Pownal School's First Festival of Learning Shapes Student Adventures
The Pownal schools held their inaugural Festival of Learning with groups visiting sites across Pownal Bennington and North Adams YMCA. Leaders guided diverse activities from puppet making to field trips and craft projects, aiming to provide hands on experiences beyond the classroom and foster community involvement in education.
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Pamela Blakeman
Pownal
Bennington
North Adams
Henry Bassen
Eo Amntal
Paul Bratcher
Stanley Bratcher
Florence Conttis
Nancy Crawford
Jeanne Quinn
Nancy Creel
Howard Davis
Annie Davis
Mary Davis
Richard Denman
Edward Dufresne
East Mountain
Ellen Elwell
Joann Anderson
Fred Farnum
Willow Park
Hinda Frankel
Grace Gagnon
Margaret Garrison
Bernard Bis
John Candiloro
Roger Lawson
Alen Morrison
Chinchillas
Margaret Mattison
William Gota
Laura Messina
Aleta M. Palmer
Pownal Elementary School
Pownal Bible Class and Kindergarten Registration
Pamela Slakeman is organizing a Bible class at the North Pownal Congregational parsonage on Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. The Pownal Baptist Church choir rehearses Wednesday at 6 30 p.m. Kindergarten registration for this fall is at the Pownal Center School with telephone options for those unable to attend in person.
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North Pownal
Pownal Center
Vermont Bankers Meet in Manchester Review Agenda and Honors
The 62nd William H. Adamis Vermont Bankers Association meeting in Manchester will focus on environmental law effects and Vermont’s economy with changes to banking. Economist Malcolm Severance will discuss zero growth prospects. two bankers will receive Fifty Year Club certificates for long service. The event honors VBA leaders and includes a special ladies program and sessions on business and government environmental regulation.
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Manchester
William H. Adamis
Vermont Bankers Association
Proctor Trust Co
Vermont
John R. Buntiig
Pennsylvania
First Banking and Trust Co
Philadelphia
Malcolm Severance
University of Vermont
Elbert G. Moulton
Quebeec Take Corp
Robert M. Wilson
Hickok and Boardman Inc
Burlington
Lawrence A. Wright
Schuyler Jackson
Benjamin Partiridge
Leland J. Brown
Burlington Savings Bank
Frederick Redlif
Passumpsic
West Arlington Sandersg ate family moves to Kwajalein Atoll
The Kilmartins of Bernal Reed West Arlington report their daughter and son in law Maj and Mrs David C Wilson and grandchildren preparing to move to Kwajalein Atoll Marshall Islands for a two year assignment. Wilson formerly at Fort Karrigan Indiana. Island has 5000 people no TV or cars. They depart from Kennedy to San Francisco then Hawaii before Kwajalein. West Arlington Home Extension Club held a final meeting at Dog Team Inn Middlebury with fifteen attendees. New officers named for fall.
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William Kilmartins
Bernal Reed
West Arlington
Maj
David C. Wilson
Kelley
Michael
Thomas
Katherine
Kwajelein Atoll
Marshall Islands
Maj. Wilson
Fort Karrigan
Ind
Shaftesbury calls special town meeting on reappraisal
Shaftesbury selectmen warn a second Special Town Meeting after a petition with over 200 signatures. The July 18 vote at Cole Hall seeks to rescind the prior narrow result approving outside reappraisers and a 16,000 borrowing for the town wide reappraisal. A failing vote on stabilizing agreements with farmers followed the May 16 ballot.
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Shaftsbury
Cole Hall
Selectmen
Eleanor's
Eleanor B. Smith
Wesley Hump
Waite
Arlington Memorial High School honors two top awardees
Correction notice states Joseph Philip Thompson and Kendy Lynn Trachie were named most improved boy and girl at Arlington Memorial High School’s Sunday graduation. It adds Thompson and Trachie are children of Arlington residents and were omitted from yesterday’s Banner ceremony report. The Arlington Ahenui Association awards the honor annually. Also notes St John’s Sacality parish meeting Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. and Baptist Church choir rehearsal at 7.
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Correction
Arlington
Arlington Memorial High School
Joseph Philip Thompson
Kendy Lynn Trachie
Thompson
James Thompson
Miss Trachte
Don ‘Trachte
Arlington Ahenui Association
Manchester board unveils new class scheduling system
Manchester school directors adopted a master schedule to lower faculty student ratios and allow individualized instruction by course for seventh and eighth grades. The plan adds English and social studies instructors, downsizes sectioned placement, and uses lab groupings in science and social studies while keeping music art and homemaking together.
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Charles Bonenti
Manchester
Boar
Charles Skiptunas
Skiptunas
Skiptonas
Aline Lubin
Lake Paran Opens Summer Season With Dance and Lessons
Lake Paran begins its summer season on June 17 with Carl Joachim as manager and Bill Halstead leading lifeguards and Red Cross swimming lessons. Memberships start at 9.00 for singles and 17.50 for families, with under 10 free. dances for youth return at the Paran shelter, and facilities including docks and rafts have been prepared.
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Lake Paran
Paran
Daniel Pager
Carl Joachim
St. Michael's College
Joachim
Bill Halstead
Tannersville
N.Y
Halstead
Red Cross
Bennington
Shaftebury
Joachin
Psian
South Cambridge Margarine and Community Notes
A collage of brief local items includes visitors, weddings, and theater plays. Clifford Darfler Jr. completes electronic technician training at Mare Island while his family visits Fort Bragg and Florida for a nephew’s wedding. Grange meetings, contests, and a chicken bar-b-que plan are announced with names, places, and dates.
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Coast Guard
Clifford, Darfler Ur
Darfler Sr
Governor's Island
Mare Island
Calif
SNET
Clifford c. Harfler Jr
CTMS
Hoosick Falls honors Brahan on 50th wedding anniversary
Hoosick Falls observes the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. James M. Brahan and Mrs. Loretta Brahan with a weekend of tributes. The couple, married June 12, 1922, at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, have deep ties to Hoosick Falls through Brahan’s roles in politics and local media. A wheelchair gift to the Hoosick Falls Health Center and a brunch and mass renewal honored their service to the community and their family.
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Hoosick Falls
James Brahan
Edith Beaumont
Tigosick Falls
James M. Brahan
Church of the Immaculate Concepti
Iey
John M. Fleming
Brahan
Rensselaer County
Hodsick Falls
Indow
Charles Ralston
Paradise
Bennington
Alex Dayton
Ottawa
Canada
Walter Fitzpatrick
Truffalo
N.Y
Beahan
Donald Ammering
Osa
Brahans
Harry Crayon
Kenda
Uoosick Falls
Sunderland honors Benedict retirement at open house
Penny Hansen thanks contributors for the farewell event for long time Sunderland teacher and principal Henrice Benedict. Paul Ennis presented purse and silver bowl. Appreciation to Antoinette Mattison, Doris Streeler, Barbara Matteson, Ted Cook, Everett Randall, Clyde Dunlap, Marlene Roderick, pupils and eight grade greeters Denise Putnam Priscilla Colvin Clifford Hon Robert Martin.
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Penny Hansen
Sunderland
Henrice Benedict
Benefict
Paul F. Ennis
Selectmen
Antoinette Mattison
Punch
Doris Streeler
Benedict
Denise Putnam
Priscilla Colvin
Clifford Hon
Robert Martin
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Pownal School
Patricia Marouniviteen
Beverly Petrells
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Dorothy Pudvar
Dorothy Ransford
Charles W. Rounds
Ron Ruel
Jean Shoestack
John Squire
Willams Inn
Bernart Wishnek
Vermont National Bank
William Steel
A. Stone
Melinda Tanzman
Debbie Tudor
Inma Shaft
Florence Harries
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Pamela Slakeman
Pownal Baptist Church
Bankers Association
Stet
Margery Waugh
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VBA
Durigg
Woodstock
National Bank
Hilton A. Wick
Chittenden Trust Company
Madelyn
Sandgate
Kay Weeks
Wilsons
Westport
Conn
Kennedy Airport
San Francisco
Hawaii
Kwajalein
Tram
Noreco
Remington
Schick
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Fienberg
Main ST
Bennington, VT
Shaftesbury
St. John's Sacility
Baptist Church
Manchester Board
Oldgong
Abraham. Madkour
Martha Pelton
Clifford
Pimadkaur
Hayes
Madkour
South Cambridge
Orson
Robert Banczek Teft
New Jersey
Malcolm Hamilton
John, Carl
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Usns Command
Vallejo
Mra
Ernest Eddy
South Road
South
Sp$ James
Gloria
Fort Bragg
N.C
Jim
Florida
David Eddy
Raymond Eddy
Ernest Trinkle
Pleasant Valley Grange
Marily Hobingon
Mauter Trinkle
Hazel Walling
Blanche Royal
William and
Yolanda English
Sehaghticoke Fair
Maurice Terry
White Creek
Vivian Borden
Pearl Brownell
Beverly Borden
Duane Robinson
Senest Trinkle
Royal
Pomona
Walter Greenwood
Oscar Borden
William English
Tne
Mita
Schenectady
Mrs
Peter Matcoyleh
Bertha Chapman
Classic Street
Wilder Ave
Hooglek Falls
Loretta Collins
Que
Hoosick Falls Health Center
Eloosick
New York Press Association
Troy Automobile Cluir
Hudson Valley Community College
Troy
New York State Guard
Court St. Mary
Catholic Daughters of America
Gerald Raftery
Neemiro Foy Berd
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