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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1967
Page
2
A Manchester meeting of civic clubs and clergy urged youth leadership to push a recreation center for teens. An Jan. 10 session with Bennington YMCA will include Burr and Burton leaders, as adults plan ground work while youths supply drive.
West Arlington Sandgate Lt. and Mrs. Andrew Smith and their young son Craig visited Robert Miller Smith in West Arlington over Christmas. Lt. Smith, stationed near Jacksonville, Florida, serves on the destroyer U S S Sumner active in the Pacific this year. Howard Provost came from New York City to Sandgate to visit John W Lundquist. Mr and Mrs George Hughes of Sandgate hosted family members visiting this week. Mrs Anthony Mastrobbuono and two children were present.
Arlington residents share Christmas visits with family across Manchester Boston and Cambridge while residents at Equinox Nursing Home receive updates on visitors. A Cambridge Keene daughter inspired the first prize decoration and a caroling group from West Arlington brings Christmas cheer with hot chocolate at the LeGrand home.
Hoosick Falls notes list Charles Zimmer HFCS fifth grade teacher as patient at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a Wednesday rescue. Visitors include E. Duane and Jane Davis from New Hampshire and Hawaii connections, with Kennedy family members visiting relatives in Andover and Cambridge. Taxi driver Chester Jones remains hospitalized after a Saturday accident with a broken jaw.
Shaftsbury Lance Cpl. Thomas Ryan son of Mr and Mrs Francis Ryan Cleveland Avenue recently returned on a two week leave en route to California and Vietnam. He trained dogs for combat at Fort Benning Ga during the last three months and has served two years with the Marine Corps visiting Spain Italy and stationed in North and South Carolina and Georgia. James Prouty son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Prouty a Northeastern University student in Boston is home for his work term at Sprague Electric in North Adams. Several college students enjoying holiday recess with their parents include John Poljacik Colorado State University Claire Becker UVM Ian MacDonald Ricker College John Burgess UVM Kathy Farnham Syracuse University and Charles Harrington Keene State College.
Eunice Myers receives gratitude from F Murrell Stevenson Jr of Catonsville Md for efforts to locate his son and daughter in law. Stevenson praises persistent publicity that helped renew the search and lead to the discovery of the light aircraft wreck on Mt Greylock near North Adams.
Shaftsbury selectmen announce a salt storage shed has been erected behind Cole Hall to replace the old blacksmith shop across the river. Demolition of the old building will follow to clear the site for a future town equipment building. In Hoosick Falls New York several vandalism incidents damaged Christmas lights on Second and Third streets and bulbs were stolen from the village tree at NY 7 and Hill Road.
Walloomsac Bertha Hoag and Forrest Luke of Schenectady were weekend guests of his brother Fred. The Hoosick Home Makers met Wednesday at Mrs. John Calhoun's home to work on Swedish weaving. On Thursday both groups met at the rescue squad rooms for a bandaging lesson by Robert Hebert.
Miss Mary Frances Maher has returned to her home in Detroit Michigan after spending a Christmas holiday with her parents Mr and Mrs Theodore Maher in Manchester Center.
Sen Wayne Morse of Oregon will speak on The War in Vietnam at Williams College in Chapin Hall on January 6 at 4 p.m. The public is invited. Morse had been set to speak Nov 27 but stayed in Washington for Senate roll calls. He is a noted critic of the war and a leading opponent of the administration's Vietnam policy on the Foreign Relations Committee.
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