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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1966
Page
7
Pownall and North Pownal post offices host Medicare enrollment blanks while a town clerk offers extra dog registration hours. Other items note a public hearing on highway land taking, a card party at Pownal Center Fire Department, and local residents traveling for spring breaks amid a snowy weekend with ski conditions improving at Bromley and Stratton.
Maj Gen Ogden J. Ross retired U S Army and holder of colors in New York will be principal speaker for memorial services at Hoosick Falls Armory April 16 and at the military reunion banquet. He recalls World Wars I and II service with the 27th Division and 105th Infantry, with honors awarded to Hoosick Falls and Troy veterans. more confirmations arrive from NY National Guard and NY State Guard leaders as former citizen soldiers are urged to return reservation cards promptly.
White Creek Pvt James Brown of Ft Benning Ga spends a 30 day leave with his grandmother Mrs Catharine Harrington Jimmie has re enlisted for six more years Thomas Nesbitt spent the weekend from Norwich University with his parents Mr and Mrs Gordon Nesbitt Francis Murphy was confined to his home last week by illness Raymond Niles a senior at State University at Cobleskill was with the Charles Niles this past weekend
Joseph Barber, local historian, spoke to the Kiwanis Club about plans for a Bennington commemoration at Battlefield Park Walloomsac on Aug 16. Veterans groups and others will join. A March 30 Municipal Building meeting will arrange further steps for what is hoped as an annual affair.
Arlington updates list visits by Mrs Guy Maynard and Mrs Gilbert Vaughn from Bermuda, a birthday supper for Legion members on March 22, and the Arlington Fire Department hosting its first St Patrick's social. Allan Robertson and Mrs Thomas Coleman will collect solicitor folders at the Community House Friday 3 to 5 pm, with many ladies and gentlemen named among organizers and attendees. The Red Cross drive for 1966 begins March 20 led by co chairs.
Arlington blood drive organizers expect a strong turn out next Wednesday afternoon at the Arlington Memorial School aiming to lift the bank with 100 pints. Donor tallies show Mrs. Lillian Henderson leading women with 36 pints and Sen. Allan Angney among men with 38 pints, as committees push for higher female participation and broader family support.
Mrs Elva Morrison returns to West Arlington after an extended stay in Los Angeles where she visited relatives and friends. Since selling her valley home, she has been staying at Cut-Leaf Maples in Arlington.
John F. Sawyer son of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Sawyer was discharged from the Army in February after three years of service. He taught communications at Ft Monmouth and in Okinawa where he learned some Japanese. He plans to audit courses at Burr and Burton Seminary in preparation for Columbia University summer school in New York.
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