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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1971
Page
3
The Bennington Day Care Center outlines current operations with state funding and affordable fees for families, noting staff ratios for infants and children. Plans include converting Red Brick School into a Shaftsbury branch, expanding to Pownal and Woodford, and eventual permanent quarters funded by ongoing donations and future grants.
Fourteen members attended the Bennington Rural Fire Department Auxiliary meeting at Beech Street Firehouse on Monday. Two new members, Mrs. Susan Turgeon and Mrs. Marie Boutin, were welcomed. A March 13 square dance and covered dish supper for members and husbands are planned, with Mrs. Clara Dupee and Mrs. Florence Fonteneau as chairmen. A March 27 food sale for the Rescue Squad is set, chaired by Mrs. Lillian Rice with committee members Mrs. Rice and Mrs. Gloria-Jean Stoddard. Mrs. Lillian Shultz received the sunshine gift.
Mrs. Emma B. Lancour, 86, mother of Charles Lancour and three daughters in Bennington, died Wednesday at Rutland Hospital after a long illness. Born February 22, 1885, in Wallingford, she lived most of her life there, belonged to St. Patrick's Church and Rosary Altar Society, and is survived by eight additional children, two sisters, 15 grandchildren, and 40 great grandchildren. Requiem High Mass will be offered Friday at St. Patrick's Church, with entombment in Green Hill Cemetery, pending a future burial in St. Patrick's Cemetery. Calling hours are tonight 7–9, Rosary at 8:30. Memorials to St. Patrick's Church building fund. The notice also lists local thrift shop hours and donation requests.
The Senior Citizens Club plans weekly gatherings starting Monday at 7 30 p m with a social hour and refreshments. Each day features a activity such as arts and crafts puppet making bowling social afternoons and a Friday card party with prizes. Last week winners Carolyn Carey and Edward Houran were awarded prizes at the party, with bowling reports from Hoosick Falls and Bennington Lanes noting high scores by Mabel Costantino Irene O Grady Arthur Cutler and George Rogers.
Elizabeth Gillette chairs the 1971 Red Cross fund raising campaign in Bennington County urging a $20,000 quota. The article highlights volunteers, local impact of 69 cents of every dollar staying in county, and the nationwide aid funded by the drive across disasters and emergencies.
A Bennington Council of Churches sponsored Ely Landau documentary "King A Filmed Record Montgomery to Memphis" screens Sunday at 7 p.m. in Mt. Anthony Union High School auditorium. The film traces Dr. King from the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott through his death, using readings and performances by top actors. tickets are 2 dollars for adults and 1 dollar for students.
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