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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1969
Page
3
Steven Rice writes after a Mt Anthony School Board meeting praising a student voice turned formal. He recalls curiosity about finances, notes a $1.93 book purchase, and highlights listening by board members. He urges timely drug education and student participation in the faculty drugs committee.
Mrs Tordis Ig Isselhardt and L John Isselhardt attended the seventh annual New England Historical Societies conference in Peterborough and Jaffery New Hampshire from October 31 to November 2. The event, co sponsored by several historical groups, drew 280 delegates from all New England states. World Community Day will be held at St Peter's Episcopal Church with workshops and talks, featuring Raymond Pierce of Dodge Industries as speaker. Attendees noted sessions on local historic preservation, acquisitions policy, cataloguing, Photography and youth volunteer programs as pertinent to the foundation. A separate UPI report from Broadway England describes John Owen driving home tired, dislocating a jaw muscle and arriving at hospital with an open mouth.
The Bennington Community Chorus directed by Theodore Cook will present a fall concert on Saturday November 22 at 8 p.m. in Mount Anthony Union High School auditorium featuring Bach Magnificat and a program of carols from 16th century to modern times. The choir includes members such as James Pevis Muriel Bohne Paul Bohne Florence Burggraf Robert Cornwall Lucille Croscup Cheryl Crosier Ernestine Darrow Pamela Downs and many others with tickets available from members or at the door.
The Bennington chapter of the American Association of University Women invites graduates of accredited four year colleges to join. A membership meeting is planned at Mrs. Dudley Baker’s Convent Avenue home on November 17 at 8 p.m. Speaker J Duncan Campbell will discuss conversation. For information contact Mrs. Charles Salem or Mrs. Warren Jensen or Mrs. D Arcy Whalen.
The senior center hosted a well attended Halloween party with guest entertainers Mr and Mrs Anthony Masso and Pauline Adon. Mrs Helen Galipeau played piano, Mrs Ethel Vance led. Sign up by Nov 14 for the Colonie trip on Nov 20 at 9 am from the center. A card party Friday at 8 pm features Pitch and 500 with prizes and refreshments. Arts and crafts open Veterans Day Nov 11 at 2 pm. painting class 3 pm Tuesday. puppet making 2 pm Wednesday Nov 12. bowling at Bennington Lanes 3 pm. Senior Citizens Club meets Monday Nov 10 at 7:30 pm. Hazel Sweet drawing reopens this week.
Dr. Robert H. Woodworth, Bennington College biology professor since 1935, will speak at the Plain Dirt Gardeners November meeting on Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Old Bennington Schoolhouse. He will present flower movies via time lapse photography and holds degrees from Massachusetts State College Harvard University. He has taught at Williams College University of Florida Radcliffe Harvard and Hiram College, was Harvard Botanical Gardens curator 1930 to 1935, and contributed to scientific journals. The group invites all interested to attend.
Chelsea Vermont November 2 more than fifty sheriffs attended the Vermont Sheriffs Association meeting with Attorney General James Jeffords and House Majority Leader Walter Kennedy as speakers. Jeffords urged sheriffs to play a key role in a stepped up rural law enforcement program citing patrols and highway fatality statistics. Kennedy advocated practical hands on policing over studies noting local realities. The legislative committee and association attorney prepared bills for full and part time deputies in each county and stronger rural property protection. Officers elected for 1970 included Alfred Ghio as president William Graham as vice president Ernest Cilley as secretary treasurer.
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