Two Shaftsbury Youths Reach Highest Scout Rank
John Burgess and Ian MacDonald were awarded the Eagle Badge at a Shaftsbury Firehouse ceremony. The event featured Troop 31 banners, a color guard, and speeches praising the parents' roles in the boys’ achievements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaftsbury
Troop 31
John Burgess
Ian MacDonald
U.S
Edward Chahanovich
Bradley Stevens
Barton Jenks
Bradley
Angus MacDonald
Ralph Burgess
Ray Lovely
Manchester
MacDonald
Bart Nourse
Green Mt
Burgess
Ian
John
Joseph A. Brunton Jr
National Council of B.S.A
Strawberry Social In North Bennington At Whitman Home
North Bennington residents plan a strawberry social at Avard Haven on the Whitman property on Friday June 22 from 5 to 11 p.m. The menu features old fashioned shortcake strawberry sundaes and home made candy. Proceeds aid Camp Onawanda 4 H camp in Sunderland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bennington
Avard Haven
Bernard Whitman
Ondawa
Sunderland
North Bennington community meetings and church mass updates
Members of the Congregational Women's Fellowship executive board are reminded of a Wednesday morning meeting on June 20 at Mrs. Harold Riemann's home. Girl Scout troops 17 and 24 have used the North Bennington Firehouse. parents are urged to bake goods for a firehouse street fair to support the Scouts. St John the Baptist Parish will hold three Sunday Masses starting June 24 at 7, 9 and 11 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Women's Fellowship
Harold Riemann
North Bennington
Bruce LaVigne
St. John the Baptist
Dover Town Hall rummage sale links to June 30
The Dover School Club sponsors a rummage sale at Dover Town Hall on Saturday June 30 from 7 to 8 p.m. Refreshments will be available. The note mentions a local electrical session and a NECA meeting in Pike New Hampshire with lectures on antiques and flower arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Dover Town Hall
New Children's Room Opens At Canfield Library
A transformed cellar space at Martha Canfield Library becomes a bright children’s room with varied book sizes, yellow furniture, and a colorful mural. Funded as a memorial to James Canfield by the Canfield family, the project frees upstairs space for adult collection expansion and invites visitors to see the improvements.
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Canfield
Arlington
Martha Canfield
James Canfield
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Charles Canfield
James McCabe
Fred McGuire
Wilfred Racine
Herbert Wheaton Congdon
Barber's Lake Swim Classes To Start Soon
Pownal residents are reminded that the annual Red Cross water safety program at Barber's Lake begins July 16 for two weeks. Free classes run 8:30 for swimmers, 9:30 intermediates, 10 beginners, and 11 life saving, with Peter Ehrich in charge.
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Pownal
Bennington County
The
American Red Cross
Barber's Lake
John Barber
Peter Ehrich
Red Cross
Ehrich
Thorization
Harvard University
Lake Paran
North Bennington
Bennington
Edward Worthington
Cambridge Social Notes Highlight Local Events and Honors
Miss Molly Herrington of Turnpike Road wed Robert Sheridan of Greenwich on July 14 in Cambridge with a pre nuptial shower for 21 guests at the American Legion Rooms arranged by her aunt Mrs Sanford Ames. Colgate alumnus George E Brewer received the Maroon Citation at the June 15 reunion, retiring from class leadership of the alumni fund drive with daughter Carol beside him. Wayne C Laverty, son of Mr and Mrs Hugh Laverty, earned a BS in pre medicine from Union College on June 10, noted as a top track performer. Kaare Johansen of Center Cambridge Road named chairman of the Brotherhood Fund Campaign for the Washington Masonic District. Ralph Galloway returns from Leonard Hospital. The Botts spend the week at home. Beverly Welling completes Adirondack Community College studies. About 25 attend South Cambridge Methodist picnic at Hedges Lake. Foster Goodrich family visits from Westfield. Matcovich relatives attend a Pennsylvania wedding. Mrs Paul Virtue of Coila and Ira Cornell visit Mrs Gertrude Aiken. Mrs Clarence Moon, formerly of South Cambridge, is listed as a patient at Hoosick Falls Health Center.
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Molly Herrington
Turnpike Road
Robert Sheridan
Greenwich
American Legion Rooms
Cambridge
Sanford Ames
George E. Brewer
East Main Street
Colgate University
Colgate
Kaare Johansen
Center Cambridge Road
Cambridge Valley Lodge No
Brotherhood Fund
Washington Masonic District
Ralph Galloway
Leonard Hospital
Norman D. Bott
Beverly Welling
Adirondack Community College
South Cambridge
Hedges Lake
Foster Goodrich
Westfield
Mass
Peter Matcovich
Peter
Matcovich
Pennsylvania
Paul P. Virtue
Coila
Ira Cornell
Allen
Groveside
Gertrude Aiken
Clarence Moon
Fly Summit
Hoosick Falls Health Center
Pownals Good News Club Picnic and Vacation Bible School Plans
Members of the Good News Club in Pownal were invited to a Saturday morning picnic on June 2 at 11 0 at the home of club leader Mrs Lyle Grusen dorf. The group has studied the Gospel According to St John for eight months and will resume in fall. Teachers from The Pownall and Williamstown are asked to meet for craft work instruction at the Baptist Church in South Pownal on Tuesday June 26 from 9 to 11 30 a m under Mrs Ralph Walk.
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Good News Club
Lyle Grusendorf
Pownall
Williamstown
United Vacation Bible School
Baptist
South Pownal
Ralph Walk
School Merger Session Tonight in Arlington
A meeting of the committee studying a possible merger of Arlington and Sunderland elementary schools is set for tonight at 8 at Arlington Memorial High School. The group is divided into study units mirroring Bennington Southwest District practice. The Banner corrects a prior error about the meeting date.
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Arlington
Sunderland
Arlington Memorial High School
Bennington
Dorset Mother Earns Bennington College Music Degree
Mrs. Margaret Meachem of Dorset earned a bachelor’s degree in music from Bennington College after returning in 1956 to complete her studies while raising three children and teaching music at Dorset Elementary School. She won a Vermont AGO contest in 1958 for Christ in the Stranger's Guise, performed at Rollins Chapel, Darmouth College.
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Dorset
Bennington College
Margaret Meachem
Sydney Meachem
Arlington Polio Clinics Vaccinate 200 Children
About 200 children from Arlington Sunderland and Sandgate received oral polio vaccine at clinics in June. Ages ranged from six weeks to six years. Clinics were run by the Arlington Public Health Association under Vermont State Public Health Division direction. The association thanks all helpers and especially those who registered the children.
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Arlington
Sunderland
Sandgate
Arlington Public Health Association
Vermont State Public Health Division
Arlington Organization
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B.S.A
America
Boy Scout Mother’s Auxiliary
N. Bennington
Elizabeth Dwyer
Oneida
Wilmington
Carle Walter
Alfred Lehmann
National Electrical Contractors Association
New England Chapter
Lake Tarleton Club
Pike
N.H
Roland Borkman
KIRMI
George Class
Vernon
KIHNB
Roger Tavell
Monroe
Borkman
Leo Berry
WIDSU
Atlantic Seaboard
Mississippi
Class
Walt Barnes
Brattleboro
Knpa
Alwin Braun
Mount Snow
Travella
Arlington Younger
Arlington Library
Michael Lindsey
Robert Lindsey
Betsey Moody
Arthur Moody
Peter Kendall
Donald Kendall
Billy Moore
John M. Moore
Anne Kendall
Barry
Barber’s Lake
Ing
Margaret Aiken
Pownals
Vera Langlais
Tel
William Jones
North Petersburg
N.Y
Terry Rose
Our Lady of Lourdes Church
Patricia Bisson
Dennis Bisson
North Pownal
Jones
Helen Bisson
Rose Bisson
Joseph
Bisson
North Pownall
Rollins Chapel
Dartmouth College
Shelley
Village Chorus
Southern Vermont Art Centrr
Triple “S
Zsday Grand Union
Armstrong
Dunham’s
Elm St. Bennington
By Kayne
Drysdale’s
Plaid
Vermont Bank and Trust
Vermont Bankrust Company
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Rutland
Bellows Falls
Chester
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