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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Feb 17, 1967

Page

6

Manchester Coburn named church diaconate chair

Manchester Francis Coburn was named chairman of the diaconate at the First Congregational Church. Vice chairman is Hugh Perkins with secretary Viola Wilcox and treasurer William Day. Carl Kentsch elected chairman of the Board of Trustees, G. Murray Campbell vice chairman, Roy W. Barstow secretary. Milton Rockwell chairs the House Committee with Campbell and Barstow, while Joseph Saunders leads the Finance Committee with Sydney Stokes and Carlton B. Overton. The Rev. Jerome J. Hevey Jr. will lead a Holy Land tour in April, including Rome and Athens. Travelers from Manchester include Linda Day Roy Johnson Jr and Shara-Lyn Fowler, Burr and Burton Seminary students, along with Mrs. J. Gilmore Fletcher Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stepp Earle E. Storrs Mrs. Ethel Wells and Mrs. Hope Seamans. Several other persons.

Francis Coburn First Congregational Church Hugh Perkins Viola Wilcox William Day Carl Kentsch Church Board of Trustees G. Murray Campbell Roy W. Barstow Milton Rockwell Campbell Barstow Joseph Saunders Sydney Stokes Carlton B. Overton Jerome J. Hevey Jr Holy Land Rome Athens Manchester Linda Day Roy Johnson Jr Shara-Lyn Fowler Burr and Burton Seminary J. Gilmore Fletcher Henry Stepp Earle E. Storrs Ethel Wells Hope Seamans

Carroll elected president of Lever Brothers in New York

Thomas S. Carroll of New Canaan Connecticut has been named president and chief executive officer of Lever Brothers Company in New York City the American subsidiary of Unilever He is 47 a former executive vice president at Lever Brothers since 1964 a Catawba College and Harvard MBA graduate and joined Lever in 1958 He is married to Mrs Sidney Burke Carroll and resides in New Canaan Conn

Dorset Thomas S. Carroll J. Frank Burke Lever Brothers Company New York City Unilever Organization Carroll Lever Brothers Catawba University Harvard Sidney Burke Carroll New Canaan Conn

Bookmobile Schedule for Rutland Area Next Tuesday

The Rutland regional bookmobile will visit Shaftsbury at East and Main from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. then Town Hall Center Shaftsbury 10:45 to 11:30, East Dorset library 1 to 1:45, Sargent's store South Wallingford 2:15 to 2:45, and IGA East Wallingford 3:15 to 4 p.m.

Rutland Shaftsbury Corner East Main Streets Town Hall Center Shaftsbury East Dorset Sargent’s S. Wallingford IGA East Wallingford

Bond Vote Boosters Rally in Arlington March 7

Fourteen volunteers pledged to promote a 312000 bond issue for additions to Fisher Elementary and Arlington Memorial High Schools. The group met with the Arlington School Board including Supt. Leon Wagner and principals Ira Manross and William Towne, outlining a two week campaign.

Arlington Citizens’ Committee Fisher Elementary Arlington Memorial AMHS Arlington School Board Supt Leon Wagner Ira Manross William Towne Lyle Salter East Arlington Arlingtonians Salter Walter Corey Towne Supt. Wagner

Arlington Information Meeting on $312000 School Bond

Arlington hosts the first of two public meetings to explain a $312,000 bond for additions to Arlington High and Fisher Elementary. The Arlington School Board and School Study Committee organized the session at Fisher School, with a March 1 follow up and a prep meeting Feb 22 to mobilize votes and publicize the campaign.

Arlington Arlington High Fisher Arlington School Board Donald R. Shanks

Hoosick Falls Honor Roll and Merit List Names

Hoosick Falls Central School announces honor roll and merit lists by grade. The release lists named students across grades 7 through 12, with numerous individuals from each grade cited for honor roll and merit status.

HFCS Hoosick Falls N.Y Hoosick Falls Central School Bruce Beartschi Laurie George Peter McGuire Andrea Wright Deborah Atwood Wendy Waterhouse Mark Harrison Michael Stempek Lawrence Stritch Lucinda Kaukas Catherine Beck Karen Kovage Marilynne Frazier Dennis Smith Donn Griswold Donna George James McGuire Martha Karen Sternberg Wesley Weeden Sheila Ogilvie Colleen Pierce James Monahan Susan Brandalik Mardi Niles Delia Shapiro Helen Cottrell Deborah Hunt Fred Leonard Thomas Brandalik William Brown John Trottier Patricia Sherman Michelle Restino Pamela Green Bernard Zilinskas Karen Hall Deborah O’neil Jane Brenenstuhl Joseph Sprague Joseph Bisson James Petell Kathy Stevens Edward Moore Susan Elliott Allan Marcil Lynn Buswell Robert Crowley Bonnie Wilson Lorraine Cornell Michael Baldwin Nancy Tumberston Jacqueline Miller Linda Niles Joan Davendanis Jean Cutler Diane Reynolds Charles Frazier Laurence Rice Jane Baker Regina Thompson Gloria Jones Penny Sherman Kenneth Brownell Anne Stetson

Read Returns From Vietnam After Year of Duty

Spec. 4.C. Roland Read son of Mr and Mrs Walter Read East Dorset returned Saturday from 12 months duty in Vietnam. Read was stationed with the Army at Phu Bai near Da Nang. He will be in Vermont for a 30 day leave before being sent to Ethiopia Africa. In June he will have completed two years of military service.

Roland Read Walter Read East Dorset Vietnam Read Phu Bai da Nang Vermont Ethiopia Africa

Marlboro Lecture on The Clouded Crystal Ball

Marlboro College economist Charles Grai will speak on February 20 at 8 00 p m in the College Dining Hall The public is invited He will discuss the future of the world economy Grancourt earned degrees from Oxford and taught there and at Buffalo before joining Marlboro faculty

Marlboro Charles Graicourt Marlboro College Grancourt Oxford University Oxford University of Buffalo

Hoosick Falls School Announces Mid Winter Break

Hoosick Falls Central School will have mid winter vacation next week. Reports of wind damage include a window knocked out in the office of Doctors Hardy Drum dike and Pender on Classic Street and a second story window blown from Miss Charlotte Hulihan’s Carey Avenue home. Many tree limbs down, power off in parts of wards, and street lights out on Classic and Main Streets.

Andersen Hoosick Falls Central School Hardy, Drumdike Pender Classic Street Charlotte Hulihan Carey Avenue Hoosick Road Main Street

Manchester Additions Seen a Must Despite Union Junior High

Manchester Supt. Neil E. Cross stated on Thursday night that even with a new Union Junior High, additions would still be required at Manchester Elementary School to accommodate growth and space needs.

Manchester Union Neil E. Cross

Bridal shower honors Miss Bonnie Perkins in Vermont

Elizabeth Dwyer and Mrs. Fred Charlton hosted a bridal shower for Bonnie Perkins at Harvest Hills Road, with about 20 guests. Perkins, to wed David Squiers of Arlington next month, received gifts as plans for the upcoming ceremony were shared. Separately, Fred C. Russell celebrated his 82nd birthday with family from Williamstown and nearby towns, while a winter Boy Scout campout at Emerald Lake State Park featured leaders Harold Shepard Pete Stoothoff and Alan McWaters.

Bonnie Perkins Harvest Hills Road Fred Charlton David Moriarty Miss Perkins David Squiers Arlington Fred C. Russell Bank Street Williamstown Eagle Bridge Buskirk Shaftsbury Emerald Lake State Park Manchester Harold Shepard Pete Stoothoff Alan McWaters Jim Gratton Chip Henningsen Fred Driscoll Ronnie Shepard Robert McWaters William Stoothoff

Local Anthropologist To Talk On Vietnamese Culture

North Bennington reports Dr. Jane R. Hanks will discuss Vietnam people and culture at Smith College alongside Dr. Bruce Marshall. Hanks, Cornell research associate, has led two Thailand expeditions and contributed to hill tribes surveys and Bangkok research efforts. She recently spoke at an Albany YWCA luncheon on war’s village impact.

North Bennington Smith College Vietnam Jane R. Hanks Hillside Street Cornell University Asia Bruce Marshall History Smith Hanks Thailand Bennington College Cornell Lucien M. Hanks Cornell Research Center Bangkok Albany Ywca

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