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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Nov 05, 1976

Page

9

Walloomsac Mary Woodward celebrates 76th birthday

Mary Woodward, aged 76, marked her Oct 31 birthday at her daughter Mrs. Paul Wager’s home with a party in her honor. Hospitalizations and visits are noted for local residents including Robert George, Mrs. George Rifenburg, Mrs. Roscoe Austin, and others in Troy Grand Isle Cambridge Eagle Mills Williamstown and Mary McClellan Hospital. Edith and Elva Gigel hosted guests for pinochle and luncheon with Mrs. Thomas O Malley and Mrs. Francis Hughes on Oct 30.

Mary Woodward Paul Wager Alice Guiden Gertrude Harrington Mrs. Austin Mary McClellan Hospital Cambridge Edith and Elva Gigel Thomas O'Malley Francis Hughes

Combined circuit church service at North Hoosick Nov 7

The South Cambridge circuit churches hold a joint service Sunday November 7 at 10 30 am at North Hoosick United Methodist Church with Rev Harry Burdess presiding Sunday school begins at 9 am United Methodist Women meet Monday November 8 at 8 pm The fourth quarterly conference occurs Friday November 12 at 6 30 pm at Eagle Bridge United Methodist Church presided by Rev Kenneth Beatty district superintendent

North Hoosick United Methodist Church Harry Burdess United Methodist Women Eagle Bridge United Methodist Church Kenneth Beatty

Creditable 89 pints donated to Arlington Blood Bank

Despite bad weather, Arlington Blood Bank collected 89 pints this week and drew many first-time donors from Arlington Memorial High School. Ingrid Hirsch and Betty Tynan led the project, noting broad community cooperation from youngsters to senior citizens.

Arlington Arlington Blood Bank Arlington Memorial High School Ingrid Hirsch Betty Tynan

Pownal church activities include services and Sunday school

The Pownal AA will meet Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Pownal Recreational Community Center and Sunday at 10 15 a m. at North Pownal Congregational Church worship with a sermon on A Lasting Peace from Psalm 29 11 The Soldier s Prayer is the junior sermon Visitors welcome Veterans Day observed Sunday school at 9 a m Teachers are Angie Lingner Darlene Church Marion Burdick Jeanne Bliven Helen Church Substitute teachers Ruth Lingner and Susan Pratt A Women s Fellowship meeting Monday at 7 p m at the church to discuss Christmas Bazaar plans November 20 A Pownal Lions turkey shoot Sunday at 1 p m at Barber s Pond Road and Old Military Road The Methodist Youth Fellowship meets Sunday 5 7 p m at the church with officer elections**

North Pownal Congregational Church Angie Lingner Darlene Church Marion Burdick Jeanne Bliven Helen Church Superin Tendent Ruth Lingner Susan Pratt Women’s Fellowship Pownal

Weekend visitors and local notices from White Creek area

White Creek residents report weekend visits from Mrs. Philip Knapp of Bennington and Mrs. Harold Cook. Others return home after summer in Glens Falls Ludlow and Port Savilac. Rosewood Cemetery cleanup planned for Nov 6 with volunteers bringing tools. Keith McCart enjoys furlough after 18 months in Europe and will be stationed in Philadelphia. Jerman United Methodist Church groups plan meetings in November and United Methodist Women held events late October and early November. Jolly Jones H Club meets Nov 20 at 10 am at Jer main Community Hall.

Rosewood Cemetery Keith McCart Europe Holy Lock Scotland Philadelphia James McCart Ennenn Jolly Jones +H Club Jermain Community Hall

Arlington hunters listed among Bow and Arrow season participants

A list of shooters reporting to Chem Clean in Arlington includes Donald Dufresne Bennington Walter Ballou North Adams Stephen Brown Adams Rupert Robert Cameron Adams Richard Trudeau Adams Alan Mears Arlington David Hoyt Arlington Peter Tietgens Cheshire Danby and others. The Bennington County Horse Show Association plans its 1977 spring event for Memorial Day weekend in Arlington with fifty classes including hunter and jumper divisions and several championships.

Arlington Donald Dufresne Bennington Doe Manchester Walter Ballou North Adams Spike Pawlet Stephen Brown Adams Rupert Robert Cameron Richard Trudeau West Pawlet Clifford Godfrey Williamstown Alan Mears No Horns Sandgate David Hoyt Peter Tietgens Cheshire Danby Bennington County Horse Show Association Maclay AHSA Association Bald Mountain Farm Janet Frantz June Santo Jeans and Jociphur Debbie Cole Anna Bevins Betsey Knapp Debbie Lueth Denise Mattison Bald Mountain Denise Susan Ploof West Mountain Riding School Vermont Lynn Bellmore Marlene la Plante Denise Kelley Bennington Pony Club Kim Watson High Winds Nancy Bogel Trumbull Mountain Tammy Peckham Rensselaer Rough Riders 4H Club Franklin Frantz Burgess Road

Lincoln Father and Son Die in Separate Tragedies

A Lincoln man Gerould Aldrich died Monday in a Middlebury nursing home and his son Barry Aldrich 21 was killed Wednesday night in a Dalton Ontario crash while en route home from college for the funeral. Joint services were scheduled today.

Lincoln UPI Barry Aldrich Dalton Ontario Gerould Aldrich Middlebury

Two Teens Die, Another Injured In Vermont Crash

Rene Higbee 17 of Monkton died at Medical Center Hospital from multiple injuries after a single car crash on Oct 24. Passenger Charles Parker 17 of Hinesburg remains in stable condition at Burlington Hospital with multiple injuries. State police said the car left the Bristol Monkton road and struck a large tree.

Burlington UPI Rene Higbee Monkton Medical Center Hospital Higbee Charles Parker Hinesburg Burlington Hospital Bristol-Monkton Road

Essex Democrat Leader Resigns After One Year

Carleyn Adler of Essex, chair woman of the Vermont Democratic Committee, announces resignation effective Jan. 5. In a letter to Democratic State Committee members she cites lack of time for family. Adler has led the party for one year.

Pardon hearing for cases tied to Paul Lawrence ends today

MONTPELIER UPI A three member committee led by Court Administrator Michael Krell planned to wrap up a final hearing on pardons for those convicted on testimony by former narcotics agent Paul Lawrence. Lawrence is in prison for perjury and lying about undercover work. The panel aims to recommend pardons for most cases based on Lawrence uncorroborated testimony, with a decision expected within three weeks. The attorney general seeks to force Glens Falls Insurance Co to defend Lawrence in civil suits amid multi million dollar damage claims from individuals he arrested. The case notes some pending actions involve persons not yet convicted of crimes.

Salmon Attorney General’s Office Lawrence Glens Falls Insurance Co Washington County Superior Court

Hitchhiking woman dies after jumping from car in Pine Hills

Albany report says 21 year old Robin LeBeau of Fleischmanns died from fatal head injuries after leaping from a moving car to escape a man who was pressuring her. Police have no leads on the driver. In Cohoes, about two dozen high school students were suspended for a walk out protesting new tardiness rules and monitors in corridors.

Albany Robin LeBeau Fleischmanns Pine Hills Cohoes Cohoes High School Thomas Potyrala

Wheeler dropped kidnapping charge after polygraph test results

Berkshire report says Francis P. Wheeler, a self employed chimney repairman, avoided kidnapping and lewd conduct prosecutions after a polygraph gap with the alleged victim. In Superior Court he pleaded guilty to assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, a gun, amid disputed accounts of a July 28 1975 abduction at Green Mountain Race Track. Police pursue three razor blade incidents in Halloween candy.

Pittsfield Francis P. Wheeler Wheeler Superior Court William R. Flynn Green Mountain Race Track Pownal Lenox

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