American Legion Observes 43rd Education Week Support
Bennington area readers note 43rd annual Education Week activities sponsored by American Legion and partners. Columbia Corporation of Chatham funds $30 for a 1964 oratorical contest at the Legion home. Lois Banulis named as the scholarship recipient. program run by Columbia Box Board Mills Foundation since 1953 to aid local students in education and public health efforts.
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The
American Legion of
Bennington
American Legion
National Education Association
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
U.S. Office of Education
Columbia Corporation of
Chatham
North Hoosick
N.Y
Legion
White Chapel Road
Lois Banulis
Columbia Box Board Mills Foundation
America
Walloomsac
Foundation
Four Local Banks Return Nearly $450000 in Christmas Club Checks
Banks issued about 3500 Christmas Club checks totaling around 154000 to County National Bank and 155695 to Vermont Bank and Trust with remainder from First National Bank of North Bennington. Checks mailed first week in November reflect 52 weeks of deposits. Plan to announce Vermont National and Savings Bank totals later.
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Vermont Bank and Trust Co
County National Bank
First National Bank of North
Rural Area Aid Offered By Federal Agency
Montpelier host meetings with a Community Facilities Administration engineer to discuss interest free advances for public works planning. Sessions on November 13 14 and 15 cover funding for surveys costs and planning. Contact Jim Wood in Montpelier Rural Areas Development at 223 63458.
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Montpelier
Office of Rural Areas Development
Community Facilities Administration
Jim Wood
Rural Areas Development
Women of Moose Notes Library Month Meeting Details
The Moose Women note a Library Month program at the last meeting chaired by Mathelda Quackenbush who announced a new book sent to Mooseheart and magazine subscriptions to Vermont Soldiers Home and Molly Stark School Library. Liz Briggs joined as a member and Helen Galipeau received a surprise gift. Plans for a Christmas bazaar at K of C hall were set for Friday 7:30 to 9 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Co-workers will donate to each table, with home baked foods fancy articles and white elephant. The committee meets Friday at 6:30 p.m. Next meeting is Nov 20. Helen Galipeau to chair refreshments and Mary Hier to bring the gift.
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Mathelda Quackenbush
Peter and the Wolf
Mooseheart
Vermont Soldiers’ Home
Molly Stark
Liz Briggs
Mrs. Quackenbush
Helen Galipeau
K of C Hall
Mary Hier
Area Girl Scout Backers Plan Fund Drive
Arthur Taylor chairs the Bennington Girl Scout 1963 Fund Drive planning. The drive runs December 2 to 7 with organizational meetings to follow. The Bennington Council will join the Vermont Girl Scout Council on Charter Day November 25.
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Girl Scout
Arthur Taylor
Bennington
YMCA
Taylor
Arthur Wickenden
James Merunowicz
A.R. Willard Sr
Edward Sibley
J.F. Lowie
John Ottaviano
Lloyd Pratt
North Bennington
Diamond Cave Holds Mystery Behind Jasper Attraction
Jasper Arkansas Diamond Cave attracts tourists yet contains no diamonds. The name stems from gleaming white formations seen inside the cave, drawing visitors to the site near Jasper.
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Jasper
YMCA Weekly Schedule Highlights and Clubs
The calendar lists after school and evening activities for various age groups and clubs. Highlights include Boy's Gym Classes for grades school through senior high, Chess Club Industrial Management Development Group and multiple Local unions, Bowling, Camera Club and Dance nights, plus public committee meetings and sports like Men's Volleyball and Rifle Club during the weekend.
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Christian Alliance Church Group
Bricklayer’s
Carpenter’s
Sandra Swick and John Dunham Wedding in Schenectady
Miss Sandra Laura Swick of Schenectady wed John Frederick Dunham of Bennington at St. George's Church Schenectady. The ceremony featured organist Frederick Monks and a procession of Purcell and Vidor pieces. The couple will reside in Bennington after a wedding trip to Rome following November 16.
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Schenectady
N.Y
Sandra Laura Swick
John Frederick Dunhan
Bennington
St. George’s Church
Darwin Kirby
Walter Ashton Swick
Clifton Park Road
Erwin W. Dunham
Elm St
Frederick Monks
Franck
Bonnet
Purcell
Vidor
Barbara Knapp
Sally Frethofer
Rosemary Phelps
Janie Schultz
Walter Dunham
Kids Salvage Broadway Sets for Local Theater Dramas
In East Brunswick New Jersey a group of 300 youths forms the Children’s Summer Stock Theater. They salvage atmospheric props from shows like Sophie Golden Fleecing and Let It Ride for weekly informal musicals based on fables and folklore.
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East Brunswick
N.J
Rabies Warning To Vermont Hunters And Rabid Fox Case
Pathologist Dr. James Wadsworth cautions hunters about rabid wildlife in Vermont as cases rise in foxes dogs and skunks. An unrelated note describes the Norwegian freighter Brissac arriving to load lumber at Burlington with a colorful seagull art piece on its bow and an earlier Vermont rabies incident involving a fox bite.
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Burlington
James Wadsworth
Vermont Extension Animal Pathologist
Argentines Misjudge Traffic Signal In Wenatchee
Six visitors from Argentina waited for a green light in Wenatchee Washington. They searched for a signal button seen in the capital but found only a bright red box on a utility pole. A handler pulled the box and the group was assisted by police and firemen to cross the street.
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Wenatchee, Wash
Argentina
Shaw Armstrong engagement announced in New York
Shaw Judith F. daughter of Mrs Cassie Shaw Boyntonville and the late Walter Shaw to Herbert Armstrong son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Armstrong of Pownal VI. Judith is a St Marys Academy Hoosick Falls and Albany Business College graduate employed at Van Cleef Jordan Wood Inc Troy NY. Fiance Bennington High School graduate employed by J H Winslow Co Bennington VI. Wedding set for Feb 1.
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Thomas Ashton Swick
Schenecrany
Richard Toomey
Charles Ray
Donald Burke
Bennington
Mohawk Golf Club
Niskayuna High School
Marjorie Webster
Washington, D.C
Polygraphic Corporation
North Bennington
Bennington High School
Albany Business College
Fort Sill
Oklo
Dunham, Inc
Rome
Italy
Park Strew
Boyntonville, N.Y
Judith F. Shaw
Cassie Shaw
Boyntonville
Walter Shaw
Herbert Armstrong
Raymond Armstrong
Pownal, VI
Benington High School
J. H. Winslow Co
Bennington, VI
Marriage Announcement for Joyce Turner and Leon Lemieux
Miss Joyce Ann Turner daughter of Mrs Vanessa Bethel Quincy Mass marries Leon A Lemieux son of Mr and Mrs Leon A Lemieux formerly of Bennington The ceremony was held November 2 at Sacred Heart Church with Rev Joseph F Wiseman officiating Attendants were Miss Mary Proud and Kenneth R Turner The couple will reside in Bennington.
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Joyce Ann Turner
Vanessa Bethel
Quincy
Mass
Leon A. Lemieux
Bennington
Sacred Heart Church
Joseph F. Wiseman
Miss Mary Proud and
Kenneth R. Turner
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Joseph Lee
Chatham Central
Ichabod Crane Central
New Lebanon Central
Ockawamie Central
Hoosick Falls
Cambridge Central
Berlin Central
Columbia Scholarship Committee
Columbia Foundation
Columbia Corporation
Vermont
Winooski River
Richmond
Rogers Bros
Silverplate
Atkins
Main St
Vermont Bank
Peenal Depont
caPenation Grattlibors
Rutlang
Benovictor
Cellows Falls
Chester
Women of
Donald Burchard
Joel Whittemore
County Aviation Corporation
Charles Thompson Jr
Linda Bortell
Peggy Boutin
Marilyn Cone
Arla Crosier
Ann Kaiser
Virginia Kemmerer
Janine Lincourt
Cathy Thibodeau
Fred Ester
Bennington Council
Girl Scout Counci
Bruce LaVigne
Second Congregational Church
Sacred Heart
Amy Henneberger
Mt. Mansfield
Diamond
Trumbull
John F. Dunham
Sandra Swick
Amarillo
Tex
Earl D. Davis
Davis
Vancouver
Brissac
Fred Olsen Line
Norway
U.S. Atlantic
Ronald Arnold
Suzanne Coe
Walloomsac Road
Bennington, Vermont
Maine Guide
Andrick
Shaw-Armstrong
Madkour
Ultra Sheer Rom Berkshire
Berks
Union Street
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