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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1966
Page
16
Members of the Altar Rosary Society of St Francis de Sales Parish voted at their regular meeting to sponsor a concert by the Boys Town Choir next November. The nationally known singers were well received during their Bennington visit in 1960.
David Hayden hosts a well attended family night at Mt Anthony Country Club with a teens and kids program. Prizes include $5 certificates from Benn-Barry Shop won by John Winegard and Eunice Wisher, and theater passes awarded to Edie Locker and Betsy Jones. Entertainment features Cris Powers, Jean Lausville, Corinne Hayden, Kathy Carmody, Kim Hayden, Patti Kate Carmody, Jo Ann Mason, Nancy Lee Finnegan, and Dick Hess with a finale jazz dance by Finnegan and Hess.
The Hill-Billy Show at the State Armory Sunday starts 2 p.m. with doors at 1:30, sponsored by Post 13 American Legion to raise funds for the March of Dimes. Local acts including Earl Darfler and Peaceful Valley Boys and Yvette perform, with Notre Dame High School glee club prize raffle.
Hospital notes list admissions including Caroline Rousseau Randolph Reed Bennington and others from Hoosick Falls South Dorset Shaftsbury Wilmington Bennington and White Creek with multiple newborns and births. Notable entries include Mr and Mrs George Whitman East Road a son and Mr and Mrs Robert Thompson Shaftsburg a daughter on March 2.
The Bennington School District joint board outlined three preliminary decisions for a new elementary school. They aim for a nongraded program with future use for graded classes, an initial 20 classrooms with potential expansion to 30 by 1976, and planning on Stark Street site. The district will also assume responsibility for education of mentally retarded students, initially using BFRC facilities, with state funding discussions ongoing. The board will begin informal operations to learn about the retarded program while the current Red Brick School hosts it.
Charles Henry Vallee 68 of 223 Park Street died this morning at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a short illness. He had lived in Bennington 14 years, born August 18, 1897 in Greenwich New York. Survived by wife Blanche Mary Lewis, stepson Alfred Lewis, six stepdaughters and 18 grandchildren. Funeral at Sacred Heart Church Saturday 9 a.m. Burial in Bellevue Cemetery Adams Massachusetts.
Mr and Mrs Fred Baker of Bradford Street were honored at a surprise party on Feb 26 at State Line House for their 25th wedding anniversary. Attendants included Daniel LeBarron and Ruby Gates. They live at 306 Bradford St with children Wayne and Lyn. About 40 relatives attended from Arlington Bennington Cambridge Shaftsbury and Williamstown. Friends may call at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home.
Astronomy notes state Mercury, the hardest naked eye planet to spot, will appear due west low in the sky over the western hills for the next several evenings. Best viewing is about 30 minutes after sunset while twilight lingers, when Mercury is the sole bright object in that section of the heavens.
The Vermont House debated a CVPS related bill with proposals to replace a five member trustees board with an 11 member panel proposed by Rep. Riehle. The vote to kill the change failed 82 62 and the bill advanced on a 104 36 roll call. Also noted was registration for an Adult Typing Course meeting Thursdays at 7 pm in Room 294A, instructor John Kelleher, with enrollment ending tonight.
Edward G. Letourneau of 219 Grandview St is listed among 962 students enrolled at Peru State College Peru Nebraska for the 1965 66 spring semester. Charles E Watson local rep.
Tyler Resch, former managing editor of the Connecticut Valley Times Reporter in Springfield, is named manager of a new Southern Vermont News Bureau to be run jointly by the Bennington Banner and the Brattleboro Reformer. He will report on Banner and Reformer stories and serve as legislative reporter during General Assembly sessions.
In Montpelier the Vermont Senate refused to allow Sen. Charles Delaney to withdraw the labor relations bill. An amendment by Sen. Frederick Fayette to explore a labor relations board was rejected 21-8, and Delaney’s withdrawal request failed 20-9 as parts of the measure were struck. The bill passed the Senate 22-7. the House action remains pending.
Secretary McNamara said 21 Army and Marine battalions could be sent to Viet Nam by July 1 but thought it unlikely. He disclosed an authorized 20,000 additional troops, raising South Viet Nam strength to 235,000 as U.S. forces face debate over mobilization and Western Europe deployments.
Viet Cong forces fired on a 100 foot barge in a Saigon River S bend 16 miles southeast of Saigon, burning the vessel. Four crewmen and one escort sailor were wounded. Two planes from USS Ranger were lost over the north. search ended after operations were called off. COSMETOLOGIST Ann Brissette graduates from Austin School of Cosmetology with licenses in New York and Vermont.
Dow Jones industrial average stood at 929.00, down 3.01, with 30 stocks. Rail averages slipped to 258.01, down 1.34 for 20 issues. Utilities at 138.84, down .19. Composite index 332.93, down 1.20. Trade volume reached 4,310,000 shares.
St Peter’s Episcopal church launches the first Lenten supper program with a 6 p.m. pot luck, Evensong in the church, and a screening of the National Council of Churches film The Parable at the Parish House. Nursery care available for very young attendees and a strip film will be shown for intermediates. the public is invited.
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