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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1963
Page
5
Ethan Allen Pomona Grange will meet Tuesday at 8 with Bat tenhill Grange as host in West Arlington Youth night led by Elaine Decker. program and meeting conducted by young people. A talent contest will be conducted by the lecturers.
Bennington Postmaster Stanley J. Pekalski warns children against throwing snow ice and other items into mailboxes. He notes several Bennington Village boxes used for nonmail purposes recently including the corner of Gage and Safford Streets. Mail damage has occurred with ink obliterated and letters stuck together. Offenders will face strict penalties if caught.
New York State Police Trooper John Mickarz was wounded in the leg when his service pistol discharged Sunday noon at his cottage near Babcock Lake. He was transported to Cohoes Hospital by the Town of Hoosick Rescue Squad for treatment.
Hoosick Falls native Dennis J. Sausville Third Class will transfer to Norton Air Force Base California after completing a United States Air Force technical training course for communications wiring specialists. He trained to install cables and poles and to assemble steel towers for antennas. He is the son of Mr and Mrs C F Sausville of 4 Estabrook Ave Hoosick Falls. A St Marys Academy graduate he joined the service in September 1962.
The North Bennington Girl Scout cookie sale runs March 10 to 16 with Mrs. Albert White as cookie sale chairman. The Red Cross drive, chaired by Mrs. John Kennedy, also runs March 11 to 16. PTA meeting at North Bennington School Tuesday features a panel on youth issues with Daniel Holland, Mrs. Curtis Flory, and David Jarecki.
Transportation to the annual village meeting at Town Hall is available by calling Mr and Mrs Robert LaMorder or Mr and Mrs Karma Putnam. Topics include licensing or regulating restaurants and snow removal funding. A Beav er Brook Parent Teachers Club meeting discusses bicycle racks and the athletic banquet. Oral Sabin vaccine Wednesday at Deerfield Valley Health Center. The Village Trustees meet Tuesday and the American Legion Auxiliary gathers Wednesday.
Pownal residents vote on a 1,650,000 bond to build and equip a high school for Union School District No. 14 with polling at Town Hall from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eligible voters will be checked by a revised list. recounting will occur at Bennington Elementary School.
The Arlington list shows weekly meetings and socials from March 11 to March 16. Activities include a PTA talk on school band music at Fisher School, Legion Auxiliary meeting, Arlington Chorus, 4 H and Eastern Star gatherings, a Youth Fellowship pancake supper, Lions meet at West Mountain Farm, and a Turkey supper at American Legion to aid the Clifford Jennings fund.
Arlington Martha Canfield Library welcomes three new board members Mrs. John Moore Rev Charles Grande and Mr Tom Weakley. The meeting covered book selection circulation budgets and funds including 2761 in a Book of the Month Club fund and a 900 yearly books budget.
Community mourns Barbara Higgins and plans tangible sympathy gifts via Don Kendall Jr as Cub Scout Pack chair. 1963 Red Cross Drive runs through the month with door to door contributions, while local workers promote water safety and first aid courses benefiting Arlington and surrounding areas.
Shaftsbury Methodist Church Women meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Mrs. Jessie Peters home on East Street with Stella Hawkins presenting a chapter condensation from On Asia's Rim. A Pancake Supper by the Men's Group is Saturday at 5 p.m. at the church with maple syrup and advance tickets. Shaftsbury School Association meets tonight at 8 at the school. Staff Sergeant John A. Cullen of Hoosick Falls N Y has arrived at Woodbridge RAF Station England for assignment with U S Air Forces in Europe. he is the son of Mrs E Rabideau and has a wife Muriel and three children.
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