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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1963
Page
6
The North Bennington School Board will hold a 7 30 p m meeting in the school gym to discuss district problems with voters. The session aims for information exchange and no district business will be transacted before the June 26 annual meeting.
North Bennington held a Memorial Day parade and ceremonies at the Honor Roll and St. John the Baptist Cemetery. Service members, Scouts, and local groups joined the procession led by John Ryan with Rev. Parsley and Rev. Miller officiating. The dedication of the new veterans memorial featured wreaths, a flag-raising, and the Gettysburg Address recited by NBHS senior Peter Holden.
North Bennington School students from kindergarten to seniors staged a Memorial Day exercise on the east lawn. Laura Nowak said the event honored those who died for freedom and aimed to renew democratic faith amid Cold War tensions.
North Pownal Grad School observed Memorial Day with classes performing American music and poetry. First and second graders sang Memorial Day and Yankee Doodle and recited Remembering Day.
Manchester Nancy Otis An after-dark exploration of Kent's Cave Red Mountain Arlington was made Wednesday night by 16 members of Explorer Post 33 following their first regular meeting with Raymond Lovely Boy Scout executive. Elected president of the group was David Edson. Other officers are Stephen Rosencrantz vice president Robert McFall secretary Tom Rumney treasurer Michael Nawrath and Bert Hinkley chapter representatives Robert E West is post adviser. The family of Mr and Mrs Howard E Wilcox is holding an open house in honor of their parents 25th wedding anniversary for their friends and relatives Saturday from 2 5 and 8 10 p m.
Manchester Memorial Day observances drew large crowds though rain threatened and the traditional parade was trimmed. American Legion Post No. 38 organized services at Dellwood and Factory Point Cemeteries with Edgar C. Bryant as marshal. Speakers honored martyrs and America's blessings as the Manchester School Band and Burr and Burton Seminary chorus performed. Taps and a march through town concluded the day.
Cambridge Central School PTA wrapped the year with a flag ceremony led by 15 Girl Scouts from Troops 1 3 4 and 7. Officers elected were Gordon Lockrow president, Mrs Aaron Stevens vice president, Clement Crowe secretary, and Richard Burdsall treasurer. Proceeds from a June 14 Hawaiian luau will fund a foreign exchange student and two senior scholarships. An Austrian boy has applied to be Cambridge Central’s first exchange student.
The Rev. Isabel G. King of Pownal Center Community Church will retire after 11 years of service marked by a growing congregation, a new Sunday School program, and extensive church renovations. Howard Van Horn of Williamstown Mass has been named lay speaker for the church. The Hickses of East Pownal weekended in Deerfield N H for the NEFCA Spring Safari, the largest gathering of its kind with 1620 families registered from New England New York and New Jersey.
About 100 Dorset veterans and families gathered at the Dorset church vestry for a luncheon served by the McBride-Harwood Legion Auxiliary. A church service followed, then a parade to the cemetery and back to lower the flag. Educational remarks commemorated the Legion post founded in 1930 and named for John J. McBride and Horace Greeley Harwood.
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