School Board Briefed On New Report Cards
Bennington school directors reviewed a νέο report card for third through sixth graders to be issued district wide. The cards drop numerical values and lists, adopting letter grades with space for teacher and parent comments to emphasize motivation and formational feedback. Principal Phillip Viereck and teacher Alan Symmons noted the focus on reflecting a student’s capabilities without labeling, while preserving the question parents care about: where is my child academically.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Molly Stark
Phillip Viereck
Alan Symmons
Viereck
Ruth Bodine
Florence R. Kinsley
Cora B. Whitney School
Vermont lawmakers debate annual sessions and governance
Vermont legislators discuss modernizing procedures and the push for annual sessions. Rep. Mallory cites needs for rules changes while Peisch argues Vermont is over governed. Salmon favors a constitutional convention and party balance. In Vermont education news, Staley Hinkley is honored for scouting work. conference-based grading plans face debate as schools seek better reporting for elementary grades. Two Dorset men suffer minor injuries in a Vt. 30 collision. a separate U.S. 7 mishap injures a teen and another Park Street incident involves a struck boy.
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Persch
Salmon
Bellows Falls
Mallory
Vermont
House
Dorset
Jury
William L. Davis
George McWayne
Davis
McWayne
U.S. 7
Arlington
Edward J. Cross
James B. Gibney
Main St
Park Street
Park and
Scott Street
Gibney
Bennington Briefs Fire Alarm At High School
A false fire alarm was reported at Bennington High School at 1 p.m. today. The Social Security Administration District Office in Rutland serving southern Vermont will open Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for an indefinite period. Winter hours at the Old Academy Library on Monument Avenue are Thursday afternoons from 1 to 5 and Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7:30 to 8:30. The Altar Rosary Society has announced contributions for
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Bennington High School
Social Security Administration
Rutland
Vermont
Old Academy
Monument Avenue
Vermont Jails Debate Calls for Reforms and Staffing
Vermont sheriffs urge separating sentenced and awaiting sentences to reduce jail breaks and ease overcrowding. They push for regional jails with rehab services, full time state attorneys to clear backlogs, and a minimum of three full time jailers. Bail practices and defense counsel delays are cited as factors in extended detention before trials. In California a wallet was crushed by a street sweeper with most money recovered.
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M. W
Pete) Moore
Windsor County
Finn
Carbine
Turlock
Calif
UPI
Charles Noxheimer
Albany
Ore
Suit Seeks Accident Report Disclosure From Police
A bill of complaint in Bennington County Chancery Court seeks to compel Police Chief Dana L. Thompson to release an accident report to the attorney for a South Londonderry man seriously injured in an October 1 collision in Manchester. Thompson cites department policy denying disclosure to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Bennington County Chancery
Dana L. Thompson
South Londonderry
Thompson
Legislator To Speak To Unitarians In Bennington
George Van Santvoord, Bennington legislator and former educator, will speak on Giving at the Bennington Unitarian Fellowship meeting Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at the Bennington Free Library. Van Santvoord, re-elected to Vermont House, has held multiple state roles, with Yale and Oxford education and World War I service. Visitors welcome. nursery facilities provided.
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George van Santvoord
Bennington Unitarian Fellowship
Bennington Free Library
van Santvoord
Bennington
Vermont
Senate
Yale
Oxford
Hotchkiss School
Lakeville
Connecticut
Funeral services for Bertram F Baker in St Peters Church
Funeral services for Bertram F Baker who died at his sister Hazel Eastman's home at 112 Frank St were held at St Peters Episcopal Church on Wednesday afternoon. The Burial Office was conducted by Rev Frederick B Wolf with Wales Hawkins as acolyte and Stanley R Pike as organist. Bearers included Leon and Clarence Percy Elmer Burgess William Reed James Walker and Joseph Pike. A family prayer service was led by Father Wolf at Mahar Son Funeral Home on Tuesday night. Burial followed in Hinsdillville Cemetery with committal prayers by Father Wolf.
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Bertram F. Baker
Hazel Eastman
Frank St
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Frederick B. Wolf
Wales Hawkins
Stanley R. Pike
Leon
Clarence Percey
Elmer Burgess
William Reed
James Walker
Joseph Piue
Father Wolf
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Hinsdillville
YMCA Christmas Workshop Seeks Toys and Help
The YMCA announces its annual Christmas Workshop to repair and distribute toys to needy families via the Community Welfare Committee. Toys of all kinds are needed and can be brought to the YMCA. stuffed toys are especially welcome for cleaning before distribution. Robert Gerity, YMCA custodian, coordinates arrangements. The YMCA women’s slimnastics class meets Thursdays at 10 am, led by Gene Ann Masters, who covers exercise, volleyball, bowling, badminton and nutrition guidance.
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YMCA
Robert Gerity
Gene Ann Masters
Obituaries and memorial notices from Hoosick Falls area
John A Schmigel 74 of 128 Main St Hoosick Falls died at Hoosick Falls Health Center after a long illness born in Poland May 10 1892 settled Brooklyn worked as foreman at American Can Company until 1957 later lived in Hoosick Falls surviving sister in law and a niece several Polish relatives funeral Saturday at Leo J Mahar Funeral Home cremation in Hartford Conn. Mrs Francis Marcoux 21 wife of Francis Marcoux died at Putnam Memorial Hospital born Caldwell Idaho daughter of Alfred and Susan Stokesberry husband and infant son survived by parents and siblings funeral Saturday at Mahar Son Funeral Home then Sacred Heart Church. Robert Houle adult education coordinator announced Mt Anthony Union High School courses with multiple instructors and evenings including typing woodworking bridge sewing knitting upholstery etc. High Mass burial in Park Lawn Cemetery and rosary at funeral home Friday. DORSET Mrs Lester Leake Riley 74 formerly of Bennngton died unexpectedly at Journey’s End Dorset formerly Eleanor Sibley born Bennngton May 17 1892 widow of Rev Riley Episcopal rector at Douglas N Y attended Smith College and University of Pittsburgh library science degree holder taught at Bennett Junior College librarian and church worker later in Dorset nursing association member survived by son Christopher and daughter Kilmer Sites seven grandchildren and several nieces and nephews funeral in St Peters Episcopal Bennington burial in Park Lawn Cemetery with committal by Kilmer Sites.
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Hoosick Falls
N. Y
John A. Schmigel
Main St
Poland
Edward
Wanda
Hannon) Schmigel
Brooklyn
N.Y
American Can Company
Anna Schmigel
Theresa Bromirski
Leo J. Mahar
West Hartford
Conn
Francis Marcoux
Lucille Stokesberry
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Caldwell
Idaho
Alfred
Susan
Hughes) Stokesberry
Mountain Home
Bennington
Gerard Joseph Marcoux
Alfred Stokesberry
Mary
Edith
Irene Stokesberry
Alfred Jr
Walter Stokesberry
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Sacred Heart Church
Robert Houle
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Main Street
Robert House
Robert Howe
Hugh Nash
Elaine Carpenter
Beverly Petrelis
Bernard Bellemare
Louis Bellemare
Kathleen Harney
Burton Potter
Theodore Eisenman
Eisenman
Dorset
Lester Leake Riley
Journey’s End
Eleanor Sibley
Edward L. and
Delia (Putnam) Sibley
Riley
Episcopal
Douglas
Bennington High School
Smith College
University of Pittsburgh
Bennett Junior College
Millbrook
Zion Episcopal Church
Manchester
Dorset Nursing Association
Christopher
North Granby
Kilmer
Vestal
Stock Averages Parade At Noon November 17 1966
Dow Jones and Co latest figures show a mixed trading day with the industrial average at 816.98, down 3.89 points, rail index up 1.32 to 207.47, utilities at 137.27 down .39, and the composite average at 289.84, down 1.43. Total volume reached 3,830,000 shares.
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Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
School Board Hires New Sixth Grade Teacher
Miss Sally Sise of Wellesley Mass will fill the sixth grade vacancy at Molly Stark School created by Robert Brock’s death. Sise, a 1966 Middlebury College graduate, has studied in Beirut and will marry Peter R. Donavan of Bennington. Her background is in geography and humanities, with teaching experience in English and fourth grade.
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Molly Stark
Bennington
Robert Brock
Sally Sise
Wellesley
Mass
Middlebury College
Beirut
Lebanon
Sise
Peter R. Donavan
Raymond Roy
Roy
Middlebury
American International College
MIT
Lise
Brock
Miss Sise
Planets for November to December and hospital notes
The article lists planets positions from Nov 15 to Dec 15 with Mercury near the sun, Venus hard to observe, Mars rising after midnight, Jupiter in Cancer rising around 9 30 PM, and Saturn visible high in the southeast and south in Pisces. Hospital notes for Wednesday Nov 16, 1966 include admissions, discharges, and births in Hoosick Falls, Arlington, North Bennington, Berlin NY.
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Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Cancer
Saturn
Pisces
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Girl Scout National Board
Malcolm S. Edgar
Summit
N.J
Roger H. Walmsley
Philadelphia
Detroit
Pagei
Fied Democrat
Dailey
Mrs. Hinkley
Staneley
Beverly) Hinkley
Vermont Education Association
Taconic Teachers Association
Hinkley
Teachers’ Association
Rep
Peisch
Newark
Bennington Briefs
The
Altar Rosary Society
St. Francis de Sales Academy
Rose Gleason
Alstar Rosary Society
Elks Club
Burt Rockwood
Paul
Harte Theatre
Sing N
Swingin
Panavision
Metrocolor
Mt. Anthony
J.c’s
Lee Gr Yray
Wtry
M.C
BCHS
Ers
John Hutton
Carl Bendig
Vt. 30
David O’ Neil
Bendig
Edward A. John
Brattleboro
Edward McGurn
Grant St
Post Office Department
Stanley Pekalski
Hamilton
Park Lawn Cemetery
Lester L. Riley
Dorothy Harrington
Linda Bett
Joseph Carroll Sr
Barbara Frazier
Elena Schnurr
Louise Foster
Patrick Hawley
East Arlington
Jonathan Shanks
Keith Kenyon
North Bennington
Carol Thompson
Josephine Hayes
Herman Lane
Eleanor Michaels
Berlin
Edward Decker Jr
Fourth St
Ralph Brown
LeBlanc Ave
Armour
Turkeys
Safford & Gage Sts
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