St Peter's Episcopal Church Opens Mission in Wilmington
In Wilmington the St Marys in the Mountains Episcopal Mission opens in the former Our Lady of Fatima Roman Catholic chapel. Bishop Harvey Butterfield officiated as Rev Donald Webster leads the new mission with support from St Peters Bennington and St Michaels Brattleboro. Regular Sunday worship begins May 23 at 11 a.m.
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Wilmington
Harvey D. Butterfield
Vermont
St. Mary’s In the Mountains
Route 9
St. Peter’s
Bennington
St. Michael’s
Brattleboro
Butterfield
Donald A. Webster
Father Webster
Grange Hall
Stanley R. Pike
Bishop Butterfield
Gerald Powers
Our Lady of Fatima
St. Mary’s
Episcopal
Center
St. Peter's Church
St. Mary’s In the Mountains Episcopal Mission
Father Power
Pa. Teacher Appointed For Summer School Humanities
DeWitt Zuse, chairman of the Cumberland Valley fine arts department in Mechanicsburg, Pa, is appointed to teach a humanities demonstration class at Bennington’s 1965 summer school. The program, open to junior high students with advanced reading skills, crosses disciplines, includes discussions and lectures, and may involve trips. Zuse leads a committee of local teachers to develop humanities materials for all 12 Mechancisburg grades, with collaborators from Bennington and Molly Stark schools. The Ford Foundation funded enrichment programs also include drama and Far Eastern history and civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt Zuse
Cumberland Valley Joint School System
Mechanicsburg
Bennington
Zuse
Vermont
Diane Gauthier
Bennington Catholic High School
Frances Woodcock
North Bennington
Marianne Reeves
Molly Stark
W. Philip Walker
Ford Foundation
Rescue Squad To Begin Second Coin Card Drive
The Bennington Rescue Squad plans its second annual coin card fund drive. Cards with 20 quarters slots will be mailed Friday and collected in October. Each full card yields five dollars. Members seek a new ambulance to replace the 1956 Cadillac. Corps Instructor Robert Van Ness presented two films on injury checks and burn treatment. Officers for the coming year will be elected Thursday evening.
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Bennington
Robert van Ness
Tri-State Parade Opens Two Day Music Festival In Bennington
The 16th Tri-State Music Festival begins Saturday at 4 30 p m with 15 school bands from Vermont New York and Massachusetts. The parade forms after 3 30 p m and proceeds from the Elementary School yard through Park Street Scott Street Safford Main Putnam Square North Street Gage to Bennington Catholic High School where it disbands. Saturday night a choral and band concert at BCHS auditorium concludes the event. Seaman Leo F Parker Jr USN son of Mrs Clara Parker and Leo Parker Sr of Bennington, ends two week leave in Jacksonville Fla for duty at the U S Naval Air Station there.
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Bennington Lions Club
Bennington
Vermont
New York
Massachusetts
YMCA
Leo F. Parker Jr
USN
Clara
Parker
117 Pratt Sr
Leo Parker Sr
Jacksonville
Fla
U.S. Naval Air Station
Main Street
BCHS
Harry Eddington
Lions Parade
Paul J. Williams
Park Street
Scott Street
Safford
Main
Putnam Square
North Street
Gage
School Street
Bennington Catholic High School
Valentine Street
Edward L. Silver
Bendi
Mount St. Joseph Academy of
Rutland
Cambridge
N.Y
Central
North Bennington High School
Wilmington
Otter Valley of
New Element in Suit By Towns vs Hospital
A state request to involve towns in funding hospital care for indigent elderly adds a new issue to the Bennington County suit against Putnam Memorial Hospital. The state proposes an agreement under Old Age Assistance where the hospital treats elderly aid recipients while the state covers most costs, with towns billed for 38 percent and the federal government bearing 65 percent of the remainder. Lawyers warn the towns that joining could hurt their position. a meeting is sought to discuss dates, while no payments have been made since January.
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Bennington County
Putnam Memorial Hospital
William C. Hill
Henry W. Putnam
State Supreme Court
Bennington
Richard van Santvoord
Black
van Santvoord
Ing
High Court
Van
Atty
George H. Plumb
Plumb
Selectmen
Alma Langlois
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UPI
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Harold L. Hanes
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Hanes
U.S
Rexall
Quinlan
Silver Club
Main St
EI Grandes
Richard
Jewelers
Navy
U.S. Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ill
ST. Williamstown
Mass
Main ST. Bennington, Vi
Canenlleils
Putman
Colonial Shopping Ctr
Williamstown
NEW Englander Motor Inn
GBA
Ducharme Dance Studio
Rallye Room
The
Motor Inn
Bennington Rd
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