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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1975
Page
3
U S Senator George D Aiken will appoint three directors to the George D Aiken Lectures board to provide public representation in leading this perpetual tribute to the former senator.
Vermont United Cerebral Palsy urges donors to send contributions to Howard National Bank in Montpelier for the Celebrity Parade for Cerebral Palsy telethon. The event, to be broadcast Jan 25 and 26 over WMTW Channel 8, targets a $250000 endowment for annual Aiken Lectures at the University of Vermont and will use funds for fellowships if excess.
A Requiem Eucharist was celebrated Friday morning at St Peter's Episcopal Church for Mrs Bertha Green wife of the Rev Roy E Green of 229 Grandview St Bennington who died January 14 at Crescent Manor Nursing Home The Rev Kenneth W Costin and the Rev Canon Robert L Clayton presided Burial will be in Dellwood Cemetery Manchester at a later date The church vestrymen served as honorary bearers
The American Association of University Women hosts a winter meeting at Mrs. Calvin Otto’s home to plan a spring fashion show and the March event. A Bennington history study group schedules speakers Alex Drysdale Joseph Parks and Thomas Spargo at local libraries and private homes as a bicentennial feature open to the public. Frances Carmen narrates slide show on Greece, with copper artifacts from Bennington collector Ben Kimpel on display. Refreshments served by Mrs. Malcolm Finlayson and Mrs. Pizzano.
Last week at the Senior Citizens card party George Rogers won among the men while Alice Thompson topped the ladies and Marion Jolivette took the door prize. The group hosts weekly Friday events at 8 pm at the Community Center on BenMont Avenue with prizes and refreshments. This Friday’s party committee includes Louise Mexner and Josephine Valla. Social time at the center is Sunday at 1 30 p.m.
Funeral services for Michael David Hashim 72 president and treasurer of Hashim's Package Store in Pittsfield Mass were held at South Congregational Church He was born in Aley Lebanon came to this country in 1912 settled in Fall River moved to Pittsfield in 1926 and with brother Joseph D Hashim started Hashim's Package Store later founding Pittsfield City Motel He was a member and past president of the Berkshire County Package Stores Association a Rotarian a 32nd degree Mason and past commander of the Knights Templar He traveled in the Near East and married Evelyn Nassar in Beirut His views on the Mideast were well known He leaves his widow three sons and three daughters siblings and eight grandchildren Memorials to Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children Burial in Pittsfield Cemetery.
The Bennington Banner publishes daily except Sunday and holidays at 425 Main St Bennington VT 05201. Classifieds ring 447 0332 and 447 7567 with details on home delivery and subscription rates for Vermont and U S readers.
Aula Lynne Evans, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Evans of Shaftsbury, won second place in Vermont DAR good citizen contest and first place as outstanding congresswoman at the 35th Model Congress at American International College Springfield Mass. Evans, Mt Anthony Union High School student government chair, presented and defended a bill on BIA separation from the Interior.
Burlington Planned Parenthood of Vermont adopts a resolution backing International Women's Year 1975. It highlights equality for women, their economic social and cultural development, and role in world peace. The group links reproductive freedom to the year’s threefold theme and full citizen rights.
Members of the Bennington County Sheriff's Department meet at Mahar & Son Funeral Home at 7 15 p m to pay respects to Mrs Mortimer Knights. VFW Post 1332 hosts a 7 p m pitch tournament meeting in North Street rooms. Woodford Hollow School PTG sponsors a 7 p m bingo Jan 23 and sells quarter beef raffle tickets for March 4 at the school.
Two traffic collisions occurred in Bennington on Monday. At 1 05 PM a 1969 Fiat driven by Chester Hickok 59 and a 1973 Volkswagen driven by Christine Mears 22 collided at East Main Street and Burgess Road causing light damage. At 3 50 PM a 1969 Mercury driven by James Dawson 57 and a 1967 Volkswagen driven by David Corey 28 collided at Main and School streets causing minor damage. No injuries reported.
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