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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1966
Page
3
Sandra Marie Von Sitas and John Louis Howland were married January 8 in Essex Junction in a double ring ceremony. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Von Sitas, and the groom, son of Mr and Mrs Elmer Howland, will reside at 4 Charles Street Burlington.
Miss Barbara Browe daughter of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Browe Sr and Alan G Hoard son of Mr and Mrs Rodney Hoard Sr were married January 8 at North Bennington First Baptist Church. Rev Alfred Scott presided. Attendants Miss Mary Ann Thayer and Douglas Green. Browe a practical nurse at Putnam Memorial Hospital and graduate of North Bennington High School and Putnam Hospital School of Practical Nursing. Hoard a North Bennington High School graduate employed at Paulin's Garage Shaftsbury and inducted into the Armed Forces. A small reception followed and the couple left for a brief wedding trip to an undisclosed destination.
Engaged Donna Maria Andrew to Cpl. Albert B. Whitman both of Hoosick Falls area with Donna employed at Vermont Bank in Bennington and Whitman in the Marines at Camp Lejeune. Also Priscilla Lee Hunt to Keith Raymond Jelly with wedding set for March 5 and both families from Valley Falls and North Pownal with school and tannery employment noted.
Dorothy Elizabeth Drosehn of Richmond Massachusetts married Robert Throckmorton Chaffee of Lenox Massachusetts on January 6 in Bennington. Justice of the Peace Raymond Betit presided. Newlyweds plan to reside in Lenox after a wedding trip to Stowe. Mrs Chaffee is a Berkshire Eagle secretary. Mr Chaffee heads the Lee bureau and is a Bowdoin graduate and former Berkshire School student.
The wedding of Mrs. Charlotte W Lansing and Merrill K Greene, both of Wilmington, occurred Saturday at the Chapel of St Marys in the Mountains with Rev Frederick Wolf officiating. Immediate families attended a reception and luncheon at the home of Mr and Mrs Robert L Greene. The bride wore a beige dressmaker suit with orchids. Her daughters Leona Lansing and Minton Lansing attended as Misses Lansing. Robert L Greene served as best man. The couple left for Bermuda.
Archie Roberts of South Wallingford announces engagement of daughter Linda Lou to Endre Thoma of Manchester. Linda Lou is a 1965 Wallingford High School graduate who attended Rutland Business College. Endre is a 1961 Burr and Burton Seminary graduate from Manchester and works in Clermont, New Hampshire.
Washington Conn Mr and Mrs Arlan Ericson announce the engagement of their daughter Joan Elizabeth Ericson to Keith H Smith of Wellesley Hills Mass The couple have notable family ties with Washington Conn White Plains N Y Malden Mass Endicott Junior College Citadel and USS George Bancroft the Polaris submarine currently in Navy service The engagement links Washington Conn and Malden Mass with Carolina N Y families and Navy service in a historic preparation for marriage
Mrs. Cora Morgan of 106 Hobden Street announces the engagement of her daughter Marion Marie Morgan to Arthur Martin Campbell son of Mr and Mrs Richard Campbell of 108 River Street The couple plans a June wedding.
Peking Radio broadcasts say the United States lacks enough fighting men to win in Vietnam, calling the war a bottomless pit and the American buildup dire. China claims only a fraction of 4.4 million potential draftees are mobilizable, amid officer shortages and global risk.
Washington reports that demand for federal Head Start grants far exceeds the $150 million set aside. Sargent Shriver, head of OEO, limits preschool funding to one third of antipoverty funds and urges applicants to seek additional education department funds under a 1965 law. Opponent Charles Goodell calls for moving Head Start to Education for better administration. The program surged after Johnson's September expansion and a summer summer program that enrolled about 500,000 children at 2,300 sites costing over $85 million.
In Montpelier the Vermont Forestry Essay Contest awarded 50, 30, and 20 dollars to first through third place winners Jeanne Ellen Cook Proctor Junior High School Susan Pello Bennington High School and Jan Eastman North Danville School RD 7 St Johnsbury. The top three from 47 districts earned cash prizes while all participants received governor signed certificates. The contest promotes forest value, conservation, erosion control, and wildlife habitat under the theme What Vermont Forest Mean To Vermonters.
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