County GOP Chairman Urges More District Organization
Bennington County Republican Chairman Ferdinand Bongartz urged a stronger District 25 focus at a Peru meeting with residents from Peru and Winhall. He proposed a district caucus with five representatives from the district towns Landgrove Dorset and Manchester to foster organization, better information flow, and elected representatives. Participants discussed welfare, hospital costs, meat inspection laws, a sales tax, and U.S. 7, with local officials noting aid challenges and calls for reform.
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Peru
Winhall
Bennington County
Ferdinand Bongartz
Bongartz
Landgrove
Dorset
Manchester
Arthur Kelton
Peter Clark
U.S. 7
Republican Club
John Shuell
Bruce Smart
Helen Wheeler
Stanley Blow
Robert Treat
Great Pumpkin Celebrations In Pownal And Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls and Pownal communities mark Halloween with youth events at churches and local groups. North Pownal Congregational Church Joy Club led a mystery ride ending at the Earle Church home with games and ghost stories. Pownal Fire Department Auxiliary hosted 75 children for a costume parade, pony rides, and treats with prizes awarded to several youngsters.
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Pownal
Joy Club
North Pownal
Halloween Cup winner noted at Burr and Burton party
The senior class won the 1966 Halloween Cup during Burr and Burton Seminary's annual Halloween party at the gym. Faculty assisted with supervision while 40 attended the Pownal Center Community Church Sunday School party. Costume prizes honored Jonathan Rounds and others.
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Burr and Burton Seminary
Carl Rice
Clifford Weymouth
Don Otis
Pownal Center
North Bennington seeks help in Bundle Day drive
North Bennington School invites residents to join the 25th annual Bundle Day Drive organized by the Save the Children Foundation. Acting Principal Robert Nolan chairs the effort, collecting clean used clothing for Appalachia, including adult sizes, to aid school children and families in need.
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North Bennington School
North Bennington
Save the Children Foundation
Robert Nolan
Appalachia
Nolan
Foundation
North Bennington public to hear water project facts
North Bennington residents may learn details of the Bolles Brook Bickford Hollow water expansion plan at an 8 p.m. public information meeting at the firehouse. A vote on the project will occur during the November 8 general election with officials aiming to inform all affected citizens.
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North Benningtonians
North Bennington
Bolles Brook
Bickford Hollow
Bennington
Bennington Village
Shaftsbury Halloween Party Draws 250 Ghosts Goblins
Shaftsbury held its annual Halloween event with a parade to the firehouse after a siren. The Eagle Square Mfg. Co. truck aided transporting young children. Nearly 250 youngsters competed in costume judging with prizes for preschool and elementary groups.
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Shaftsbury
Eagle Square Mfg. Co
Francis Peters
Laura Montgomery
Angus MacDonald
Billy Morgan
Kathy Easter
R. J. Elrich
Ann Faris
Robin Wade
North Bennington St Johns Sodality Rummage Sale Planned
North Bennington St John s Sodality schedules a rummage sale Friday from 2 to 8 p m in the church hall on Houghton Street. Donations of good used rummage are invited and pickup requests should call Mrs Edwin Luce or Mrs Leo Keough or Mrs Robert Flynn. Other sale committee members are listed and donations should be brought to the hall Thursday evening for marking.
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St. John’s Sodality
Houghton Street
Edwin Luce
Leo Keough
Robert Flynn
Luce
Keough
Flynn
George Young
Bernard Harris
George Fox
Betty Hayes
Gerald McCue
Richard Dwyer
Linda Peters advances in operating room nursing program
Linda Peters LPN, daughter of Mr and Mrs Francis Peters, has been accepted for a six month operating room nursing course at Mary Fletcher Hospital Burlington. She will begin November 14 after working at Orleans County General Hospital since graduating from Fanny Allen Hospital last March.
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Linda Peters
LPN
Francis Peters
Mary Fletcher Hospital
Burlington
Linda
Orleans County General Hospital
Fanny Allen Hospital
Henry Bunk
Lynn
Lois
William Hammond
New Fairfield
Conn
Lee
Mountain Towns Students Attend NESPA Meetings in Boston
Mountain Towns six Wilmington High School students Helen Rowell Mary Rowell Sandy Williams Linda Maynard Lois May Linda Williams Debbie Canedy Melanie Pike attended lectures and meetings at Boston University with chaperone Forest Murdock. Talks covered editorial writing photography editing and assembling a yearbook for publication.
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Wilmington High School
Stuents
Helen and
Mary Rowell
Sandy Williams
Linda Maynard
Lois May
Linda Williams
Debbie Canedy
Melanie Pike
Forest Murdock
New England Scholastic Press Association
Boston University
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County Gop
Carroll Ford
Gov. Hoff
Ford
Hoosick Falls
Chet Ringheiser
O'Dell, Leon Hillyard and
Brenda Dorman
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Noel Caesey
Patti Andrews
Diane Niles
Glenda Sweet
Alicn Pratt
Debra Palmer
Richard Rogers
Cheryl Andrews
Alesia Beals
Miles Rogers
Gary Niles
Allen Palmer
Arlene Pratt
Susan Hubbard
David C. Hubbard
Harry W. Beals Jr
James Quinn
Charles Palmer
Edith Beaumont
Edward Kaukas
Wilder Ave
Sharkey’s
Barrington Rose
Narragansett
R.I
Rose
Lodge
Eastern Star
Jean Andrick
Joseph Conway
James Moore
Jo Ann Eberle
William Folgett
Herman Marsh
Robert Milliman
Rene Ducharme
Green Hornet
Everett Sweet
Everett
Spencer
Marta
Micky
Scotty Loomis
George Loomis
Appalachian Mountains
Elizabeth Dwyer
Fran Stacy
Lisa King
Carl Easter
Keith Mattison
Ed Flynn
Elizabeth McCue
Maria Levin
Perry Boupton
Tom Faris
David Bailey
Tim Wansbury
George Sandquist
Leonard Black
YMCA
The
Vera Langlais
Methodist Church
Cochairmen
Henry W. Bassen
Fire Department
Women’s Fellowship of
Charles W. Rounds
Our Lady of Lourdes
Woodford
Rolland Roy
Nicholas Kokoras
Peter Roy
Steven Barber
Wilmington
Carol Finney
Fisher Elementary School
Memorial Field
Arlington
Thompson
Byron Hathorn
Secretary OF State
Vermont
John Alden
Woodstock, Vt
Ren A. E
Manchester Fire Department
Harned-Fowler Post 6471
VFW
Charles Hosley
Howard Ambrose
Ringheiser
Carlo Walter HO
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