Prospect Mt Slaphappy Slalom draws spring skiers
Prospect Mountain ski area hosts the annual Slaphappy Slalom at 2 p m Sunday with all over 18 welcome in costume. National Geographic photographer expected to cover the event for a Bennington article. Cambridge village election results: two incumbents named to two year terms with no opposition. Molly Stark PTA meets March 24 for a reading panel with three teachers. Iron Kettle Weekend special offers a beef dinner for 1 90. Vermont Maple Syrup ad: 5 59 per gallon at Beshara's.
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Prospect Mt
National Geographic Magazine
Bennington
Molly Stark
PTA
Funeral services held for Mrs. Avis Cottrell
Mrs. Avis Cottrell died Sunday in South Bend Indiana. Funeral services were conducted Friday at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home with Rev H Glenn Payne of First Baptist Church presiding. Interment followed at Park Lawn Cemetery with spring burial planned. Attendees came from Bennington Pittsfield Mass and Indiana.
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Avis Cottrell
South Bend
Ind
Hanson- Walbridge
H. Glenn Payne
First Baptist Church
Park Lawn Cemetery
Bennington
Pittsfield
Mass
Indiana
Woman given suspended sentence for driving into train north of New York line
Ruth A. West of Williamstown was sentenced to three years suspended and fined 106 dollars after pleading guilty to careless driving in a North Pownal crash with a train on March 13. The car was wrecked and abandoned. West claimed poor distance judgment and seeing signals too late.
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Ruth A. West
Williamstown
Mass
Women’s Reformatory
Rutland
West
North Pownal
New York State Line
George M. Fienberg
Fienberg
North Bennington
Herbert F. Bouchard
Bennington County
Virginia Lewis
North Adams
Lewis
School
Gage Streets
Bennington
Priscilla A. Gray
South St
U.S. 7
Mrs Lora E Fonda 95 Hoosick Falls obituary
HOOSICK FALLS N Y Mrs Lora E Fonda 95 native of Bennington died Friday at daughter s home in Hoosick She oldest member of First Baptist Church Hoosick and Ladies Aid Society widow of Shepherd T Fonda died Oct 6 1924 Survived by daughter and several cousins Funeral Monday 2 pm Leo J Mahar Funeral Home Hoosick Falls Rev Taylor B Light officiating Burial Hoosick Rural Cemetery Friends may call Sunday after noon and evening
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Lora E. Fonda
Bennington
Florence Sweet
Hoosick
First Baptist Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
Addision A
Axie Crawford Brimmer
Shepherd T. Fonda
Leo J. Mahar
Main St
Taylor B. Light
Ex-Servicemen May Re-Enlist In All Air Force Fields
T Sgt LaPointe of the Air Force Recruiting Office in Pittsfield announces authorization for prior service men from all branches to re-enlist. Contact at YMCA Bennington Fridays 1 to 4 pm or call Hillcrest 2-2650 for appointments. Bring DD Form 214 and seek ranks. Exams held Wednesdays at 12:30 at the Pittsfield office.
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T-Sgt
LaPointe
Air Force
Air Force Recruiting Office
North St
Pittsfield
Mass
Armed Forces
T-Sgt. LaPointe
YMCA
Bennington
Sgt. LaPointe
Hillcrest
Sgt
Bible School Talk Tonight At Stone Church
The Rev. Clif Reed, program director at Lake Arrowhead Bible Conference and leader with Bible School of the Air, speaks tonight at 7 30 at Old Stone Church North Bennington. Reed, a former Warner Bros. employee, details his life from Washington Bible College to Arrowhead and shares his teen years story.
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Clif Reed
Lake Arrowhead
Lake Arrowhead Bible Conference
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
New England
Boyle Speaks to Journalism Students at Columbia Session
Columnist Hal Boyle, war correspondent and Pulitzer Prize winner, spoke at a Columbia Scholastic Press Association session about life as a columnist. He described two hours spent writing plus time thinking, and shared insights from Europe and Korea. He urged students to pursue journalism and emphasized telling the truth.
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Boyle
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
United States
Hal Boyle
Mr. Boyle
Europe
Korea
CAP Cadets Plan Trip To Quonset
The Bennington CAP Cadets meet for a class on military courtesy led by Warrant Officer Paul Yarder. Yarder and Marylin Harrington receive promotion to warrant officer. Plans envision a visit to Quonset Point NAS Rhode Island to meet former commander Capt. John McHugh. Cadets and senior members discuss recruitment and aerospace education. Newsroom Q and A excerpts follow with various interview snippets.
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Bennington Squadron
Civil Air Patrol
Paul Yarder
Yarder
Marylin Harrington
Williamstown
Mass
Steve Geleba
Bennington
Quonset Point Naval Air Station
Rhode Island
John McHugh
Geleba
Harrington and Yarder
James Kirkpatrick
Denis Denio
LaVerne Studiel
Ralph Mavilla
Walter Hall
Doris Bushee
No Injuries as Car Wrecked in Dorset
East Dorset police reported a Thursday afternoon crash involving a 1957 Ford sedan driven by Karen Cook and a 1962 International Suburban driven by Anthony Wikar of Petersburgh New York. Cook failed to see oncoming traffic while entering U.S. 7 from Glans Store. Cook’s car was a total loss with no injuries.
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East Dorset
Karen Cook
Anthony Wikar
Petersburg
N.Y
Albany Business College courses explained to Benhi students
Percy Boyce, a representative for Albany Business College, spoke to about forty Benhi students Friday morning. He outlined the college’s two year and one year executive secretarial programs, a two year medical secretarial track, a business administration school, and a new automation accounting major for capable males. He stressed required math background, shorthand and typing skills, and noted women dormitories and approved housing for men along with sports dramatics student government two sororities and two fraternities. The talk ended with a question and answer period.
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Percy Boyce
Albany Business College
Benhi
Boyce
Local Planning Chairman Supports Bennington Welfare Plan
Bennington Regional Planning Commission backs local administration of poor relief led by Selectmen's Agent Alma Langlois. Chairman T Garry Buckley argues local control with state support better than state run relief, opposing UCS push to abolish town overseer of the poor. The UCS proposal also calls for a state overseer role and broader reforms.
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Bennington
Buckley
Commission
Robert L. Hagereman
United Counseling Service
State Social Welfare Department
Joseph Lo Piccolo
UCS
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Cambridge, N.Y
Thomas F. Dunn
Dunn
Donald J. Presler
People’s Party
New Vermont
Beshara’s
Corner Park
Scott Sts
Mrs
Sirloin & Porterhouse
Sayles
North Adams, Mass
Howard Johnsons
Bouchard
March
Dewey Street
Laraine A. Burke
Dewey St
Richard J. Frazier
Frazier
U.S. 9
Stone Church
By James Santarcangelo
Benhi Catamount
CAP
Art Buchwald
Dorset
Sun
Friana
A&w Root Beer
North Bennington Road
By Nancy Danisch
Tion
Olean
Jam Boree
Troy
Bennington Rd
Featuring
Dick Small
Peaceful Valley Boys
Hawley Company
Furniture
East Arlington, VI
Sat
AUTO
W.H
Bennington, VT
Vermont Bank and Trust Company
THE
Vermont Bank and Trust CO
Getamemsien
Huulows
West Mountain Farm
Rt. 313
Arlington
Andersen
H. Greenberg & Son, Inc
General Motors
Bennington Area
East Sullivan
N.H
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