United Church Women Observe World Prayer Day Friday
The United Church Women of Bennington will hold World Day of Prayer at 2 p.m. Friday at Old First Church inviting area women to join in a global observance. Local participants include members from Old First, St. Peter's, Methodist, North Bennington Baptist, Shaftsbury Methodist, Bennington Baptist, North Bennington Congregational, Pownal and Second Congregational churches. The 1964 theme Let Us Pray emphasizes unity, faith and service as Dr Madeleine Barot's guidance frames the service with Christian passages from the Old and New Testaments. Delegates representing Africa Latin America Asia and the USA will lead with a global uninterrupted day of prayer.
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United Church Women of
Edith Stockwell
Shaftsbury Methodist Church
DeWitt Lewis
Bennington Baptist Church
Harold Riemann
North Bennington Congregational Church
Harry Beals
Pownal Church
Ben
Jamin Vail
Second Congregational Church
Madeleine Barot
Department of Cooperation of Men
World Council of Churches
Geneva
Switzerland
Countries
Sonjoma
Williamstown
Mass
Africa
Equi
Latin America
Paul Boepple
Asia
John W. Vander Groef
Old First Church
U.S.A
Earth
Obituaries and notices from Bennington area page
Mrs Thomas Silk 79 of Silk Road dies after long illness in Bennington. Born in North Wales Feb 28 1884 she moved to the U S at 18 and married in Madison N J 1903. Survivors include husband two sisters one brother and a niece and nephew. Funeral arrangements pending Mahar and Son. William D Hurley 70 of Granville dies at nursing home after long illness. Born Sandgate Vt Dec 26 1893 he leaves four sisters two brothers and several nieces and nephews. Funeral Wednesday 2 pm McHenry and Roberts with burial in Rupert in spring. Irene Barbeau hosted bridal shower for Ruth Bishop in Woodford ahead of Feb 15 Bennington wedding.
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Thomas Silk
Matilda Hughes
Silk Road
North Wales
Madison
N.J
Silk
Lillian Davis
Harrisburg
Nancy Hughes
Fessinog
Hugh Hughes
Mahar and Son Funeral Home
Granville
N,y
William D. Hurley
Sandgate
George B
Carrie M. Waters Hurley
Jewett Johnson
Hartford
N.Y
John Smith
Belcher
Roy Canavry
Wayne Rice
Pulaski
Roy Hurley
Fort Edward
Stanley Hurley
McHenry and Roberts
J. Duke King
Rupert, Vt
Irene Barbeau
Woodford
Ruth Bishop
Milford
Jaffrey, N.H
Mabel Bishop
Bennington
Bennington Cluboffs and Well Baby Clinic Highlights
Bennington briefs list events: Welcome Wagon Club meets Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Old Bennington Schoolhouse with speaker Mrs. Lloyd Oppenheimer on flowers. Dinner dance Saturday at the Bennington Club chaired by Mr. and Mrs. John Reardon. music by Burt Rockwood’s orchestra. Well Baby clinic Saturday 9–10 a.m. at Elementary School. free for preschoolers. Lincoln Birthday closes library story hour. next week a movie shown. Selectmen urge rabies vaccines for dogs to qualify for 1964 licenses due April 1. Italian-American Club hosts stork shower for Tony DeVito. Baby car seat given. Fire Dept. answers false alarm at River and Lincoln. Catamount Radio Club meets Feb 13 at 7:30 p.m. Bennington Village Trustees meet 7 p.m. to finalize warning and budget for March 17 meeting. Lost gold bracelet at Woolworth’s. reward.
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Welcome Wagon Club
Bennington
Lloyd Oppenheimer
John Reardon
Bennington Club
Burt Rockwood
State Planning Chief to speak at Bennington League breakfast
Rector of planning Rubino will address the Bennington League of Women Voters at 9:30 a.m. Thursday breakfast at Mt. Anthony Country Club. He heads Vermont's Central Planning Office and will discuss The Relationship of Local Regional and State Planning. Reservations via Mrs Clarence Howard by Wednesday.
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Bennington League of Women Voters
Mt. Anthony
Rubino
League
Bennington
Funeral for Alphonse A Gauthier at Sacred Heart Church
Alphonse A Gauthier of Gage Street died Friday at home. Services held Sunday in Sacred Heart Church with Rev. Joseph Wiseman officiating. A Solemn High Mass of Requiem Monday. entombment planned for Park Lawn Chapel in spring. Attendees included St Joseph sisters from Rutland and a large local group.
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Alphonse Albert Gauthier
Gage Street
Sacred Heart Church
Joseph F. Wiseman
Wiseman
John McCarthy
Anthony Brackett
Francis B. Flanagan
Richard Magowan
St. Joseph Order
Rutland
St. Francis de Sales Academy
Gauthier
Sister Mary Beatrice
Louis Gauthier
Victor Gauthier
Anthony Gauthier
Paul Gauthier
Russell Carpenter Jr
Arthur Lauzon
Arthur Cole
Father Wiseman
Mr. Gauthier
Park Lawn Chapel
Norfolk
Hartford
Counties Win Federal Help For High Unemployment
Gov Hoff announced Bennington and Franklin Counties qualify for federal assisted public works under the accelerated program. With eight of fourteen counties designated, the move aims to spur hiring as unemployment exceeds six percent. In Bennington Sprague Electric plans to close, affecting about 80 workers. some may transfer to North Adams Massachusetts facilities.
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Montpelier
Hoff
Bennington
Franklin
Sprague Electric Co
North Adams
Mass
Beatle Haircuts at Benhi Yet Sparks School Policy
Principal Paul Kirsch says Beatle haircuts have not appeared at Bennington High School yet and would prompt a hair combing request if they did. He notes no expulsions have occurred for Beatle styles and wigs are banned along with "outlandish" hairdos under long standing rules.
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Bennington High School
Paul Kirsch
Kirsch
Bendi
Geoffrey Graham
Vermont towns vote on broad education amendment
Town Meeting Day voters will decide a proposed Vermont Constitution amendment giving the General Assembly authority to legislate how towns provide youth education. The change would replace a line limiting towns to own facilities or joint setups, with a clause allowing alternative provision methods.
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Vermont
Bennington
Norton Barber
General Assembly
Barber
Time to Teach Project Outlined for Southwest Teachers
NEA official William Stiles outlined the Time to Teach study showing teachers average nearly 48 hours weekly with little time for actual instruction due to non instructional duties. He described aims to restore time for preparation parent conferences and diverse subject planning to improve teaching outcomes.
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NEA
Southwest
William Stiles
National Education Association
Bennington Village
Beech Street
Stiles
Department of
Malcolm Provost
Chicago
Provost
Dr. Provost
Union School Sketches Show Courtyard Elimination Centered Library
Tentative architect sketches for a proposed Mt. Anthony Union High School feature a central library with surrounding classrooms and a main corridor. The plan increases total space to about 108000 square feet, raises capacity to 1000 students, and allows eventual expansion to 1200, with a larger auditorium for a shared time program with Bennington Catholic High School. The site places the building near East Road on the Town Farm lot, with north parking and a downhill playing field. final costs await preliminary plan completion.
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Union High School
Mt. Anthony Union School
Bennington Catholic High School
East Road
Town Farm
Cange
Hospitalized After Car Strikes Tree
Sylvester W. James, 55, of 616 Gage St., Bennington, was hospitalized Monday night with possible chest injuries after a car he was driving went off Bar ber Pond Road in Pownal and struck a tree head on. He was taken to Putnam Memorial Hospital by the Pownal Center Rescue Squad. The car was a total loss. James was traveling east when the accident occurred, state police reported.
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Sylvester W. James
Gage St
Bennington
Barber Pond
Pownal
James
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Pownal Center
Molly Stark School Considers Fundraising Policy
Molly Stark students raise funds yearly through magazine subscriptions for school equipment. The committee plans a formal policy later. The board approved up to 175 dollars for Mrs Reeves to attend a Providence workshop and 100 dollars for custodial tools.
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Bet
Harriet Davis
Molly Stark
Grant
W. Philip Walker
Marianne Reeves
American Association of English Teachers
Providence
R.I
Interfaith Dinner Highlights Mutual Friction and Humor
Leaders from Catholic and Jewish communities joined an Interfaith Dinner with remarks on ecumenicism as a major recent scandal. George M. Fienberg served as master of ceremonies joking about Fr. Hoffman’s degrees while declining confession. Fienberg was named next year's chairman and Charles Lamoine secretary treasurer as Rabbi Leopold Kagan gave the invocation and Cornelius Clarke offered the benediction. Mrs. Keith Watkin led community singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Fienberg
Fr. Hoffman
Prisoners Graded at Wyoming Penitentiary
Warden Lenard Meacham at the Wyoming Penitentiary began a system of report cards grading convicts as A or B to qualify for trusty status or special privileges. Inmate entry grades start at C and are reviewed periodically.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Wyoming Penitentiary
Lenard Meacham
Pat O'Brien Goes West On The Virginians Segment
Hollywood reports Pat O'Brien appears in a Westward-themed segment of The Virginians, a program noted by UPI. The glimpse hints at potential plot or guest alignment with the show's frontier setting.
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Hollywood
UPI
Pat O’brien
Hospital Notes From Hoosick Falls Area
Discharges include William Kinney North Bennington Chester Jones Hoosick Falls Master Bruce Bentley Robert Cassano Mrs Verna Peters Miss Sandra Chellis Mrs Estelle Hoth Bennington. Births announce sons Feb 10 for Hall McMahon Toner families.
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Phyllis Liporace
Owain Wilwol
Hoosick Falls
Debra Lockrow
Eagle Bridge
N.Y
Jane Darknard
North Bennington
Kevin Stratton
Sylvester James
Deborah Wilkins
Bennington
Lindan Bartell
Pownal
Marie Cross
White Creek
William Kinney
Chester Jones
Bruce Bentley
Robert Cassano
Verna Peters
Sandra Chellis
Estelle Hoth
Robert Hall
North Hoosick, N.Y
Whittemore Heads County Red Cross Annual Campaign
Dean F. Hanson names Joel T. Whittemore as county wide fund chairman for Bennington County. Chief Justice James S. Holden to lead advance gifts with other local chairmen set for a drive running through March and a county quota of 19600. Bloodmobile visits highlighted with next Bennington stop on Feb 26.
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American Red Cross
Bennington
Dean F. Hanson
Bennington County
National Group
Joel T. Whittemore
James S. Holden
North Bennington
James W. Mer Unowicz
Clarence E. Howard
D. Herbert Lillie
Robert M. Parmelee
Old Bennington
Milton Mackey
National Red Cross
Red Cross
Vermont
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United Church Women
Miss Bishop
Bennington Briefs
Park Street
Green Mountain Club
Council On Natural Resources
Gov
Tony’’ DeVito
Joseph Shhaffe
River
Lincoln Streets
Catamount Radio Club
Woolworth’s
Woolworth Office
FORD
Chevrolet
W.H
Eddington Inc
Main ST
Bennington, VT
Richard Rubino
Alphonse A. Gauthier
Harte Theatre
Bennington, VI
Eve
Cary Grant
Audrey Hepburn
Shelley Chonin
Paramount
Beatle
Benhi
England
Elizabeth Dwyer
Secretary of Commerce
Civil Rights Commission
Evelyn Springstead
Vergennes
Vermont Department of
Springstead
Veremont Education Association
National Association
Aline Sandrin
Robert Brock
VEA
Robert Poblocki
Valentine
Union School
First National Bank of
Walter J. Kerwynn
Manchester
Manfred W. Ehrich
Eleanor Smith
Kerwynn
Sennett and Sennett
Blue Flame Gas Co
W.H. Myers Supply Co
Benjamin Thompson
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Heer
Masland
John McMahon
Petersburg
Richard Toner
Depot St
Whittemore Heads
Salem’s Super All Beef Hamburg
Calif
Salem’s
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