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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

May 21, 1971

Page

5

Mt Anthony Honor Society Inducts 60 Members in Ceremony

The Mount Anthony National Honor Society held induction in the auditorium doubling the chapter to 60. A candlelight procession preceded a talk by Elizabeth Kelley former dean of women at Middlebury College. Members were chosen by a 3.0 average and votes in leadership character scholarship and service with 12 grade 12 inductees and 11 grade 11 inductees plus provisional 10th graders set for future voting.

Mount Anthony Mt. Anthony National Honor Society Melvin McGaughey Elizabeth Kelley Middlebury College Jeanne Morgan Sharon Damon Kathy Fuller Gary Niles John Wiskoski Steve Eddington Susan Hall Bruce McWaters Kevin Murray Randa Hilliard Karin Ertell Polly Howlett Anne Miller Steve Hight Craig Allen John Cole Irene Barbeau Linda Beauregard Gloria Danforth Debbie Palmer Bernice Beals Steve Shoemaker Kevin Murphy Kerry Ryan Lynn Crowell Ellen Carpenter Nancy Rice Rick Gail Cross Honor Society

Faculty Survey Finds 75 Percent Rate BSD As Average Or Better

A BSD survey of 95 teachers shows 61 responded with 18 rating the district above average, 28 average, 5 below average, and 10 no opinion. Administrators reportedly all scored above average, one perfect, while most teachers praised evaluations and text adequacy. Class size satisfaction, objective attainment, and overall BSD performance received mixed responses.

Bennington School Joanne B. Dunham Bennington

Debaters Set on Nuclear Power Moratorium at UMass

Top spokesmen clash over nuclear power policy at Bowker Auditorium University of Massachusetts Amherst. Dr. Arthur Tamplin AEC scientist warns of health hazards while Saul Levine defends nukes in a debate sponsored by the Coalition for Environmental Quality. A press conference follows.

Amherst Mass Bowker University of Massachusetts Arthur R. Tamplin AEC Saul Levine Office of Environmental Affairs United States Coalition For Environmental Quality Umass David Inglis Umass Physics Department Tamplin John W. Gorman Lawrence Radiation Laboratory Livermore Calif Gorman

Student earns praise for Conservation Day efforts

Wynne Metcalfe of Mt. Anthony Union High School organized Conservation Day activities for 546 area sixth graders in Sunderland. Students visited Camp Ondawa with 28 teaching stations. Catamount Principal Charles Decker and Dolores staff lauded the project as impactful.

Bennington Mt. Anthony Union High School Wynne Metcalfe Sunderland Phillip R. Viereck Metcalfe Camp Ondawa Catamount Charles Decker

Obituary Walter Harman 90 former Coast Guard official dies in D C

Walter Penfield Harman 90 native of Bennington and former Rutland resident died May 9 in Washington D C after a brief illness. He retired in 1947 as assistant to the chief counsel of the U S Coast Guard and lived at 7111 Poplar Ave Takoma Park Md. He had worked in the Lighthouse Service and Coast Guard legal division, was educated at Phillips Exeter Harvard and Georgetown, served with YMCA in WW I, and was active in Mt Pleasant Congregational Church and Trinity United Church of Christ. Surviving: son Rev Henry V Harman and daughter Mrs Frederick Castendryk, two brothers five grandchildren and a great grandchild. Funeral May 10 at Takoma Funeral Home with burial at Fort Lincoln Cemetery.

Walter Penfield Harman Bennington Rutland U.S. Coast Guard Washington, D.C Sanitarium and Hospital Poplar Ave Takoma Park Mr. Harman Washington Area U.S. Lighthouse Service Commerce Department Coast Guard Phillips Exeter Academy Harvard University Georgetown University Lighthouse Service YMCA Mt. Pleasant Elizabeth Kimball Haverhill Mass Myra M. Hurst Poughkeepsie N.Y Henry V. Harman York Frederick Castendryk Holden Richard J. Harman Dunedin Fla George N. Harman Clearwater Takoma Funeral Home Carroll Ave N.W Fort Lincoln

Steam train to run under probation in Vermont summer

Vermont Health Board grants a 12 month variance allowing Green Mountain Railroad to operate its Chester to Bellows Falls steam locomotive this summer despite air rules. The plan requires immediate smoke reductions and eventual full compliance, while the future season remains in question amid high visitor numbers and delayed coal orders.

Robert W. Adams Adams

Body of 19 year old recovered after Hudson River rafting accident

In Cohoes the body of Edward Leonard, missing since May 8 when a raft capsized near Van Schaick Island, was found Thursday night near the Federal Dam at Lock 1 by three Ford Motor Co. workers in Green Island. In Troy, a soda vending machine at the Urban Center was pried open and $60 in coins taken.

Cohoes Edward Leonard Hudson River van Schaick Island Federal Dam Lock 1 Ford Motor Co Green Island Troy Adams Fourth Street

Fire injures four in three-alarm Albany blaze at three wooden buildings

Four people were injured, none seriously, in a three-alarm fire that struck three downtown Albany Spring Street apartment buildings. All damaged structures were wood frame.

Albany Spring Street

Berkshire HUD approves pilot study for review of energy proposals

Berkshire County Regional Planning Commission wins tentative $200,000 HUD funding to develop review guidelines for power generation and transmission plans. NE Utilities pumped storage project may not be built, but HUD aims to publish a definitive handbook for agencies nationwide. In Lenox a 120 foot reinforced concrete transmission tower could become a bird watching platform, with local Sanctuary and Audubon Society supporters seeking retention. North Adams Health Board orders mayor to halt open burning at the dump by Monday, with a May 28 meeting planned to review landfill operations and status.

Pittsfield Berkshire County Lenox Housatonic River Alvah W. Sanborn Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary Massachusetts Audubon Society Holdings State Division of Fisheries and Game North Adams Board of Health Joseph R. Bianco State Board of Health Edmund Larkin

Not Guilty Verdict In Grand Larceny Case at North Adams

Patrick Gray, 25, of Route 7 Pownal formerly pled not guilty to grand larceny for removing furniture from Edward Carsno's Mohawk Trail property in Florida. After trial in North Adams District Court he was found not guilty.

North Adams Patrick Gray Route 7 Pownal Edward Carsno Mohawk Trail Florida

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