Know Your Town Government edition to be published
The Banner will publish a new Know Your Town Government on Saturday March 16 compiled by the League of Women Voters. It updates the 1950 edition with recent Town Meeting changes and lists committee co chairs and members who prepared the work.
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The
Banner
League of Women Voters
League
Duncan A. Campbell
Danforth Geer
Clarence Howard
Thomas Bushman
Thomas Foster
John Ficaciello
L. W. Gillette
Frank Howlett
Robert Kellogg
Ruth Levin
Elmer Loemker
Wallace Scott
John Shannon
Charles Tilgner II
Jehovah's Witnesses begin door to door ministry in Bennington area
Nicholas Parfomchuk of Lincoln Hill Road White Creek New York announced that Marvin L Holten district supervisor for the Northeastern U S and a Watchtower Society traveling representative began a special week of activity in the Bennington area Holten will join local ministers tonight and Thursday for home missionary calls The service is described as the method used by Jesus Christ and His apostles The Circuit Assembly at Mt Anthony Union High School March 16 and 17 features Holten as convention chairman and keynote speaker with a public lecture Be Confident of Divine Victory Sunday at 2 p m All sessions are free of charge Holten a Jasper Minnesota native and ordained minister for 35 years has spent about 30 years as traveling representative in the U S and Puerto Rico
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Parfomchuk
Lincoln Hill Road
White Creek
N.Y
Bennington Area
Jehovah's Witnesses
Marvin L. Holten
U.S
Parfomchuk
Jesus Christ
Holten
Kingdom Hall
Shaftsbury
Mt. An
Thony Union High School
Holien
Jasper
Minn
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island Eyed for 600 Million Oil Refinery
Gov. Philip Noel met Greek magnates from Olympic Refineries led by Constantine Gratsos and Nicholas Papanicolaou to discuss a possible 400000 barrel per day refinery at the Melville fuel tank farm in Portsmouth. A formal proposal would follow only if Rhode Island residents show clear receptiveness to the project.
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Providence
R.I
Noel
Constantine Gratsos
Nicholas Papanicolaou
Olympic
Gratsos
Melville
Portsmouth
Navy
Newport Naval Base
Papanicolaou
Durham
N.H
Cougar Sightings Highlight New England Journalism
New England residents report mountain lion sightings amid folklore and recent Maine accounts. Beatrice Farrand Maki’s Yankee magazine story recounts a 1960 New Portland sighting and situates the lion in regional history, sparking discussion among legislators and residents about wildlife protection and regional identity.
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Dublin
N.H
New
Skowhegan
Maine
Somerset
New England
Obituaries and funeral notices for Thompson Stratton Bazino Buell
Funeral services were held for Robert G. Thompson Jr of Shaftsbury who died March 8 at Bennington Convalescent Center. Also listed are the funerals for Marion Stratton of Bennington and Elizabeth Bazino of North Bennington. Burial details and bearers are given. A wake note mentions refinery proposals and community development. Marine Pvt Arthur L Buell graduated from basic training in San Diego.
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Robert G
Lucky’’ Thompson Jr
Shaftsbury
Bennington Convalescent Center
United Methodist Church
A.J. MacDonald
Eleanor Lawrence
Steven Sallisky
Theron Thrombley
David Wickenden
Ed Loveland
Steve Freely
Ronald Daniels
Center Shaftsbury Cemetery
Mr. MacDonald
Robert P
Richard A
Ricky A
Marion L. Jepson Stratton
Smith G. Stratton Sr
East Road
Bennington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Hanson- Walbridge
Richard Campbell
First United Methodist Church of
Clayton
Gerald
Stanley Jepson
Charles
Milton Harrington
Elizabeth Bazino
Church St
North Bennington
St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church
Gerald Buckley
St. Margaret Mary’s Church
Arlington
Miss Bazino
Michael A. Demasi
Park Lawn
Hanson-Walbridge
Lawrence Deery
M.I
St. John the Baptist Church
Arthur L. Buell
Alfred G. Buell
Water Street
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
San Diego
Calif
Bennington Briefs Catamount Gadabout to Host Dance
The Catamount Gadabout square dance club in Bennington will host a dance at Molly Stark School this Saturday night from 8 to 11 with Jim Ford of Barre as guest caller. All western-style dancers including class members are welcome. Also noted is U S A F Sgt Randall C Murray arriving for duty at Bergstrom AFB Texas. he is Mt Anthony Union High School 1970 graduate and a personnel specialist with a Tactical Air Command unit. His wife Charlotte Rowley is daughter of SM Sgt and Mrs Kenneth D Rowley of Austin.
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Catamount Gadabout Square Dance Club
Bennington
Molly Stark School
Jim Ford
Barre
Raymond C. Murray
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Texas
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Tactical Air Command
Charlotte Rowley
Kenneth D. Rowley
Austin
Thrift Shops Offer Spring Goods and Donations
The Bennington shop stocks tablecloths shoes records and toys and asks for paperbacks men’s shoes and houseware. North Bennington shop features crutches children’s boots rubber bath mats new spring clothes and a tape recorder. Hours are Thursday and Friday 1 to 5 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Bennington
North
Mass transit plan favors urban areas over rural regions
Transportation Secretary Claude Brinegar told the Senate subcommittee the administration’s unified transportation act would focus on high priority needs in urban centers and exclude funds for cities under 50,000, drawing ire from senators from smaller states while the plan seeks to merge highway and mass transit programs and speed up the interstate highway system.
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Herve St. Pierre
Congress St. Bennington
Four Squires
Stamford
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Marvin L. Holien
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Vermont
Yankee
Yankee Inc
Pic
Laurent Russo
Robert G. Thompson Jr
Mrs. Smith G. Stratton Sr
David Mattison
White Chapel Cemetery
Mr. Campbell
Russo
Demetrios Haseotes
Cumberland
Davisville
Bennington Briefs
U.S.A.F
Randall C. Murray
Shea Insurance Center
Nichols
Carl A. Pomeroy
Eddington-Hogan Chevrolet
Brinegar
Department of Transportation
Mammoth Martin
Bankamericard
Athing & Gould
Sudbury
Greenmont Center West Road
Qiana
Hotel Putnam Bldg
Vocus and Vanity
Colonial Shopping Ctr
Williamstown
Mass
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