Your Library Summer Reading Boost Expands Collections
The library reports strong early June kiddie circulation with 497, 631, and 1,102 in weeks one to three, while inviting all children to register. New fiction and non fiction titles include The Jealous One Fremlin and The Sources by Michener, plus works by Roberson, Simenon, Gordimer, and Ehrlich. Nonfiction adds range from The Spanish Temp er to Iwo Jima and Mathematics guides as shelf space grows. If a title is unavailable, reservations can be placed.
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Fremlin
Mayer
Bloom
Smith
Blackstock
Schidder
Caesar
Sheean
Wade
Ayer
Roberson
Meiji
Butler
Gun Garden
Stanton
Williams
Nathanson
Boston
Chase
Island of the Angels
Wibberley
Michener
Bohemia
McHugh
Stead
Knights and Dragons
Spencer
Munro
Rogers
Geddes
Sharp
Simenon
Qam
Connelly
Longstreet
Deal
Camp David
Knebel
Gordimer
van Dyke
Grass
Commanders
George
Lord Byron Jones
Ford
Gray
Foley
Heinrich
Aly
Slater
Albert
Bolitho
McNally
Pritchett
Heimer
Wyden
America
Chevigny
Iwo Jima
Newcomb
Ehrlich
Cronin
Dantzig
Burck
Bonda
Dudeny
Heath
Windsor
Hibbert
Marvin
Barnes
Bainton
Lange
Davis
William Howard Taft
Mason
Rockefeller
Abels
Henry VIII
Bowie
Sawyer
Mathematican
Humphrey
Griffith
Can
Gould Named Head of Jewelers' Group
At the 50th annual convention in Bonnie Oaks Fairlee Vermont on June 28 the Vermont Retail Jewelers elected Charles W Gould owner of Atkins Jewelers Bennington as president and automatic advisory board member of the Retail Jewelers of America Inc Outgoing president was Warren W Wood of Burlington Vice presidents elected were George Cote Henry Turgeon Charles Drinkwater and Virgil Gentel Secretary treasurer for the coming year is George McWayne Director at large is Mrs Erma Wilson.
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Bonnie Oaks
Fairlee
Vermont Retail Jewelers
Charles W. Gould
Atkins Jewelers
Main Street
Bennington
The
Retail Jewelers of America, Inc
Warren W. Wood
Burlington
George Cote
Bellows Falls
Henry Turgeon
Windsor
Charles Drinkwater
St. Albans
Virgil Gentel
Barre
George McWayne
Manchester
Erma Wilson
Springfield
Bennington Girls Graduate From St Luke's Nursing School
Two Bennington girls Miss Jean Edith Hurley and Miss Ann Marie Cronin earned diplomas and pins as part of St Luke's Hospital School of Nursing 34 member senior class. Hurley daughter of Earle and Mrs Hurley of 207 Depot St and Cronin daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Cronin of 6 West Side Drive, both plan to join St Luke's nursing staff. The bishop of Springfield conferred diplomas and addressed the class concluding a three year course run with Sisters of Providence.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Bennington
Jean Edith Hurley
Ann-Marie Cronin
St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing
Hurley
Earle, Hurley
Depot St
Bennington Catholic High School
Student Nurses Association
Miss Cronin
Christopher J. Weldon
Springfield
St. Luke’s Hospital
Sisters of Providence
Mary Vincent dePaul
S.P
Prizes Listed For Vermont Essays
The Vermont Historical Society announced winners of the Edmunds Memorial Essay Contest awarding $100 $75 and $50. Open to Vermont high schools academies and junior high schools. First prize goes to Sally Dorn Burlington High School for A Lasting Legacy. Second prize split among four including Amy Bel ding Proctor High School for Bound to No Sect.
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Amy Belding
Proctor High School
Vermont students win prizes in district history essays
Expert Help HOLLYWOOD UPI announces that Allen Heath a famed one armed champion racer served as technical consultant for several student essays including Cheryl Severance Rochester High School for Vermonts Gift to the West John Deere Milford Smith Jr Rutland High School for Victory in Defeat Andrea Vargish Fair Haven Union High School for The Child and Robert Frost Third prize 50 goes to Robert Henderson Lyndon Institute for Ira Allen and His Dealings with the British Honorable Mention also a tie goes to Brian Kinsley Rochester High School for Letting Daylight into the Swamp and David Martin St Anne s Academy for A History of Some of the Mineral Industries in Vermont Each a first or second prize winner in district judging Judges for the state level were Frederick Munkelt retired Gerard Truchon head of the history department at Vermont College and Lawrence Turgeon Vermont State Librarian all from Montpelier
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Cheryl Severance
Rochester High School
Vermont
John Deere
Milford Smith Jr
Rutland High School
Andrea Vargish
Fair Haven Union High School
Robert Frost
Robert Henderson
Lyndon Institute
Ira Allen
Brian Kinsley
David Martin
St. Anne’s Academy
Frederick Munkelt
Gerard Truchon
Vermont College
Lawrence Turgeon
Montpelier
Brandon Training School Invites Fourth of July Celebration
Brandon Training School plans a July 3 Independence Day event with a 2 p.m. special meeting in the admin building lounge and a daylong celebration beginning with lunch at 11:30 a.m. on the playground. Activities include field events swimming and a square dance culminating in 9:30 p.m. fireworks. If rain hits July 3 the event moves to July 5.
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Brandon
Brandon Training School Association
Brandon Training School
Head Start projects begin on N M Indian reservations
New York USA The opening of Project Head Start on the Cochiti Jemez and Zia reservations in New Mexico was announced by Dallas Johnson director of the Community Development Foundation American Indian program. The effort aims to operate two eight week day care centers to aid 60 children with English instruction and nutrition classes for parents. The Community Improvement Association formed with support from the foundation received a 10787 grant from the Office of Economic Opportunity and Johnson will direct the project through the association parents pledge 2654 in services.
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New York
N.Y
Cochiti
Jemez and
New Mexico
Dallas Johnson
Community Development Foundation
Johnson
Office of Economic Opportunity
Community Improvement Association
Awards Given At Boys State Northfield
Delegates at Boys State received awards and scholarships in a closing assembly on Saturday. James Keir of Bennington High School earned a $200 scholarship to the University of Vermont. Jonathan Dwyer of Bennington Catholic High School joined eight boys named to the Town Hall of Fame. Edward Barna of Brandon was chosen for Boys Nation delegation. Brian LeClair of Burlington was second. Alternates were H. David Hodgson of Rutland and Kenneth Adams of Brandon. Pins and certificates were issued to counselors and participants.
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Northfield
James Keir
Bennington High School
University of Vermont
Jonathan Dwyer
Bennington Catholic High School
Harrison
Town
Edward Barna
Brandon
Brian LeClair
Burlington
H. David Hodgson
Rutland
Kenneth Adams
Rural Auxiliary to Attend State Convention
Twelve members of the Benn ington Rural Fire Dept Auxiliary met at the Willow Road Firehouse to announce acceptance of an invitation from Brattleboro Fire Dept to attend the state convention in Brattleboro on August 7 and 8. Reports were read, thank-you notes acknowledged, and Mary Sauer won the mystery package. The next meeting is July 19 at the president's home with a 6:30 p.m. picnic supper followed by the regular meeting.
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Bennington
Carol Coutemanche
Mary Sauer
Anna Krawczyk
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Pope John XXIII
Max
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Wilson
Day
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Harbison
Booker
Dexter
Levitan
Myrdal
Perlman
Norgren
Lubell
May
Miller
Heaven
Earth
Thielicke
Sitwell
Hsiu-Kwang Wu
Robinson
Gould
Jewelers’ Group
Jean E. Hurley
St. Luke’s Nursing School
Arthur Cronin
West Side Drive
Glee Club
Hollywood
UPI
Allen Heath
Jewelers & Silversmiths
Brandon School
Elisabeth Stewart
Vous and
Wil
Putman
Bennington, VI
Colonial Shopping Ctr
Williamstown
Nichols
N.M. Indian Reservations
Homebuilders
Deborah Kerr
Peter Viertel
Spain
Costa del Sol
Gibralter
of Indian Affairs
Disney
Wonderful World of Color
KODAK
Instamatic
MOVIE
Lessey
Noveck - Shultz, Inc
Main St
Bennington, Vt
Bassinet and
Haynes
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Dial
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