Bennington boards seek no solicitations for student fund-raising
The merged Bennington School District Inc. votes to ban fund-raising solicitations by pupils in its elementary schools starting 1966-67. Policy on discouraging Christmas gifts to teachers is discussed, with no final implementation plan. A Gesell testing program progress report is due next Feb 9, and George Sleeman receives a Certificate of Appreciation for service in multiple roles.
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Bennington School District Inc
Bennington
Greater
Franklin Riley
Ruth Bodine
Riley
Anthony J. Pello
Pello
George Sleeman
Bendi
Ford Foundation
Sheeman
Billie Smith
Nancy Hollenbeck
UCS Receives Five Thousand Dollar Grant
The United Counseling Service board disclosed a $5000 grant from the Irene Heinz Given and John LaPorte Given Foundation and the Sarah Given Larsen endowment fund. The funds will back a planned child development diagnostic clinic and related early screening work for handicaps in pre schoolers.
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Irene Heinz Given
John LaPorte
UCS
Sarah Given Larsen
Obituary notices for Hoffman Cabanaw and Mangan families
Mary Mae Hoffman 76 of Hoosick Falls died after a short illness at Mary McClellan Hospital Cambridge She was active in St Marks Episcopal Church and local clubs Surviving husband Arthur J Hoffman two sons Arthur A and Robert K four grandchildren Funeral 10 a.m Saturday at St Marks Church entombment Maple Grove Cemetery Flowers omitted Memorial Fund St Marks Church. Napoleon Cabanaw 70 WWI veteran and brother of Mrs Edward F McGuire died at Northampton after a long illness Draftsman for GE in Pittsfield Mass Survived by sister Mrs Frederick Gates funeral Monday 9 a.m. at Leo J Mahar Funeral Home and 9:30 a.m. in Church of the Immaculate Conception. Sister Mary Bernard Mangan 71 longtime Bennington parochial school teacher died Tuesday at Rutland Hospital Born Bennington Aug 13 1894 taught in Bennington Brattleboro Bellows Falls Rutland and Fair Haven Survivors include three brothers Bernard Robert Francis Mangan and sisters Mrs Arthur McCarthy Mrs Roy McDonald Mrs Eileen Kuick Funeral services held this morning in the Convent chapel Burial Calvary Cemetery.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Mary (Mae) W. Hoffman
Arthur J. Hoffman
Wilder Ave
Mary McClellan Hospital
Cambridge
Rensselaer
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
St. Hilda’s Guild
The
Home Bureau
Town of Hoosick
Women’s Republican Club
Garden Club
Weavers’ Guild of
Old Peoples First National Bank of
National Commercial Bank & Trust Co
Arthur A
Huntsville
Ala
Robert K
Fredericksburg
St. Mark’s Church
Joel B. Miller
Maple Grove Cemetery
Robson Home
Napoleon Cabanaw
Edward F. McGuire
Northampton
Pittsfield
Mass
General Electric Co
Napoleon
Anna (Duprey) Cabanan
Frederick Gates
Leo J. Mahar
Church of the Immaculate Concept
Rutland
Mary Bernard (Mangan
Sisters of St. Joseph
Bennington
Rutland Hospital
Thomas and
Mary (Dowd) Mangan
Brattleboro
Bellows Falls
St. Peter’s School
St. Mary’s School
Fair Haeven
Bernard
Robert Mangan
Francis Mangan
Portland
Ore
Arthur McCarthy
Roy McDonald
Scarsdale
Eilleen Kuick
Cleveland
Ohio
Calvary Cemetery
Voters Asked To Okay Land Sale At Special School Meeting Tuesday
A special Mt. Anthony Union School District meeting is set for Tuesday at 8 pm in Bennington Elementary to seek voter authorization to sell about one acre of district land to Central Vermont Public Service Corp for a new substation. The $1,000 sale includes a 150 ft pole line easement and aims to reduce poles on Park Street while supporting flood wall planning with Army Corps input. CVPSC reps will answer questions.
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Mt. Anthony Union
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Lyons Street
CVPSC
Bennington
Park Street
Union High School
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
Union Board
Roaring Branch
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Big Dipper in the northeast seen with famed double star
Early evening sky shows the Big Dipper spread across the northeast with the handle forming the tail of the Great Bear. Mizar and its companion Alcor are noted as a famous double star, while a nearby bright star is labeled Sidus Ludovicianum.
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Mizar
Alcor
Sidus Ludovicianum
Whitman and Farrell Rites Mark Area Obituaries
Funeral services for Avery S Whitman who died Monday at the home of Theodore Chingoes in Woodford were held at Gibney Haynes Kane Funeral Home with Rev William Abernethy delivering prayers and a flag salute presented to Whitman’s son Alvain A Whitman of Sterling Virginia Entombment is planned at Park Lawn Chapel with spring burial in the cemetery J Thomas Farrell Adams Mass longtime school administrator dies at 43 year career noted with services at St Thomas Church Rev James A Lahey among officiants Public schools in Adams delayed opening while town offices also open late Other survivors include Farrells son Rev Charles F Farrell and local educational leaders Burial at Fairview Cemetery Dalton Mass and committal services conducted by visiting Edmundite priests
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Avery S. Whitman
Theodore Chingoes
Woodford
Gibney, Haynes and Kane Funeral Home
William Abernethy
North Bennington
Adams
Mass
St. Thomas Church
J. Franklin Farrell
St. Thomas’s
James A. Lahey
Massachusetts
Society of St. Edmund
Rolland G. Duval
Massachusetts State
Stock Averages Report From Dow Jones Bache Albany Noon
The Dow Jones industrials at noon show 30 stocks with 988.86, down 1.50. The railroads average at 263.63, down 0.92. utilities 350.25, down 0.24. composite 149.30, down 0.02. Volume 4,150,000.
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Dow Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Sawyer Elected New Fire Chief
Charles J. Sawyer, a 15 year veteran of the Bennington Fire Department, was elected chief for the coming year at the department meeting Thursday evening. He succeeds Richard Hollister who resigned after three terms. Sawyer’s tenure includes roles as second assistant chief and foreman of Stark Hose Co and Bradford Hook and Ladder Co. Also elected were Joseph A. Wassick and Erwin Mattison as first and second assistants, with Thomas P. Toomey as president, John Stone Jr as vice president, Albert Knights as secretary, Ormal B. Pierce Sr as treasurer, Dr. James Shea as doctor, and Rev. Lawrence McAuliffe as chaplain. Sawyer owns Sawyer's Flying A Service on Main Street and lives at 146 Imperial Avenue with his wife Ann and their four children.
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Charles J. Sawyer
Bennington
Sawyer
Richard Hollister
Beech St
Stark Hose Co
Bradford Hook and Ladder Co
Zapata High Cruises Past Sherryland 131-51 in Boys Hoops
Zapata High School defeated Sherryland High School 131-51 as Sherryland played the final four minutes with four players due to fouling out. The game featured a lopsided margin despite the late foul trouble.
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Zapata, Tex
UPI
Zapata High School
Sherryland High School
Sherryland
Elks Dance and Ski Report at Stratton Mountain
The Elks host a 9 to 1 a.m. dance with Nick Marra and band, buffet lunch, no admission for members or qualified guests. Stratton Mountain reports 18 to 30 inch base, three inches new snow, most lifts open, excellent skiing. Iron Kettle ads offer pork dinner for $2 and salmon loaf dinner for $1. Entertainment at Elks Club Friday features dancing and buffet lunch.
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The
Elks Lodge
Nicky Marra
Stratton Mountain
Elks Club
Nick Marra
Elks
Vermont House to weigh 2 cent sales tax plan
Vermont lawmakers prepared to consider Rep. Emory Hebard’s 2 percent retail sales tax proposal amid Democratic Gov. Hoff and Speaker Mallory opposition. The plan would tax items at 1 cent to 50 cents and 2 cents from 51 to 99 cents, with revenue split 50 percent to municipalities, 25 percent to education aid, and 25 percent to highways, plus a tax on storage and use of tangible property purchased after July 1. Additional bills on zoning validation, child day care regulation, Sunday sports laws, and railroad crossing safety funding were also slated. In the Senate two bills and a joint resolution were under consideration, including retirement allowances for justices, printing of a state employees handbook, and a special milk program for school children.
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Vermont
Senate
Supreme Court
Mrs. Jackson Reaffirms Bid For Re-Election In Manchester
Mrs. Sarah J. Jackson, longtime Manchester tax collector for 24 years, announced she will seek re election after consulting her doctor. She urged continued voter support as she faces a two way race with Eugene Collette, who previously challenged her. In Springfield action the House passed two bills and sent them to the Senate, including water district consolidation and reporting divorce statistics. A poll tax repeal measure advanced on a tight vote, a Winooski city charter bill was tabled after amendments, and Vermont considers a district court system with several full time judges in five districts.
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Manchester
Sarah J. Jackson
House
Senate
Commissioner of Health
Winooski
William E. Mikell
South
Burlington
Nlwo
Maine
Hospital Notes January 27 1966 Admissions Discharges Births
Hospital notes list admissions including Eunice M. Warner Mary Emery Martha Jane Elliott in Bennington and Hoosick Falls Hoosick Falls discharge recipients Paul S Ennis Patrick A Bull Shaftsbury births a daughter to Mr and Mrs John Smiel of Shaftsbury on January 27.
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Eunice M. Warner
Mary Emery
Bennington
Maretha Jane Elliott
Hoosick Falls
John Smiel
Shaftsbury
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Sleeman
Benhi
Allan J. Heath
Howard F. Kelley
United Counseling Service
Morse C & B Block Company
U.S. 7
House Highways Committee
Holmes Trucking Company
Harwood Hill
Leonard Morse
Eastside Drive
Leroy Cyphers
Birch Drive
Morse
East Arlington
Gary Condon
Lawrie W. Hess
Arlington
Hess
Howard Johnson
Lloyd R.scotten
Cape Elizabeth
Kenneth H. Hilliard
Manchester Center
S. Whitney Dickey
Atty
John P. Morrissey
Donald J. Waite
Vt. 9
Waite
George M. Fienberg
Mary W. Hoffman
Mary Bernard
Roaring Branch River
Corps
Walden Bala
Wis Williamstown
Saturday Review
VWSII
Area Funerals
Harte Theatre
Rich Am Rol
Rick Nelsow
Technicolor
HILY
Kristin Nelso
Costa
Bennington High School
Janet Hollister
Beech Street
Hebard
By Charles Kershner
United Press International
Highway Department
Mallory
Reid Lefevre
Ways and Means Committee
Lyman Hunt
Essex
Village of
Mrs. Jackson
Will
House Judiciary Committee
Chittenden Municipal
Edward J. Costello
Vermont Bar Association
Hilton A. Wick
Paul S. Ennis
Patrick A. Bull
Knotty Pine Restaurant
Carlie Lunge
Breaneast
Don Batelle
North Bennington RD
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