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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1964
Page
5
The Bennington Library summer program draws over 150 children with brisk juvenile circulation. A $500 bequest from Miss Florence Holden funds maintenance and improvements for primary students. The library added 225 new books, new children's periodicals, and Dorothy Canfield Fisher awards for 1964 65 to the children's room.
Louis Gardner Graves Jr., son of Mr and Mrs Louis G Graves of Bennington Vermont, graduates at the 131st Suffield Academy commencement in Suffield Connecticut. He captained the Rifle Team to the Western New England League title and earned the NRA Medal of Distinguished Service, while serving as Photography Club president and Bell and Pioneer editor. He plans to attend a university in Hamilton in the fall.
Washington based report cites that students spend most class time listening but remember only half. Stanford E. Taylor of Educational Development Laboratories recommends formal listening instruction programs in schools, backed by a National Education Association publication titled Listening.
Selectmen and village trustee meet to shape a joint pension plan for 44 workers. They will engage National Life Insurance Co for clarity before bidding and voter approval. The plan targets November 1 1964 with coverage for employees over 30 who joined by age 45 and benefits based on service length if retirement is reached. The town and village would pay $2 monthly per person.
Several piano students from Burt Rockwood's School of Music performed at the annual recital Monday at the Bennington Elementary School all purpose room. The program featured classical and popular pieces, with both beginners and advanced students earning warm applause from parents relatives and friends. Kimberly Cook announced the program and Rockwood supervised the selections as he performed Chopin Scherzo No 2 captivating the audience. Participants included Darlene Young Tracy Peck Keith Mattison Valerie Giroux Carol Parker Gail Jones Stan Wiskoski Dayle Bisson William Halstead Judy Flynn James Woodward Karen Hogan John Wiskoski Rosemary Denio Scottie Wiskoski and Kimberly Cook.
An organizational meeting in Middlebury on June 18 aims to create a statewide association for television and electronic servicemen in Vermont. Pat Parziale, New England governor of the National Alliance of TV and Electronic Service Organizations, spoke. A steering committee led by Douglas Tobin was elected with Earl Gove and Clyde Gee as officers. A convention by Sept. 20 will establish a permanent group.
Bennington High School graduates of 1964 will divide the remaining class treasury between the J Goodall Hutton fund and the Carl B Williams fund, after all class bills are paid. The funds honor two longtime school figures who died recently. The awards begin this year at graduation with the Hutton prize for the senior most promising a teaching career.
The Knights of Columbus Home Association will hold a regular meeting at 7 p.m. led by president Harry Hurley. All members of Bennington Council No. 307 are members of the Home Association.
Faithful Navigator Mason Amae don schedules 8 p m Thursday at the K of C hall to elect officers and finalize plans for a Fourth Degree event in October. Eligible members have at least one year as a Third Degree member. Bennington once hosted the first Fourth Degree in its history with the Joseph J. Cunning class. the proposed class is the John F Kennedy class.
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