Way to Paradise at Bennington College Parade
A long procession of Bennington College girls in period costumes reenacts Dante's Inferno Purgatory and Paradise on the commons lawn to celebrate Dante's 700th birthday. Claude Fredericks, the literature teacher, stars as Virgil guiding students, who cross a muddy path from Hell to Purgatory. Food included fried chicken and potato salad in Purgatory before dessert in the Jennings garden.
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Bennington College
Hell
Purgatory
Claude Fredericks
Colllege
Virgil
Vermont
Paradise
Jennings Garden
Village School Budget Nears Approval
Preparations for the annual meeting of the Bennington Graded School District dominated the Wednesday night session. Three trustees, Riley Rid dle and Sleeman, announced they will seek re election to new three year terms, and Mrs Marian Cummings will seek re election on the Mt Anthony Union board. Budget discussions centering on 1965 66 costs showed total outlays of 822720 with local taxes about 590000, requiring a tax rate of 7.40, plus 6 cents for an on Stark Street site. The district will also pay 94 cents more for Mt Anthony assessments, bringing the tentative rate to 8.34. The budget is delayed for minor changes, while voting on a possible merger with Greater Bennington Schools Inc proceeds via a district by district vote. A lease issue for the Bend i building may be probed.
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Bennington Graded
Franklin Riley
West Main Street
John P. Riddle
Gage St
Richard Sleeman
School Street
Mt. Anthony Union
Marian Cummings
Washington Ave
Robert Hayes
Hayes
Stark Street
Mt. Anthony
Bennington High School
Greater
Bennington Schools
Bennington Schools Inc
Paul Kirsch
Kirsch
Bennington
Bendi
Atty
Norton Barber
Trustees
Hospital Notes Admissions and Births Listed
Admissions include Joyce Leonard Joe Bishop Harriet Christiansen Earl Chase Robin Kenyon Peter Sprague Barbara Piscopo Donna Maroney David Anderson Lawrence Becerra Joseph Dubuke Calista Stone Gloria Clark and daughter Duane Jones Anna Hawley and daughter Births report Gerald Moses and wife Eagle Bridge N Y a son May 26 Wilfred Bisson and wife 11 Madison St Hoosick Falls a daughter May 26 Daniel Courtemanche and wife 235 Park St a son May 26
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Earl Chase
Robin Kenyon
Peter Sprague
Barbara Piscopo
Donna Maroney
David Anderson
Lawrence Becerra
Bennington
Joseph Dubuke
North Hoosick
Calista Stone
Wilmington
Gloria Clark
East Arlington
Duane Jones
Petersburg
Anna Hawley
Gerald Moses
Eagle Bridge
N. Y
Wilfred Bisson
Madison Sst
Hoosick Falls
Daniel Courtemanche
Park St
Bennington Briefs Extend Community Meetings and Local Notices
The town briefs cover Court St Andrew Catholic Daughters meeting on Tuesday June 1 with installation and refreshments, a Windham Windsor District PNA meeting at Woodstock Inn with a 6 30 dinner, Miss Mary Thompson presenting on diabetes, Miss Amy Lowen seeking ushers for July 2 to August 28, corrections to a previous Business and Professional Women’s Club name, Mt Anthony Union School Board open session tonight to hire a principal, Dr J C Armstrong’s office reopening June 14, Putnam Hose Co fair schedule May 27 28 29 31, Lou's Barbershop reopening at 135 North Street, and an invitation to hear Otto Bertschi at the Christian Science Church Edifice Hillside Street.
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The
Practical Nurses Association
Windham - Windsor
PNA
Woodstock Inn
Mary Thompson
University of Vermont
Putnam Hose Co
County Street
North & Depot
Otto Bertschi
C.S.B
Christian Science Church
Hillside Street
Stock Averages at Aaron Jones Bache & Co Albany Noon
Stock averages report midday results from Aaron Jones Bache and Co in Albany. Industrials rise 7.26 to 909.90, railroads up 1.27 to 203.49, utilities 0.93 higher at 159.51, composite up 2.24 to 313.58 with totals of 2,940,000 shares traded.
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ron-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Hoff To Be Graduation Speaker At Bennington High
Gov. Philip H. Hoff will speak at the June 15 1965 Bennington High School graduation for the Class of 1965. Supt. Allan Heath is ill. Assistant Supt. Paul Kirsch acts in his place and Heath receives a one month leave. Two new teachers were hired Miss Jane Nissen for social studies and Mrs. Betty Kennedy for first grade. French teacher position remains open.
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Hoff
Heath
Kirsch
Philip H. Hoff
Bennington High School
Bennington
Benhi
Ralf S. Kates
Gov. Hoff
Allan J. Heath
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Paul E. Kirsch
Bendi
Cora B. Whitney
Jane Nissen
North Adams
Mass
Cora B
Betty Kennedy
Kennedy Foremerly
Kates
Favorable Vote Seen on Call For a ConCon
In Montpelier Vermont the House Judiciary Committee is poised to report favorably on a bill to authorize a constitutional convention next summer. The measure would elect 129 delegates to rewrite portions of the state constitution to reflect recent Supreme Court rulings on reapportionment. The convention would begin March 1 with sessions starting in June after a special session of the reapportioned legislature.
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Montpelier
UPC
Vermont
House Judiciary Committee
U.S. Supreme Court
Library fish incident causes ruin at Bennington High
Bennington High School faced a strange minor disaster when a live fish brought to biology class overflowed a classroom sink, leaking water into the library below. About 160 books were destroyed and 100 damaged, totaling roughly 500 dollars in losses. The incident prompted insurance questions, but no negligence was found against Teacher Rudolph Woodcock.
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Bennington High School
Benhi
Ralf S. Kates
Bennington Graded School District
Kates
Rudolph Woodcock
Woodcock
Paul E. Kirsch
Pownal Billboard Case Dropped By Judge Gibson in U.S. Court
In Brattleboro a federal case by Maurice Callahan and Sons of Pittsfield against the Town of Pownal and former Secretary of State Armstrong over four proposed highway billboards was dismissed by U.S. District Judge Ernest W. Gibson for lack of a substantial federal question. The firm seeks more than 10 000 dollars in damages and may pursue state court action instead. A May 5 hearing preceded the dismissal, with counsel noting a scheduling misunderstanding.
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Brattleboro
Massachusetts
Pownal
U.S
Ernest W. Gibson
Maurice Callahan and Sons Inc
Pittsfield
Mass
Howard E. Armstrong
Armstrong
Callahan
McKee
The
Banner
Gibson
Mother of Murdered Girl Testifies in N H Murder Trial
In Manchester New Hampshire the mother Joan Mason testifies in the murder trial of Edward Coolidge Jr. The state asserts Pamela Mason was lured from home during a blizzard, murdered with a 22 caliber Mossberg rifle, and left on a snow bank. Prosecutors cite hair and ballistic evidence, alibi attempts, and observations of Coolidge near the crime site.
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Manchester
N.H
UPD
Edward Coolidge Jr
Joan Mason
Superior Court
Robert F. Griffith
Pamela
Coolidge
Alexander Kalinski
Mason
New Hampshire
William Maynard
Maynard
Haverhill, Mass
Haverhill
Witness Walks Out On HUAC in Chicago Hearing
The House Committee on Un-American Activities ends hearings in Chicago with key subpoenaed figures silent and four witnesses refusing to answer questions. Milton Cohen left with his attorney Richard Orlikoff, saying the committee violated its rules as subpoenaed names appeared in papers before testimony.
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Chicago
UPI
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Milton Cohen
Richard Orlikoff
Cohen
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