County Volunteers Aid Cancer Victims and Educate Public
Bennington County Service Committee of the Vermont Division of the American Cancer Society administers financial aid and free services to cancer patients and leads public education. The group, chaired by Mrs. D Dexter Davis, coordinates loan closets, dressings, transportation, and film discussions, with volunteers from local churches and homemakers aiding patients across Bennington and nearby areas. The program increased youth education in 1961 and plans expanded cancer education at Bennington High School and other schools in 1962.
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The
Benning and
D Dexter Davis
Old Bennington
Bennington
Davis
Paul Crane
R.N
North Bennington
Morse
Crane
First Methodist
First Baptist
Second Congregational
Bennington Home
Dorset-Manchester
Ford Shrader
Hugh Perkins
North St
Perkins
Bennington High School
PTA
South Shaftsbury
Service Committee
Gay’s Express
Hanson- Walbridge and
Mahar and Son
Services Committee
John F. Wohnus
Donald Hemenway
William F. Thompson
Fairview Ave
Curtis Flory
A Ave
First Methodist Church
John Mook
Crescent Boulevard
Leonard Morse
Eastside Drive
Lawrence Smith
Union Street
Vernon Gage
Gage Street
Harold Humphrey
Peach Street
Second Congregational Churches of
D. Dexter Davis
Bennington County
Bennington Banner
Vermont
Main St
Banner Publishing Corporation
Associated Press
Rensselaer
Washington Counties
N.Y
Massachusetts
Record Hop Saturday Fights Polio
Teenagers host a record hop at the State Armory from 8 to 11 PM to raise funds for the March of Dimes. Bennington MOD chairman Mrs. Marion Char est announces well chaperoned event with WBTN DJs, Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary donations, and Bennington High art posters. Six DuCharme School of Dance students collect with blue crutches and canisters on Friday and Saturday, with surprise numbers during the hop.
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March of Dimes
State Armory
Marion Charest
Bennington
WBTN
Ladies Auxiliary of
Veterans of Foreign Wars 1332
Bennington High School
Sylvia DuCharme
DuCharme School of Dance
CDA Notes January Meeting Attendance and Upcoming Events
The CDA reports strong turnout at the January 9 meeting. A February 6 supper will precede the meeting with K through M members assisting. A January 21 reception for Msgr. Francis B. Flanagan at BCHS from 4 to 6 includes a program and refreshments. Msgr. Flanagan will address the Euchomical Congress on January 23 at the CDA rooms.
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Msgr
Francis B. Flanagan
BCHS
CDA
Flanagan
National Guard Unit Holds Defense Class and Promotions
Troop L of the 3rd Recon Squadron 102nd AR met at the State Armory with Lt Henry Dor an leading a defense measures class and a film. E-2 William F Bruse and E-2 Francis B Woodward were promoted to private first class. Six new enlistees will begin six months of active duty at Fort Dix New Jersey: Richard F Coleman Ronald F Gordon Roy W Kingsley Wayne B Powell William F Ryan Milton R York. Next meeting set for January 22 at 7 30 p.m.
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State Armory
Henry Doran
William F. Bruse
Francis B. Woodward
Fort Dix
N.J
Richard F. Coleman
Ronald F. Gordon
Roy W. Kingsley
Wayne B. Powell
William F. Ryan
Milton R. York
Murphy Named One of Top Men By N H Jaycees
Concord New Hampshire Jaycees name three outstanding young men of the year Sen Maurice Murphy Jr Portsmouth Captain Thomas Schwietz Pease Air Force Base and Timothy Woodman Concord test the trio to compete for national honors Murphy is a U S senator appointee to fill the late Styles Bridges seat Schwietz earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for a belly landing of a crippled B 47 in Spain Woodman is insurance executive former legislator and past president of the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce
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Concord
N.H
U.S
New Hampshire
State
Wesley Powell
Styles Bridges
Schweitz
Zaragoza Air Force Base
Spain
Woodman
Concord Insurance
Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce
Exeter
Northwestern University
Relatibe
Van Doren pleads guilty to grand jury perjury
Charles Van Doren, a winner on the Twenty-One quiz show, admitted perjury before a grand jury and received a suspended sentence. The Columbia University instructor, 35, acknowledged taking answers and winning $129,000 on the rigged program. He is among ten contestants whose cases appeared on the court docket.
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New York
Charles van Doren
Massachusetts Man to Speak At GBA's Annual Meeting
The Greater Bennington Association sets its third annual dinner for Mt. Anthony Country Club on Wednesday Jan 24 at 6 p.m. Paul Greeley of the Greater Springfield Joint Civic Agencies will discuss a Blueprint for Progress. Reservations advised by mail.
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Greater Bennington Association
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Kenneth R. Clayton
GBA
Paul Greeley
Greater Springfield
Mass
D. Ed. Moore I
Bennington
Breard Hawks
Paul J. Short
Welfare Recipients Scrub Down City Hall
A crew of 10 work relief recipients began scrubbing City Hall in Syracuse to remove years of grime. Mayor Walsh ordered the stem to stern cleaning as part of welfare work credit toward their welfare checks. Police headquarters will follow after City Hall.
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Syracuse
N.Y
City Hall
William F. Walsh
Walsh
Onondaga County
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Enligten
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Shrader
Manchester
Virginia Lonergan
Sale Pharmacy
J.K. Lasser
RTH
TEL
National Guard News
Murphy
N.H. Jaycees
van Doren
Fienberg
Main St. Benn., Vt
Guests of
Bennington County Industrial Corporation
F. Ray Keyser Jr
St Francis de Sales Church
Stephen C. Greene
Second Congregational Church
Joseph A. McDonough
Clayton
M. J. Dailey
Caslin's
Caslin’s
ELM Street
Bennington, VT
Corvair
Chevrolet
Jobmaster Trucks
Soe
W. H. Eddington
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