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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1966
Page
6
Shaftsbury Boy Scouts Troop 31 along with council troops will travel to the Men of Tomorrow Jamboree at Rutland Fair Grounds this weekend. The group will showcase a snowshoe project and welcomes parents and friends to view displays on Saturday. A parade with bands and floats will march through the city.
In Hoosick Falls nine residents gathered at HFCS cafe Monday to discuss action under the Federal Economic Opportunity Act. They formed the Hoosick Community Action Commission Inc as a branch of the Rensselaer County Office of Economic Opportunity and named Joseph Berlant to handle incorporation. Plans include a possible $40,000 annual day care program for 20 to 25 children, funded 90 percent by the government the first year, with future funding to be raised locally. Discussion covered youth and elder programs, a potential village swimming pool, and collaboration with the local youth commission and school facilities. Additional meetings will be scheduled. attendees included Village Trustee Richard Severson and Rev Oswald Mueller.
Bertha Hoag and others spent time with Gordon Hoag in Hoosick. Luke family and friends visited in Glens Falls. Powers and Peabody families flew to California to visit relatives. Harringtons celebrated a son’s birthday in Berlin. Sandra Hoag to perform in Hoosick Falls School review. Bartholomews hosted by Carellis in Glens Falls. Hoags also visited Troy for a piano recital. Wilson family visits in Salem. Cottrell returns from Putnam Memorial Hospital. Stewart rushed to Mary McClellan Hospital for back injury.
Eight Vermont and Georgia Extension Homemakers joined a week in Washington D C from May 1 to May 3, visiting Capitol Hill White House and national sites. Speakers, a VIP escorted tour, and admission to the National 4 H Center highlighted the trip despite a virus illness.
Fred and Marjorie Simmons plan a brass band celebration for the birth of Kirsten Marie to Mr. and Mrs. Alan Wood in West Lafayette Indiana. The baby’s mother is Susan Barrows of Dorset and Wood is pursuing a doctorate in virology at Purdue University.
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