Summer in Mexico program eyed by Mt Anthony School Board
Mt Anthony Union School Board discussed a summer in Mexico program for select high school students. Teacher David S. Jareckie would take a year’s leave to organize the project if the U.S. Office of Education approves funding for the sabbatical and a pilot 25 student summer program would cost about 2500 dollars with district support assurances sought by the federal government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Mexico
Mt. Anthony Union
David S. Jareckie
U.S. Office of Education
Jareckie
Office of Education
Jareckle
Charles W. Keir
Keir
Bennington Cited For Town Report
Bennington won first place in the 1966 Town Report contest in Class 9 towns with population over 10 000. Barre City was second and Brattleboro third. Dorset and Manchester won in other classes. Thirty-one Vermont towns were honored by the Government Research Center at the University of Vermont with 30 first, second and third prizes and one special award to St Albans City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Bennington
Barre City
Brattleboro
Dorset
Manchester
Vermont
Government Research Center
University of Vermont
St. Albans
Center
State Auditor
Rolf N. B. Haugen
University
Haugen
Andrew E. Nuquist
New England
New England Council
New England States and Municipal Finance Officers’ Association
Hospital Notes and Local Community Notices
The Bennington area newspapers report admissions including Alan Herlihy Ruth Bartlett Leroy Jacobs Katherine Restino and others with illnesses and births noted for Reginald Lafond's daughter in Manchester Center and Morse's son in Petersburg NY. Community updates cover a Mexico sabbatical proposal for Jareckie with Keir, sabbatical concerns, the 80th birthday of Jennie Rennington, a Green Mountain Homemakers meeting on Christmas traditions, AAUW Bennington branch gathering, the United Counseling Service lecture series cancellation, and local ads for nurses aides and holiday events at Warner Nursing Home and area restaurants.
Obituary notice for Jacqueline Allard and Hoosick Falls deaths
Multiple obituaries from Hoosick Falls and Bennington area detail Jacqueline Allard 42 of McKinley Street dying after a Club incident, and Frank M. Reynolds 77 of Jackson Street, Hoosick Falls, dies of a heart attack at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Also listed are Mrs. Irving Haynes 68 of River Road, Barbara Winters 26, and other survivors with funeral details, dates, and burial plans in local churches and cemeteries. The notices include family relations, workplaces, and service arrangements at Mahar & Son Funeral Home and Robson Home for Funerals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacqueline
Jackie) M. Allard
McKinley Street
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Bennington
Arthur S. Faris
Rutland
Charles A
Eva (Theberge) Durocher
Bennington High School
Joseph Allard
Paradise Restaurant
Country Club
Paradise and Country Club
Joseph
John
Jay
Jeffrey
Walter
Leonore) Sheridan
Hoosick Falls
Charles H. Durocher
Mahar & Son Funeral
Sacred Heart Church
Park Lawn Cemetery
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
N.Y
Frank M. Reynolds
Jackson St
Reynolds Tool and Die Co., Inc
Berlin
Specialty Insulation Manufacturing Co
van Rensselaer Lodge
F & AM
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Amelia Kehn
Audrey Hudson
Frank A
Howard L. Reynolds
Frank Chamberlain
Loren G. Reynolds
New York City
Robson
Main St
Joel B. Miller
Maple Grove Cemetery
Irving Haynes
River Road
Elizabeth Fitzgerald
Speigletown
N. Y
Michael and
Elizabeth (Moxley) Fitzgerald
Hoosac School
Troy
Waterford
St. Mary’s Auxiliary
Court of Catholic Daughters of America
Jacksonville
Fla
William
Schenectady
Robert
Paul
Mary Valeria
Latham
Leo Costello
Green Island
Francis Fitzgerald
Raymertown
Leo J. Mahar
August
Barbara) Winters
Albany Medical Center
Springfield
Julian Fisk
Boyntonville
Altar Rosary Society
St. George’s Church
Nancy Shoe Co
Mahar
Church of the Immaculate Conception
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Stock Averages Noon November 17 1966 Dow Industrials
Stock market report from Dow Jones Bache Albany at noon shows the composite average down 1.44 points to 287.50 with 3,170,000 shares traded. Industrials fall 5.29 to 810.74, Railroads drop .79 to 204.94, Utilities slip .30 to 137.03.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
BCOC Begins Planning 1967 Head Start Program
NORTH BENNINGTON The Bennington County Opportunity Council board met in the Congregational Church to plan the 1967 summer Head Start Program and review day care and homemaking projects. John Riddle deputy director said next summer's program would serve 282 children in two counties, same as last year. Areas not in 1966 seek involvement next year, including the southwest district covering Pownal Shaftsbury and Arlington. To expand, existing class sizes may be trimmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pownal
Shaftsbury
Arlington
Riddle
WotM Notes and Activities Highlight December Meeting
Women of the Moose Auxiliary held balloting for new members and invited guest Albert Bachand of The Spruces Williamstown Mass to speak at the next meeting. A Thanksgiving basket was donated, a penny sale succeeded, and plans discussed for public card parties after holidays. The group marked the doll’s Central Vermont window attention and the golden anniversary of the auxiliary. The meeting covered 80 20 federal support ratio for Head Start and local day care program planning ahead of December 15 bi county council meeting in Manchester. Funeral services were held for Martha P. Smith with burial at Park Lawn Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women of the Moose
Albert Bachand
The
Spruces
Williamstown
Mass
Antoinette Betit
South Stream Road
Frank Joseph
IGA
Isabelle LaBarge
Marion Charest
Virginia Leger
Bessie Hall
Moose Lodge
Vermont
Mary Hier
Washington
Riddle
Robert Condon
Marion Downes
County Council
Bennington
Manchester
Donald Betit
Martha P. Smith
Hanson- Walbridge
Frederick B. Wolf
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Friday fish fry and midweek meeting noted
The notice lists a Friday fish fry and a Wednesday regular membership meeting. An advance notice for Saturday November 26 announces a dance with Cottrell's Melody Masters providing the music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cottrell
Union Board Ponders Renovations at Benhi
The union board discussed Benhi School repairs with an initial $1,050 bid for replacing leaky household plumbing with commercial grade fittings in the girls’ toilets. Long term plans include addressing narrow corridors ventilation gym cafeteria and a more cheerful atmosphere, with estimates suggesting much higher costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union School Board
Benhi
George D. Pierce
Richard F. Woodward
Bendi
Park Street
Jane McCullough
Norman Stratton
Stratton
Marian C. Taylor
Union School
Mt. Anthony
C. M. Goodrich and Son
Pittsfield
Mass
Illinois
Howard F. Kelley
UCS Names Three New Trustees for Bennington County Board
The Unit ed Counseling Service of Bennington County announced three new trustees: Dr. Marcel J. Lewis of Bennington, Mrs. George B. Breen of Manchester, and the Rev. Jerome J. Hevey Jr. of Manchester. Dr. Lewis, a physician in Bennington, served in field artillery in World War II and works with the well baby clinic at Putnam Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Breen, longtime Manchester resident and former PTA officer, is secretary to author Pearl S. Buck and has volunteered with Mount Laurel School and the Manchester Nursing and Welfare Association. Rev. Hevey, pastor of First Congregational Church in Manchester since March 1965, hails from Springfield, Mass., and studied at American International College and Andover-Newton Seminary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Counseling Service
Bennington County
Joseph Lo Piccolo Jr
Marcel J. Lewis
Bennington
George B. Breen
Jerome J. Hevey Jr
Manchester
Lewis
Army
Field Artillery
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Breen
Pearl S. Buck
Vermont
Connecticut
Manchester Pta
Mount Laurel
Manchester Nursing and Welfare Association
Hevey
First Congregational Church
Springfield
Mass
American International College
Andover - Newton Seminary
Middletown
N.Y
Norwood
Philadelphia
Pleads Not Guilty To Deer Jacking Charge
A Bennington man, John Gage Kittle, 40, pleaded not guilty in Bennington Municipal Court to using his jeep headlights to scan fields for deer. Bail set at $100. Judge George Fienberg advised hiring an attorney as the case would be tried within a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
John Gage Kittle
Willow Road
Shaftsbury
William LaCount
George Fienberg
Kittle
Thomas Alden Lane
Arlington
Lane
John Williams II
Fienberg
Pleiades Star Cluster Shines Early Evening Sky
The open star cluster Pleiades in Taurus becomes prominent in the eastern sky at dusk and remains visible all night from east to west. About 490 light years away, it is the Seven Sisters from Greek myth, daughters of Atlas and Pleione. The brightest star Alcyone is around third magnitude.
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Taurus
Earth
Atlas
Pleione
Alcyone
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alan Herlihy
Ruth Bartlett
Leroy Jacobs
Katherine Restino
Hgosick Falls
Geraldine Briody
Joyce McIntire
Michael J. Hogan
Sue Ellen Willett
Judith Gardner
Leonard Slavin
East Dorset
Jennie Howe
Reginald Lafond
Manchester Center
Richard Morse
R.D
Petersburg
Bennington Briefs
Louis Rennington
Jennie Hatch
Uneion St
Green Mountain
Caroline Carey
Valeria Waite
Janet Harrington
AAUW
Bennington Museum
Charles Salem
Sharon Drive
Nurses Aid
Warner Nursing Home
First Baptist Church of
Iron Kettle
Raymond P
Agency
E.A. French & CO
Post Office Square
No. Adams, Mass
Volue
Joseph Caracciola
James Lounsbury
Sullivan
Jacqueline Allard
Mrs
August Winters
BCOC
WOTM
Moose
Union Board
John P. Hamilton
UCS Names
James Farmer
Franklin Frantz
Taylor
Water Board
Gop
George Romney
Ronald Reagan
Edward Brooke
Oakes
Webb
Derick
O'Neil
County Cancer Committee
James O’ Neil
Cancer Committee
Doctors’ Library
Donald Hemenway
Old Bennington
Armand Lampton
James Horne
Jacques Emile Beaudoin
Gene Arthur Stevens
Steven
Louis William Pahl
Sunderland
U.S
Timmy Burgess
Milton Burgess
McCall St
Main Street
Washington Avenue
Harold J. Parker
Glen Ave
Scotia
Christina Chmura
Tenbroeck Ave
Kingston
Main
Silver Street
Paul J. Robare
Robare
Chmura
Emblem Club
Alice Knapp
Brandon State Training School
Ellis
Emma Halladay
Carol Gerow
Town House
Cambridge
Mary Macauley
Harte Theatre
Sing N
Swingin
Ria
Panavision
Metrocolor
RADIO
Motorola
Babcock Electric
Morgan ST
DIAL
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