Signal Corps Wilcox Corps of Cadets American Institute of Electrical Engineers Institute of Radio Engineers Burr and Burton Seminary Erwin R. Wilcox

Christmas at West Dover and Wilmington Community Party

Residents from Wilmington and West Dover gathered for Christmas Day visits in West Rutland. A large Christmas party followed at Memorial Hall, hosted by the Wilmington Volunteer Fire Department with a slate of performances by local dancers and singers and a Santa distribution.

Wilmington Jonathon Peck Barbara Murray Jean Fitch Barbara Robert LaMorder Santa Claus Gene Look the Goodfellows

Cambridge Area News Highlights Local Changes and Events

Cambridge residents attend holiday gatherings and travel. Notable items include changes of address, a new bank planned on West Main Street, a library land conveyance vote, a major promotion for Towner Buckley, and community events such as a Christmas Ball and garden club trip. Includes births, engagements, anniversaries, and civic notices from Cambridge and nearby towns.

Towner L. Buckley San Rafael Calif Dallas Texas Consolidated Electrodynamics Corp Bell and Howell Louisiana New Mexico Arkansas Buckley Arizona Power and Light Corp Coase- Hines Corp California CEC Pasadena Theodore T. Buckley Cambridge Central School Cornell University New Bank

Rice Family Gatherings Over Christmas Holidays

Searsburg and Wilmington residents gather for Christmas celebrations. Reserve captain Gordon Rice Jr. and wife spend holidays at his parents’ home with extended Rice family including Harold Rice Jr. and baby Vicki Ann. George Briggs and Byron Morse visit relatives in Whitingham and Wilmington. Margaret Rufus joins daughter John Willard family in Ray Hill Wilmington.

Gordon Bud) Rice Jr National Guard Fort Benning Gordon Rice Merton Rice John Steven Rice Harold I. Rice Jr Vicki Ann Wilmington Harry J. (Gramp) Rice Norma George Briggs Byron H. Morse Whitingham Margaret Rufus John Willard Ray Hill

Pownal Holiday Lighting Wins Prizes Across Town

The Pownal Fire Department Auxiliary sponsors a lighting contest with multiple winners in South Pownal and Pownal Center. Prizes go to Mrs Otis Dorman Mrs John Maxmillian and Mrs Bernard Nichols for religious themes while Mrs Clifford George Jr and Mrs Exilda Nadeau win in Pownal Center and North Pownal respectively. Honorable mentions include several residents and the Cozy Meadow Trailer Park.

Pownal South Pownal Otis Dorman John Maxmillian Bernard Nichols Pownal Center Clifford George Jr North Pownal Exilda Nadeau Henry Baker Charles Mason Frances Beebe Alice Gurley Alfred Chenaille Frank Haley Ralph Bishop Melba Cooper Arthur George Cozy Meadow Pownal Valleys

Winter Holiday Visits Across Dorset and Nearby Towns

District residents gather for Christmas with relatives in New London Cambridge and Burlington as well as visitors from New York City and Virginia. Hospitals are noted for patients Mrs Currier and Mrs Lanfear while the Lavigne birth in North Adams is reported.

Lindsay Bradford C. Lanier Stone Duer McLanahan New York City Sylvia Maresi Helen Hubbell East Rupert Francis Monroe Mike Jimmy West Duane Park Cambridge N.Y R. D. Currier Johnstown, N.Y George Bryan Helen Bryan August Schramm Pound Ridge the Hollow Kimball Tifft Miriam Alfred Tifft Paul Ennis East Arlington T. J. Morris Rye N.H Jerome Romainia Bomoseen Romania George Streeter Helen Andrews University of Vermont Burlington Mary Andrews W.D.S. Morrison Michele Bristol R.I E. E. Codman Edith Lanfear Putnam Memorial Hospital Bennington Lloyd McGriffin

Peru Community News Notices and School Reopening

Miss Elizabeth Wheeler spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs E S Wheeler. The Peru School operetta Friday evening drew a large audience and the school will reopen Tuesday Jan 2 in the newly repaired wing. Big Bromley Ski area opened Friday and was well patronized. A union Christmas service was held at Londonderry Congregational Church. Sunday service time changes to 8:30 a.m. starting Dec 31. Local students on vacation remain at home.

Cambridge Cambridge Area Garden Club New York City Kenneth Aiken South Cambridge Pine Gertrude Aiken Mary Margaret Aiken Paul P. Virtue Coila Sumner Lind Martin Gibbons Eagle Bridge Gibbons Robert Gibbons Leon Gibbons Kenneth Wilbur Easton Chemical Bank New York Trust Co Leroy M. Young Suffolk County L.I Young Babylon George M. Brewer Port of New York Brewer Spring Valley Ashton Chase Manhattan Bank Burlingham, Hopper and Kennedy New Bob Craig Donna Aiken Betsy King David Worboys Thomas Carlson Marge Hunt Fred Knapp Ken Stinner Terry Briggs Margaret Farrara Gayle Canzeri Sandy Elliot Dan Pemrick Mary Ann McMorris Linda Sardi Benjamin White Mary Warner Sandra Christiansen Linda Lufkin Harvey LeBarron Martha Center Kathy Meagher Jame Buckley George Brimmer Josephine Becker Queen’s Court Donna Stearns Cynthia Wands Lola Wesner Pownal Center Putnam Memorial Hospital Norma Fowler University of Missouri Byron Towslee University of Vermont Norman Dickinson Jr Joan New Castle Del Fred Lavigne North Adams North Mac Rochesteer Gerri Hodgeson Arlington Katherine Child Thomas Hitchcock Burlington Byron Hazelton Sylvia Tifft Navy Department Washington, D.C Ruby McRae Maynard Mass Wallace West Martin Walsh Pittsfield Peru Big Bromley Union Londonderry Congregational Church

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