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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1966
Page
7
Manchester Frank J. Starzel will deliver the sermon at Zion Episcopal Church Sunday on the role of the laity in church life. Mr and Mrs Starzel, longtime Zion members, will move to Colorado next week.
Manchester school board approved moving the Christmas concerts to December 20 and 21 at Manchester Elementary with 2 pm release on December 22 for vacation. Two concerts will feature lower and upper grades and a joint concert with Manchester Arlington and Poultney on December 18. The board thanked Mrs Leona McLellan for 20 years of service and named Ralph Fleming Jr weather coordinator for potential closures.
Walloomsae Miss Joyce Hoag among six students attending the Youthpower breakfast November 12 at Anderson's Dairy Bar in Speigletown. Don St. Hilaire of Hoosick Falls, former Grand Union manager, now non food supervisor for Grand Union, represented the store. Mrs Ackland D Mooney underwent surgery at Putnam Memorial Hospital Monday. Lisa Luke is ill at home with the mumps. Mrs Ralph Phillip, formerly Miss Ella Telford, is undergoing treatment at Albany Medical Center.
Jean Gleason of South Dorset, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph Gleason, has been named the DAR Good Citizenship winner at Burr and Burton Seminary. The senior, chosen from three finalists by faculty from a student poll, is noted for dependability service personality and patriotism and participates as co editor of Octopus, in the choir and glee club, and in church youth activities.
White Creek Paul Bellemare of Cambridge spoke at Jermain Methodist Church as the regular pastor was absent. An Election Day WSCS food sale raised over 50 dollars. White Creek Grange members attended a model grange meeting in Salem Friday evening. John Tudor deer hunted in Cavendish VI over the weekend. A card party is set for Friday at the White Creek Schoolhouse at 8. The first act of the Jones 4-H project ABCs Cooking will be at Carol George's home at 1 30 p.m. Saturday. Last Saturday Mrs James Frazier gave a Bake A Better Cake lesson. The next meeting will be Dec 10 at 1 30.
Winhall misses Judy and Betsy Walker daughters of Edward Walker of South Londonderry spent the weekend with their grandparents Vernet Slason. Miss Janie Balch of Brattleboro visited her grandparents Robert B. Slade. Mr and Mrs Robert Vaile and family of Greenfield Mass visited the Korpi family on Taylor Hill during the weekend.
HOOSICK NY Mr and Mrs Adam Straub of Hill Road Town of Hoosick observed their 35th wedding anniversary on Nov 8 with a dinner party at the home of their daughter and son in law on North Hoosick Road. Bea trice Turner Straub is his wife formerly of Bennington. The couple married in Wappingers Falls NY and were attended by Catherine Sadowski and the late John Straub. A floral centerpiece and four tier cake highlighted the table. Approximately 12 attended. The cake was made by Mrs Edward Straub their daughter in law. Movies of the party were taken by their son Edward. They have four grandchildren. Mr Straub works at Specialty Insulation Mfg Co in Hoosick Falls and Mrs Straub at the Hoosick Falls plant of Albany Felt Co.
Sherry Lee Barber becomes the third generation to enroll at Clay Elementary Public School. She registered for first grade at the same school her mother Sandra Barber and grandmother Viola Helms attended, with all three generations present for registration.
The Wilmington area church and community groups met to plan a reception honoring Rev. Catherine Wood and Rev. Walter Oddy. Slides from England were shown, refreshments served, and attending members included Dr. Milton Wolf and Beaver-Brook Parent Teachers Club members. A Beaver-Brook PTA meeting discussed a potential union school for Wilmington Whitingham Halifax Readsboro and Searsburg. no meeting in winter.
A ham supper sponsored by the Fire Department will be served at the Community House from 5 30 Saturday evening. Firemen and their wives will run the supper with Mrs Lyle Holton assigning activities and providing food. The Rev Richard Pryce drove six junior high age girls to Springfield for a Youth Group bowling afternoon while locals suppose the rest were hunting. Several residents moved to winter quarters including Mrs A M Pitcher of Landgrove to Peru and Mrs T R Dibble and family to Peru, Miss M A Pitcher to Sanibel Florida, Mrs Stewart Gilbertson to Wethersfield Connecticut, and Mr and Mrs James Neefus to Florida. C Lawrence Keller of Montclair New Jersey and Londonderry spent last weekend with their daughter Lynne and two friends. Keller visited his property in Plymouth. Mrs T R Dibble with daughter Susan visited Anna at the Cambridge School Weston Massachusetts for Parents Day last Friday.
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