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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1964
Page
10
Bennington Village Trustees approve a 19 article warning for the March 17 meeting with 1 to 8 pm ballot voting on the first 11 articles and an 8 pm floor meeting at the State Armory. Final articles cover zoning, government study funds, and a water system sinking fund with options on a streetsweeper.
St Francis Parent-Teacher Group schedules an 8 p m meeting at BCHS cafeteria. Knights of Columbus hold 7 30 p m tonight in council rooms. China’s Challenge lecture at Williams College canceled due to Vladimir Dedijer illness. Mt Anthony Union School Board meets at 7 30 p m at Bennington Elementary with architect and State Dept of Education officials. Fairview Nursing Home administrator attends nursing home administration seminar at Henderson House in Boston this week with peers from New England and New York, paired with American Nursing Home Association for better management and service.
Mrs. Ward Phelps announces the Vermont League of Women Voters plan for 1964 66. The study targets equality of opportunity through education and employment and reviews federal programs in vocational education counseling manpower training employment services area redevelopment migrant labor regulation and Civil Rights Commission education proposals.
Interview with a Marine general discusses Viet Cong shift to battalion size attacks, possible motives behind targeted attacks on Americans in Saigon, and the Marines role in South Vietnam. He cites 52 000 helicopter sorties totaling 32 000 flight hours, lifting 8.5 million pounds of cargo and 200 000 passengers, with few helicopters downed.
Bennington League of Women Voters chairwoman Mrs. L W Gillette announced no pre town meeting this year. Town meeting March 2 will offer voters discussion and candidate questions. A February 27 member meeting will be hosted by Miss Isabel Sherwood with transport help from Mrs Clarence Howard. Dallas AP reports juror Luther E Dickerson named in Jack Ruby murder case. National board backs continued study on foreign policy UN water resources and DC self government efforts.
The last two films in the new math set on adding and subtracting whole numbers will be shown at Bennington Elementary School this week. The announce ment from the Parent Teacher Association says screenings are 2 45 p.m. Wednesday in Phillip Viereck's room and 7 30 p.m. Thursday in Mrs. Jon Emerson's room. This is the third in the series and all are invited.
Bernard Fineson of the National Association of Retarded Children told the Bennington Friends of Retarded Children annual dinner that public outlook on retarded children has changed greatly in 15 years. He credited NARC’s work for reducing stigma and increasing care and training efforts.
Montpelier Vermont high school students gather April 24-25 1964 at Bellows Free Academy St Albans for the Vermont Association of Allied Youth spring conference with about 250 teens and advisors from the New England region and 150 Vermont participants. Noted speakers include William T Logan Jr Burlington schools and Carol Dannenberg allied youth alumna. Workshops cover smoking drinking driving delinquency teen marriage dropout unemployment with leaders from state agencies and the American Cancer Society. The event features the second Allied Youth Variety Show and Vermont posts from Franklin St Albans Winooski Burlington Orleans Barton Hardwick Randolph South Royalton Windsor and Windso r.
More than 200 attendees at the Bennington Elks dinner raised over 100 for the March of Dimes with Hamilton Shields as county chair. Dr William Worthington elected resident for BFRC. new directors include Melvin McGaughey and Harald Henningsen. Allan Heath served as toastmaster.
Hospital records list admissions including John Jepson Daniel Flanders Maurice Kielgaard and others from Bennington Hoosick Falls and Shaftsbury. Discharges include Mark Ross Robert Gibney Sr Nancy Farnum Gabrielle Jewett Julanne Mears and more. Births announce daughters and sons to multiple local couples on February 24.
Stock averages show 796.50 and 188.444 with minor fractions and a large 2,270,000 figure. The snippet presents jumbled numbers including 278.80 and 140.02 alongside trading metrics. No identifiable company names or dates are readable in the fragment.
A memorial service for Grace Norton Dudley of Shaftsbury was held at St. Peter's Episcopal Church with Rev. Frederick B. Wolf and Rev. Donald A. Webster officiating. Funeral services followed in Bridgeport at Henry E. Bishop Funeral Home with Rev. Delman Markle, then committal at Mountain Grove Cemetery. Relatives came from Brookfield Center, Avon, Southport, Bloomfield, West Hartford, Shaftsbury, and Bennington. The funeral of Mina W. Bugbee of Oakes Street occurred at Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home chapel with Rev. H. Glenn Payne, entombment at Park Lawn Chapel and planned spring burial in Woodford. Bearers included Byron and Herman LeRay, Carl and Roland Bugbee, with out-of-town attendees from Cleveland, Williamsburg, Cambridge, Hoosick Falls, Williamstown, Rutland, and Woodford.
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