Bennington PTA Hears School Guidance and UCS Program
School officials and counselors from Bennington public schools outlined guidance goals for kindergarten through 12th grade at a combined PTA meeting. George Sleeman and Arthur Barriere described testing, counseling roles, and group programs while Dr. Gordon Gerrish of United Counseling Service explained on site services and outside evaluation when needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Pta-Ptg
George A. Sleeman
South Supervisory Union
Gordon F. Gerrish
United Counseling Service
Gerrish
UCS
Barriere
Bernard Leamy
Mt. Anthony
Leamy
Richard Worden
Worden
Mt. Anthony Union High
James Merrow
Anthony
Rachel Kinney
Helen Randall
Frances Crozier
Arthur Barriere
Legislature Considers Parimutuel Tax Split at Pownal
Montpelier lawmakers press to settle an 18 percent racing tax split between state and Green Mountain Track at Green Mountain Park in Pownal. Rep. Peter Giuliani aims to finish a recommended division by mid December, with hearings and witness testimony scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giuliani
James L. Oakes
Ralph Foote
Middlebury
Green Mountain
Peace Corps Tests Here On Monday at Bennington Post Office
Local residents may take a Peace Corps placement test Monday at 3 p.m. in the Bennington Post Office building. The hour and a half test gauges general aptitude and language learning potential, with no preparation needed and no competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peace Corps
Bennington
Elm St
Snowball Bazaar at Second Church Christmas Sale
The Snowball Bazaar, sponsored by the Women’s Fellowship of the Second Congregational Church, will be Friday December 9 starting 1 30 p m. at the church. Readily available will be greens wreaths berry bowls centerpieces and baked and canned goods. The Tea Room opens at 2 pm with hot tea. Cochairs are Mrs LeRoy Marsden Mrs Arthur Doxee and Mrs Robert Houle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Fellowship of the Second Congregational Church
Pilgrim Fellowship
Cochairmen
LeRoy Marsden
Arthur Doxee
Robert Houle
Mideast tensions rise after border clash near Rajem Madefa
Reports from Cairo and Damascus allege Jordan's King Hussein showed weakness amid renewed clashes with Israel. Syrian Premier Youssef Zayyen returned from Czechoslovakia seeking more Communist arms as the Es Samu retaliation issue widens regional strains and UN criticism grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Arab Republic
Syria
Israel
Youssef Zayyen
Damascus
Czechoslovakia
Rajem Madefa
Es-Samu
Mideast
Es Samu
United Nations Security Council
Jordan
Hussein
Cairo
Bennington Briefs Highlights Local Club and Notices
Bennington briefs cover floral efforts by the Junior Garden Club and hospital auxiliary for Thanksgiving trays, corrections to a tax deadline list, nurse association Christmas party details, Vermont State Police Auxiliary meeting, a senior citizens sale at Central Vermont Public Service, VFW Auxiliary tonight, Christmas item drive for Brandon Training School, and a correction in Robert Stratton’s funeral account naming Mrs. William Groesbeck of West Hebron as twin daughter instead of twin sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Junior Garden Club
Bennington
Leonard White
Thomas Coe
Paul Bohne
James Bullard
Raymond Aja
Women’s Auxiliary
Hospital
Bennington County Medical Auxiliary
Brandon Training School
Julius Manes
Union St
Robert S. Stratton
William Groesbeck
West Hebron, N.Y
Betelgeuse, Orion's Bright Giant Star
Astronomical note explains Betelgeuse as Orion's most famous star. It dwarfs the sun with a diameter of 250 million miles, offering a thought experiment where the sun and three inner planets fit inside it. Betelgeuse lies about 520 light years away, roughly 3.12 billion million miles from Earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orion
Betelgeuse
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Betelguese
Inflation Threatens Program Warns of Rising Highway Costs
Transportation Secretary designee Alan S. Boyd told state highway officials in Wichita that inflation threatens the highway building program. He said productivity gains and steady material prices have faded, predicting higher costs with living costs and urging states to cut expenditures to offset inflation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
UPI
Alan S. Boyd
Boyd
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
Bureau
Ernest Grueling
Alaska
Johnson
Gruening
Concert Schedule At Bennington And Windham Colleges
The Bennington College faculty perform Wednesday at 8 15 p m in the Carriage Barn presenting chamber concerto for cello solo with piano string quartet and oboe plus a Kodaly duo for violin and cello and Poulenc Le Bal Masque with tenor. Robert Finckel violin Deborah Chaffee piano Vivian Fine and others participate under conductor Henry Brant. Also a Windham College program features the same artists on a later date. Bennington College receives a $2500 Esso Education Foundation grant among 39 New England recipients as part of a national 2 580 000 total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington College Music
Windham College
Vivian Fine
George Finckel
Finckel
Eric Rosenblith
Zoltan Kodaly
Frank Baker
Francis Poulenc
Max Jacob
Louis Calabro
Marianne Finckel
Stephen Bates
Charles Thompson
Pamela Bostelmann
Deborah Chaffee
Alice Webber
Henry Brant
New York
N.Y
Bennington College
New England
Esso Education Foundation
Vermont
Middlebury College
Norwich University
1 40 Club Notes Regular Meeting and Christmas Plans
The 1 40 Club will meet at the club rooms Tuesday with Florence Denio as hostess. Ann Gordy and Ellen Elwell will serve. Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets were discussed at the last meeting and given yearly. Plans cover 22 boys and 12 girls ages 3 to 14 at Pittsford Health Center. Gifts will be wrapped at Tuesday’s meeting. The annual Christmas dinner for members is Dec 12 at 6 30 p.m. Paradise Restaurant. Ethel Gerow received a special gift. mystery gift went to Ann Gordy. There will be no Dec 6 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Denio
Ann Gordy
Ellen Elwell
Pittsford Health Center
Paradise Restaurant
Ethel Gerow
Obituary of Mrs. Gussie Levin of Hoosick Falls
Mrs. Gussie Levin 82 widow of Louis Levin a former Hoosick Falls cattle dealer died today at Putnam Memorial Hospital in Bennington after a short illness. Born in Poland in 1884 she came to the United States at 12 and lived in New York City until her 1899 marriage in Hoosick Falls. She and Louis Levin celebrated 66 years of marriage in 1965. he died June 23 this year. Survived by four sons Benjamin Albany Arthur Troy Bernard Sol Hoosick Falls. two daughters Mary Hoosick Falls Janet New York City. two grandchildren one great grandchild. She was a member of Temple Beth El in Troy. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Temple Beth El.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Gussie (Goldstein) Levin
Louis Levin
Putnam Memorial Hospial
Bennington
Church St
Poland
New York City
Mr. Levin
Mrs. Levin
Levin
Benjamin
Albany
Arthur
Troy
Bernard
Sol
Mary Levin
Janet Levin
Counterfeit Bills Passed In Vermont Weekend
Weekend counterfeit activity touched Winooski Burlington and South Burlington with two bills detected at Howard National Bank and a third at Howard’s Winooski branch. Branch manager Charles Villemaire cited faded color and lack of green thread as clues, noting Elizabeth photo shading and color dullness. He called the $10 bills good but not that good. Detective Lt. Robert Abare said more bogus notes circulated last week in Plattsburgh New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winooski
Burlington
South Burlington
Howard National Bank
Howard’s
Howard
Charles Villemaire
Villemaire
Robert Abare
Burlington Police
Plattsburgh
N,y
Hospital Notes and Local Celebrations in Bennington
Admissions include David Belland East Dorset Lucy Davis Arthur Knapp Rosemary Knapp Charles Judge Jr Bennington Discharges none Births Mr and Mrs William Sherman 122 Pratt St a daughter Nov 28 Born Nov 27 at Lankineau Hospital Philadelphia a daughter to Dr and Mrs E M Beaupre Havertown Pa Weight eight pounds ten ounces Mrs Beaupre former Miss Mary Nash daughter of Mrs Julia K Nash 303 Weeks St The couple have three other children John Mark and Anne Funeral Beth El Cemetery Troy Mrs Pauline Snow 80th milestone honored with surprise birthday tea at Second Congregational Church Neighbors and relatives attended from Boston Buffalo Bronx 75 guests green and yellow decor two tier cake center piece out of town relatives attended from Boston Buffalo and Bronx
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Belland
East Dorset
Lucy Davis
Arthur Knapp
Rosemary Knapp
Charles Judge Jr
Bennington
Lankineau Hospital
Philadelphia
E.M. Beaupre
Havertown
Pauline Snow
Main St
Second Congregational Church
Helen Freidenmann
Snow
Bronx
N.Y
William H. Browning
Boston
Mass
Buffalo
Stock Averages Noon November 29 1966
Dow Jones Bache Albany reports at noon November 29 1966 the composite average at 283.44 with 96 point drop. Industrials rise to 797.60 up 3.56, railroads fall to 202.92 down 0.57, utilities ease to 134.93 down 1.03. Volume totals 3,440,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dow-Jones—Bache & Co
Albany
Radio Club Transmits Yule Messages From Mobile Center
Catamount Radio Club will accept Christmas greetings for transmission to armed forces abroad and civilian personnel, and relays within the United States. No charge. Operations run 4 to 9 p.m. Friday December 2 from a Civil Defense bus parked on Main Street near the County National Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County National Bank
Catamount Radio Club
United States
Radio Club
Bennington student directs Aria da Capo at UVM Arena
Ann Marie Goyette a Bennington junior at the University of Vermont will direct Edna Milay Aria da Capo in the Arena Theatre on December 2. She is one of eight drama students directing plays this week as a study project guiding cast and crew for a public performance. Daughter of Dr and Mrs Willard E Goyette of 507 Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Ann Marie Goyette
Bennington
University of Vermont
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Arena Theatre
Miss Goyette
Willard E. Goyette
Main St
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PTA
Red and Gun Club
Bennington Red & Fun Club
Bennington Club
Ralph Quackenbush
Bear
Marra
James A. Bow
C. Mason Amadon
Merrow
Rachael Kinney
Crozier
Kinney
Red Brick
Sleeman
Shaftsbury
Randall
Bennington Briefs
Bennington County Nurses Association
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Herbert Sanderson
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Southern Vermont
The
American Association of Retired Persons
Central Vermont Public Service
VFW
College
Schocker’s
Beech Street
Charles Sawyer
Sawyer
Coulter Street
Gussie G. Levin
Tem
William Sherman
Pratt St
Beth el
Beth el Cemetery
Mrs
Harte Theatre
Hudson
UVM
Armour’s
Wilson
California
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