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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Feb 14, 1967

Page

5

Canfield Library Board Okays Budget Increase for 1967

Arlington Martha Canfield Library Board approved a 1967 budget totaling 5,881, up 1,923 from 1966 to cover higher salaries repairs and expanded space. The board raised town appropriations for Arlington Sandgate and Sunderland and aims to raise nearly 3,000 through projects and donations. Circulation rose to over 32,000 in 1966 with 400 new books and more than 1,400 loans via the Bookmobile and inter library loans.

Canfield Library Board Arlington Martha Canfield Library Board Richard B. Cowan Arlington Community House Sandgate’s Sunderland’s Library Board Cowan Sunderland Sandgate Vermont Gerald Raftery Raftery Fisher School Herbert W. Congdon John M. Moore Free Public Library Services

Dorset Elementary Pen Sale Supports Trip to Shakespeare

Dorset Marcen Skinner 867 4490 notes Stratford or Bast week at Dorset Elementary with students selling Dorset pens at 25 cents to fund a Grade 8 trip to see Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream at the American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford Conn on June 1. Dorset Village Public Library chose Adm. R B Tompkins as president replacing Hugh MacNair who stays as trustee to handle finances. Trustees include Fred Burghard Hugh MacNair John Hawkes and Mrs Brenda Parsons.

Stratford-or-Bast Jonathan Corbin Dorset Dorset Elementary School Corbin Stratford, Conn The Dorset Village Public Library Inc Adm R. B. Tompkins Hugh MacNair Hoosick Falls Central School HFCS Weir-Reynolds Charlotte Hulihan Douglas Redden Carol Carelli Michelle Herring

Shaftsbury raises base teacher pay to 5000 dollars

The Shaftsbury School Board voted a new pay scale raising the base for new teachers with a bachelor’s degree to 5000 dollars from 4800. Present teachers get 5 percent raises or up to 500 dollars to reach the new scale, plus partial coverage of Blue Cross Blue Shield and Washington National plans. The board also expanded sick leave to 45 days, allowed convention and supplies stipends, and kept retirement age policy to be set by the superintendent with board oversight. Title I funds will support remedial classes next summer in pooling with nearby towns.

Shaftsbury Blue Shield Washington National Insurance Income Protection Plan Blue Cross- Blue Shield Washington National Dennis Joy Pownal Burlington Samuel Carrara

North Bennington PTA Meeting At Prospect School Tonight

The North Bennington PTA meets at 8 pm at Prospect School. Mrs. Marion Stroud will discuss the school approach used there for two years. Public and PTA members invited. Public meeting with architect Robert A. Burley of Fayston scheduled to speak.

North Bennington PTA Prospect School Marion Stroud Robert A. Burley Fayston

Hoosick Falls Kiwanis Club Holds Ladies Night

Hoosick Falls Kiwanis Club held its annual Ladies Night at Mount Anthony Country Club with about 100 in attendance. Speeches by President Richard Sargood and Lt. Gov. Paul Krieger, plus a plaque for past president Frank Reynolds, highlighted the evening. De Meo's orchestra provided music and Donald Sutton sang a Solo. arrangements were by William McMartin and Cleveland Dodge.

Hoosick Falls N.Y

Shaftsbury Jack Paddock Undergoes Foot Bone Graft Surgery

Shaftsbury resident Jack Paddock, treated at Albany Medical Center, had Friday surgery for a left foot bone graft. He shows daily improvement and hopes to use crutches soon. His hospital room is K-414.

Jack Paddock Albany Medical Center

Arlington woman recovering after broken leg setback

Arlington Mrs. Roger Elwell, operator of Sally's Beauty Salon, has been laid up since early December with a broken leg after receiving many well wishes. Shaftsbury selectmen signed the town meeting warning Monday night and will post copies in local businesses. The board has contacted J. E. O'Donnell of Auburn, Maine for maps for the new zoning commission and sent letters to local insurers seeking bids on bonding town officials.

Bennington Vermont Statehouse Montpelier Burley Eero Saarinen Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences Fred Welling Lionel Nowak North Bennington Regional Planning Commission Roger Elwell Hugh Sunshine Sally Mrs. Elwell Shaftsbury J. E. O’donnell Auburn Maine

School plans movie fund drive and spring events

The student organization will sponsor the Walt Disney Parade movie for share purchasers. Funds came from selling new and used jewelry. Future plans include a two day car wash, a six-band Battle of the Bands in April, and a spring seed sale.

Newsweek Editor Speaks at Williams College

Newsweek senior editor Mel Elfin will speak on The Professors and the President at Williams College Feb 14. The public lecture in Jesup Hall at 8:00 p.m. Elfin, named chief of Newsweek's Washington Bureau in 1965, has written cover stories on the Peace Corps racial attitudes psychiatry and education.

Williamstown Mass Newsweek Mel Elfin Williams College Jesup Hall Washington Elfin News Peace Corps

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