Castleton Homecoming Planned This Weekend
Castleton State College announces a four day homecoming with events including a queen coronation at Woodruff Hall, a variety show, a hayride jazz party, a pancake breakfast, talks by Dr. Richard J. Dundas and Leonora Johnson, parade of four class floats, and a soccer game against Fitchburg State College. The festivities close with a High Society format and Dick Perry orchestra. Also announced is the marriage of Jeanne Marie Castleton to Richard S Cahalan SM2 US Navy.
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Woodruff Hall
Leavenworth Hall
Richard J. Dundas
Castleton State
Castleton State College
Dundas
Leonora Johnson
CSC
Fitchburg State College
Poultney High School
Howard Wheeler
Dick Perry
Henry Howard
Congress Street
Jeanne Marie
Richard S. Cahalan
U.S. Navy
James Cahalan Sr
Williamstown
Mass
Vermont 251 Club Members Picnic at Mount Snow
Mount Snow hosts Vermont's 251 Club fall foliage picnic on Saturday October 5. Mrs Lillias M Bailey club secretary announces chair lifts heated pool snack bar open lunches for picnickers picnic tables inside and outside entertainment planned. 251 Club members have visited all 251 towns and cities in Vermont.
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West Dover
Mount Snow
Vermont
Lillias M. Bailey
Green Mountain Folklore Folks Meet in Richmond
The Green Mountain Folklore Society holds its fall meeting in Richmond at the Old Round Church on Oct. 12. Registration starts 10 a.m. at the Congregational Church, with a 11 a.m. business session led by Mrs. Marjorie Metcalf. Dinner follows at 12:30, and a 2 p.m. program features talks on Richmond history and the Old Round Church plus Richmond Folklore led by Rep. Jack Berry.
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Richmond
Green Mountain Folklore Society
Old Round Church
Congregational Church
Bridge Street
Marjorie Metcalf
Corinth
Congregational
Harvey Gile
Edwin Maloney
Esben Kenyon
Jack Berry
Harold Field
Holy Rosary Church
William Wintersteen
Richmond Free Public Library
George Rivard
Rene Ducharme
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Greater
Green Mountain Park
Bendi
BCHS
Bennington Jaycees
State Armory
Women’s Fellowship of the
Second Congregational Church
Hillside Street
Queen
Pete Williams
American Legion Post 13
Dancer Barbara Ashley to Manage Brazil Musical in New York
Barbara Ashley, a dancer, will manage a spring stage presentation of Brazil a musical adapted from Bertita Hardin's Amazon Throne. The show is being produced by Stanley Richards with music by Ary Barroso, the Brazilian composer.
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New York
Barbara Ashley
Brazil
Bertita Hardin
Amazon Throne
Stanley Richards
Ary Barroso
Officials Bid Voters To OK Fairbanks Tax
LT Johnsbury AP Albert A Cree Hoff's representative in the Fairbanks Morse crisis meets with citizens' group backing a $5000000 plant. Cree to brief on New York talks. Hoff attended. Town officials seek voter permission to stabilize taxes for a plant costing $5 million or more.
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Johnsbury
Albert A. Cree
Hoff
Citizens’ Group
Cree
New York
Modernization Of Road Signs In Vermont Continues
Vermont Highway Commissioner Russell A. Holden announced ongoing modernization of state highway signs. By July 1, 232 curved warning signs were replaced with new two by four foot straight arrow signs to meet national standards. He urged voluntary support from local officials to complete uniform signing by 1967 and noted planned experiments to improve legibility in frost and condensation with reflectorized letters on larger interstate signs.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Russell A. Holden
Holden
Highway Department
New Resources Unit To Meet at UVM
The Vermont Natural Resources Council will hold its first annual meeting at the Waterman Building, University of Vermont, Burlington, on October 5 at 10 30 a m. Interest groups in conservation will present aims and plans in the forenoon, followed by a hearing with state department commissioners in the afternoon. The goal is to foster citizen support for sound conservation and wise use of Vermont's natural resources.
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Montpelier
Vermont Natural Resources Council
Waterman Building
University of Vermont
Burlington
Vermont
United Citizens
GBA
Bennington
Bennington Jaycees
South and Elm Street
Dorset Playhouse
Dorset
New York
Norman Krasna
Fred Carmichael
Manchester Center
Legion Executive Board Meeting Set on White Chapel Road
The American Legion announces an executive board meeting on October 2 in Legion rooms at White Chapel Road. It is important that all board members attend.
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Legion Rooms
White Chapel Road
BCHS elects juniors and sophomores officers in Sept vote
Bennington Catholic High School elected junior and sophomore officers after a three day campaign. Hallie Sausville and Leona Boutin were elected president, with John Burnham and Dennis Fraher named vice presidents. Secretaries were Josephine Henry and Madeline Gratton. treasurers Elizabeth Fonteneau and Nancy Dailey.
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Bennington Catholic High
Hallie Sausville
John Burnham
Josephine Henry
Elizabeth Fonteneau
Leona Boutin
Dennis Fraher
Madeline Gratton
Nancy Dailey
Vincent J. Spinelli
CSC
Catholic High
Hallie Lausville
Charles Lemoine
Daniel Higgins
William Marsh
Walter Morrissey
David Sausville
Eleanor Harvey
Beverly George
Collette Sausville
Kathleen Toomey
Susan Handy
Bennington Wasp Completes 929-Mile Glidden Tour
Henry Marvin Dodge of Old Bennington and Bowling Green Ohio owned the Wasp built by Karl H Martin and completed the 18th Glidden Tour, a 929 mile revival run from Rochester to Elma Buffalo and Niagara Falls before returning to Rochester. Keith Marvin of Troy drove the car with his wife Beverly aboard as part of a 254-car field including Rolls Royce and Pierce Arrow entries. The Wasp, built 1919 to 1925, is noted for its green finish and distinctive hood features.
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Antique Automobile Club of America
Veteran Motor Car Club of America
Wasp
Bennington
Karl H. Martin
Martin-Wasp Corp
Henry Marvin Dodge
Old Bennington
Bowling Green
Ohio
Mr. Martin
Michigan
Keith Marvin
Troy
N.Y
Marvin
Record Newspapers of
Beverley
Rolls-Royce
Pierce- Arrow
Stevens - Duryea
Maxwell
Stanley Steamer
Locomobile
Rochester
Elmira
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Ontario
Douglas Fairbanks Sr
Mary Pickford
Bennington Fall Foliage Parade Kicks Off Festival
Gov Hoff leads the Fall Foliage Parade from Bennington High School to Bennington Catholic High School through the business district. The 6:30 p.m. march features queen contestants, last year’s queen Miss Freda Betts, the Bennington Fire Department, and high school bands. The queen contest starts at 8 p.m. at BCHS with judges Kenneth E. Clayton Donald Thurston and Mrs Sally Pabst selecting the winner.
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Bennington
Philip H. Hoff
Bennington High School
Main Street
Bennington Catholic High School
Freda Betts
Benhi PTA Notices Home For Dues And Meeting
Benhi students bring PTA notices to parents detailing two membership types Local dues are 50 cents per person Local state and national dues are 75 cents The wider dues are split 45 cents to state 5 cents to national and 25 cents to Benhi PTA funds The first PTA meeting is October 2 at 7 30 p m The program titled The PTA Looks at Adult Leadership.
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Bendi
PTA
Local Soldier In NATO Exercise In Northern Italy
Army PFC Max J. Taylor of Bennington participated in SOUTHEX 63 a four day NATO southern region field training exercise in northern Italy ending Sept 29. Taylor a member of the 90th Ordnance Company near Vicenza arrived overseas October after basic at Fort Dix and enlistment in June 1962.
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Army
Max J. Taylor
James M. Taylor
Bennington
Italy
NATO
Taylor
90Th Ordnance Company
Vicenza
Fort Dix
N.J
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Jeanne Howard
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James Cahalan Jr
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Bosworth
Sales & Service
North Bennington Road
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Green Mountain
Dancer
OK Fairbanks
Uvm
American Legion
Joseph Lee
By Patricia Prandini
Bchs Saber
Bennington Post No. 13
Manchester
Bennington Post
McBride-Harwood
Satuday
Readsboro
Phoenix, Ariz
George L. Sterling
Edward J. Murphy
Triple “S
Grand Union Empire
ELGIN
NOVECK-SHULTZ_ Inc
Main ST
Hagerman
Hillside St
Bennington, Vermont
Benhi
By Steve Greenslet
Benhi Catamount
Parent Teachers Association
WRGB
Knights of Columbus
K of C
Bill Hart
Orchstra
Central Vermont Public Service Corporation
First National Stores
Bennington Rd
Vermont Bank and Trust Company
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Brattleboro
Rutland
Bellows Falls
Chester
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