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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1966
Page
2
The Red Cross house-to-house fund drive begins tomorrow in Bennington Village with thirteen captains and assistants mobilized. Raymond B. Bowen chairs the Bennington County Chapter drive as other towns plan to join the effort.
LONDON AP News Over 100 demonstrators marched on Lambeth Palace to protest Archbishop of Canterbury’s planned visit to Pope Paul VI. They wore black armbands denouncing him as a traitor to Protestantism and calling the visit another betrayal of the Reformation. The British Committee of the International Council of Christian Churches organized the event and outlined drives across multiple towns with local organizers and county campaign chairs.
The Ben-Mont division of Wraptures Gift Wrap Inc announces a Torrance California plant to handle finished retail items from Bennington and tissue rolls from Wells River. The site serves 13 western states plus Hawaii and Alaska, boosting Western market sales and acting as a West Coast hub. George H. Phreaner will be General Manager West Coast. Albert H. Jones becomes Plant Superintendent. Phreaner previously led national sales at Bausch & Lomb and managed Xerox’s Los Angeles zone. Jones has 24 years with Bennington operations and will relocate with his family.
St Francis Academy parents and nuns filled a large audience as Sister Malachy and fifth graders presented a St Patrick program. Students wore green and performed songs dances and skits including The Shamrock and the Cross and a lively Irish jig. PTG plans hall painting redecorating and a new stage curtain with a next meeting set for April 27. The article also notes the vernal equinox and the sun’s movement giving about equal day and night hours.
Vermont Education Association executive secretary Weston Cate Jr spoke at a Bennington County School Directors gathering on upheaval in teaching. He urged strong director teacher communication to avoid unionization, noted NEA and AFT sizes, and cited reforms shaping districts and curricula.
Walter Morrissey and Fred Torrisi of the Vermont Student Council will appear on GBA this Sunday at 12 45 pm on WBTN. The VFW Auxiliary notice cancels a Sunday event honoring Edna Lloyd, to be rescheduled. Mt Anthony Chapter No 1 Eastern Star to pay last respects to Edith Thompson at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home tonight. Iron Kettle Weekend Special roast loin of pork dinner $2. Miss Corcoran outlines flexible vocational training with options to shift to college later. Courses include drafting, business machines, cooking, nursing, hotel work, forestry, horticulture, and animal husbandry. Anthony School District first year serves Mt Anthony towns, expanding next year to northern county Adler speaks for Pownal and expects the Mt Anthony vocational center ready Feb 1, 1967.
Mrs Edith Josephine Thompson 71 wife of Charles W Thompson Sr of Willow Road died Friday morning at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Born Gardner Mass June 7 1894 she moved to this community in 1940 after marriage. Survived by husband a son Donald W Thompson two daughters Lilla E Eyles and Barbara M Heins two sisters and one brother plus grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral Sunday 2 pm Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home with Rev Melvin R McGaughey officiating. Visitation today 2-4 and 7-9. Entombment Park Lawn vault. Memorials to Bennington Rescue Squad welcome.
Funeral services for Charles P. Meaney, a well known resident, were heavily attended at St. Francis de Sales Church after his death at Putnam Memorial Hospital. A Requiem High Mass was offered by Rev. Joseph F. Wiseman with a prayer at Mahar & Son Funeral Home. Bearers included Leo Slattery, Thomas Slattery, George Beshara, Edward Pinsonneault Sr., Thomas Madden, and Hugh Clark. Rev. Richard McGowan led the Rosary the night before.
Mrs Jame Ann Temple Barron died Wednesday at 94. Funeral at Hanson Walbridge with Rev Thomas Steffen officiating. She belonged to Second Congregational Church 77 years and was its oldest member. Eastern Star service, lengthy delegation, entombment at Park Lawn with family plot burial planned this spring. Attendees from Corinth Cohoes Patc hogue NY Gardner MA Brattleboro and nearby area.
HOLLYWOOD UPI George Hamilton squired girlfriend Lynda Bird Johnson to MGM Studios for lunch and a tour of movie sets Friday as the cross country romance blossomed. Hamilton, seen with Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau, visited the LBJ Ranch last weekend and had called on Lynda in Washington. Secret service kept plans secret to avoid crowds while Hollywood followed the couple.
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