Mt Anthony union offers contracts to most area teachers
The Mt Anthony Union School Board plans to offer contracts for next year to 57 of 68 junior and senior high teachers across Bennington North Bennington Shaftsbury and Pownal. 28 positions remain to be filled and names will be withheld until staffing nears completion. Screening for associate principal for grades seven and eight will begin after March 21 with any local system teacher eligible.
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Bennington
North Bennington
Shaftsbury
Pownal
Union
Howard F. Kelley
Marion Taylor
Mt. Anthony Union School
Kelley
Taylor
Supt
Union School Board
Mt. Anthony
State Department
Bennington Village
Welcome Wagon Club and local meeting notices
Bennington brief items include the Welcome Wagon Club meeting at 8 p.m. Thursday at 224 Washington Ave hosted by Phyllis Capriella with speaker June Nicholson. Also a nominations committee meeting of United Counseling Services at noon Thursday, New Englander Restaurant. AARP NRTA chapter meets Friday at 2 p.m. in Bennington Free Library social room with Edna Martin explaining AARP insurance. Three one act plays by Benhi Thespians Friday at 8 p.m. in Benhi auditorium with no admission. programs include The Wicked Four Ambulance Grandma Fixes Things.
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Welcome Wagon Club
Phyllis Capriella
Washington Ave
June Nicholson
United Counseling Service
Board of Trustees
New Englander
Southern Vermont
American Association of Retired Persons
Bennington Free Library
Edna Martin
NRTA
AARP
Benhi Thespians
Benhi
Funeral notices and local community updates in Bennington area
The bulletin records two funeral services, William H. Cutler and P. Harry Walsh, with details on churches, officiants, burial plans, bearers, and relatives from nearby areas. It also notes a Coventry Cathedral film event at St Peter's, a Brandon Training School meeting, and various ski reports and local administrative hiring discussions in Bennington.
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William H. Cuteler
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Frederick B. Wolf
Park Lawn
Lloyd Fleming
Murray Cutler
Kenneth Hill
Walter Parmenter
Mt Anthony Union High School plans equipment bids
Union school officials stated no fixed or movable equipment has been ordered yet as specifications are drafted with architects. Local suppliers will be invited to bid once areas are defined, while contracts were awarded to C L White Company for glass installation and to C and B Morse Block Company for pumice block used inside the school.
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B. Morse Block Company
Gemini overhead stars Castor Pollux and Helen link
The note places Gemini overhead in early evening with Castor and Pollux as bright stars. Castor lies northwest and Pollux southeast at distances of 45 and 35 light years. Myth says their sister Helen of Troy inspired a war. a storm threatened their voyage, and they became patron saints of sailors.
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Gemini
Castor
Pollux
Helen of Troy
Higgins Elected New Chairman of Bennington Board of Selectmen
Bennington selectmen held their first weekly session after Town Meeting and chose Joseph E. Higgins as chairman for a three year term. The panel also named Louis F. Lausville and Richard Van Santvoord, with Van Santvoord continuing as former chair. A five member housing project committee was formed including Rev. H. Glenn Payne and others to study elderly housing feasibility and visit Brattleboro. Planning commission membership and regional ties were clarified, listing Eugene C. Burt as chair and several other members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Threeman Board
Joseph E. Higgins
Louis F. Lausville
Richard van Santvoord
H. Glenn Payne
First Baptist Church
Raymond P. Betit
Francis J. Hogan
Atty
Robert E. Cummings Jr
Bennington Village
Joseph A. Pello Jr
Brattleboro
Planning Commission
Eugene C. Burt
James Davis
F. Ellwood Allen
Thomas Foster
Selectmen
Foster
Allen
Regional Commission
Town Commission
Charles Tilgner II
Tilgner
Davis
Edward H. Giles
Kenneth R. Clayton
Commission
Thomas P. Kinney Jr
William H. Morse
Lynn Woods Jr
Dean F. Hanson
William H. Fox
Roderick J. Humphreys
Winston W. Luther
Higgins
Bennington Residents at Montpelier Hearing on Highway Beautification
A Bennington delegation testified at a federal highway beautification hearing in Montpelier City Hall. They supported the Highway Beautification Act of 1965 and urged clear regulations on advertising signs along highways. The session, part of a nationwide March April tour, was led by Mrs. Norton Barber for the Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont with Col. H. Fairfax Ayres presenting for the Vermont Roadside Council.
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Montpelier
Benningtonians
Norton Barber
Federated
Carden Clubs of
Vermont
Department of Commerce
Bureau of Public Roads
H. Fairfax Ayres
Shaftsbury
Vermont Roadside Council
Selectmen Extend Deadline for Landfill Operator Applications
Bennington selectmen extended the deadline for applications to be landfill operator to Tuesday noon March 15. The job pays 92.50 weekly for experienced earth movers. Five applications have been received. a replacement is sought for retiree Theo Phile LaFlamme. The group also reviewed Lloyd Bevins proposed new junkyard site on Ore Bed Road after previously rejecting North Branch Street Extension.
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Bennington
Theophile LaFlamme
Selectmen’s
Selectmen
Lloyd Bevins
Bevins
North Branch Street
Elizabeth Burke
Williams and Bugbee
Wilson Ford
Bill Hogan
Chevrolet
Cadillac
Obituary: James Murray former Rutland golf pro dies
Funeral service for James Murray former Rutland golf professional who died after a long illness will be held at Tossing Funeral Home Rutland on Thursday. Born in Carnoustie Scotland he was a World War I veteran amateur golf champion and long time pro at Rutland Country Club. Survivors include widow Agnes Murray two daughters Joyce Murray and Mae Murray and son James Murray Jr. who played on the 1952 U S Curtis Cup Team. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery.
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P. Harry Walsh
Watervliet
N.Y
Putnam St
Troy
St. Francis de Sales
Francis B. Flanagan
Mahar & Son Funeral
Flanagan
Park Lawn Chapel
Park Lawn Cemetery
Harry Wrigley
Babcock Lake
Francis Marceau
Berne Vallie
Bennington
Leonard Morin
Stony Point
31St Internal Security Battalion
New York National Guard
Walsh
Col
Willard J. Walsh
Bronx
Elnora
Albany
Elmont
Rutland
James Murray
Plunkett Memorial Hospital
Adams
Mass
Tossing
Richard Sutter
Wallingford
Carnoustie
Scotland
James
Mary Ann (Tosh) Murray
France
New York State
Rutland Country Club
Wolferts Roost
Forest Park Country Club
North Adams Country Club
Agnes
Horne) Murray
Hugh Jones Jr
Montpelier
Mae Murray
Joyce Murray
Wayne
N.J
Arthur C. Currier
North Tewksbury
James Murray Jr
Jones
U.S
Evergreen Cemetery
San Diego
Calif
John Bennett Whiteway
Jamul
The
Polygraphic Co
North Bennington
San Diego County General Hospital
Somerville
Bruce and
Catherine (McKay) Whiteway
Watershed Forestry Service
California
Gavel Club
Toastmasters International
Canada
Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Benenington
Hospital Notes Admissions and Discharges Summary
Admissions list includes Mrs. June Reynolds Wayne Ketcham Mrs. Ida Collins Ben nington Mrs. Evelyn Arnold Bennington with March 7 noted. Discharges record Miss Jane Lake South Dorset Denver Coulter Bennington Miss Polly Dicranian Pownal and a son to Mr and Mrs Patrick Murphy 109 Soule St on March 8. Also a son born to Mr and Mrs Carleton Leonard Main Street North Pownal on March 8.
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June Reynolds
Wayne Ketcham
Ida Collins
Bennington
Evelyn Arnold
Jane Lake
South Dorset
Denver Coulter
Polly Dicranian
Pownal
Patrick Murphy
Soule St
Carleton Leonard
Main Street
North Pownal
Jubilee Observance Coordinated With Liturgy Weekend Program
The Bennington Catholic Deanery launches a Liturgical Commission weekend with a Friday 8 p.m. session at Bennington Catholic High School and a Sunday 3 p.m. Jubilee Mass at St. Francis de Sales Church led by Bishop Robert F. Joyce. Con-celebrants include Revs. Buckley Hoffman Whipple McGowan and rector Leonard Anzivino. workshops by Fr. Julien LaFlamme and Sister Mary St. Bernard highlight Directing Choirs and parish organists. The event, themed The People of God Renewed, gathers eight parishes and missions across Bennington County for lectures, music, and liturgical devotion.
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Post Council
Bennington Catholic
Liturgical Commission
Bennington Catholic High School
Robert F. Joyce
St. Francis de Sales
Gerald T. Buckley
St. Margaret Mary’s
Arlington
E. Edward Hoffman
Robert Loxley
Robert Kreig
Mission
Danby
Rutland County
Bennington
Sacred Heart
Our Lady of Lourdes
North Pownal
North Bennington
Sacred Heart School
Bennington High School
St. Michael’s College
Grand Seminary
Montreal
Notre Dame
St. John Vianney
St. Johnsbury
St. Augustine’s Parish
Montpelier
Mary St. Bernard
Water Board Sets Rate For Easements In Woodford
Bennington Village Water Board advances easement negotiations for a Bolles Brook to village reservoir pipeline. Property owners prefer hydrants over cash. hydrant rental costs may apply. Board to review wages, noting risk if key staff depart, and discusses thinning red pine on Burgess Road per county forester report.
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Bennington
Williams
Woodford
Water Department
Henry Hansen
Hansen
Cmsr
Seymour G. Shultz
Vermont lawmakers wrestle with junkyard and scenic bills
The House debated a highway funds bill risking 2.5 million in federal aid if junkyards survive on aided roads. Supporters argued action is needed while opponents warned of market limits and local solutions. A separate scenic resources bill seeks land purchases and a Scenery Preservation Council to protect Vermont’s countryside amid development pressures.
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Anthony C. Buraczynski
D-41
Brattleboro
Kenalene Collins
R-32
Readsboro
Clarence B. Coleman
R-131
Saxtons River
Coleman
Royal B. Cutts
Townshend
Fred Westphal
Elmore
Edward R. Eurich
Waitsfield
Westphal
Eurich
Vermont
Ira D. Whitney
Stamford
Conservation and Development Committee
Emory Heberd
Glover
U.S
Cutts
State of
Fish and Game
Water Resources
Arthur Gibb
R-15
Weybridge
Gibb
Coney Island
New Hampshire
Hebard
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Bennington Banner
Board
Bennington Briefs
William H. Cutler
Harry Walsh
Coventry
Brandon Training School Association
Brandon Training School
Merton Pike
National Association For Retarded Children
Paul Clermont
Dewey St
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Haystack Mountain
Bennington Club
Mason Amadons
Frederick Kennedys
Leo Plourdes
Ray Vivaldis
O’marra
Stratton Mountain
VFW
George O’brien
Country Squires
Snow Valley Ski Area
Board of Selectmen
John B. Whiteway
MSJ
John Longhurst
Milton Gill
Dartmouth
Norman Peterson
Eastman School of Music
Kalman Antos
Manhattanville College
Alessandro Esposito
Florence
Italy
Catherine Crosier
Harriet Slack Richardson
People of God
Water Board
Drysdale’s
Burt Bros
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Harte Theatre
SAT
SUN
Albert R Broquol
Ae Harry Saltzman
Sean Connery
Ren
Panavision Vee
United Artists
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