Baccalaureate Rites Held For Burr and Burton Seniors
In Manchester the Rev. Jerome J. Hevey delivered the baccalaureate address to 63 Burr and Burton Seminary seniors as around 200 parents and friends attended. Commencement is set for next Sunday at 3 p.m. in Manchester Elementary School gym. Hevey urged seniors to endure life’s seriousness and to learn to love unlovable people while noting life’s greater end beyond a game. The Rev. James B. Murray gave the invocation and benediction. The Burr and Burton Girls Choir performed musical selections with Sally Stannard at the piano. Junior marshals included Dennis Edson and Catherine Smith. Daisy Chain members and a reception followed at the Henry home.
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Baccalaureate
Burr and Burton Seminary
Manchester
Jerome J. Hevey Jr
First Congregational Church
James B. Murray
St. Paul’s Catholic Church
BBS
Jerome J. Hevey
Hevey
Mid - Western
Mr. Hevey
St. Paul Roman Catholic Church
Burr and Burton
Mrs Jenny McKee Celebrates 92nd Birthday in West Arlington
Mrs Jenny McKee of West Arlington marks her 92nd birthday and remains active attending church, grange, and Homemakers Extension meetings regularly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenny McKee
West Arlington
Dorset Strawberry Festival shown in Vermont Life
North Bennington notes highlight a Dorset Strawberry Festival image with residents Mr. and Mrs. William G. Barrows and daughter Belinda. Also listed are Rev. Robert J. Baffa’s reassignment to Cathedral Parish Burlington, Richard A. Corcoran’s admission to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, St John’s Sodality meeting, and Tucker Lodge Hill Degree planning with a roast beef dinner at $3. St John’s Church attendance and Masonic activities are noted for Bennington.
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Vermont Life
Dorset
William G. Barrows
Belinda
Richard A. Corcoran
Mechanic Street
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Corcoran
Bennington Catholic
St. John’s Sodality
Tucker Lodge
F & AM
Mt. Anthony
Bennington
Masonic Temple
Masonic
NBHS Seniors Hold Historic Tea at Johnson Mansion
NBHS marked the last class to graduate with a tea held in the Johnson mansion donated by Trevor W. Park, hosted by the McCullough family. Students toured the house as underclassmen served in the home economics department, with Vermont lilacs and exotic orchid centerpieces from Miss Catherine Corcoran flown from Hawaii.
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North Bennington
NBHS
Home Economics Department
McCullough
Johnson
Trevor W. Park
Millicent Cross
Catherine Corcoran
Hawaii
Pine Cobble Wins Grant for School Library Resources
Pine Cobble School librarian Mrs Willard Dickerson announced the library has received a 285.04 dollar Title II grant from the state under the ESEA NDEA program. Funds will expand science and history reference shelves and the film strip collection for use by students and teachers in public and independent schools.
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Williamstown
Mass
Willard Dickerson
Pine Cobble School
NDEA
Lake Paran opens with big season planned despite cool Memorial Day
Warm weather drew crowds to Lake Paran as the lake readies for opening next weekend. A large fireworks display is planned for Sunday, the new dock nears completion, and the Paran Recreation area operated by Paran Recreations, Inc. has over 100 family and individual memberships sold, with fears of possible future limits to prevent overcrowding. Lloyd Pratt handles season memberships in North Bennington and at the lake concession.
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Paran
Bud Leamy
Paran Recreations, Inc
Bennington
Shaftsbury
Lloyd Pratt
North Bennington
Arlington School to Buy Back Used Books for 1966 67
Arlington announces 1966 67 plan to provide books for high schoolers with buyback of clean used texts. Juniors and seniors may turn in books Wednesday morning, sophomores afternoon, freshmen Thursday morning. Principal Towne notes limited buyback times and lists recent adult additions to Martha Canfield Library and a weekly schedule of local events.
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William Toune
Towne
Arlington Honors Longtime Teacher at Open House
Arlington Parent-Teachers Group will sponsor an open house for Mrs. Mabel Mears Cullinan retiring after 33 years of service. The event at Arlington Memorial High School runs 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday with students, teachers, and friends invited. calls for more information go to local organizers.
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Arlington — Arlington
Mabel Mears Cullinan
Arlington Memorial High School
Cullinan
Arlington
Stu
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Walter J. Rigney
Seminary
Mueller
Malotte
Sally Stannard
Dennis Edson
Catherine Smith
Daisy Chain
Jo Ann Bresko
Diane Dufresne
Barbara Farnum
Frances Gaiotti
Bernice Keyes
Susan Miller
Anita Parks
Noreen Peck
E. H. Henry
Sandgate
Betty Trachte
Elizabeth Dwyer
Father Baffa
St. John’s Church
Walter F. Miller
Masons
Lake Paran
Helene Thompson
Martha Canfield
Armstrong
Capps
Russell
Fisher School
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Rooms
Giants
Pirates
Little League Field
Red Mt
CES
Braves
Red Mt. Lodge
Warm Brook
Girl Scout Hut
Mabel Cullinan
KR. T. Williams
Vermont
North Street Shopping
Bennington, VT
THE
Vermont Bank
Bellows Falls
Chester
Brattleboro
Rutland
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Donna Lee McIntyre
Kenneth Clayton
Arlington High School
Phil Foote
Jenigen
Adams Clothes Shop
Suzanne
New Hampshire
Nose Road
Manchester, N
Kenerwerski
Bond
Kentucky
Dant Distillery Company
Louisville, KY
Gre Dub
N. Y
Free Peare
New England
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