Mt Anthony school board race sees incumbent slate with one retirement
Incumbent Mt Anthony Union School Board members largely plan to seek re election with one exception Mrs Marian Cummings who will not run again She criticizes the Bennington Taxpayers Protective Association and a passive voter bloc saying the community lets a small dissenting minority push the agenda Residents in Bennington and North Bennington vote in late June to fill four seats plus a one year vacancy and a North Bennington district seat reacts to the McCullough resignation and Dailey seeks the remaining term
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Mt. Anthony
Mary Dailey
Mr. Anthony
Morrissey
Mauhs Board of Directors
Marian Cummings
Stafford to Address LWV Affair at May Luncheon
Congressman Robert T. Stafford will speak at a noon luncheon on May 25 at Mt. Anthony Country Club, focusing on today’s Congress and the Vietnam War. The Bennington Unit of the League of Women Voters sponsors the event, with public attendance invited. The Bennington LWV Board met for planning and director Mrs. Leonard Rowe resigned to seek a State Democratic Convention delegate slot.
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Robert T. Stafford
Congress
Vietnam
Bennington
League of Women Voters
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Bennington League
Peter Hoar
Convent Avenue
Leonard Rowe
League
Bennington Briefs District PTA Meets Tonight
The annual spring meeting of Bennington Dorset and Manchester PTA District will be held at 8 p.m. at Bennington Elementary School with the theme Drugs Use and Abuse. Other listings include a dean’s list honor for Margaret Hill and community events across Bennington, Open House for a 40th wedding anniversary, surplus commodity distribution, firefighting association meeting with guest deputy chief Tatro, and various club and organization gatherings in the area.
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Bennington
Dorset
Manchester
PTA
Southern Vermont Firefighters Association
Brattleboro Central Station
Tatro
Greenfield, Mass
Southern Vermont
Hospital Notes Admissions List Sees Local Names
Admissions include Master John Elliott Hoosick Falls Deborah Patterson Pownal Miss Cynthia DeCoigne Miss Brenda DeCoigne Master Fred McDonald Mrs Barbara Hollister Bennington Mrs Loretta Mulvihill Discharges list Mrs Phyllis Craib and daughter Berlin NY Mrs Joyce Van Orden and son Anna Paligo Jessica Willett Bennington Otis Stevens Pownal
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John Elliott
Hoosick Falls
Deborah Patterson
Pownal
Cynthia DeCoigne
Brenda DeCoigne
Fred McDonald
Barbara Hollister
Bennington
Loretta Mulvihill
Phyllis Craib
Berlin
N.Y
Joyce van Orden
Anna Paligo
Jessica Willett
Otis Stevens
Stock Averages Dow Jones May 7 1968 Noon Report
Dow Jones Bache Albany data show 30 Industrials at 920.08 up 5.55, 20 Railroads at 240.46 up 41.03, 15 Utilities at 123.05 up .45. Composite average 318.36 up 41.64. Volume 6,100,000.
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Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Red Cross PMH Men Volunteer Corps Forms in Putnam
The Putnam County Red Cross chapter organizes a men's Volunteer Corps at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Open to men 16 and older, including up to retirees, with training led by the hospital nursing department. Volunteers assist with patient care, meals, hygiene, and other tasks, with sessions starting this spring and requiring classroom and supervised instruction beforehand. Interested men should contact Mrs. Walthrude Pierce or the hospital nursing office.
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Putnam Volunteer Corps
Bennington County
The
American Red Cross
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Department of Nursing
Red Cross
Walthrude Pierce
Main St
Vermont Education Association Pushes State Education Reform
At its annual meeting the Vermont Education Association urged a state law to regulate negotiations between teachers and school boards. Projections show income tax and general sales tax funding for education, with modest use of property tax locally. An $8,000 minimum salary, retirement and contract law changes, and a lack of tenure were noted as key issues affecting teacher recruitment and benefits in Vermont.
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Vermont Education Association
Vermont
Ross
Nichols
Vocational students save taxpayers 1200 dollars at MAUHS
Bennington Water Department saved over 1200 by using MAUHS automotive class to repair a broken compressor instead of replacing it. The project cost about 70 for parts and materials, while students gained hands on experience. The water board approved a fall follow up for mower repairs and praised teacher Samuel Griggs. The Rev. Frederick B. Wolf attends parish training in Massachusetts. Robert A. Freeman to join staff at Episcopal Theological Seminary in June for ten weeks.
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MAUHS
Raymond A. L’heureux
Harold Shepard
Council For Exceptional Children
Rutland
Charles Drake
Reading Research Institute
Wellesley
Mass
Mary Francis
Gengras Center
Hartford
Conn
Mt. Anthony Union High
Samuel Griggs
Bennington Water Department
Water Board
Edward Ransom
Mauhs Automotive
Water Department
Lynn Harrington
Water Commissioners
Howard Kelley
Frederick B. Wolf
New England
Whitinsville
Province of
St. Peter’s Church
Robert A. Freeman
Episcopal Theological Seminary
Cambridge
Bennington Selectmen Weigh Racial Commission Amid Mixed Feedback
Bennington selectmen report mixed reactions to their plan to form a racial understanding commission. They note calls from citizens urging focus on local needs, youth delinquency, or approval of a racial education program. They will proceed cautiously, inviting public input while planning long term efforts rather than a quick summer project. Also noted: promotion of George C. Nickerson to sergeant with Vermont State Police Troop C, and personal details of his family and career path.
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Bennington
J. Duncan Campbell
Gerald A. Cornell
Joseph Higgins
Racial Projects Commission
Calvin Nickerson
Nickerson
Vermont
St. Johnsbury
Newport
Barton
Rutland
Fred
Fran) Stacy
Shaftsbury
Imperial Avenue Accident Reported
Bennington Village Police investigated an early morning accident on Imperial Avenue. James E. Saver of Bennington East collided with a legally parked 1961 Dodge sedan owned by Earl Passino on the north side of the street. Damage was to the Saver car and the Passino vehicle. no injuries reported.
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Bennington Village
Imperial Avenue
James E. Saver
RFD 2
Bennington
Earl Passino
Imperial Ave
Passino
Bennington Water Board considers engineer visit over clogged Bolles Brook dam screen
The Bennington Water Board asks Boston engineer L M Pittendreigh to inspect the Bolles Brook dam and screen that feeds the 16 inch pipeline to Burgess Road reservoir. Debris clogging the screen worsens with spring floods and autumn leaf fall, prompting possible dam gate or pipe relocation ideas. The board also reviews plumbing reimbursement requests, bids for a Putnam Memorial Hospital water line, and plans to block rock throwers with a fence.
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Bennington Water Board
Bolles Brook
Boston
Woodford
Burgess Road
Bennington
Alfred W. Ellett
Hilda Hurley
L.M
Pitt) Pittendreigh
Pittendreigh
Water Department
Lynn Harrington
Ted Purcell
Joseph Wilson
Bennington Selectmen Set Hearing on Airport Road Closure
The Bennington selectmen will hold a formal hearing tonight in the selectmen office about closing Airport Road for a runway extension now under construction. A new Whipstock connection road is under construction to accommodate traffic. The board will be at the road closing site this afternoon at 4 30 p m to comply with statutory technicalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Selectmen
Selectmen
Whipstock
Bank branch on 51st Street promises easy access
New York reports a construction sign at a 51st Street site promoting a future bank branch. The message suggests it will serve people weary of walking to nearby 52nd Street, highlighting a local convenience angle in urban development.
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New York
UPI
51St Street
Bank
52Nd Street
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Old Bennington
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Fillmore Street
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Gore Road
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