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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Jun 05, 1967

Page

7

Burr and Burton Seminary Holds Baccalaureate Rites

The Burr and Burton Seminary Class of 1967 hears Rev. Robert G. Dana urge treating man as more than a machine in the baccalaureate service. Seventy-eight seniors receive guidance on dignity and service as the 134th commencement nears at Manchester Elementary School.

Bonnie Baird Philip Zandy June Hanlon Burr and Burton Seminary E.H. Henry Manchester Burr and Burton Seminary Robert G. Dana United Church of Dorset and East Rupert Dana Seminary Manchester Elementary School

Former Texas Oil Executive To Address Marlboro Grads

Marlboro College will honor Fred H. Moore former Mobil Oil Corp president as commencement speaker and recipient of a doctor of humane letters degree. A Comanche Texas native Moore earned a 1930 BA in geology from Texas Tech, an MA from Virginia in 1931, studied at Yale 1931–33, and attended Harvard's advanced management program in 1951.

Marlboro Fred H. Moore Mobil Oil Corporation Marlboro College Comanche Tex Moore Texas Technological College University of Virginia Graduate School of Geology Yale University Harvard University Middlebury College Hartwick College United States Gypsum Company Magnolia Petroleum Company Magnolia New York North America Mobil Austin

Vermont Library Association convention at Stratton Mountain Inn

The Vermont Library Association held its annual convention at Stratton Mountain Inn on May 25 and 26. The Martha Canfield Memorial Library remained open both days, unlike many others, under the care of Mrs. Wilfred Racine replacing the regular librarian Gerald Rafferty.

Vermont Library Association Stratton Mountain Inn Martha Canfield

Mary McClellan Hospital Lists Area Patients

Mary McClellan Hospital in Cambridge announces admissions and discharges for the week ending May 28. Area admissions include Grace Bass, Gene N. Hackett, Carolyn Harrington, Edna D. Robinson, Gladys M. Mullen, George E. Small, and James A. Tifft among others from Bennington, Hoosick Falls, Pawlet, and West Pawlet. Discharges include Gene N. Hackett, Ida Santos, L. Russell, Frances Hunt, Forrest C. Telford, Gladys M. Mullen, George E. Small, Irene Wooddell, and others.

Cambridge N.Y Mary McClellan Bennington Grace Bass Carolyn Harrington Edna D. Robinson Hoosick Falls Robert K. Brigham Esther Hart Jennifer A. Patten Gladys M, Mullen Pawlet George E. Small James A. Tifft West Pawlet

Arlington Dancers Shine in Nancy Finnegan Recital

Arlington High School hosted the Nancy Lee Studio second recital directed by Nancy Finnegan featuring dancers ages three to 15. The program opened with We've Got Rhythm and showcased New Beat, calypso, the tick of the clock, and sounds of spring. Dancers Mitzi LaBatt Kim Wyman Margaret Lauretti Linda Lauretti Lisa LaBatt Judy Putnam Sandra Hoyt Susan Ploof Brenda Lyons Dorothy Bushee Terry Wilcox Barbara LeGrand Darlene Whitman Kathy Wilcox Andrea Mattison Christie Whitman Linda Wilcox performed in pieces including Todays Sounds and Futuristic Rhythm amid glittering costumes and stage settings.

Mitzi la- Batt Kim Wyman Peggy Linda Lauretti Nancy Lee School of Dance Arlington Memorial High School Thompson Arlington Rhythm Nancy Finnegan Bennington Arlington High School David Finnegan Peter Graves Sounds Margaret Lauretti Lisa la- Batt Judy Putnam Sandra Hoyt Susan Ploof Brenda Lyons Dorothy Bushee Terry Wilcox Barbara LeGrand Darlene Whitman Kathy Wilcox Andrea Mattison Christie Whitman Linda Wilcox

Manchester Fire Calls Reported and School Photo Winners

Firemen were called twice Thursday at 1 90 and 3 25 in the afternoon to a flooded oil burner at Elphege W. Tetreaults on Vermont Route 30 and to extinguish a brush fire on property owned by Lawrence C. Keyes on Hillcrest Road. Grade 8 and 7 students from Manchester Junior High School placed high in a statewide math contest with 508 participants from 10 Vermont schools. photography prizes went to Sharon OLeary Joan Thompson and Marlene Briggs in black and white with Joan Hinkley top in color. Carol Hosley, 18, was injured when her car was side swiped downtown and hospitalized at Albany Medical Center with facial injuries, parents noting a two week expected stay.

L.W. Bourn Elphege W. Tetreault Lawrence C. Keyes Hillcrest Road Vance Corum Freda Greenberg Marjory Wall Vermont Manchester MES Sharon O’leary Joan Thompson Marlene Briggs Joan Hinkley Carol Hosley Charles A. Hosley Miss Hosley Albany Business College Albany Medical Center

Covered dish supper for Women's Fellowship meeting

The Congregational Church Women’s Fellowship will hold a covered dish supper at 6 30 p m at the home of Mrs Duncan Campbell in North Bennington. Elizabeth Dwyer is listed with contact number 442 4519 for details.

North Bennington Elizabeth Dwyer Women’s Fellowship of the Congregational Church Duncan Campbell

Shaftsbury Teacher Wins College Degree at St. Joseph

Elaine Doris Peacock of Shaftsbury earned a B S in education from the College of St. Joseph the Provider in Rutland on May 28. She now teaches fourth grade at Sacred Heart School and will lead a kindergarten class in Bennington next year. She served as freshman president, later secretary treasurer, and was a Glee Club member while aiding mentally and physically handicapped students.

Shaftsbury Elaine Doris Peacock Charles Peacock College of St. Joseph the Rutland

Manchester SVAC to host tuition-free Children's Theatre Workshop

Southern Vermont Art Center in Manchester plans a six to eight week summer program for elementary and secondary students. The experimental, tuition-free workshop will run from late June, with exact dates set upon enrollment. Peter H. Schoffstall will direct and teach, aiming to foster theatrical interest and produce one or two plays at the art center. Applications available through area school principals or the SVAC office.

Manchester Carleton Howe Southern Vermont Art Center Art Center Peter H. Schoffstall Burr and Burton Seminary Schoffstall UVM Arena Vermont Theatre Association Vermont

Teachers Organize Manchester Elementary Teachers Association

Manchester Elementary School teachers elect Sylvia Jolivette president and Patricia Graham secretary for 1967 1968. Virginia Wilkins chairs social welfare committee with Carol McClure, Edna Wright leads salary committee with Nelson Carman and William Bowen, Jolivette ex officio. A banquet and party at Avalanche Motor Lodge Friday will honor departing teachers. The salary committee proposal was unanimously accepted and will go to the school committee for adoption.

Manchester Sylvia Jolivette Patricia Graham Teachers’ Association Virginia Wilkins Carol McClure Edna Wright Nelson Carman William Bowen Jolivette Avalanche Motor Lodge

Soldier Pfc Fred Bishop Jr Helps Fuel Vietnam War Effort

Army Pfc Fred Bishop Jr 19 a truck driver in the 556th Transportation Company participates in Operation Manhattan in Vietnam. His unit has supplied over a million gallons of gasoline for combat vehicles and chalked up a second million miles driven delivering fuel and supplies while infantrymen clear Boi Loi Wood of Viet Cong.

Pvt. Bishop 556Th Transportation Company Boi Loi Vietnam

One Man Show Opens Chester Art Guild Season

Local artist Thomas Dibble will present a one man show at Chester Art Guild's Gallery opening July 1. Peru School Board members Angus Black Evelyn H Beattie and S Bruce Smart invite residents to a meeting June 6 at 8 p m to discuss local education. Memorial Day exercises at the school featured songs and poems with parents in attendance. Students decorated soldiers graves at the cemetery behind the school and North Cemetery during lunch. Mrs Tefft grades 1 3 teacher took pupils with drivers Mrs John Mc Williams and Mrs Angus Black to Springfield Monday for picnic lunches and visits to the fire department Idlenot Dairy and a radio station.

Thomas Dibble Chester Art Guild Peru Angus Black Evelyn H. Beattie S. Bruce Smart Tefft John McWilliams Springfield Idlenot

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