Bennington High School Ends Long Awards Assembly
Bennington High School held its final annual awards assembly as seniors in cap and gown marched in to graduation music. Numerous awards followed including Harvard Book Award to Jeffrey Bergquist, DAR eighth grade history award to Lynne Marie Sherman, and honors for top national NIE test scorers across multiple grades, plus drama and home economics honors, merit pins, and student council acknowledgments.
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Bennington High School
Harvard
Jeffrey Bergquist
Bennington
Waldo C. Holden
Lynne Marie Sherman
DAR
Richard Caswell
Spargo
Eupha Bonham
Martha Wolf
Joyce Goyette
Home Economics
Lynn Baker
Janice Robinson
Catamount
Diane LeBlanc
New York Times
Kenneth Kramer
Mathematics Association of America
Nancy Rallis
Alan Page
John Riddle
UVM
James Keir
Neil Lachant
Lin
Cynthia Stewart
Linda Burdick
Susan White
Linn Wilson
Karen Bohne
Mary Morse
Janis Masters
Paul Williams
Kay Smith
Colleen Bushee
Gloria Hollister
Marshall Knapp
Nancy Humphrey
Lloyd Killen
John Goyette
Arlene Gallett
Candance Cross
Christine Cross
Betty Loveland
Bennington Graduate Maurice Rancourt Wins St Michael’s BA
Maurice A. Rancourt son of Mrs Henry Rancourt of 112 River St Bennington and husband of Eloise Main of Bennington earned a BA in English at St Michael’s College during the 63rd commencement Some 225 seniors received degrees and 25 Air Force ROTC cadets were commissioned Bishop Robert F Joyce presented the degrees and Bernhard H Auer Time publisher delivered the address Rancourt was a dean’s list student and member of the Glee Club Choir Education Club and ROTC band Meanwhile in Washington a Pentagon blackout darkened about 10 of the building when a first floor transformer failed halting operations for roughly thirty minutes
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Winooski Park
Maurice A. Rancourt
Henry Rancourt
River St
Bennington
Eloise Main
St. Michael’s College
Bennington Catholic High School
Rancourt
St. Michael’s
Glee Club
Robert F. Joyce
Burlington
Bernhard H. Auer
Time
Air Force
Mrs Winslow Elected Veep of BPW Group
Mrs Carlton Winslow of Manchester Center was elected first vice president of the Vermont Federation of Business and Professional Women at the state convention. She and Mrs Robert LaBeau of Bennington were named delegates to the National BPW convention. Governor Hoff spoke at the luncheon urging conservation of resources. Kathleen Nunan of Brattleboro was chosen Vermont Young Careerist for the national competition in Atlanta.
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National Federation
Philip H. Hoff
Kathleen Nunan
Brattleboro
Brattleboro Bpw
Vermont
Atlanta
Thrift Shop Sells Many Items with Proceeds to United Counseling Service
Busy days at the thrift shop as a sink, dishwasher, blinds, rocker, stands, suits, and shoes sell. Stock includes dresses, shoes, sweaters, skirts, bathing suits, hats, baby clothes, a quilt, chairs, a large overstuffed, and a white painted buffet. Requests come in for food choppers, antennae, baby carriage, crib, hi fi records, books, dishes, and jewelry. Recent workers listed. Open Fridays 2-5 and Saturdays 10-12 with all proceeds donated to United Counseling Service.
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Amy Howard
Katharine Edson
Ruth Turner
Juna Fuller
Sally Adams
Mary Schaaf
Carolyn Clark
Agnes Johnson
Leah Cook
Marjorie Hayes
Margaret Killen Receives Degree at Wake Forest College
Margaret Karen Killen, daughter of Mr and Mrs C G Killen of 511 Gage St Bennington, graduated from Wake Forest College on June 6 among about 550 degree recipients. She earned the B S in biology and belonged to the Baptist Student Union Young Women's Auxiliary and the Young Republicans Club. She graduated Bennington High School.
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Winston - Salem
N.C
Margaret Karen Killen
C.G. Killen
Gage St
Bennington
Wake Forest College
Killen
Baptist Student Union
Young Women’s Auxiliary
Young Republicans Club
Bennington High School
New Area Boy Scout Troop Planned at First Baptist Church
A new Bennington Boy Scout Troop 349 is planned by First Baptist Church after a troop committee meeting. Hollis Hill will be scoutmaster with William Harrington as assistant, James Vince as institutional rep, and other officers named. First meeting set for Friday June 17 at 8 p.m. in the church basement. next meeting July 8 at 8 p.m. in the church lounge.
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Bennington
First Baptist Church
Joseph Hart
Hollis Hill
William Harrington
James Vince
Jack Bahan
Robert Wagner
John P. Riddle
Robert Sweet
Soo Ho Han
John Baker
Steven Wright
Richard McSherry
Arnold Wright
Louis Mason Jr
Kenneth Bleau
Gerald Smith
William Smith
Han
Hill
McCarthy Seeks Lions District Governor Post
McCarthy of Norshaft Lions Club North Bennington is a candidate for district governor as Lions District 45 Vermont convenes their 11th annual convention at the Lodge and Toll House More than 250 Lions and Lionesses from 30 clubs in the state attend the three day event Speakers include Tris Coffin past international director of Montreal and Dr M Henderson Rourk international director of Lions International from Charlotte NC The convention closes Sunday with a luncheon presided by the new district governor named Saturday at the business meeting
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Stowe
Bernard McCarthy
Norshaft Lions Club
North Bennington
Lions
State of Vermont
Lodge and Toll House
Tris Coffin
Montreal
M. Henderson Rourk
Lions In
Ternational
Charlotte
N.C
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Benhi
George A. Sleeman
Margaret Brunina
David Carrier
Paula Dowd
Catherine Flory
Gail Godek
Sheila Iskowitz
Brett Rackliffe
Diane Rallis
Sharon Reed
Paul Riddle
Jennifer Viereck
Dale Wilson
Scott Wiskoski
Deborah Allen
Linda Ayer
Marc Gordon
Paula Grover
Frank Howe III
Robin Keir
Jeanne Kuiken
Richard Moskovitz
Gloria Salter
James Shoemaker
Janet Studwell
Jane Wolf
Robert Houle
Pauline Arasim
Charles Comstock
Ann Arnold
Rosemary Christie
Barbara Garrison
Janet Hayes
Bruce Howe
Diane le Blanc
Eric Peterson
William Rowe
Janis Vince
Alan Woodard
Kathy Berry
Leslie Heald
James Colvin
Kenneth Porter
Donald Ziter
George Sleeman
Charles Decker
Rita Waite
St. Michael's
Pentagon
Washington
Mrs. Winslow
Veep
BPW Group
Robert L. Knapp
Arnold L. Knapp
Main St
Harvey G. Dickerson
Bendi
Germany
Hdytrs. Ist Bn
75Th Artillery
Thrift Shop
United Counseling Service
Margaret Killen
Boy Scout
Home Furniture CO
Benninet
Nichols
Roxanne
Hive
McCarthy
Atkins
Cas
Yesteryear
Henry Ford Museum
Dearborn
Michigan
Clinton Inn
Greenfield Village
Pennsylvania
Periwinkle
Main Street
Jewelers
Gould
Bennington, VT
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