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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1964
Page
6
The McCullough Library will close at four Thursday afternoon and stay shut until Monday. Rev. Walter Miller of St. John's Church announces four New Year Masses at 8 9 30 11 30 a.m. and 5 30 p.m. Confessions will be heard Thursday at 7 30.
Jed Dewey University of Utah senior spoke to Shaftsbury Troop 31 at the Shaftsbury School with Alaska slides from a Interior Department forest program last summer. New scoutmaster Al Hess and assistant Jimmy Lyon led a growing meeting as the troop reorganizes its 14 member committee and invites reactivations. An old Nichols family Christmas Eve reunion was also noted with relatives from New Hampshire New York and Vermont.
No regular meeting this month due to holidays. next gathering set for January 15 as the Excelsior Rebekah Lodge prepares to celebrate its 70th anniversary in March. Community notes include holiday visits by local residents, and college students enjoying vacation with families.
The long weekend brought many visitors to West Arlington Sandgate. Ann and Melinda Pelham traveled from colleges to join their parents, while the Bedell and Roberts families came from Connecticut and Massachusetts. Several servicemen and relatives visited, including Lt. (jg) Harold Zimmermann headed to San Francisco for a Navy assignment.
Dr. Francis C. Oakley assistant professor of history at Williams College has been awarded a grant in aid by the American Council of Learned Societies for post doctoral research. He will visit England in April for six weeks to microfilm references on natural law with emphasis on Biel Almain and Major. Much work will be at the British Museum and Oakley is among 46 scholars receiving similar grants.
Williams College hockey rink in Williamstown will offer public skating Thursday morning and afternoon and is closed New Year’s Day. Hours are 10 to 12 mornings 2:30 to 4:30 afternoons and 7:30 to 9:30 evenings. Tickets at rink entrance. Schedule lists January sessions by date with varied morning afternoon and evening slots.
A reflective piece from Dorset notes 30 years in a wildlife refuge for wild orchids and birds. The author laments vanishing species such as brown thrasher and bobolink, questions how to stall losses, and argues for naturalist stubbornness and evolving science in shaping behavior and conservation. The reminiscence recalls early finds like Lady's Slipper, Indian arrowhead, and bird songs, amid calls for renewed hope and scrutiny of habits.
Arlington residents share Christmas visits with relatives including Barbara Scott-Smith of New York City and her parents. Others return from duty or travel for the holidays while noting shifts in life, economy, and a 30-year view of personal development and orchid science influences.
Columbia University chemist Ronald Breslow will speak at Marlboro College at 8 p m on January 4 as the first Mons day evening lecturer of the winter term. His talk titled Quantum Mechanical Predictions in Organic Chemistry will cover his research in organic mechanisms and small ring chemistry. He joined Columbia in 1956 after Harvard, with post doctoral work at Cambridge. Breslow has authored about 45 papers. The public is invited.
Mr and Mrs Foster Goodrich and daughters of Westfield Mass visit their farm near South Cambridge. Also guests include Mr and Mrs Donald Goodrich of Bennington Miss Ann Goodrich of New York City and Jon Goodrich of St Lawrence University over the holiday.
The Enterprise Society of the Federated Church in East Arlington will hold its annual meeting on January 6 for election and installation of officers, preceded by a 1 p.m. covered-dish luncheon in Bailey Hall with hostesses Mrs. Max Grout and Mrs. Alvin Metcalfe. Local residents share holiday travels and family visits, and the community mourns the death of Mrs. Annie Clark while noting illness of Mrs. Eber White.
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