Two Silver Weddings Mark Bishop and Rumboldt Couples
Two couples, Mr. Earl Bishop Sr and Mrs. Bishop and Mr. Richard Rumboldt and Mrs. Rumboldt, celebrated their silver anniversaries with an open house Saturday at the Bishop home. A buffet lunch centered on a two cake table, with a centerpiece layer cake featuring two brides and grooms and a 25 topper. Guests traveled from Peru and nearby areas in Massachusetts and New Hampshire to attend.
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Earl Bishop Sr
Richard Rumboldt
Bishop Home
Ruth Jewell
Jaffrey, N.H
Bessie Hall
Peru
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
South Stream Road
Selectmen Receive Paint Bids for Bridges
Three bids were presented Tuesday night for painting the town three covered bridges. Keith Young of North Bennington offered the low labor cost of 650 dollars while the town supplies the paint. Rupert N. Young bid 975 dollars and Douglas Gerity 850 dollars. Officials will check Young's references before awarding. Next Tuesday they plan to announce five appointees to a town Housing Authority to pursue federal funds for public housing for low income and elderly residents. Joseph Higgins noted separate projects for elderly and low income groups. The elderly project is the priority pending further study.
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Keith Young
North Bennington
Bennington Library Friends to Hear Bloustein on Privacy
The spring meeting of the Friends of the Bennington Library will be held Wednesday May 25 at 8 p.m. in the library. Dr Edward J Bloustein president of Bennington College will discuss The Right to Privacy. He holds degrees from NYU Wadham Oxford Cornell and a Fulbright. He was a professor of law at NYU before joining Bennington.
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Friends of the Bennington Library
Edward J. Bloustein
Bennington College
Bloustein
New York University
Wadham College
Oxford University
Veterans Park to Honor Veterans on May 30
Veterans from Bennington will see a new park on South Street between the County Courthouse and the GBA readied for Memorial Day observances May 30. A flagpole benches and flowers will be added, with gravel walks laid and a wall of stones. The park is led by the Veterans Memorial Committee with local veterans groups auxiliaries town officials and the GBA. A Memorial Book will replace the old honor roll plaques and be kept at the Municipal Building listing veterans from the Revolutionary War to present.
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Veterans Park
Kenneth Porter
Kenneth Baker
Veterans Memorial Committee
Veterans Memorial Park
GBA
South Street
William Horst
Veterans Committee
Clarence Howard
Donald C. Hicks
The
Greater Bennington Association
Buckler
Bennington
Veter
Ans
Monument Avenue
Vermont Soldiers’ Home
Ernest Costa
Soldiers’ Home
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veterans of
Pownal Native Becomes Area Navy Recruiter
Walter Pollett, a Pownal native with 12 years Navy service, has become the area navy recruiter, succeeding Ervin Cain who left for Mayport aboard the USS Meredith. Pollett will cover Bennington County to Manchester and Northern Berkshire and will be at the North Adams YMCA Tuesdays and Fridays 2 to 4 pm. Cain retires after over 20 years in service and intends to return to North Carolina before moving to Mayport.
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Pownal
Walter Pollett
Ervin Cain
Mayport
Fla
Meredith
Pollert
Walter Pollert
Northwest Hill
Williamstown
North Adams
Naval Air Station
Philadelphia
Pollett
Bennington County
Manchester
Berkshire
Massachusetts
YMCA
North Adams Post Office
Cain
Four Forecast Confusion Delivers Chilling Forecast In Chicago
A Chicago weather forecast recording startled residents by predicting a high near zero this afternoon before officials corrected it to a high near 70. The mix up promptedCalls to the utility and headlines as residents planned around the corrected forecast.
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Chicago
UPI
AAUW 40th Anniversary Celebrated at Meeting
At Paradise Restaurant 35 members and guests celebrated the Bennington Branch AAUW anniversary. Miss Caroline Darlington read a 1926 to 1948 club history by Mrs. Hazel Wills. Charter members honored were Miss Mary Hutton, Mrs. Marion Riemann, Miss Marion Hardy. Floral centerpiece with red tulips symbolized rubles for 40th. Frank Brownell spoke on epitaphs seen across several states.
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Paradise Restaurant
Bennington
American Association of University Women
Caroline Darlington
Hazel Wills
Mary
Margaret Buckley
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London
Rupert N. Young
Douglas Gerity
Selectman
Joseph Higgins
Friends of Library
Firestone Thrifts
Economy Auto Stores, Inc
Vermont
Vermont Bank
Ibellows Falls
Chester
Brattleboro
Rutland
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Navy
North Carolina
AMM Ic
Perfecta
Green” Mountain Park
U.S.7
AAUW
Hutton
Marion Riemann
Marion Hardy
Frank Brownell
Maine
New Jersey
Connecticut
Tennessee
Florida
FBI
Merry “Dairy Queen
Pat
Bennington Road
Nichols
Carter
Carter's
Pink
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