Bennington Teen Enlists in Navy Nuclear Program
Pownal Gary Patterson son of Mr and Mrs Walter Patterson of U S 7 Pow Wal Center is in boot and boat training at Great Lakes Ill Navy Recruiter Walt Pollett says He is in the nuclear field program Patterson a 1965 Bennington High School graduate enlisted for six years May 17 He worked in his father s drywall business and at Green Mountain track parking lot after enlistment He will go to a technical school for three to six months then submarine school and nuclear power school in Bainbridge Md for over six months.
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Pownal
Gary W. Patterson
Walter Patterson
U.S. 7
Powwal Center
U.S. Navy
Great Lakes
Ill
Navy
Walt Pollett
Patterson
Bennington High School
Illinois
Dry Wall
Green Mountain Track
Pollett
Bainbridge
Memorial Day observance at Manchester Elementary School
Memorial Day was observed at Manchester Elementary with a school wide moment of silence at 2 p.m. Equinox Pharmacy in Manchester Center runs Friday operations under Eugene V. Kayatta now in second year. DAR Ormsby Chapter met on Taconic Avenue. Red Cross blood drawing at First Congregational Church yielded 65 pints, a low tally for the season, with a full canteen crew and several registrars and nurses on duty. Equinox House benefit dinner features Manchester Firefighters Association. master of ceremonies is Assistant Chief George J. Heaslip, not a fire department captain as previously identified.
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Manchester
Equinox
Eugene V. Kayatta
Whipple’s Pharmacy
Manchester Center
Kayatta
Red Cross
First Congregational Church
Charles
Mannchester Firefighters Association
George J. Heaslip
Fire Department
Heaslip
Dorset Remembers on Memorial Day Service
Dorset communities gathered at the Village Green and Dorset Church for Memorial Day observances led by Adm. R. B. Tompkins ret. A parade, Manchester School Band, and readings including The Gettysburg Address and Flanders Fields honored veterans across World War I II Korea and Viet Nam. Local groups and Boy Scout Troop 15 joined the ceremony and a landscaping dedication was announced for the Dorset Village Green.
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Dorset
Adm
R. B. Tompkins
Manchester
Walter Hard
Alan Sheldon
John N. Stannard
Goethe
Buddy
James Stannard
Tompkins
Peter Brooks
Rose Koch
Flanders Fields
Robert McFall
Army
Joe Harrington
Navy
William Burns Jr
Air Force
Korea
Viet Nam
Harned-Fowler Post
VFW
Manchester Legion Post
Boy Scout
Edwin Kinney
Stannard
Manchester Garden Club
Dorset Village
McBride
Harwood Post
American Legion
Women’s Auxiliary
Arlington News Brief Highlights Weddings, Awards, and Local Events
Bridal shower for Gloria Wilkinson, planned June 12 marriage to Charles Moffitt. Marine Cpl. James J. Hard serves with VMFA 54 in Da Nang. Upcoming local sports and club meetings listed. James L. Montague spoke at Shaftsbury Elementary on sculpture. Shaftsbury pupils win Farm Bureau and Soil Conservation contests. Joyce Hill and Wanda Lawrence prize recipients. Shaftsbury totals noted for county contests.
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James L. Montague
Southern Vermont Art Center
Manchester
Shaftsbury
Farm Bureau
Soil Conservation Program
Bennington County
Joyce Hill
Wanda Lawrence
Timothy Viereck
Barbara Ackerman
Bennington
Open Competitive Exam For Manchester Substitute Clerk
Manchester residents within the post office delivery area may apply for the open civil service examination for substitute clerk. Applicants must be 18 or older. no upper age limit. Pays 2.57 to 3.50 per hour with automatic annual raises and benefits including vacations sick leave life insurance health coverage and retirement plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph B. Norton
New Theater Announces Schedule for Mirror Players in Wilmington
The Mirror Players in Wilmington Vermont announce a four play season with Our Town July 10 13 17 Pygmalion July 20 24 31 All My Sons Aug 3 7 10 14 and Born Yesterday Aug 17 21 24 28 Subscriptions are available with tiered pricing by seating and day of week Student rates apply Extra forms are from Bennington Bookshop or Kay Greene and tickets will be mailed after June 20 with reservations in payment order.
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Wilmington
Mirror Players
Thornton Wilder
George Bernard Shaw
Arthur Miller
Garson Kanin
Bennington
Kay Greene
Greene
North Bennington Post Office Seeks Substitute Clerks and Carriers
The Board of United States Civil Service Examiners announced an open competitive exam for substitute clerk and substitute carrier positions at the North Bennington Post Office. Applicants must be at least 18 with no maximum age. recent high school graduates are encouraged. Entrance salaries start at $2.57 per hour with raises to $3.50. Postmaster Ralph B. Norton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Board of
United States Civil Service Examiners
G.F. Lawrence
North Bennington
United States Civil Service Examiners Today
Rummage Sales At Methodist Church June 3 and 4
Food and rummage sales will be held at the Methodist Church on June 3 and 4. Those with articles for the sale may contact WSCS members. Application forms for the examination and copies of the announcement may be secured from the Executive Secretary in Springfield or from the U.S. Civil Service Regional Office in Boston or the Post Office in North Bennington.
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Methodist Church
WSCS
Board of
U.S. Civil Service Examiners
U.S. Post Office
Springfield 1
Mass
U.S. Civil Service Regional Office
Boston
Massachusetts
North Bennington
Memorial Day planning with Girl Scout Troop 544 in Wilmington
Girl Scout Troop 544 of Wilmington met with leader Mrs. Robert Porter at the school cafeteria Thursday evening to discuss Memorial Day activities. The next meeting will be next Thursday at 7 p.m. in the cafeteria. Beaver Brook Kindergarten closed its season last Thursday with a morning picnic and outdoor games at the Bissell Parish House. Mrs. Robert Covey, a teacher, was assisted by Mrs. Bertram Adams, Mrs. Carl Adler, Mrs. Charles Trebbe, and Mrs. Wesley Haight. Mrs. Bruce Cole will be a teacher in the fall.
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Wilmington
Robert Porter
Bissell Parish
Robert Covey
Bertram Adams
Carl Adler
Charles Trebbe
Wesley Haight
Bruce Cole
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Kenneth Demarest
Lawrence King
Edward Marsden
Smith
William Gilbert
R.S. Fenn
William Barrows Jr
Eva van Buskirk
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Ralph Stiles
Lorraine Kelton
Mary D. Torrey
Hubert Hosley
Pam Fisk
Joseph Harrington
Yardman
Mustang
Briggs & Stratton
Economy Auto Stores, Inc
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By Marchen Skinner
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Helene Thompson
Gloria Wilkinson
Leonnard Wilkinson
Miss Wilkinson
Charles Moffitt
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Gordon M. Hard
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South Cambridge
Margaret Aiken
The
Mountain Towns
Carlo Walter — HO
Beaver Brook
Canal
Henry M. Tuttle CO. Inc
ST. Dial
the Vermont Bank and Trust Company
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