BSA Banquet Hears Williams On Saturday
The 38th annual Green Mountain Council Boy Scouts of America banquet will be held Saturday at Trinity Church parish hall in Rutland with over 200 Scouters and wives attending. Speaker J Harold Williams retires June 30 after 44 years as Nar ragansett Council scout executive and will be emeritus secretary of scouting’s trustees in Rhode Island and a National organization speaker. He joined in 1910 at age 12 and led a rise from 1,000 to about 26,000 members. last year the council raised over a half million dollars for camp expansion and a new headquarters. Williams is known as a master showman and has written arena shows for five National Scout Jamborees.
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Green Mountain Council
Boy Scouts of America
Trinity Church
Rutland
J. Harold Williams
Narragansett Council
Scouting
Rhode Island
National
Boy Scout Organization
National Scout Movement
Williams
Depot Street Market to Open This Month in White River
Depot Street Market plans a March opening at Main and Depot Streets operated by Cross Abbott Co of White River Junction. The 122 by 106 foot steel frame building will be the largest local food store with electrically heated construction, air conditioning, and fire sprinkling. Gerald Morissey Construction Co built it for owner William Dailey.
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Gerald Morrissey Construction Co
Bennington
William Dailey
Top Ten Tunes: Chubby Checker tops survey this week
Teen voters in Bennington drive Chubby Checker to the No 1 spot with The Slow Twist on the Top Ten Tunes poll conducted by Nick Santo. Midnight in Moscow drops from the chart. results show Rick Nelson, G Clefs, Jay and the Americans and others in the top ten.
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Bennington
Chubby Checker
Moscow
Nick Santo
Rick Nelson
Centenarian Friends Celebrate 103rd Birthdays
Binghamton New York AP reports Augustus A. Lewis and Albert P. Davis both turn 103, with Lewis 16 days older. Davis shares birthday on February 20, and the pair, acquainted since they were 100, exchange a playful verse about aging.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Augustus A. Lewis
Albert P. Davis
Lewis
Davis
CD Auxiliary Police Launch First Aid Training Program
The Bennington County Civil Defense Auxiliary Police begin a February first aid course taught by Robert Holt of Bob's Ambulance Service. Invitations go to state police, village police, and sheriff's dept. Men are invited to join and learn two way radio operation for patrol and rescue teams. Next meeting set for March 12 at River Street Firehouse.
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Robert Holt
Bob’s Ambulance Service
Pownal
Holt
Red Cross
Bennington
Bennington County
State Polce Department
River Street
St Peters Lenten Programs Include Talks and Meals
St Peter's Episcopal Church outlines Lent events with Ash Wednesday services at 6:30 and 9:15 a.m. and a 5:30 p.m. choral Eucharist. Weekday Eucharists, family nights, religious films, and a Sunday evening school of religion run through Lent with speakers from Episcopal parishes and a special high school study program.
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St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
St. Peter’s
St. Peter's
Anglican Communion
Joel Miller
St. Mark’s
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Clinton H. Blake Jr
Hoosac School
Richard Corlett
All Saints
Hoosack N.Y
Richard E Barrett
Hoosac Schoo
Robert L. Clayton
Zion
Manchester Center
Benhi PTA to Host Admissions Speaker March 7
Benhi High School PTA will meet in the auditorium on March 7 with guest Philip F. Smith assistant director of admissions at Williams College. He will discuss what colleges want and require from applicants. Smith is a Sutton Mass High School graduate of 1951 and earned a Williams College degree in 1955 and a Harvard teaching master's in 1956.
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Bennington High School
Benhi
Philip F. Smith
Williams College
Williamstown
Mass
Smith
Sutton Mass High School
Harvard
Needham Mass High School
Massachusetts
Governor Drummer Academy
South Byfield
Man in Tux Claims Head Table At Rochester Dinner
At a Democratic Party dinner in Rochester a guest in a tuxedo was handed a numbered slip by caterer Jim Foley. As the program neared, the man lingered near the head table and claimed he was seated at the head table, prompting Foley to question his station.
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Rochester
N. Y
Jim Foley
Williams Hosts 1959 Meeting Inviting Local Residents
A Williams event invites all area residents to attend with mentions of a faculty advisor to foreign students and the presence of a speaker. The notice frames the meeting as open to the community and highlights Williams as the host.
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Williams
Thrift Shop thanks Bennington merchants for donations
The Thrift Shop expresses gratitude to Bennington merchants Nichol’s Dragons Burt Bros. and others for new goods. Noon's provided a large batch recently. Mrs. Amuel Baker led the first Saturday month activities with Mrs. Ethel Morey assisting. Friday workers were Mrs. Fred Stickles Mrs. William Peet and Caroline Darlington. Unfilled requests include a file cabinet and a vacuum cleaner.
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Thrift
Bennington
Nichol’s
Dragons
Burt Bros
Amuel Baker
Ethel Morey
Fred Stickles
William Peet
Caroline Darlington
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Cora B. Whitney
Bernard MacDonald
Robin Harrington
Flat
Paul Ulrich
Melody
Cora B. School
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Javery
South
Vermont
Ernest H. Javery
Alan H. Page
North Bennington
A. Clements Crowe
Family Night
School of Religion
Sunday Evening School of Religion
Dorothy Sayers
Christ
the Inquirer
Armstrong Decoresq
Corson
Dunhams Furniture, Inc
Elm Street
Benhi Pta
Thrift Shop
Tita
Rambler
William & Bugbee, Inc
East Main St
Vermont Bank and Trust
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Vermont Bank
Member
Brattleboro
Bellows Falls
Chester
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