Sunny Hill Open House at Lake Shaftsbury Camp
Sixty campers and twenty staff invite the public to Sunny Hill Camp on Lake Shaftsbury for an open house Thursday July 24 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Visitors may attend flag ceremony, sing the national anthem, and join activities such as softball archery horseshoes arts and crafts swimming a boat ride or staff talks. The camp’s new flag, a gift from the local Elks lodge, will be presented by Donald Greenslet.
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Shaftsbury
Sunny Hill Camp
Lake Shaftsbury
BFRC
Elks Lodge
Donald Greenslet
The
Elks
Water Plan Pushes Toward Town Purchase of Village System
The village water debate centers on funding and legal hurdles as officials consider buying or consolidating the Bennington system. The engineer outlines two steps to unify the systems, while Town Counsel notes deed restrictions may require legal action. A joint water authority is proposed to ease future expansions and cost allocation.
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North Bennington
Globe Union
Bennington
Pittendreigh
Commission
Clarence E. Howard
Putnam
Howard
Charles Tilgner III
Village Water Department
Seymour
Hospital Notes and Village Water Debate In Bennington
The hospital column lists admissions including Zillah Barnes Sandra Hayes and others from East Dorset Sunderland Hoosick Falls and Bennington. Discharges include Monica Beagon and Gail Innes. Birth announcements cover several families including Ernest Leonard and John Turner. A Village Water Board member Cy Shultz condemns an internal problem and urges transferring the system to the town while noting a defective meter and testing issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zillah Barnes
Sandra Hayes
Anna Hill
Bennington
Lois Hill
Sunderland
Lynn Walker
East Dorset
Earl Goodermore
Hoosick
Keith Robson
Raymond Albowicz
Mark
Debbie Dubuke
Hoosick Falls
Mayfest plans falter as Bennington group debates goals
At a three hour Mayfest meeting in Bennington Mrs. Worthington blames negative word of mouth and Carton cites high prices while Dr. Faris urges trimming programs spreading events and broadening appeal. A resigning Carton and a returned subcommittee point to unclear aims and a need to define a firm artistic focus and goals before reviving the festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faris
Carton
Anthony
Boston
Worthington
McCullough
Joseph
Bennington
Mt. Anthony
Paul Boepple
Bennington Community Chorus
Kennedy hurt in Cape Cod plane crash
Kennedy suffered a mild concussion and bruises after a June 19 1964 plane crash. He wore a navy suit with a black tie while his wife wore a white ribbed mini coat as authorities prepared a motor vehicle complaint filed by Arena, a former state police officer, with arraignment possible if probable cause is found. The Martha’s Vineyard community faced three days of turmoil amid uncertain circumstances and public questions.
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Robert F. Kennnedy
Arena
Kennedy
Senate
McCarron
Cape Cod
Martha’s Vineyard
Obituary notes Scott Harrington 28 dies after long illness
Scott Harrington of North Branch Street Extension died at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a heart ailment. He observed his 28th birthday on July 16 and had life saved three times by external cardiopulmonary resuscitation. He was the local hospital’s first patient to benefit from this technique. He had been admitted Saturday. He was survived by his wife Patricia Pawley and two sons, Matthew and Mark, his mother, and siblings. Funeral arrangements were set for Landgrove Church.
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Scott Harrington
North Branch Street
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Harrington
Springfield
Raymund A. Harris
Union School Board of
Claudia
Thomas
Landgrove
Nutley
N.J
Gary Wehrwein
Londonderry
Roland Lu
Vermont Heart Association
Bennington
Scott and
Clare (Marsh) Harrington
Bennington High School
H.P. Hood & Sons
Eagle Bridge
N.Y
Albany Medical Center
Patricia Pawley
Cambridge
E. Carter
First United Methodist Church
Matthew
Mark
Hoosick Falls
Emma Russell
White Creek
Robert
Randy Harrington
Hoosick
Bennington YMCA Clinic Seeks Participants and Local Notices
The 1969 YMCA Tennis Clinic seeks members to fill a roster for youths aged 10 to 17 though signups continue. Fees equal a Y membership. Also noted are family visits to Lyons District and a Knights of Columbus Fourth Degree meeting tonight at 8, plus a porch cookout at Bennington Club Saturday night with 6:30 to 8:30 servings. Senior Citizens picnic at Deer Park Thursday at 5 p.m. with food and transport provided. potential rain location at the center. Another public card party at the Senior Citizens Center Friday at 7:30 p.m. with pitches and prizes. Napolitano’s Brick Oven Pizza and Dr James Shea office close dates listed as ADV notices.
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YMCA
Bennington Club
Soldiers’ Home Deer Park
Gibbs School enrolls June Holmes Graves as resident student
Boston Miss June Holmes Graves is enrolled as a resident student in a special course for college women at Katharine Gibbs School. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Elmer Hansen Jr of West Road Bennington and a Mt Anthony High School graduate with an associate of arts from Green Mountain College. The Gibbs school marks its 52nd year training young women for executive secretarial positions.
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Boston
Katharine Gibbs
June Holmes Graves
Miss Graves
Elmer Hansen Jr
West Road
Bennington
Mt. Anthony High School
Green Mountain College
Poultney
Gibbs School
Unemployment in Vermont Holds at 1.4 Percent
Averaged 1.4 per cent unemployment in the area, below the state rate of 1.6 per cent. May total slightly decreased from 103 to 94 new claims with apparel leading at 57, service 14, and trade 7. Weekly volume 113, benefit exhaustions 5, total for the year 28. Potential duration under Vermont law is 26 weeks per benefit year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Mudgett
Department of Employment Security
Vermont
Fresh Air Children To Arrive
Buses bringing Fresh Air children to this area are scheduled to arrive at the terminal in Bermington at 12 40 p m Wednesday Wallies Store Arlington at 1 p m and Manchester Elementary School at 1 15 Hosts are asked to be present at arrival points and town chairmen at the terminal will be notified if buses are delayed
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Bermington
Wallie’s
Arlington
Manchester
Washington anti nuke group seeks delegation to lobby against fast breeder funds
The Committee for Survival invites community members to join a Washington D C delegation August 1 to 4 to oppose the Atomic Energy Commission fast breeder appropriation of 2.4 billion for 1969 70. They seek open AEC hearings in Brattleboro and Bennington and plan a national legislative conference to create a congressional commission to evaluate the reactor program and environmental issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee For Survival
Washington, D.C
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate
House
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Brattleboro
Bennington
Easton
N.Y
Vernon
Gates
Congressional Commission
AEC
Washington
Hugh Dollard
Arlington
Cochairman
Irving Lyon
North Bennington, Vt
No Violence Cited in Death of Rev A D King
A medical examiner's report in Atlanta finds no foul play in the death of Reverend A D King brother of Martin Luther King Jr. The finding suggests natural causes or accidental death amid civil rights era history.
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Atlanta
UPD
A. D. King
Martin Luther King Jr
Vermont Racing Commission faces drug possession case
The Vermont Racing Commission has been assigned a case involving owner Robert La Ferte of Mapleville, RI, and trainer Harry P. LaFlamme of Easthampton, MA, after agents found DSMO and Indocin at Green Mountain Park stables on July 12. The incident concerns possession, not use, with no hearing date set yet. Meanwhile A D King, civil rights figure and brother of MLK, drowned accidentally in his backyard pool. funeral services set for Ebenezer Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Vermont Racing Commission
Robert LaFerte
Mapleville
R.I
Harry P. LaFlamme
Easthampton
Mass
Green Mountain Park
Vermont
Commission
King
Naomi
Jamaica
Martin Luther King Jr
Atlanta
Fulton County
Tom Dillon
Dillon
A. D. King
Ebenezer Baptist Church
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Sunny Hill
Monica Jane Beagon
Cambridge, N.Y
Gail Innes
Ernest Leonard
R.D
Walter Reed
John TI
John R. Turner Jr
17Th St
St. Cloud
Fla
Cy” Shultz
Village Water Board
Shultz
Mayfest
Dukes County
Dr. Raymund A. Harris
William Kennon
Schenectady
Nellie LaCroix
Martin Scott
Isoline Marsh
Gibney, Haynes & Kane
Thomas D. Steffen
Second Congregational Church
Park Lawn Cemetery
Bennington Briefs
Robert Manning
Debbie
Paul
Phoenix, Ariz
Leonard Manning
Ormsby, Pa
William H. Stuchel
Lyons District
Stuchel
Manning
Knights of Columbus
K of C Hall
Senior Citizens Center
James Shea
June H. Graves
Waltar & Son Funeral
Edward P
Main St
Dhone
NEDA
Georgia
Theodore Eisenman
Hunter Army Air Field
Savannah
U.S. Army
Vietnam
John C. Silloway
St. Albans
186Th Aviation Co
Vermont Army National Guard
Hunter
Silloway
Fort Eustis
Armour Star
Wilson
Salem’s
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