Seniors Graduation Prep and CPR Training on Hill
Seniors plan graduation in March 1977 while nursing students finish a year long CPR course. Grace McGillicuddy instructs using Resusci-Anne manikins as students demonstrate single and paired CPR techniques with attention to safety, judgment, and compassion. Several graduates secure positions across hospitals and states, and applications for the September 1977 class are being processed amid the town’s ongoing nursing program.
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E.C.P.R
Grace McGillicuddy
R.N
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Raleigh
N.C
Connecticut
Maine
New Hampshire
New York
All Things in Moderation in a French Adventure
A student on his first trip to France recounts the initial shock of Big differences and the danger of diving into the new environment. He contrasts moderation with following his appetite and admits he was guided by appetite over theory and caution.
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LA Rochelle
France
Louvre
Versailles
Loire Valley
Tours
Gastronomic France Sparks Travel Epilogue and Itch
A traveler recounts indulgent Parisian delights from patisserie to mille feuille and eclairs, then falls ill with a chicken pox scare misread as vericelle. After a Paris doctor prescribes a bland regime and antipruritic gelules, the visit ends with a moral to “do as the Greeks do” in France.
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France
Letter to Vermont lawmakers on congressional ethics reform
A Bennington County Common Cause letter urged Sen Leahy, Sen Stafford, and Rep Jeffords to champion a stronger code of conduct for Congress. It calls for finance disclosure, outside income limits, lobbyist gift bans, unofficial office account bans, franking limits, and stricter enforcement and exposure of violations.
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Congress
Sen
Leahy
Sen. Stafford
Rep. Jeffords
Fenelon School in La Rochelle France Described
An 18th century private Catholic school Fenelon in La Rochelle is described as a drab stone building with limited facilities. Students start classes at eight, have a two hour lunch, four hour exams Saturdays, and face the hard bac cal i ureat.
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la Rochelle
France
Mt. Anthony
Ecole Fenelon
Fenelon
U.S
California
Vermont
Bennington area bids for town farm care accepted
Selectmen accept the low bid of Alfred Harbour, current farm superintendent, for 2500 dollars covering farm care and transient housing. The Bennington directory issue 26, printed by H A Manning Co, lists residents from Arlington to Bennington in 78 pages, first entry Lulu Abbey and last Wesley Zobie. Col John W Tinker, longtime Vermont Soldiers Home superintendent, dies after a storied military career.
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E.J. Lansing
Alfred Harbour
Harbour
Directory of
Bennington
H.A. Manning Co
Massachusetts
Arlington
Lulu Abbey
Wesley Zobie
Col
John W. Tinker
Vermont
Mexican
Pancho Villa
Arizona
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O— Tre
Old First Church
Putnam Memoria Hospital School of Practical Nursing
Grace N. McGillicuddy
Putnam Memorial Hospital School of Practical Nursing
Center
By David P. Frost
Place de la Concorde
Paris
Heath
the Banner
Bennington County
Shaftsbury
Jewelers
American Gem Society
Main Street
Grand Union
Julie Sheldon
Women’s Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church
Jean Henry
Oakley M. Frost
Oakley T. Frost
Union Street
Williams College
John P. Steel
Henry Steel
Old Bennington
First National Bank
Humphrey
Peace Corps
Robert L. Guadino
Bill Hassenpflug
The
Bennington Banner
Union
Thomas Jefferson
Washington
Jeanette Rankin
Montana
House of Representatives
U.S. Supreme Court
Wall Street Journal
Burt Bros
United Counseling Service
Las Vegas
MT. Anthony Country Club
Dragon's Shoe Store
Shultz’s Jewelers
Catamount National Bank
FOI C
ELM Street
Bennington, VT
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