Fifteen Graduate From Nursing School Here
Fifteen graduates including four Benn ington residents completed the Henry W Putnam Memorial Hospital School of Practical Nursing program. The event at Benn ington Elementary School featured remarks by Mrs Marjorie M Townsend Vermont Health Department official and diplomas awarded by Phyllis Coburn director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Henry W. Putnam Memorial Hospital School of Practical Nursing
Francis Matthews
Bristol
R. I
Marjorie M. Townsend
Vermont Department of Health
Peruvian Volunteer Nurse Highlights Latin Aid Efforts
Miss Margaret M. Dermody spoke at the Holy Rosary Society dinner about her year and a half with the Papal Volunteers in Latin America. She described efforts to meet desperate needs in Peru Bolivia and Guatemala through PAUSA and related agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret M. Dermody
R.N
Holy Rosary Society
St. Francis de Sales
Bennington Catholic High School
Papal Volunteers In
Latin America
PAVLA
Peru
PAUSA
Bolivia
Guatemala
Dermody
John Dermody
West Road
New York City
St. Francis de Sales Academy
Bennington High School
Jeanne Mance
Grace
Society
Thomas A. Bransfield
Thomas Donovan
Irene Cronin
Patty Kate Carmody
Miss Dermody
Barbara Bailey
Vermont House Advances Education Funding And School District Bills
Vermont lawmakers approved raising the statewide teacher minimum to 4800 a year and an initiative providing free public high school tuition. A measure ends the 475 tuition offset and assigns full cost to the pupil's home district. The House also backed a plan to ease supervisory district formation aligned with broader consolidation goals backed by key education groups. Senate brief session opened the 21st week with religious and community figures assisting Saint Joseph Sisters and Father Bransfield presenting a Mother of the Year award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Senate
House
Vermont Education Association
Vermont State School Directors Association
The
School Directors Association
Rosemary Swhneski
Sisters of St. Joseph Convent
Richard McGowan
Father Bransfield
Donald Humphreys
Bennington Briefs Highlights Local Updates and Events
Bennington notes report a minor car damage incident in the North Street lot involving Lu cene R. Peirce's 1961 Corvair rear fender after a unknown vehicle backed into it. The week brings AAUW delegates to Middlebury, a former Bennington resident Eva Nichols hospitalized in Augusta, and Tony Lombardo donating golf balls for Mt. Anthony Country Club event. Memorial Day school closures, barber shop reopening, and upcoming Putnam Hose Co fair dates complete the local briefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucene R. Peirce
North Bennington
North Street
Bennington Village
Funeral for Mrs Florence B Peeler Held at Hanson Walbridge
The funeral for Mrs Florence B Peeler of 126 Adams Street was conducted Monday afternoon at Hanson Walbridge Funeral Home. Rev Don A Webster of St Peter's Episcopal Church led the service and offered committal prayers at Park Lawn Cemetery where interment occurred. Bearers were John R Stone Edward Shanahan Frank Silvernail Albert Merrow Maurice Noon and Ellwood Allen, all of Bennington.
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East Arlington
Harold Dean Best
Vermont Dairy Association
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
North Hero
William
Viola
Kingsley) Best
State Agricultural School
Randolph
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Red Mountain Lodge F&am
Red Mountain
Eastern Star
East Arlington Federated Church
Mary McCauley
Alice Loyzelle
Hollywood
Fla
Robert Anderson
San Francisco
Calif
Robert McCauley
St. Johnsbury
Elizabeth Johnson
Des Plains
Ill
Janet Senecal
Springfield
Mass
Brian N.K. Best
Burlington
Mary Powell
Ormond Beach
Eleanor Norton
Newport
R. I
Beulah Altree
Kathleen Rand
St. Albans
Granville Greenwold
Northfield Falls Cemetery
Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home
Arlington
Hemophilia Foundation
Florence B. Peeler
Adams St
Hanson-Walbridge
Donald A. Webster
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Park Lawn Cemetery
John R. Stone
Edward Shanahan
Frank Silvernail
Albert Merrow
Maurice Noon
Ellwood Allen
Effects of Town Unification Studied by Bennington Group
Bennington's Unification Study Committee reviewed how consolidation would affect existing village ordinances and the mechanics of forming a consolidated town government. They did not settle final recommendations, but planned action on officers to serve under the consolidation charter for the next meeting on June 7. The study included a review of the forthcoming report by Norton Barber and a town government subcommittee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Arthur D. Taylor
Auth
Norton Barber
Barber
Certified Public Accountant
Old Bennington
Joseph A. Pello Jr
Bennington Village
Drive to place 40 plus workers gains state support
Vermont officials marked Senior Citizens Month with a drive to place workers over 40 in new positions. Commissioner Stella Hackel cited potential openings and urged employers to give older applicants equal chances. She quantified possible annual consumer power from these hires at about 3.85 million dollars.
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Montpelier
Stella B. Hackel
Vermont State Employment Service
Employment Service
Vermont
Vermont Life showcases White River and Vermont camping visuals
A five color feature on the White River highlights boating swimming and picnicking along this Vermont stream as part of Vermont Life's new issue to 100000 subscribers. The magazine covers golf camps Putney educational institutions and a Pomfret organ rebuild with photos by Phelan Harris Howe and Smith and text by Rood Watson and Alsup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
White River
New
Vermont Life
Vermont
Putney
Norwich
Raymond Phelan
John Harris
Wilmington
Sonja Bullaty
Angelo Lomeo
Norman Maciver
Ronald Rood
T.G. Whidden
Grafton
William Alsup
Woodstock
David Plowden
Nancy Watson
Rockwell Stephens
Sherman Howe
Samuel R. Ogden
Schubert
Green Mountains
Murray Hoyt
Faire Edwards
John Smith
Mallett’s Bay
Rood
Benjamin Rogers
Middlebury
Hospital Notes and Discharges in Vermont NY Area
Hospital notes list patients including Mrs. Nancy Hertel Buskirk NY Miss Geraldine Condon East Arlington Miss Robin Ken yon Master Peter Sprague Miss Barbara Piscopo Mrs Eva Cole Bennington Master Joseph Dubuke North Hoosick Mrs Phyllis L Cross Shaftsbury Stanley Ineson Manchester Stephen Shechoki Petersburg NY Discharges include Mrs Elizabeth Long Bennington Births announce a son to Mr and Mrs Earl Gallett of Chapel Road on May 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert D. Stout
Angus J. MacDonald
Shaftsbury
Shirley Flood
North Bennington
William Thomson
Brenda LaDuke
Orwell
Elizabeth Humphreys
Janice Dinon
Troy
N.Y
Phyllis Coburn
Esther Parmelee
Board of Hospital Corporators
Nancy Hertel
Buskirk
Geraldine Condon
East Arlington
Robin Kenyon
Peter Sprague
Barbara Piscopo
Eva Cole
Bennington
Joseph Dubuke
North Hoosick
Phyllis L. Cross
Stanley Ineson
Manchester
Stephen Shechoki
Petersburg
Elizabeth Long
Stock Averages Report From Dow Jones and Albany Noon
The noon stock table shows Dow Jones industrials at 920.69, up 6.48. Railroads bid 206.56, up 1.27, utilities 160.23, up .23. Composite average 317.16, up 1.85. Totals reflect 2,410,000 shares traded.
Faculty Concert at Bennington College Wednesday May 26
A music program for voice violin and piano will be presented in a college faculty concert at Bennington College on Wednesday night May 26 at 8 15 p m in the Carriage Barn auditorium. Soloists Frank Baker Orren Pernel Julian DeGray will perform with DeGray accompanying Baker and Vivian Fine accompanying Miss Pernel. Baker sings four Grieg selections and Messiaen Trois Melodies. Pernel performs Nigan an improvisation from Baal Shem The Fountain of Arethusa by Szymanowski and Mozart Sonata in D. De Gray plays Mozart Minuet Szymanowski Oberek Grieg Stabbelaten and Messiaen Danse de l Esprit de Joie. The concert is part of a spring term music faculty series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington College
Frank Baker
Orren Pernel
Julian DeGray
DeGray
Baker
Vivian Fine
Miss Pernel
Carriage Barn
Grieg
Messiaen
Nigan
Bloch
Szymanowski
Mozart
D. de Gray
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Hurley
F.E. Harrigan
Louis Nicholson
Bromley
Martin
Linde Gibb
Joyce Erdman
Jackie Breen
Audrey Robinson
William C. Brant
Hamden St
West Springfield
Hoosick
Curran-Jones
Brant
Springfield Hospital
Hillcrest Park Cemetery
Marion Brant
United Dairy
van Rensselaer Lodge of Masons
Jane Peckham
Edward D. Brant
Charlotte Thompson
New Britain
Harold D. Best
Stout
Adelia Ashton
Watervliet
Sheila Barron
Rutland
Louise Butler
Maryan Clark
Newington
Judy Forrest
Ruth Harter
West Coxsackie
Jill Johnson
Carol Lanthier
Cohoes
Maureen Scanlon
Bennington Briefs
AAUW
Vincent Pizzanno
William Wills
Christopher Buckley
George Jenkins
Philip Bushee
Eva Nichols
Augusta, Maine General Hospital
Tony Lombardo
Gay’s Express
Scotch Foursome
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Bennington Auxiliary State Police
Bennington Emblem Club No
Elks Rooms
North St
Putnam Hose Co
County Street
North & Depot
Harteth Theatre
Ennington
Mirisch Corporation
Dean Martin
Kim Novak
Ray Walston
Bily Widow
Eet
Ted Dy Lortet
Meruat
Eka
Robert Mitchu
Frank Ross
Mister Moses
Panavision’ Technicolor
United Artists
Florence B. Peelor
Old Village
Vail Farrell
Earl Gallett
Chapel Road
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Dres
Salem’s
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