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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1976

Page

9

Pownal Community Meetings and Events Tonight

Local groups in Pownal host meetings at 7 to 7:30 PM across the town. Fire protective associations, youth groups, church cabinets, and a recreational center plan sessions at firehouses, town hall, and churches with a March 19 dance at the center and a well baby clinic last Friday attending 21 children.

Pownal Fire Protective Association Pownal Center Town Hall Pownal Berkshire Guitar Combo

Dorset Playhouse Announces Full Summer Season

Dorset announces a full summer theater season under Jill and John Charies with Harlequin Ltd. featuring Pat and Fred Jael of Caravan Theatre. Six productions include The Fantasticks and The Shine Boys plus a new play by Fred Carmichael. Season tickets offered with fixed-seat prebooking or flexible pre-season packages.

Dorset Dorset Playhouse Jill JohnCharlées Harlequin Ltd Pat Fred Jael Caravan Theatre Company Harlé Quin The Fantasticks Tom Jones Harvey Schmidt New York Shine Boys Neil Simon Fred Carmichael

Shaftsbury Girl Scout Troop 284 offers free seniors help

Girl Scout Troop 284 will run errands and do light housework for senior citizens on Saturday March 13 as part of their service project for Girl Scout Week. For information or arrangements call 442-3371 or 447-7881.

Shaftsbury

Inmate Sets Mattress Fire at Rensselaer County Jail

Inmate Raymond Brundige, 18, set a mattress blaze in his cell during lunch hour on March 5 at Rensselaer County Jail. He had been jailed three weeks for unlawfully entering Hoosick Falls Central School, causing over 1500 dollars in damage. Correctional Officer Norman Bedard pulled him from the cell, and Brundige remains in critical condition at Albany Medical Center while officials investigate. Troy Police and Fire Department responded and inmates and staff received smoke inhalation treatment.

Hoosick Falls N.Y Rensselaer County Raymond Brundige Johnsonville Hoosick Falls Central School Kenneth Ashley Troy Ashley Brundige Norman Bedard Albany Medical Center Bedard Samaritan Hospital Troy Fire Department Pumper 1 Troy Rescue Squad Benedict Nowik

Community Calendar Shows and Meetings This Week

The schedule lists Lions Club rehearsal at the high school Monday at 7 30 p m. Well Baby Clinic at Community House Tuesday at 1 3 p m with transport help via 2549 before noon. Arlington Chorale rehearsal at Bailey Hall Tuesday 7 30 p m. American Legion Auxiliary meets at Legion rooms Tuesday 8 p m. AA meets at St Margaret Mary Hall Tuesday 8 p m. Wednesday includes WWI Veterans of Manchester and Arlington meeting at VFW rooms 2 p m.

Lions Club High School Well Community House Arlington Chorale Bailey Hall American Legion Auxiliary Legion Rooms St. Margaret Mary Hall WWI Veterans of Manchester Arlington VFW

Arlington Community Event Schedule Evening Notes

Arlington Helene Thompson coordinates a weekly slate of club and church activities in Manchester including rescue squad drills at squad rooms and Lenten Bible study at St. Margaret Mary Hall. Arlington Lions, FOE 2551 and Red Mt. Lodge host meetings and a variety show at the high school with bingo at Fisher School and Grange hall. AA meets close the week at St. Margaret Mary Hall.

Helene Thompson Manchester Arlington Rescue St. Margaret Mary Hall FOE Eagle Rooms Red Mt Masonic Temple Arlington Lions Club Arlington Fire Co Fisher School VFW Red Mt. Lodge Battenhill Grange Grange Hall West Arlington

Arlington Rescue Squad offers advance refresher March 15

The Arlington Rescue Squad schedules an advance refresher course for March 15 at 6 30 p m at the squad house. The Meals Programs for the Elderly is sponsored by UCS and administered by the Office on Aging with federal and contributed funds. Virginia Andrews and Nellie Hayden run the Arlington program with help from Arlington Memorial High School students and local citizens.

Arlington UCS Office On Aging Virginia Andrews Nellie Hayden Arlington Memorial High School

Dorset town meetings and events listed for week

Dorset selectmen meet at the town office at 7 30 p m on Monday and the school board gathers at Dorset Elementary on Wednesday at 7 30 p m. A Brownie meeting follows after school at Dorset United Church. A photography show by Ed Ferenc of East Rupert with haiku captions by Jane Gilbert runs at Dorset Library throughout March.

Selectmen’s Dorset Dorset United Church Ed Ferenc East Rupert Jane Gilbert

Vermont campaign offices closed for Sargent Shriver

In Vermont three Shriver for President offices in Burlington Bennington and Brattleboro were shuttered though staff may stay on for now. Aides may campaign in the Illinois primary if Shriver remains in the race and strive to win delegates to the National Democratic Convention in April and May.

Burlington UPI Vermont Sargent Shriver Shriver Massachusetts Jimmy Carter Mark Fox Bennington Brattleboro Fox Illinois

City council to vote on obtaining confidential police files

In Troy a special session will decide if City Manager John P. Buckley must turn over confidential police records after Democrat Steven G. Dworsky claimed the charter allows the council to demand such information. Buckley is absent on vacation and could push the issue to court if he resists. A separate Troy item notes renewal for urban renewal director Francis E. Yankowski, with Republicans expressing doubt and possible delay.

Troy John P. Buckley Steven G. Dworsky Buckley City Urban Renewal Agency Francis E. Yankowski

Berkshire teen linked to grandfather death extradition in Conn

Daniel A. Murray, 16, of Lee, was captured in Simsbury Conn and faces Windsor Court extradition on charges tied to a murder case in Massachusetts. Police initially called the grandfather Donald A. Lee’s death suspicious before autopsy showed multiple blows to the head.

Donald A. Lee

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