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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1965
Page
12
The Beech Street Company plans a new one story concrete block firehouse with room for a larger truck and a meeting room. fundraising begins this spring with a spring house cleaning auction in May and pickup of donated items in April.
The funeral of Norbert Goady owner of Goady Grocery Store on Gage Street, who died unexpectedly at his store Friday afternoon, drew a large crowd at Sacred Heart Church for a Requiem High Mass offered by Rev. Lawrence McAuliffe. Bearers were Edwin Maroney Jr, David Maroney, William Maroney, Alan Legacy, William Johnson and Charles Paquin. The Knights of Columbus chaplain Rev. Vincent J. Spinelli led the Rosary Sunday night, with a prayer service at Mahar & Son Funeral Home. Entombment was in Park Lawn Chapel with committal prayers by Father McAuliffe. burial will be in Park Lawn Cemetery. Relatives came from Farmington, Hartford, Conn., and nearby areas.
Admission notes list several patients and locations including Walter Carey, Margaret Malone, Edna Hall in Bennington, Jene nie Skidmore in Arlington, Dorothy Ely Plog in Schaghti coke New York. Discharges include Nancy Jones in Peru, Ruth McCart in White Creek, Lillian Lancour in North Bennington, and William Boardman in Manchester.
At the Bennington bloodmobile visit donors set new records in the Gallon Club. First gallon donors included Harold G. Baldwin James A Bow John Galvagni John J Gorman Thomas Hyland Eugene R Kosche and Everett D Lillie. Robert C Gaus topped the day with six gallons. George M Renner earned a 24th donation and a three gallon pin while Paul Caron reached four gallons.
Directors of the Greater Bennington School District at their Monday meeting called for a detailed accounting of how a 237000 Ford Foundation grant for curriculum improvement in southwestern Vermont is spent. They also discussed a study on easing student transitions between districts, especially mid year moves, to minimize lost course work. The board noted Hicks School building use and outlays from past sales and rents, plus bus driver changes and equipment concerns.
Bennington man Harold Dewey of Rooney Court is in good condition at Putnam Memorial Hospital after a Beech Street collision at 12:05 a.m. with a parked car owned by William Stryker of 227 Beech Street. Both cars left the road, crossed the lawn, and wrecked a swing set before stopping in lilac bushes.
Montpelier Vermont. Stella B Hackel commissioner of Employment Security announced that all 12 Vermont State Employment Service offices are recruiting for Job Corps openings. Applications sent to the Washington office will be reviewed. selected youths will work, earn and learn at Job Corps Centers nationwide. Eligibility includes ages 16 to 21, not in school, and unemployed.
A Bennington steering committee will meet at 7 30 tonight at United Counseling Service offices to review Economic Opportunity Act programs for local poverty reduction with two sub committees reporting on school drop outs and working mothers. Various local club meetings are scheduled including VFW Barracks 1955 auxiliary at 7 30 Thursday, BPO Elks at 8 tonight with officer nominations, and Lions Club at 6 30 tonight at Knotty Pine Restaurant with sea voyage talk and a film. The Peace Corps placement test is Saturday 8 30 am at Second Congregational Church with no pre registration needed and a fill in questionnaire available at post offices. The Business and Professional Women’s Club meets Wednesday at Mt Anthony Country Club starting 6 30 with charter presentation. A miscaptioned skier photo is corrected: the boy wearing number 41 is Duffy Outwater. Parents of Bennington High seniors meet Wednesday at 7 at the Bendix auditorium for graduation night plans. Serra Club meets Wednesday 6 30 at Paradise Restaurant for Father-Daughter dinner planning. A conservation film Trial by Waters will be shown Wednesday 8 pm at Bennington Free Library with discussion of Vermont Natural Resources Council. Circle 3 of First Methodist Church meets Wednesday 7 45 at Mrs Erwin Dunham's home. The AAUW book sale for an educational fund runs May 5 6 and 7 with donations accepted. contact information provided. Publication notes the sale location and hours to be announced.
Dow Jones noon figures show declines in all major groups with the industrials down and the composite and utilities slipping. The 30 industrials average falls, railroads and utilities also slide, while the overall index tests lower levels in Albany.
Mrs LaFlamme Exina Lae Flamme of Maple Street observed her 88th birthday Monday and was honored with a turkey dinner Sunday at the home of Mrs Emil Boutin on Division Street. Elmer LaFlamme and Mrs Henry LaFlamme helped arrange the event. Friends surprised her Monday night, presenting remembrances and a birthday cake. A native of Canada she has lived in Bennington for many years on Maple Street.
The Village of Bennington Board of Civil Authority will meet in the village clerk's office Saturday at 7 30 p m to add names to the checklist for the annual village meeting March 16. Residents who have turned 21 since April 1 1964 are entitled to vote but must appear before the board to have their names added and to take the Freeman's Oath. After Saturday only those who become 21 after March 13 can be added. Absentee ballots are available by calling Clerk Hilda Hurley. application must be filed by 9 p.m. Friday. Ballots distributed by justices of the peace on Monday, with clerk's office voting until noon Monday for those out of town. Office hours are 9 a.m. to noon Saturday and 1 30 to 3 p.m. Sunday.
Seniors at public and parochial high schools may apply for nearly 400 four year GM scholarships at over 200 colleges and universities. US citizens may compete, with entering freshmen receiving initial awards and renewals through four undergraduate years. Stipends range from 200 to 2000 dollars per year based on need. colleges decide final awards.
Burlington Vermont hosts the nation’s third Youth Opportunity Center opening at 80 St Paul Street. Stella B Hackel reports the center aids unemployed out of school youths ages 16 to 21, serves as a National Job Corps and Neighborhood Youth Corps recruitment site, and aims to coordinate local efforts to reduce duplication while offering counseling and skill development.
Middlebury College receives a Charles A. Dana Foundation grant to establish 45 Dana Scholars over three years for students with exceptional academics and leadership. About $650 per year each, starting 1965 66 with 15 sophomores, then 15 more in each of the next two years. Scholars may receive additional aid via loans or on campus work.
Mrs Myrtle Strong Allen a noted lecturer and book reviewer will headline the annual Women’s Interfaith dessert gathering at St Peters Parish Hall Bennington on April 28 She brings experience as a high school teacher and counselor offering practical insight For the event a large coordinating committee and many ticket chairs across area churches have organized the program and invites all women in Bennington Shaftsbury and Pownal to attend
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