League Plans Pre Town Meeting in Bennington
The Bennington League of Women Voters schedules a public pre town meeting for February 25 to discuss articles for the March 1 town meeting and March 2 regular meeting. Selectmen Van Santvoord and Higgins will attend. third member Lausville is ill and may not attend.
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Bennington
Bennington League of Women Voters
Richard van Santvoord
Threeman Board
Joseph Higgins
League
Louis F. Lausville
Garden Club Donates $1000 for Library Gardening Verve
The Bennington Free Library receives a $1000 gift from the Bennington Garden Club to stock new gardening, botany, soil care, and natural resource titles. Books arriving include Garden Design, Organic Gardening, Outdoor Gardening in Pots and Baskets, and The Changing Face of New England. Aimed at enlarging four shelves of gardening works, the donation funds new bookplates marking the gift and conservation focus. Further titles and a children's list are expected later this month from librarian John Rothrock.
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Bennington Free Library
Bennington Garden Club
Sylvia Crowe
John Rothrock
Garden Club
Kirsch To Talk On Changing Times At Bennington Library
Paul Kirsch assistant superintendent of the Bennington graded School District will speak before the Unitarian Fellowship of Bennington next Sunday at 10 30 a m The talk titled The Times They Are A Changin will explore education past present and future in a serious discussion while acknowledging Bob Dylan as the songwriter of the title
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Unitarian Fellowship of
Bennington
Paul Kirsch
Bennington Graded
Bob Dylan
Kirsch Beelieves
St Peters Holds Annual Meeting and Vestry Elections
Nearly 100 St Peter s parishioners attended the annual meeting amid a storm to conduct business. Four new vestry members were elected William Castle Thomas Foster Donald Jolivette and Frank Silvernail. Thomas Bailey was named auditor. Vestry terms length were approved. New officers included Dr William H Brown ing senior warden Arthur B Murphy junior warden John R Stone parish treasurer and purchasing agent Mrs Roy H Bergquist re elected clerk. Women s planning commission members were re elected and six St Mary s of the Mountain representatives attended as special guests. Parishioners endorsed stronger ties with the new Wilmington mission.
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St. Peter’s Parish
William Castle
Thomas Foster
Donald Jolivette
Frank Silvernail
Thomas Bailey
William H. Browning
Arthur B. Murphy
John R. Stone
Roy H. Bergquist
Kenneth Porter Jr
Elizabeth Armstrong
Lloyd Fleming
Women’s Planning Commission
St. Mary’s-of the-Mountain
Wilmington
St. Peter’s
Bennington Briefs A Birthday and Local Events
John Spargo marks his 89th birthday at his Old Bennington home with visits from friends and neighbors. Stratton Mountain reports 18 inches packed powder, cloudy with snow. slopes open and conditions excellent. Julia Chaffin celebrates 92nd birthday with 13 guests at Manchester home. Bennington Club spaghetti supper and dance led by Raymond Vivaldi committee with Frank Kelly Leo Plourde Mason Amadon assisting. music by Nick Marra and orchestra. 6:30 to 8:30 supper, 9 to 12 dance. reservations via steward or committee members.
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John Spargo
Bennington Museum
Bennington
Bennington Club
Raymond Vivaldi
Frank Kelly
Leo Plourde
Mason Amadon
Nick Marra
GOP's Webb Sees Bliss As Endorsement Of Two Parties
Derick V. Webb of Shelburne told the Chittenden County Republican Committee in South Burlington that last week’s Chicago meetings featured a vigorous repudiation of any third party system by Sen. Goldwater.
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GOP
Webb
Bliss
South Burlington
Sen. Goldwater
Chicago
Derick V. Webb
Shelburne
Chittenden County
Republican Committee
Republican National Committee
Ray Bliss
Ohio
Dean Burch
Richard A. Snelling
Republican County Committee
Addison County
Annual YMCA Dinner Tonight Bennington Area
The Bennington Area YMCA holds its annual meeting and dinner at 6 30 this evening in the Y. Reports of past activities will be given and officers elected. John G Appleton associate secretary from the New England Area Council will speak. Rev William B Abernathy will give the invocation. Dr W Philip Giddings will preside.
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Bennington Area
YMCA
The
John G. Appleton
New England Area Council of Ymcas
William B. Abernathy
North Bennington
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Green Mountains
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New England
Appalachian Mountain Club
Rutherford Platt
Life, Inc
Roger Torey Peterson
Vermont
Arnold Arboretum
Donald Wyman
Taylor
Peterson
Anne Dowden
H. Greenberg & Son, Inc
Madkour
Central Market
S&h
Geisha Small
King Kelly
Cloverbloom Ib
Orange
River Valley
Central
Kirsch
DANA
T.U
Bennington Garage
St.Peter’s
Bennington Briefs
Stratton Mountain
Julia Chaffin
Robert Bain
Manchester
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