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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1968

Page

6

Top Seniors At St Mary's Announced ENLISTS Michael Lillie

HOOSICK FALLS N Y St Marys Academy announces top seniors for the Class of 1968 Thomas W Keeley valedictorian and Elizabeth E Shiland salutatorian Keeley a National Honor Society member and student council president plans pre med studies at Canton He is also a Regents Scholar and St Lawrence University scholar Shiland a National Honor Society member and yearbook staffer will pursue a four year nursing course at SUNY Plattsburgh both earned multiple honors and held leadership roles in clubs and activities.

Hoosick Falls N.Y St. Mary’s Academy Thomas W. Keeley Richard Keeley Petersburg Elizabeth E. Shiland William Shiland Second St Keeley St. Lawrence University Canton Shiland ABC Betty Crocker SUNY Plattsburgh

Sports Editor To Speak At Hoosick Falls Banquet

Lindsay Straus sports editor of the Albany Times Union will speak at the St Marys Academy athletic banquet in Immaculate Conception Parish Hall Saturday evening. Dinner starts at 7 with tickets from Walter Wirmusky Joseph Cullen or Donald Smith.

Hoosick Falls N.Y St. Mary’s Alumni Association St. Mary’s Academy Immaculate Conception Parish Lindsay Straus Albany Times-Union Walter Wirmusky Joseph Cullen Donald Smith

Town Officials Manchester Lions Plan Attack on Junk Auto Problem

Town Manager James L. Woodard and Lions Club directors met to plan removing junk autos in Manchester. Hodgdon Bros. of Ascutney will bring a car crusher to the Manchester dump to flatten vehicles for shipment to a Everett scrap plant. The group will canvass the town, list problem areas and garages donating wreckers, and coordinate with state officials to allow injunctions against violators.

Manchester Lions Manchester James L. Woodard Lions Club Hodgdon Bros Ascutney Bennington Everett Mass Woodard James H. Hanna Jr Montpelier Eyesore State Dept. of Highways Hanna Lions Donald Dorr Tate Dept. of Highways Survey Frank Bushee Miller

Arlington Sunderland car crush project advances slowly

Arlington and Sunderland selectmen report the car crushing effort is progressing with 200 to 300 cars ready. Scheduling delays push the crusher's arrival by about two weeks, but cooperation and shared town equipment aid removal and storage across several sites.

Arlington Sunderland ARLINGTON — _ Selectmen Selectman Gordon Hard Hard

Hoosick Falls Musicians Present Spring Concert Tonight

Hoosick Falls Central School hosts its annual spring concert in the school auditorium at 8 PM. The senior band performs five selections, brass plays Trumpet Voluntary, woodwind quintets perform Divertimento No. 14, K27, and Valley Forge, a percussion ensemble presents. The Junior Choir with Miss Carol George sings seven numbers, and The Group plays pop numbers under director H. Luther Everly with choir director Calvin Pederson.

Hoosick Falls N.Y Hoosick Falls Central School Purchell Mozart Valley Forge Hart Carol George H. Luther Everly Calvin Pederson

Local youth advances to Mary McClellan Hospital program

Parthcia Ann Wright daughter of Mr and Mrs Howard Wright of 15 Snow St has been accepted at Mary McClellan Hospital to begin a two year x ray technology course. Her school activities include glee club science club senior play yearbook staff and prom committee. Senior Citizens plan a 2 pm Monday meeting led by social chairwoman Mrs Florence Sigmund with Mrs Eva Shaw assisting.

Parthcia Ann Wright Howard Wright Snow St Mary McClellan Hospital St. Mary’s Academy Miss Wright Florence Sigmund Eva Shaw

Pownall plans for Fresh Air visits and Scout events

The Herald Tribune Fresh Air program invites New York City youth ages five to twelve for summer stays in Vermont with arrivals July 23 and departures either August 6 or 20. Deadline for reinvitations is May 15 or July 1. Contact Mrs Marcel A Langlais at 823-7716 for details. Troop 347 BSA hosts Parents' Night May 7 7:30 p.m. at the Scout Hut to outline camping and activities. Twenty four boys are enrolled. Camp Sunrise Orwell runs June 30 to July 6 with a $5 fee due May 7. The troop will miss the spring camporee in Rupert. Executive committee meets May 13 at 7:30 p.m.

New York City The Herald Tribune Fresh Air A Vermont Bennington Pownall Marcel A. Langlais Rolland Roy Camp Sunrise Orwell Rupert

Manchester Churchwomen Host Spring Meeting

Women of the Conversion of St. Paul Parish in Manchester hosted the Bennington District Council of Catholic Women spring meeting. About 75 women from seven parishes attended as Rev. James B. Murray of St. Paul’s and Rev. Gerald T. Buckley of St. Margaret Mary’s presided at Benediction. Edward Massery of the Serra Club Pittsfield, Mass. appealed for vocations, urging love and respect for the religious life as a vocation.

Manchester St. Paul Bennington James B. Murray St. Paul’s Gerald T. Buckley St. Margaret Mary’s Church Arlington Edward Massery Serra Club Pittsfield Mass

Kipling Fellow Kipling Fellow At Marlboro College

Marlboro College names William Gibson poet playwright and novelist as this year’s Kipling Fellow. He will be in residence May 6 7 and 8 and give an 8 p.m. reading of his new play A Cry of Players in the dining hall. Gibson authored The Cobwebs Broadway shows The Miracle Worker and Two for the Saw See Saw and did the book for Clifford Odets Golden Boy musical. His A Mass for the Dead won a front page NYT Book Review. He co-produces Berkshire Playhouse and heads its Actors and Playwrights Unit.

Marlboro William Gibson Kipling Marlboro College Gibson Clifford Odet New York Times Book Review Berkshire Playhouse Actors’ and Playwrights Playhouse David McCord Harlow Shapley Louis M. Lyons Russell Meiggs

Thompson anniversary open house and VFW supper notices

The Harned Fowler Post 6471 VFW auxiliary hosts a membership supper at 6 30 P M alongside its monthly meeting. An open house for Mr and Mrs Charles Thompson at Hildene runs Sunday 2 to 4 P M at Odd Fellows Hall Manchester Depot. A birthday picnic honors Frederic C Hoth of Manchester at Mardien Roy camp in Pownal with about 25 guests. Hoth, originally from New Jersey, is 88 and has four children and 20 grandchildren.

Harned Fowler VFW Charles Thompson Hildene Odd Fellows Hall Manchester Mardien Roy Pownal Frederic C. Hoth Theodule Betit Benedicto Adorable Roy Hoth New Jersey Hudson County Park Commission North America Europe

Community Notes From Winhall And Nearby Areas

Winhall residents Norman and Mrs. Fair return from a Florida vacation. Lyndonville's Hortons visit with Mrs. Howard Horton’s family here. Winhall Republicans elect delegates for Montpelier on May 18, with Peter Clark and Frank Palacino as delegates and Euphemia Clark and Arthur Bissell as alternates. Chester Henshaw learns of sister Ethel E. Henshaw’s death April 22 in Wakefield, Massachusetts. Mrs. William T. Dobson, formerly of Winhall, vacationed with George Melvin’s family in Charlotte, North Carolina. John O. Slade chairs the cancer crusade locally. Elton Coleman and family return from Daytona Beach. Mrs. Howard P. Horton returns from the Rhode Island winter. Visitors include Henry Paquette, Marion Ney and son David, and Eric Siborg with their families. Jerome S. Coleman, inducted as Navy Seabee petty officer third class at Springfield, en route to Gulfport, Mississippi for two and a half years. Coleman, a Leland and Gray Seminary and Franklin Institute graduate, was celebrated with a Rawsonville School farewell party on April 8 hosted by the Rawsonville Community Club. about 80 friends attended and he received a purse.

Norman Fair Florida Robert Horton Lyndonville Howard Horton Winhall Republican Committee Stanley Blow Montpelier Peter Clark Frank Palacino Euphemia Clark Arthur Bissell Chester P. Henshaw Ethel E. Henshaw Wakefield Mass William T. Dobson Manchester Winhall George Melvin Charlotte N.C Jerome S. Coleman Erald Coleman Navy Seabees Springfield Gulf Port Miss Coleman Leland and Gray Seminary Franklin Institute Rawsonville School Rawsonville

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