Merged Vermont Scout Councils Name New Executive
Douglas R Crichton ex Norumbega Council in Wellesley Mass to lead newly consolidated Southern Vermont Scout Council starting June 1 Sanborn Partridge and Lawler Cooper announce Crichton will head the merged Green Mountain and Calvin Coolidge Councils A Navy veteran who served in the Pacific and studied architecture at Pratt Institute Crichton has held leadership roles in several New England councils and his family includes wife Blanche and five children The staff for the new council includes Robert Everett Joseph Hart Jim Young and Al Swenson with specific districts assigned across Addison Rutland Windham and Windsor counties
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Douglas R. Crichton
Norumbega Council
Wellesley
Mass
Vermont
Sanborn Partridge
Lawler Cooper
Green Mountain
Calvin Coolidge
Crichton
Glenbrook
Stamford
Schiff Scout Reservation
Mendham
N.J
Navy
3Rd Marine
South Pacific
Congregational Church
Blanche
Mary Ann
Susan Jane
Nancy Blanche
Robert
Donald
Fairmont
W.va
Torrington
Waterbury
Otter
Robert Everett
Addison
Rutland County
Joseph Hart
Taconic
Bennington
Jim Young
Fort Dummer
Windham County
al Swenson
Windsor County
Randolph
Bennington Briefs Panel Discusses Community Topics
Ben hi PTA will host a panel on Where Do We Go From Here Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. in Ben hi High School multi purpose room with Supt Alan J Heath Assistant Supt Paul E Kirsch Principal Ralf S Kates and Mrs Marian Taylor. Election of officers will occur. Free diabetes tests offered at Bennington Elementary all purpose room Monday 4 to 5 p.m. Tests open to anyone over 30, advised to fast two hours if possible. Dr Dorothy Hager will conduct tests. Patrick Gordon attended advanced life insurance seminar in Framingham Mass for Northwestern Mutual agents. Green Mountain Club hikers plan an outing to Wallingford Pond meeting at Bennington Post Office 1 p.m. or Center Shaftsbury Church 1 30 p.m. Trail lunch advised. Philip Viereck is trip leader. Iron Kettle Weekend Special roast sirloin au jus dinner 1 95 ham cold plate 1 25. May 15 ADV.
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Benhi
Parent-Teacher Association
Bennington High School
Alan J. Heath
Paul E. Kirsch
Ralf S. Kates
Marian Taylor
Mt. Anthony Union School
Bennington Elementary
Bennington County
Dorothy Hager
Wallingford Pond
Wallingford
Green Mountain Club
Bennington
Bennington Post Office
Shaftsbury Church
Philip Viereck
Shaftsbury
School Lunches for May 17 to 21 Week
The school week’s lunch menu lists vegetables soup and crackers with sandwiches and fruit on Monday, barbecue beef on roll and salad Tuesday, hot dog on roll with corn and jello topping Wednesday, Spanish rice with cheese sandwiches Thursday, and macaroni salad with tuna sandwiches and peas Friday. Each day includes milk.
Putnam Hose Auxiliary Plans An Annual Fair
The Putnam Hose Auxiliary, wives of the Putnam Hose Company in Bennington’s Fire Department, met at the fire house. They plan a yearly fair with a May 27 28 29 and 31 schedule, a May 20 products party, and a May 29 food sale starting at 1 PM. Proceeds fund kitchen equipment and firehouse needs. Officers will be elected June 9 at 8 PM for September assuming new roles.
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Putnam Hose Auxiliary
Putnam Hose Company
Bennington Fire Department
Bennington Court Posts Guilty Plea After Parking Off Road
In Bennington Municipal Court Judge George M. Fienberg presided Friday as David E. Melendy of South Londonderry pleaded guilty to leaving a car parked on the traveled portion of a public highway. He was fined $10 plus costs for the offense alleged to have occurred May 9 in Dorset on Vermont Route 30.
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Bennington
George M. Fienberg
David E. Melendy
South Londonderry
Dorset
Vermont
Teen Art Show Opens at GBA in Bennington
Sixteen Bennington area teenagers display works today and Sunday at the Greater Bennington Association Teen Art Show 65 in the GBA building on South Street. The public may attend free of charge with sessions 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. today and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Works from Bennington High School Bennington Catholic High School and Molly Stark School will be judged by Richard Comins David Gil and Ed Levin who will award ribbons of excellence.
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Bennington Area
Greater Bennington Association
GBA
South Street
Bennington High School
Bennington Catholic High School
Molly Stark School
Richard Comins
David Gil
Ed Levin
Area Obituaries Highlight Clum and Sawyer Losses
Emily Chandler Clum, longtime Bennington resident, dies in a Milford nursing home after a six month illness. She lived with her son Royce in Milford for seven years and was a former E Z Mill employee for 40 years. Jennie C. Sawyer, widow of Charles H. Sawyer, dies in Warwick after living with her daughter, Dorothy Fraser. She was born in Shaftsbury and formerly lived in Rutland. Robert Harold Hewitt, 30, dies suddenly in Atco New Jersey. survived by parents, wife Elizabeth Faulkner, and son Robert Gregory. Funeral plans pending for Hewitt.
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Woodmont
Conn
Emily (Chandler) Clum
Bennington
E. A. Booth
Clum
E-Z
Royce
Milford
Mahar and Son
H. Glenn Payne
White Chapel
Warwick
R.I
Jennie C. Sawyer
Charles H. Sawyer
Dorothy Fraser
Sawyer
Shaftsbury
Solomon and
Grace (Lincoln) Carpenter
Rutland
Hanson- Walbridge
Center Shaftsbury
Robert Harold Hewitt
Harold Hewitt
Atco
N.J
Church of God
Hewitt
New York
New Jersey
Elizabeth Faulkner
Kentucky
Robert Gregory
Frances Clark
Helen Grenough
Burlington
Bennington College to host Viet Nam teach-in symposium
Bennington College announces a nationwide Viet Nam symposium via closed circuit telephone link. About 100 colleges will join as Johnson administration spokesmen discuss Southeast Asia with Bart Bernstein introducing the event at 1 45 p m. McGeorge Bundy will present the administration’s position, launching a 14 hour teach in at Goddard College later.
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Bennington College
Viet Nam
Washington
Bart Bernstein
McGeorge Bundy
Goddard College
Plainfield
Public May Hear Dr White's Medical Talk
Public invited to a special medical seminar at Mt. Anthony Country Club on Wednesday. A 11 a.m. to 12:30 session will feature Dr Paul Dudley White of Boston on continuing coronary heart care. Attendees should check with Putnam Memorial Hospital administrator. A luncheon precedes a panel with Dr White and local physicians including Dr Woodhull S Hall and three University of Vermont College of Medicine staff members.
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Mt. Anthony Country Club
Paul Dudley White
Boston
White
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington Area
Dr. Woodhull S. Hall of
Bennington
University of Vermont College of Medicine
Bridal Shower For Miss Walker in Lyons Street home
A surprise bridal shower for Miss Patricia Walker was hosted May 8 by Miss Joann Hebert at Mrs. Louis Hebert’s Lyons Street home. About fifty guests attended. Patricia received a yellow chrysanthemum corsage on arrival and two bridal cakes, plus gifts including money. The event featured a skit and buffet refreshments. Her wedding to Glenn Francis Hebert is set for June 19 at Sacred Heart Church.
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Patricia Walker
Louis Hebert
Lyons Street
Joann Hebert
Miss Walker
Hebert
Rose Thibodeau
Glenn Francis Hebert
Sacred Heart Church
Bennington psychiatry praised by Dr Toolan at Rotary
Dr. James M. Toolan of United Counseling Service told Bennington Rotary the area's psychiatry and medicine show strong outlook. He called UCS program in Bennington the best in Vermont and noted upcoming federal Office of Economic Opportunity projects. He urged more state hospitals and modern commitment laws to improve coordination statewide.
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Bennington
Vermont
James M. Toolan
United Counseling Service
Toolan
New York City
Particu
Larly
Federal Office of Economic Opportunity
Waterbury
Poppy Days Scheduled in Bennington May 21 22
Mrs Emma Halladay Poppy Days chairman announces Bennington will hold Poppy Days on May 21 and 22. Auxiliary members will collect on the streets with veteran made poppies to fund child welfare projects and other charitable work for veterans and dependents.
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Emma Halladay
American Legion Auxiliary
Bennington
Auxiliary
College Girl Presents Sunday Night Music Recital
Celia Hudson a Bennington College sophomore and student of Lionel Nowk will present a late afternoon music Sunday night at the college. The program begins at 8 15 in the Carriage Barn auditorium and includes Bach Prelude and Fugue in F sharp minor and A minor from Well Tempered Clavier Vol 2 Beethoven Sonata in E flat major Op 7 and Schumann Carnaval Op 9 Miss Hudson is daughter of Mr and Mrs Hendrick R Hudson of Decatur Ga.
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Celia Hudson
Bennington College
a_ stuent
Lionel Nowk
Carriage Barn
Beethoven
Schumann
Students Display Skill At Industrial Arts Fair
Grand prizes at the seventh annual Industrial Arts and Home Economics Fair went to students from seven Southwestern Vermont schools. At Bennington High School gym the event showcased junior and senior entrants with awards in industrial arts and home economics, including projects by Darrell Longtin Richard Day Scott Johnson and Gwen Montgomery.
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Vermont
Bennington High School
Darrell Longtin
Arlington Memorial High School
James Gulley
Richard Day
Bendi
Scott Johnson
Wilmington High School
Margaret Holland
Linda Dustin
Whitingham High School
Lucia Finck
Gwen Montgom
Red Brick School
Two Bennington Men Arraigned For Cemetery Vandalism
Bennington men Jack Robert Elwell and Robert Richard Babson were arraigned in Kingsbury Town Court on charges tied to the desecration of State Line Cemetery off Ashgrove Road near the Vermont border. They waived examination and were remanded to Washington County Jail pending grand jury action. State Police credited cooperation with Vermont State Police Shaftsbury for the arrests. Up to 31 headstones, some about two centuries old, had been overturned and broken.
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Cambridge
N. Y
Bennington
State Line
Ashgrove Road
Vermont
Kingsbury
Justice of the Peace
Boy Stone
Jack Robert Elwell
Scott St
Robert Richard Babson
Beech St
Washington County
Salem
Charles Judkins
Shaftsbury
Three Acres Of Timber Burned In Searsburg
Firefighters from Bennington Rural and Wilmington volunteer units battled a woods fire Friday afternoon on land once owned by former Searsburg Town Clerk George Briggs. About three acres of spruce timber were destroyed. no cause was determined. Nine men from each department fought the blaze, aided by Edmond Bruso and six road crew workers from W H Morse Construction Co overseeing Route 9 work.
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Searsburg
Bennington
Wilmington
George Briggs
Charles Dearcopp
Edmond Bruso
W.H. Morse Construction Co
Route 9
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Drysdale’s Free Parking
Williamstown
Longhorn
Chrysler
Joep
Bennington Briefs
Patrick Gordon
Fonda del Corro
Framingham
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Arlington
Mrs
Emily
Chandler
Dr. White
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East Main ST
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Mrs. Hendrick R. Hudson
Decatur, Ga
First National Stores
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North Bennington Rd
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Wa Market
Mitta
Co-Op
Bennington, Vermont
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