Quality Welfare Report Urges Caution On Welfare Cuts
MONTPELIER UPC reports the Joint Legislative Committee studying welfare reaffirms the 1967 Welfare Act, urges prevention and rehabilitation, and cautions against cutting the department's fiscal 1970 appropriation. The draft endorses ongoing study and may propose a real incentives approach to reduce welfare dependence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deane C. Davis
Partridge
Vermont
Stovan Christone
Rrindham
Mildred Hayden
Berlin
Stephen B. Martin
Barre
Kelton B. Miller
Shaftsbury
Miller
Sen
O’brien
John J. Wackerman
Plan to expand BREF statewide in Vermont
The Rev. William Abernethy, Monsignor Lynch, and Rev. Howard Stearns discuss extending the Bennington Religious Education Foundation model to statewide Vermont. They plan an April 16 meeting at the Howard Johnson Motor Lodge in Rutland to explore incorporation of a statewide plan for ecumenical religious education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Abernethy
North Bennington
Ton
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Bennington
Aber~eathy
John A. Lynch
Vermont
Howard O. Stearns Jr
Vermont Ecumenical Council
Howard Johnson Motor Lodge
Rutland
Howard Stearns
Burlington
Second Congregational United Church of Christ
Hillside Street
Mt Anthony Board Endorses Bennington Program For Underachievers
Mt Anthony Union High School instructors Jim Scotten and Ralph Wright told the board the Governor's Committee on Children and Youth has tentatively approved a Bennington based program called The Bennington Program. It would test team teaching flexible scheduling industrial involvement and parental participation as a statewide curriculum element, with local consent needed to launch in September 1970.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Anthony Union High
Governor’s Committee On Children and Youth
Gregory Scotten
Mt. Anthony Board of Directors
Scotten
Ralph G. Wright
Bennington
Mt. Anthony
Greenwich Village
Wright
Bennington seeks new junior high building plan
At Mt Anthony meeting the building committee and library department presented reports on a proposed new junior high. Norman Stratton reported 13 architects have been invited to submit references. The board discussed delaying overcrowding and expanding library staffing to four librarians per the national average. Weather and flood warnings dominated updates with Army engineers and federal aid eyed for risk mitigation as New England braces for spring runoff. Local incidents included a Dorset accident and a trailered mobile unit sliding from its foundation during gusts.
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Library Department
Norman Stratton
Bennington
Anthony
William A. Castle Sr
Marion L. Goodwin
Mary le Plumb
Mt. Anthony
Connecticut
Gertrude Hodge
Central Civil Defense Office
Hodge
Odell Skinner
Vermont Educational Television Network
Mt. Ascuthey
New England
U.S
Massachusetts
Housatonic
Oscar Tennenbaum
U.S. Weather Bureau
Boston
Block Island
Eastport
Frederick Clarke
Army Engineers
Tennenbaum
Hilton Waibel
Manchester Depot
Dorset
Norman A. Turgeon
Jesse Moon
Baker
Brooklyn
Prouty seeks Senate review of college aid programs
Senator Winston L. Prouty of Vermont urged a Senate study of college funding. He asked the Finance, Labor and Public Welfare committees to review existing loan and fellowship programs, arguing current aid does not close the gap between high and low income students. He proposed a loan fund repaid via an income tax mechanism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vt
Senate
Prouty
Senate Finance, Labor and Public Welfare
Ski Season Defies Weather In Vermont And New England
Snow keeps coming to northern New England with 8 to 14 inches in places, while Sugarbush Valley and Stratton Mountain report eight inches and Bennington area planning a community education program. Vermont church and social welfare events are also noted with public meetings and funeral services.
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Killington
UPI
New England
Vermont
Rutland
Sugarbush Valley
Warren
Stratton Mountain
Big Bromley
Peru
UVM Begins Recruiting of Negroes On Burlington Campus
The University of Vermont will start a recruitment program for Negro students to join the Burlington campus. Dean Roland Potter said Dr. Lawrence McCrory will lead the effort with a tour next month to recruit black high school and graduate students for medical and other programs. Students will be eligible for Martin Luther King scholarships and federal aid, as undergraduates plan a drive to raise $20,000 for the fund honoring the civil rights leader.
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Burlington
UPI
University of Vermont
Roland Potter
Lawrence McCrory
Potzer
Martin Luther King
Hospital Notes March 24 1969 Admissions and births
On Monday March 24 1969 hospital notes list admissions for Mrs. Helen W. Moore of Pawlet Mrs. Mae L. Fahs and Mrs. Lillian Rice of Bennington Mrs. Alice W. Hayes of Hoosick Falls Discharges include Frank Johnson of Bennington Mrs. Cheryl Thomson and daughter Master Mark Daigneault North Bennington and Mrs. Nora A. Keys and son Manchester Center A son was born March 19 to Mr and Mrs Allen Seaman of Glendora California Grandparents are Mrs Grace Powell North Pownal and Benjamin L Powell Jr of Azusa California Great grandparents are Mr and Mrs Benjamin L Powell North Pownal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen W. Moore
Pawlet
Mae L. Fahs
Lillian Rice
Bennington
Alice W. Hayes
Hoosick Falls
Frank Johnson
Cheryl Thomson
Mark Daigneault
North Bennington
Nora A. Keys
Manchester Center
Allen Seaman
Glendora
Calif
Grace Powell
North Pownal
Benjamin L. Powell Jr
Azuza
Benjamin L. Powell
Infant son of Knapp family dies in North Pownal
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Knapp of 7 Main St. North Pownal died Saturday at North Adams Hospital after being born there Thursday. He leaves parents, a brother John W. Knapp Jr., and grandparents including Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Knapp of North Pownal. Burial is planned in Eastlawn Cemetery, Williamstown.
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North Pownal
John W. Knapp
Main St
North Adams Hospital
John W. Knapp Jr
Raymond Knapp
Graham Lewis
Williamstown
Mass
Rupert Hall
North Adams
Rachel Thomas
Willamstown
William M. Knapp
Hoosick Falls
Eastlawn Cemetery
Community notices from Mt. Anthony Union High School and local groups
Mt Anthony Union High School guidance staff schedule parent meetings in the library on March 26 and 27 from 7 to 9 p.m. to discuss next year’s course selections. Also, VFW offers defensive driving course at Vermont Soldiers Home Saturday and Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. sign up by Friday at VFW rooms. Committee and social events include Veterans Memorial Day Committee first meeting Friday 7:30 p.m. at VFW rooms, VFW Auxiliary meeting tonight at 8, and bake sale by Women of St Peters Episcopal Church Friday noon to 3 p.m. plus George O Brien band at a dinner-dance. Ski reports note 8 inches lower slopes and 12 upper at Stratton Mountain. Deadline reminders for Father & Sons Communion service and breakfast: Thursday March 27. contact Vernon Gage, Lawrence Smith, or George Jepson. Bennington Lions pancake breakfast on Palm Sunday. Advertisement for Shaffe's Men’s Shop.
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United Counseling Service
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Scotten
John P. Morrissey
Bennington
Ture
North Bennington
Vermont Catholic Tribune
BREF
County St
Raskob Foundation
Mt. Anthony
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Vermont Soldiers’ Home
VFW
Father & Sons
First United Methodist Church
Vernon Gage
Lawrence Smith
George Jepson
Bennington Lions
Basic Four Diet Advised For Family Health
An article promotes the basic four diet for all ages over six, detailing daily dairy meat fruits vegetables and bread servings. It highlights rising attention to diet link with heart health and notes families eating out more, citing Beau May Restaurant and Lounge at 225 North Remington Road as a recommended family dining option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beau-May
Remington Road
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Christene
Thomas P. Salmon
Rockingham
Robert Graf
Rupert
Senate Review of
Williams
John H. Williams II
Main Street
Bennington County
Justus C. Irwin
Wilmington
Hanson - Walbridge Funeral Home
Anthony Lodge
F&am
Irwin
Minnesota
Miss Sadie
Hanson- Walbridge
Sadie Leader
Chaim Gross
Temple Beth el
Beth Israel Cemetery
Bruce Faller
James Betts
Steve Gates
Fred Faller
Religious Education Foundation
Abernethy
Legisla
UVM
C.J. O’donnell
Portsmouth, N.H
Clarence J. O’donnell
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Hospital
Winchester
U.S. Marine Corps
New Hampshire Highway Department
O’donnell
Ecumenican Center
Mount Anthony
Bennington Briefs
Veterans Memorial Day Committee
George O’brien
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
North Street
Shaffe’s Men’s Shop
Adv
John Ratelle
Salem’s
Super All Beef
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