Bennington Swim Team Holds First Awards Presentation
The Bennington Recreation Age-Group Swim Team held its first Awards Buffet at Mt. Anthony Union High School on February 26 to honor 30 members. Certificates, ribbons, swim-a-thon awards from the International Swimming Hall of Fame, and age-group trophies were presented. Penny Armstrong and Andy Corey were named 1975 Swimmers of the Year. Corey plans to attend Evansville University. team practices resume in June.
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Bennington Recreation
Mt. Anthony Union High School
International Swimming Hall of Fame
Julie Corey
Lisa Reed
Marion Crowell
Lisa LaPierre
Gail Corey
Leslie Johnson
Penny Armstrong
Hoosick Falls
Andy Corey
Bennington
Pat Schaffer
Corey
Evansville University
Indiana
Rotary hears history welcomes new Bennington members
The Bennington Rotary Club added James Conway and Peter Cook as new members. Speaker Ivor Pelsue marked Rotary’s 70th anniversary with a historical talk on its growth. The article also recounts Rotary founder Paul Harris’s 1905 Chicago meeting and the club model emphasizing service, one member per business category, and global expansion including Rotaract and Interact programs and student exchange for world peace.
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Bennington
Ivor (Tink) Pelsue
Rotary
Chicago
Paul Harris
Rotary Club
Plain Dirt Gardeners Hold March Meeting in Bennington
The Plain Dirt Gardeners met March 11 in the Second Congregational Church social rooms with hostesses Mrs. Joel Whittemore Mrs. James Darrow and Mrs. Arthur Roberts. The club voted to present a garden related book to Hoosac School library in memory of Mrs. Stanley Pike. They discussed bluebird houses maple syrup methods plant exchange and house plant care with tips on light soil water and monthly fertilizer.
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Plain Dirt
Second Congregational Church
Bennington
Joel Whittemore
James Darrow
Arthur Roberts
Walter Dunham
Hoosac School
Stanley Pike
Vermont
Garden Club
Robert Breese
Harold Riemann
Mt Anthony MAU plans Bicentennial Day event
The Mt Anthony Union High School Student Bicentennial Committee schedules a March 19 Bicentennial Day with Vermont Bicentennial Executive Director James E. Hormel speaking on Vermont’s Historic Transportation System. Guests include state and local officials, representatives from Arlington and Manchester High Schools, a festive buffet, class discussions, and an assembly highlighting Vermont’s ambitious historic transportation project.
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Mt. Anthony Union High School
Vermont
John A. Burgess
Arlington
Manchester
Red Mountain
Martyn Moore
Edward White
Eileen Whitney
Mindy McNear
Andy Shaw
Terry’ Learned
Hrbcepa
Williamstown
Mass
Margaret Harris
Laurie L’heureux
Marie Labonte
Nancy Martell
Mel Crawford
David Frost
Bob Paulin
David
Epilepsy Association opens new Rutland office
The Vermont Epilepsy Association opened a new Rutland office at 210 South Main Street on Thursday March 13 with a board meeting and the introduction of Jeannette Ullman Sherman as executive director. The group plans public education referral and advocacy nationwide lacking in Vermont.
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Rutland
Vermont Epilepsy Association, Inc
South Main St
Jeannette Ullman Sherman
Howard Shortsleeves Jr
Vermont Epilepsy Association
Burlington
DeGoesbriand
Medical Center Hospital of
Vermont
Epilepsy Association
Sherman
Castleton Women’s Clubs
Vermont Federation of
Council On Aging
Geneva
League of Women Voters
Council For
Children’s Aid
Vermont Achievement Center
Governor’s Commission For the
Rutland County
Red Cross drive nears final phase in Bennington County
The Bennington County Red Cross chapter moves into the final phase of its March campaign to fund blood donations Gray Ladies services training and disaster and military programs. Campaign leadership includes Rev Dr Frederick Vogell and a large slate of local volunteers with 12 district captains and 100 solicitors slated to canvass by March 28.
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Frederick W. Vogell
First United Methodist Church of
Bennington Briefs and Local Notices
Bennington reports a Girl Scout Connie Bowen lost about $18 in cookie sale receipts, asking finders to call 442-6560. money possibly on Morgan Street or Imperial Hamlin Avenue. Also, Bennington Rural Fire Department Auxiliary meeting set tonight at 7:30 at Fairdale Farms Firehouse. Mrs Owen Brittell showed a Begonia variety from Germany. Dr. Manindra Ghosh office to close March 15 to 22. An ADV ad notes Davey Oil gas price and real estate promotion by Shea Agency Inc.
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Connie Bowen
Bennington
Morgan Street
Imperial Hamlin Avenue
Senior Citizens Bowl at Bennington Lanes Honors Top Bowlers
Irene O Grady led the women with 170 and 438 while Maude Rogers scored 160 and 386. Bob McClure had the high men single with 182 and Harold Prebble earned the high triple at 480, just ahead of McClure's 479.
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Irene O’grady
Bennington Lanes
Maude Rogers
Bob McClure
Harold Prebble
Prebble
McClure
New Fiction and Local Stories at Bennington Free Library
Bennington Free Library unveils a mixed feature of new fiction titles from authors including Allbeory Bahr Caldwell Campbell and Chastain with themes of espionage romance suspense and psychological intrigue. The list highlights works like Omega Minus The Spy Who Sat and Waited and Pandora's Box along with notes on a Bennington County Mounted Posse meeting and a travel presentation by Sally Howell.
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Brady
Caldwell
Atlantis
Campbell
Canning
Chastain
Pandora’s Box
Coxe
Delbanco
Dickinson
Oes Faulkner
Fitzgerald
Foote
Baby Love
Casey Blue
Arris
Moscow
Garfield
Glanville
Bennington County Mounted Posse
Bradford Firehouse
C. H. van Steemburg
Robert Cash
Sally Howell
Morrisville
N.Y
Pacific
Gluyas
Lady
Benbrook
Hintze
Howes
Sea-Green Horse
L’amour
Rivers West
McGivern
New York
Meggs
Paradise
Peters
Priestley
Salt
Roberts
Greece
Rosen
Siegel
Spooner
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Andrew Corey
Eugene Clark
Melvin Dyson
Merck Forest
CTA Comar Studio
Shea Agency Inc
Main Street
Benn
Plante Jewelers
Main St
MAU
Red Cross Fund
Shortsleeves
Beth Cheadle
William Christmas
Esther Cohen
John Crowley
David Curtis
Joan Garvin
Eleanor Hartmann
John Hartnett
Edward Houlihan
James Jeffords
Marc Kessler
Ann Leary
Edson McKee
Robert W. Maguire
Clara Marshall
Arlene Martell
Louise Niles
Helen Noble
Jane Papford
Charles Pose
Department of Neurology
GLC
Developmental Disabilities Council
Joseph Quinn
The
Epilepsy Foundation of American
Bennington Briefs
Owen Brittell
Manindra Ghosh
ADV
Davey Oil
Bennington Free Library
Trippett
Ellen
People’s Yellowit Pages of
America
Kid Garvin
Aligioug America
Werners
Hargrove
Helfer
Hewes
Jay Beckwith
Hirsch
Castor
J & C Ferrara
Atkins & Gould Jewelers
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