WOTM Notes May Officers and Upcoming Events
The annual election of officers was held May 15 with Bessie Burgess as senior regent and others named. Refreshments followed, Bessie Hall chaired, Josie Baczek received a surprise gift. The annual banquet is May 23 at Wallies Restaurant. Co workers needing transportation may contact Bessie Burgess. Next meeting June 5 at 7:30 p.m. Julia Gates is chapter night program chair. Isabelle Gates will donate the surprise gift. A jewelry sale follows the meeting. Best wishes for a speedy recovery to Arlene Joseph at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Memorial Service is May 26. All officers should report early for instructions.
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Bessie Burgess
Doris Sprague
Mable Mattison
Mary Hier
Mildred Houran
Jeanne Jewett
Bessie Hall
Josie Baczek
Wallie’s
Julia Gates
Isabelle Gates
Arlene Joseph
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Emblem Club Installs New President
Vermon t unemployment claims fall 13 percent to 2632 for the week with Bennington at 286, down 43 from the prior week. State insured unemployment drops to 2.4 percent, the lowest since November 1967, while Bennington shows improving job prospects and plans for two new stores employing about 125 people. Mrs Emma Halladay installed as Bennington Emblem Club 368 president at the Bennington Elks lodge with Past Supreme President Julie Caprio and others in attendance.
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NEW Emblem Club
Mary Cone
Shirley Maguire
Constance LaBeau
Emma Halladay
Julie Caprio
Helen Foster
Mary Macauley
Martha Roy
Anita Kelso
Frances Bahan
Marion Pierce
Maureen Scanlon
Elma Wager
Jean Stone
Patricia Corbett
Montpelier
Vermont
Bennington
Dept. of Employment Security
Middlebury
St. Albans
Bennington Emblem Club
BPO Elks
North Adams Emblem Club
The
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Ruler
Elks Lodge
Town Sisters Clarify Home Improvement Policy in Bennington
A Bennington Board of Listers meeting clarified when home upgrades affect assessments. Officials said replacing a deteriorating porch with a larger, more substantial version may raise value and taxes, while preserving size and type counts as maintenance.
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Bennington Board of Listers
Listers
Richard Sleeman
The
Richard Ralph
Sleeman
Raymond Betit
VFW Auxiliary Plans May 25 Installation and Dance
VFW Auxiliary and Post 1332 schedule installation on May 25 with a 6 p.m. buffet and dancing to the Ex plosions. At the May 14 meeting Bessie Greene received a surprise gift, Claire Smith earned the Silver Doughboy, and gifts from President Ian Damon to Margaret Knights were presented. A hand made gift from Arlene Joseph went to Bessie Greene. A second event on May 28 at 8 p.m. features a white elephant auction led by Marion Charest.
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VFW
Bessie Greene
Claire Smith
Ian Damon
Margaret Knights
Arlene Joseph
Marion Charest
Ascension Day at St Peter's Church Observed
St Peter's Church marks the Feast of the Ascension with 9 45 a m Holy Communion and a 6 p m Parish Eucharist led by the Senior Choir. A pot luck follows with desserts to A G, casseroles H P, and Q Z salads. A film on Central America work for adults and children’s program in the Guild Room.
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St. Peter’s Church
Central America
Ape Hands Smoke to Ape at Sequoia Park Zoo
Darrell Greene, 21, of Northridge, was arrested in Eureka for possession of marijuana after police said he passed a marijuana cigarette to a zoo ape at Sequoia Park Zoo. The animal reportedly took two puffs, clapped, and danced a brief jig.
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Eureka
Calif
UPI
Darrell Greene
Northridge
Sequoia Park Zoo
Greene
Knights elect Morrissey as Vermont State Deputy at Middlebury meet
Gerald E. Morrissey of Bennington was elected state deputy at the Knights of Columbus 70th annual state council meeting in Middlebury. Leo Plourde of Bennington named a delegate to the Anaheim Supreme Convention. The convention awarded its first annual scholarships to Gerald R. Whalen of Springfield High and Helen R. Cloutier of Burlington, each $250, with Morrissey chairing the scholarship committee alongside Joseph J. Quinn and Father Duford.
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Middlebury
Gerald E. Morrissey
Bennington
Knights of Columbus
Gerald R. Whalen
Springfield High School
Atty
John Whalen
Arlington
Francis Whalen
Springfield
Helen R. Cloutier
Rice Memorial High School
Burlington
Bennington Council
C. Mason Amadon
Leonard Anzivino
J. Russell Carpenter Jr
Morrissey
Anzivino
Carpenter
Plourde
Joseph J. Quinn
Father Duford
Winooski Park
Bull Closes Park in Tacoma Suburb
Pierce County officials closed a 350 acre Lakewood park until June 15 as a dangerous bull remains with the herd. The notice warns the park will reopen only after the cattle are removed and the site is safe for public use.
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Tacoma
Wash
UPI
Lakewood
Pierce County
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