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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1967
Page
3
Manchester school directors on Monday approved a $2000 remodeling plan to add one more basement classroom at the overcrowded Manchester Elementary School. Plans reviewed indicate the new room will ease congestion and support additional students.
Lake Paran opens for the season with a Sunday fireworks display following a band concert. Paran directors name Robert P. Nolan to direct lake activities with staff including Jon Dwyer Barbara Riley and others. Memberships at the non profit lake rise quickly with family $12 and single $6. non members pay daily.
At the Ormsby Chapter DAR meeting held June 6 at Mrs. Louis Soderberg’s home a Swedish guest, Mrs. Sten Svedin of Saltsjobaden, spoke on Swedish customs. Svedin lived in the U S from 1939 to 1946 after working at the Swedish Pavilion at the 1939 World’s Fair. Other attendees included Miss Jean Gleason and her mother Mrs. Ralph O. Gleason, along with Mrs. Carolyn Brown. Hostesses were Mrs. Clara Hard, Mrs. Helen Pearson and Miss Katharine Perkins.
Barbara Le Grand owns Susan the horse, a Julie Ploof horse. Julie is remembered as a Knapp’s 4 Hers. Kennedy Ludlam, longtime NBC announcer and WRC editor, plans to retire to West Arlington on Batten Kill. He hosted The Space Story on WBTN and read FDR and Kennedy obits, plus outdoor columns for local papers and NBC. He will stay connected via phone reports on Vermont fishing and camping.
Local BCHS graduates include Diane Niles valedictorian daughter of Ray and Mary Niles South Pownal and Gail King elected Pro Merito daughter Edward and Gail King North Pownal. Niles receives UVM and March of Dimes grants while King earns CCD teaching award and a $100 ECHS scholarship. David Smith graduates from Phillips Academy Andover class of 235 and plans to study at Columbia University next fall with a summer apprenticeship at Adams Memorial Theater. A mutual aid drill led by Chief Kenneth O'Dell tested razing the shell of a long destroyed home on Church Street South Pownal.
North Bennington freshman Debbie Jones of Champlain College Burlington earns dean's list for second semester. Richard A. Haynes of Lamb Road North Bennington receives a B.S. from Springfield College June 11, earning dean's list honors, Phi Upsilon Kappa member, and a soccer letter, with plans for a master's degree.
William G. Barrows Jr, a Burr and Burton Seminary trustee, will return to teaching this September as an English teacher. The 49-year-old Dorset resident and real estate operator has prior teaching stints including Albany Academy for Girls and Bellows Falls High School, and he may resign from the BBS board due to a dispute with the state Board of Education. He is a 1937 BBS graduate and father of three daughters.
Mrs Ruth E Kistner of Glendale New York co author of Flower Arrangements for the American Home speaks at the Garden Club of Manchester meeting at Zion Church parish house Thursday at 2 p m. She contributes to Better Homes and Gardens and House and Garden.
Sunderland Vermont National Forest rejuvenates 39 acre Branch Pond in Green Mountain National Forest. After chemical treatment to remove rough fish, pond will be stocked with brook trout and trial channel catfish. Cooperation among Forest Service Vermont Fish & Game and U S Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife to prevent reintroduction of undesirable species.
Manchester school directors asked Burr and Burton Seminary trustees for a meeting to review concrete plans for meeting state standards. They request the meeting before June 19, when the state board will judge BBS as a publicly supported private school, citing pressure to improve local education facilities.
Willington Volunteer Fire Department answered a late night call to a Searsburg Vermont barn struck by lightning. Fire Chief Pete Johnson led efforts but flames overwhelmed the dry wood. Former owner John Clements recalls the barn’s long history and its possible status as Searsburg’s oldest. Damage estimate not yet set.
Dr. Arthur E. Coleman, son of Mount Tabor residents, earned a PhD in chemistry from RPI on June 9 and is a General Electric chemist. He is NIH Fellow and Sigma Xi Phi Lambda Upsilon member. Bernadette Lyons and Nancy Howard, Champlain College dean’s list students in Burlington, reside in Manchester Depot.
Hoosick Falls youth David L. Kessler of R D 2 recently completed electronics studies at DeVry Technical Institute Chicago one of the nation’s leading technical training centers. He received a diploma in applied science from Joseph J. Gershon dean of the DeVry Resident School.
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