Visiting Briton Percy Couzens Enjoys Manchester Vermont Visit
English railway clerk Percy Couzens who won a 72 hour trip to Manchester Vermont on a British TV show arrived with fanfare. He toured Big Bromley with Lloyd Lambert, met Rotary members, and sampled a cream dessert while praising American hospitality. He noted Britain's harsher winter and pledged to send postcards from Chipping Sodbury to his new friends.
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Manchester
Percy Collezens
Vermont
Colburn House
British Railways
Joe Fowler
G. S. Bennett
Charlie Grant
Chamber of Commerce
Margaret Saunders
E. W. Mills
Dorset
England
Couzens
America
Bristol
Heath
Sodbury
Percy
U.S.A
Greyhound International
Big
Bromley
Fred Pabst
WGY
Lloyd Lambert
Lambert
Wales
Scotland
Caravan Club
Britain
Chanticleer
WGY Schenectady
Wireless
Percy Couzens
Rotary
Clifford B. Harwood
Ciuzens
Chipping
Harwood
Fowler
Bennett
Lions Club
Roy W. Barstow
Barstow
D. Andrew Hyde
Rutland
Hyde
Vermont Transit
Greyhound
Manchester Journal
Walter Hard
Fowlers
New York City
Ernest W. Mills
G.S. Bennett
The
Edmunds
Bromley Mountain
Parents of Cub Pack 28 Attend Meet
NORTH BENNINGTON The fire house rang with laughter as Cub Scouts of Pack 28 held their monthly meeting attended by parents. Den 2 opened with the flag ceremony and the boys showed progress in fitness with push ups and sit ups. Awards were given for Bear and Wolf badges plus denner’s bars to several members. The Blue and Gold candle ceremony followed and the group ended with Taps played by Spencer Sweet.
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North Bennington
Den 2
Cubs
Den
Den 1
Douglas Holley
Gary Matteson
Denner
James Wickenden
Erwin Gates
James Gratton
Frederick Driscoll
Ronald Shepard
Scott Tinney
Peter Perkins
Thomas Dailey
Spencer Sweet
Local Health Clinic Skips Polio Shots in Summer Session
The second Sabin oral polio vaccine clinic is set for Tuesday 3 to 4 30 p m at the South Pownal Firehouse with Sabin Type 2 to be given. Mrs Harry W Beals Jr chairs the event assisted by the Home Demonstration Club. Children attending tomorrow need a signed permission slip. The note also covers a North Pownal parent teacher club and fire department sponsored card party that raised 53 with 19 tables. A final party is planned March 30.
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Pownal
Harry W. Beals Jr
North Pownal
Ernest Welch
Harvey Burdick Sr
Richard Worden
Worden
Robert Rudd Jr
Bennington County
Earle Church
Richard Pudvar
Leonard Duval
North Bennington School Items Action 'Till Union School Vote
North Bennington School Board will wait and see the possible outcome of a second vote on the union school bond issue before acting. At the regular meeting the board expressed disappointment in the no vote but will defer policy statements until the union board calls for another vote. Board chair William E Daily Jr and members Lionel Nowak David Barton clerk Phoebe Crosier Supt Leon E Wagner and principal Catherine Corcoran attended. The board agreed to meet with teachers on Tuesday March 26 to discuss salaries for next year and other contract-related items.
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North Bennington
William E. Daily Jr
Lionel Nowak
David Barton
Phoebe Crosier
Leon E. Wagner
Catherine Corcoran
Wagner
Miss
Molly Stark NEHS Pupils Hold Annual Science Fair
The North Bennington High School gym hosted a local science fair featuring 30 projects across botany biology chemistry and physics by Molly Stark Junior High and North Bennington High students. First place in the junior division went to Russell Barber and Alison Nowak. senior blue ribbon winners were David Henderson Nancy Thompson and Penny Rich.
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North Bennington
North Bennington High School
Molly Stark
Charlotte Greer
Janis Vince
Edith Creer
Jackie Reynolds
Dale Whitman
Helen Howard
Carl Stacy
Ronald Gratz
Elizabeth James
Peter Frantz
Lane Gershaneck
Ricky Bartholdi
Jeff Crane
Maureen McHugh
Betsy Jones
Sharon McHugh
Joan Molli
Rudolph Woodcock
Raleigh Fleetwood
NBHS
William Gee
Foster Aaron
Donald Otis
William Bell
Burr and Burton
Gerald Browe
Carl Fortune
Arlington High School
Ralph Simpson
Bennington High School
Bennington Catholic High School
Arlington Church Building Progress and Local Notes
Arlington Federated Church reports progress with building committees chaired by Hermon Benjamin and Don Kendall Jr. Sophomores enter Edmunds Essay contest with prizes up to 100 dollars. Dr Russell Library hosts research help. Town officials meet on district matters including civil defense drills and school finances. Penn State dairy scientists link cholesterol to milk fat production in cows and goats.
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Federated Church
Hermon Benjamin
Don Kendall Jr
Ruth Grout
Ann Metcalf
Arlington Memorial School
Edmunds
Vermont Historical Society
University Park, Pa
UPD
Pennsylvania State University
Penn State
Teaching Communism Deepens Loyalty Caswell Claims
Richard Caswell, Bennington High School history teacher and Vermont Council of Social Studies public relations director, urged the Manchester PTA that teaching communism alongside other ideologies strengthens loyalty to America. He advocated objective discussion and cited a Tufts University workshop for teachers, plus a statewide project in Vermon t high schools. The group plans a summer reevaluation and open house set for April.
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Manchester
U.S
Richard Caswell
Bennington
Manchester Pta
Vermont Council of Social Studies
Caswell
Edna T. Wright
Cial
America
Middlebury
Tufts University
Lincoln Filene Center For Citizenship and Public
Ing
Vermont
George Breen
Annabelle Ellison
Muriel Gilbert
Evelyn Labor
PTA
Windham County events mix training, talks and socials
The Higley Hill Home Demonstration Group joins Windham County Training at Academy School West Brattleboro on April 4 replacing their meeting. State Leader Marjory Vaughn lectures on Spring Foods and Decorations. Windham Pomona Grange meets in Vernon Thursday. A Victory Grange card party is Monday at 8 p.m. at Lew is and Mrs Lewis Smith home to fund school awards. Dr and Mrs Richard Konys of Liverpool NY and sons Richard and David visit Mrs Konys’ parents Mr and Mrs Leo Berry from Monday to Friday.
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Arlington
State Department
Manchester
Warren Dodge
J. Goodall Hutton
Robert Vail
Orange Baker
Keynith Knapp
Edith Smith
Gregory Cullinan
Clayton Hulett
Roy Grout
Jesse Harrington
John Moore
Higley Hill
Windham County
Academy School
West Brattleboro
Marjory Vaughn
Lewis Smith
Richard Konys
Liverpool
N.Y
Richard
David
Konys
Leo Berry
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Pownals
Vera Langlais
Kingston
R.lapd
Checker
Jim Bromley
University of Rhode Island
Union
Shaftsbury
NEHS
Arlington Chorus
American Legion
Legion
Enterprise
Bailey Hall
West Mountain Farm
West Arlington
William Young
Ann Marsh
Cows
Goats
Karlene Russell
William Doyle
Johnson State Teachers College
Lester Jipp
Vergennes
New York
UPI
Wilmington
Dover
Carlo Walter Tel
Windham Pomona Grange
Vernon
Vacuul
Nichols
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