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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1968
Page
7
Haystack hosts its third festival of the season with a northern Mardi Gras on Saturday. A Masked Ball will crown the Mardi Gras queen assisted by her escort. Events include a day long festival with a ski slalom race and a float parade for ski enthusiasts, plus a beauty contest and social prizes.
Mr and Mrs Otis Grendler of Hawthorne New Jersey after a Stowe ski week will visit Mr and Mrs William H Meyer of West Rupert en route to New Jersey Mrs Grendler and Mrs Meyer were Ur sinus College roommates in Collegeville Pa The Rupert Fire Department will hold a banquet at the White Rock restaurant in South Granville New York March 2 for members and friends Mrs Warren Case and children of Kings Park Long Island will spend the weekend with her husband at his parents home in West Rupert Case has been transferred from New York Telephone to New England Telephone in Rutland and will move his family soon Dorset The Sage of Swamp acres Carl T Ramsey hospitalized Wednesday at Putnam Memorial Hospital bennington A Banner columnist Ramsey wintering with Mrs Ramsey in Sunderland at Mrs Cecelia Von Sitas home
Four young contenders vie for three and one year terms on Dorset’s five member Board of Listers. Charles Erdman leads as incumbent, while George Thuren Clyde Jack Frost and Theodore Earle seek election to replace resignations and fill new terms. All are new to campaigning but expect state reappraisal to aid their duties while Erdman emphasizes fairness and nonpartisan assessment.
Lawrence Wright announced the Williamstown Rotary Club seeks a two thousand dollar goal for its annual auction. Final preparations are underway for the event to be held Saturday morning in the Mitchell School gym.
North Bennington reports the dedication of the Baptist Church Sunday School addition scheduled for March 17. The Joyce Women’s Fellowship chaired by Mrs. Bernard Whitman approved drape purchases and kitchen updates. A film strip addressed missions and the group organized a hospital coffee chain beginning Feb 29 with sewing sessions.
Dr. Hislop, Union College research professor, discusses the Lt. Col. John Jameson letter that alerted Washington to Benedict Arnold’s planned betrayal. The program News Front airs at 10 p.m. on Channel 17 in this area and Channel 3 on cable. The original broadcast is New York City ETV Channel 13.
Dorset Marden Skinner 867-4490 posts checklists for town meeting at Peltier’s Store Russell Parks’ Store South Dor set Post Office Glans and George Thuren’s stores in East Dorset and the town clerk’s office Mrs Helen E O Donovan town clerk asks voters to verify names on the list If not and they qualify contact her To qualify a voter must have resided in the state for one year and in the town for 180 days
Wayne Carlstrand, publicity and promotions director designate, will take the post March 1 at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Carlstrand, a Roosevelt University and Northwestern alum, has worked with North American Aviation, Capitol Records, the Music Magazine Musical Courier, Together, and Commerce Clearing House in Chicago and Los Angeles.
Boris Said the Olympic bobsled contestant and his wife have left France and are expected home today. They may be delayed in New York until they collect bobsleds and equipment. Mrs Alfred Peters of Sunderland cares for their three children ages 19 months, five, and seven while the Saids develop property at Glen Lake Fair Haven and rented Marina Svetlova's Church Street home this winter.
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