Circle Organizes First Methodist Church circle forms
The newly formed afternoon circle met at Mrs. Fred Butler's home for an organizational meeting. Mrs. Butler was elected president with Mrs. William Thomson as vice president, Mrs. Leon Cooper as secretary, and Mrs. Roy Sullivan as treasurer. They scheduled monthly meetings on the third Tuesday, with the next gathering July 19 a picnic at Mrs. Guy Morse's home. A church rummage sale is planned for Sept. 23.
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First Methodist Church
Fred Butler
Bennington Growth Predicted by Rotary Speaker
Donald C. Hicks told Bennington Rotarians ten years of change ahead with a growing, unified town. He forecast new business and shopping, a downtown motel, off street parking, a bypass, a tourist information center, parks, Mt. Anthony recreation, a new YMCA, more schools and a two year college. He urged expandable water lines and broad citizen committees, stressing not forgetting the individual. He predicted a 1977 bicentennial planning committee led by Sal Santarcangelo, Robert Cummings Jr. and John H. Williams II to energize local veterans and groups and booster rockets for the monument. Richard Corcoran spoke on Laser beam theory after winning a science fair prize.
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Bennington
Vermont
Mt. Anthony
YMCA
Hicks
Greater Bennington Association
State Department of Motor Vehicles
Bennington College
Bolles Brook
Rotarians
Sal Santarcangelo
Robert Cummings Jr
John H. Williams II
Richard Corcoran
BCHS
Mt. Anthony district seeks $80,000 in federal aid
Mt. Anthony Union School District files for about 80 thousand dollars in National Defense Education Act aid as part of a 160 thousand dollar planned expenditure for fixed equipment and library books. Officials warn funding is not guaranteed and state allotments may force pro rationing among three schools.
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Mt. Anthony Union
Mt. Anthony
NDEA
Kelley
Vermont
Bennington College hosts Dell Hymes lecture on language and culture
The Bennington College special events committee presents Dell Hymes, anthropology professor at the University of Pennsylvania, in a Monday 8 p.m. lecture in the Theatre. Titled Language and Culture Aspects of Linguistic Relativity, he will discuss how American Indian language illustrates world view differences.
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Bennington College
Dell Hymes
University of Pennsylvania
Hymes
Harvard University
University of California At Berkeley
Peru Area Obituary Joseph Farnum Dies at 82
Joseph Elbridge Farnum 82 died suddenly Friday at his Peru home after years of poor health. Born August 14, 1883 in Peru, he was the son of Wallace and Emma Estarbrook Farnum. He lived in the area most of his life and was known for his longtime residence. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Peru
Joseph Elbridge Farnum
Wallace and
Emma Estarbrook Farnum
Bennington Briefs and Community Notices
Bennington briefs list upcoming events for Gold Star Mothers at Soldiers Home Chapel and a Pre Memorial service plus a Monday dedication parade. Also notices on Valley View Golf Course rates and local venue hours, Morgans Esso holiday closure, and Eagles Candle Light room hours. Obituary notes detail a Peru builder and longtime public servant with funeral and burial arrangements in Peru Village Cemetery.
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Gold Star
Soldiers’ Home
Grand Union Parking Lot
BCHS Musicians Set Spring Concert Sunday Night
Bennington Catholic High School band and swing orchestra directed by Rev Henry Bourgois and BCHS glee club led by Sister Cecilia Marie will present a Spring Concert Sunday at 7 30 p m. The program opens with band selections including Dry Bones Exodus and a romance medley followed by further performances by club members.
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Bennington Catholic High School
Henry Bourgois
Guitar Club
Larry Betii
Craig Guetti
Jean Sausville
John Sausville
Rick Burgess
Michael Sausville
Glee Club
Lord Is
Light
Louise Harris
Randa Hilliard
Kevin Murphy
Color Guard
Astronomy Notes and School Concert At Bennington Catholic High
The column blends a Sky noteson Aquila with a Bennington Catholic High School music program featuring Guitar Club Glee Club Swing Band and soloists. It also reports the death of Effie Phillips Burroughs 86 of Manchester Depot with funeral arrangements at Brewster Funeral Home and Dellwood Cemetery details.
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Manchester Depot
Effie Phillips Burroughs
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Peru
Calvin
Mary Penfield Phillips
Aiken Sets June 9 Hearing on Milk Price
UPI reports Senator George D. Aiken announces a June 9 public hearing by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington on milk prices for the Boston milk order area. The hearing follows a petition by 16 New England dairy cooperatives amid declining production and price pressure.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Boston
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
New England
Aiken
Johnson
Agriculture
Orville C. Freeman
Department of Agriculture
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Gage
Park Streets
Willy
Donald C. Hicks
Madkour
North & River Sts
G. Collins
S. Goss
C. Clermont
THE
Bennington Banner
Main St
Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
U.S
Burlington Savings Bank
Mutual Savings Bank
Burlington, Vermont
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Norman Stratton
Stratton
Marian C. Taylor
Union District
Supt. Kelley
Welling Field
North Bennington
Bennington South Supervisory Union
Merged
Union
Kenneth Baldwin
Molly Stark
John J. Herlihy
Ford Foundation
Herlihy
Jane McCullough
Joseph E. Farnum
Bennington Briefs
Valley View Golf Course
Morgans Esso
ADV
FOE Eagles
Ella Peckham
Greenville
R.I
Peru Congregational Church
Richard Pryce
Londonderry Congregational Church
Peru Village
Brewster Funeral Home
Manchester Center
Effie P. Burroughs
Aquila
Greece
Jupiter
Council of the Gods
Ganymede
Mt. Olympus
Benrus
Bulova
Croton
Fienberg
Fabulous Perfecta
North Bennington Rd
Lorne T. Brown
P.O. Box
Rutland
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