Fire Auxiliary Members Attend Open House in Cambridge
Eight members of the Bennington Rural Fire Department Auxiliary joined about 85 women from auxiliaries in Fort Edward Buskirk North Hoosick Hudson Falls Hampton Johnsonville Kingsbury Easton Bennington Rural North Bennington and Arlington at Cambridge firehouse open house. The Cambridge centennial parade featured apparatus from many communities. Host auxiliary wore long period dresses. Social hour ran 3 to 5 with entertainment and luncheon.
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Bennington
Fort Edward
Buskirk
North Hoosick
Hudson Falls
Hampton
Johnsonville
Kingsbury
Easton
Bennington Rural
North Bennington
Arlington
Miss Sarah Jean Woodman Weds in Arlington Ceremony
Miss Sarah Jean Woodman daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert Brookhart Woodman of New York and Arlington wed John Morton Stopford son of the Lord Bishop of London at Saint James Episcopal Church Arlington The bride wore a gown and was given in marriage by her father A reception followed Bridesmaid was Catherine Stopford Best man James Sanger Mrs Stopford is a Brearley and Radcliffe graduate with a Cambridge degree Stopford is in Harvard Business doctoral program and holds degrees from Oxford and MIT
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Arlington
Sarah Jean Woodman
Herbert Brookhart
Woodman
New York
John Morton Stopford
Lord Bishop
London
R. W. Stopford
Saint James Episcopal Church
Clement G. Belcher
Catherine Stopford
James Sanger
Stopford
Brearley School
Radcliffe College
Cambridge University
Harvard School of Business Administration
Oxford University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Vermonter essay contest winners named from BCHS
Vermonter magazine named high school seniors as prize winners for the essay contest on The Most Interesting Vermonter I Know. First prize $50 went to Marcia Buck of Bennington Catholic High School. second prize $25 to Hedy Winkler of Whitingham School. third prize $10 to James E. Smith of Spaulding High School. fourth prize $5 to David Sausville, also of Bennington Catholic High School. The top essay will appear in the July issue. others follow as space allows.
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Vermonter Magazine
Marcia Buck
Bennington Catholic High School
Hedy Winkler
Whitingham School
Jacksonville
James E. Smith
Spaulding High School
Barre
David Sausville
Timing of Second Unification Vote Regretted by Committee Members
Bennington Unification Study Committee members told the Rotary Club they regret the timing of the June 21 second vote on unification while urging residents to support merging Bennington's towns into one government. They stressed unification as a state of mind and noted the April defeat by 935 to 938 and low turnout.
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Bennington
Unification Study Committee
Rotary Club
League of Women Voters
Arthur D. Taylor
Unification Committee
Rotarians
North Bennington
Taylor
John H. Williams II
Good Ladies
Williams
Halvor Halvorsen
Waldo C. Holden
Holden
Engagement of Alice Norris to K Edward Jacobi announced
Mr and Mrs Donald J Norris of Charlestown announce the engagement of their daughter Alice May Norris to K Edward Jacobi son of Mr and Mrs Karl M Jacobi of Little Silver New Jersey A September wedding is planned Miss Norris is a Arlington High School graduate and a Simmons College senior Mr Jacobi a Lehigh University graduate and a third year Harvard Law School student in Cambridge Massachusetts
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Charlestown, N.H
Donald J. Norris
Charlestown
Alice May
K. Edward Jacobi
Karl M. Jacobi
Little Silver, N.J
Miss Norris
Arlington High School
Arlington
Simmons College
Boston
Jacobi
Lehigh University
Harvard Law School
Cambridge, Mass
Engagements announced in Buskirk and Bennington areas
Miss Sandra Lee Elliott and Anthony T Ward announce their engagement with Elliott a secretary at RPI and Ward a Xerox researcher in Rochester. No wedding date set. Also announced is the engagement of Carolyn Anne Johnson and Gary M Gore with Johnson a Williams College Roper Research Center employee and Gore a Bennington Display employee. Wedding planned for Aug 13.
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Buskirk
N.Y
Robert Elliott
Sandra Lee Elliott
Anthony T. Ward
P. J. Ward
London
England
Cambridge Central School
R.P.I
Troy
University of London
Xerox Corporation
Rochester
Miss Johnson
Bennington Catholic High School
Roper Research Center
Williams College
Williamstown
Mass
Miss Antoinette Vince Weds Arthur Hudson in North Bennington
Miss Antoinette Maria Vince and Arthur O Hudson were married June 4 at North Bennington Congregational Church. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs Stephen L Vince, giáoves, in pew lace gown with veil and bouquet. groom son of Mr and Mrs Edward C Hudson Sr. of Glen Burnie Md, is an insurance broker. Out of town guests came from Maryland Delaware Massachusetts New York Connecticut New Hampshire Maine and Vermont. The couple will reside in Glen Burnie Md.
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North Bennington
Antoinette Maria Vince
Stephen L. Vince
Twitchell Hill
Shaftsbury
Arthur O. Hudson
Edward C. Hudson Sr
Glen Burnie
North Bennington Congregational Church
William Abernethy
A. T. Hudson
Wilmington
Del
Harold McDonald
Edward C. Hudson Jr
Boston
Robert Reeves
Baltimore
Maryanne Shearns
Donald Knapp
Rose Hulett
Adrienne Wickenden
North Bennington High School
University of Vermont
Anne Arundel County
Ft. George G. Meade
Glen Burnie High School
U.S. Air Force
University of Baltimore
North Arundel Insurance
Maryland
Delaware
Massachusetts
New York
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Maine
Vermont
Slip of the Tongue at White House Event
Luci Johnson mangled Broadway star Richard Kiley’s name while introducing him to White House guests, calling him Richard Kee-Lee. Comedian Bill Dana noted the moment as Kiley thanked the misnaming with a lighthearted remark, saying “thank you, Miss Jensen.”
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Washington
UPI
Luci Johnson
Richard Kiley
White House
Luci
Kiley
Richard Kee-Lee
Bill Dana
Miss Jensen
Stanton Hall and Cynthia Thompson Married in Woodstock Ceremony
Miss Cynthia Ann Thompson daughter of Mr and Mrs Edwin J Thompson of Woodstock and Stanton Charles Hall son of Mrs Julia O Hall of Schenectady NY and Dr Woodhall S Hall of North Bennington were united in marriage June 4 at the First Congregational Church Woodstock The Rev David Johnston and the Rev George Lawrence officiated The bride wore a silk organza gown with Chantilly lace bouquet of white roses and ivy The wedding party included Miss Diantha Hall bridesmaid and R Duff Wheeler best man They will live at 80 Colchester Ave Burlington after a reception and the couple plan to honeymoon following the ceremony The bride a 1965 University of Vermont graduate is a staff nurse at Mary Fletcher Hospital Burlington The groom a Syracuse University graduate works for Connecticut General Life Insurance Co in Burlington.
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Woodstock
Cynthia Ann Thompson
Edwin J. Thompson
Stanton Charles Hall
Julia O. Hall
Schenectady
N.Y
Woodhall S. Hall
North Bennington
David Johnston
University of Vermont
Mary Fletcher Hospital
Burlington
North Bennington High School
Syracuse University
Connecticut General Life Insurance Co
Reading Blossoms the Mind Summer Reading Program
Bennington Free Library invites juveniles to enroll in the summer reading program beginning Monday with the theme Reading Blossoms the Mind. Two age groups will participate, and a special children’s story hour runs Wednesdays at 10 a.m. from June 22 through July 27, coordinated with CPCD and the Ford Foundation.
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Ford Foundation
Co-operative Project For Curriculum Development
CPCD
Bennington Area
Five Day Boston Forecast Outlook From UPI
The five day outlook for Boston predicts average temperatures about six degrees below seasonal norms. The Weather Bureau says Tuesday will be warm, Wednesday cooler, with only minor daily changes through Saturday.
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Boston
UPI
New England
U.S
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Fire Auxiliary
Bradford Bachrach
Wanmilton
Hamilton
A. Jill
C. Nancy
Noveck
Main Street
Nichols
Gerber Legendary
Gerber
Ass’t
Burt Bros
BCHS
Elliott Ward
Carolyn Anne Johnson
Gage St
Jerome D. Statin
Gary M. Gore
Ransom Gore
Houran Road
Mr. Gore
Bennington High School
Andrick
Sandra L. Elliott
Lloyd
Carolyn Johnson
Austin
Mrs
Antoinette M. Vince
Arthur Hudson
Hudson
Stanton Hall
Cynthia Thompson
George Lawrence
First Congregational Church
William Russell
Diantha
Hall
R. Duff Wheeler
Peter Thompson
Colchester Ave
Country Furs
Bassett
DIAL
By John B. Rothrock
Bennington Free Library
Alice Murphy
Molly Stark School
Clothes
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