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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1965
Page
5
North Pownal Graded School District members met to discuss a possible April special meeting to decide whether to relinquish the charter and merge with Pownal Town School District. Attendees reviewed enrollment, debt, transportation, and post merger effects on grade placement and taxes.
A Civil Defense workshop at Manchester Elementary School on Wednesday serves local government and CD volunteers. Sponsored by the state Office of Civil Defense and UVM Evening Division, the program covers control center operation, communication systems including RACES and microwave, and emergency warnings. The session begins at 6 p.m.
Hoosick Falls Central School Symphonic Band directed by Luther Everly will perform at the New York State Pavilion during the World’s Fair on April 22 and 23. To fund the trip they sponsor a spaghetti supper on March 30 in the school cafeteria, co sponsor a Friday night school dance, and charge a general admission of $1 for the spring concert on April 14 to benefit the trip.
Manchester Vermont VFW and its auxiliary sent Lynn Averill and his wife to Dunedin Florida to present a white Vermont marble block engraved with the state name for a memorial at the Cala desi Causeway entrance. James Sullivan received an ash tray, Dorothy Seeley a marble chip necklace, and Charles Lillie shared quarry details as the group toured Tarpon Springs.
The Women’s Fellowship of Pownal Center Community Church organizes a 11 a.m. food sale at the Pownal Center Fire House on Saturday. Chairs are Mrs. Zuron Huse Mrs. John C. Barber and Mrs. David Niles. Proceeds fund church interior improvements. Also noted: Boy Scout Troop 34 15 members to receive second class hiking badges after a 5 mile hike to Flag Rock on Red Mountain led by Scoutmaster Robert Lindsey.
Dorset Fire Department chief Ernest Edgerton urges extreme caution with outdoor fires after a second grass fire near Vincent Cepela Sr. home. Volunteers quickly extinguished the blaze as conditions remain very dry.
The town clerk's office will close Thursday for the Town Officers Education Conference at 9 a.m. at the elementary school. Dogs must be licensed by April 1 with a rabies certificate if not on file. Mail requests are accepted by Town Clerk Clara May Hemenway with fees of 2 dollars for males or spayed females and 6 dollars for females.
Buxton School in Williamstown prepares three performances of Archibald MacLeish's J.B. with two at the Buxton Theatre and one at North Adams First Methodist Church. Proceeds from the North Adams show go to aid Mississippi burned churches. curtain at 8. Cast includes Farren Bratton, Jessica Bratton, Paul Cooper, Peter Count, and local students from Bennington, Adams, and Shaftsbury.
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