Bennington Summer School Expands to Grades 5–12
Bennington's summer school will add courses for fifth and sixth graders and for junior and senior high students. New basic and enrichment classes cover math, science, social science, language arts, and possibly art, music, and mechanical drawing. Three workshops in drama, non-Western civilization, and humanities will be offered, funded by Ford Foundation funds.
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Bennington
W. Philip Walker
Ace Walker
Walker
Ford Foundation
Vermont
William Sherman
Consul Tants
Humanities Workshop
Bennington Day Attracts 75 at Lake Worth Florida
Lake Worth Florida reports Bennington Day drew about 75 attendees on March 21 at Green Acres Mobile Estates. Winter residents Clifton S Phillips and wife hosted. Vermonter visitors traveled from as far as South Carolina. After a long afternoon gathering, plans emerged to host Bennington Day next year in Fort Lauderdale with a barbecue dinner at The Carling House.
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Lake Worth
Florida
Fla
Bennington
Clifton S. Phillips
Green Acres Mobile Estates
South Carolina
Vermont
Samuel A. Patterson
Walfrid
Wally) Wahlquist
Carling House
Joseph Allard
Thomas Ayer
Benjamin Banulis
Harold Bowdle
M.J. Burrington
George R. Bush
Robert B. Bush
J. Russell Carpenter
Harry Clark
Bud Clark
Karen
Ellen
Marshall W. Cross
Edward Fitzgerald
Charles R. Frazer
William Freitag
W.A. Fry
Joseph C. Ie
Samuel C. Haynes
Dewey Jenney
Ball Lyons
Louis Levine
Barbara LaRiviere
Eva Lemieux
Oliver L. Lawrence Sr
Joseph Lawrence
Edward Legacy
Anthony Lombardo
Roy Lucius
Thomas Marceau
Lester W. Martin
Mary (McCarthy) Methfessel
S.A. Patterson
Laura M. Purgeon
Charles J. Robinson
J. Harold Ryah
Thomas Street
Leon Snow
Eleanore J. Sears
Henry Silver
William Toomey
Clifford
Clayton Ly
Bennington School Board Faces Overcrowded First Grade Push
Bennington's elementary school expects 80 first graders next fall, double the ideal 20 per class. Superintendent Heath notes need for additional teacher and room, with 64 current first graders in two overcrowded classes. Nine staff changes and budget moves accompany actions on art, staffing, and a local site project approval. The board also prepared a nine week nine weeks term for an art program and authorized salary adjustments for aides.
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Allan J. Heath
Ruth Bodine
Heath
Second Congregational
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St. Francois de Sales
Sacred Heart
Star Progress
Wilhelmina Smith
Geesell
Ford Foundation
John Duval
Rutland
Castleton
Memory Mays
Tulsa
Okla
Allegheny College
Meadville
Benhi
Ralf S. Kates
Kathy Siegal
Bennington College
Kates
Bendi
Thoreau
B. Raymond
Pelsue
Paul Lions Club
Greater
Benington
Riley
Jufa
Stark Street
Third Vermont Arts and Crafts Show Opens at Green Mountain Park
Forty four exhibitors from Bennington County join the opening of the third annual Vermont Arts and Crafts Show at Green Mountain Park. Local participants include Thomas Weakley of The Candle Mill East Arlington Charmion Rociesy Arlington shop Things from Red Mountain and Lillian Beatty Bennington displaying ware by her father Lester A Bill of St Johnsbury. Show hours are 10 a m to 9 p m Thursday and 10 a m to 4 p m Friday with free admission. Governor Hoff expected Friday morning. It is sponsored by the Greater Vermont Association and the Arts and Crafts Division of the state Department of Education.
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Pownal
Bennington County
Green Mountain Park
Thomas Weakley
Candle Mill
East Arlington
Charmion Rociesy
Red Mountain
Arlington
Lillian Beatty
Bennington
Lester A. Bill
St. Johnsbury
Philip H. Hoff
Greater Vermont Association
Arts and Crafts Division
State Department of Education
Greater Bennington Association
Six divorces granted in Bennington County Court term
Court Clerk George H. Plumb reports six divorces approved during the latest term. Cases include Lois J. Nello vs J. Mannello for intolerable severity, Barbara LeBlanc vs Henry LeBlanc for intolerable severity, Ruth M. Hall vs George Hall for non support, Winona Hoard vs Lawson Hoard for non support, Meridale Vasey vs Ivan Vasey for three-year separation, and Patricia Morin vs Richard Morin for intolerable severity.
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Bennington County
George H. Plumb
Lois J. Nello
Bennington
J. Mannello
Waterbury
Barbara W. LeBl
Henry J. LeBlanc
Ruth M. Hall
George G., Hall
Gansvoort
Winona G
Lawson F. Hoard
Manchester
Meridale
R. Vasey
Ivan T. Vasey
Syracuse
N.Y
Patricia A. Morin
Richard J. Morin
Postmasters Meet in Brandon Vermont Convention Plans
Brandon Vermont chapter of the National Association of Postmasters announced their 1965 convention headquarters at the Brandon Inn for June 6 to 8. A committee led by John McDonald Wright E. of Barton and John McKeever of Brandon inspected the inn, with further plans to be announced later.
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Brandon
Vermont
National Association of Postmasters
Brandon Inn
John McDonald
WrightE.er
Barton
Secend
John McKeever
Alabama Capital Goal for Freedom Marchers
Freedom marchers who previously left Selma last Sunday aim for the Alabama Capitol as their destination today. The event underscores ongoing Civil Rights demonstrations and calls for voting rights protections amid heightened national attention.
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Alabama
Selma
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