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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1964
Page
3
Catamount reporters earned a Medalist rating from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, scoring 97 of 1000 overall and 70 of 75 for English style. Judges praised public relations effort and coverage, noting room to improve short leads and paragraphs.
Girl Scout troops across Bennington report varied events from a two day World’s Fair excursion by 12 Senior Scouts of Troop 215 with Rotary Club funding and parental transport. Troop 9 showcased driftwood and rocks from Wilmington camping, while Brownie Troop 7 built a campfire and hosted younger girls. Cadette Troop 160 held a Mother and Daughter dinner as 11 cadettes received cockade insignia, and Troop 6 awarded first class badges to six girls.
Paul Bryan Leake, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Leake III of Woodford Road Bennington, graduated cum laude from the Darrow School on May 30 in the school chapel. The address was by Rev. Sidney Lovett. Leake captained the ski team and earned All New England Lacrosse honors this spring. T. Garry Buckley Jr. named senior prefect for next year at Darrow.
Maryknoll priest Rev. Mark Tennien will describe his Red China prison experiences in a talk on Communism at 8 p.m. next Monday at Bennington Elementary School. He titled the talk Communism Blueprint for Enslavement and is a Rutland native and author of No Secret Is Safe.
William J. Walker of Syracuse appointed high school principal of Mexico Academy and Central School. A 1952 Syracuse University English major and 1957 MA, he has taught at Onondaga Valley Academy and Fayetteville-Manlius and served in the Navy. Walker plans to move to Mexico and start July 1 with a July 1 appointment.
Five Southern school districts including Knoxville and Knox County Tennessee Little Rock Arkansas Reidsville and Randolph County North Carolina announce plans to end stairstep integration and open all classes to both races this fall. Gradual grade by grade plans will be abolished and assignments made to all grades.
Jennifer Feeley of Bennington College will receive a Bachelor of Arts degree at Sarah Lawrence College during the 36th commencement in Bronxville New York. 124 graduates will be honored in the ceremony on Sunday at 2 30 p m. Six Master of Arts degrees will also be awarded by President Paul Ward with Dean Marjorie Down assisting. Edward P Morgan will deliver the commencement address. Morgan's daughter Linda is also in the graduating class.
Winchester Farm in Stannard Vermont will launch a new summer school for boys on July 6 in association with Manhattan Tutoring School of New York City. Norman E. Rioux will direct with a small faculty, enrolling about 15 boys for 1964. The program focuses on underachievers and remedial readers with individual instruction and three-student classes.
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