Day Care Plan Moves Forward In Bennington Rutland Counties
Bennington County Economic Opportunity Steering Committee advances a two county day care plan with a 12 page application and a 100 page guidance booklet. A proposed eight hour program for 60 children would employ four teachers eight aides a nurse a cook a custodian and volunteers at an estimated $30 000 for half a year. A site committee will study options including vacant Sonny's Locker space and the Bennington Post Office site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington County Economic Opportunity Steering Committee
Maxine Kenny
Vermont Office of Economic Opportunity
Joseph LoPiccolo
Sonny
Bendi
Bene Nington
Holden
Lou Piccolo
Bennington - Rutland
Manchester
Bennington Approves Head Start Preschool Program
Bennington's Project Head Start for preschoolers received federal approval. Marion Downes of Bennington College Nursery School will direct the summer program. About 6000 dollars in funds were approved under the Economic Opportunity Act, with 90 percent covered by the government and the college covering the remainder.
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Bennington
Marion Downes
Bennington College
Bennington County Economic Opportunity Steering Committee
Washington
Bennington Youth Corps Funds Confirmed for Summer
The Bennington Neighborhood Youth Corps received final assurance Thursday night that $9,000 will be available for the summer program. Miss Maxine Kenny of the Vermont Office of Economic Opportunity said federal applications are under review by Sargent Shriver and Gov Hoff pressured for progress. George Sleeman and Principal Ralf S. Kates coordinated the jobs for 30 teenagers awaiting funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Maxine Kenny
Vermont Office of Economic Opportunity
Bennington County
George Sleeman
Bennington High School
Benhi
Ralf S. Kates
Hoff
Humphrey
Vermont
Sleeman
Miss Kenny
Sargent Shriver
Federal Economic Opportunity Program
Bennington’s
VFW Notes May Events and Memorial Day Plans
VEW notes list May events for the VFW and auxiliary including an auxiliary meeting May 11 and a district meeting May 16 in Rutland with officer elections. May 22 joint installation at VFW Home with dinner and dancing. May 30 pre Memorial service at Second Congregational Church. May 31 memorial dedication at Hinsdillville Cemetery with chaplain Rev Charles Myers and a Memorial Day parade at 10 a.m. suiv. Refreshments follow at VFW Home and K of C hall for youngsters. Albany report: New York Senate approves cigarette label warning on packs stating excessive use is dangerous to health. bill moves to Assembly with favorable passage chances.
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VFW
Rutland
North Street
Second Congregational Church
Hinsdillville
Charles Myers
Vermont
K of C
Main Street
Albany, N.Y
UPI
New York
State Senate
State Assembly
Impressive Student Compositions by Lisa Tate at Bennington
A Phil Smiley composition concert at Bennington College Carriage Barn featured Pril in Extensions a four movement piece for 14 strings flute and bass clarinet praised as innovative with electric tension and nontraditional chords. The program also showcased Percussion Lot 33 with Lou Calabro and Pril seven pieces for piano in Bestiary and a marimba canon improvised with Anna Smiley highlighting Pril's growing talent and originality.
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Phil Smiley
Bennington College
Pril
Sharon Powers
Gunnar Schonbeck
Lou Calabro
Dent
Henry Brant
Vivian Fine
Anna
Smiley
Bennington
Poverty Act's Impact on New England Conference Topic
A two day Boston University event hosted by the Boston Federal Executive Board will examine the Economic Opportunity Act and its regional impact. Attendees include federal, state, and local officials, plus education and business professionals, with sessions on Job Corps Rural Centers Neighborhood Youth Corps and rural poverty needs.
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Boston
Mass
New England
Boston Federal Executive Board
Boston University
Job Corps
James W. Corson
Wellfleet
Job Corps Conservation Center
Cape Cod National Seashore Park
Jack Howard
Neighborhood Youth Corps
Washington
Henry F. Lowe
Farmers Home Administration
Orono
Maine
Department of Health and
Summer Library Course Offered in Vermont
Public librarians from Vermont and nearby New York New Hampshire and Massachusetts may enroll in free five institute courses in practical library science this summer. Run by the Vermont State Free Public Library Service and led by Elena Horton the program will hold sessions in Montpelier Rutland St Albans Brattleboro and St Johnsbury during June July and August. Applications must be received by May 15.
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Montpelier
Vermont
New York
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Vermont State Free Public Library Service
Elena Horton
Free Public Library Service
Rutland
St. Albans
Brattleboro
St. Johnsbury
Open House Patrons List For Vermont Art Tour
Nearly 100 residents in southwestern Vermont and nearby Massachusetts back a Saturday open house tour featuring 12 homes and two artists studios with over 100 works. Funds support Pine Cobble School faculty salaries as lunch at Four Chimneys Restaurant opens for the season. Over 1,000 visitors expected. patrons include Stell Anderson and many local families and professionals. In a separate item, a fake civil defense casualty alarm in England caused a first aid worker to faint.
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Vermont
Massachusetts
Pine Cobble School
Williamstown
Four Chimneys
van Vechten B. Graves
Stell Anderson
Joseph F. Bates
Stowell D. Baxter
Christopher Buckley
Frederick M. Burnham Jr
Crawford Campbell
Clarence Church Chaffee
Frederick C. Copeland
Winthrop M, Crane III
Timothy A. Cunningham
Charles Dickey
S. Whitney Dickey
Charles Dollard
W. Howard Doughty
Cleveland Dodge Jr
Notley Y. du
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Economic Opportunity Unit
Leonard Mill
Ben Mont Avenue
Ethel Bruso
Spencer Haynes
Kenny
Bennington-Rutland
Community Action Board of Directors
VEW
Music Review
By Lisa Tate
Walker
Sary
N.E
Winston L. Prouty
Susan Margaret Mallon
Lyndon Center
Betty Crocker
Penny
Co-Op
Gladstone Shoes
Bennington Banner
John McWilliams
Darwin S. Morse
Lawrence R. Miller
Lawrence R. McCoy
J. Wardwell Proctor
Margery Sargent
Frederick Scarborough
Anne T. Shields
Albert Scherr III
John Sprague
Robert C. Sprague
Stafford
England
E. T. Williams
OLD Soldiers Home Phone
Main ST
Sunbeam
CAR and Driver Magazine
Imp
Rootes
Sunbeam Imp
Hillman
U.S
RTE
East Poe
Whitewalls
Opt
Shaftsbury, VT
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