Redistricting Panel, Board Meeting Set in Bennington
Mrs. Marian C. Taylor invites boards administrators and teachers to a panel on redistricting Monday 8 30 p m at Bennington Elementary School prior to the state board business session Tuesday at 10 a m The session will discuss how districting affects area schools and other educational issues Arlington Memorial High and Burr and Burton Seminary are expected to seek waivers for not meeting standards The board's May meeting includes a set agenda with a noon break and adjournment at 4 45 p m
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Marian cC. Taylor
State Board of Education
Mt. Anthony Union
State Board
Bennington
Taylor
Board of Education
Vermont
Arlington Memorial High School
Burr and Burton Seminary
Arlington
Vermont Superintendents Association
French Workers End Strike After General Mobilization
Paris reports ten million French workers returned to work after a one day general strike against President de Gaulle and Pompidou amid plans for special powers. Parliament readies three days of heated debate as unions claim 95 percent participation. Communists and Leftists aim to censure the government amid the political climate.
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Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
France
George Pompidou
Pompidou
National Assembly
Northern New England SBA workshop on 70s economy
A one day SBA organized conference in Concord New Hampshire on May 19 explores the regional economic future. Gov Hoff and Maine and New Hampshire governors Curtis and King co sponsor the event. Key goals include assessing SBA program effects and identifying new approaches amid population shifts and scientific progress.
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Montpelier
New England
The
Small Business Administration
Concord
N.H
Philip H. Hoff
Maine
New Hampshire
Kenneth M. Curtis
John W. King
Bernard L. Boutin
SBA
Charles R. McNeill
American Bankers Association
Alvin P. Meyers
Los Angeles
Vermont
Elbert G. Moulton
Vermont Development Department
Roland Loveless
Area Obituaries and Local Death Notices
Obituary notices list Mrs. Frederick Wilkins 76 of Bennington withFlorence Amanda Burdick birth details. Josie Armani 70 formerly of Winhall. Mary E. Marr 80 longtime Bennington beauty salon owner. Colbert Mullener 51 of Kelly Stand Road found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning with state police and medical examiner statements. Funeral arrangements and survivors detailed for each case.
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Sunderland
Colbert Mullener
Kelly Stand Road
Clifford Harwood
Atty
John Carmody
Hanson - Walbridge Funeral
Tpr
David Reed
Gordon Mooney
State Police
Shaftsbury Barracks
Bennington Briefs Highlights Local Community Events
Bennington briefs list a May 23 reunion for Co C 172nd Infantry, a Tri C Group rummage sale at First Baptist Church, an Industrial Arts and Homemaking Fair at Arlington Memorial High School, and a June 5 return date for Dr. Donald W Humphreys from Albany VA hospital. Also noted are the Bennington Lodge of Perfection meeting, Veterans Memorial Committee plans for Memorial Day, a Jane McCullough lecture move to Barn 1 at Bennington College, a Bennington Emblem Club dinner at Green Mt Park, Iron Kettle Friday Special, VFW Post 1332 dancing with George OBrien, and urgent requests for a Mark 7 bird machine respirator.
Hospital Notes Admissions and Discharges List
Admissions include Mrs. Sarah Bryant of Manchester, Mrs. Mary Oskirko of Arlington, Altair Mallory, Mrs. Bessie Moore of Bennington, Jesse Harrington of Hoosick Falls. Discharges include Camilla Sue Therrien, Brenda Kennard, Mrs. Sylvia Russell and son, Mrs. Sylvia Phillips and son of Bennington. Other names: Grace Brandi, Terry Cummings of Hoosick Falls, Mrs. Edwina Shannon and daughter of East Dorset, Marjorie Ott of East Arlington, Chester Beebe of South Londonderry, Ralph C. Tobin of North Bennington.
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Sarah Bryant
Manchester
Mary Oskirko
Arlington
Altair Mallory
Bessie Moore
Bennington
Jesse Harrington
Hoosick Falls
Camilla Sue Therrien
Brenda Kennard
Sylvia Russell
Sylvia Phillips
Grace Brandi
Terry Cummings
Edwina Shannon
East Dorset
Marjorie Ott
East Arlington
Chester
Hoar Named To Williams Summer Project
Mt. Anthony Union High School social studies chair Peter Hoar is named to the Williams College Summer Institute in Arts and Humanities. Forty teachers from public and private secondary schools will attend July 2 to 29, under the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965. The program, titled Design in the Arts, targets teachers in art music and literature with a curriculum on patterns of structure across these disciplines.
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Peter Hoar
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Williams College Summer Institute
National Foundation On the Arts
Williams College
Witten Re-elected to Lead UCS Trustees Board
Bennington attorney R. Marshall Witten was re-elected president of the Unit ed Counseling Service trustees at the annual meeting held at Mt. Anthony Country Club. Newly elected officers include Rev. Thomas D. Steffen as vice president, Mrs. William Towne as secretary, and Thomas B. Bailey as treasurer. Three-year board appointments: Dr. Dudley Baker, Dr. Charles G. Salem, Thomas B. Bailey, Mrs. Peter H. Schoffstall, Mrs. John Kennedy Jr., Mrs. John L. Whalen, Mrs. Harry W. Hayden. Witten and Mrs. R. B. Tompkins were re-nominated.
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United Counseling Service
R. Marshall Witten
William Towne
Thomas B. Bailey
Thomas D. Steffen
John L. Whalen
Peter H. Schoffstall
John Kennedy Jr
Charles G. Salem
Dudley M. Baker
Harry W. Hayden
Bailey
Sullivan
Bennington
Board of
Witten
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Dudley Baker
Peter
Funeral for Richard Connell Held at Sacred Heart Church
The funeral of Richard E. Connell a Korean War veteran and Union Carbide foreman was held at Sacred Heart Church with a Requiem High Mass officiated by Rev. Joseph Wiseman. Relatives and colleagues from Union Carbide and Sacred Heart School attended. Burial followed at Park Lawn Cemetery. Committal services for WWI veteran Joseph Day will be held Saturday at East Franklin Cemetery with American Legion post conducting military rites.
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Winhall
Josie (Benson) Armani
New York City
Emil Armani
Bondville
Rawsonville
Armani
Lucius and
Stella Cobb Benson
Harold Eisener
Paramus
N.J
Richard E
Digger) Connell
Fairview Terrace
Sacred Heart Church
Joseph F. Wiseman
C.S.C
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Walter Foucher
Robert Collins
Charles Holden
Walter Hazelton
Gerald LaCroix
Alpherie Ross
Connell
Bennington
Bennington High School
Richard Lawton
Joseph Day
Vermont
East Franklin Cemetery
American Legion
Enosburg Falls
Vega Star and Fund Drive Highlight a Year
Vega, a bright star in Lyra, lies 26.5 light years away and has long served navigation. In his annual message Witten thanked Don B Otis and the Rev Steffen as chief architects of the counsel's fund drive. The goal was met for the first time. Day Care Center plans continue with about $10,000 of a $55,000 share raised and a July 1 deadline to raise the remaining $45,000.
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Vega
Lyra
Earth
Witten
Don B. Otis
Manchester
Steffen
UCS
Loomis Heads Special YMCA Committee
Lucien E. Loomis of Bennington named chairman of the Special Gifts Committee for the campaign to build a new YMCA Center for Southwestern Vermont. Loomis, longtime Bennington resident and former Woolworth manager, will play a key role. He has been a partner in E. L. Nichols Department Store and serves on local boards. his son William G. is a director at Denver Children’s Hospital.
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YMCA
Vermont
Lucien E. Loomis
Bennington
Folk Singers Highlight SWVEA Meeting
Sandy and Caroline Paton folk singers will headline the final SWVEA meeting at Mt. Anthony Country Club. A 6 30 buffet precedes the program and a brief business portion is promised. The Patons, recording artists for Folk Legacy Records, are noted for Vermont ballads and English Scottish and Welsh folk songs. Marie Mattison is SWVEA president.
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Sandy
Caroline Paton
Southwestern Vermont Education Association
SWVEA
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Folk Legacy Records
Patons
Vermont
Marie Mattison
UCS Meeting Emphasizes Door to Schools and Service Scope
Cooper urged focusing outreach through gates of schools and leveraging 15 teachers who contact many children. He warned mental health groups need an invitation with tangible offerings, adequate funding, and balanced care between clinical and community programs while praising Benninton County United Counseling Service as a leading rural program.
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Cooper
Bennington County United Counseling Service
School Board Hires New Teachers in Bennington District
At the Bennington School District meeting, the school board approved three additional teacher nominations for next year, joining five other teaching appointments. The action advances staffing plans for the upcoming academic term with district officials citing needs in multiple classrooms.
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Bennington
Raftery Speaks At AAUW Meet
Gerald Raftery of Sunderland and Arlington librarian and Banner columnist told Bennington AAUW banquet crowd of North Bennington Rainbarrel Monday night about the rewards and problems of a columnist. He noted how children notes and his own thoughts influence his column. Caroline Darlington led the event and thanked officers and committee heads after two years of leadership.
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Gerald Raftery
Sunderland
Arlington
The
Banner
Bennington
American Association of University Women
Rainbarrel
North Bennington
Caroline Darlington
Raftery
T. J. Linton
Charles Salem
William H. Wills
Darlington
J. Russell Carpenter Jr
Tansitor Names Manager Donald H Stephenson
Donald H Stephenson named manager of research and development at Tansitor Electronics. He also oversees process and application engineering and environmental testing. Stephenson, an A.B. in chemistry from Williams, joined Tansitor in 1957 and became chief chemist before his current post in 1965. He serves on Defense Department spec meetings and various electronics boards. He is married to Janice Putnam and they reside on Pageant Street with their three sons.
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Donald H. Stephenson
Tansitor Electronics, Inc
Tansitor
Daniel L. McQuillan
Stephenson
Williams College
General Electric
Army Medical Research Laboratory
Fort Knox
Electro- Chemical Society
Masons
Tansitor Electronics
Defense Department
Electronics Industry
Janice Putnam
Pageant Street
Stock Averages Report Noon May 18 1967
Dow Jones industrials at 878.90, up 3.34 points led gains among 30 leaders. Railroads rose to 238.33, up .18, utilities at 137.91 fell .09. Composite average 314.91 down .60, volume 5,610,000.
Pay Increase Set At Union Carbide in Bennington
Hourly employees at Union Carbide Corp in Bennington were informed that starting Monday they will receive an average wage increase of 4.7 percent. Local industrial relations head Robert Mihuta said the raise equates to about 10 cents an hour, with 13 to 17 cents in some skilled trades areas. The last raise for Bennington workers was August 18, 1966.
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Union Carbide Corp
Bennington
Robert Mihuta
Union Carbide
On Again Off Again Gone Again OBrien Visit
Montpelier reports an uncertainty about Postmaster Lawrence OBrien attending the June 9 Democratic fundraiser in Burlington. Gov. Hoff said OBrien would be the principal speaker, but published reports suggested the speech might be off due to Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson's arrival in Vermont the same day.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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