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Newspaper

Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Jan 27, 1965

Page

6

Fire Company Auxiliary to Meet Tonight in Shaftsbury

The Fire Company Auxiliary will meet at 7 30 p.m. tonight at Mrs Arthur Jones home on Cleveland Avenue to plan a Valentine dance and the annual meeting and dinner. Also updates on Mrs Mary Wessman returning from Bridgewater Mass after 10 weeks with her brother P Chris Jesperson and several travels of Rev A J MacDonald and Mrs A J MacDonald to recent meetings in Troy Rutland and South Glens Falls. Sidney B Davis district ranger attended management training at Penn State with 33 participants from US and Canada.

Fire Company Arthur Jones Cleveland Avenue Valentine Mary Wessman Bridgewater Mass P. Chris Jesperson Committee On Higher Education Board of Education Troy South Glens Falls N.Y Rutland Manchester Sidney B. Davis Central Ranger District Green Mountain National Forest Pennsylvania State University Davis United States Canada Department of Continuing Education Pennsylvania State Cornell University

Weekend visits and a public card party announced

Miss Vera Mae Welling of Troy visited her parents Mr and Mrs Burston Welling over the weekend. Miss Donna Aiken, a senior at Ellis Hospital School of Nursing, Schenectady, is spending two weeks with her parents Mr and Mrs Kenneth Aiken. The Pleasant Valley Grange will sponsor a public card party at the hall Tuesday at 8 p.m with Mr and Mrs Raymond Horton in charge of the last party.

Vera Mae Welling Troy Burston Welling Donna Aiken Kenneth Aiken Donna Ellis Hospital School of Nursing Schenectady Pleasant Valley Grange Raymond Horton

Shaftsbury Scout Troop Reactivated Under New Leadership

Shaftsbury Boy Scout Troop No. 31 is being reactivated under scoutmaster Alan Hess with assistant James Lyons continuing. The troop, once Green Mountain Council’s largest, now has 22 members aged 11 and up and plans firearm safety, a basketball team, a troop paper, and a knot tying exhibition at Scoutorama. Charter Night and a donors’ supper are also planned as new leadership reorganizes with Philip Roach as chair and Eagle Square Mfg. Co. sponsorship.

Shaftsbury Green Mountain Alan Hess James Lyons Hess North Bennington High School Bennington Philip Roach White Plains N.Y Equitable Life Assurance Society John Clawson Edward Wansbury Edwin Colvin Donald Farrar Henry Bunk William Stufflebeam Eagle Square Mfg. Co Arthur Jones George Delaney Abel Harrington Paul Harris Scout Committee Mother’s Auxiliary A. J. MacDonald John Poljacik James Elrick Arthur Faris

Four Generations Hospitalized Together in Hoosick Falls

Lisa North of Potter Hill born at Putnam Memorial Hospital two weeks ago marked the fourth generation in her family to be patients there. She and her mother went home last week while her grandmother remains hospitalized with pneumonia and her great grandmother has also recovered following surgery.

Lisa North James North Jr Potter Hill Hoosick Putnam Memorial Hospital Lisa Edith North James North Sr Babscock Lake Road

Bennington Guests Attend The Rib Room Gala In London Derry

North Bennington notes report Mr and Mrs Donald Knapp and friends attended The Rib Room at University House in London Derry Saturday night. Vocalist Bob Eberly, from Hoosick Falls and brother of Mrs Knapp, headlined the event. Also noted, Mrs Jennie Dawson joins NBHS faculty teaching mathematics to grades 7 and 8 replacing Mrs Sandra Schoenfeld, while Miss Diane Rich begins teaching French at Bennington High School after graduating from UVM in 1964 and studying in Paris last summer.

Donald Knapp Londonderry University House Bob Eberly Hoosick Falls Jennie Dawson Bennington NBHS Dawson Sandra Schoenfeld Pownal Diane Rich Bennington High School UVM Diane Sorbonne Benhi

Local church groups schedule February meetings

Hoosick Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist Church sets a Feb 5 meeting at 2 p.m. with Mrs Ethel Pierce. All Saints Guild meets Thursday night hosted by Mrs Agnes Stevens with Mrs Shirley Stevens assisting. Mr and Mrs William Gerling of Albany visited Aunt Agnes M Bratt last weekend. Ellen Susan Jones, Syracuse University student, visits mother Dr Mary Jones this week. Mrs Paul B Dipperly suffers a fractured wrist from a fall Sunday evening.

Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist Church Ethel Pierce All Saints Guild Agnes Stevens Shirley Stevens William Gerling Albany Agnes M. Bratt Ellen Susan Jones Syracuse University Mary Jones Paul B. Dipperly

Hoosick Falls Names 1965 March of Dimes Committees

Hoosick Falls announces 1965 March of Dimes committees with co chairs Mrs. Joan Rogers and Thomas G. Restino directing ward by ward teams in the Hoosick area. The Fourth Ward and North Hoosick groups include captains and multiple members led by Mrs. Rogers and Mrs. Baldwin, while the North Hoosick roster lists several volunteers ready to assist. Jean Seberg heads to Hollywood for Moment To Moment after Paris filming.

Hoosick Falls N.Y Joan Rogers Thomas G. Restino Hoosick Area Kas Terri Rogers Marie le Blanc Mary Dorr Christine Davendanis Beth Brophy Patricia Betsy Wright Mary Lou Atwood Cecilia St. Hilaire Janice Danforth Pam Foster Teresa Vosh Peg Kempf Lee Thurber Bonnie McClellan Marge Moore Hoosick William Baldwin Raymond Sharkey Marion Cipperly Diane Fowler Alan Frost North Hoosick James Baldwin John Powers Jr Gerald Tate Marion McCart Linda Senney Jean Seberg Hollywood UPI Mervyn LeRoy Paris

Peru Congregational Church Elects Moderator and Officiers

S Bruce Smart was elected moderator of the Peru Congregational Church at the annual meeting on Jan 20. Other officers named include Arthur M Kelton and Kermit F Reilly as deacons for three years, deaconesses Mrs. Arthur M Kelton Mrs Walter Williams and Mrs. Pearl D Lakin, trustees Mrs. Albert M Lyons Edwin S Wheeler and Mrs Bruce Smart, clerk Mrs Sherman Baldwin, treasurer John W McWilliams. Committees formed feature Mrs John W McWilliams Mrs Edwin S Wheeler and Arthur Kelton education board, nominating chair Mrs Baldwin, Flowers committee.

S. Bruce Smart Peru Congregational Church Arthur M Kelton Kermit F Reilly Edwin Wheeler Walter Williams Pearl D. Lakin Albert M. Lyons Edwin S, Wheeler Bruce Smart Sherman Baldwin John W. McWilliams John W, McWilliams Edwin S Arthur Kelton Christian Board of Education Raymond Farnum Baldwin

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