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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1974
Page
3
Dear Boys and Girls this week offers a bike safety matching test. It emphasizes sidewalk rules downtown and dismounting at parking meters. The activity lists ten bike parts with matched safety statements and ends by encouraging parental involvement for next week's letter.
St. Joseph College of Bennington offers a full credit course "Women and the Future" in Summer Session II running Mondays and Wednesdays 6:30 to 10 p.m. through August 29. The program covers cultural influences, marriage and career dynamics, equal rights debates, and legal aspects of women’s rights with panelists and debates. Vermont residents may receive financial aid. auditing costs $50, credit $130, with enrollment open until July 26.
Acting Judge Robert E. Cummings Jr saw four defendants in Bennington District Court Monday. Joseph Barbeau, 21, of Pownal, pleaded no contest to DWI July 4 in Shaftsbury. fined 150 dollars, CRASH program advised, license suspended one year. Kenneth Bleau, 23, of Pownal, pleaded guilty to DWI July 15 in Bennington. fined 150 dollars, CRASH advised, license suspended one year. Richard Morse, 29, of Bennington, pleaded guilty to public intoxication July 17 in Bennington. one day in the custody of the commissioner of corrections, considered served. Judith Dean, 24, of Manchester, pleaded guilty to DWI June in Manchester. fined, license suspended.
Thrift shops in Bennington and North Bennington announce hours this week from 1 to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Bennington offers crutches, a high chair, a playpen, two baby carry-alls, an electric blanket, size 12 rubber hunting boots, and a radio plus 25 cent dresses. North Bennington features a hand sawn Bissell carpet sweeper, vacuum cleaners, two lamps, and a clearance sale on all dresses.
Brigadier Albert Bonaventure of the French army sprinted 72 miles from Suipes to his artillery regiment’s headquarters in LA FERE, covering the distance in 11 hours 30 minutes. He consumed two ration meals, two hard boiled eggs, a sausage, 50 sugar lumps and two pounds of oranges along the route. He offered no explanation for the feat.
Claremont New Hampshire will launch a combined Sunday edition by October 6, merging the Claremont Daily Eagle and Springfield Times-Reporter. The Sun day edition will add a women’s section Twin- State Valley Magazine and expanded TV listings with a projected circulation over 15000.
RUTLAND The 1974 Heart Fund campaign led by state chairman R. Duff Wheeler raised $163,054, 95 percent of the $171,000 goal, plus $20,572 in bequests for a total of $183,626. County results list Addison, Franklin, Grand Isle, Orange, Orleans, and others with varied totals and chairmen named.
Sister Julia Marie Walsh will become executive secretary to the president of the Congregation in Rutland starting August 1, after 12 years as an St. Joseph College in Bennington instructor and administrator and former president 1966 1970. Sister Mary Annunciata Kerrigan will be director of pre retirement and retirement for the state Congregation in Rutland effective September 1 after 11 years coordinating at Bennington and elected trustee positions in Rutland and Vermont cancer society.
An open house will be held from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday, July 28, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Robinson for their 50th wedding anniversary. The Ladies Auxiliary to Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie 1861, meets Thursday at 7 30 p.m. at the Eagles rooms with a crazy auction to follow. Disabled American Veterans Bennington Chapter No 4 meets Thursday, July 25 at 7 30 p.m. at the Vermont Veterans Home. full attendance is requested.
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