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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Jan 07, 1969

Page

6

State Opens Ice Fishing Waters in Vermont 1969

Vermont authorizes ice fishing on 36 lakes over 100 acres plus Echo Lake for the 1969 season with Open Water rules applying to size and limits. Fishers must provide daily catch data when asked by Fish and Game officials and test waters include bass and salmonoids at listed lakes and ponds across Burlington Newport and surrounding towns.

Montpelier Vermont James Stewart Vermont Fish & Game Department Echo Lake Plymouth Fish and Game Commissioner

Town Meeting Deadline Jan 20 for Articles

Shaftsbury selectmen warn residents that January 20 is the deadline to submit articles for the town warning. Voters may file petitions with about 75 signatures. Officials discuss recreation center vandalism and mail box damage blamed on reckless activity, while urging community attendance at weekly meetings. Ice safety advisory follows.

Shaftsbury Merton Snow Sr Lorenzo Sanborn Roy Whitman

RPI Creates New Program In Engineering

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy develops a new graduate program blending civil engineering with management studies. The Master of Engineering degree combines resources from engineering and management schools to train leaders for a growing construction sector worth over ten percent of GNP. The program can be pursued as regular graduate work or via the five year BS/MS track in civil engineering.

Troy N.Y Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute RPI America Mark H. Jordan

Visitors depart as Powell returns to England

Arlington residents Mr and Mrs Clark Kelly drove Mrs Kellys brother John Powell to Logan Airport Boston where he left for Dorchester England. Powell has been in the United States since July visiting and working with Kelly a building contractor. He stayed through Christmas to visit his sister for the first time since she left England in 1946. Mrs Gerald Monroe and children from Greenfield Center NY were in town to return Loren Rogers to her grandparents Mr and Mrs Frank Labadie Jr. Mr and Mrs Stephen Burzon of New York City welcomed a daughter born Jan 5 at Roosevelt Hospital. The Burzons are the daughter of Mr and Mrs J Mattison. Keoughs Barber Shop to open Wednesdays 10 am to 8 pm and Saturdays 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm starting Wednesday Jan 8.

Clark Kelly Red Mountain Road Arlington Kelly John Powell Logan Airport Boston England Gerald Monroe Greenfield Center N.Y Loren Rogers Frank Labadie Jr Stephen Burzon New York City Roosevelt Hospital

Non Farming Jobs Hit Record Numbers in 1968 Boston

In Boston and across New England more workers held nonfarming jobs in 1968 than any year on record. The report notes rising employment in sectors outside agriculture with broad participation across major industries and regions.

Boston UPI New U.S. Labor Department Wendell D. Macdonald Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics Connecticut Macdonald New England New England Telephone Co Stanley Works New Britain

Prospect Mountain Junior Ski Program lessons begin this week

Ski lessons sponsored by Prospect Mountain Junior Ski Program start this week at Mt Anthony Country Club. Classes meet Wednesday 3 30 p m and Thursday 3 30 p m at the Country Lab, 3 45 p m Friday at Prospect Mountain, and Saturday 9 30 a m at Prospect Mountain with 10 a m at the Country Club. No new registrations at lesson time.

Prospect Mountain Mt. Anthony Country Club Country Lab Country Club Stefan Varga Joyce Hanson Joan Bangs

Seventeen Complete Courses In Industrial Management

Seventeen area men completed a three month course in the Principles of Supervision sponsored by the Bennington Area Industrial Management Club in cooperation with Bennington South Supervisory Union. Marcel A. Langlais of North Pownal, a graduate of the 1-40 Club, was among the area students. The class, taught by William C. Denault, covered fundamentals of supervision, job relationships, communications and personnel relations, training workers, performance and job evaluation, and management and work improvement.

Pownal Bennington Area Chicago Ill R.J. Widen Co North Adams Mass William C. Denault College of William and Mary

Falls Delegation Attends TRIP Meeting

A delegation from Hoosick Falls attended the December TRIP board meeting at the RPI Cultural Center to observe the organization’s work for possible local creation of a similar program. They will attend January’s meeting and report findings to the local council.

Hoosick Falls N.Y The Commission On Economic Opportunity TRIP Troy Rehabilitation and Improvement Program RPI

Mae Winslow Named Woman of the Year by Manchester BPW

Mae Winslow, former Manchester BPW president and recent state BPW leader, receives the Woman of the Year award at the BPW club Christmas party for outstanding community service and advancing women’s status. The next BPW meeting at Colburn House features a 6:30 social hour and 7:00 dinner, with Madeline Harwood leading a legislative procedures quiz.

Manchester Business and Professional Mae Winslow Manchester BPW Colburn House Madeline Harwood Legislation Committee

Charles Scarey Named Derby Club President

HOOLICK F LS New York. Charles Scarey will be installed as president of the Derby Community Club at the American House in Hoolick on Wednesday. A dinner at 6:30 p.m. will precede the meeting and installation of officers. Also seated will be Harold LaPorte as vice president Albert Waythus as secretary and Richard Hubbard as treasurer, with William J. Murphy the outgoing president.

Hoolick N.Y Charles Scarey Derby American House Harold LaPorte Albert Waythus Richard Hubbard William J. Murphy

Peruvian Driver Pleads Not Guilty in Manchester Case

Mrs Berthia E Michelsen 62 of Peru pleaded not guilty in Manchester bench to driving on the left before a U S 7 crash on Oct 27. She was the sole respondent as jurors were sworn. Judge Morrissey warned the panel a lengthy docket will keep them busy for 60 to 90 days in Bennington District Court Manchester session.

Manchester Berthia E. Michelsen Peru Bennington U.S John P. Morrissey Morrissey

Loot Returned After Theft At Cheese Factory In Wisconsin

Sixty checks totaling 15000 dollars stolen from the Portland cheese factory on New Year’s Day were returned. The thief placed them back where found on a cooler.

Sparta Wis UPI Portland

Bay State Pardon for Readsboro Police Chief Marecki

Massachusetts governor advisory board hears Marecki appeal to wipe a prison term from 1961 armed robbery record. Since release he earned respect, became Readsboro police chief and Bennington County deputy sheriff. Judge Lurie lauds his transformation as the board deliberates.

Boston Readsboro Stanley M. Marecki Massachusetts Governor’s Advisory Board of Pardons Marecki Massachusetts Bennington County Superior Court Reuben L. Lurie Massachusetts Commissioner of Corrections Lurie

Experimental Music Demonstration At Williams

John Cage, renowned experimental composer, will lecture and demonstrate with four tape recorders and piano at Chapin Hall, Williams College, on Saturday January 11 at 8 p.m. The event showcases his own works and is open to the public free of charge. Cage, born 1912 in Los Angeles, studied with Cowell and Schoenberg and has been composer in residence at Urbana since 1967. His works have been played by the New York Philharmonic and at European festivals.

Williamstown Mass John Cage Merce Cunningham Dance Company Chapin Hall William College Cage Los Angeles Mr. Cage Henry Cowell Arnold Schoenberg University of Illinois At Urbana New York Philharmonic Europe Lincoln Center

Pownal Community Groups Plan Evening Meetings

The Pownal Fire Department Auxiliary meets at 7:30 p.m. in the firehouse to elect officers for the coming year, and Boy Scout Troop 347 convenes at 7 p.m. in the Scout Hut, Pownal Center. Refreshments will follow in the firehouse hosted by Mrs. Beals Jr., Mrs. Bishop, and Mrs. Thompson. A son named Christopher was born Jan. 4 in Lugano to Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mole, Wesleyan students, with Mole researching and photographing the Romanesque Church period during four months in Switzerland. Christopher is the Dodges' first grandchild. Fish and game license fees for 1969 are listed by town clerk Mrs. Rachel Mason, varying for residents and non-residents across hunting, fishing, combinations, traps, and bows.

North Pownal Boy Scout Pownal Center Pownal Harry W. Beals Jr Ralph Bishop Robert Thompson Christopher Lugano Switzerland Michael Mole Wesleyan University Mole United States Dodge Rachel Mason

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