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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1973
Page
8
Police Chief Manfred Wessner warns trick-or-treaters and parents in Manchester to inspect miniature candy bars after pins were found in some Depot giveaways. He urges vigilance for the tricks hidden in the treats this Halloween season.
Walloomsac families and friends visited relatives in Eagle Mills Salem and Melrose over the weekend. Laura Marie Lassor, infant granddaughter of the Lassors, noted. Hoag family hosted and guests attended a house warming. The Hoosick Falls Senior Citizens plan a November meeting and local dinners were held at the Marker residence.
The St Marys Academy athletic department hosts a spaghetti supper in the Church of the Immaculate Conception hall on Monday November 5 with servings at 530 and 630. Tickets are sold by SMA students.
Cub Scout Packs and Scout Troops from Taconic District Green Mountain Council will gather in Manchester Elementary School cafeteria on Wednesday November 7 at 7 30 p m for a monthly roundtable. Richard Boyd Shaftsbury roundtable commissioner will present troop meeting ideas and lead a discussion of troop operation. Cub leaders will receive ideas for the December theme Customs of Countries. The roundtables are a service for volunteer Scouters by the Green Mountain Council which serves about 11 000 boys in Vermont.
A well baby clinic will be held at Dorset Church on Wednesday November 7 from 9 to 10 30 a m with Dr Byrnes in attendance Immunization records should be brought and transportation help is available by calling 362 2072 Tuesday afternoon.
Eleanor Deojay of St. Albans was elected president of the Poetry Society of Vermont at the annual meeting Oct. 27 in Montpelier. First and second vice presidents are Ann Day Heinzerling and Patricia W. Belding. Other officers include Georgianna Lavallee treasurer Bette Wright executive secretary Beth Wassell recording secretary Frances Holmes historian Carol Collins librarian. Winning poets by popular vote include Wright Lillie Warrell. Special poetry contest winners announced by Paula Dame. awards named for Blanche Gile Memorial Frank and Roberta Living Laura Spooner and Arthur Hewitt. Judges were the Troubadour editorial board Jeremiah Durick and Mrs.
Middlebury College will name its new field house after Paris Fletcher a Worcester Massachusetts attorney and 1924 graduate who served as a trustee from 1956 until recently. The $1 million facility at Memorial Field House opens in January and supports PE intramurals and early spring intercollegiate practice. Fletcher has long held leadership roles in the alumni association and family trusteeship extending to his father grandfather and great grandfather.
Hoosick Falls Hoosick School senior Benjamin P. Ford IV received a letter of commendation from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation for his PSAT NMSQT performance. He is among 38,000 commended students in the U S, the upper two percent of expected 1974 graduates, and also serves as Senior Prefect and a lead in Androcles and the Lion.
Williams College in Williamstown hosts the second autumn symposium on Environmental Legislation and Its Effect on Local Affairs in Jesup Hall. The event features MEPA impact statements and citizen suit enforcement with panelists Gregor McGregor and Harley Laing, followed by an afternoon workshop. Lunch is included. remaining two symposia cost two dollars each or four for both.
Several youngsters from five months to five years joined their parents Tuesday and Wednesday for a new preschool program in the pool. Kerry Ridolfi and Pat Schaffer, water safety instructors, lead the sessions 11 to 12 Tuesday and 2:30 to 3:30 Wednesday to help children become comfortable in water and learn to swim with parental participation urged.
The Vermont Nature Conservancy announces regional representatives to aid donors and landowners in preserving lands. Volunteers explain easements donations and municipal or state arrangements, aiming to save rare natural areas and protect Shelburne Pond. Contacts listed from Woodstock to Burlington include local volunteers and the treasurer Perry Merrill in Montpelier.
The federal government awards 112939 to Brattleboro and Springfield to fund Title VII nutrition and support services for seniors. The plan includes 50 daily meals in Brattleboro, transportation via a nine passenger van, home visits, counseling, and volunteer assistance, with a site coordinator and kitchen facilities planned.
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