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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Mar 21, 1962

Page

6

Shaftsbury Clerk Office Closed for Officers Conference

Shaftsbury town clerk Pauline Knapp says the Clerk's Office is closed all day Thursday while she attends a town officers conference in Manchester. Other attendees from Shaftsbury include Miss Jean Henry, overseer, Mrs. Fred Stacy, justice of the peace, and William Barber and Ernest Allen, sisters.

Shaftsbury Pauline Knapp Manchester Jean Henry Fred Stacy William Barber Ernest Allen

West Hoosick Community Notices and Visits

The West Hoosick Baptist Church class will meet at Mrs. Rena Sherman's home on Monday evening. Residents share weekend visits including Sandra Betit with Bob Cole in Hoosick Falls and Hulda Eddy visiting Mrs. Rathbun in Massachusetts. The Baptist Youth Fellowship and leaders enjoyed a Troy movie and a Sand Lake rally. A birthday dinner honored Mrs. Lloyd Pine and Mrs. Ambrose Brown with guests from Petersburg and nearby towns.

United Class West Hoosick Baptist Church Rena Sherman Sandra Betit Bob Cole Hoosick Falls Hulda Eddy Charles Eddy Johnsonville Norman Rathbun Cheshire Mass Pat Nash Susan Eddy Baptist Youth Fellowship Troy Sand Lake John Rathbun Walter Bink Kathy Ann Bink Walter Herrington Melrose Ben English Center Cambridge Wells Eddy Thomas Barber Robert Higgins Petersburg Lloyd Pine Ambrose Brown Mr. Pine George Lewis Floyd Humphrey Higgins Paul Bentley Shirley Lewis Chestertown N.Y William Pine Paula Moseley Oneonta Beverley Baker Broome Tech Donald Baker Fort Dix Raymond Cottrell Shirley Cottrell Jessee Frisbie Christ Methodist Church

Life of Bell Subject of College Lecture at Bennington

Keil or Bentley curator of the Alexander Graham Bell Museum in Baddeck Nova Scotia will speak at Bennington College on Monday March 26 at 8 p.m. in the Carriage Barn. He will show slides to accompany the lecture on the life and work of Bell. The event is open to the public.

North Bennington Keilor Bentley Alexander Graham Bell Museum Baddeck Nova Scotia Bennington College Bell

Peru Mabel Whitney Tel. VA 4-6691 Daulton Mann III trip abroad

Daulton Mann III son of Mr and Mrs Daulton Mann Jr attends school in Northboro Massachusetts and is enjoying a trip to Switzerland and France with a group of school mates. Mr and Mrs Francis Daley have returned after being called to Philadelphia by the death of his mother. Pearl D Lakin confined at home by illness from a severe cold.

Daulton Mann III Daulton Mann Jr Northboro Mass Switzerland France Francis Daley Philadelphia Pearl D. Lakin

West Arlington 4-H Groups Share Dinner and Calendar plans

West Arlington Girls Junior 4-H Club signed a scroll to be made into a 4-H calendar and voted against giving to the Red Cross. Maureen Peck and Donalyn Hagelberg demonstrated baking powder biscuits and cocoa. The West Arlington and Lone Meadow Range Boys 4-H clubs held their annual supper with about 50 attendees. Bennington County 4-H agent James Edgerton spoke and showed a project film at the Conservation Camp.

West Arlington Red Cross Maureen Peck Donalyn Hagelberg West Arlington Club Lone Meadow Range James Bud) Edgerton Bennington County

Norshaft-Arlington Little League Meeting Planned

NORTH BENNINGTON The Norshaft Arlington Little League schedules an important meeting for Thursday March 22 at 7 30 p.m. in the Shaftsbury Fire house. All interested in the league work including the minor leagues and all league personnel are urged to attend.

Norshaft-Arlington North Bennington Norshaft-Arlington Little League Shaftsbury

Easter Seals Letters Delivered by Arlington Patrol

Arlington residents helped deliver letters containing Easter seals on Friday to save postage for aiding a crippled child. Girl Scouts and mothers attended a Mother and Daughter Banquet on March 10. Chemistry biology and earth science projects will be shown at the high school gym tonight until 9 p.m. Rudolph Woodcock organized the fair. New arrival Mrs. Robert Benedict welcomed a daughter born March 16 to Mr. and Mrs. Valmore Clifford of Cleveland Ohio, weighing 5 pounds 1 ounce.

Robert Macksey Rudolph Woodcock Memorial School Robert Benedict Valmore Clifford Cleveland Ohio Clifford Bennington

Molly Stark Student Council Plans Roaring Twenties Dance and More

Molly Stark Student Council held March 14 approving a Charleston and Twist contest with prizes and selecting decoration, cleanup, and refreshment committees. The group discussed a new plaque for Field Day winners, a replacement record player, and funding half the cost of an overhead projector. The Drama Club will stage The Dear Departed on April 6 with ninth graders in the cast.

Molly Stark Miss Goodermore Drama Club Stanley Houghton Amy Handy Alden Graves Joan Holmes Doris Bushey Tom Harrington Gary Gore

Alumni Basketball Fun At St Marys In Hoosick Falls

St Marys Alumni Association held its annual alumni game with seven through eighth graders in a novelty match. Seniors won 55 53 against Young Alumni while Pete Melesky led seven graders with 16 points and McGuire and Gluchowski added 13 for varsity.

St. Mary’s Alumni Association Pete Melesky Ken Kennedy LaFlamme Moore Salluzzo Henry Bromirski Jr McGuire Gluchowski P. J. Graney

Easter Seal Drive spans Wilmington area with letters mailed

Mrs. Leonard Johnson and Mrs. John Willard Sr. chair Easter Seal efforts in Wilmington and West Dover with about 160 letters sent and 150 mailed so far. Recipients are urged to send contributions to the chairmen while Girl Scouts distribute seals. In Searsburg Mrs. Gordon Rice leads the drive. A Juniors group served 136 suppers raising about 130 dollars, with kitchen duties listed. Beaver Brook School for five year olds begins at Wilmington Congregational Church vestry on April 2 under Mrs. William Preston and Mrs. Louise Childs with nominal fees.

Leonard Johnson John Willard Sr Easter Seal Society Girl Scouts Johnson Willard Lawrence Brissette Albert Brissette Brissette LeJeune N.C Pensicola Fla West Dover Edith Burchards Helen Upton Gordon Rice Searsburg Congregational Women’s Association John Willard Carl Ball Welden House Earl Rafus Jr Beth

Middlebury Names Vermont Student on Dean's List

Katherine A. Leary of Manchester Center is the only Bennington area scholar on Middlebury College's dean's list for the first semester. She is among 141 students nationwide and 10 Vermonters honored for high scholastic achievement.

Middlebury Katherine A. Leary Manchester Center Bennington Area Middlebury College

Mail carrier retires after 37 years in Ellismore

Glen Kingen aged 70 retired in March after 37 years as a mail carrier. He says he wore out one buggy three horses and sixteen cars on the job and has received eight safe driving awards from the National Safety Council.

Ellismore Glen Kingen National Safety Council

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Marianna Paquin Pam Thompson Hilltop Girls Blanche Center Carl Stacy West Hoosick Jean Pine DIAL Peru Mabel Whitney Arlington Ann Marsh Girl Scout News Science Fair Molly Stark News Linda Wirasnik Beverly Bushey Barbara Carpenter Bette Sherman Leslie Wager Sandra Perez Thomas Hall Frances Snow Dianne Carbonaro Fienberg Coats RAND Lon Main ST Edith Beaumont SMA Bob Sheridan Nickie See John J. Lamond Ralph Moll Jr Laura Crowley Charles Crowley Waldron Avenue Mary McClellan Hospital Charles Frazier Cummings Street St. Peters Hospital Albany Wilmington Dover Carle Walter Tel M. E Seattle Florida Bermuda Europe Berkshire Travel Agency, Inc Spring Street Williamstown Javery South Vermont Ernest H. Javery Alan H. Page UPO Pac Thumbelina North Bennington Rd PLAID
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