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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1969
Page
7
Arlington records a Red Cross blood bank draw of 85 pints, the highest March total in four years, surpassing last year by 12 pints. The update notes preliminary figures from yesterday’s collection.
Town clerk Julia France appeals to Searsburg residents to obtain 1969 dog licenses by April 1. Dogs four months or older must wear a tag and rabies certificates are required unless already on file. After April 1 license fees rise by 50 percent with standard rates 3 for males and spayed females, 9 for females. Clayton Day and family visited local residents while a large telephone fundraising effort produced sixteen new donors and many long‑inactive contributors returning to support the campaign.
Mrs. Edwin Brenenstuhl earned the Thanks Badge for outstanding service to the Girl Scouts in Hoosick Falls with a decade of work as cadette and junior leader. She organized events from international days to ice skating, flower programs, Christmas caroling, and veteran hospital favors, and led her troop in parades and at the World’s Fair.
James L. Montague of Manchester Center will open a 41-piece graphic works show at the Albany Institute of History and Art on April 1. Sponsored by the Print Club of Albany, the exhibit covers etching lithography wood and linoleum cuts and wood engraving. Montague, executive director of the Southern Vermont Art Center, studied in New York and Paris and has exhibited widely in New England.
Walloomsne Mrs. Isabel B. Dunham R.N. of Albany is spending two weeks with her sister Mrs. Gordon Hoag. Her daughter Mrs. William Caulkins of Troy spent Wednesday with her mother. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Phillips of Rock City Falls were recent guests of their father Charles Telford.
Arlington 2nd Lt Sterling Harrington son of Mr and Mrs Stuart Thompson and a student at Carson Lang Institute New Bloomfield PA spent his spring vacation at home with two classmates Sgt 1st Class Andrew Cathcart of NJ Arlington NJ and Distinguish Cadet Carlos Tosi of Cuenca Ecuador Also local notes report Mrs William Kelley recovering at home after hospital stay and receiving cards and flowers Daniel Zimmer celebrated his 21st birthday with a dinner party Arlington Memorial High School faculty plan a Sports Night Friday at 7 pm including gym exhibition girls volleyball and Freshmen vs Junior High basketball Dan Foster and Herb Eddy from Dollars for Scholars will host a family evening to raise funds for the program with house-to-house drives in April. Further brief items note visits between families in Berlin Hoosick Falls and Cambridge and a March Immaculate Conception Church Altar Rosary meeting conducted by Mrs Gordon Hoag in the absence of president Mary A Doyle, with Rev Donald Ammering leading prayers and care committees for Holy Week.
Pfc. Gary E. Martin of North Bennington serves with the 81 Mortar of the 1st Marine Division near Da Nang Vietnam. His training was at Parris Island Camp Lejeune and Camp Pendleton. A 1968 Mt. Anthony Union High School graduate, he lives with his aunt Miss Kay Temple.
Peru Pabst Jr announces a funny bunny race and Easter bonnet parade on Easter Sunday at Bromley. Couples pay one penny to compete in a chair sit, cracker bite, whistle and combined slalom course with four age groups and four prizes. Entry ends by 11 a.m. at the Wild Boar Fireplace.
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