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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1970
Page
9
West Arlington Methodist Church announces two week Vacation Bible School from July 13 to July 24 on the Green. Sessions run 9 to 11 a.m. for children entering Kindergarten through Grade 8. Mrs John Thompson is chairman.
McCullough Library hosts a summer reading program for Grades 2 to 5 titled Circus Fun Club with a clown chart. Each book read earns a polka-dot on the clown. 22 books win a Circus Fun Club pin. Local students and staff, plus Dorothy Canfield Fisher titles, participate. parents urged to register by phone.
Rev. Dr. Edith Craig Reynolds of Hoosick was awarded the Lord Braden-Powell Boy Scout Fellowship by the Mohican Council BSA for 1970. The presentation at Paradise Restaurant Bennington was led by J Walter Jackett with Kenneth Prowse present. Reynolds later donated $3,000 for council use. She previously funded an Adirondack lean-to at Camp Wakpominee and a $5,000 non denominational memorial chapel to be built this summer at Fort Ann. The English-born recipient recalled meeting Lord Braden-Powell as a child in London.
HOOSICK FALLS New York Mr and Mrs Roy Draper of 17 Hoosick St celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a surprise party attended by about 50 relatives and friends They were married June 28 1920 at the home of Mrs Drapers aunt Mrs Henry Loux in Hoosick Falls The ceremony was performed by the late Rev David Hughes Mrs Draper formerly Nellie Brock of Petersburg Her husband a Hoosick Falls native they have lived in their current home for 45 years They have one daughter Irene O Malley of Glens Falls and four grandsons
Reynolds Pool reports 160 attended Monday teen dance sponsored by Kiwanis Club with Essentials Rock Band. Total pool attendance to date is 3592, with 475 peak on first Sunday. Red Cross lessons start with 460 registered. classes limited to 20 per group. Adults swim weekdays 8:45 to 9:45 a.m., children 10 to noon. Pool times set for teens Monday dances 8:30 to 10:30 p.m.
White Creek guests Eleanor Niles Oliver Perry and family and Nancy Felder of Maple Shade New Jersey and Theodore Netolicka of Estelle Manor New Jersey visited Maurice Perry. James Lake family were in Brooklyn Connecticut to see Rev. and Mrs. Richard Chambers. John Latham of New York City stayed at their home after purchasing the late Marion Dean’s house. Roy Whitman spent last week on Cape Cod Massachusetts. Joseph Darknard broke his arm while at play. Clifford Wilson vacationing in Florida. Donna George attended SUNY Plattsburgh Orientation Week. Roscoe Harrington convalescing after Mary McClellan Hospital. Walter Hulshan and alumna Laur ie George attended events in Pittsfield and Cornell respectively.
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