Rotarians Hear Teen-Age Panel Discuss Proposed Coffee House
Bennington Rotarians heard four high school speakers outline a pilot project to open a teen coffee house in St. Peter's Parish Hall. Students would run after school gatherings to hang out, discuss news, listen to music, and raise funds with dances, a talent show, and a car wash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Area
St. Peter’s Church
Bennington Rotary Club
Chip Howe
Bennington Catholic High School
Howe
Sausville
YMCA
Herbert Sanderson
St. Peters
Rotarians
Loomis Dana
Bennington
Main Street
the Banner
Louise Vail
Mauhs
Waldo C. Holden
Dana
James Toolan
Dr. Toolan
Rotary
Biblical Characters Depicted In Manchester Church Windows
Nine new stained glass windows for the First Congregational Church in Manchester were created by John R. Petralia and installed by Carroll E. Whittemore Associates. The windows, dedicated to loved ones, depict four Old Testament books Moses Isaiah Jeremiah and Psalms and four New Testament scenes of Jesus in action, plus a Window of Divine Invitation at the sanctuary stairs.
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First Congregational Church
Manchester
John R. Petralia
Dracut
Mass
Carroll E. Whittemore
Ringheiser
Ecclesiologists
Needham Heights
Jerome J. Hevey Jr
Board of Trustees
Oscar Johnson Jr
Carl Kentsch
Mr. Hevey
Jesus
Moses
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Psalms
Bartimeaus
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Overcrowding Blamed For Student Problems
Two Mt Anthony teachers described an experimental colonial history course for culturally deprived eighth graders. They argued that classroom overcrowding beyond 25 pupils hinders special attention, noting the students’ self directed work on Lazarus Porter’s journey from Connecticut to Bennington Valley and homestead decisions, plus self taught survival skills.
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Mt. Anthony
Union
John Duval
Robert Howe
Duval
Howe
Lazarus Porter
Connecticut
Bennington Valley
Porter
Pownal Road
David Jareckie
Bennington Briefs: Senior Citizens Club and Green Mountain Makers
The Senior Citizens Club will meet Monday at Moose social hall at 7:30 p.m. A social hour follows and lunch is served. All 55 and over invited. The Green Mountain Home makers Group will meet Monday at 7:30 p.m. at Elizabeth Groenewegen’s home. Students discuss conserving timber for a cabin and keeping records by marking and photographing artifacts. Teachers emphasize history living and viewing the past from the valley. Howe and Duval note methods suit varied achievement levels and urge continued experiments.
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Senior Citizens Club
Moose Social Hall
Green Mountain Homemakers
Elizabeth Groenewegen
Lazarus Porter
Howe
Duval
Moose Observe 21st Anniversary at Rutland Moose Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose No. 1233 marked its 21st anniversary with about 150 members and guests attending a weekend program. After a buffet, Stu Dumas and the Clubmen provided music while 17 candidates enrolled in a Rutland Moose degree class honoring Arthur Cardinal, past Benton lodge governor.
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Loyal Order of Moose No
Stu Dumas
Rutland Lodge of Moose
Arthur Cardinal
Bennington Lodge
Joseph O’neil
Rutland Lodge
Henry Paul
Springfield Lodge
Northeast Moose Association
Clarence O’connor
The
Moose
Ralph Mavilla
Arlington boosters organize for 312000 bond vote
Arlington residents invited by the School Board form the School Study Committee to back a 312000 bond issue for expansion of two local schools. Current members include Chairman Lyle Salter Mrs Henry Coley Mrs Guenther Mahler Mrs Martin Hirsch Donald Brown John Moore George Walsh Kenneth Clayton Kenneth Nicholson Christian Schafer Prosper Deschenes Mr and Mrs Richard Whitman C Lee Marsh and Lawrence Pratt.
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Arlington
Pownal Track finances reviewed in Vermont report
The Vermont Racing Commission released a financial review of Green Mountain Park's 1966 season. State revenue from 170 racing days totaled $205,882.39, up 10.5 percent from 1965. Daily state revenue averaged $11,605.18, up $1,205.70.
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Green Mountain Park
Vermont Racing Commission
Centaurus the southern constellation and its myth
The Centaurus is a prominent far south constellation unseen from the northern hemisphere. In Greek myth a half horse half man race called the Centaurs lived on Mt Peilion in Thessaly, eastern Greece. Greeks claimed the image of Centaurus to identify Sagittarius, a practice that persisted for centuries.
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Mt. Peilion
Thessaly
Greece
Women of the Moose Auxiliary notes meeting and events
The Women of the Moose Auxiliary met at Moose Hall with many joining and plans made for a March initiation night. A rum mage sale is planned for March 11 with donations requested for Easter baskets by March 1 and coordinated by Virginia Leger and Arlene Joseph. A memorial to departed members will be added to the Memorial Book for the May 13 service at Cathedral of the Pines in Rindge New Hampshire. Kendall Adams and Boy Scout Martin Betts will speak at Moosehaven Chapter night in March. A social hour followed. Christine Potter won the surprise package.
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Women of the Moose Auxiliary
Moose Hall
Isabelle LaBarge
Marion Knapp
Mary Plante
Doris Sweet
Virginia Leger
Arlene Joseph
Kendall Adams
Martin Betts
New Mexico
Mary Quackenbush
Christine Potter
Obituary for Joseph C. Danforth of North Pownal, 42
Joseph C Danforth 42 of North Pownal died Thursday at home born May 9 1924 in North Bennington son of Raymond and the late Mary Quinn Danforth He served in the U S Navy in World War II and the Korean War He was a deputy sheriff Bennington County and a member of the Pownal Center Fire Dept Rescue Squad and VFW He survived by wife Nellie Ann Drodiak three sons a daughter and siblings Friends may call at Mahar and Son Funeral Home with services and entombment planned for Park Lawn Cemetery next spring
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North Pownal
Joseph C. Danforth
North Bennington
Raymond
Mary (Quinn) Danforth
Rutland
U.S. Navy
National Guard
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Bennington County
Pownal Center
Pownal
Cornish Wire Co
General Cable
Williamstown
Mass
Green Mountain Park
Nellie Ann Drodiak
North Adams
John J
James C
Patrick W
Danforth
Gloria Danforth
Ernest
Margaret) Gauthier
Bennington
Peter
Lillian) Grande
Julian
Helen) Lipinski
Adams
Ronald
Pauline) Maynard
Alfred
Troy
N.Y
Philip
Paul Danforth
Mahar and Son Funeral Home
VFW Post 1332
American Legion Post
VFW Auxiliary
Funeral Home
Pownal Fire Dept
Five Destroys Station Bus In Manchester
A 1952 Ford Falcon station bus owned by Five Flys chef Robert Ray burned at the Five Flys night club entrance in Manchester. Firefighters arrived minutes after the 3:50 p.m. blaze, which destroyed the bus and its tools and ski equipment but spared the gas tank.
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Manchester
Five Flys
Robert Ray
Ray
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Bennington Briefs
Vermont Bank
Adams Clothes Shop
SWIFT
Ribi
Walker
Longhorn
Williamstown, Mass
Economy Auto Stores, Inc
Commission
Bennington Banner
Main St
Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
UPI
Vermont
U.S
WOTM
Triple ‘‘S
Grand Union
Ye Furniture CO
Dial
Depot Street
Bennington, VT
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Hamburger
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